The Witchstone

The Witchstone
Author
Douglas Austin
Event type
Wilderness scouting

The party encounter a sinister-looking rock: a witchstone. And legend says that "if you don't offer it a joyous memory, it will lay a curse upon your back."

Choices

1. "And if we don't keep going it will be <Hero>'s curse instead."

Outcome One of the party becomes inhabited. The following is added to the hero's history:

They became the home of a tortured black spirit, when the Witchstone's appetite went unsated.

2. Sacrifice a romantic memory...

Outcome Hero loses the memory, and the following is added to their history:

In order that their friends might pass safely to <Location>, <Hero> relinquished a memory of young romance to the Witchstone there, and lost it forever.

3. Sacrifice a familial memory...

Outcome Hero loses the memory, and the following is added to their history:

In order that their friends might pass safely to <Location>, <Hero> relinquished a memory of their parents to the Witchstone there, and lost it forever.

4. Sacrifice a memory of self-worth...

Outcome Hero loses the memory, and the following is added to their history:

In order that their friends might pass safely to <Location>, <Hero> relinquished a memory of their proudest moment to the Witchstone there, and lost it forever.

Trivia

Option 1 affects the hero with the highest coward score in the party, which may not be the hero shown in the panel for option 1.
Option 2 targets a hero with the Flirt or Brokenhearted hook.
Option 3 targets a hero with the Loyal or Nostalgic hook.
Option 4 targets a hero with the Proud or Integrity hook.

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Targets

Targets

 coward (required)
    Score: COWARD >= 60
    Forbidden Aspects: hook_inhabited
 
 bookish (required)
    Score: max(BOOKISH,POET) >= 60
 
 snark (required)
    Score: SNARK
 
 hook (optional)
    Score: (200*(hook_Flirt+hook_Brokenheart))+ROMANTIC >= 200
 
 hook2 (optional)
    Score: ((((historyTag_singleparent+historyTag_orphan)+historyTag_unknownOrigin)+historyTag_sadkid)+historyTag_adopted) >= 1
 
 hook3 (optional)
    Score: max(HEALER,LEADER) >= 60
 

Note: Hooks aren't necessary to trigger this event.

See Targets and scoring guide for help with role names and scoring.