From: [d 2 dcblu] at [fre.fsu.umd.edu] (L.L. Cool Ranch Dressing) Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.archives Subject: SUPPLEMENT: BAG O BEANS (1) Date: 29 Mar 1996 14:31:13 -0500 THE ULTIMATE BAG O' BEANS This bag, constructed of heavy cloth, is about two feet wide and four feet long (the size of any large bag or sack). A character who opens it will find several large, pebble-like objects inside. If dumped out of the bag, these objects explode for 5d4 points of damage each. All creatures within a 10 foot radius must successfully save vs. spell or suffer full damage. To be removed safely, the beans in the bag must be taken out by hand - telekinesis won't prevent them from exploding, nor will working them out with tools. If placed in dirt and watered, each pebble-like bean will "sprout". Only a few beans are beneficial most are dangerous or useless. Just roll 1d100 to get a bean. If the bean rolled has already been picked then use the one after it or the one before it. Unless noted otherwise, all items and beings created by a bean are permanent and can be destroyed or slain normally. Also, the beans will always be destroyed unless noted otherwise. A wild magic mage has a 50% chance to control the bag. Thus, he/she can pick the bean he/she wants. Page 5 of the TOME OF MAGIC discusses wild mages and has the rule of the random objects used by wild mages. Some DMs may want the bag contain less than 100 beans since a bag probably had previous owners who no doubt used some of the beans. Therefore, the number of beans in the bag should be 75-100 (5d6 + 70). The DM will have to decide which beans should be removed from the bag. In every case, the DM may make any adjustments to these results he feels is appropriate. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. A tree grows from the ground. Roll on A for size. Roll on B for type. There is a 25% chance that the tree begins to spew seeds within a 50 foot radius. These seeds grow into trees within 1 round. These trees spew seeds as their parent and more trees grow. This process continues for 59 rounds. If this process isn't stopped, a forest of tress could span approximately 2950 foot radius from the original tree. TABLE A: Size (1d6) 1 Tiny 1/4 normal size 2 Small 1/2 normal size 3-4 Normal normal size 5 Large double normal size 6 Gigantic quadruple normal size* * DM's Option - The tree grows to such a height that it will no longer be able to support itself and it collapses in a random direction. TABLE B: Type of Tree (1d8) 1 Broad-Leaf Tree roll on Table C 2 Needle-Leaf Tree roll on Table D 3 Fruit Tree roll on Table E 4 Edible-Nut Tree roll on Table F 5 Resource Tree roll on Table G 6 Ornamental Tree roll on Table H 7 Tropical Tree roll on Table I 8 REROLL TABLE C: Broad-Leaf Trees (1d20) 1 Alder 8 Ash 15 Aspen 2 Birch 9 Butternut 16 Box Elder 3 Chestnut 10 Cottonwood 17 Elm 4 Eucalyptus 11 Gum Tree 18 Hackberry 5 Ironwood 12 Locust 19 Maple 6 Mulberry 13 Oak 20 Sweet Gum 7 Sycamore 14 Willow TABLE D: Needle-Leaf Trees (1d20) 1 Balsam Fir 8 Beefwood 15 Box 2 Cedar 9 Cycad 16 Cypress 3 Douglas Fir 10 Evergreen 17 Fir 4 Gymnosperm 11 Hemlock 18 Juniper 5 Larch 12 Laurel 19 Myrtle 6 Pine 13 Redwood 20 Sequoia 7 Spruce 14 Yew TABLE E: Fruit Trees (1d20) 1 Apple 8 Apricot 15 Avocado 2 Banana 9 Cherry 16 Crab Apple 3 Date 10 Fig 17 Grapefruit 4 Guava 11 Lemon 18 Lime 5 Mango 12 Mulberry 19 Nectarine 6 Olive 13 Orange 20 Papaya 7 Peach 14 Pear Plum TABLE F: Edible-Nut Trees (1d10) 1 Almond 5 Brazil 8 Butternut 2 Cashew 6 Coconut Palm 9 Hazel 3 Hickory 7 Pecan 10 Pistachio 4 Walnut TABLE G: Resource Trees (1d10) 1 Balsa 5 Calabash 9 Carob 2 Cinnamon 6 Clove 10 Coffee 3 Cork 7 Kola Nut 11 Nutmeg 4 Palm 8 Rubber 12 Sassafras TABLE H: Ornamental Trees (1d8) 1 Dogwood 4 Hawthorn 7 Holly 2 Magnolia 5 Mimosa 8 Pepper Tree 3 Redbud 6 Rhododendron TABLE I: Tropical Trees (1d4) 1 Baobab 3 Mahogany 2 Mangrove 4 Teak ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Liquid spews out of the ground where the bean was planted. Roll on Table A to find out how much will come out of the ground. Roll on Table B to get the duration that the liquid will spew. Roll on Table C to get the type of liquid. TABLE A: Rate of Liquid (1d4) 1 Stream pours out 1 gallon per round 2 Fountain 5' long stream at 5 gallons per round 3 Geyser 20' long stream at 30 gallons per round TABLE B: Duration (1d8) 1 1d20 round 2 1d12 turn 3 1d10 hour 4 1d8 day 5 1d6 week 6 1d4 year TABLE C: Type of Liquid (1d12) 01 Fresh Water see note below 02 Salt Water see note below 03 Mineral Water see note below 04 Holy Water 05 Unholy Water 06 Sweet Water Dungeon Master's Guide 07 Vinegar 08 Ammonia 09 Poison Dungeon Master's Guide 10 Alcohol The Complete Guide To AD&D Alcohol, Getting...Booze 11 Oil Roll on Table D and Table F 12 Magical Liquid Roll on Table E and Table F TABLE D: Type of Oil (1d6) 1 Normal 2 Oil of Fiery Burning Dungeon Master's Guide 3 Oil of Fumbling Dungeon Master's Guide 4 Oil of Impact Dungeon Master's Guide 5 Oil of Slipperiness Dungeon Master's Guide 6 Oil of Timelessness Dungeon Master's Guide TABLE E: Type of Magical Liquid (1d30) 1 Potion of Clairaudience Dungeon Master's Guide 2 Potion of Clairvoyance Dungeon Master's Guide 3 Potion of Delusion Dungeon Master's Guide 4 Elixir of Health Dungeon Master's Guide 5 Elixir of Madness Dungeon Master's Guide 6 Elixir of Youth Dungeon Master's Guide 7 Potion of ESP Dungeon Master's Guide 8 Potion of Extra-Healing Dungeon Master's Guide 9 Potion of Fire Resistance Dungeon Master's Guide 10 Potion of Flying Dungeon Master's Guide 11 Potion of Gaseous Form Dungeon Master's Guide 12 Potion of Giant Strength Dungeon Master's Guide 13 Potion of Growth Dungeon Master's Guide 14 Potion of Healing Dungeon Master's Guide 15 Potion of Heroism Dungeon Master's Guide 16 Potion of Invisibility Dungeon Master's Guide 17 Potion of Invulnerability Dungeon Master's Guide 18 Potion of Levitation Dungeon Master's Guide 19 Potion of Longevity Dungeon Master's Guide 20 Philter of Glibness Dungeon Master's Guide 21 Philter of Love Dungeon Master's Guide 22 Philter of Persuasiveness Dungeon Master's Guide 23 Philter of Stammering... Dungeon Master's Guide 24 Potion of Polymorph Self Dungeon Master's Guide 25 Potion of Rainbow Hues Dungeon Master's Guide 26 Potion of Speed Dungeon Master's Guide 27 Potion of Super-Heroism Dungeon Master's Guide 28 Potion of Ventriloquism Dungeon Master's Guide 29 Potion of Vitality Dungeon Master's Guide 30 Potion of Water Breathing Dungeon Master's Guide TABLE F: Potency of Magic (1d20) 01-04 Loses magical ability in 1d20 round 05-07 Loses magical ability in 1d12 turn 08-10 Loses magical ability in 1d10 hour 11-13 Loses magical ability in 1d8 day 14-16 Loses magical ability in 1d6 week 17-19 Loses magical ability in 1d4 year 20 Maintains magical ability permanently NOTE: There is a 25% chance that a Water Weird (AC 4; MV 12; HD 3+3; hp 27; #AT 0; Dmg nil; THAC0 15; MC2) is presence in the water and will attack. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. The bean turns into a gem in 1d4 rounds. Roll on Table A to get the class and value of the gem. There is a 30% chance that a bird flies down out of the sky, snatches the gem, and flies off. Unless the DM has a specific bird in mind with its own stats, then the bird is a normal bird (AC 8; MV 4 FL 18(B); HD 1/2; hp 4; #AT 1; Dmg 1; THAC0 20). TABLE A: Class and Value of Gem (1d100) 01-25 Ornamental 10 gp 26-50 Semi-precious 50 gp 51-70 Fancy 100 gp 71-90 Precious 500 gp 91-99 Gems 1000 gp 00 Jewels 5000 gp ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Gas pours out of the ground where the bean was planted at a rate of 1 cubic foot per round. (There is a 25% that bubbles containing gas pour out of the ground instead of just gas.) Roll on Table A for duration. It is harmless. The only effect is that it has a very strong odor (roll on Table B). TABLE A: Duration (1d4) 1 1d12 turns 2 1d8 hours 3 1d6 days 4 1d4 weeks TABLE B: Odors (1d20) 01 acrid smell 11 bubble-gum smell 02 chlorine smell 12 cooked turkey smell 03 dank, moldy smell 13 earthy smell 04 grape smell 14 lemon fresh smell 05 manure smell 15 metallic smell 06 ozone smell 16 gasoline smell 07 pine smell 17 putrid smell 08 rotting smell 18 salty, wet smell 09 smokey smell 19 stale, fetid smell 10 sulphurous smell 20 urine smell ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. This bean will sprout into a tree in 1d10 turns and bloom in another 1d6 turns. The blooms of this tree when plucked will be some sort of clothing, Table A, made of a material from Table B. TABLE A: Clothing (1d100/2) 01 apron 18 belt 35 blouse 02 boot 19 bra 36 cap 03 cape 20 cloak 37 coat 04 coif 21 dress 38 frock/pinafore 05 gauntlets 22 girdle 39 glove 06 gown 23 hat 40 habit 07 hood 24 hose 41 jerkin 08 jupon 25 kerchief 42 kirtle 09 leggings 26 mantle 43 pantaloons 10 doublet 27 drawers 44 undershirt 11 underwear 28 petticoat 45 pouch/purse 12 robe 29 sandals 46 scarf 13 shawl 30 shorts 47 slipper 14 smock 31 sock 48 stockings 15 surcoat 32 toga 49 trousers 16 tunic 33 veil 50 vest 17 wallet 34 wrapper TABLE B: Material (1d6) 1 silk 3 cotton 4 wool 5 polyester 6 leather ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. A small hole appears (6 inch diameter) and a strange noise comes from the bottom (10 feet deep). The noise has no physical source and merely is a permanent, magical, constant sound. Roll on Table A for sound. TABLE A: Noises (1d100) 01 animal growling/roaring 37 banging 02 bellowing 38 birds chirping 03 bones snapping 39 bong 04 buzzing 40 chains rattling 05 chanting 41 chiming 06 chirping 42 clanking 07 clashing 43 clicking 08 coughing 44 creaking 09 crying 45 drumming 10 fighting 46 flushing (like toilet) 11 footsteps 47 gibbering 12 giggling 48 gong 13 grating 49 Gregorian chanting 14 grinding 50 groaning 15 grunting 51 hissing 16 hooting 52 howling 17 humming 53 jingling 18 knocking 54 laughter 19 moaning 55 murmuring 20 music 56 rattling 21 murmuring 57 music 22 ocean waves breaking 58 perverse sex acts 23 steady rain 59 rattling 24 ringing 60 roaring 25 rustling 61 scratching/scrabbling 26 screaming 62 scuttling 27 slithering 63 snapping 28 sneezing 64 sobbing 29 splashing 65 splintering 30 squawking 66 squealing 31 talking 67 tapping 32 thumping 68 thunder 33 ticking 69 tinkling 34 twanging 70 whining 35 whispering 71 whistling 36 wind blowing 72-00 REROLL or CHOOSE If the sound is from a person(s), the race of the person(s) making the sound can be determined using the random languages table in the DMG, p. 102. The language is generally difficult to understand, but the content may be determined by the DM as desired. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. After the bean is planted, it will wiggle back up out of the ground. It radiates powerful magic, and could easily be confused when under detection spells to have amazingly beneficial powers (DM's choice, of course) if planted and allowed to sprout. The trouble is that beans won't grow unless planted, and this little sucker just won't stay put! The bean will never grow into anything. The only magical power is its ability to boar to the surface. The fun is watching characters (and players) tearing their hair out trying to figure out how to make the #!$* bean sprout. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. A 5' X 5' horizontal portal of shimmering, glittering, rainbow light appears on the ground above the location of the bean. The portal is a gateway to another place/plane (75% chance of it being one-way). Roll on Table A to decide where it leads to. The duration of the portal is the DM's decision. TABLE A: Where? 1 Another location on Prime Material Plane* 2 Ravenloft 3 Ethereal Plane 4 Astral Plane 5 Outer Plane, roll on Table B 6 Elemental Plane, roll on Table C * different continent, different world, different crystal sphere, different time (past or future), etc. TABLE B: Outer Planes (1d20) 01 Seven Heavens 10 Twin Paradise 02 Elysium 11 Happy Hunting Grounds 03 Olympus 12 Gladsheim 04 Limbo 13 Pandemonium 05 Abyss 14 Tarterus 06 Hades 15 Gehenna 07 Nine Hells 16 Acheron 08 Nirvana 17 Arcadia 09 Concordant Opposition 18-20 REROLL or CHOOSE TABLE C: Elemental Planes (1d12) 01-02 Air 09 Dust 03-04 Fire 10 Heat 05-06 Earth 11 Vapor 07-08 Water 12 Ice ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. A 3' X 3' wooden door appears on the ground. The door is locked and a thief has -20% of picking it. If open, the characters will see stairs leading downward. The stairs lead down to a dungeon. The information on the dungeon is left up to the DM. Since most DMs have a surplus of useless dungeons that have no purpose and are completely random, this bean is away to get rid of the DM's library of these dungeons. This also allow a DM to do anything he wants in a dungeon without worrying about background, plot, story-line, or anything else that is time- consuming. Also note that Appendix A on page 169-173 of the 1st edition DMG is a random dungeon generation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. The bean changes the fertility of the soil in a 1d4 mile radius for 1d2 years. Roll 1d100. A roll of 1-50 indicates that the area around the bean becomes completely infertile. All vegetation will die within a few weeks and turn the land into a virtual wasteland. A roll of 51-100 indicates that the area around the bean becomes extremely fertile. Vegetation will grow in abundance within a few weeks and turn the land into a virtual rain forest. To help speed up the growth process, the DM may allow a plant growth (as in spell) effect to stimulate the area of effect. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. The bean transmutes the natural rock around the bean into another substance. Roll on Table A. TABLE A: What Happens? (1d4) 1: Natural rock of any sort within a 100 cubic foot area of the bean turns into an equal volume of mud. Creatures unable to levitate, fly, or otherwise free themselves from the mud sink at the rate of ten feet per round and suffocate, except for light-weight creatures that could normally pass across such ground. 2: Natural rock of any sort within a 100 cubic foot area of the bean turns into an equal volume of fresh water thus creating a lake 100 feet deep. 3: Natural rock of any sort within a 100 cubic foot area of the bean turns into an equal volume of air thus creating a canyon 100 feet deep. 4: Natural rock of any sort within a 100 cubic foot area of the bean turns into an equal volume of manure. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. EARTHQUAKE !!! A local tremor of fairly high strength rips the ground. The shock is over in 1d4+1 round. The earthquake affects all terrain, vegetation, structures, and creatures in its area of effect. The area of effect of the earthquake is circular with a diameter of roughly 1 mile. Solidly built structures with foundations reaching down to bedrock sustains one-half damage; one-quarter damage if they score above 50% on a saving throw. An Earth Elemental in the area of effect can negate 10% to 100% (roll 1d10 * 10) of the effect. Other magical protections and wards allowed by the DM may also reduce or negate this effect. After the quake, there is a 50% chance that an Earth Elemental (AC 2; MV 6; HD 12; hp 96; #AT 1; Dmg 4-32; THAC0 9; MC1) comes up through a nearby crack to seek revenge on those that irritate the earth. The elemental will be relentless in its task to destroy the planter of the bean and anybody who engages in combat with it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. TWISTER !!! A tornado rises from the ground. Winds are in excessive of 300 MPH. It has a duration of 5-50 hours. The DM must make the decision if the tornado will dissipate or continue based on the environment its in. One inch of precipitation will fall per hour. Only strong stone buildings will be undamaged. Travel is impossible. The range of normal and infravision vision is cut by 3/4. No tracking is possible. There is a +40% chance of getting lost if in unfamiliar territory. No missile fire is permitted. All non-magical weapon attacks are at -3 to hit: 20% per attack that any weapon will be torn from the wielder's grip by the wind. Dexterity bonuses to AC are cancelled. No creatures can fly, except those from the Elemental Plane of Air. There is a 50% chance that an Air Elemental (AC 2; MV FL 36 (A); HD 12; hp 96; #AT 1; Dmg 2-20; THAC0 9; MC1) follows the tornado out of the ground to seek revenge on those that summoned it. The elemental will be relentless in its task to destroy the planter of the bean and anybody who engages in combat with it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. A nice windy updraft flies out of the ground which will hurl matter upward upon passing over the bean. Consult the following: 500+ lbs no effect 300-500 lbs up 10' then outward 200-300 lbs up 20' then outward 100-200 lbs up 40' then outward 020-100 lbs up 80' then outward 000-020 lbs good luck finding it again! Option: Loosely tied/held objects need to be treated separately. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. A magic mouth appears and asks the planter of the bean, "what item do you wish?" After the character makes a wish, an exact duplicate of the character will come into being, and this opposite will immediately attack the character. Note that the duplicate will have all items and powers of the original (including magic), but upon the defeat or destruction of either, the duplicate and its items disappear completely. The only exception is the item that the character wished for. It is carried and used by the duplicate and will remain after the destruction of the duplicate. Note that the item can not have an experience point value above 10,000. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. Wooden spears with extremely sharp heads randomly shoot up from the ground within a 1d10+10 radius. All creatures within the area of effect must save vs. paralyzation to avoid the spears or suffer 1d6 points of damage. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. A sphere of a magical power (Table A) covers the area around the location where the bean was planted. The sphere will be partly above ground and partly below ground. The top hemisphere will be above ground and the bottom hemisphere will be below. Note the bean no longer exists. (Some characters may try to find the bean in hopes of carrying it around with its special ability). The magical power is unique to the area where the bean was planted. TABLE A: Effects (1d8) 1: A permanent 50-foot radius sphere of continual light immediately appears. The light is as bright as full daylight and lasts until negated by magical darkness or by dispel magic power. DMs may want to give the light a certain color to jazz it up. 2: A permanent 50-foot radius sphere of total, impenetrable darkness immediately appears. Infravision is useless. Neither normal nor magical light unless it is a light spell or dispel magic power. 3: A permanent 50-foot radius sphere of invisibility immediately appears (or should it be vanishes). Absolutely everything in the sphere is totally invisible. For example, the characters can't see the ground, rocks, trees, or themselves. Not even combat will make people appear. Nothing can break this invisibility except for dispel magic powers. 4: A permanent 50-foot radius sphere of complete silence immediately prevails. All sound is stopped: conversation is impossible and no noise whatsoever issues from or enters the area. Dispel magic powers will disperse this magical effect. 5: A permanent 50-foot radius sphere of complete protection from evil immediately prevails. See Protection From Evil spell for effects. Dispel magic powers will disperse this magical effect. 6: A permanent 50-foot radius sphere of complete protection from good immediately prevails. See Protection From Evil spell for effects. Dispel magic powers will disperse this magical effect. 7: Roll twice ignoring this result and 8. 8: Roll thrice ignoring this result and 7. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 18. Within 1d12 seconds of planting the bean, two 1-inch diameter rainbow orbs fly out of the ground and will land with 10d10 feet apart. An ellipsoid will be formed with the two spheres as the foci of the rotated ellipse. The ellipse is formed as if drawn on the ground and the axis of rotation is the line which passes through the two foci. The formed force cleaves though all things in its path. The ellipsoid of force and all things within it are rotated 180 degrees and set down. The force then disappears. This strange force is named after Sophlereli, the first person to encounter this phenomena. Sophlereli was a little slow in grasping the applications of this force (i.e. transportation across huge distances, movement of forces in battles, creation of mountain passes, destruction of castle walls and even killing of large creatures). A small problem with these spheres is that the radius is varying. The field of force may extend from 10 to 100 yards beyond the foci. This pretty much ensures the planter will remain inside of the field. Sadly Sophlereli was killed when he attempted to plant a bean and run for the border of the field. He was cleaved in lengthwise and one of his halves was transported via the field a distance of six miles. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 19. A 10-foot radius ring of grass will grow surrounded by mushrooms. The mushroom have magical effects on persons who eat them. A DM may opt to make all mushroom have the same effect or have each mushroom be individual in its effect. For those that must have percentages make the choice a straight 50-50 chance. Roll on Table A to get the result of eating a mushroom. TABLE A: Results (1d4) 1: If a person eats this mushroom, he will be delighted in its wonderful steak-like taste. The mushroom will be equal to eating one full nutritious meal. 2: If a person eats this mushroom, he will be beset by visions and must roll a save versus poison or go insane. 3: If a person eats this mushroom, he must save vs. poison or become totally passive, unable to do anything. The affected person only observes; he is unable to perform any action even if attacked. The duration if this effect is 1d15 rounds. 4: This mushroom, if eaten, has a wonderful curative property, and can cure most diseases as a cleric casting Cure Disease of 12th level. 5: This mushroom, if eaten, will heal 1d10 points of damage that a character may have. 6: This mushroom, if eaten, will cause violent hallucinations to the eater if he fails a save vs. poison. The hallucinations last 1d15 turns. Hallucinating creatures react a follows (1d20): 01-10 Cower and whimper 11-15 Stare into nothingness 16-18 Flee shrieking in a random direction 19-20 Try to kill the closest creature ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20. A 6 foot tall rod grows out of the ground. The rod shimmers with a bright, blue, florescent light and will do 1d6 points of electrical damage to those that touch it. The light summons a cloud of normal insects to attack all beings within 300 feet of the light. The insects will arrive in 1d4 rounds. The exact insects are bees, biting flies, hornets, wasps, mosquitos, etc.. The attacked creatures sustain 2 points of damage if they do nothing but attempt to flee or fend off the insects during the time they are attacked; they suffer 4 points of damage per round otherwise. If the insects are ignored, a victim fights with a -2 penalty to his attack roll and a +2 penalty to his Armor Class. If he attempts to cast a spell, an initiative roll should be made for the insects to see if the damage occurs before the insects arrive. If it does, the victim's concentration is ruined and the spell is lost. Insects will disperse if the victims enter thick smoke or hot flames. Besides being driven off by smoke or hot flames, the swarm might possibly be outrun, or evaded by plunging into a sufficient body of water. If the insects are killed, they will return in 1 turn, and add 2d6 hours to the total. Otherwise these nasties will remain for 2d20 hours in the area of effect. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 21. Building materials start to fly out of the ground to create a building-type structure. Roll on Table A to get the type of structure. TABLE A: Structure (1d4) 1: A 50 foot high, 20-foot radius circular tower with 5 stories appears. The tower's occupant are 24 mean goblins (AC 6; MV 6; HD 1-1; hp 7; #AT 1; Dmg 1-6 (by weapon); THAC0 20; MC1) who wish to protect their home. The DM should stock the tower with various appropriate items. A DM may opt to add more deadly monsters. 2: A permanent 100 ft. Leomund's Secure Shelter as in the spell appears. 3: A brick outhouse appears. The hole in the outhouse is 20 foot deep. In the bottom of the hole there is a mushy muddy mixture that resembles crap but is a gold compound worth approximately 1000 gold pieces. 4: Deep, dark clouds appear within 4 rounds. Then an extremely solid, cubical, steel 10' X 10' structure appears. The prisoner within is a vampire (AC 1; MV 12, FL 18(C); HD 8+3; hp 67; #AT 1; Dmg 5-10; THAC0 13; MC1). He will be very deceitful in attempts to escape his confinement. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 22. A 5 cubic foot area where the bean was planted becomes vary sensitive to pressure. Whenever more than 50 pounds of pressure is applied in the area an effect something happens. Roll on Table A for the effect. TABLE A: Effects (1d6) 1: It tells the weight that is on it. For example, a person stands on the area and it says, "Your weight is 250 pounds." DMs may add extra remarks like "You're fat!" 2: It continuously screams, "Owwee, owwee, owwee!" 3: It screams, "Hey, get the hell off me!" 4: It throws everything out of the area. 5: It says, "Don't tread on me." 6: The area blows up like a land mine and causes 5d10 points of damage to those in the area. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 23. This dangerous bean, when planted, will burrow 20 feet per day straight down - without stopping - right through everything (bad news). It creates a hole with a diameter of about 6 inches. It doesn't burrow sideways if it is put on the side of a mountain; it seeks the center of gravity, and once it is there (ex. the center of the planet), it retreats away from it. This could be interesting in "gravity planes" on some other planes of existence or in a Spelljamming environment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 24. The lucky person who pulls this bean out of the bag never gets to plant it. In fact, it will abhor him to even think of burying this beautiful object in the ugly, dirty ground. The puller of the bean becomes completely enraptured by it. It becomes his favorite object -- he will never part with it. He must have it with him at all times, even when sleeping (which could become a problem if he is *ahem* accompanied). He values no person, deed, or possession over this bean (paladins watch out). He will often be found simply holding his bean lovingly and staring at it. He is offered no saving throw, and effects are immediate. The effects are broken by either a remove curse spell, or if the bean is planted. For it to be planted, someone else must steal the bean from the owner (no small task for something so precious) and plant it in soil. However, once watered, two very perturbed hell hounds (AC 4; MV 12; HD 7; hp 56; #AT 1; Dmg 1-10; THAC0 13; MCII) appear, and they're hungry. If not watered, the original owner of the bean will feel resentment and hatred for the person who stole and buried it (no remove curse will help here) until the bean is watered. Just to clarify, the stealer of the bean is not effected because the effects only occur when the bean is pulled from the bag itself. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 25. A brilliant rainbow shoots out of the ground where the bean was planted. It illuminates the area within 30 feet. The illumination is a luminous glow, equal to sunlight. See the light spell (PH, p. 127). The rainbow also affects everybody within 30 feet and lasts for 1d6+4 turns. Roll on Table A to get the additional effect of the rainbow. TABLE A: Effects (1d4) 1: Color spray. A vivid, fan-shaped spray of clashing colors springs forth from the rainbow. All creatures in the area of effect are effected. All creatures above 6th level or 6 hit dice are entitled to a saving throw vs. spell. Blind or unseeing creatures are unaffected. Creatures not allowed or failing saving throws, and whose hit dice or levels are less than or equal to 12, are struck unconscious for 2d4 rounds; those with hit dice or levels of 13 or 14 are blinded for 1d4 rounds; those with hit dice or levels of 15 or more are stunned (reeling and unable to think or act coherently) for one round. 2: Shimmering arrow-shaped missiles fire from the rainbow. All creatures must make 1d6+1 dexterity ability checks. For each failed check, the creature will suffer 2d6 points of damage. 3: The rainbow turns into a glowing, rainbow-hued band of interweaving patterns. Creatures in the area of effect may become fascinated and gaze at it as long as the effect lasts. Each creature gets a save vs. spells to negate the effect otherwise it is hypnotized for 1d6 turns. 4: Everybody within the area of effect is cured of blindness (normal or magical), cured of all poisons, cleansed of any curses, and healed of all damaged. 5: The other end of the rainbow will land approximately one mile way. At that end will be a pot of gold containing 10000 gold pieces. Vindictive DMs may have a clan of leprechauns waiting there as well. 6: The rainbow is normal and has no effects except for its natural beauty. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 26. A modified clone of the planter appears. He will be 1d10+10 years older and 1d6+6 levels higher than the planter. In all other aspects he is identical (including possessions, experiences, personality, and thought). Roll on Table A to get the clone's purpose. TABLE A: Clone's Purpose 1: The clone wishes to destroy the planter and take the planter's place in society. He will not be open about his plans. He will carry out his plans in a clever, subtle fashion over a period of time so as not to arouse suspicion. His alignment is evil in respects to good, neutral and evil; he will remain lawful, neutral or chaotic depending on what the planter is. 2: The clone offers to serve the planter in exchange for a vow, such as "Never kiss a beautiful girl," or "Never drink anything in a public place," or "always give a 10% tithe to charity," etc.. If the planter disagrees to the condition, the clone leaves and vows to seek revenge on the planter someday. The clone could be a pivotal NPC for clever DMs. 3: The clone leaves the planter in hopes to seek his own fame and fortune (or whatever the planter's hopes and dreams are). 4: The clone considers himself equal to the planter and will become close friends with its twin. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 27. A small sapling grows where the bean was planted -- the wood type is unidentifiable. It is very straight, and the tree will never grow more than 2' tall. If the sapling is made into an arrow shaft, it will be an Arrow of Slaying. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 28. A small sapling grows emerges. It is of animal intelligence and after one week may move about. It is a baby treant, and will grow to maturity over the next decade (about 3 to 5 times as fast as it should). DMs should consider that it will make an interesting recurring NPC, or a strange PC. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 29. A tree resembling a maple tree springs up. The blooms of the tree will open in 1d4 rounds, they will smell like a fruity alcohol. The sap of the tree will be alcoholic and have a fruity taste. Drinking the sap will put a person into a state of great intoxication (reference The Complete Guide To Alcohol). The sap can only be gather by making a hole in the tree and letting the fluid flow out. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 30. A bean plant springs from the ground; nothing else. It just sits there. It radiates magic from its growth. The bean plant grows at a magically accelerated rate, but is otherwise normal. If the characters harvest it, the beans can be used to make a heckuva good pot of chili (or baked beans, or whatever). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 31. When planted the bean will grow a very simple tiny plant with one flower. It is a simple dull flower, though if enough love is given to the plant the flower will turn into a beautiful flower. If this flower is given to a person of the opposite sex, it will cause the person to fall in love with the one who gave love to the plant. The plant radiates slight enchantment/charm magic if looked for. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 32. A small plant with blue flowers grows from the bean. The plant is three feet tall, has 1d8 buds, and 1d6 open flowers. Each time a spell is cast, a charge from an item is used, a innate ability which is a defined spell, or a scroll is read within 60 feet of the plant, the plant absorbs the energy. The magic fails to happen, but one flower drops off the plant and the plant increases in height by one foot. Each round, 1d2 buds open. Each time a bud opens, it casts a random wizard or priest spell of level 1d6+1. If the spell is to be cast vs. a creature, a random creature within 50 feet is picked. If it is area effect, it is cast at ground zero to the plant but the plant itself is unaffected. All creatures that are mentally controlled by the plant are ordered to protect it and help it grow (by using magic). Each time a bud opens, it becomes a flower, and another bud forms. The plant is immune to all physical attacks, is immune to all magic (it absorbs), and has no mind (no mental attacks). It cannot be pulled from the ground, burnt, frozen, etc.. If the dirt around the plant is dug up, the plant can be moved however (but digging automatically opens 3d4 buds). The plant can be destroyed in two ways - if all the flowers fall off or it dies. If it reaches 20 feet, it falls over and dies. The plant's parts can be used as components in any spell which requires appropriate plant matter as a material component. The spell will function at x2 effectiveness in all respects. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 33. A classic beanstalk with a 25-foot diameter rips out of the ground and grows straight up into the air. Characters that are above the 25 foot area will be lifted into the air on top of the beanstalk. They must make a dexterity check to keep from falling off. The beanstalk grows at a rate of 50 feet per round to maximum of 1000 feet. The DM has a few options. He may opt to let the characters relive the Jack- and-the-Beanstalk story (or a variation*) if he wants to take the time to create the castle in the clouds and its occupants. A variation, an Air Elemental city would also be very exciting. For the DM that doesn't want to take the time, he can just have the characters looming 1000 feet in the air with no hope of getting down easily. * Here is some suggestions for a AD&D variation of the Jack & the Beanstalk story. As the climbing characters pass through the clouds, they see a not just a large castle, but actually a giant-sized one, seemingly resting on the clouds. The characters find that they can walk on the cloud as if it were solid, and there's even a giant-sized forest growing out of the clouds. If the characters enter the castle (and why wouldn't they if they've just climbed a very big beanstalk?), they find that it is the domain of an extra-powerful Cloud Giant (or not so extra-powerful if it's a lower-level party). They may also find golden eggs (each worth 200 gold pieces) laid by an unusual goose, and maybe even a talking harp. If they run into the giant, well, you can figure out what he says (Fee, Fie, Fo, Fum...). The beanstalk can be cut through by normal weapons in 50 rounds (1 round per foot). Other, faster ways of destroying the beanstalk are also possible. Once the beanstalk is completely severed in one place, the castle, cloud, forest, etc. disappear. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 34. The bean instantly grows into a small bush. On this bush are small roughly 1d20+10 berries. Roll on Table A to get the type of berries on the bush. Note that the DM may opt to make a variety of these berries on the bush and roll for each individual berry. TABLE A: Results (1d4) 1: The berries are goodberries. These berries either enable a hungry creature of approximately man-size to eat one and be as well- nourished as if a full normal meal were eaten, or else cure 1 point of physical damage from wounds or other similar causes, subject to a maximum of 8 points of such curing in and 24-hour period. 2: The berries are rotten badberries. These berries appear wholesome but each actually delivers 1 point of poison damage (no saving throw) if ingested. 3: The berries are Mr. Yech green berries. Anyone who eats even a single berry must save vs. poison at -2 or become addicted, and attempt to eat all the berries on the bush. Obviously, if several people become addicted, there could be problems. Some may even try to cultivate the bush and create many bushes with these addictive berries. 4: These berries are Smurf berries. Other than being real yummy, the only effect they have is making the eater feel flighty. In fact, the eater may start singing a "La la la la la la" song. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 35. A bush grows from the ground. It grow beautiful flowers and 4d4 colored fruits. The fruits taste bad but give a lot of color. For example, if you eat a blue fruit your whole mouth will turn a beautiful blue. The colored effect will eventually wear off in 1d4 weeks. A more useful use for the fruit is to smash them. Smashing these fruits will give a beautiful creamy paint which can be applied as make-up. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 36. A small thorn bush grows from the bean. In five rounds, the bush begins to grow very rapidly covering 10 cubic feet per round. The result is a thicket of thorny wood that entwine and entangle everything. The thicket has a strength of 10 for purposes of bursting through doors, walls, etc.. Creatures suffer 1d6 points of damage from thorns once the thicket entangles them. Creatures must hack and slash through at a movement rate of 10 feet per round (or 20 feet per round for larger-than-man-sized creatures). The thicket will continue to expand until it reaches a water source of at least 10 gallons or it can't reach a source with 24 hours (ex. the thicket fills up a dungeon searching for water but can't escape the dungeon; thus it dies in 24 hours). Once it comes in contact with water it will never grow again. It will continue to live if a supply of water is present but otherwise will die. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 37. Vines grow out of the ground at a rate of 5 feet per round. They attempt to entangle all creatures with 50 cubic feet. Any creature in the area of effect is subject to this entanglement. A creature that rolls a successful dexterity check can escape, moving at only 10 feet per round. He must make a check each round until out of the effected area. Besides immobilizing creatures, the vines have 5-20 rot grubs (AC 9; MV 1; HD 1; hp 1; #AT 0; Dmg Nil; THAC0 Nil; MC2) that attack creatures entangled. Also, when the vines are cut, they will begin screaming and wailing. After getting out of this messy situation, creative characters may attempt to cultivate these vines into a wonderful alarm system. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 38. Many rubbery, black tentacles grow out of the ground and grow to a length of up to 30 square feet. A tentacle has an armor class of 4 and requires 30 points to destroy. Any creature within 30 feet is subject to attack. The target of a tentacle attack must roll a successful dexterity check. Success indicates that the target suffers 1d4 points of damage from contact with the tentacle, and then the tentacle is destroyed. Failure indicates that the damage inflicted 2d4 points, the ebon member is wrapped around its subject, and damage will be 3d4 points on the second and succeeding rounds. Since these tentacles have no intelligence to guide them, there is the possibility that they entwine any object - a tree, post, pillar - or continue to squeeze a dead opponent. A grasping hold established by a tentacle remains until the tentacle is destroyed by some form of attack or until it disappears in 10 hours. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 39. As soon as the bean is planted, a small rain cloud appears 30' above the ground (or lower, if the ceiling is too low). One round later, it releases a lightning bolt for 8d8 damage to anyone standing within 10' of where the bean was planted. It then pours down rain for 1d10 rounds, before disappearing without a trace. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 40. A cloud gushes out of the ground and rises to a position above the where the bean was planted. After completing its forming which takes 1d6+1 rounds, the cloud spans a 20-foot radius. From the cloud it rains (so to speak). Roll on Table A to see what it rains. The rain lasts for 1d10+20 rounds. TABLE A: Rain (1d4) 1: One-hundred, small, multi-colored, rubber balls fall per round. All in the area that attempt to move must make a successful dexterity check or trip and fall. The balls remain, causing further checks every round until they are removed. 2: 1d20+10 cats and dogs fall from the cloud per round. All in the area must make a successful dexterity check or suffer 1d10 points of pet damage. Note that the animals are of a variety of types and can be quite a bother in the end. 3: Great hail stones pound down. All in the area will suffer 3d10 points of damage. 4: Sleet falls from the cloud. The sleet blinds creatures within its area for the duration. The ground in the area becomes icy, thus slowing movement by 50%, and making it 50% probable that a creature trying to move in the slips and falls. -----------------------------------------------------------------------