D1 Random Graveyard Encounters
- An eerie silence envelops an area marked by gravestones covered in fresh, wet moss. As you proceed, faces appear in the moss, whispering warnings of betrayal. Stepping on the marked graves awakens 2d4 spectral assassins, underrated servants of a secretive guild. Defeat them and find letters meant for influential figures plotting secretive schemes.
- A flock of vultures circle above the graveyard, their eyes fixed on the party. As the party moves closer, they see that the vultures are actually animated skeletons with wings. They attack the party, hoping to add them to their collection of bones.
- The party encounters an eerie, spectral dog that tries to lead them to its owner's grave. The ghost of the owner offers grateful rewards for a service only the living can perform.
- A spectral bandit leader trapped in eternal torment asks for players' help to find his treasure. In return, he offers his thievery skills.
- A faint, ghostly voice softly sings an old, forgotten lullaby.
- As the players explore the graveyard, a powerful mage's spirit appears before them, asking for their help in completing a spell that will allow him to finally rest in peace. The players must gather rare ingredients and perform a complex ritual, while fending off attacks from the mage's vengeful former apprentice.
- The graveyard is eerily silent, the usual sounds of night conspicuously absent.
- The players find a massive mechanical gate marking the entrance to an ancient graveyard section. A dozen engineers work to maintain the gears, some whispering about a prophet guiding their upgrades. The leader, an engineer of high renown, offers passage in exchange for helping quell a rebellion by clockwork spirits. Inside, the players discover an underground lab from where the spirits originally came. They can either destroy it, angering the engineers, or restore it to gain advanced technological knowledge emanating eerie energies.
- A thunderstorm rages, and you find a toppled statue of an ancient sorcerer. Nearby, a small enclave of old priests warns you of the 2d4 wights searching for the sorcerer’s lost grimoire. Assisting or defying the priests entangles you further in dark, ongoing machinations within the higher echelons of the arcane order.
- The players find a forsaken altar, surrounded by mournful ghostly clergy, seeking aid to perform a ritual ceremony they were unable to complete in life. Success leads to spiritual blessings or the wrath of the disturbed spirits.
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