hypnicjerk

neuter your fucking cats

especially neuter your fucking outdoor cats

counterpoint? that is the joke, lol

there's two answers to this question, one is mechanical and one is social. you as the DM can tell the players no not now, and they can't do anything about it, but that doesn't mean they won't try to do something about it, which depending on the group could be an issue.

so in this scenario a good DM could whip up some misdirection, for example set up a traveling artificer who just passed through town a couple weeks back and who the players could track down as a lead - conveniently in the direction of the main quest objective.

this is hard to do on the spot.

you're definitely right about the time limit. at that point you are about 5 minutes away from every spell in the party's arsenal being cast on that crown, followed by the main quest getting derailed by the mystery of the plot armored artifact.

seems a bit young to be on step 9

thank you for your deshittification

Liberty Counsel, the legal group representing her, has signaled plans to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court in yet another attempt to overturn Obergefell.

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