While Ramya is in control of the Sapphire Throne, Kalakeri is altered by Ramya’s presence, creating the following effects: Closing the Borders. While in her domain, Ramya can close or open the borders to Kalakeri at will. While the borders are closed, the Mists surrounding Kalakeri sap the life of those within them. A creature that enters the Mists for the first time on a turn or starts its turn…
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This section provides tools useful for adventures in the Moonshaes, including guidelines on renown, Bastions, and an encounter table for seagoing adventurers.
Bas-reliefs adorn the palace, depicting the history, heroes, and legends of the kingdom. The site is depicted on map 2.20 and has the following features: Domed Court. The central domed court houses the Sapphire Throne. It hosts guardians and treasures gathered by the paranoid Vasavadans. Towers guard the surrounding walls, which are accessible via bridges from the court’s upper floors. War-Torn…
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),…
Southeast. Through the glowing portal in the Yggdrasil leaf to the Well of Urd (Area 4). Southwest. Through the glowing portal to the Jotunheim footprint (Area 2).
The Cerulean Citadel is Kalakeri’s royal palace. It derives its name from the blue sandstone used in its construction. Control of the citadel and the Sapphire Throne within regularly passes between Ramya and her siblings.
Wondrous Item, rare While holding this Press Pass, you can take a Magic action to press it against a wooden, plaster, or stone surface (such as a wall, ceiling, or floor) that is no more than 5 feet thick. When you do so, you open a doorway on the surface, creating a passage to the other side that is 3 feet wide and 7 feet tall. The passage remains for 10 minutes or until you take a Magic action…
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Ramya Vasavadan desperately fights to claim and hold power over Kalakeri in a brutal cycle of victory and loss with her equally uncompromising siblings. Unlike most Darklords, Ramya struggles to control her domain, leading her to seek allies in opposing her siblings and their treacherous allies. In her true form, Ramya is an undead horror, but illusions mask her monstrous appearance. Her true…
The Westwind Riders are an elite force stationed at the fortress of Orcbone, charged to protect the Brelish border from all threats and to enforce the Code of Galifar on the Border Road. Anyone in trouble on the Road hopes for a band of Westwind Riders to appear on the horizon. This Stat Block represents a skilled rider, but Westwind Riders can also use the Knight or Warrior Veteran stat blocks.
| Location | Description |
|---|---|
| 1: Outer Gatehouse | Guards vet entrants and keep watch at this gate. |
| 2: Barn | Livestock and steeds are stabled and groomed here. … |
The creature rerolls the saving throw, either adding your spellcasting modifier to or subtracting it from the new roll. It must use the new result. Available For: Cleric (Legacy), Cleric
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…
You draw on the magic of the green dragonflight. For the duration, you gain the following benefits. Healing Presence. When you move within 5 feet of a creature, you can restore 5d4 Hit Points to that creature. A creature can regain these Hit Points only once per turn. Wings. You sprout spectral wings from your back if you don’t already have wings. You have a Fly Speed of 60 feet and can hover. In…
Type: Tool Cost: 15 GP Weight: 1 lb Ability: Charisma Utilize: Exchange messages of up to 10 words with an Ethereal creature within 30 feet (DC 15). A witchboard is a slat of wood covered with letters, usually the Common alphabet though versions for different scripts are available. You can use it to contact Ethereal creatures, allowing limited conversations with them.
Type: Adventuring Gear Cost: 5 SP Weight: 1 lb A Tinderbox is a small container holding flint, fire steel, and tinder (usually dry cloth soaked in light oil) used to kindle a fire. Using it to light a Candle, Lamp, Lantern, or Torch —or anything else with exposed fuel—takes a Bonus Action. Lighting any other fire takes 1 minute.
Fighting Style Feat (Prerequisite: Fighting Style Feature) You have Advantage on attack rolls against any creature within 5 feet of one of your allies if you move at least 15 feet and stop within 5 feet of that ally. Notes: Advantage on attack rolls
Weapon (maul), rare (requires attunement) This Maul has a narrow Shield covering its handle that can be rotated to protect the wielder’s grip. You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. While wielding the guarded Maul, taking the Dodge action also gives you a +2 bonus to AC until the start of your next turn. In addition, when a creature within 5 feet of you…
Characters can push themselves to travel for more than 8 hours per day, at the risk of tiring. At the end of each additional hour of travel beyond 8 hours, each character must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or gain 1 Exhaustion level. The DC is 10 plus 1 for each hour past 8 hours.
You briefly slow time for a creature of your choice that you can see within range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be moved to last place in the Initiative order from the start of the next round onwards. Spell Tags: Chronomancy Available For: Bard (Legacy), Sorcerer (Legacy), Wizard (Legacy), Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard, Warlock - Future You Patron
Traps should be used sparingly, lest they lose their charm. A hidden pit can be a fun surprise, but too many traps in an adventure can lead players to become overly cautious, which slows down the game. The best traps are fleeting distractions that skilled characters can overcome in a short amount of time or deadly puzzles that require quick thinking and teamwork to overcome. Traps that are…
Raiders use guerrilla tactics to ambush warehouses and beat down opponents. These skilled fistfighters work in tandem to claim goods and territory for Daask.
Dreaming Dark Infiltrators are spies sent to gather intelligence. They plant psychic seeds in their minds of their foes that enhance the infiltrators’ combat prowess against those enemies.
List of Maps from the One-Shot Wonders: 10 Desert One-Shot Adventures.
Dark Bargains are binding once sealed. There are tales and legends of those who have outwitted a bargainer or found a way to break a bargain’s hold on them, but the truth of such stories is left to the GM to decide.
Upon completion of the adventure, each character may select one treasure bundle listed below.
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