DDHC-WBW-Chapter 5: Palace of Heart's Desire
Date: 08/06/2022
Time: 7pm-12am
DM: Karaiber
DCI: 2320833731

Magic Items:
-chime of opening
-woodcutter’s axe
-Black Chromatic Rose
-Blue Chromatic Rose
-Green Chromatic Rose
-Red Chromatic Rose
-White Chromatic Rose
--While holding the rose by its stem, you gain resistance to (Black acid, Blue lightning, Green poison, Red fire, White cold) damage. If you would take more than 10 damage of (acid, lightning, poison, fire, cold) from a single source (after applying the resistance), the rose disintegrates, and you take no damage instead.

As an action, you can blow the petals from the rose to produce a 20-foot cone of (Black acid, Blue lightning, Green poison, Red fire, White cold). Each creature in the cone must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 3d10 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Using this property destroys the rose.
-flame tongue longsword
-frost brand (Sword) (tenta)
-staff of power
-Staff of Striking
-bracers of defense
-bat-shaped amulet (ring of feather falling)
-+1 rapier
-Crystal of Fey Summoning
--Black spymaster Hushknife, a darkling elder
--Blue Allegra, a quickling
--Green Frogspittle, a green hag
--Red Sinch the Ruthless, a redcap
--White Winky, a one-eyed blink dog
-winged boots
-A bag of beans
-A cloak of displacement
-A suit of +2 leather armor
-A +2 wand of the war mage

Story Award
Zybilna’s Gifts: The Cauldron Was Saved
If her cauldron was not destroyed, Zybilna offers her rescuers the use of a wish spell in return for their accomplishments:
Wish resistance slashing

Misc Reward:
Three folded letters from quest giver

Letter 1. This letter is stamped with the official wax seal of a fairly large settlement (choose an appropriate town or city that exists in your campaign world). It reads, “The bearer of this letter is entitled to a favor in exchange for services, previously rendered, of a heroic nature.� This letter can be presented to the settlement’s leader or leaders, who would then grant the letter’s bearer a favor. This favor can take the form of free room and board for up to a year, the gift of a small estate or parcel of land, an audience with someone of great influence (such as a king or queen), or some other benefit of your choosing. >>* Brierwell has their own land now!*

Letter 2. This letter has similar text to the first letter, as well as the symbol of a deity worshiped in your campaign world (choose an appropriate deity). This letter can be taken to any temple where that deity is worshiped and presented to the high priest, who would then grant the letter’s bearer a favor. An example of an appropriate favor would be one free casting of a spell of 5th level or lower from the cleric spell list, such as commune or raise dead.

Letter 3. This letter bears the signature and arcane sigil of Saya Kalternax, a wizard known throughout the land. (You can replace this wizard with another mage that better suits your campaign.) The letter describes the kinship between this wizard and the adventuring party to which Madryck once belonged. It concludes with, “By the terms of a magically binding agreement, the bearer of this letter is owed one favor from Saya Kalternax or, in the event of their untimely demise, one of Saya’s devoted apprentices.� Although Saya died a few years ago, this letter can be presented to one of their apprentices (who might be difficult to locate, at your discretion). Examples of an appropriate favor would be the brewing of a rare or uncommon potion, the scribing of a rare or uncommon scroll, or the loan of a spellbook containing a selection of wizard spells of 5th level and lower. If you need statistics for this spellcaster, use the mage stat block. Give the mage whatever alignment and languages you like.

Gold Reward:
Sixty-one ornate silver rings (10 gp each)
Thirty ornate gold rings (25 gp each)
An onyx ring (50 gp) that radiates an aura of illusion magic under the scrutiny of a detect magic spell (when worn, the ring creates illusory butterflies that flutter around the wearer)
A pair of silver armlets (25 gp each)
An ornate steel dagger that whispers “soon� whenever its wielder falls asleep (50 gp)
A silver helmet adorned with a black feather (125 gp)
The chessboard was a gift to Iggwilv from the archmage Mordenkainen and is worth 2,500 gp
Snicker-Snack’s ornate scabbard, adorned with phoenix feathers (100 gp)
A gold helmet decorated with hart antlers (250 gp)
A shimmering silver cloak, with a unicorn embroidered on it in platinum thread (750 gp)
A silk bag containing eight 500 gp gemstone
Total gold: 4385gp (Each get 1461gp)

Random Shit: (Who knows, you might need it for candlekeep)
Random Shit: (Who knows, you might need it for candlekeep)

The City That Waits (one explorer’s treatise about Moil, a demiplane that houses a city of haunted spires)

The Faceless Lord (Iggwilv’s private account of her many dealings with Juiblex, the Demon Prince of Oozes and Slimes—which she later updated and incorporated into her magnum opus, the Demonomicon of Iggwilv)

I, Lyzandred (a lich’s meandering autobiography, which drifts into a lengthy, plodding dissertation about demiplanes and how to construct them)

Kingdom of the Ghouls (one adventuring party’s exploration of a subterranean kingdom of ghouls on the world of Oerth)

The Many Masques of Mith (a bizarre account of life as a servant to an archwizard named Mith, who hosted masques for honored guests from across the multiverse)

Nadir of Nessus (all about the politics of the Nine Hells, written by a tiefling named Nadir, who claimed to be the daughter of Asmodeus)

Prophecies of Explictica Defilus (a transcription of various prophecies told by a powerful spirit naga from the world of Oerth) Thingizzard’s Night Balloon (instructions for building a magic vessel that can float safely through the layers of the Abyss)

CCC-COTN-01-01 By the Seashore: A Red War Tale

Players: @booplesnoot (Sorrel Naelravi), @polarcode101 (Sage Mevyre), @anuglyrat. (Lady Aurel), @kyanntein (Taiyo), @shutteredseer (Laohu)

Level Up: At Your Discretion

Downtime: 10

Gold: 100 GP each (500 GP for the party)

Consumables

• 1 x Potion of Cold Resistance

Treasures:

Chauncey’s Codbone Cosherer (Immovable Rod, uncommon)

This gnarled stick is the warped mix of bramble, vine and birchwood, twisted around the spine of a humongous Moonsea Cod. Druidic runes are etched in the handle, their meaning, lost through the seasons. The fish spine permits threading of a line down to a crude reel made of a sea chub’s skull.

While activated, if there are any fish-like beasts within 10ft. of the rod, it will shake, and the skull will excitedly exclaim, “You got a bite! You got a bite!”.

This magic item functions as an immovable rod, which can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

Corsair’s Star (Orb of Direction, common)

This palm-sized, masterwork compass was once the property of a Thayan ship captain. Housed within its polished silver case is an expertly-crafted compass rose, whose bone-finger points stand out from behind intricately-carved storm clouds and lightning bolts. A diminutive opal orb suffused with a part of the Thayan’s soul sets at its center. While in use, the wielder hears the sound of waves crashing along with a ship’s hull creaking. A haunting voice calls, “Bring it back …bring it back to me...”.

This magic item functions as an orb of direction, which can be found in the Xanathar’s Guide to Everything.

Story Awards:

Faro’s Song

You have spent time in the company of the constable of Stonedock, moreso that you can mimic the song Faro is known for humming. This song may sooth the fear-filled hearts and instill hope to those in despair. This innocent homage to this well-loved man may move the displaced and hopeless to action, possibly effecting the Red War or future Con of the North Convention-Created Content.||

Stink of Thanks

As a token of gratitude, the fishermen of Stonedock gift you a bucket of their special stinkbait. Each batch of this offal-smelling muck is a local mixture of rotten food staples, dead beast viscera, warm-bubbling, vile fluids and a special ingredient that its maker adds to it! The bait’s stench is so putrid that many may avoid you while you have it, you might lure beings that enjoy this gut-churning grub to it, or it could serve you in other ways in future Con of the North Convention-Created Content.

Story Award
Draught of the Feywild. Dandelion the dryad gifted you with a sip from the magical spring within her glade. This water increases your maximum expected lifespan by 20 years. This Story Award does not interfere with potions of longevity or other effects that reduce your actual age.

A small vial of perfume; the scent is different to every individual but reminds them of their first love.

self trade
Lulu gives Wand of Polymorph for Aurel's Staff of Power

Player: Scott
Char: Aurel
Traded: Cloak of Displacement
Received: Wand of Wonder

self trade
PC: Aurel
Traded: Rod of Rulership
Received: Staff of Healing

self trade
PC: Aurel
Traded; SOHealing
Received: SOWoodlands

self trade
Arche trades his Staff of Healing for Aurel's +2 WotWM

Self trade
PC: Aurel
Traded: Cloak of Many Fashions
Received: Instrument of Illusions

Mod Origin: DDHC-TOA-4 Cellar of Death
Character Name: Aurel von Beletuil
Player Name: Steven Scott
Item: Shield of Missile Attraction

No flavor:
Armor (shield), rare (requires attunement). 6 lbs. While holding this shield, you have resistance to damage from ranged weapon attacks. Curse: This shield is cursed. Attuning to it curses you until you are targeted by the Remove Curse spell or similar magic. Removing the shield fails to end the curse on you. Whenever a ranged weapon attack is made against a target within 10 feet of you, the curse causes you to become the target instead.

Player Name: Steven Scott
Character Name: Aurel
Item Traded: Cloak of the Bat
Item Received: Wand of Wonders
While wearing this cloak, you have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks. In an area of dim light or darkness, you can grip the edges of the cloak with both hands and use it to fly at a speed of 40 feet. If you ever fail to grip the cloak's edges while flying in this way, or if you are no longer in dim light or darkness, you lose this flying speed.
* While wearing the cloak in an area of dim light or darkness, you can use your action to cast polymorph on yourself, transforming into a bat. While you are in the form of the bat, you retain your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. The cloak can't be used this way again until the next dawn.

DDHC-WBW-Chapter 5: Palace of Heart's Desire
Date: 08/06/2022
Time: 7pm-12am
DM: Karaiber
DCI: 2320833731

Magic Items:
-chime of opening
-woodcutter’s axe
-Black Chromatic Rose
-Blue Chromatic Rose
-Green Chromatic Rose
-Red Chromatic Rose
-White Chromatic Rose
--While holding the rose by its stem, you gain resistance to (Black acid, Blue lightning, Green poison, Red fire, White cold) damage. If you would take more than 10 damage of (acid, lightning, poison, fire, cold) from a single source (after applying the resistance), the rose disintegrates, and you take no damage instead.

As an action, you can blow the petals from the rose to produce a 20-foot cone of (Black acid, Blue lightning, Green poison, Red fire, White cold). Each creature in the cone must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 3d10 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Using this property destroys the rose.
-flame tongue longsword
-frost brand (Sword) (tenta)
-staff of power
-Staff of Striking
-bracers of defense
-bat-shaped amulet (ring of feather falling)
-+1 rapier
-Crystal of Fey Summoning
--Black spymaster Hushknife, a darkling elder
--Blue Allegra, a quickling
--Green Frogspittle, a green hag
--Red Sinch the Ruthless, a redcap
--White Winky, a one-eyed blink dog
-winged boots
-A bag of beans
-A cloak of displacement
-A suit of +2 leather armor
-A +2 wand of the war mage

Story Award
Zybilna’s Gifts: The Cauldron Was Saved
If her cauldron was not destroyed, Zybilna offers her rescuers the use of a wish spell in return for their accomplishments:
Wish resistance slashing

Misc Reward:
Three folded letters from quest giver

Letter 1. This letter is stamped with the official wax seal of a fairly large settlement (choose an appropriate town or city that exists in your campaign world). It reads, “The bearer of this letter is entitled to a favor in exchange for services, previously rendered, of a heroic nature.� This letter can be presented to the settlement’s leader or leaders, who would then grant the letter’s bearer a favor. This favor can take the form of free room and board for up to a year, the gift of a small estate or parcel of land, an audience with someone of great influence (such as a king or queen), or some other benefit of your choosing. >>* Brierwell has their own land now!*

Letter 2. This letter has similar text to the first letter, as well as the symbol of a deity worshiped in your campaign world (choose an appropriate deity). This letter can be taken to any temple where that deity is worshiped and presented to the high priest, who would then grant the letter’s bearer a favor. An example of an appropriate favor would be one free casting of a spell of 5th level or lower from the cleric spell list, such as commune or raise dead.

Letter 3. This letter bears the signature and arcane sigil of Saya Kalternax, a wizard known throughout the land. (You can replace this wizard with another mage that better suits your campaign.) The letter describes the kinship between this wizard and the adventuring party to which Madryck once belonged. It concludes with, “By the terms of a magically binding agreement, the bearer of this letter is owed one favor from Saya Kalternax or, in the event of their untimely demise, one of Saya’s devoted apprentices.� Although Saya died a few years ago, this letter can be presented to one of their apprentices (who might be difficult to locate, at your discretion). Examples of an appropriate favor would be the brewing of a rare or uncommon potion, the scribing of a rare or uncommon scroll, or the loan of a spellbook containing a selection of wizard spells of 5th level and lower. If you need statistics for this spellcaster, use the mage stat block. Give the mage whatever alignment and languages you like.

Gold Reward:
Sixty-one ornate silver rings (10 gp each)
Thirty ornate gold rings (25 gp each)
An onyx ring (50 gp) that radiates an aura of illusion magic under the scrutiny of a detect magic spell (when worn, the ring creates illusory butterflies that flutter around the wearer)
A pair of silver armlets (25 gp each)
An ornate steel dagger that whispers “soon� whenever its wielder falls asleep (50 gp)
A silver helmet adorned with a black feather (125 gp)
The chessboard was a gift to Iggwilv from the archmage Mordenkainen and is worth 2,500 gp
Snicker-Snack’s ornate scabbard, adorned with phoenix feathers (100 gp)
A gold helmet decorated with hart antlers (250 gp)
A shimmering silver cloak, with a unicorn embroidered on it in platinum thread (750 gp)
A silk bag containing eight 500 gp gemstone
Total gold: 4385gp (Each get 1461gp)

Random Shit: (Who knows, you might need it for candlekeep)
Random Shit: (Who knows, you might need it for candlekeep)

The City That Waits (one explorer’s treatise about Moil, a demiplane that houses a city of haunted spires)

The Faceless Lord (Iggwilv’s private account of her many dealings with Juiblex, the Demon Prince of Oozes and Slimes—which she later updated and incorporated into her magnum opus, the Demonomicon of Iggwilv)

I, Lyzandred (a lich’s meandering autobiography, which drifts into a lengthy, plodding dissertation about demiplanes and how to construct them)

Kingdom of the Ghouls (one adventuring party’s exploration of a subterranean kingdom of ghouls on the world of Oerth)

The Many Masques of Mith (a bizarre account of life as a servant to an archwizard named Mith, who hosted masques for honored guests from across the multiverse)

Nadir of Nessus (all about the politics of the Nine Hells, written by a tiefling named Nadir, who claimed to be the daughter of Asmodeus)

Prophecies of Explictica Defilus (a transcription of various prophecies told by a powerful spirit naga from the world of Oerth) Thingizzard’s Night Balloon (instructions for building a magic vessel that can float safely through the layers of the Abyss)

CCC-COTN-01-01 By the Seashore: A Red War Tale

Players: @booplesnoot (Sorrel Naelravi), @polarcode101 (Sage Mevyre), @anuglyrat. (Lady Aurel), @kyanntein (Taiyo), @shutteredseer (Laohu)

Level Up: At Your Discretion

Downtime: 10

Gold: 100 GP each (500 GP for the party)

Consumables

• 1 x Potion of Cold Resistance

Treasures:

Chauncey’s Codbone Cosherer (Immovable Rod, uncommon)

This gnarled stick is the warped mix of bramble, vine and birchwood, twisted around the spine of a humongous Moonsea Cod. Druidic runes are etched in the handle, their meaning, lost through the seasons. The fish spine permits threading of a line down to a crude reel made of a sea chub’s skull.

While activated, if there are any fish-like beasts within 10ft. of the rod, it will shake, and the skull will excitedly exclaim, “You got a bite! You got a bite!”.

This magic item functions as an immovable rod, which can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

Corsair’s Star (Orb of Direction, common)

This palm-sized, masterwork compass was once the property of a Thayan ship captain. Housed within its polished silver case is an expertly-crafted compass rose, whose bone-finger points stand out from behind intricately-carved storm clouds and lightning bolts. A diminutive opal orb suffused with a part of the Thayan’s soul sets at its center. While in use, the wielder hears the sound of waves crashing along with a ship’s hull creaking. A haunting voice calls, “Bring it back …bring it back to me...”.

This magic item functions as an orb of direction, which can be found in the Xanathar’s Guide to Everything.

Story Awards:

Faro’s Song

You have spent time in the company of the constable of Stonedock, moreso that you can mimic the song Faro is known for humming. This song may sooth the fear-filled hearts and instill hope to those in despair. This innocent homage to this well-loved man may move the displaced and hopeless to action, possibly effecting the Red War or future Con of the North Convention-Created Content.||

Stink of Thanks

As a token of gratitude, the fishermen of Stonedock gift you a bucket of their special stinkbait. Each batch of this offal-smelling muck is a local mixture of rotten food staples, dead beast viscera, warm-bubbling, vile fluids and a special ingredient that its maker adds to it! The bait’s stench is so putrid that many may avoid you while you have it, you might lure beings that enjoy this gut-churning grub to it, or it could serve you in other ways in future Con of the North Convention-Created Content.

Story Award
Draught of the Feywild. Dandelion the dryad gifted you with a sip from the magical spring within her glade. This water increases your maximum expected lifespan by 20 years. This Story Award does not interfere with potions of longevity or other effects that reduce your actual age.

A small vial of perfume; the scent is different to every individual but reminds them of their first love.

self trade
Lulu gives Wand of Polymorph for Aurel's Staff of Power

Player: Scott
Char: Aurel
Traded: Cloak of Displacement
Received: Wand of Wonder

self trade
PC: Aurel
Traded: Rod of Rulership
Received: Staff of Healing

self trade
PC: Aurel
Traded; SOHealing
Received: SOWoodlands

self trade
Arche trades his Staff of Healing for Aurel's +2 WotWM

Self trade
PC: Aurel
Traded: Cloak of Many Fashions
Received: Instrument of Illusions

Mod Origin: DDHC-TOA-4 Cellar of Death
Character Name: Aurel von Beletuil
Player Name: Steven Scott
Item: Shield of Missile Attraction

No flavor:
Armor (shield), rare (requires attunement). 6 lbs. While holding this shield, you have resistance to damage from ranged weapon attacks. Curse: This shield is cursed. Attuning to it curses you until you are targeted by the Remove Curse spell or similar magic. Removing the shield fails to end the curse on you. Whenever a ranged weapon attack is made against a target within 10 feet of you, the curse causes you to become the target instead.

Player Name: Steven Scott
Character Name: Aurel
Item Traded: Cloak of the Bat
Item Received: Wand of Wonders
While wearing this cloak, you have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks. In an area of dim light or darkness, you can grip the edges of the cloak with both hands and use it to fly at a speed of 40 feet. If you ever fail to grip the cloak's edges while flying in this way, or if you are no longer in dim light or darkness, you lose this flying speed.
* While wearing the cloak in an area of dim light or darkness, you can use your action to cast polymorph on yourself, transforming into a bat. While you are in the form of the bat, you retain your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. The cloak can't be used this way again until the next dawn.