martedì 16 gennaio 2024

Monster treasure for Cairn! R-T

There’s a 1in6 chance for each individual in an encountered group to carry a piece of treasure.

Unless indicated otherwise, each piece of treasure occupies one slot. Relics and other powerful items are invaluable.

Roll before the encounter happens, cause some of the treasure may be useful to the NPCs. 


Rat, giant

Lair:

  • 600 gp
  • Something from the gnome treasure table
  • Broken drum (1 gp)
  • A chewed-on book about rodents, illegible (1 gp)
  • A chewed leather coat (1 gp)


Rhagodessa

Lair:

  • Rhagodessa web: extremely fine but sturdy, can be sold as decoration (100 gp)
  • A flea-infested waggy-tailed friend who was about to become dinner
  • Diamond of excellent quality (30k gp)


Roc

Nest: Roc Egg, bejeweled (6 slots. 1.5k gp)


Rock Baboon

Whipping around some Devil’s Tongue, a kind of plant: the stem is safe but the leaves cause horrible blisters when touched. DEX save or one of your hand slots is taken by Blisters. STR Save at the end of each subsequent day to heal.


Salamander, Flame

Lair:

  • 200 gp
  • Three gold ingots (10 gp each, 1 slot for all three) 
  • Big Lens (bulky): given time, it can redirect and focus the sun rays and burn something at a distance


Salamander, Frost

Lair:

  • Two ice sculptures each representing a jumping reindeer (2 people needed to transport each one, 500 gp each one, slowly melt in the sun)
  • In a trapped iron chest (trap: when touched, the chest freezes, leaving your hand stuck. If unstuck abruptly, the hand is Injured and unable to hold objects. The injury takes the hand slot and needs downtime to heal):
    • Warhammer (2d8, bulky, wound: opponent is pushed away if their STR is lower than yours)
    • Fur-trimmed pouch (25 gp). Inside, a small sapphire (small, 300 gp) 
    • Snow leopard fur coat (100 gp)


Shadow

Corpse: 

  • Leather belt (5 gp).
  • Fur-trimmed gloves (25 gp)
  • Lantern (8 gp)
  • Inside a leather backpack (10 gp):
    • A fork with some arcane inscriptions. Can turn anything into edible food, but doesn’t improve the taste
    • Bottle of vin santo (fills d10 cups, value 2d10 gp)
    • Jar with coffee grounds (1 slot, d10 uses, restores 1 WIL, value d10 gp)
    • Lantern oil (2 gp)


Spectre

A corpse holding a sack containing:

  • 100 gp
  • Potion labeled with a horseshoe picture (small): it’s a Centaur potion! Your lower half turns into that of a horse for a few hours. You have a fast sprint, can carry 15 slots’ worth of objects with saddlebags (a rider and their worn equipment take 9 slots), and can trample for d8 damage. 1in6 chances the potion’s gone bad and your upper half turns instead.


Sphinx

Lair:

  • A small self-rowing solar ship that can sail on sand dunes but sinks in the water. Powered by the sun, it only works in the daytime, and holds up to 8 people. Frescos in the lair show its miraculous properties in action.
    • Inside, an empty golden sarcophagus (6 slots, 1k gp)


Sprite (d4)

  1. Cure Potion: heal d6 STR or cure some other ailment (Injury, Blisters, etc.) but not Curses.
  2. Scroll: Quicksand. A small designated area nearby turns into quicksand. A character walking or standing on it gets stuck and has 3 rounds to attempt something before sinking completely. If lower floors are present, they fall through the ceiling taking d12 damage.
  3. Sprite Dance. An irritating dance that focuses all the attention on the performer (CHA save in risky situations). Can be taught in about a week.
  4. Prank: booby-trapped box. When opened shoots a glittery pink dust that sticks. Takes a week to get it off.


Thoul

Lair:

  • Five sacks of gold coins (500 gp)
  • Wooden statue of a woman smiling creepily, surrounded by crying kids. The Maggot Mother will telepathically offer the first person to touch her idol to “take care of her babies”. If you accept, one of your hand slots is infested with a swarm of Greedy Grubs (see below).

Greedy Grubs:
  • Every morning there’s a 2in6 chance the population grows and occupies a new slot in your inventory.
  • You can then move a slot of grubs in your inventory, except the ones in your arm, to a target you touch, an object of any material or a creature (DEX Save to avoid).
  • They cause d8 STR damage as they devour the target from the inside and burst out as Glutto Gnats.

Trader (d4, reroll until the same result comes up twice)
  1. Snout, a dog that smells lies - starts barking whenever one is told (6 hp, 5 STR, 16 CHA, d4 bite)
  2. Relic: Mask of Many Faces. Allows you to change features at will. Recharge: stage a public play while wearing the mask.
  3. Three smoke bombs (blinds for 1 round)
  4. Bounty: if captured alive, fetches 100gp

Troglodyte

Lair:
  • Something from the gnome treasure table
  • High Priest's tunic, with serpentine buttons (100 gp)
  • Silver thurible (100 gp)

Troll: large sack switch 200 gp and small amethyst (small, 50 gp)

Tyrannosaurus Rex:

Lair, encased in permanent ice:
  • Rock armor: bulky, armor 1, you look like a boulder if you curl into a ball
  • Bolas: DEX save to avoid getting caught.
  • Pouch with Oracle Bones. When asked a question and cast, arrange into a shape related to the answer. Can’t predict the future. Recharge: bathe in starlight.

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