Ok, we know that the elder giants sent their babies down the RoC to Magasta's Pool into hell as an important part of their maturation. So, any baby that did not make it to hell is going to be developementally stunted - maybe he is still alive (Elder giants are, as far as I know immortal - or at least extremely long lived), but wandering around as a giant toddler... This has immense MGF potential - imagine that the only way to get into the cradle now that its defenses are up again is with this giant. Now the PCs have to get the co-operation of an immense toddler... *Waaaah* - I wanna play horsie NOW!!!
> Could the giant baby still be around, but grown up? Could it be somebody
> famous?
As going to hell was an essential part of their maturation I doubt it will be grown up (but see above).
> Looting of the cradle could be at any stage - I would opt for just
> started. If a lot of stuff had been taken then the Jrusteli might have
> been able to figure out what had happened.
It would be more fun for it not to have been looted at all IMHO.
> Now all the magics kick in, but:
>
> a) the baby is not there anymore
We know that there would be a Gold Wheel Dancer on board - maybe once he/she/it realised that the baby was no longer on board it decided to put the cradle (and itself) into stasis until it returned. Now, once you get onto the cradle you have a GWD that has been asleep since the 2nd age, completely out of touch! MAybe it thinks that the PCs are Jurusteli, whatever it does could be a great plot...
> With the baby gone, the cradle automatically sinks, in order to protect
> its contents. This is part of the enchantments upon it, and it'll remain
> sunk until the "baby" returns.
This might be something the GWD did.
> Now something which was either looted, or dropped by the baby itself
> could, if properly employed, cause this cradle to rise again. If the
> defensive magics were still operating then it could look pretty much
> unscathed - and what a sight that would be, rising up out of the mud!
I still think it would be much more fun if you had to return the baby itself... And, if the cradle is left relatively intact, maybe the baby could resume its voyage down to hell - your PCs could have their own cradle adventure without any need for you to have the origional cradle scenario.
> Preposterous or possible?
Extremely possible, especially with the marvelous "Five friends" idea proposed in an earlier digest.
Yours,
Yak
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Dave Pearton
pearton_at_u.washington.edu
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"The Hunting of the Snark" Lewis Carroll +
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