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Lament of the Bloodweaver | 6th-level 5E Adventure
🕑 Added 2023-09-26 22:35:07 +0000 UTCHey, folks! Just a quick update. After some personal life stuff that I won't bore or annoy you all with, I'm in the process of getting rid of all my belongings and will be moving to Europe in a week! So I will be unavailable most of next week while I get set up. I have the next adventure already written and edited, and I just need to make the maps and put the pdf together, so that should be out Thursday/Friday. Just wrapping things up and back to usual schedule at the end of next week!
Thanks!
~ TJ
This Adventure Pack includes:
- 16-Page Adventure PDF
- 2 New Monsters
- 1 New Monster Template: Blood Thrall
- 2 Full-Color VTT Maps
- 5 VTT Tokens
Lament of the Bloodweaver
Lament of the Bloodweaver is a Fifth Edition adventure for three to five characters of 5th to 7th level and optimized for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 6. A quest to solve the mystery of a haunted forest takes a darker turn as adventurers discover a story of lost love, betrayal, and a vampiric curse, leading them to a battle against the Bloodweaver and her cult of thralls.
Background
In the shadowed recesses of the Silvershade Forest, a haunting melody—the "Lament of the Widow," as locals call it—permeates the air on cold, moonlit nights, drawing a shroud of terror over the dark wood. Villagers recount the tale of Grenda the Lost, a heartbroken wife wandering in search of her lost husband, whose haunting song of loss is a death knell to those who hear it. However, the truth is far more sinister, concealed in an ancient, web-choked lair beneath a monolithic menhir known as Oathstone, tinged with magical inscriptions.
Long ago, the Moonwhisper elven druids were the guardians of Silvershade Forest. Among their number was a bard named Ayrielle Heartsong, whose voice was said to brighten the soul of any who heard it. A young traveling wizard named Kessel Nightstrider fell under the spell of Ayrielle’s song and decided that she would be his and his alone. He grew enraged when she spurned his advances and turned to the dark arts. Kessel unleashed his fury upon the Oathstone, unwittingly shattering the ancient druidic seals that held Arachnefera, the dreaded vampire spider queen of the blood widows, in eternal imprisonment deep below.
Once freed, Arachnefera attacked the Druids and massacred the guardians of Oathstone. Ayrielle, now the last of her kin, was taken as a prize, for even the spider queen was not immune to the power of her voice. Cursing her with a vampiric form, Arachnefera suspended Ayrielle in webs imbued with dark enchantments deep within her new subterranean lair beneath the Oathstone.
Held captive for centuries, Lyrielle sings her mournful lament of all she has lost, her voice amplified by Oathstone's residual magic and extending through the blood widows' webs that lace the forest. Her sorrowful melody follows the queen's brood as they hunt the woods for fresh blood to feed their matriarch.
Kessel Nightstrider, now an eternal thrall under Arachnefera's sway, remains in her lair, stewing in his wickedness. As the leader of her cult of thralls, he protects the spider lair and her vampiric children. However, the spider queen has patiently gathered her strength and is now on the verge of hatching her next lethal brood. Once her army of bloodthirsty children has been born, she will emerge from her subterranean hideaway, unleashing her reign of terror on the world above—unless heroes intervene to sever the threads of her dark tapestry.
Explorer+ Patrons click HERE to get the Adventure PDF
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Dungeon Master+ Patrons click HERE to download the Digital Map(s)
Comments
TJ Phoenix
Definitely will be visiting that area! Might not settle there, though, because I really don't like cold winters lol
LeMoustache
Well scandinavia is pretty nice. The Netherlands haha...but since I live there, I wouldn't recommend it....
TJ Phoenix
I'll be traveling Europe for a bit, starting with 3 months in southern France, then 3 more in the U.K., then Greece. I'm not sure where I'll eventually settle down.
LeMoustache
Which country will be your next home?
