My historian brain loves this one the most, because after I got all the continents roughed, I realized that this particular one has a certain quality to it that made me laugh out loud.
You see, you could put the entire history of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea areas all on this map. It wasn't intentional, mind you, and yes, the peculiar geography is markedly different, but it is quite possible, lol.
This continent has the massive canyon on it. When I get around to doing a "zoom in" on the immense (ginormous?) canyon, there will be a huge waterfall.
The larger of the deserts is located on an immense plateau, as well.
This is likely my favorite of them all. Hence why I gave it the name closest to the planetary.
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Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities .-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-. An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more. Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
My historian brain loves this one the most, because after I got all the continents roughed, I realized that this particular one has a certain quality to it that made me laugh out loud.
You see, you could put the entire history of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea areas all on this map. It wasn't intentional, mind you, and yes, the peculiar geography is markedly different, but it is quite possible, lol.
This continent has the massive canyon on it. When I get around to doing a "zoom in" on the immense (ginormous?) canyon, there will be a huge waterfall.
The larger of the deserts is located on an immense plateau, as well.
This is likely my favorite of them all. Hence why I gave it the name closest to the planetary.
What created that canyon? Erosion is the boring answer!
My historian brain loves this one the most, because after I got all the continents roughed, I realized that this particular one has a certain quality to it that made me laugh out loud.
You see, you could put the entire history of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea areas all on this map. It wasn't intentional, mind you, and yes, the peculiar geography is markedly different, but it is quite possible, lol.
This continent has the massive canyon on it. When I get around to doing a "zoom in" on the immense (ginormous?) canyon, there will be a huge waterfall.
The larger of the deserts is located on an immense plateau, as well.
This is likely my favorite of them all. Hence why I gave it the name closest to the planetary.
What created that canyon? Erosion is the boring answer!
The Great Scar - A cut, over 277 miles long, upon the world. Cliffs of red stone tower over a river that runs along the Great Scar, during the torrential rains that sometimes wash over the land, cause the red stone to wash into the river, turning the waters red like blood. (this was the initial suggestion)
Well, it is fairly obvious that is where the mad titan Thanos slipped on a river rock and fell to the earth, his skull cracking and the blood from it creating the desert. Duh.
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Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities .-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-. An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more. Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
Kids these days, not even recognizing the spot where the mad titan Thanos slipped on a river rock and fell to the earth, his skull cracking and the blood from it creating the desert.
Why, as I recall, I was on the beach. In tahiti...
... wonderful place...
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Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities .-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-. An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more. Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
Time to Make an Adventure! this activity was created by SirTawmis, where someone (usually him) posts a list of questions to create an adventure. someone gives an answer to the next question in order that builds off of what previous people have posted. the questions:
1. What is the name of the adventure?
2. Where is the adventure set? this includes the region, the town (if any), and notable landmarks in the sorrounding area relevant to the adventure
3. Who is the main antagonist of the adventure and what are their goals? how do those goals come into conflict with the players goals?
4. Who are five NPCs that can help (or hinder) the party in the adventure?
5. what assets does the antagonist have? stuff like Minions, a lair, magical abilities, exorbitant amounts of money
6. what is the main stage for the adventure? is it a dungeon? a stretch of wilderness? or possibly a town
7. What is the plot twist? is the party betrayed? do they discover a dark secret that could change the world, nay, the universe forever?
8. How does the party confront the antagonist? what makes the final battle epic?
If you think of any more questions I should add, let me know. I'll start with the name of the adventure:
The Wailing of the Grave Maidens.
Next up: number 2: where is the adventure set?
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Hey, It's me, RaccoonMaster! I'm back! I disappeared for a while there, and I'm very sporadic when I'm online lol.
I'm an actor, writer, singer (opera, musical theatre, and rock are my preferred genres), backpacker, and tall person (6'5 and counting). Pronouns are whatever, I mostly use They/Them though.
My Characters: Elsenia Selevarum:The Popular Paladin, Aasimar Noble, Level 4 Paladin of Redemption;
Time to Make an Adventure! this activity was created by SirTawmis, where someone (usually him) posts a list of questions to create an adventure. someone gives an answer to the next question in order that builds off of what previous people have posted. the questions:
1. What is the name of the adventure?
2. Where is the adventure set? this includes the region, the town (if any), and notable landmarks in the sorrounding area relevant to the adventure
3. Who is the main antagonist of the adventure and what are their goals? how do those goals come into conflict with the players goals?
4. Who are five NPCs that can help (or hinder) the party in the adventure?
5. what assets does the antagonist have? stuff like Minions, a lair, magical abilities, exorbitant amounts of money
6. what is the main stage for the adventure? is it a dungeon? a stretch of wilderness? or possibly a town
7. What is the plot twist? is the party betrayed? do they discover a dark secret that could change the world, nay, the universe forever?
8. How does the party confront the antagonist? what makes the final battle epic?
If you think of any more questions I should add, let me know. I'll start with the name of the adventure:
The Wailing of the Grave Maidens.
Next up: number 2: where is the adventure set?
2. The graveyard next to the former asylum that now houses the Bazar of the Bizarre in the town of Herringshire.
Time to Make an Adventure! this activity was created by SirTawmis, where someone (usually him) posts a list of questions to create an adventure. someone gives an answer to the next question in order that builds off of what previous people have posted. the questions:
4. Who are five NPCs that can help (or hinder) the party in the adventure?
The Wailing of the Grave Maidens.
Next up: number 2: where is the adventure set?
2. The graveyard next to the former asylum that now houses the Bazar of the Bizarre in the town of Herringshire. 3. A kind old lady who often paid for goods and services with fresh baked meat pies.
4. Five NPCs include:
Barek Trivendor. He's the old graveyard keeper who has heard reports of strange happenings at the old asylum. He claims to have seen spirits roam the grounds.
Azinor Fallglade. The old human - who seemingly hasn't aged - that once ran the asylum. The asylum was closed down when it was discovered that one of the clerics there, Jarius Nightfall was murdering some female (elf) patients. The question on everyone's mind is - why hasn't Azinor aged? He's married to Allana Fallglade, the old woman who is known for her delicious, meat pies. In truth, Allana is a hag...
The Seer, Ellisana. The Seer was once a patient at the asylum - she believed herself to be mad due to the dreams she had. Her madness drove her to pry her own eyes out of their sockets - but the visions never stopped. They only got more intense. She may have information of things she heard - but never saw - during her time in the Asylum.
Korton Truerunner. A young human child who was dared to enter the Asylum. He did so - and ended up trapped there for an entire night. He rarely speaks of what he saw and heard - but perhaps - he could be a source of information.
Jarius Nightfall. The doctor who "treated" most of the patients in the asylum. This half-elf was proven to be quite mad. In a search to find "his mother" - Jarius murdered a number of patients who bore any semblance to his mother. This, according to local townsfolk, is why there are the "screaming maidens" - they're actually Banshees that haunt the graveyard. Each of them has a possession in the asylum that needs to be recovered and properly buried with them.
And they also want justice - which means dealing with Jarius, who still roams the asylum halls ...
Beneath the graveyard, accessed by a secret set of passages that run beneath the Bazaar of the Bizarre, lies a tunnel that leads to ancient, long forgotten catacombs built into a series of warrens, where the departed of those who once lived in this land were laid to rest using arcane and eldritch magics of a sort that would chill those above, despite the children's games that speak of these ancient and unspeakable rites.
(if I skipped 5 because no one else was filling it in while I wrote this:)
5:
A secret society of protectors of the dead, numbering 27 and led by three Elders, seeks to prevent the opening of the catacombs at all costs, swearing that there will be a horrible price should someone disturb the rest of Olga Oglala, rumored to have been a mummified hag once upon an era in the annals of history. She's very much dead, as is her horse, buried with her, but superstition is a funny thing this close to the feywilde.
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Didn't want to conflict in case someone else was filling it out, lol.
But I did include a 5 in the spoiler! Just in case.
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Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities .-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-. An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more. Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
Time to Make an Adventure! this activity was created by SirTawmis, where someone (usually him) posts a list of questions to create an adventure. someone gives an answer to the next question in order that builds off of what previous people have posted. the questions:
Side Note - Loved seeing someone else run with this! I love doing the "Make/Build an Adventure" thing I started here. And it was because there was so many creative people in this thread - as well as folks new to D&D - that if they needed a quick adventure, they could take (and/or modify) the silly build-an-adventure we were creating. So very cool to see you post one up now too!
OK! for a challenge, number 7 is gonna be answered by YOU. yes YOU, lurking in the shadows, reading our posts. I know there are lurkers in this thread cause I was one, originally. If you have not posted in the thread, I'm calling you out. try your hand at making an adventure! don't be frightened by the quality of work in this forum, in reality, most of us are jsut a bunch of goofballs who banded together over a safe space created by Sposta to get away from the drama.
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Hey, It's me, RaccoonMaster! I'm back! I disappeared for a while there, and I'm very sporadic when I'm online lol.
I'm an actor, writer, singer (opera, musical theatre, and rock are my preferred genres), backpacker, and tall person (6'5 and counting). Pronouns are whatever, I mostly use They/Them though.
My Characters: Elsenia Selevarum:The Popular Paladin, Aasimar Noble, Level 4 Paladin of Redemption;
7: Allana Fallglade is secretly the daughter of Olga Oglala, and seeks to resurrect her. Little do the 27 know that they are being tricked into hastening Olga’s resurrection. Only the 3 elders are aware of Allana’s secret plot. Only Ellisana can foresee the truth, but only if she gets the party’s help in deciphering her visions… visions being distorted by The Screaming/Wailing Grave Maidens of Herringshire.
8. How does the party confront the antagonist? what makes the final battle epic?
If the party is successful in helping Ellisana, they discover that the Wailing Maidens are the spirits of those who died taking down and mummifying the long dead hag.
However, while they were busy learning that through what seems like a side quest, Allana will have used the party's presence to convince the guardians under her sway that they needed to move the mummy of the Hag and her horse to a secret place that "her family built long ago in the nearby woods" -- where there is a rotunda (domed roof, triple row of columns supporting, large inner area with a bier in the center) that is actually a ritual space.
Now she has to wait for the new Moon/celestial convergence in 3 days time. On returning from the sidequest about the Maidens, they have the chance to confront the whole scheme and face off against the hag Allana as she prepares to resurrect her mother and the Horse she rode in on.
The Horse, of course, is a Nightmare.
So, two hags, a nightmare, and 20 or so potential allies in the form of the tricked guardians all in a massive face off where the secret weapons will be some of the gifts from the Grave Maidens.
During the fight, NPCs will make jokes about beating on a dead horse.
In the post-climax, one of the survivors will thank the players for helping to end the scourge of the Hags and the horse they rode in on.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities .-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-. An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more. Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
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Okay, that bit got me lol
Terra Lubridia archive:
The Bloody Barnacle | The Gut | The Athene Crusader | The Jewel of Atlantis
Hah! Thanks! I tried to have fun moments for all the characters as I was writing this!
Check out my publication on DMs Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Tawmis%20Logue
Check out my comedy web series - Neverending Nights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wr4-u9-zw0&list=PLbRG7dzFI-u3EJd0usasgDrrFO3mZ1lOZ
Need a character story/background written up? I do it for free (but also take donations!) - https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?591882-Need-a-character-background-written-up
Lest you think I forgot...
My historian brain loves this one the most, because after I got all the continents roughed, I realized that this particular one has a certain quality to it that made me laugh out loud.
You see, you could put the entire history of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea areas all on this map. It wasn't intentional, mind you, and yes, the peculiar geography is markedly different, but it is quite possible, lol.
This continent has the massive canyon on it. When I get around to doing a "zoom in" on the immense (ginormous?) canyon, there will be a huge waterfall.
The larger of the deserts is located on an immense plateau, as well.
This is likely my favorite of them all. Hence why I gave it the name closest to the planetary.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
What created that canyon? Erosion is the boring answer!
The Great Scar - A cut, over 277 miles long, upon the world. Cliffs of red stone tower over a river that runs along the Great Scar, during the torrential rains that sometimes wash over the land, cause the red stone to wash into the river, turning the waters red like blood. (this was the initial suggestion)
Well, it is fairly obvious that is where the mad titan Thanos slipped on a river rock and fell to the earth, his skull cracking and the blood from it creating the desert. Duh.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
Kids these days, not even recognizing the spot where the mad titan Thanos slipped on a river rock and fell to the earth, his skull cracking and the blood from it creating the desert.
Where were you when the mad titan Thanos slipped on a river rock and fell to the earth, his skull cracking and the blood from it creating the desert?
Why, as I recall, I was on the beach. In tahiti...
... wonderful place...
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
I see what you did there.
Check out my publication on DMs Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Tawmis%20Logue
Check out my comedy web series - Neverending Nights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wr4-u9-zw0&list=PLbRG7dzFI-u3EJd0usasgDrrFO3mZ1lOZ
Need a character story/background written up? I do it for free (but also take donations!) - https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?591882-Need-a-character-background-written-up
Time to Make an Adventure! this activity was created by SirTawmis, where someone (usually him) posts a list of questions to create an adventure. someone gives an answer to the next question in order that builds off of what previous people have posted. the questions:
1. What is the name of the adventure?
2. Where is the adventure set? this includes the region, the town (if any), and notable landmarks in the sorrounding area relevant to the adventure
3. Who is the main antagonist of the adventure and what are their goals? how do those goals come into conflict with the players goals?
4. Who are five NPCs that can help (or hinder) the party in the adventure?
5. what assets does the antagonist have? stuff like Minions, a lair, magical abilities, exorbitant amounts of money
6. what is the main stage for the adventure? is it a dungeon? a stretch of wilderness? or possibly a town
7. What is the plot twist? is the party betrayed? do they discover a dark secret that could change the world, nay, the universe forever?
8. How does the party confront the antagonist? what makes the final battle epic?
If you think of any more questions I should add, let me know. I'll start with the name of the adventure:
The Wailing of the Grave Maidens.
Next up: number 2: where is the adventure set?
Hey, It's me, RaccoonMaster! I'm back! I disappeared for a while there, and I'm very sporadic when I'm online lol.
I'm an actor, writer, singer (opera, musical theatre, and rock are my preferred genres), backpacker, and tall person (6'5 and counting). Pronouns are whatever, I mostly use They/Them though.
My Characters: Elsenia Selevarum: The Popular Paladin, Aasimar Noble, Level 4 Paladin of Redemption;
Hope to see you around!
2. The graveyard next to the former asylum that now houses the Bazar of the Bizarre in the town of Herringshire.
3?
Creating Epic Boons on DDB
DDB Buyers' Guide
Hardcovers, DDB & You
Content Troubleshooting
A kind old lady who often paid for goods and services with fresh baked meat pies.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
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"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
2. The graveyard next to the former asylum that now houses the Bazar of the Bizarre in the town of Herringshire.
3. A kind old lady who often paid for goods and services with fresh baked meat pies.
4. Five NPCs include:
Barek Trivendor. He's the old graveyard keeper who has heard reports of strange happenings at the old asylum. He claims to have seen spirits roam the grounds.
Azinor Fallglade. The old human - who seemingly hasn't aged - that once ran the asylum. The asylum was closed down when it was discovered that one of the clerics there, Jarius Nightfall was murdering some female (elf) patients. The question on everyone's mind is - why hasn't Azinor aged? He's married to Allana Fallglade, the old woman who is known for her delicious, meat pies. In truth, Allana is a hag...
The Seer, Ellisana. The Seer was once a patient at the asylum - she believed herself to be mad due to the dreams she had. Her madness drove her to pry her own eyes out of their sockets - but the visions never stopped. They only got more intense. She may have information of things she heard - but never saw - during her time in the Asylum.
Korton Truerunner. A young human child who was dared to enter the Asylum. He did so - and ended up trapped there for an entire night. He rarely speaks of what he saw and heard - but perhaps - he could be a source of information.
Jarius Nightfall. The doctor who "treated" most of the patients in the asylum. This half-elf was proven to be quite mad. In a search to find "his mother" - Jarius murdered a number of patients who bore any semblance to his mother. This, according to local townsfolk, is why there are the "screaming maidens" - they're actually Banshees that haunt the graveyard. Each of them has a possession in the asylum that needs to be recovered and properly buried with them.
And they also want justice - which means dealing with Jarius, who still roams the asylum halls ...
Check out my publication on DMs Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Tawmis%20Logue
Check out my comedy web series - Neverending Nights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wr4-u9-zw0&list=PLbRG7dzFI-u3EJd0usasgDrrFO3mZ1lOZ
Need a character story/background written up? I do it for free (but also take donations!) - https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?591882-Need-a-character-background-written-up
6:
Beneath the graveyard, accessed by a secret set of passages that run beneath the Bazaar of the Bizarre, lies a tunnel that leads to ancient, long forgotten catacombs built into a series of warrens, where the departed of those who once lived in this land were laid to rest using arcane and eldritch magics of a sort that would chill those above, despite the children's games that speak of these ancient and unspeakable rites.
(if I skipped 5 because no one else was filling it in while I wrote this:)
5:
A secret society of protectors of the dead, numbering 27 and led by three Elders, seeks to prevent the opening of the catacombs at all costs, swearing that there will be a horrible price should someone disturb the rest of Olga Oglala, rumored to have been a mummified hag once upon an era in the annals of history. She's very much dead, as is her horse, buried with her, but superstition is a funny thing this close to the feywilde.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
Someone skipped #5.
Creating Epic Boons on DDB
DDB Buyers' Guide
Hardcovers, DDB & You
Content Troubleshooting
Didn't want to conflict in case someone else was filling it out, lol.
But I did include a 5 in the spoiler! Just in case.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
Side Note - Loved seeing someone else run with this! I love doing the "Make/Build an Adventure" thing I started here. And it was because there was so many creative people in this thread - as well as folks new to D&D - that if they needed a quick adventure, they could take (and/or modify) the silly build-an-adventure we were creating. So very cool to see you post one up now too!
Check out my publication on DMs Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Tawmis%20Logue
Check out my comedy web series - Neverending Nights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wr4-u9-zw0&list=PLbRG7dzFI-u3EJd0usasgDrrFO3mZ1lOZ
Need a character story/background written up? I do it for free (but also take donations!) - https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?591882-Need-a-character-background-written-up
OK! for a challenge, number 7 is gonna be answered by YOU. yes YOU, lurking in the shadows, reading our posts. I know there are lurkers in this thread cause I was one, originally. If you have not posted in the thread, I'm calling you out. try your hand at making an adventure! don't be frightened by the quality of work in this forum, in reality, most of us are jsut a bunch of goofballs who banded together over a safe space created by Sposta to get away from the drama.
Hey, It's me, RaccoonMaster! I'm back! I disappeared for a while there, and I'm very sporadic when I'm online lol.
I'm an actor, writer, singer (opera, musical theatre, and rock are my preferred genres), backpacker, and tall person (6'5 and counting). Pronouns are whatever, I mostly use They/Them though.
My Characters: Elsenia Selevarum: The Popular Paladin, Aasimar Noble, Level 4 Paladin of Redemption;
Hope to see you around!
7: Allana Fallglade is secretly the daughter of Olga Oglala, and seeks to resurrect her. Little do the 27 know that they are being tricked into hastening Olga’s resurrection. Only the 3 elders are aware of Allana’s secret plot. Only Ellisana can foresee the truth, but only if she gets the party’s help in deciphering her visions… visions being distorted by The Screaming/Wailing Grave Maidens of Herringshire.
8:?
8. How does the party confront the antagonist? what makes the final battle epic?
If the party is successful in helping Ellisana, they discover that the Wailing Maidens are the spirits of those who died taking down and mummifying the long dead hag.
However, while they were busy learning that through what seems like a side quest, Allana will have used the party's presence to convince the guardians under her sway that they needed to move the mummy of the Hag and her horse to a secret place that "her family built long ago in the nearby woods" -- where there is a rotunda (domed roof, triple row of columns supporting, large inner area with a bier in the center) that is actually a ritual space.
Now she has to wait for the new Moon/celestial convergence in 3 days time. On returning from the sidequest about the Maidens, they have the chance to confront the whole scheme and face off against the hag Allana as she prepares to resurrect her mother and the Horse she rode in on.
The Horse, of course, is a Nightmare.
So, two hags, a nightmare, and 20 or so potential allies in the form of the tricked guardians all in a massive face off where the secret weapons will be some of the gifts from the Grave Maidens.
During the fight, NPCs will make jokes about beating on a dead horse.
In the post-climax, one of the survivors will thank the players for helping to end the scourge of the Hags and the horse they rode in on.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds