Barlox Blues - Part II Report

Missions/Quests Completed

THE FUNERAL OF JASON SMULICH JUNION    

• the players are woken up at the inn from commotion of villagers rallying in the tavern below
• the soon discover that there is stand off at the funeral for Jason Junior
• all the village has taken sides blaming either Jason Jr. or his girlfrien Patrika Smedling for the ills that have befallen Barlox
• after an intense brawl the players manage to calm everyone down and the return to the respective wineries

      INVESTIGATE THE TIETON FIELDS

• during Djangos reconaisance as a bird he spied movement of invisible creatures in the Tieton Families vineyard
• upon further investigation the creatues were revealed to be a type of Sahkill
• for more information click here https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/outsiders/sahkil/
• these particular Sakhils known as Whisaks prey upon the fear of insects and famine and were slowly destroying he Tietons fields
• the Domains of Dread (aka Ravenloft) has a particular attraction for Sahkils as its connection to the plane of shadow intensifies fear
• player also surmise that these creatures probably don't have anything to do with current adventure - red herring

THE MYSTERY AT THE BURNED DOWN CHURCH

• As the players are recuperating Father Dominic runs in with a mystery
• After the funeral of Jason Smulich Junior he disovered an unopened secret door in the burned down church
• players discover it was trapped by a Glyph of Warding and obviously it was the undead Father Bernadette who tried opening it (evident from his maroon/brow mummified flesh present at the scene)
• as the players descended invisibly (thanks to Freya) they come a across a large chamber with a party going on attended by wild eyed human deep in revelry (what will happen is up to players next session)

Notes

WHAT'S A DOMAIN OF DREAD
For a good video primer on the Domains of Dread (aka Ravenloft) click here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH2R16F6xNg&t=19s

Here are some modifications/clarifications

• the mist is actually the ethereal plane (border only - cannot enter deep ethereal)
• Dark Lords are always created from intense evil but sometime from an extreme of any emotion (i.e. despair, jealousy)

  The Vishani and Shadar-kai The Shadar-kai (shadow kin) have had a few different iterations from being transformed humans, fey or elves depending upon the source.

In my campaign all the iterations are true. Any humanoid race can be turned into the Shadar-kai. The Vishani gypsies of Ravenloft are humans who have transformed into shadar-kai.

The soul bound (weakness of the race) to the shadowfell is what allows them to navigate through the mists of Ravenloft.