You purchased your tickets and took a seat on the front row to watch the Whimsy Ensemble perform within this sheltered forest glade. Bright caravans encircle the portable, wooden stage and lazily hanging lanterns give a warm light to the dim evening. The acclaimed show is about to begin. Kacarosh welcomes the audience and introduces the first act, a group of dancers who perform a spectacular…

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Unearth Forbidden Lore of Ineffable Beings When you choose this subclass, you might bind yourself to an unspeakable being from the Far Realm or an elder god—a being such as Tharizdun, the Chained God; Zargon, the Returner; Hadar, the Dark Hunger; or Great Cthulhu. Or you might invoke several entities without yoking yourself to one. The motives of these beings are incomprehensible, and the Great…

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• Climbing the stairs will lead to an aviary and study. As the party enter the aviary, they hear noises from behind a heavy door leading to a makeshift crypt.
• Benedict and another Vampire Spawn are tidying the crypt, and will attack the party on sight. Benedict will flee upstairs if he becomes injured.

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N (they/them) human The mysterious and discreet Onaivu is a member of the Thieves’ Guild. They hide in the shadows and ply their trade in the most unexpected places, even those right under your nose. Who they are and what they are aren’t important at all, unless they know something about you that you don’t want the rest of the world to know. They keep their face covered beneath a cowl; no one…

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Armor (double mail), uncommon This double mail is made of iced steel, which legends hold originates in the frozen underworld of Niflheim. Objects made of iced steel always feel cold to the touch. While you are wearing it, you automatically succeed on saving throws against Extreme Heat, and you have Advantage on saving throws against spells involving fire and heat. Also called tvifold brynja, the…

Every night since the gems arrived, everyone’s dreams have been filled with dark whispers. Students, faculty—everyone’s talking about it. Caset believes that if the party sleeps a bit, they’ll also hear the whispers and could trace them to their origins and the location of the gems. If the group sleeps in Caset’s room, Caset can wake the party in four hours. Hopefully, by then they’ll have found…

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Level 1 – 2 Adventure. Light-Hearted. Defence. Banquet Hall. Winterfest is all about enjoying good food with good company, and the town’s annual banquet is the biggest feast of all. All the party need to do to get an invite is to complete some simple set-up jobs. How hard can it be to put out plates for a few puddings?

Characters visit the Moonshae Isles for fairy tale adventures, seafaring epics, and stories of protecting nature from exploitation and defilement.

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As the road continues northwest, the characters can sometimes catch a glimpse of a great conical mound miles away. It’s crowned with an earthen wall, and several other buildings cluster around its base. At its flat peak stands a prominent meadhall and a few other buildings. The surrounding plain is dotted by stands of trees, and its perimeter is marked by boundary stones. The road continues into…