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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
financial recompense. These cunning serial killers and mass murderers remain a step ahead of investigators, at least until the cultists’ zealous bloodlust overwhelms their senses.
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The
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
treasure seekers, explorers, delvers, and investigators. In addition to improving your agility and stealth, you learn skills useful for delving into ancient ruins, reading unfamiliar languages, and using magic items you normally couldn’t employ.
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
of itself into the planes to seek the truth. Also known as kolyaruts, these manifestations of the great machine function as multiversal investigators and pursue answers to specific quandaries. Once
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Awakened Haunt. The coughing from area 16 is audible in this hall. Séance One. When the party finishes exploring the floors below, the investigators invite them to participate in the first séance (see the
“Séances” section earlier in the adventure). If the party goes directly to this area, the investigators invite them to the séance after they explore two or three rooms.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
sheltering a stout front door that stands open and emits a flickering light.
This is the House of Lament. Abandoned for centuries, it was disturbed only moments ago by a pair of investigators who
characters don’t disguise their approach, one of the investigators calls out, identifies themselves, and welcomes the company. They invite the party inside to meet with their partner. Ultimately, if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
First Séance The investigator running the séance explains that they plan to use the spirit board in area 3 to contact the spirits to learn why they linger here. The investigators invite the party to
worked. Then the room grows cooler, the lights dim, and the planchette moves to the word “Greetings.” One of the investigators asks the first question: “Who are we speaking to?” The spirit replies by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The House of Lament (continued) Once the characters meet the investigators and shift their attention to the house, their exploration begins.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Inquisitive Characters A Sharn inquisitives campaign revolves around the idea of the characters as investigators who might work for an inquisitive agency at the start of the campaign but might run
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
unraveling mysteries. Inquisitive agencies run the gamut from private investigators to networks of detectives supported by dragonmarked houses.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
via magic or an implement such as the spirit board. At present, the investigators stashed their equipment here and plan to “make camp” in this room. Séances. One of the investigators spends their time
the crossroads standing in the background of a portrait. Reference Material. The investigators possess a variety of books detailing haunts and occult lore. Any character who spends an hour consulting
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
than watch or patrol members are a community’s investigators, who are responsible for solving crimes after the fact. Though such folk are seldom found in rural areas, nearly every settlement of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Guests of the House The characters are about to discover the haunted house known as the House of Lament. They aren’t the first to arrive, though. Two investigators are already there, having come for
their own reasons unrelated to the characters’ strange experience. Prior the party’s arrival at the house, choose which pair of investigators meets them. Unless otherwise noted, these characters are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Investigator Rarer than watch or patrol members are a community’s investigators, who are responsible for solving crimes after the fact. Though such folk are seldom found in rural areas, nearly every
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Second Séance The investigators conduct the second séance likely after the party has explored most of the house and followed the lead they received from the first séance. Preferably, the house has
, suggesting the way to open the door to area 24. After this, the séance ends as the first one did, and the investigators encourage the party to complete its investigations. If the players are enjoying the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
occur soon after characters reach this floor. If the séance hasn’t occurred yet, the clock in area 22 inexplicably chimes thirteen or a dead raven topples from a door frame. If one of the investigators
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the Eternal Order
4 Doctor Ingrid van Richten, a scholarly spirit who haunts Richten House near Rivalis
5 The Ray Agency, investigators based in Martira Bay
6 Skeever, Azalin’s imp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Adventure Summary The characters arrive at the House of Lament after a mysterious message leads them into the Mists. At the door, they meet investigators who invite them to participate in an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
rogues make an honest living as locksmiths, investigators, or exterminators, which can be a dangerous job in a world where dire rats — and wererats — haunt the sewers. As adventurers, rogues fall on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Chapter 5: Feats ZOLTAN BOROS The Weathermay-Foxgrove Twins, Gennifer and Laurie, along with the investigators
Alanik Ray and Arthur Sedgwick, fight to escape the horrors of Castle Ravenloft This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
historical information lost to all but those who deal in the business of fate. Investigators. Dead travelers have been found in the hills south of the Tegefed Mountains—and the corpses reportedly have no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
rogues make an honest living as locksmiths, investigators, or exterminators, which can be a dangerous job in a world where dire rats — and wererats — haunt the sewers. As adventurers, rogues fall on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
immediately, accompanied by bleeding boards or glimpses of horrifying spaces beyond the woodwork. Discourage characters from trying to destroy the house while it’s dormant (the investigators oppose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
investigators, diviners, judges, and others who have a need to uncover the truth. Such individuals can sometimes be identified by the elaborate staffs they carry in homage to Savras. According to
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
even they sometimes recruit apprentices to help them in their scams and heists. A few rogues make an honest living as locksmiths, investigators, or exterminators, which can be a dangerous job in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
awaken him? Who murdered the guildmaster, and how did the killer get into the guild’s locked vault? A mystery-themed campaign puts the characters in the role of investigators, perhaps traveling from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
helps investigators determine whether magic was used to commit a crime in the city. Members can also expect to be tapped for assistance during and after fires, natural events that cause multiple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
investigators. Information Acquisition Kalaash’arrna, a cunning orc man with the Mark of Finding, runs Information Acquisition, an inquisitive agency affiliated with the Finders Guild, in the district of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
investigators, focused on tracking people down or gathering information. More likely, you’re a diverse team with a range of skills that allow you undertake a variety of different missions on your
can be a crucial skill, which many characters in this role combine with magical means of scrying to learn about their enemies and objectives. Bards and wizards make natural Investigators, especially
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the investigators suggests reaching out to her spirit for help. Whether characters use the spirit board or another method to contact Mara, her furious spirit appears and demands the characters aid her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
the city. If the characters question Kevori (neutral good, human scout), she shares the following information: Investigators for Hire. Kevori and her brother were tasked by Lord Neverember to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
treasure seekers, explorers, delvers, and investigators. In addition to improving your agility and stealth, you learn skills useful for delving into ancient ruins, reading unfamiliar languages, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
treasure seekers, explorers, delvers, and investigators. In addition to improving your agility and stealth, you learn skills useful for delving into ancient ruins, reading unfamiliar languages, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Investigator. Investigators piece evidence into a coherent whole that explains a mystery. This character combines a high Intelligence score with proficiency in skills such as Investigation, Perception, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the investigators detailed in the following “Guests of the House” section leads each séance. Narrate the start of the séance and encourage each character to ask a question. As they do, you control how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
the law as Ravnica’s police force. The many-leveled hierarchy of the Lyev Column includes arresters, investigators, officers, and lawmages. The Lyev Column is also venturing into the work of managing