Saturday, January 21, 2023

For your entertainment and use at the table:


Agrione the Spirit of the Magic Mirror

This large oval mirror (1.5’ x 3’) is well-polished. When gazing into the mirror, the face of an androgenous elven noble of exceptional beauty can be seen beside the onlooker as if they were standing right next to them. Anyone looking into the mirror will hear the voice of Agrione, a mirror spirit, in their ear. Agrione is desperate for someone to talk to, as they’ve been alone for over a century-- ever since the fortress was abandoned. Agrione desires to be freed of the mirror and returned to the formless nothingness of nonexistence, and will agree to aid players for a time in exchange for being dispelled. Agrione is knowledgeable in matters of elven music and history. As well, they have limited oracular powers and can answer one yes or no question a day. Agrione can get bored being stowed away for long periods. Roll on the table below to see what the enchanted mirror spirit says to punctuate their boredom. If the players insist on using Agrione for their own ends instead of destroying the mirror as planned, or delay too long, Agrione will become bitter and sarcastic towards the party, complaining loudly at every opportunity. 

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Agrione says:

1.

Is that really what adventurers are wearing nowadays? How very droll.

2.

Could you just scratch my nose for me please? Yes, right there... ahh, much better… You idiot, I’m a spirt inhabiting a mirror, I can’t feel that!

3.

What do you want, you sad, sad mortal? You should have made better life choices. Don’t look to me to solve all your problems!

4.

Have you figured out a way to get me drunk yet?

5.

How about you climb in here and see how you like being stuck in the background for 700 years?!

6.

If you promise to leave me alone for a few days, I’ll sing something for you.

7.

Do you think there’s any chance for a disembodied spirit trapped in a mirror and a disembodied shadow trapped between life and death to make it in the mixed-up, topsy-turvy world of ours?

8.

If I had a gold coin for every idiotic question I’ve been asked over the centuries, I’d be rich by now!

9.

No, please. Keep telling me about how wonderful your gods are so that if I ever meet them, I can be sure to point out who to curse.

10.

You, you, you! What about me? What about my needs? I haven’t been properly polished in over a century!

11.

Is there some way that you could just hold me up as you travel? Looking at the inside of a sack all day isn’t very stimulating!

12.

Fine, I’ll answer a question, but you need to wash your hands the next time you touch me. Who knows where those have been?

 

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