Thursday, January 30, 2020

Heart House

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Found by the Wandering Monster, deep in the Student Ghetto in Wizard City Hexcrawl.

The Student Ghetto is a nasty and depressing place on even its best day. The narrow wending streets are caked in layer upon layer of garbage grime - broken bottles, rotting furniture, cheap food, vomit. Follow the trail of garbage and regret from fraternity to fraternity and inevitably it shall lead you to the district's center, Heart House.

Murders of dire ravens feast upon impaled bloody hearts, some nailed to surfaces high and others left to rot in the street. Sometimes they're impaled and tied together in pairs, like bloody bolas, and thrown over trees and other sharp lips.

It’s quiet, but for the subtle writhing of viscera as they protest the scene. It smells like death - death and fun drugs. Brothers of the Fraternity stand in every corner, cloaked and hooded in black, watching for signs. One offers you trinkets at the cost of hearts, no questions asked.


Cursed Objects and Their Prices


d20
A(n)...
Bearing...
Containing a Curse of...
With a Price of a...
1
Crystal
Slipper
the image of a mistress
Poverty
Child’s Heart
2
Golden
Locket
dandelions
Impotent Prophecy
Beast’s Heart
3
Rusty
Dagger
a troubling effervescence
Terrible Luck
Widow’s Heart
4
Obsidian
Sphere
false refractions
Violence
Widower’s Heart
5
Silver
Hand Mirror
a scent of elders
Ignominy
Scholar’s Heart
6
Keen
Blade
thirsty rose thorns
Tactlessness
Champion’s Heart
7
Acute
Mask
a cruel aristocratic aura
Forgetfulness
Peryton’s Heart
8
Hand-worn
Journal
an impossible seal
Age
Elemental’s Heart
9
Unaddressed
Clock
oily fractals
Paranoia
Lover’s Heart
10
Ancient
Gentleman’s Cane
lingering coldness
Metamorphosis
Frozen Heart
11
Inscribed
Ring
a faint heartbeat
Pneumonia
Broken Heart
12
Machine-woven
Pentagram
odorless black mold
Villainy
Beating Heart
13
Shriveled
Tongue
heat to the touch
Recklessness
Philosopher’s Heart
14
Slashed
Portrait
zounds of worms
Frivolousness
Sailor’s Heart
15
Teething
Handkerchief
a closed eye
Rot
Aristocrat’s Heart
16
Pock-marked
Cube
a pyramid inscription
Zealotry
Student’s Heart
17
Bleached
Braid
a torn feather
Blasphemy
Raven’s Heart
18
Burned
Doll
grains of foreign spices
Despair
Dog’s Heart
19
Bloody
Tooth
no shadow
Pain
Bard’s Heart
20
Jarred
Eye
slight anti-gravity
Damnation
Wizard’s Heart

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