Buy Some Time
Pinned to The notice board
A small, worn, and dirt-stained poster advertises:
Buy Some Time at Jymara’s Sanctuary.
Age need not be your enemy, nor is it a mystery beyond comprehension. For a price I can add entire years to your own life! Rest assured this is no trick, no fiendish pact -
You must simply offer something equally as valuable in exchange.
Gold, Jewelry, and other such trinkets are not accepted.
Ways to approach
There is so much to do and so little time, if only you could do as the phrase says and buy some time... well now you can! But who is this mysterious person? Are the Jymara this sanctuary is named after, or simply residing at the old ruined mountaintop sanctuary? More importantly; where are they getting these years?
Originally when I created this concept it was for a person who was selling off years of their own - likely an elf or dwarf mage with hundreds upon hundreds of years that they would likely never see and thought would be better off with somebody else.. if they could prove themselves worthy. It felt a little dark to put that into a poster but if it suits your game, that is definitely one way to approach it! Honestly, the mage could be getting a significantly better deal. Another resource for the years could be those who were felled within the sanctuary trying to reach this mysterious seller.
As for the cost, well that's entirely up to you! It could be the character's memories from ages 6-16, 2 inches of their height, a fragment of their good fortune, or some of their charisma. If your party is faced with this opportunity, what would they offer?
