Book of the Raven | Candlekeep Mysteries | DMs Guide 

thats a very noble cause!

absolutely! theres tons of storys to be had from joing a kindness and claiming evil objects!

absolutely! this can fit all over!

haha makes sense!

I dig it! This fits really well into any scary campaign!

heck yeah! awesome stuff!

Thank you! More videos coming soon!

thank you so much! I know you can weave an awesome adventure together!

heck yeah! this adventure can be squeezed into practically any adventure!

Thank you! It certainly is a lot to go through, but it can be a blast!

Haha sometimes things just fall into place like that!

its left up to you to fill in if you want haha!

They definitely left it up to player interpretation, so I've decided that the one shot I'll be running today draws some connections between some of the vague details. For example, Baroness Brantifax is the anonymous author of the Book of the Raven, but has long since moved on from her travels to settle down with her family. The hag that stole the bones of the child is a night hag that has been feeding the baroness, baron, and the baron's hunting companion with nightmares. The night hag once arrived at the chalet as a mystic, at the request of the Baroness, who was deeply concerned of stillbirth. In exchange for guaranteeing the baby will be born, the 'mystic' claimed the spoils of the Barons hunts for a year. His hunting companion is the wight, corrupted by jealousy and nightmarish restless sleep. Driven by these, he gave the Baroness the tools necessary to grant her first child a merciful death, hoping that it would tear the family apart. Realizing his failure, he led the Baron and his 9 year old daughter to a wolf den on her birthday hunting trip. The Baron didn't recognize his trusted friend had brought them to a trap, and thought he may have just been tracking the wrong animal. When she died, the Baron blamed himself. The Brantifax couple grew closer with this pain, angering his companion, who left in the dead of night due to the beckoning whispers. When Brorn died, the night hag began tormenting the Baron, causing insomnia and the fits of sleepwalking that ultimately led to his demise. The baroness in her time alone has found it impossible to move on from the chalet. The evil whispers from the graveyard keep her from visiting her family, while her grief and new nightmares continue to take their toll on her mental state. Eventually she goes to confront the whispers, using knowledge of an ancient ritual from the vistani she once travelled with to open a shadow crossing and dispell the dread on the other side. To use the shadow crossing, the souls must be put to rest; Brorn with a collar, to represent his unwavering loyalty, Baron with the holy symbol locket, Sylphene by a letter from her sister, and the youngest by granting the others peace. When the party arrives in the Shadowed Necropolis, they will discover that the ritual did not work. The hunting companion has turned into a wight in control of 7 zombies and 5 ghouls. Only 1 gargoyle perches from the centermost point of the mausoleum. When the saddle is taken, and the staue of orcus that was stolen from the wereravens, from the hidden compartment, the 3 warhorse skeletons will rise from the bones, and a Shadow with the visage of the Baroness will attack the party. Opening the rightmost sarcophagi will reveal inanimate bones with a gold locket, inscribed with a B. At the feet, a small effigy is made from the daughter's bones and hair. In the leftmost sarcophagi is the night hag, polymorphed into the form of Baroness Brantifax, who pleads with the party to help her return home to her family. She doesn't know how long she's been stuck here, but she claims she cannot process emotions properly due to the effects of the Shadowfell. She knows much of what the Baroness wrote in her diary, and can answer questions, though does so foggily. Her goal is to get the statue and escape, by deception, theft, and magical means. Upon returning to the graveyard, a 5th grave's broken tombstone will be repaired, revealing the Baroness' name, and offering a chance to place the pendant here and put her soul to rest. If they do this, the peace is felt across the chalet, and the Book of the Raven reveals the author's name while within 10 ft of her grave. They can keep the additional journals I've added for context/lore to turn in to a local NPC, as proof of their completed investigation.

haha for sure, gotta keep the darkness!

heck yeah!

its simply a raised room! just a small staircase leading to the grander study

@@NoFunAllowed okay, thank you! been wondering what the logistics of it was haha...

This is apart of my homebrew campaign too, so my goal is to not have them die lol, i guess i could say they wake up from a dream or something along the lines of what you said

@@BathtubMicrowave64 the level 5 cleric could massively turn the tides with turning the undead! without that, they would probably not be in for a good time!

haha that would be up to a court of law!

it is a very hard red herring for sure, but that leaves room for you to fill it out!

this is adventures definitly fits better into a campaign than a one shot, where you can spend the time and play with the scarlet sash some more!