The Fresh Grave of Goodheart Gardens (a CR 5 encounter for Bloodlines & Black Magic)
"There's a grave in that cemetery, Goodheart Gardens, that's always fresh. I hear they've even cemented it over, but it's always just turned earth in the morning, with some flowers on top. But here's the weird bit... it's always got fresh flowers. Every single day." The Fresh Grave of Goodheart Gardens is a place of wierdness, one that's got a small Atlas Obscura entry and mentions on a local ghost tour pamphlet for disinterested hipsters. But the ghost tours don't even scrape the barrel of what's going on, and why Goodheart Gardens is visited by an assortment of oddballs and powerful people at the witching hour. The Gardens belong to a free spirit which has refused to pass on, a servant of the people who has moved on to looking after the dead. Those buried here are looked after, and at rest- like, properly at rest. They're looked after, and no-one dares bother them because of Poppa Daydream. Y'see, if you turn up at just the right time of night, you can meet Poppa Daydream, a huge, friendly, aged Hippie, wearing a tie-dyed t-shirt and bandanna, as well as faded denim shorts. He's happy to share a joint and a tall tale, and some words of advice about whatever personal issues someone has. Those who spend any amount of time with him get an overwhelming sense of just how good a guy he is- he cares, incredibly deeply, about social issues and injustice, about making an active difference in the life of everyone he touches. And now he's dead, he's got some other folks to take care of, too. If you'll promise to lay flowers for someone, say a little prayer and wish 'em well, he'll do you a solid and talk to the dead for you- bring you some closure, tell you some secrets, something you need. He watches carefully to see who people pick- just the closest grave, or someone meaningful, a kid, an old person, and he judges what people are doing. In life, Poppa Daydream was a 5th-level Spiritualist. Now he's dead, he's gained the Prana Ghost and Undead Lord templates, although he can't interact much with anything physical any more. He can speak with the dead of Goodheart Gardens, and he can ask pretty much anything of them that people need to know. He'll pass some of that on, as well as some tips- how to fix your car, or your love life, how to say sorry to your mom, or move on from that guy, or how to shake that cigarette habit (that's a nasty one, he says ruefully, and hard to kick). How you can use the Fresh Grave of Goodheart Gardens in your game: - Sometimes you need to find something out from someone who isn't alive any more. A contact might pass on some advice on how to find Poppa Daydream, and what to bring to get his help. - A Player Character who's down in the dumps for some reason might go looking for trouble in a graveyard, and find help from a very unlooked-for place. Comments are closed.
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