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Winter of the WitchSC2: FINDINGVEIRA RIMEFIREEncounter Level 24 (12,100 XP)SetupOnce the PCs reach Gloomwrought and start lookingfor Veira, start the skill challenge.Finding Veira Rimefire Level 24Skill Challenge XP 12,100The search for Veira Rimfire takes you to almost every cornerof Gloomwrought.The PCs spend time looking for more informationabout Veira.Complexity2 (requires 6 successes before 3 failures)Primary SkillsStreetwiseOther SkillsBluff, Diplomacy, Insight, Intimidate, or PerceptionVictoryThe PCs find out that Veira Rimefire was a lesser wizard withno link to the problems of the mortal world. They’ve beentricked by the undead knight outside of the Keep on theShadowfell.DefeatThe PCs are told that they can find Veira Rimefire in theBlackearth Cemetery. See the section on that cemeterybelow. It takes two full days to reach the remote cemetery,and two days to come back by the same method.SpecialFinding Veira is an arduous trial. The usually the PCs canonly gain one success a day. If the PCs take six days or lessto complete the skills challenge (success or failure) theywill still have enough time to return to the Keep on theShadowfell, gain important information from the remains ofSir Keegan by means of a Speak with Dead ritual, and makeit to the Monastery of St. Alabat before Orcus’s agents openthe seal and take the Sun’s Sliver. If it takes them more thansix day, the Sun’s Sliver is lost and they will have to confrontKoliada without it.StreetwiseDC 24 (1 success, maximum 6 successes, no more than 1each day). The first few successes lead the PCs to peoplewho may know of Vox’s whereabouts. Those initial leadshaven’t seen Vox in many years, and don’t remember herbeing particularly powerful, but have information as towhere the PCs can continue their search for the wizard.The last success leads the PCs to the person who killedVox—a tiefling paladin of the Raven Queen named Wrath.He tells the PCs that Vox was nothing more than a pettycriminal that he brought to justice when Vox tried to roba pilgrimage. He is sure that Vox could not be the WinterWitch or a creature causing so much trouble in the world.Bluff, Diplomacy, Insight, Intimidate, or PerceptionDC 27 (0 successes) With a failed Streetwise check, each ofthese skill checks can be tried once by the PC to turn thefailed check into a success. Through keen insight, carefulnegotiation, finding your way through rough areas to asource that’s willing to talk, the PC finds a lead that assiststhem in discovering more information about Veira.Finding Veira Rimefire Level 24Expanding theSkill ChallengeThe skill challenge given above is a very generalabstraction of events as the PCs search for Veira inGloomwrought. It’s meant to be played quickly. Ifyou want this to become an extended stay in the village,and create a side mission or mini-adventure, youmight want to expand the skill challenge out so thateach one is part of a small roleplaying encounter thatcould be part of other encounters you design.January 2009 | DUNGEON 16242