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So I have a situation, that I take responsibility for, where my group recovered an owlbear egg. The egg was just "laid" in the last few weeks, and expected to hatch in spring. It's a couple of weeks into winter. It's parents were hibernating, when two thieves attempted to steal it, and instead woke the parents.
Long story short, the group druid has the egg now and has been suggested to her to seek out a druid grove in an nearby area.
I've hinted that the egg is hatching prematurely. Not really sure if that is something I want to do, but my mouth got the better of me.
So I've managed to paint myself into a corner and not sure how I want to resolve this. The group has left Sandpoint(due to murder charges/other political problems I've started) and I needed/wanted to get them back on path and head to Thistletop.
So I put the grove in the Moss Wood.
I plan it being a small (1 druid) grove.
I'm trying to decide how to make this important, and not be a "We go to the druid and give them the egg. Thanks" encounter.
I can't decide how I want the druid to respond. Does he/she act offended that the party druid didn't save the egg's parents? Are they aloof, and say let the egg survive without help(as nature would intended) and see if it survives.
The group has already started several plots with bad guys planning and doing... well bad things. I'm not sure I want to play out a druid planning plotting bad things either. But I want to involve my druid player into the world. Having her take charge of the egg has been a great start. But I don't want to burden her with the egg and have it get destroyed in a fight and then drop guilt on her for that. Y'know? I hope this make sense. There are other subtleties in gameplay(as they always are) that are TLDR for this post.
So I'm stumped for ideas.
Help me Advice forum... you're my only hope.
Sounds like your group will have little interest in caring greatly for this egg. I highly doubt your group wants more than "go to the druid and give them the egg". You could have the druid reject the egg, though that wouldn't make much sense. And I feel that if you did, the party would say "well we did what we could" and move along.
The only way to really have this work any other way is if your druid character wants to raise the owlbear.
Maybe show them the siege owlbear and hint they could get one as a mount. See if that interests them.
Druid grove accepts it, is sad about what happened, doesn't blame the PCs. Invites the druid PC to come by later and check in on things and to stop by if the PCs have questions or need to consult about nature things. Make this druid an ally instead of yet another source of 'bad guy plans'.
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Druid grove accepts it, is sad about what happened, doesn't blame the PCs. Invites the druid PC to come by later and check in on things and to stop by if the PCs have questions or need to consult about nature things. Make this druid an ally instead of yet another source of 'bad guy plans'.
This is pretty much where I'm leaning, since posting my initial thoughts.
They've got other allies in the region, but have found out about Lamashtu and Pazzuzu's fight over this region. Well... more along the lines of they know of Lamashtu, and have "felt" Pazzuzu influence.So an ally who accepts the egg will most likely be the better way to go.
Thanks, y'all.
Sometimes, you just need to "talk out loud" to work your thoughts out. And get feedback from others help.
Thanks again.