Bargaining with the Odd

As adventurers venture further and further into the Odd World with each passing session, it begins to… rub off onto them. They will it to do so themselves. The Odd World (or Mythic Underworld, or just “the dungeon”) obeys different rules than surface-reality, you see, and thus it requires different skills and abilities from those who seek to profit from it; you can’t expect a normal human to get through it unscathed, or even alive, for that matter. But luckily, the Odd, eternally in flux as it is, offers a solution: slowly destroy your humanity and re-make yourself in the Odd’s image, and you’ll become king within the Odd lands; but when you return, people will see the part of you that’s missing. This is the meaning of being an adventurer: to give the Odd parts of yourself, in exchange for power within the Odd World. But how much are you willing to sacrifice? Odd BargainsOccasionally, the Odd lends its hand to you, and offers you a trade. These are the Bargains. They might manifest as…