- a small, clear-water fountain
- a stone bench
- a white slab with a hairline crack
- occasional foot traffic from minor Digimon
- ambient noise fades
- the fountain’s water stops splashing
- a faint sensation of “crossing a line”
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Perception / Wisdom (Low DC): They are not tense. They are not expecting combat.
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High Insight: They are not guarding the fountain. They are guarding what happens here.
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Magic / Energy Sense: The cracked slab emits a soft, stable resonance… ancient.
- an ancient record
- not an object
- not a power
🧭 D&D ENCOUNTER — “WHAT MUST NOT BE TAKEN”
🐈⬛🌟 Urban Custodian Nefertimon 🌟🐈⬛
Encounter Type: Social / Threshold Recommended Level: Any Combat Risk: Low–Medium (only if pressed) Narrative Risk: High Expected Outcome: Understanding, acceptance of limits, or withdrawal
📍 THE LOCATION
A secondary plaza within the Grand Citadel.
There are no temples. No chests. No visible runes.
Only:
At first glance: nothing important.
👁️ THE PRESENCE
The DM first describes the silence, not them:
Then they appear.
Two Nefertimon, completely white with golden lines, winged, seated facing one another, motionless like statues.
They do not block the path. They do not raise weapons. They do not growl.
They simply are.
🐾 HOW THEY GREET
When a PC approaches within 6 meters:
One Nefertimon opens her eyes. The other does not.
The one who awakens speaks, in a low voice:
“This place is not closed.” (pause) “But it is not available.”
They do not ask for identification. They do not demand explanations.
🧠 PERCEPTION & INSIGHT (optional)
🗝️ WHAT THEY ARE GUARDING
Nothing that can be stolen.
Beneath the slab:
It is the first urban point where the city learned to stop.
A place where, in the past, a catastrophe was avoided simply by not acting.
The city remembers this. The Nefertimon do as well.
🗣️ POSSIBLE DIALOGUE
If the party asks “What is here?”:
“A decision that was not made.”
If they ask “Why does it matter?”:
“Because it still works.”
If they say “We just want to look”:
The second Nefertimon opens her eyes for the first time.
“Looking is also a way of touching.”