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I wouldn't actually bother rolling dice for the NPCs. Those that you want to be doused with the waters are doused with the waters, and those you don't aren't. As for what to do, the first thing that comes to mind is to have one of the NPC clerics that is splashed by the waters to become pregnant with another monstrosity. Bonus points if it's not one of the women. Lamashtu might also turn Hannah into a sort of aberrant Typhoid Mary, corrupting the wombs of any woman she assists with birthing and twisting their children into corrupted vessels. It's the sort of thing I can see her doing in retribution for improperly delivering one of her children into the world. And there's always the chance that some of the nameless NPCs are suddenly twisted and made into (fill-in-the-blank with whatever monster you want them to fight!).
Personally, I wouldn't do that with any of the PCs, but I'd definitely inflict some body horror on them. Maybe they get an extra eye or a vestigial tentacle or something.
Speaking of bombs...
I have a player running a ranger/wizard with an absolutely pathological love of weaponry. When he heard about the Sinspawn, the first question (after making snarky remarks about Nualia being the town whore) was "how does it work?".
When I pressed him further, the bastard had managed to concoct a way to weaponize the Runewell, by taking some water out of there, puttting it in one vial, then putting some blood in a second vial and smelting the two together at the neck. When thrown, the blood and water would make contact, creating a Sinspawn, and basically turning the ranger/wizard into bloody Ash Ketchum.
That is actually brilliant and hilarious at the same time.
I would argue/rule that once the water is separated from the Runewell, it loses its touch with the stockpile of Wrath points, and becomes inert, basically just water. So he's throwing water with a drop of blood at an enemy that would cause them to look at the mess made on their armor before they made a mess of said Ranger/Wizard.
Well.. tentacles, fur in their hands or backs, sharp teeth that cut their own tongues by mistake, a third eye that only others could see in their forehead, tails, more fingers.. cant think of anything better than those right now!^^
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That is actually brilliant and hilarious at the same time.
I would argue/rule that once the water is separated from the Runewell, it loses its touch with the stockpile of Wrath points, and becomes inert, basically just water. So he's throwing water with a drop of blood at an enemy that would cause them to look at the mess made on their armor before they made a mess of said Ranger/Wizard.
If it were my game, I'd probably throw him a bone and let it work, at least for a little while. I'd probably limit it by time (the rune-water becomes inert upon the next sunrise) or distance (it loses power once it's taken more than a mile from the Runewell).
That way, it's still useful while in Sandpoint, but won't affect the rest of the adventure too much.
Not to mention the limited number of charges in the pool. Though I also was keeping track of monster deaths - each Sinspawn that dies, the quasit... and certain other activities that will happen in the future that I will not spoiler here until they encounter it. ^^;;
Of course, there is one other limitation: other party members. I know of one PC at least (their cleric) who might protest the use of this. The GMPC tends to keep her opinions to herself and no idea what my scholarly barbarian PC will do.