Waking up in a body bag has never been so much fun! This module is designed as a standalone 10 level one shot or for parties playing the first chapter of the Vecna: Eve of Ruin campaign. The cult of Vecna has claimed a new batch of victims who work to solve the mystery of the murder house and escape the long dark of the Shadowfell. Complete with a bestiary, 11 tokens, and maps from the esteemed Tessa Creates Maps and Masonono, this module is the complete package for DM's looking to bring a classic horror vibe to the gaming table.
The Reaper family tradition was to tend to the graves of the Neverwinter Cemetery as volunteers doing the work of the gods of light. They lived in a lovely home donated by the city of Neverwinter after years of living in poverty. The family lived in the undertaker's house for ages, as official duties were passed along to new generations.
One early evening, after a long day of digging graves, Ellemon Reaper, father of three lovely daughters, was walking among the gravestones when a dark mist on the ground caught his attention. He found an amulet half-buried in the dirt that seemed to be beckoning to him. Thinking it a lost trinket from graveyard visitors paying their respects, Ellemon decided to secure it for lost and found purposes. The amulet, however, had other plans.
Upon touching the cursed artifact, he was linked to its evil energy and forced to divulge dark secrets overheard at funerals in exchange for mystical powers. That is how Ellemon fell into his warlock boons. His mysterious patron's symbol upon the amulet, a severed left hand with a desiccated eye in its palm, led him astray over the years as he coveted the cursed item more than anything. It was in his middle-aged years, after the birth of his twin daughters, that the voices in his head drove him to murder.
Following the commands of Vecna, his warlock patron, he began stalking and kidnapping members of high society who visited the graveyard grounds in order to extract their secrets and satiate his hidden master. Ellemon would keep the corpses in his basement and dissolve them in dark rituals. After many sacrifices, the presence of the raw evil of the god of dark secrets began shifting the alignment of the undertaker's house, phasing it, along with Ellemon's family, to the Evernight Cemetery, centered in the middle of the city of Evernight, a twisted, gloomy reflection of the coastal city of Neverwinter. From that night onward, a creeping dread fell over the family as undead stalked the graveyard grounds.
As the days passed into weeks, the terrified household turned cold and melancholy. Then, one especially evil night, when Ellemon was forced to fight back a gaggle of undead from his home, an unspeakable horror befell his family. A powerful unseen force ripped through the Reaper family household and mutilated Ellemon, his wife, and his oldest daughter in their sleep. The greatest horror was that the two youngest daughters, the twins, Ela and Lila, had their souls corrupted by the possession of evil spirits, which trapped them in their favorite dolls.
The baby doll sisters continued living on in the Shadowfell, within the home of their birthright, for generations as the structure fell into ruin around them. Haunting spirits kept the sisters company. One hundred years later, a small sect of the cult of Vecna discovered the abandoned residence and once again dark rituals were regularly performed in the basement. It is a similar ritual that has brought the PCs to the Vecna Murder House against their will. Will they be able to break the curse, or will they succumb to the overwhelming dread of the Shadowfell now that ultimate evil has been unleashed?
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Waking up in a body bag has never been so much fun! This module is designed as a standalone 10 level one shot or for parties playing the first chapter of the Vecna: Eve of Ruin campaign. The cult of Vecna has claimed a new batch of victims who work to solve the mystery of the murder house and escape the long dark of the Shadowfell. Complete with a bestiary, 11 tokens, and maps from the esteemed Tessa Creates Maps and Masonono, this module is the complete package for DM's looking to bring a classic horror vibe to the gaming table.
The Reaper family tradition was to tend to the graves of the Neverwinter Cemetery as volunteers doing the work of the gods of light. They lived in a lovely home donated by the city of Neverwinter after years of living in poverty. The family lived in the undertaker's house for ages, as official duties were passed along to new generations.
One early evening, after a long day of digging graves, Ellemon Reaper, father of three lovely daughters, was walking among the gravestones when a dark mist on the ground caught his attention. He found an amulet half-buried in the dirt that seemed to be beckoning to him. Thinking it a lost trinket from graveyard visitors paying their respects, Ellemon decided to secure it for lost and found purposes. The amulet, however, had other plans.
Upon touching the cursed artifact, he was linked to its evil energy and forced to divulge dark secrets overheard at funerals in exchange for mystical powers. That is how Ellemon fell into his warlock boons. His mysterious patron's symbol upon the amulet, a severed left hand with a desiccated eye in its palm, led him astray over the years as he coveted the cursed item more than anything. It was in his middle-aged years, after the birth of his twin daughters, that the voices in his head drove him to murder.
Following the commands of Vecna, his warlock patron, he began stalking and kidnapping members of high society who visited the graveyard grounds in order to extract their secrets and satiate his hidden master. Ellemon would keep the corpses in his basement and dissolve them in dark rituals. After many sacrifices, the presence of the raw evil of the god of dark secrets began shifting the alignment of the undertaker's house, phasing it, along with Ellemon's family, to the Evernight Cemetery, centered in the middle of the city of Evernight, a twisted, gloomy reflection of the coastal city of Neverwinter. From that night onward, a creeping dread fell over the family as undead stalked the graveyard grounds.
As the days passed into weeks, the terrified household turned cold and melancholy. Then, one especially evil night, when Ellemon was forced to fight back a gaggle of undead from his home, an unspeakable horror befell his family. A powerful unseen force ripped through the Reaper family household and mutilated Ellemon, his wife, and his oldest daughter in their sleep. The greatest horror was that the two youngest daughters, the twins, Ela and Lila, had their souls corrupted by the possession of evil spirits, which trapped them in their favorite dolls.
The baby doll sisters continued living on in the Shadowfell, within the home of their birthright, for generations as the structure fell into ruin around them. Haunting spirits kept the sisters company. One hundred years later, a small sect of the cult of Vecna discovered the abandoned residence and once again dark rituals were regularly performed in the basement. It is a similar ritual that has brought the PCs to the Vecna Murder House against their will. Will they be able to break the curse, or will they succumb to the overwhelming dread of the Shadowfell now that ultimate evil has been unleashed?