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<blockquote data-quote="Iron Sky" data-source="post: 7832870" data-attributes="member: 60965"><p><strong>Ingredients </strong> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Secret Admirer</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Serene Coven</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Belt of the Copper Dragon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hurricane Recovery</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Funeral Rites </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shadow Couatl</li> </ul><p><strong>The Storm Prophet</strong></p><p>A 3-5th level 5e D&D adventure.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Tempest</strong></p><p>Out of a clear sky, a furious storm strikes without warning. The party's ship capsizes. Awakening on a beach, the PCs discover NPCs and/or items of import missing. Exploring the rocky island reveals a harbor town flooded and broken, anchored by a rocky crag jutting fang-like over the remains.</p><p></p><p>A long, winged shadow passes. Skyward glances reveal only dark, churning clouds. A sibilant female voice whispers in their minds:</p><p></p><p><em>"This storm was evil-wrought, Havershorn-town now coven-claimed. Its dragon guardian slain and skinworn, Havershorn's people tricked by witch-word and hag-glamour. Your storm-lost treasures stolen by a false dragon lurking within yon looming pinnacle."</em></p><p></p><p>Silence meets any questions.</p><p></p><p><strong>Devastation</strong></p><p>Havershorn slowly rebuilds, wracked with sobs, clogged by debris, reeking of salt and rot. Tired hands wrap burial shrouds about bodies dredged from the sea.</p><p></p><p>The town barber approaches the party, ordinary but for a large amber monocle from which a cloudy eye peers. He offers baths and grooming. Passing townsfolk cry "hail the Storm Prophet!"</p><p></p><p>If questioned: in visions he foresaw the hurricane. Under blue skies, none listened to unlikely warnings with all energy directed towards completing Havershorn's yearly ritual.</p><p></p><p>The Prophet now oversees reconstruction at the behest of the guardian dragon, Titian. Normally new arrivals would meet Titian, but the switchbacks to his lair were obliterated.</p><p></p><p>The Prophet offers aid gathering bodies of lost ship fellows for burial, promising passage once docks repairs are complete.</p><p></p><p><strong>Clues</strong></p><p>About Havershorn:</p><p></p><p>•Most blame the storm on sea hags who've plagued the town for years.</p><p>•Glimpses of Titian gazing down from crag-top.</p><p>•Nahutai, “our spirit-serpent protector" is missing, though many claim sight of her shadow.</p><p>•Reports of troubled dreams and Nahutai's bodiless voice whispering.</p><p>•Changeable funerary directions from the Prophet: first excarnation near the crag that the storm gods might claim the bodies, now instructions to instead wrap effigies for the gods and turn the now-flooded ritual cavern beneath the town into a mass tomb.</p><p></p><p><strong>Inaction</strong></p><p>If the players do nothing, the townsfolk place effigies about the crag, drain the ritual cavern, and lay their departed within. The following day the "dragon" and “his” two new beautiful female attendants march out of the crag to confront the Prophet over the fake excarnations just as storm-drowned Havershornians flood from the ritual cavern as undead shadows, led by Nahutai's shade.</p><p></p><p>Chaos and carnage.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Why?</strong></p><p>Nahutai - guardian of the secret shadow rift below the town - urged the townsfolk to complete their ritual as storm surge flooded the cavern. When they fled, she tried to finish it alone only to be consumed by shadow, her corrupted shade sent to manipulate the Prophet with false dreams.</p><p></p><p>The barber secretly promised the coven his eternal love and devotion after spotting their illusory beauty from a distance, becoming their (Hag's) Eyes and ears while leaving bundles of hair and fingernails to aid their <em>Scrying</em>. In turn, they imparted <em>Planar Contact</em>-divined forewarning of the storm, betting none would believe but he'd gain credibility after.</p><p></p><p>What they didn't realize: their Planar Contact was the very shadow god seeding the storm.</p><p></p><p>As Titian rescued townsfolk washed to sea during the tempest, the coven ambushed, killed, and skinned the young dragon, crafting his hide into a girdle allowing their illusory forms to mimic his own. After looting the PC's shipwreck, they skulked through the crag's (<em>Scryed</em>) secret entrance, instructing their Prophet to extol excarnation: a feast of human flesh arrayed on their doorstep. Victorious, they sank into relaxed complacency in Titian's comfortable abode.</p><p></p><p>With unquestioning devotion, the Prophet unhesitatingly accepted “new visions” wherein an alteration of funeral rites led to final consumation of his long-anticipated tryst. How could he know Nahutai's shade was <em>Dreaming </em>them?</p><p></p><p><strong>Resolution</strong></p><p>If the PCs invade the lair, they face a daunting climb to a copper-dragon-crafted labyrinth of tricks, traps, and riddles lying dangerously damaged and partly flooded. Navigating carefully, quickly, and quietly, they might ambush individual hags sleeping or relaxing. If reckless, slow, or loud they confront a full coven spell onslaught and acid/slowing dragon breath from whichever hag wears the belt.</p><p></p><p>Victorious, they reclaim whatever was lost in the shipwreck plus a dragon trove, but return to find Havershorn overrun by swarms of shadows following a shadow couatl.</p><p></p><p>Unless...</p><p></p><p>...if they uncovered Nahutai's shadowy plans through magic, investigating the flooded ritual chamber, and/or questioning townsfolk they might halt the mass entombment then ward off attacks from Nahutai's shade while the townsfolk complete the ritual <em>before </em>infiltrating the crag.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iron Sky, post: 7832870, member: 60965"] [B]Ingredients [/B] [LIST] [*]Secret Admirer [*]Serene Coven [*]Belt of the Copper Dragon [*]Hurricane Recovery [*]Funeral Rites [*]Shadow Couatl [/LIST] [B]The Storm Prophet[/B] A 3-5th level 5e D&D adventure. [B] Tempest[/B] Out of a clear sky, a furious storm strikes without warning. The party's ship capsizes. Awakening on a beach, the PCs discover NPCs and/or items of import missing. Exploring the rocky island reveals a harbor town flooded and broken, anchored by a rocky crag jutting fang-like over the remains. A long, winged shadow passes. Skyward glances reveal only dark, churning clouds. A sibilant female voice whispers in their minds: [I]"This storm was evil-wrought, Havershorn-town now coven-claimed. Its dragon guardian slain and skinworn, Havershorn's people tricked by witch-word and hag-glamour. Your storm-lost treasures stolen by a false dragon lurking within yon looming pinnacle."[/I] Silence meets any questions. [B]Devastation[/B] Havershorn slowly rebuilds, wracked with sobs, clogged by debris, reeking of salt and rot. Tired hands wrap burial shrouds about bodies dredged from the sea. The town barber approaches the party, ordinary but for a large amber monocle from which a cloudy eye peers. He offers baths and grooming. Passing townsfolk cry "hail the Storm Prophet!" If questioned: in visions he foresaw the hurricane. Under blue skies, none listened to unlikely warnings with all energy directed towards completing Havershorn's yearly ritual. The Prophet now oversees reconstruction at the behest of the guardian dragon, Titian. Normally new arrivals would meet Titian, but the switchbacks to his lair were obliterated. The Prophet offers aid gathering bodies of lost ship fellows for burial, promising passage once docks repairs are complete. [B]Clues[/B] About Havershorn: •Most blame the storm on sea hags who've plagued the town for years. •Glimpses of Titian gazing down from crag-top. •Nahutai, “our spirit-serpent protector" is missing, though many claim sight of her shadow. •Reports of troubled dreams and Nahutai's bodiless voice whispering. •Changeable funerary directions from the Prophet: first excarnation near the crag that the storm gods might claim the bodies, now instructions to instead wrap effigies for the gods and turn the now-flooded ritual cavern beneath the town into a mass tomb. [B]Inaction[/B] If the players do nothing, the townsfolk place effigies about the crag, drain the ritual cavern, and lay their departed within. The following day the "dragon" and “his” two new beautiful female attendants march out of the crag to confront the Prophet over the fake excarnations just as storm-drowned Havershornians flood from the ritual cavern as undead shadows, led by Nahutai's shade. Chaos and carnage. [B] Why?[/B] Nahutai - guardian of the secret shadow rift below the town - urged the townsfolk to complete their ritual as storm surge flooded the cavern. When they fled, she tried to finish it alone only to be consumed by shadow, her corrupted shade sent to manipulate the Prophet with false dreams. The barber secretly promised the coven his eternal love and devotion after spotting their illusory beauty from a distance, becoming their (Hag's) Eyes and ears while leaving bundles of hair and fingernails to aid their [I]Scrying[/I]. In turn, they imparted [I]Planar Contact[/I]-divined forewarning of the storm, betting none would believe but he'd gain credibility after. What they didn't realize: their Planar Contact was the very shadow god seeding the storm. As Titian rescued townsfolk washed to sea during the tempest, the coven ambushed, killed, and skinned the young dragon, crafting his hide into a girdle allowing their illusory forms to mimic his own. After looting the PC's shipwreck, they skulked through the crag's ([I]Scryed[/I]) secret entrance, instructing their Prophet to extol excarnation: a feast of human flesh arrayed on their doorstep. Victorious, they sank into relaxed complacency in Titian's comfortable abode. With unquestioning devotion, the Prophet unhesitatingly accepted “new visions” wherein an alteration of funeral rites led to final consumation of his long-anticipated tryst. How could he know Nahutai's shade was [I]Dreaming [/I]them? [B]Resolution[/B] If the PCs invade the lair, they face a daunting climb to a copper-dragon-crafted labyrinth of tricks, traps, and riddles lying dangerously damaged and partly flooded. Navigating carefully, quickly, and quietly, they might ambush individual hags sleeping or relaxing. If reckless, slow, or loud they confront a full coven spell onslaught and acid/slowing dragon breath from whichever hag wears the belt. [B][/B] Victorious, they reclaim whatever was lost in the shipwreck plus a dragon trove, but return to find Havershorn overrun by swarms of shadows following a shadow couatl. Unless... ...if they uncovered Nahutai's shadowy plans through magic, investigating the flooded ritual chamber, and/or questioning townsfolk they might halt the mass entombment then ward off attacks from Nahutai's shade while the townsfolk complete the ritual [I]before [/I]infiltrating the crag. [/QUOTE]
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