Lysander
2009-03-11, 12:29 PM
How about this method of giving your group a mission?
Rod Of Alliance
A rod of alliance is small white stick magically imbued with a quest, a specific achievable goal rather than an ongoing cause. When it is found by a group of people capable of achieving that quest that rod binds up to five people with a geas, per the spell, and telepathically informs them of their obligation. It must bind them all at the same time. This geas cannot be removed by any means however, even by use of a wish or miracle. Destroying the rod does not free the questers from the geas.
If all of the questers die the rod will bind a new group of people.
If the questers retains possession of the rod it can grant them a few helpful abilities. Any quester can use the rod to dowse for the direction of any other quester. Once a day it can be used to cast sending, but only targeting another quester.The rod grants nearby questers +5 to saving throws to resist mind controlling effects like suggestion.
When the quest is completed all surviving questers gain one level. The rod will either disintegrate, go dormant for a preset period of time before binding a new group to the same quest, or go blank. Anyone holding a blank rod can create a new quest for it to bind people to by concentrating deeply on the task, and succeeding on a DC20 Will check.
Rod Of Alliance
A rod of alliance is small white stick magically imbued with a quest, a specific achievable goal rather than an ongoing cause. When it is found by a group of people capable of achieving that quest that rod binds up to five people with a geas, per the spell, and telepathically informs them of their obligation. It must bind them all at the same time. This geas cannot be removed by any means however, even by use of a wish or miracle. Destroying the rod does not free the questers from the geas.
If all of the questers die the rod will bind a new group of people.
If the questers retains possession of the rod it can grant them a few helpful abilities. Any quester can use the rod to dowse for the direction of any other quester. Once a day it can be used to cast sending, but only targeting another quester.The rod grants nearby questers +5 to saving throws to resist mind controlling effects like suggestion.
When the quest is completed all surviving questers gain one level. The rod will either disintegrate, go dormant for a preset period of time before binding a new group to the same quest, or go blank. Anyone holding a blank rod can create a new quest for it to bind people to by concentrating deeply on the task, and succeeding on a DC20 Will check.