| d12 | What's in the Body? |
| 1 | Growing on the left lung is a hard, mutated lump of flesh that is actually a tumor key grown in the corpse by priests of Zzorch. The tumor key can open any tumor lock crafted by Zzorch's clergy. |
| 2 | In life the person prepared for a sneak attack by secreting an enchanted razor blade underneath their tongue. Obviously, something else got them before the ambush ever came. If wielded in combat, the razor blade does 1d4+1 damage and gives a bonus of +1 to attack rolls. |
| 3 | Iron spikes have been pounded into the soles of the feet. These spikes are rusty, but otherwise nondescript and non-magical. |
| 4 | Slivers of holy wood from a cross used in the martyrdom of a saint belonging to the church of the Lady of the White Way have been driven under the corpse's fingernails. If immersed in a vessel of water for a week, these slivers will transform it into holy water. |
| 5 | Stuffed down the corpse's throat is a wad of paper. If removed and smoothed flat, the paper will be revealed to be a random magic-user or illusionist (50% of either) scroll penned by a wizard from the Orxham School of Ulverland. |
| 6 | The brain is encrusted with a thing layer of gem-like crystals that can be pried off and sold for 20-40 gold pieces; if the brain is presented whole to the right collector in Mord-Stavian, it will be worth 100-800 gold pieces. |
| 7 | The corpse's heart has been replaced by a mechanical construction that also functions as a locked and trapped jewelry box. It contains a ring of random value that had been crafted as a gift for a noblewoman attached to the court of Scarabrae. |
| 8 | The gut contains a stoppered vial of an incredibly pure narcotic. The vial also contains a miniscule scrap of paper on which there is writing—presumably the address for the vial's buyer—that will require the use of a magnifying glass to decipher. |
| 9 | The nasal cavities have been stuffed with the kind of marbles used as bowling balls by the pixies of the Shae Isles. If given to a fey creature, that creature will owe you a boon. |
| 10 | There are 1d6 poisoned needles embedded in the right thigh. An experienced assassin, or perhaps a thief or fighter, will know these needles to be the preferred method of execution by the Kung-Loon clan of the Island of Jade Mysteries. The poison on the needles is particularly long lasting; they may be re-used if handled carefully. |
| 11 | Tucked into the right eyelid is a coin that can be used to pay one of the ferrymen who shuttle the living across the Grottheim River in the Wailing Labyrinth. |
| 12 | You don't even want to know how that wand got where it is. |
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Search the Body? No, Search IN the Body
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Vivisectionist becomes a viable character class...
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