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Aballister Bonaduce Human male 12th-level wizard ARMORCLASS: 8 MOVE: 12 HITPOINTS: 28 THAC0: 17 NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 ALIGNMENT: Lawful evil STR 10, DEX 16, CON 14, INT 16, WIS 12, CHA 11 Spells (4/4/4/4/4/1): 1st— burning hands, charm person, magic missile, sleep; 2nd— flaming sphere, invisibility, knock, stinking cloud; 3rd —fireball, lightning bolt, Melf’s minute meteors, slow; 4th —charm monster, confusion, detect scrying, ice storm; 5th —animate dead, chaos, cloudkill, cone of cold; 6th—flesh to stone. Weapons of Proficiency: Dagger, staff. Nonweapon Proficiencies: Ancient history (Most Fatal Horror), fire-building, herbalism, modern languages (Common, elvish), reading/writing (Common, elvish), religion (Talona), spellcraft; 4 open. Equipment: As one of the leaders of the evil forces of Castle Trinity, Aballister has access to most forms of mundane equipment. Magical Items: Ring of warmth, mirror of scrying, wand of lightning. Combat/Tactics: Aballister is a plotter and a planner, not a mage who goes out to confront his enemies face to face. He prefers to send lackeys or hirelings to deal with problems while he remains behind to further his schemes. Not only does this allow him to stay safely behind the numerous traps and followers that stand between him and any enemies, it also grants him the ability to watch many of those same underlings so that they do not make a grab for power while he’s away or indisposed. Allies/Companions: Barjin (head cleric of Castle Trinity), Ragnor (the ogrillon fighter and leader of the Castle’s military forces), Dorigen, a junior female wizard (and Aballister’s former lover), and Druzil, the mage’s imp familiar. Details on imps can be found in the MONSTROUS MANUAL tome. Foes/Enemies: Cadderly, Danica, the Bouldershoulder brothers, the priests and scribes of the Edificant Library, the townsfolk of Carradoon, and the elves of Shilmista Forest. Appearance: When we first see Aballister, the mage has spent two grueling years searching for and obtaining the ingredients for the Most Fatal Horror potion. He appears lean, hollowed by long, hard work, and worn down by the stresses involved. He typically wears dark clothes under a black cloak. Personality: Aballister is calm, ruthless, and manipulative. He wants to be the leader who conquers the area surrounding Castle Trinity. He’s quick to notice weakness, and even quicker to exploit it with a vindictive comment or a potent magical spell. Locales Frequented: Aballister seldom leaves Castle Trinity. History: Aballister Bonaduce killed his wife long ago and left their small son, Cadderly, on the doorsteps of the Edificant Library to be raised by the priests of Deneir and Oghma. It seems that Aballister couldn’t be bothered with raising his own child, as the boy would have stood in the way of his studies of magic and his ascension through the ranks of the wizards at Castle Trinity. Years later in 1360 DR, Aballister is the most powerful wizard in Castle Trinity when the forces there decide to begin their campaign of conquest. 7
8 Aballister had spent the two previous years gathering the ingredients for the “Tuanta Quido Miancay,” the Most Fatal Horror, a legendary potion of Talona’s poisonous, evil power. With the potion concocted, the chief priest of the Castle, Barjin, demanded the right to strike with the potion. He placed it in the cellars of the Edificant Library, where it caused all the people who breathed in its vapors to act without inhibition. (Treat as a suggestion for each character to act on his or her most secret desire.) Aballister’s son Cadderly, now a priest of Deneir, defeated Barjin and plugged the potion. Castle Trinity’s next step was to invade Shilmista Forest and destroy the elves there. Ragnor the ogrillon led the attack but also was defeated by Cadderly and his friends. Aballister then commissioned a group of hired killers from the Night Masks guild in Westgate to kill Cadderly (see Victor Dhostar’s and Ghost’s entries on pages 56 and 27 respectively). They too failed. Cadderly and his friends then took the offensive and traveled to Castle Trinity itself. There they braved many traps and battled the Castle’s nearly infinite defenders until they reached Aballister himself. He and Cadderly then did battle with spells, and though their powers seemed closely matched at the time, Cadderly’s spirit was stronger and he won the day, killing his father. Motivations/Goals: Aballister wanted power, pure and simple. He was canny enough to know that he’d need allies (lackeys) to achieve his goals, and he found them at Castle Trinity. Once he learned that Cadderly was his own son, proving himself the superior Bonaduce also became important to him, especially when Cadderly seemed capable of handling every scheme the mage devised. Campaign Uses: Aballister (like many of the villains herein) can serve as a template of a type of villain-in this case, a villain who seeks to take advantage of the efforts of those around him. Sources: Canticle, In Sylvan Shadows, Night Musks, The Fallen Fortress. Alzegund the Trader Human male 11th- level invoker ARMOR CLASS: 4 MOVE: 12 HIT POINTS: 42 THAC0: 17 NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 ALIGNMENT: Lawful evil STR 12, DEX 15, CON 17, INT 16, WIS 15, CHA 13 Spells (6/6/6/5/5 including bonus spells): 1st— affect normal fires (×2), burning hands (×2), detect magic; reduce; 2nd — ESP, flaming sphere (×2), invisibility, protection from poison*, pyrotechnics; 3rd—fireball (×2), flame arrow, Melf’s minute meteors, proof from teleportation*, resist energy drain*; 4th—fire charm, fire trap, negate magical weapon*, stoneskin, wall of fire; 5th—conjure (fire) elemental, dismissal, feeblemind, pass wall, stoneshape. Weapons of Proficiency: Dagger, dart, staff. Nonweapon Proficiencies: Animal handling (horse), direction sense, fire-building, herbalism, languages, modern (Thayan), reading/writing (common, Thayan), riding: land-based (horse), spellcraft, weather sense; 1 open. Equipment: Spellbook, spell components, silvered dagger, magical items, miscellaneous valuable caravan cargo or slaves. Magical Items: Bag of tricks, bracers of defense AC 6, a cloak of protection +1, and a wand of lightning (64). Combat/Tactics: Alzegund relies on his henchmen (see below) and his fire spells to insure the safety of his caravan shipments. He’s an experienced caravan-man and traveler, knows the regions surrounding Thay very well, and is always on the lookout for a magical attack or an ambush. If forced, he defends himself with his silvered dagger. Allies/Companions: Alzegund is always accompanied by at least six human males: a 6th-level fighter “sergeant,” three 4th-level fighters, and two 2nd-level fighters. The first four have traveled with Alzegund for years, the last two are on their first trip with the far-ranging wizard. (This means, of course, that two vacancies were opened in Alzegund’s escort recently. DMs are left to decide the circumstances
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Page 4 and 5: Table of Contents INTRODUCTION . .
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Page 16 and 17: .dark leather armor, and a deep cri
Page 18 and 19: leader, a 15th-level mage named Cur
Page 20 and 21: to seduce Deirdre to the cause of s
Page 22 and 23: Morkai. Dendybar is next seen when
Page 24 and 25: Personality: Once spurned by all he
Page 26 and 27: childhood incorporated into her as
Page 28 and 29: the god Oghma to have Rinda the scr
Page 30 and 31: Halaster Blackcloak Human male 30th
Page 32 and 33: Sources: Ruins of Undermountain, St
Page 34 and 35: Personality: Hobarth is petty, crue
Page 36 and 37: Jander Sundstar Elf male 8th-level
Page 38 and 39: Rumors have reached certain Faerûn
Page 40 and 41: Kaverin Ebonhand Human male 11th-le
Page 42 and 43: Kierkan Rufo Vampire; formerly a hu
Page 44 and 45: History: Kymil was responsible for
Page 46 and 47: King Manferic III Lich; formerly a
Page 48 and 49: sistance (if any) and a -4 penalty
Page 50 and 51: Equipment: Both before and after he
Page 52 and 53: Personality: He seems to be a simpl
Page 54 and 55: Sememmon Human male 15th-level mage
Page 56 and 57: Magical Items: Szass Tam has access
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Appearance: Victor Dhostar is in hi
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hands-once the wand that controlled
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are controlled by the phaerimm that
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Chosen One Result of Thayan magic C
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trol (loses consciousness, etc.). T
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Errtu A Balor tanar’ri CLIMATE/TE
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Ice Spire ogres are very well adapt
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attack roll (for the creature’s m
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Kazgaroth can be struck in combat o
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The Blood Riders (Blood Warriors) C
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After leaving the Flight, Mist sett
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grasping solid objects within reach
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Deities of both good and evil play
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Minions of Bhall clashed with the p
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The Shadevari are beasts from the l
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The Xanthar's Thieves' Guild may be
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The human assassin Artemis Entreri
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What is it about the pursuit of mag
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An evil gnoll lies dead at the feet
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Kierkan Rufo, the former priest now
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Habitat/Society: Small groups of pt
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Shadowmasters, a.k.a. the Malaugrym
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Below are a few shadowmasters known
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while unlikely, the possibility tha
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“promoted” to become a pit fien
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ound. A yochlol must eat at least e
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might. Tremendous amounts of treasu
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Special Equipment: Jaylnfein’s co
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The Kraken Society Enemies of the N
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Leaders/Important NPCs: Undarl (NE
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VIII. Shapechange?: 1d10 1-3 Shapec
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Thayan culture, such as it is, make
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quer Rashemen. Nevron’s legions a
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The Zhentarim The Black Network Org
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While Darkhold’s public purpose i
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Magical Items & Spells Many of the
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The trigger activating a given dagg
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centrating, the arachnids are free
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directly into Thay to gather intell
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Special Wizard spells Some of the w
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The spell can be cast only in darkn
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This spell creates a burning lance
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e used by the creature. A ghoul can
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Nybor’s Gentle Reminder (Enchantm
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Ray of Ondovir (Enchantment/Charm)
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Transport (Alteration) Level: 7 Ran
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at -4; others within the radius sav
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Decay (Alteration) Level: 3 Sphere:
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Rising Rot (Evocation Necromancy) L
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slip into a coma, lose 4d4 hit poin
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Zin-Carla (Necromancy) Level: 7 Sph
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