This is Halloween!


Not counting Groundhog's Day, Halloween is my favorite holiday. I have made quite a few Halloween-themed posts over the years and thought I would compile them in one place for DMs who might want to mine ideas for a Halloween-inspired session.


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Silvanost - A Declaration of War

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01 Newkolt 349 AC As soon as Grotto heard of Lorraine's awakening, he headed to the temple. It greatly upset him to see his friends and mentor so badly wounded but he felt joy that she was alive. The battered dwarf went to her with a chair in hand and told her to rest. His students bandaged his injuries then supervised the treatment of the inflow of the injured. He gave the healers vials of his alchemical mixture. "Give a small bit of this to those beyond help. Do not let them die alone. These drugs in this undiluted form work quickly," Grotto told them solemnly. Shadow commanded his two elemental “friends” to help put out fires and remove rubble as long as the spell binding them to his command lasts. He soon learned of the House of Healing being destroyed and hurried there. He found his way to the makeshift temple and offered his three healing belt powers to save three on the brink of death. His magical belt’s powers used up for the day, he left to find the others. As ...
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Silvanost - Funerals for Friends

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01 - 04 Newkolt 349 AC Shadow listens to the rousing speech by the Elven Elder and turns to Raven and the others, “To think that after all this, after clawing my way out of the Underdark, after traveling all over creation to end up here fighting a Dragon Army for a bunch of pale knife-ears. The irony of it all. I love this plan. I am excited to be a part of it. Let’s do it.” Raven, rarely jovial even in the best of times, simply nods and tells his dark elf friend, "I will be down by the waterfront. I need to speak with Eilra's crew. Let me know when we are moving out." Romulus, walking with his feet wrapped in bandages and leaning on his staff announces, "I will be at Wayreth. I must make some modifications to my gear. I will return as quickly as I am able." Shadow speaks up, “Rom, I would like to go with you and see if we can discover more about the Dragon Queen and how to kill her dragons and these dragon men.  Hopefully there some weaknesses we can exploit...
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Mustering of the Troops

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04 - 07 Newkolt 349 AC Upon seeing the scorched bees in place of where he believes his friends should be, Kysek reaches out, utilizing his ring of sending. He realizes it’s a long shot but he calls out the names of his friends asking if they’re okay. He waits only briefly for a response he’s certain won’t come. Kysek accepts his medallion. He says, “I am humbled by your gratitude, however there are those who live within your walls that deserve this more than I. As for a seat on your council, I can act as a steward. I cannot accept in whole as I have a place not of this time or space where my wisdom is needed. There will be men within your city who will step up and prove worthy of the seat you offer to me. Great men are born of hardship. They’ll make themselves known before this ordeal ends. As it is; there is much work to do. There are many preparations to be made.” Romulus declines the commission. "I have no business leading troops in battle but I will help where I can." ...
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Attack on Silvanost - Part 3

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01 Newkolt 349 AC The red dragon still in the street scrabbles to its feet. It spins to face Raven, opens its mouth with a roar and unleashes a massive cone of fire at the elven swordsman. Cobblestones glow bright orange from the extreme heat passing over them. Raven crosses his arms in front of his face to protect his eyes as the raging inferno engulfs him. As fire consumes the street, Kysek moves along, silent and unseen to the far side of the dragon. He whispers, " Πέτρινο δέρμα" and his skin takes on the consistency of granite as he positions himself to strike. Shadow will survey the skies looking for the next incoming flight of dragons. The drow sees a flight of six blue dragons closing on his location. The creatures fan out with two remaining in the center while the other four spread out to the left and right by a distance of a few blocks each. Lightning erupts from all of them, blasting buildings and pockets of defenders as they close in on the dark elf's locati...
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Malazzarr's Temple in Lankhmar

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While adventuring in Lankhmar , the party completed a job for the local Overlord and were granted possession of an abandoned temple dedicated to Tyaa , goddess of birds. Her worshipers had been driven from the city several years prior following a scandal and the building had stood vacant ever since. While most of the party was away tending to other matters, the group's primary wizard remained behind to prepare their new home for habitation. Note #1: At this point, the party's spellcasters were suffering from debilitating pain every time they tried using their magic. This was related to the creature that would serve as this portion of the campaign's Big Bad. Romulus rises early, knowing he has an important meeting to attend. He takes a carriage over to Marr’s office to review the paperwork transferring the abandoned temple of Tyaa from the City of Lankhmar to the party. With that completed, the halfling makes a trip back to the River District and then to the tem...
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Scrubbing Bubbles!

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Scrubbing Bubbles were originally created by a wizard who had little interest in picking up after himself.   He would set the creature loose in his tower and let it wander around, absorbing dirt and debris and leaving clean surfaces in its wake.  As is so often the result in cases like these, the creator lost control of the creation and the bubbles have spread across the world. Scrubbing Bubble CR: ½ N Fine Ooze      HD: ½d10 (2 hp) Init: +3 Spd: 20’, climb 20’ AC: 21 (+3 Dex, +8 size); t: 21; ff: 18 BAB+0; Grap -21 Attacks: +11 melee touch Acid Touch: 1d2 acid SA: Acid SQ: Ooze Traits Saves: Fort +0      Ref +3      Will -5 Str: 1 (-5)      Dex: 16 (+3)      Con: 11 (+0)      Int: - -      Wis: 1 (-5)      Cha: 2 (-4) Languages: None Skills: -...
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