- is exhausted after too many decisions,
- argues without reaching agreement,
- carries guilt, fear, or excess responsibility,
- believes that someone wiser should decide for them,
- enters the Grand Citadel for the first time.
- approach the PCs with quiet curiosity,
- gently cool armor, weapons, or tense hands,
- if a PC is very nervous: sit nearby without speaking.
- bubbles float at different heights,
- reflect soft light,
- distract obsessive thoughts.
- sings softly, almost inaudibly,
- small automatic healing (minor HP),
- repairs emotional fatigue (DM’s discretion).
- patrol the edges of the Clearing,
- do not regard the PCs as threats,
- stop when the group stops.
- visible, standing calmly,
- do not block paths,
- observe decisions.
- adjust the environment,
- redistribute tension among PCs,
- prevent one voice from dominating the others.
🎲 D&D ENCOUNTER
☁️ CHERUBIMON — The Clearing Where the Weight Is Set Down
Encounter Type: Social · Spiritual · Regulative Recommended Level: Any Direct Risk: None Real Risk: High (emotional exposure, real decisions) Reward: Clarity · Rest · Reconfiguration of direction Combat: ❌ Impossible (not blocked—simply does not occur)
📍 How the Encounter Is Reached
The party does not “seek out” Cherubimon.
The DM introduces the Clearing when the group:
There is no Perception check. The place was already waiting for them.
🌿 DM Description (Key)
The air changes before they see anything. It is not colder or warmer. It is… right.
The ground does not creak. The walls do not impose. There is light, but it comes from no clear source.
At the center of the Clearing, Cherubimon is neither standing nor sitting. She is… staying.
👁️ Presences in the Clearing (Non-Threatening)
These are not secondary NPCs. They are layers of the encounter.
🐣 Lopmon
Effect: 📉 Disadvantage on Anger / Hostility checks 📈 Advantage on checks to wait or listen
🌙 Lunamon
Effect: 📉 Disadvantage on Anxiety / Panic checks 📈 Advantage on introspective Wisdom checks
💗 Cutemon
Effect: ❤️ Light recovery without resource expenditure 💬 Bonus to honest interactions
⚔️ Lekismon
Effect: 🛡️ Complete sense of safety ❌ Impossible to initiate a surprise combat
⚖️ Turuiemon
Effect: ⚖️ If a PC attempts to knowingly lie → check at disadvantage ⚖️ If a PC acts with ethical coherence → DM inspiration
🧪 Antylamon
White Veil · Serene Qi · Veiled Axe
They do not speak at first.
Effect: 🧠 No one can monopolize the scene 🧠 The group thinks better together
☁️ Cherubimon — Beginning Contact
Cherubimon does not initiate dialogue.
The DM waits.
If no one speaks, that is fine.
When someone finally does, Cherubimon responds only to what was said, not to what was meant.
Her most common line:
“I cannot decide for you. But I can stay here while you decide.”