Level 1 Evocation (Warlock) Casting Time: Reaction, which you take in response to taking damage from a creature that you can see within 60 feet of yourself Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous The creature that damaged you is momentarily surrounded by green flames. It makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d10 Fire damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful…

South. Back through the doors to Fafnir’s lair (Area 6).

Icy chamber. Exotic loom. A horizontal loom constructed of rich alder and mithril dominates this otherwise bare, cold chamber. The loom is decorated with intricate runes and engravings of fauna and flora, both fantastical and mundane. A simple stool sits in front of it. This chamber holds the Loom of Fables, a powerful artifact the PCs can use to locate Birgkrona, the secret fortress of the Cult…

You have been gifted with secrets that you can call upon in the form of ravens and crows to bear you aloft, but at the risk of revealing your own secrets in turn. Murderous Flight. As a Bonus Action, you can magically gain a Fly Speed equal to your Speed (and you can hover) for 10 minutes. During this time, a mass of shadows takes the shape of a murder of crows and ravens (but they aren’t truly…

A character looking for a specific item can also make a DC 16 Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Perception) check to try and find it within the clutter. Distilled Memory. Dozens of crystal decanters containing glowing, violet-colored liquid can be found scattered throughout the Laboratory—Unrefined Ichor, harvested directly from The White Worm. Each container is labeled with a date and…

Death has no claim on you. In exchange for staying its cold hand without that hand closing, you become a maw through which death feeds on the world around you. Adamant Endurance. You have Advantage on Constitution saving throws. Cling to Life. When you have 0 Hit Points at the start of your turn, or when you die, you can instead choose to regain a number of Hit Points equal to half your maximum.…

An open metal hatch lies in the floor against this room’s east wall. Storage bins sit to the north and south, each heaped with old bones, broken tools, and lumps of stone. Several bones in one of the trash bins belong to a human, which a character investigating the bones can easily determine. A servant slipped against a trash bin and died here two days before Belcorra’s last meal in area D1. The…

Second Floor, Processing Wing Beds in stark hospital-white sheets line the walls of this wide, pale gray room. Deathly-still patients in hospital gowns breathe shallowly in each bed, separated only by thin curtains. They don’t seem to mind the lack of privacy. Patients. Three of the twelve beds in this room are occupied by a patient (Neutral, human noncombatant Commoners). All patients here are…

Lady’s Whisper is a powerful servitor of Nhimbaloth, a unique skeletal creature related to the lesser deaths that serve the Grim Reaper. They speak only rarely, preferring to gesture instead, and what few words they utter comes out low and hollow, like a whisper emanating from far away. Lady’s Whisper has inhabited the Gate of Nhimbaloth for millennia, judging whether aspirants are worthy to join…

Second Floor, Experimental Wing Two glass-walled chambers stand side by side, their interiors stark and sterile. The first chamber is empty save for a single chair bolted to the tiled floor, gleaming under the violet glow of the tubes overhead. The second chamber’s chair is empty, but a patient cowers in the far corner of the room. Both doors to the chamber are locked, and the walls and doors…

Decorative pillars. An altar of solid ice. Feeling of piety. This chamber is clearly a place of worship. Elaborate pillars of steel and ice run up the sides of the chamber, and at the end sits a large block of ice that appears to serve as an altar. Carvings adorn the walls and pillars. This shrine is dedicated to Loki—his symbol figures prominently in the carvings on the walls and pillars. Altar.…

Cupboards, shelves, and cabinets line the walls of this chamber. A few barrels sit in the middle of the room. Three skeletons lie slumped near the barrel. The skeletons belonged to three servants who retreated to this storage room before being murdered by the chef. Nothing of value remains.

Human Warrior Veteran Early thirties. Fair skin, blue eyes, and close-cropped red hair. Tattoo of Odin’s spear, Gungnir, stretching from wrist to shoulder of left arm. Greataxe. Background: When Henrika returned to Hvalfell after a short but successful adventuring career, she expected to find the dull village she remembered from her youth. When she arrived with her friend Gretl Gunrsdottir in…

Weapon (longsword), uncommon (requires attunement) As long as this weapon is within your reach and you are attuned to it, you and allies within 30 feet of you gain the following benefits. Alarm. The weapon magically awakens each subject who is sleeping naturally when combat begins. This benefit doesn’t wake a subject from magically induced sleep. Supernatural Readiness. Each subject has Advantage…

You have been gifted with secrets that you can call upon in the form of ravens and crows to bear you aloft, but at the risk of revealing your own secrets in turn. Murderous Flight. As a Bonus Action, you can magically gain a Fly Speed equal to your Speed (and you can hover) for 10 minutes. During this time, a mass of shadows takes the shape of a murder of crows and ravens (but they aren’t truly…

The pall of death drapes over you like the Shroud of Druskenvald. This shroud protects you from the depredations of the Undead, but it draws you ever nearer to their cold embrace. Inured to Undeath. You have Resistance to Necrotic damage, and you have Advantage on saving throws against spells and effects created by Undead. Unholy Appetite. You must consume one pound of raw flesh (it needn’t be…

The walls of this chamber are decorated with twisting runes carved into the wall and filled with dull, silvery metal. The floor and ceiling are almost completely covered with large, polished metal discs. This room contains an inert Teleportation Circle like the ones in areas B17 and C16. This Teleportation Circle must be reactivated with the Awaken Portal spell hidden in area C35 before it can…

As part of casting this spell, you must expend six Hit Point Dice or the spell automatically fails. Blood flows from your body then crystallizes into a barbed arrow, which launches at a creature. Make a ranged spell attack against a target within range. On a hit, roll the Hit Point Dice expended to cast the spell, and the creature takes Piercing damage equal to the numbered rolled. Once lodged in…

The Market Ward is the busiest section of Hearth. Not only do the residents of New Hearth gather in its cobblestone plazas to peruse the endless selection of offerings from local and foreign merchants, but it is also a point of interest for many of Hearth’s visitors. Market Ward is presided over by the powerful merchant house Santin.

(JEHOLOSAURUS SHANGYUANENSIS) Physical Description The Jeholrak are small-statured, weedy creatures with a short, stout tail and three-clawed hands. They have a stout, beaked snout and a row of fan-shaped teeth. Their bodies are covered by soft, downy feathers that look superficially like a short layer of fur. Their feathers are typically dull greys and browns, although colourful variants do…

Until a few decades ago, Lorwyn-Shadowmoor existed either wholly as Lorwyn or Shadowmoor, never both simultaneously. The ruler of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor was a powerful faerie queen named Oona. Every three hundred years, an event known as the Great Aurora transformed the realm from one version to the other, shifting all lands and people into their opposing aspects. Individuals lost their memories of…

On this corridor’s floor slump three corpses with darts protruding from their flesh. The center body clutches a shiny, black object in one hand. Bloodstains splatter the floor of this hallway. Dart Traps. There are three pressure plates in this corridor, as denoted on the map. Each pressure plate triggers a poisoned darts trap (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Fallen Adventurers. The…