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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Road Trip to the Dragon Isles - The Cactus Forest

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02 Deepkolt 349 AC It takes about an hour for the storm to completely die. Arthur and the others are on their way within half that time. As sand settles back to the ground around the wizards' tower, the party makes its way north. Loose and shifting dunes gradually become hard-baked rock and dirt. The group makes good time. Arthur leads the way on Nightrend, with Agnes, Granite, Davaa, and Altan following on camelback. Phineas moves smoothly along, his Across-the-Plains-inator, chugging away with a constant whir that sounds like a fly trapped inside a tent flap. Nightrend hates it, moving away several steps to the side every time Phineas gets close to it, which amuses Agnes every time it happens. The camels don't care. Granite announces that their little caravan should reach the Cactus Forest by nightfall. Arthur chuckles and pets Nightrend's neck. "How's everyone holding up?" Arthur looks back, checking on the group. "I don't know about the rest ...
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The Rift that Dreams Back

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  Raven couldn't remember entering a rift. One moment, he was walking toward Tarithnesti. The next moment, he was here. A long corridor made of polished stone. Faint starlight provided scant illumination. The air smelled of rain that hadn't quite fallen yet. Ahead, a door hung in mid-air with no wall attached. The words, " EXIT (DO NOT USE FOR EXITING)" were carved into it. A voice behind him spoke. "You are not supposed to be conscious in this layer." Raven turned. No one was there. A small bureaucratic stamp appeared in mid-air and pressed against something unseen. The words "TEMPORARY EXISTENCE AUTHORIZED" appeared - floating in the air just like the door. A featureless, gray man-shaped figure dressed in some sort of guard uniform stepped out of the wall. He looked at Raven. Then at a clipboard. He sighed deeply. "Of course... a ranger." He wrote something on the paper being held by the clipboard. "We were hoping for lite...
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Tarithnesti - Distractions and Maneuvers

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07 Deepkolt 349 AC EN ROUTE TO TARITHNESTI Kysek continues his flight with Dusk. The elf continues to switch his sight from his own to Bubo’s. He focuses on trying to see everything he can through Bubo’s eyes when doing so. When he focuses on his own surroundings, he keeps a keen eye for ground forces that may have not reached the city yet. He is always reassuring Dusk, “Keep out of sight, girl! Fly silently! Keep a keen eye for enemies! If we find them along the way; it may be our way to help save the city. You’re doing great! Remember; we are the ghosts in the darkness!” As Kysek urges Dusk to fly as fast as she can toward Tarithnesti, he spots it: a narrow stretch of road cutting between two hedgerows shows faint signs of passage: crushed grass, fresh hoofprints, and the glint of metal catching brief sunlight through the canopy. Not a full formation… but scouts. Or outriders. Moving fast enough to avoid drawing attention, but not careful enough to erase their trail entirely. And ...
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Western Heroes Card Game

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I found this at an Antique Shop while working today. The directions on the back of the box give me the impression that this game is basically "Go Fish" but you need four cards instead of two and different heroes have different point values. Included in the deck are: Annie Oakley (1 point) Calamity Jane (1 point) Wild Bill Hickok (1 point) Bat Masterson (2 points) Clay Hollister (2 points) Jim Bowie (2 points) Pat Garret (2 points) Kit Carson (3 points) Matt Wayne (3 points) Wyatt Earp (4 points) Buffalo Bill (5 points) The fact that both both female characters are each only worth one point is probably a sign of the times (game is from the 1950s) What bothered me was that I didn't recognize two of the name (Clay Hollister and Matt Wayne). I Googled - repeatedly and with a couple different variations on my search terms and have come to the conclusion that Clay was a fictional character and the ...
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The Ghoul General - Establish Dominance

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18th Day of the Month of Sunsebb 573 CY calendar The Ghoul General takes a step toward his lieutenants and glowers down at them.   “How about this, since you want to lead so badly, I’ll give you a chance.   If you can defeat me, then you can lead but if you can’t…, well, it won’t matter, you won’t be here anyway.” The ghast stares up at Jamaros.   If it is at all afraid, it does not show.   A wide grin splits its face, revealing razor sharp, blood-stained teeth.   “We killed you no problem the first time, can’t see as doing it again would be so hard.”   The one pacing behind the speaker slows a step and glances at his companion and, seeing him unfazed by the general’s looming presence, sneers back at the undead barbarian and moves further out to the left, putting it in a position to strike from the side.   .   The gargoyle guarding the frost-rimed eastern door shifts its weight and flexes it claws, eager for a fight to begin. The company of ...
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Day Four of the Odinsleep - The Jotuns Attack

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Day Four of the Odinsleep (7:40 am) Korbin looks over at the two massive ravens soaring along beside him.  After a moment’s thought, he agrees to their offer.  “I thought you would say yes,” the first one replies. “I remember when I did,” adds the second. “Come, fly with us back to the Norns and they will perform the rite and you shall become the one known as Kʌnɪŋ“. Korbin cocks his head, considering the words of the two larger ravens, “Alright.  I will come with you.” The ebony birds caw with delight, “Come!  We go now!”  The pair wheels around and dives, picking up speed as they plummet before pulling up, their momentum carrying them up and away from the city walls as they angle off in the direction of the cave Korbin visited with Arthur the night before. While most of the group, Arthur and Desmond in particular, watch the battle below Grotto lets out a mighty cheer as the goddess’ vines immobilize the first squad of cavalry troops.  He reach...
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