This is where I put the deck of Many Things in My Dungeon:
1. THE RECENT BATTLE
Corpses, maybe 12-15 of them the
party can them if they like. Give them a number if they ask. About half appear
to be corpse worshippers and the other half are likely members of the
apothecary brigade.
The corpse
worshippers have scimitars or short swords. One are two of them are swordless.
Some have been bludgeoned to death. Others the cause of death is less clear;
their eyes bulge and their tongues are swollen and hang out of their mouths
Some of the
apothecary brigade wear casks on their back attached to hoses still clutched in
their lifeless hands. Others hold heavy dented censers on chains. One or two of
them have swords stuck in them. The rest have merely exsanguinated. The
Apothecary brigade are all still wearing their plague doctor masks.
The bodies
are more concentrated towards the door in the west wall. Directly in front of
the door a few bodies form a pile of Apothecary and corpse worshipper corpses.
2. BEYOND THE
DOOR
A table and
around the table three seated figures. There is an empty chair closest to the
door. The table is has soft leather stretched over it. It looks ideal for
playing cards. There is a deck of cards on the table. Guess what. It’s the deck
of many things. Don’t tell the players that.
The
figures:
The figure to the
right of the empty chair is a highly detailed stone statue of a man. His face
is twisted in horror as he looks at something he is holding up between the
thumb and forefinger of his right hand. There is nothing sculpted in between
the thumb and forefinger of his right hand.
The figure to the
left of the empty chair is a wooden mannequin made to look like a corpse that
has died an ambiguous but ignoble death.
The figure
directly across from the empty chair appears to be the god of luck. I have no idea
what the god of luck looks like in my campaign or who he is or anything.
Luckily the party ignored this statue and immediately started playing with the
cards. They couldn’t help it I handed them actual cards. Who could resist?
PLAGUE DOCTOR MASKS
The standard issue ones don’t allow you to control stirge. They just protect the wearer from the next 2d4 poison gas
exposures.
Oh how fun! And morbid. I love the art.
ReplyDeleteThis room is going into the next dungeon I draw. Thank you.
Very happy to hear. I am going to put the Deck of Many things in every dungeon from now on. So that Players will have one chance to use it per dungeon.
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