Sutekh and Adaz move house or Real Estate, cheap. Adventurer's Dream

Author: Jeff Stehman <stehman@onyx.southwind.net>
Length: Medium
Genre: Fantasy
Type: Quest
Setting: Building
Monster: Undead

The Plot

[Editor's note. What was written below was not intended for the net.plot.book but as a kind of follow up on Jeff's great net stories about Sutekh and Adaz now happily married and living in the temple. The plot idea at end is a great one and after talking with Jeff, decided that this was as good a way to present it as any! Hope you find such housing for your PCs]

Now, Sutekh tries to be a reasonable man. Understanding that living on the grounds of a temple in the boondocks is not his wife's idea of paradise, he agreed to quit his job and move to a city. He even went so far as to allow her to make most of the arrangements for the move, hire the servants, etc.

He finds out, belatedly, that they are moving into a huge mansion they could not reasonably be expected to afford. How are they managing this, he asks. It's being given to us, Adaz replies. Why, he inquires. We promised to renovate the house and raise the standards of the neighborhood, she replies. Oh, I see; and how, might I ask, are we going to do that? Don't worry, she answers, it will only be a few days work-- maybe a few nights, too. Blink, blink. Are there undead in this house?

Got it in one. It seems ancestors of some rather well-to-do family have not been resting in peace. Many of them meddled in dark arts and set themselves up as protectors of their own crypts. Over the years, this trickled down to those who had nothing to do with light arts, much less dark arts. The current heir is understandably a little upset, as he would is hoping for a little peace and quiet upon his death. In order to break the curse, a new family must take up permanent residence in the house. Naturally, no one is that stupid, except Sutekh's wife. The heir claims that the undead don't bother anyone as long as their personal space is not violated. (Over the years their personal space has grown to encompass most of the house.) Undead, however, are a rather touchy subject from Sutekh. He recently had the crap beat out of him by one vampire, spent five weeks in an infirmary, and then got bitten by another vampire. The heir promises that there are no vampires in the family, but he is rather vague on what all is in there. Oh, a variety of things, he says. Wee.

Adaz has apparently already taken the time to clear a wing of the house for living space, while Sutekh is expected to take care of the rest of the house. (Notice that he hasn't actually volunteered for anything yet, nor been offered a choice.) At least she has been kind enough for an old clerical friend to help in this endeavour, but she sees this as an ideal opportunity for her husband. You see, while staying at the temple, any time he was called upon by king and country to use his talents as a spy, he was gone for two weeks to two months. (Phantom Steed is his best spell; cuts travel time way down.) And that was two or three times a year. Inconvenient when one has a three year old son whose growth one would like to witness. But now that is all a thing of the past. When he gets the irresistible urge to fill his hand with steel, he need only walk down the hall!

Yes, that's right, it's an adventurers dream home. What are you up to today dear? I was thinking about flushing that wight out of the west wing. Okay, but try not to be late for lunch. Heck, there's even treasure in those crypts.

Anyone want to buy a house real cheap?


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