While the characters pursued their recent missions, Szass Tam discovered Operation Deadfall. The lich knows that Zulkir Thrul runs the operation, Wynston Wrynn is her spy master, and the characters are her operatives. The lich has dispatched two underlings to crush Operation Deadfall: the vampire siblings Viln Crocus and Nara Crocus, whose lairs are both in the Citadel. He ordered Viln to killโฆ
You radiate a concealing aura in a 30-foot Emanation for the duration. While in the aura, you and each creature you choose have a +10 bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) checks and leave no tracks. Spell Tags: Buff, Exploration Available For: Druid (Legacy), Ranger (Legacy), Druid, Ranger, Cleric - Trickery Domain, Cleric - Hunt Domain, Ranger - Trail Warden, Sorcerer - Shadow Sorcery
The Walking Dovecote looms high in the chilled air of the foothills at the base of the Howlers, not far from Dawnโs Gate. If the characters are attacked while the dovecote is here, roll on the Foothill Creatures table below to determine what attacks.
General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+, Shadow Pact Feat) Your affinity with the Shadowfellโs melancholy grants you the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20. Dangerous Shroud. You have Advantage on attack rolls against creatures within the Emanation of your Shroud of Shadows. Sorrowful Embrace. At the start of its turn, aโฆ
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After inspecting the storeroom, the characters can draw their conclusions. A character who considers the evidence and succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Investigation) check correctly deduces the source of the smoke and the risk it poses to Ruckusโs shop. A character who gathered one or both clues has Advantage on this check. If the characters explain the situation, Ruckus is relieved to hearโฆ
Wondrous Item, common A question mark is worked into the head of this key. The key has a 5 percent chance of unlocking any lock into which itโs inserted. Once it unlocks something, the key d isappears.
The following events can be used as you see fit to shake things up and reveal new information. If you prefer to embrace chaos, roll 1d6 whenever the party moves to a new location. On a 1 or 2, an event occurs there or nearby. Caset and Chase. After Part 2, the siblings leave the characters to pursue their own leads but return as needed to stay abreast of the partyโs progress. They can point theโฆ
The characters are free to conduct the investigation however they see fit. Fillius can offer the following suggestions for ways to gather clues:
Ring, rare (requires attunement) This ring has 3 charges, and it regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. When you fail a Dexterity saving throw while wearing the ring, you can take a Reaction to expend 1 charge to succeed on that save instead.
A Measure of Debt. If the party played A Measure of Debt and did not turn the gems over to Onaivu, or if the party failed, Chase does everything in his power to avoid speaking with them, clearly frustrated. If pressed too much, he will excuse himself from his shift as tears begin to well. We Are Family. Chase considers characters bearing the We Are Family mark of prestige part of his patchworkโฆ
The Walking Dovecote lurks just within the Drowned Crossroads, sitting right on the murky water far from prying eyes. If the characters are attacked while the dovecote is here, roll on the Swamp Creatures table below to determine what attacks.
Level 13 Bastion Facility Prerequisite: None Space: Roomy Hirelings: 1 Order: Research This facility is an office for an inquisitive agencyโeither the headquarters of an agency you control or a branch office for a larger agency (such as Information Acquisition or KarrโAashtaโs Investigations, both of which are discussed in chapter 4). Its one hireling is a secretary who maintains an extensiveโฆ
The characters are in the Black Dragon Inn when Caset and Chase recruit them to solve the mystery of the safe-house murder. The rain began last night and has continued all day, turning the snow clinging outdoors into a thick slush. It hasnโt been a hard rain, the sort that leaves you soaked to the bone if you dare step outside. Rather, itโs steady and ever-present, but it hasnโt brought theโฆ
Discover evidence of the heist
Sometimes a clue will suggest a location without being specific. As detailed in โ Greyhawk City: I Know Someone โ, each character can say once during the adventure, โI know someone,โ to receive information related to the clue theyโre investigating. Suggestions in the sidebar below link a clue to a specific person or location. It can be helpful to give each player a token or other visual reminderโฆ
Ring, rare (requires attunement) While you wear this ring, Difficult Terrain doesnโt cost you extra movement. In addition, magic can neither reduce any of your Speeds nor cause you to have the Paralyzed or Restrained condition.
Hundreds of festivalgoers swarm Wickermoor Village, but only a few wear costumes like those of Chucklesโs old troupe, as described in โTears of a Clown,โ earlier in this chapter. If the characters search for these figures instead of playing Chucklesโs ridiculous games, they can ask around the festival for clues. After spending 1 hour searching, any participating characters make an Intelligence (โฆ
| 1d6 | Encounter |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stone Golem |
| 2 | Six Ogres โฆ |
Characters can get at the truth by investigating the jumbled storeroom, where they discover a singed cloak stained with dried ale. Gathering Clues. Characters in the storeroom can gather clues by succeeding on one of the following ability checks. Consider these examples: DC 13 Intelligence (Nature). At noon each day, sunlight from the window shines on the cloak. DC 12 Wisdom (Perception).โฆ
A character bound by the Thread of Deliverance seeks an inherited family heirloom of great importance and power that was broken apart and lost during a previous trip they took aboard the Ghostlight Express. They follow a soul-powered compass that they hope will lead to the artifactโs pieces and the truth behind its fateful purpose once made whole. Goal. The character must find all three of theโฆ
Kava Velderan, principal investigator at the Globe Information Agency, prides herself on her ability to find anyone, anywhere. A human dragonmarked heir of House Tharashk, Kava eschews the โdโ โ prefix sheโs entitled to use before her surname, as she values her clan more than house traditions. Her agency is located in the Dragon Towers district.
Agents of House Phiarlan and House Thuranni, who are primarily elves, combine stealth and espionage with mastery of the performing artsโand dragonmarked heirs augment those skills with shadow magic. This stat block can serve for an agent of either house. Even though House Phiarlan agents donโt typically work as entertainers or artists in addition to their espionage activities, they receiveโฆ
| 1d8 | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | HuliโAashta (female half-orc) is a Tharashk agent escorting three ogres to a job in Ardev. |
| 2 | Maze dโOrien (male human) is an elite Orien courier. They never talk about what theyโre carrying, but you can be certain itโs important. โฆ |
| 1d6 | Patron Type |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bored Immortal. This being has lived for centuries or perhaps millennia and has seen it all. They desperately crave entertainment and generously pay anyone who provides spectacleโthe more dangerous, the better. |
| 2 | Child Prodigy. A young child of incredibly powerful magical beings, the prodigy has inherited great power but doesnโt yet have the maturity to useโฆ |
The red rock formation is sacred to the village, but no one knows about the temple within. The Couatl has lain dormant without a worthy, mortal Priest Acolyte and thus faded from local lore. In the first chamber, Celestial script reads, โThose seeking peace are welcome. You only need to ask.โ In the second chamber, wall art depicts healing actions. Sofia โs hair ribbon can also be found. In theโฆ
You touch a willing creature and choose a skill. Until the spell ends, the creature adds 1d4 to any ability check using the chosen skill. Spell Tags: Buff Available For: Cleric (Legacy), Druid (Legacy), Artificer (Legacy), Cleric, Druid, Artificer, Druid - Circle of the Symbiote
Sir Benoรฎt, Chapter Master of the Dawn Dreamers, is deeply suspicious that Dark Elves have infiltrated the Acen Elavain. Deeper investigation is hindered by the assemblyโs distaste for the knight. Therefore, Benoรฎt has turned to hiring agents he trusts but can also deny association with. Discovering which members of the assembly have associations with Diyanthar or the Dark Mist may be a questโฆ
Large Giant (Ogre), Lawful Evil AC 13 Initiative +3 (13) HP 76 (8d10 + 32) Speed 40 ft.
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