Headstones and Epitaphs

[DM_aka_Dudemeister]

So I’m currently running Jade Regent and my players are at a point where they are in a tomb where many worshippers of Desna were once interred.

I am putting a bonus puzzle in the dungeon where they can attempt to cleanse the tomb of an evil infecting it, however to do so they’ll have to open up some sealed crypts. The crypts can be opened by using the combination of two keys:
One key represents a constellation from the Varisian Zodiac, the other a constellation from the Dragon Empires Zodiac. The PCs will have to choose the zodiacs from each that corresponds with the death date on a crypt.

So what I’d like is for people to give me a bunch of Birthdates, Death Dates and Epitaphs for Desna worshippers. Some will be Absalom Reckoning, others will be Imperial Dates.

For example:

Shei Shen
Born:2130
Died: 2163
Epitaph: “I told you I was sick.”

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

What should the potential year range be? Earliest birth date? Latest death date?

Hei Tian'e
Born:1983
Died: 2004
Epitaph: “Destiny shall draw the lightning down from heaven; roll its thunder far across the sea to where I wait upon the shore of wonder, on the day the sky is opened, and the tree is split asunder.”

[Chaotic_Blues]

Shou Wu
Born: 2012
Died: 2061
Epitaph: "Hold my wine"

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

Zang Lao To
Born:2060
Died: 2160
Epitaph: “If you can read this, I can see up your skirt!”

[Pizza Lord]

Hai Qoo
Born: 2045
Died: 2068
Epitaph:
I won a wager.
How long could I hold my breath?
The rest of my life!

-Paid for by Xu, to settle a debt.

[VRMH]

Zia Tseh
Born: 2302
Died: 2181
Epitah:
Went back in time to kill his own Grandfather.
Hadn't reckoned with his Grandmother.

[Ventnor]

Dao Long
Born: 1999
Died: 2022
Died: 2023
Died: 2026
Died: 2026
Epitaph: "We're not paying for a fourth Raise Dead spell."

[GM MacShack]

Name Lin Kung
Born 2010
Died 2039
Epitaph "No, fireball only has a range of 15 feet! I'll be fi-"

[DM_aka_Dudemeister]

So the tomb stopped being used roughly 100 years ago. But was in operation for roughly 1,000 years before that.
My campaign is still in 4713AR, which makes it 2,213 IC.

So latest date should be:

4613 AR
2113 IC

This is all fantastic so far, don’t forget to throw some months in from the Inner Sea region, I’ll be using these on Saturday. I’m more than happy with a mix of serious and funny Epitaphs. I knew I could rely on this community to deliver quality content.

[DM_aka_Dudemeister]

I realise I broke my own rule with my example post lol.

[Reduxist]

These are admittedly pretty crappy.

Name Xing Quanji
Entered This World 3603
Left This World 4269
Epitaph “Hey, I gotta live up to my name somehow!” -Said before he tried to punch a star spawn of cthulhu

Name Hunhe Henduo
Entered This World 3991
Left This World 4046
Epitaph “Black Butterfly got back.”

Name Shieti Keng
Entered This World 3603
Left This World 4269
Epitaph “Didn’t watch his step. By the way, roll reflex!” (If they fail, the graves collapses underneath the reader.)

[DM_aka_Dudemeister]

Thanks everyone, these worked a treat.

I'll post up a thing about how the puzzle worked later in the week. My players loved it!

[Pizza Lord]

Whose was the most beloved?

[DM_aka_Dudemeister]

My players got a laugh out of all of them.

Ventnor's "We're not paying for a fourth raise dead", also allowed me to mix up the puzzle a bit by forcing the players to figure out all 4 starsign combinations.