Wondrous Item, common This Northlands Lyre is strung with cords made of braided jotun hair. As a Magic action, you can play the talharpa to grant all your allies within 60 feet who can hear it Advantage on saves against the Frightened condition and on Strength (Athletics) checks for 1 hour. Once this ability has been used, it cannot be used again until the next dawn.
A large sign in front of this building depicts a man riding at breakneck speed on horseback as he balances a stack of packages in one hand. Owned and operated by Oloria Gallentine, a retired ranger from a distant forest called Immenwood, Gallentine Deliveries handles Otari’s post, both within town limits and beyond. Gallentine Deliveries Courier Employer, Garrison Address 120 Roseguard Road Wares…
Cambions are former mortals corrupted by fiendish power or possessed by insidious forces. While tieflings are free-willed individuals with a hint of fiendish ancestry, cambions are inherently tied to or remade by the wicked magic of the Lower Planes. Many cambions serve the malevolent forces that are the source of their powers. Others seek to claim the might of whatever created them or to seize…
Type: Vehicle (Land) Cost: 50 GP Weight: -- Bicycles are the most common vehicle found on the island due to the ease with which craftspeople can recreate them. Classification: Mounted Vehicle Properties: Feather, Nimble, Pedalled, Simple Combat Speed: 60 ft. Travel Speed: 15 oph Size Modifier: 1 Crew: 1 Cargo Capacity: 20 lb. AC: 11 HP: 10 Cost: 50 GF
Classification: Mounted Vehicle Properties: Feather, Nimble, Pedalled, Simple Size Modifier: 1 Speed: 60 feet Cost: 50 GF Bicycles are the most common vehicle found on the island due to the ease with which craftspeople can recreate them.
Dappa’s workshop is full of sketches of wild designs—a nakudaman-style sailbike with extendable wings; a fish-shaped Courier Brigade postal cycle; and his most ambitious design, two-, three-, and four-seater tandem cycles. Dappa is dedicated to perfecting his craft but is also curious about other forms of transportation like mopeds, kei trucks, and trolleys, though he is happy to leave the…
Flavor & Clue: Broken Fish The Green Dragon Inn, a two-story stone building that has clearly seen better days, shows its age. Blackened bricks from an old fire mar the building’s left side, and a shutter hangs on for dear life, creaking in the wind. Only the inn’s sign looks new; an excellently carved green dragon breathing downward on a hillside. For all its derelict appearance outside, the…
Two steamer trunks sit against the north wall. Doors lead east and west. Iskari tells Alik Nal and the guards that items clients have forgotten are kept here, but in reality, he uses this space to store stolen goods. The doors lead to the dummy office (area T4) and a warehouse (area T7). Blackmail Evidence. The trunks are both locked. As a Utilize action, a character can try to pick a lock…
This office contains a small desk with drawers against the west wall. A door leads north. Old shipping paperwork lies scattered atop the desk, but none seems recent. This office primarily serves as a buffer between the rest of the company and the secret storeroom (area T5). Secret Door. A secret door on the east wall opens into area T5. See “ Shipping Company Features ” for details on this door.
The NPCs also know optional clues that aid in navigating the Fields of the Crow or fighting Raum. They only reveal these secrets if they’re Friendly with the characters. You decide which questions succeed on a DC 15 Charisma check to get an NPC to divulge this information:
An elf man wearing gray robes sits at this room’s desk, writing with a quill on a roll of parchment. A shelf full of ledgers sits against the south wall, and doors lead to the north, west, and east. The elf man is Alik Nal (Medium Mage), a shipping agent. Nal is recording the details of a recent shipment. Nal demands the characters leave if he notices them, barking that he’s too busy to speak…
The Eminence Hotel is the nexus of the information trade dominated by cats in Yatamon. Several brokerages take meetings with clients in the common room, and some even maintain a permanent table there. Cat informants come and go throughout the day to deliver reports to their bosses, while more freelance-minded cats may sell their information to the highest bidder.
Once, even before your most recent travel to Druskenvald, you rode the deathly train known as the Ghostlight Express. Your memories of that journey might be hazy and dreamlike, or they could be sharp and jarring in their clarity. You learned some of the workings of the ghostly engine and formed a connection with the conductor and fellow travelers that has stayed with you. At times, you are even…
Rough-and-tumble sailors make merry in this sprawling hall, whether it’s at the large, central wooden bar or at the large tables arranged around it. Private booths populated with quieter, dark-cloaked individuals surround the hectic clientele. Open at all hours, the main hall is a key gathering spot for sailors in Baldur’s Gate and a prime location where criminals discuss shady deals. R2a. The…
Information Brokerage............................25 GF per Question Pathfinding ....................................................3 GF per Day Pest Removal (Spirit)...................................5 GF Vacancy Inspection .....................................2 GF
The morlock scavenger is a lankier, smaller version of a typical morlock. Morlocks Originating from humans long lost from the world of light, morlocks dwell in the upper reaches of the Darklands. Their wiry frames mask the strength of their limbs, and their arms are long enough that they can drop into an uncanny, four-limbed shuffle for speed or stealth.
You are a reporter who has traveled across Obojima or combed the streets of Yatamon, seeking out stories that matter. You may have worked in-house for the Yatamon Daily Observer, chasing down scoops throughout the city, or you may be an independent journalist gathering stories and selling them. You have an unquenchable desire to know the truth, and you’re willing to take the risks to get to the…
You radiate a concealing aura in a 30-foot Emanation for the duration. While in the aura, you and each creature you choose have a +10 bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) checks and leave no tracks. Spell Tags: Buff, Exploration Available For: Druid (Legacy), Ranger (Legacy), Druid, Ranger, Cleric - Trickery Domain, Cleric - Hunt Domain, Ranger - Trail Warden, Sorcerer - Shadow Sorcery
Weapon (any simple or martial), rare You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The weapon deals an extra 3d6 damage of the weapon’s type if the target is a Dragon. Weapons Name Simple Melee Weapons Dragon Slayer Club | 1d4 Bludgeoning | Light | Slow Dragon Slayer Dagger | 1d4 Piercing | Finesse, Light, Thrown (Range 20/60) | Nick …
Weapon, rare You have a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this piece of magic ammunition. Once it hits a target, the ammunition is no longer magical.
Weapon (any simple or martial), varies (requires attunement) Bound into this weapon is a spell of level 8 or lower. The spell is determined when the weapon is created and must belong to the Conjuration, Divination, Evocation, Necromancy, or Transmutation school of magic. The weapon has 6 charges and regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding the weapon, you can expend 1 charge to…
Otyughs live to eat—the more disgusting the meal, the better. They consider all non-otyughs that come within reach dishes in life’s endless buffet. In dumps, sewers, polluted ruins, and similar murky depths, otyughs devour garbage, carcasses, and anything else their tentacles can cram in their expansive maws. Some creatures ply otyughs with trash to recruit them as watchful—if…
Type: Vehicle (Land) Cost: 500 GP Weight: -- Scooters and Vespas are most commonly used in towns and villages with First Age roads or smooth paths. Classification: Mounted Vehicle Properties: Nimble, Simple Combat Speed: 80 ft. Travel Speed: 20 oph Size Modifier: 1 Crew: 1 Passengers: 1 Cargo Capacity: 50 lb. AC: 12 HP: 30 Damage Threshold: 5 Cost: 500 GF
Once the characters step through the magical portal to Ala Harbor, read or paraphrase the following: This bustling harbor holds a veritable forest of masts, sails, and rigging. Uniformed sailors and merchants in plain clothes bustle across the docks. In the distance, a sign atop a small building says “Gurthay’s Boat Rentals.” This busy harbor is the Thayan navy’s home. More about Ala Harbor…
Northeast. Hidden door to the secret passageway (Area 6A). South. Closed door to the associates’ hall (Area 3).
This magic item is part of the Northlands Worldbook. You can unlock it by purchasing the book in our marketplace.
