Hey gang.
I’m running a campaign where the players are looking for eight magical items, once owned by eight powerful mages representing the eight schools of magic.
Right now – through the power of Plot™ – they’re looking for those items for an influential but shadowy collector. They’re supposed to deliver the first batch of three items together. When that happens they’ll find out that they were inadvertently helping a criminal collector. A representative of a historical society will tell them that these artifacts belong in a museum.
And here’s my problem: I want them to have these magical items, which of course have cool powers. And I don’t know how to do that.
My plan right now is, that the museum isn’t interested in the actual powers, they just want to display the items for their historical relevance. So they’ll magically pull these items apart into two identical ones, where one retains the power and the other the history of the item (scratches/wear and tear).
I am not completely satisfied with that idea, because it seems far-fetched and I’d like to hear your ideas, if you have any, on how to resolve this.
Thank you and a thousand dm’ly kisses to you all.
I like getting the group into some sort of dilemma, but your enthusiasm for fire is a little unsettling :D
Fire is simply an easy thing to unexpectedly happen.
Buildings are filled with flammable things. In a fantasy world, candles and lanterns are often the most common forms of lighting.
A long time ago, I ran a game in which the PCs unintentionally burned down an entire village because they were careless and unlucky.