Second Floor, Processing Wing Pushing through the doors, you are hit with the scent of smoke and charred remains. One side of this room houses two massive cremators, their brick interiors blackened from frequent use. Opposite, an array of square-doored lockers line the wall. Morgue Cabinets. Each of the twelve cabinets contains a corpse in various stages of decay, many with telltale signs of…
“Mud cakes your footwear as you squelch your way through the bog. Sticking to the sodden path where you can, you eventually get to the dirty lake that Orguk mentioned.” The bog is an hour from Orguk, 30 minutes from the glade, and 30 minutes from Ham-Ham’s hut. Fights with both the Crocodiles and Swarm of Beetles will delay the party. The toy boat may sink into the mud during the battle and…
The air in this large chapel feels colder and damper than elsewhere in the ruins. Condensation beads on the walls and runs in rivulets across the countless skulls carved into the stone. A moldering human corpse lies slumped against a wall, his hands wedged into a crack as if he died trying to pry a brick loose. Three short flights of steps lead upward to a wider chamber to the north, where a…
Jonah Sawyer takes refuge here once the brawl subsides (assuming he didn’t perish in the windmill). The shop’s storefront leads to a back room, heavy with the metallic stench of blood. A search reveals no meat left left—Foxwillow’s livestock have withered. Only crows remain, and a few pitiful, plucked bird carcasses hang limply in the shop, a grim reminder of the town’s decay. Investigating the…
A buttress supporting the wall and vaulted ceiling separates this portion of the eastern alcove from the area to the north. A large pavilion serves as the command post for the leader of the Ebon Blade, whose undead warhorse stamps its feet impatiently nearby. Highlord Darion Mograine (Medium, Lawful Neutral Death Knight) and two Ebon Blade Commanders (Medium, Lawful Neutral Death Knight…
Second Floor, Experimental Wing Shelves line the walls, crowded with preservation vessels containing specimens suspended in cloudy fluid. A high-backed chair stands behind a broad steel desk, its surface a chaos of open journals, anatomical sketches, and surgical diagrams. Doctor Belkin (Wormhost Surgeon *) spends his time here when not experimenting or performing surgeries. Dormant Larvae. A…
Second Floor, Processing Wing The orderlies’ apartments are cramped with narrow cots covered in thin blankets. There are no decorations, save for several full-length wall mirrors. Each apartment houses a single Mutant Nurse
Most residents of Yatamon have heard of Hyousou, the Weaver, and the enchanted garments, and have been to the annual festival, knowing the legend well. Outside of Yatamon, Hyousou is less well known, but certain wandering bards may have heard the legend of the First Weaver or attended the Festival of the Glimmering Garment.
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).…
A sea cave that borders a beach. Sailors and locals avoid the cave because of folklore about ‘Old Bloodbones’, a boogeyman of sorts. The folklore is all true, however, and the cave has been home to a maleficent Bone Devil for thousands of years.
This maze of interconnected rooms bustles with tailors, spinning wheels, and looms. In one of these rooms, silkworm cocoons are boiled, soaked, and spun into silk thread.
This multi-story wooden structure is modeled after the towers found at the Broken Bird Airfield and is built behind the headquarters, overlooking the training grounds and landing pad. Its observation deck is filled with maps, charts, colored flags, and a complex system of First Age speaking tubes (a public address system) made operational through the joint efforts of AHA and the Tall Hat coven.…
| 1d8 | Contents |
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| 1 | A set of Fine Clothes and a gold pocket watch worth 150 GP |
| 2 | 4 cannisters that each contain the following seasonings: salt (5 CP each); ginger (1 GP each); cinnamon (2 GP each); pepper (2 GP each); cloves (3 GP each); saffron (15 GP each) … |
You can run “The Hooded Lantern,” “Nym Building 3,” and “Lower Ward Alley” in any order. Allow the characters to choose the order they want to confront the spies in.
A booming voice fills this room, and you quickly spot its source—an enormous lich, floating a few feet off the floor, draped in robes, wearing an elaborate headdress and a veil, and encircled by massive chains that float around her body. She is flanked by two towering nerubian priests. She speaks to several living people gathered before her. “You have found your way here,” she says, “because you…
If the lurker is discovered outside the window, it begins combat by using Dark Teleport to appear next to the character who discovered it. If it isn’t revealed in six attempts, the lurker attacks from the ceiling, surprising the characters. Once the lurker is destroyed, the wooden doll climbs onto the left bed and settles in comfortably before becoming inanimate as the soul fragment is put to…
Refer to the Oakshore Docks Map and identify the Suggested Start Area for the Player Characters. Don't reveal the rest of the dock's contents yet, as they aren't initially visible to the characters. To begin the investigation, read or paraphrase: Oakshore’s dockside neighborhood consists of six single-story homes and businesses separated by dingy alleys. Shells in intricate geometrical patterns…
Adventurers might find the following sites within the Lower City to be of interest. Baldur’s Mouth. The human Ettvard Needle (Medium, Chaotic Good Commoner) runs the Baldur’s Mouth news agency from a modest warehouse in Heapside. He publishes news from government sources and his own network of rumormongers in an eponymous broadsheet. Not only a repository for gossip, the broadsheet is also a…
A raised platform with a bloody altar stands toward the east side of this roughly triangular cavern. A constant orgy of bloodletting goes on in this chamber, all part of the strange and gory urdefhan religion. If interrupted, the participants are anxious to cover their altar with fresh blood. Creatures: Two Urdefhan Lashers are led in the rites by two Urdefhan Cult Fanatics. All of them attack…
An arcane sigil in a circular frame, identical to the one at the citadel’s entrance, seems to stir with life as you reach the top of the ramp. This transporter works exactly like the one in area H1.
“Stepping down the smooth wooden steps into the bowels of the ship, you hear the cheerful sounds of someone singing an old sea shanty.” The party must load all the crates into a supply room adjoining the galley, where Ella is busy cooking. The crew sleep in hammocks, but the captain has his own room with a large bed. There are rodents nesting in the linen closet.
The characters are approached by Weston Murdoch and are told a concerning story about two followers of the Brightsinger named Melina and Gareth. They traveled together to the village of Dawn’s Gate after hearing tales of the beautiful bell of Silverbell Monastery, but they found that it had changed. The villagers praised someone called the “Crimson Abbot” with strained smiles, and when a stable…
A flight of stairs leads up to a high platform where two skeletal figures stand guard. An enormous arachnoid monster is descending from the ceiling on a thread of webbing as you approach. Three servants of the Lich King guard the entry to the lower spire: a Nerubian Crypt Fiend, one of The Damned ,* and a Servant of the Throne .* Development. Defeating all three guardians increases each…
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