TRAP!
A round room with sheets of metal haphazardly leaned against the wall.
Sound - That godawful tingling of bone chimes. And something else just out of earshot. A high-pitched scraping. Ellison's previously invoked "thing that giggled like a harpsichord."
Party rolls surprise. On a 1, they are surprised, so is the critter, and everyone has a nice brisk jolt of energy as they roll initiative.
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| Cooking Companions |
Any other number, and the party is now CURSED. All future surprise rolls fail on the rolled number or below until they leave the level. So if they were super alert and rolled a 6 for surprise, they'll be surprised NO MATTER WHAT from now on.
You know how this works from watching a million splatter films. You jump at the harmless thing and get a real scare even as you are coiling back into your defensive posture.
The creature who has (not) surprised the party is some sort of giraffe looking thing with a short neck. It dumbly ambles on, unless the party decides to perforate it before they can see it's a harmless sort of cattle. HD 3, Mv 4/10, Ml 7, Att (if cornered) 1 for 1-4 (hoof)
Should they choose murder and then really fish around in its body, they'll find a locket where its heart ought to be. One of those evil ornaments where a shadow is lurking behind you making threatening gestures. Clears up the curse though.
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| Bennett Cerf |
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