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The Gilded Thirst

The Gilded Thirst
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Investigation and Dungeon Crawl

The Gilded Thirst

Lvl 3-53-51-2 sessions· medium

“Not all that glitters is gold, and not all who drink are sated.”

— Hook · Investigation and Dungeon Crawl

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QuestgiverMagistrate Varick
Investigation and Dungeon Crawl
D&D 5E
Medium
Lvl 3-5
3-5
1-2 sessions
3 NPCs
2 encounters
The Opening

“The fountains of Oakhaven have run dry, replaced by a slow trickle of liquid gold that hardens within minutes. The local magistrate is desperate, offering a heavy purse to anyone who can find the source in the mountain caves and stop this miracle before the town dies of thirst. Every well is a tomb of solid metal, and the sun is high.”

— Hook · Investigation and Dungeon Crawl

Set the Scene

The town square of Oakhaven is crowded with panicking citizens clutching empty buckets around a fountain of solid, shimmering gold.

Patron
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Questgiver

Magistrate Varick

Varick approaches the party with trembling hands, offering a signed promissory note for 1000 gold pieces if the water flow is restored by sundown.

On the Streets · In the Books

Rumours

d3 · table
  1. 01
    The town's founder hid a treasure in the aquifer that is finally leaking.
  2. 02
    A local alchemist was seen dragging heavy crates toward the High-Peak Caverns last week.
  3. 03
    The golden water can be melted down, but it smells like sulfur and rot.
Stakes

If the source is not neutralized, Oakhaven will become a ghost town of solid metal, and the transmutation plague will spread downriver to the capital.

Ticking Clock·Every six hours, a new section of the town's infrastructure turns to gold. After 48 hours, the transformation is irreversible.

Background Lore

Oakhaven was built over a unique thermal aquifer. Decades ago, an alchemist named Vane was exiled for attempting to transmute the local water table into a 'Philosopher's Stream.' He has recently returned to finish his work using a corrupted Midas-Stone.

What the World Knows

A localized geological anomaly or a minor curse is turning the town's water supply into gold, causing an immediate and lethal water crisis.

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