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Returning 22 results for 'Ezra'.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Mother of Tears Cathedral The Mother of Tears Cathedral is the most honest place in Dementlieu. Dedicated to the god Ezra, the cathedral’s teachings put greater emphasis on weeping for the horrors of
outside the cathedral’s walls. All people are desperate wretches in the merciful hands of Ezra, who mourns for and with them all. A magnificent alabaster statue of Ezra, her sword and shield set aside as she weeps into her hands, adorns the sanctuary.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Other Groups Representatives of various organizations have their own reasons for exploring the Mists and might be encountered in multiple domains. Church of Ezra Pious souls in various domains pray
to Ezra, an aloof god who embodies the Mists (as detailed at the start of this chapter). With no domain-spanning organization, the church serves largely as a formalization of local superstitions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
knowledge and prayers to Ezra protected this room, but also trapped Regan’s and Vastion’s spirits here. The ghosts don’t visually manifest, but they speak through their favorite toys. They eagerly
converse with characters and fall silent if threatened. The spirits know the following information and share it with friendly characters: The skeleton is their mother, Theodora. She prayed to Ezra to protect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
of cruel practices and the faiths of false zealots. One noteworthy exception to this is the worship of the god Ezra, which has its origins in the Mists (see the “Ezra, God of the Mists” sidebar). For
your adventures, you define what deities are worshiped in a domain and whether those deities are actual gods, manifestations of the Dark Powers, or one masquerading as the other. EZRA, GOD OF THE MISTS
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
for the favor of the deity Ezra, but in the catacombs beneath the cathedral, a hidden cell of the Ulmist Inquisition meets. This society cultivates psionic prowess to undermine the evil in people’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Organizations These organizations span multiple domains. Church of Ezra Goal: Seek mercy from an ambivalent god
Adventure Themes: Apathetic congregations, superstitions, witch hunting
Pious souls
in multiple domains pray to Ezra, an aloof god who personifies the Mists. Ezra’s worshippers appear in congregations with varied (and sometimes conflicting) practices. The church serves largely as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, the nursemaid of Regan and Vastion Halvhrest. A devotee of the god Ezra, Agatha decorated her room with a plaque of her god’s symbol, a shield crossed with a spring of belladonna. This displays the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
spawn named Deviana, Ezra, and Yuri. Characters who succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity (Stealth) check can move through this room without waking the spawn. Otherwise, all three awaken and attack. Treasure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
to area 24 is under divine protection that manifests as an arcane lock spell. The first time a creature touches the door, an incomplete symbol of the god Ezra appears amid the woodwork for an instant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
village of Krezk
4 The identical twins Yasmine and Nasseri, who are devout servants of the god Ezra
5 Renoir Laurent, the teenage son of Chantal Laurent, a woman Strahd abducted years ago
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
spellcasters is up to you. Ezra. Mysteriously, worship of one god has its origins in the Mists. The god Ezra is depicted as a vaporous figure with dark, billowing hair and is believed to be able to
manipulate the Mists. Ezra’s holy symbol is a sprig of belladonna atop a silver kite shield. Ezra’s followers across domains view the deity in contradictory ways. For some, Ezra is a stalwart guardian
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Levkarest. At its heart rises the Great Cathedral of the god Ezra. BORCAN CHARACTERS
Characters from Borca might be members of a decadent noble family or struggling peasants. In either case, much of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
these books gains advantage on their next Intelligence (Arcana or Religion) check related to the undead or the history of the House of Lament. These books can also be used to identify the Mark of the Raven, the symbol of the god Ezra, and the symbol of the priests of Osybus (see chapter 3).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
through the conservatory’s windows. The fractures form the word “Uninvited.” Belladonna. Inexplicably, one plant is still alive and flourishing in the room: a belladonna plant with fat, black berries. It can be useful in completing the symbol of Ezra that appears on the door to area 24.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
offices of faceless mercantile ventures. Near the People’s Parliament stands the Great Cathedral. Within, pious commoners and ostentatious aristocrats attend ceremonies sacred to the deity Ezra. Locals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Tears Cathedral The Ezra-worshipping clergy of the grandiose Mother of Tears Cathedral weep for all the suffering and horror of the world but take no action to cure or combat it. Palace of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
. Tales say the wood is haunted and these trees’ roots reach into the realm of the dead. Willow Watch The hastily constructed Willow Watch tower was built on the ruins of a church of Ezra. The Talons here report strange lights in the nearby forest and sounds from the catacombs below.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
temple of Ezra serves as a meeting place for the Circle. Wynderton Wynderton is a farming community protected by a family of knights of the same name. To prove their piety, the family insists the villagers attend religious services three times a day.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Darklord, Lord Wilfred Godefroy. Francesca Baerald Map 2.25: Mordent View Player Version Mordent Locations Location Description Abbey Point A group of silent Ezra worshippers maintain a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
have an ironic connection to the action that triggered the curse.A dying priest of Ezra curses his murderer Pronouncement The first component of a curse is the pronouncement, which amounts to a threat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
daughter of Burgomaster Indirovich of the village of Barovia. 4 Lyssa von Zarovich, a distant relative of Strahd’s, who has become a vampire. 5 Nasseri and Yasmine, identical twins who serve the god Ezra. 6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
, working either in hidden cabals or infiltrating other faiths, such as the Church of Ezra. The Ulmist Inquisition is organized into three orders named for Ulmed’s companions: the Order of Cosima, the Order