Waterwheels and windmills churn busily in this humming lakeside town, where docks and cargo boats seem as numerous as the population. The largest clachan in Lorwyn, Kinsbaile is home to about six hundred residents. The majority are kithkin, though as a prominent trading hub, Kinsbaile also hosts boggarts, merrow, faeries, and flamekin. Trading traffic buzzes around the docks of Lake Laightle,…

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Wondrous Item, common While carrying this blackened silver coin, if you fail a Death Saving Throw, you treat the save as a success instead. Then the coin crumbles into dust. If you carry more than one Hel’s Coin, you gain the following curse instead. If you succeed on a Death Saving Throw, you treat the success as a failure. Then one Hel’s Coin crumbles to dust. This curse remains until there is…

Ketgrinn are catlike Fey spirits who delight in puzzles, riddles, and bargains. They have large, bright eyes and too-wide grins that gleam starkly even in shadows. Ketgrinn are tricksters and spies, often sent by those they serve to steal the voices of a rival’s minions to sow chaos and confusion. Secret. Ketgrinn can’t resist a puzzle or riddle, and a difficult one can send a ketgrinn’s mind…

Map: Lighthouse Cliff View Without Grid Map: Lighthouse Full View Without Grid

You launch a lightning bolt toward a target you can see within range. Three bolts then leap from that target to as many as three other targets of your choice, each of which must be within 30 feet of the first target. A target can be a creature or an object and can be targeted by only one of the bolts. Each target makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 10d8 Lightning damage on a failed save or…

Weapon (shortsword), very rare (requires attunement) You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The sword has 1d8 + 1 charges. If you score a critical hit against a creature that has fewer than 100 hit points, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be slain instantly as the sword tears its life force from its body (a construct or an undead is…

Short On Time? If you’re running this adventure in a shorter time slot, you can skip either this encounter or the encounter in Part 3. Both of them communicate that Aeldwyn’s bloody past is catching up with her (and the characters). Yllani the aquatic elf has pestered Captain Gizor about investigating a shipwreck along the route, and judging by the stream of profanities he’s muttering, it seems…

The bank offers the following services: Take Out a Loan. A character can borrow up to 10 GP from the bank with an interest rate of 1 GP per day. There’s no minimum payment due, but if the loan is left unpaid for long, word of the character’s financial insolvency spreads throughout the keep. Deposit and Withdraw Money. A character can deposit gold and other valuables at the bank. They can withdraw…

Multiattack. Keldar makes two attacks using Longsword or Handaxe in any combination. She can replace one of her attacks with a use of Spellcasting. Longsword. Melee Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) Slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) Thunder damage. Handaxe. Melee or Ranged Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) Slashing damage plus 5 (2d4) Thunder…

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Weapon (halberd), very rare (requires attunement) You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Life Stealing. The weapon has 1d8 + 1 charges. When you attack a creature that has fewer than 100 Hit Points with this weapon and roll a 20 on the d20 for the attack roll, the creature must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be slain instantly as the…

Weapon (longsword), rare (requires attunement) This item appears to be a sword hilt. Blade of Radiance. While grasping the hilt, you can take a Bonus Action to cause a blade of pure radiance to spring into existence or make the blade disappear. While the blade exists, this magic weapon functions as a Longsword with the Finesse property. If you are proficient with Longswords or Shortswords, you…

Adjusting the Scene Here are suggestions for adjusting this scene: Less Challenging: Reduce the DC of each check by 2. More Challenging: Increase the DC of each check by 2.

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Location: Main Street (18) Services: Financial services Key NPCs: Ilia Kemble (female human banker) Kemble Bank is a small financial institution offering basic savings and loan services to the people of Quickstone. Ilia Kemble saw a thriving community in Quickstone, yet one too small to draw the interest of House Kundarak. Kemble Bank has provided good service to the town, and helped many…

Read out the introduction, have the players enter the lighthouse on the ground floor, then continue:

Ankylier Karls are the lowest members of Ankylier society, fulfilling menial tasks and hard labour. Karls are not generally treated with much respect, but are paid appropriately for their efforts by their Ankylier bosses. This allows for wealth to not necessarily be a reflection of social status within Ankylier society. Through an exceptional work ethic or extensive experience, Karls will be…

In nearly all cases, the power that is proposing a Dark Bargain is uninterested in negotiating the duration or eventual cost of this gift. However, there may be extenuating circumstances. There could be roleplaying scenarios or simply the current events in the adventure’s narrative that could cause the power to briefly—briefly!—consider negotiating. The GM has the final say on whether a given…

You touch a corpse and leave a magical mark. You can choose to make it a visible mark that appears as a rune or word written on the flesh, or you can choose to make the mark Invisible. A creature that takes the Study action to specifically examine a corpse automatically detects it, whether visible or Invisible. Available For: Bard (Legacy), Sorcerer (Legacy), Warlock (Legacy), Wizard (Legacy),…

Armor (double mail), uncommon Metal armor made of songsteel rings like a bell or chime when it clangs against an object. When wearing the armor, you can call out to Volund as a Bonus Action. Until the end of your next turn, you take 5 less damage from all attacks that hit you. Once you use this feature, you must finish a Long Rest before you can use it again. Also called tvifold brynja, the rings…

Kobold warriors use hit-and-run tactics to raid their enemies and defend their homes. To avoid danger, they frequently employ haphazard traps. Kobolds Cowardly cousins to chromatic dragons, kobolds serve draconic overlords as warriors and servants. These scrappy menaces mimic the behaviors of their dragon masters. Though their small stature and recklessness make kobolds poor imitators of dragons,…

You create a 3-foot-long blade-shaped planar rift that lasts for the duration. The rift appears within range in a space of your choice, and you can immediately make up to two melee spell attacks, each one against a creature or object within 5 feet of the rift. On a hit, the target takes 10d6 Force damage. This attack scores a Critical Hit if the number on the d20 is 18 or higher. As a Bonus…

Raiders use guerrilla tactics to ambush warehouses and beat down opponents. These skilled fistfighters work in tandem to claim goods and territory for Daask.

Manyhorn Guild Brokers are the senior officials who draft, organise, and oversee trade negotiations between their guild and other parties. These include negotiations between other Manyhorn guilds, as well as other cities, kingdoms, or political groups. Manyhorn Guild Brokers are generally exceptionally cool-headed, especially in a crisis. They pride themselves on their ability to use logical…

The Nine Golden Swords is a powerful crime syndicate based out of Thesk in northeast Faerûn. From there, the Swords’ power extends eastward along the Golden Way, the legendary trade route between Faerûn and lands to the east, as well as westward around the Sea of Fallen Stars, where cells operate in port cities like Telflamm and Westgate. The Nine Golden Swords’ operations include highway…

The young human is hellbent on doing their part in this heist. Caset follows directions as long as those directions aren’t “Do nothing!” or the equivalent. If undirected, they will keep close to the party, often taking the Help action. If Caset drops to 0 Hit Points, they become unconscious and must begin making Death Saving Throws, as a player character does. If Caset dies, they rise with full…