"The Daydream Dealer" reads the lovingly hand-painted sign outside what seems to be a cave mouth, welcoming you in. Inside, warm air makes the cavern surprisingly appealing, and a scattering of fresh flowers and soft autumn leaves belie the weather outside. A scattering of dimly-glowing stones illuminate the interior as an entrancing voice calls to you.
"Welcome, I'm interested to see what you have to trade. You may call me Carnelia, may I have your names?" comes the greeting from the reclining merchant, a long-haired woman wearing a crown of leaves. Here are some of the wares a Fey merchant might offer, and the price they might ask: 1 - A dead name: For the cost of a name no longer wanted, you can have one someone else has discarded. If you give it to someone else, they will believe it is yours unless they have information to the contrary. If subject to a curse that uses this name, you have advantage on the saving throw.. 2 - Silver tongue: For the cost of an absolute truth, never before spoken, you can purchase a potion of quicksilver-fluid chrome-bright liquid which can be drunk. Once within the next hour, when you make a Charisma check, you can replace the number you roll with a 15. Additionally, no matter what you say, magic that would determine if you are telling the truth indicates that you are being truthful. 3 - Unwanted child: For the cost of an unspecified favour later, a childless couple can have their very own baby. Well-behaved, quiet, and with the stare of an 'old soul', this cherubic babe does not age or grow for fifty years, until it transforms into a full-sized Doppelganger. Like a cuckoo, it harbours little love for its adoptive parents, even if treated well. 4 - Brave spirit: Perfect for when you need confidence for a special event, this garish neck-cloth imbues you with not only certainty, but social grace. While worn, your Charisma modifier is increased to +3 unless your natural modifier is higher, and you can add a number equal to your proficiency bonus to any Charisma-based checks. At midnight, or when you take it off, it loses its magic, and your Charisma modifier becomes -2 until 1d4 long rests have passed. 5 - A Delicious Secret: This will cost a secret of its own, one that you don't want to tell. However, for this juicy price, you will learn something that the merchant couldn't possibly know- the location of a lost treasure, the name of a villain, the identity of a murderer. 6 - Deepest Wish (dot com?): This, the most valuable of goods available, can solve your deepest desire- at least for a little while. As with any Fey gift, what you get might not be what you actually bargained for, and it's likely to be only a cheap facsimile, perhaps forged of illusion magic or one that falls apart as it's being used. This comes at the princely cost of the promise of your firstborn child- whether you already have one or will do later. Also posted on Game Masters Stash on 10 November 2021. Comments are closed.
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