OSR tidbit, Stonehell 3B:
"Disused common room; dusty, small-sized furnishings; sidebar holds mugs and complex device that resembles an espresso machine. The machine produces a foul tasting, gray liquid the Small Men find delicious. Each mug of this substance is equal to a full day of food, but any PC drinking it must make a CON check to keep it down."
I choose to believe the Small Men just drink awful awful coffee.
Another OSR tidbit from Stonehell, level 3A:
"Dwarven Feast Hall: Dwarf-sized stone tables & benches ... Speaking 'Gudrun' while touching the carving fills all empty containers in the character's inventory with fine dwarvish mead."
I love the idea of it being *all* empty containers. Your flat coin purse? Full of mead. Spent quiver? Mead. Spare sack? Bursting full of mead.
OSR tidbit from Stonehell, 2C:
Chilling breath chamber: Caisson ceiling decorated with hemisphere globes & bas-relief of bearded man shouting. Writing appears in the relief's mouth. If examined, it reveals itself to be _chilling script_ (4d6+6 damage to reader and all within 10’; all but reader save vs spells for half damage). Mouth has secret compartment holding 700sp & 200gp.
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From the asylum (level 2A) of Stonehell:
"Haunted hydrotherapy room: Sunken baths filled with dirty water... one pool suddenly boils if entered (2d8 dam; save vs breath attacks for half). Pool contains parboiled remains of an elf adventurer with 700sp & wand of detect magic (12 charges)."
That's a nice tempting bit of interaction!
Oh that's a fun new detail: "Within [the scumboggle] hive, suspended using vines, a single cow, hand-fed the rich vegetation of the swamp. If recovered, the cow’s cheese is of excellent quality – the cow is worth 350gp."
Scumboggles (pictured) are small amphibious cannibal goblins who love cheese.
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A creepy tidbit from Fever Swamp, a swampcrawl module by Luke Gearing:
"These spirits of lost children are desperate for a light to lead them home. Their shadowy forms clamber through the trees, their large, blank faces staring greedily from above. Once the time is right, they reach down, snatching any candles, lanterns and oil before hurriedly fleeing. They can be pacified with sweet treats. They will not try to fight."
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