I have more than one "puzzle" in the dungeon I'm writing for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM that's just like: This person will not talk to you or let you in if you look like a blood-covered, weapon-carrying psychopath.
CAN THE PCs OVERCOME THESE INCREDIBLE CHALLENGES?
CAN THE PCs OVERCOME THESE INCREDIBLE CHALLENGES?
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The party in question:
Challenge level: Impossible
The hardest encounter? The herbalist with the crush on the blacksmith. That conversation took, like, an entire session punctuated with me reminding them not to sound like complete sociopaths 😅
Side note: I love making players think about how they are going to actually SLEEP in blood-soaked armor. You're gonna take that off real quick when you come to a safe place.
That's great! I did a table for this in Black Pudding.
Mythic Bastionland- they ran into an Omen of a farmer bleeding his flock into a pond in order to make an offering to a great beast. 2 helped him out & got soaked, the other didn't wanna participate as a former farmer himself. Camp scene after, rolled a skeleton attack
Sorry, got me thinking about this stuff. In this example it would be fun if the player had to reduce their armor, ditching a piece of it.
just talking to the local guard about their investigation into the serial killer terrorizing the city while absolutely dripping in blood