Well I have a weird conundrum with the Ilthane’s black egg. My PC’s took the egg and carefully placed inside the Handy Haversack. (which I allowed after they stated how carefully they picked it up and even having them make a series of rolls to see if they fumbled or dropped it. They somehow passed them all) They have been now carrying it with them for over 2 weeks.
They showed it to Allustan who told them to get it out of his house, and if they were smart would destroy it. Not taking the hint, the PC's are currently in line waiting to enter the Free City, and are planning on selling the Egg, thinking it’s a normal dragon’s egg and it’s quite valuable. Since nothing happening with Egg, left the finale of the Twisted Branch lair, somewhat anti-climatic. I am trying to come up with something exciting, that won’t get them immediately thrown in jail. For instance I thought about the Gate guards, declaring it contraband, seizing it and having it abruptly shatter all over everyone at the gate. Not the best way to start out, their adventures in the Free City. Has anyone else had similar problems with this? How did you handle the Egg?
My PCs were suspicious of the egg from the get-go, but they failed a balance check while trying to remove it from the egg room, so I had it crack open and spill a small number of worms. A timely mending spell followed by multiple uses of the Adventurer's Wand made for baked spawn worms in the half-shell, and turn checks wiped out the four spawnlings that hatched (I ruled enough worms escaped to infest one square worth of eggs). If I were you, I'd punish the players' greed and lack of curiosity by having the thing burst open at the most embarrassing possible moment. The worms aren't really good for infecting grown humans (as written anyway), but they could convince someone important that the PCs are the bad guys and not the good guys.
Well I have a weird conundrum with the Ilthane’s black egg. My PC’s took the egg and carefully placed inside the Handy Haversack. (which I allowed after they stated how carefully they picked it up and even having them make a series of rolls to see if they fumbled or dropped it. They somehow passed them all) They have been now carrying it with them for over 2 weeks.
They showed it to Allustan who told them to get it out of his house, and if they were smart would destroy it. Not taking the hint, the PC's are currently in line waiting to enter the Free City, and are planning on selling the Egg, thinking it’s a normal dragon’s egg and it’s quite valuable. Since nothing happening with Egg, left the finale of the Twisted Branch lair, somewhat anti-climatic. I am trying to come up with something exciting, that won’t get them immediately thrown in jail. For instance I thought about the Gate guards, declaring it contraband, seizing it and having it abruptly shatter all over everyone at the gate. Not the best way to start out, their adventures in the Free City. Has anyone else had similar problems with this? How did you handle the Egg?
The egg must hatch sometime. Have it hatch in the bag. Next time the open it for anything, SURPRISE!
Well I have a weird conundrum with the Ilthane’s black egg. My PC’s took the egg and carefully placed inside the Handy Haversack. (which I allowed after they stated how carefully they picked it up and even having them make a series of rolls to see if they fumbled or dropped it. They somehow passed them all) They have been now carrying it with them for over 2 weeks.
They showed it to Allustan who told them to get it out of his house, and if they were smart would destroy it. Not taking the hint, the PC's are currently in line waiting to enter the Free City, and are planning on selling the Egg, thinking it’s a normal dragon’s egg and it’s quite valuable. Since nothing happening with Egg, left the finale of the Twisted Branch lair, somewhat anti-climatic. I am trying to come up with something exciting, that won’t get them immediately thrown in jail. For instance I thought about the Gate guards, declaring it contraband, seizing it and having it abruptly shatter all over everyone at the gate. Not the best way to start out, their adventures in the Free City. Has anyone else had similar problems with this? How did you handle the Egg?
Its funny that this is exactly what happened in the group I'm running. I posted the result in the AoW One-Liners thread. It started hatching as the PCs were being harassed by the guards at Wroann's Gate in Sharn. You can read the results in the other thread.