CoinSides Adventure Sparks

Sparks are side-quests which can be inserted into nearly any existing adventure. Some details and characters have been kept intentionally vague so you can plug in the best fitting Sparks into your home campaign. The recommended setting for this Spark is Low Magic, Fantasy. While CoinSides are not required, all Sparks have a coin as the central story element.

Silvered Sorrows

By Bart Wynants. Thanks to Nikola Petrov, Tomas Gimenez Rioja, Koyomi Kawasumi, and the co-writing team. Cover Art by @pigtrottersalad.

Background

The fell coins known as “Silvered Sorrows” have their origins in the seventh circle of inferno. Here, artificer devils ceaselessly work the blazing crucible where tortured souls of unrepentant usurers are melted down into a silvery substance. The serpent-bearded devil, Raum, pours the molten souls into special coin dies, which it then strikes with a hammer. The cooled coins resemble pieces of silver commonly encountered in the mortal realm. A careful examination, however, reveals the coin’s infernal imagery: a slavering minotaur graces the obverse, while the reverse shows a burning river meandering through a blasted waste.

Silvered Sorrows commonly find their way to the mortal realms whenever people magically wish for earthly riches. Summoned devils may also carry a small supply of cursed coins with which to poison treasure hoards.

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Let the Sparks Fly

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