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Transmuting envelope bomb

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The transmuting envelope bomb is an envelope in the campaign Zincirsiz ("Unchained") that lay unopened on a table in the cellar of Captain Markus's house in Sınır Sapı. It gave off a trace of transmutation magic.1

The opening

Jonathan River, searching the house, took a hidden box and other valuables, copied the notes of places he found, mended the floor, and lifted the envelope with a conjured magical hand without opening it.123

In the forest, from about fifty feet away, he opened it. The paper came apart, and four or five seconds later the envelope became a hand-made bomb and exploded, its blast reaching some sixty feet and catching him and Olaf. It burned and felled trees and left dead animals and black smoke. On the paper that remained was a threat that those who brought evil and pain to these lands would pay a like price, and the mark V. The pair left the place.45

Gunpowder is made by alchemy and magic; what this bomb was made of, and by whom, is not known.6

The note

The surviving note was kept. Back in his room, Jonathan held it near a candle flame and found a second mark that seemed stamped in another ink: a curved knife thrust into a purse full of coins. He did not know the sign, and thought it might belong to a mercenary or assassins' guild. He later hid the note with the box under the floor of his room at the inn.789

By Sending, Jonathan told Master Otto of the witch hunters that he had caused the explosion, and later showed him the note and told how he had opened the envelope from afar. Otto suggested that the captain, who had not opened it, might have learned of the danger some other way. Markus himself, on learning that Jonathan had taken the letter, said it might have been left for Jonathan.101112

Spoiler: Who sent itSpoils: Zincirsiz #13 · Say what you have read

Notes

  1. ↑At the tableTeklif | DnD 5E Oynanış #9 (Zincirsiz #9), 2:23:25
  2. ↑At the tableTeklif | DnD 5E Oynanış #9 (Zincirsiz #9), 2:26:42
  3. ↑At the tableTeklif | DnD 5E Oynanış #9 (Zincirsiz #9), 2:33:26
  4. ↑At the tableTeklif | DnD 5E Oynanış #9 (Zincirsiz #9), 2:37:35
  5. ↑At the tableTeklif | DnD 5E Oynanış #9 (Zincirsiz #9), 2:40:07
  6. ↑BookLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide, p. 3
  7. ↑At the tablePatlama | DnD 5E Oynanış #10 (Zincirsiz #10), 36:10
  8. ↑At the tablePatlama | DnD 5E Oynanış #10 (Zincirsiz #10), 52:31
  9. ↑At the tablePatlama | DnD 5E Oynanış #10 (Zincirsiz #10), 1:01:46
  10. ↑At the tablePatlama | DnD 5E Oynanış #10 (Zincirsiz #10), 1:37:24
  11. ↑At the tableMüttefik | DnD 5E Oynanış #11 (Zincirsiz #11), 38:45
  12. ↑At the tableSorgu | DnD 5E Oynanış #12 (Zincirsiz #12), 1:15:28
  13. ↑At the tablePazarlık | DnD 5E Oynanış #13 (Zincirsiz #13), 1:22:38

Sources

This article draws on:

Books

  • SSGLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide(Bad Badger Games, 2024), p. 3

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