All the math on this one should be done by the DM. Let the wielder suffer for a little as he rolls a 19, misses, and his thief friend rolls a 17 or something and hits. Isn't messing with players fun? Go to Comment
Maybe a person starts off using this sword (knowing nothing about it, of course), and quickly gains a reputation as a great swordsman (due to the sword.) Imagine their surprise when they use another sword and discover that they use another sword and discover that they're really extremely bad. Go to Comment
Imagine how much funnier it would be if they did find out how it worked. "Sir Gawain, would you do me a favor and strike my head with this club?" Go to Comment
Well, this did not stand the test of time all too well. Back in the day it was cool and great, but times change and so do the ratings. This feels like watching a 70's movie ;) Go to Comment
I do like the idea of it being easier to use for someone unskilled, but the way it was done and brought up lacks any desireable effect at all. Go to Comment
There's always the age-old possibility that the sprite was confined for a good reason and that letting him out will have bad consequences: maybe he was a thief or murderer. Maybe the sprite is a carnivorous scavenger and wants the mage to fall into the gorge and die providing him with a tasty meal. Go to Comment
Back to the plot!
Combine that comment above with another plot on this page...
After freeing the spirit it will be so thankful that it becomes the mages unwanted companion, helping where it can (thievery included). Solve this. Go to Comment
What exactly was the lesson the sprite was supposed to learn? Also, consider the possibility that the sprite can't read, or at least can't read the scrolls the mage had. The sprite could become a companion, at least for the trip to the bottom of the gorge, for some time.
What killed the mage? Yes, there's undead at the bottom of the gorge, but are they really so powerful or numerous to have overwhelmed the mage? There could be a more nefarious force that killed the mage - A magic poor area. The victim mage blundered into the undead and tryed to use his spells to destroy them, only to find his magic unavailable. Even simple skeletons and zombies could overpower a magicless mage. Go to Comment
This seems like part of an adventure, rather than an adventure itself. Do we have an encounter section? Right we do. This should be there. Go to Comment
What about the scroll? Has it survived all these years, or is it useless? Maybe the magic on the scroll is differnt in essence from common-day magics?
What about the sprite, it might bot be alive after all these years (even if he thinks he is alive) & can never truely leave the area. Go to Comment
I really like the idea. 5/5 Maybe when the sprite tries to leave the area it'll find itself ageing at the rate of one year for every second. Go to Comment
I wish I had something I could contribute to the submission to make it better other than a vote, but I don't. It's riddled with unanswered questions and any I might say are more or less echoes of previous commenters.
Maybe, if the player has gotten himself in deep enough excrement, the general will possess him and help him win his fight. Maybe, also, there is now a way to free the general (and maybe even bring him back to life). Go to Comment
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