my group is about to start HMM, but unfortunately one key player is missing next session (on friday). Luckily there is still the invitation of Grobaras left from book 2 and I want to stretch that out until the missing player rejoins the party the session after this.
So, I decided to borrow the banquet scene from Dance of the Damned, modifying and changing the 4 courses enough, that when any of the players of my group somehow find themselves joining a group that plays Hell's Rebels, the meals will still be unique and unknown for them.
However, frustratingly, I'm not very good at this. So, if anyone has ideas for 3 - 4 courses of meals that challenge their Dexterity, Fortitude, Reflexes or require lots of skills to eat, please help me out on this.
Thank you.
Quick ideas:
- lobster--for Dex-based challenge.
- globefish/blowfish--for CON-based challenge/save (some poison included)
- some kind of icky looking food--for WILL-based challenge/save
Also, have them sit at the table, food is served, slowly getting cold, have them pass a Knowledge (nobility) or some such skill-based challenge to know that everybody is waiting for the highest ranking member (the lord-mayor) starting to eat, same towards the end of a course: have the PCs pass a Perception check to notice everybody stopping eating even though some plates are only have empty/not touched at all (because the highest-ranking member of nobility at the table has stopped eating).
Ruyan.
Thank you. I like the idea of Will based food. Working on that