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Minister Scrim is dead, livestock and crops wither and rot and now a child is missing. Whispers of an old hate returning feed fear and paranoia. All the while the Hornwood looms hiding it’s vile secret. Light must return to Holmford before history repeatsand more innocents perish.  \nAn adventure for 2nd-5th level characters  \nby MATT RAUSCHER  \nDUNGEONS & DRAGONS, D&D, Wizards of the Coast, Forgotten Realms, the dragon ampersand, Player’s Handbook, Monster Manual, Dungeon Master’s Guide, D&D Adventurers League, all other Wizards of the Coast product names, and their respective logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast in the USA and other countries. This work contains material that is copyright Wizards of the Coast and Matt Rauscher. Such material is used with permission under the Community Content Agreement for Dungeon Masters Guild. All other original material in this work is copyright 2017 by Matt Rauscher and published under the Community Content Agreement for Dungeon Masters Guild.  \n 2  \nOF BLIGHT  \nTable of Contents Days of Blight  \nAdventure Overview 4  \nRoleplaying Experience 5  \nTimeline of Events 6  \ne Cauldron of Blight 6  \nSuffer the Children 7  \nThe First Five Abductions 9  \nThe Next Five Abductions 9  \ne Adventure Begins 9  \nThe Eastern Bridge 9  \nHolmford 9  \nVillage Locations 10  \nRural Farmers 18  \nThe Fog 18  \nMercy Wint 18  \nThe Hornwood 19  \nThe Druid of the Hornwood 19  \nThe Hunting Lodge 20  \nThe Dryad’s Grove 20  \nLake Lament 21  \nThe Witch’s Barrow 21  \nModules 22  \nThe Face of Evil 22  \nIn Sheep’s Clothing 24  \nOld Wint Mansion 24  \nHysteria at the Mayor’s House 28  \nThe Witch Hunt 28  \nNight Haunting of the Party 29  \nShoarir Calls 30  \nThe Walk of the Dead 31  \nConclusion 31  \nAcknowledgements 33  \nDays of Blight Book Two: The Gray Coven [Available Now at www.dmsguild.com](Available Now at www.dmsguild.com)  \nDAYS OF BLIGHT 4  \nEach Fall, light~~ cast by the harvest ~~moon blesses farmers with a longer workday allowing them to bring in their harvest before winter. However, the same light that is such a blessing is keenly watched for portents by insidious forces who desire to begin a harvest of their own. When the harvest moon rises casting the light of a blood moon during a lunar eclipse, the Gray Coven, a coterie of Night Hags whose sole aim is to stamp out good and innocence wherever it is found, will seek to make their offerings to Shoarir, the Hag Lich of Hades.  \nOne such harvest moon rose above the frontier village of Holmford thirty years ago. Nestled on an islet between Lake Lament and the Brindle River, Holmford was founded by deeply religious followers of St. Cuthbert who believed that prosperity would spring from their devotion to peace and justice. Within this hamlet, the Night Hags of the Gray Coven found a community isolated from the protection of a city or nation and completely unequipped to combat the evil of the coven. Naively, the settlers believed that their faith would guide them through any danger that threatened Holmford and it’s people.  \nThe Gray Coven prepared for the coming of the blood moon years in advance. A Night Hag had come to the Hornwood, a vast forest north of Holmford, and planted a Seed of Blight. There she stayed in secret tending the seed, watching and waiting for Shoarir’s call. The seed grew into one of the Coven’s greatest devices of evil, the Cauldron of Blight which is used to make offerings to the Hag Lich. After a decade of waiting, the Night Hag saw the signs and knew the time had come to take her harvest from Holmford.  \nThe Days of Blight, as it is known by the residents of Holmford, began nine days prior to the apex of the harvest moon. Even then the reddish hue of the moon began to reveal itself. Minister Nahum Scrim, a town elder and priest, assured his flock that the red gl","cbCaio9AJ7300pzm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaio9AJ7300pzm","pdf",20914055,"English","# Adventure Overview\n## Roleplaying Experience\n## Timeline of Events\n## The Cauldron of Blight\n## Suffer the Children\n## The First Five Abductions\n## The Next Five Abductions\n## The Adventure Begins\n## The Eastern Bridge\n## Holmford\n## Village Locations\n## Rural Farmers\n## The Fog\n## Mercy Wint\n## The Hornwood\n## The Druid of the Hornwood\n## The Hunting Lodge\n## The Dryad’s Grove\n## Lake Lament\n## The Witch’s Barrow\n## Modules\n## The Face of Evil\n## In Sheep’s Clothing\n## Old Wint Mansion\n## Hysteria at the Mayor’s House\n## The Witch Hunt\n## Night Haunting of the Party\n## Shoarir Calls\n## The Walk of the Dead\n## Conclusion\n## Acknowledgements","[{\"question\":\"What triggers the Days of Blight in Holmford?\",\"answer\":\"An unceasing rain and a darkness settle over Holmford, followed by Minister Scrim’s death, with blighted land and a child’s disappearance pointing to an old hate returning.\"},{\"question\":\"Who are the Gray Coven and what are they trying to do?\",\"answer\":\"The Gray Coven is a coterie of Night Hags seeking to stamp out good and innocence, making offerings to Shoarir, the Hag Lich of Hades.\"},{\"question\":\"How do the abductions escalate during the opening of the adventure?\",\"answer\":\"Mercy Wint vanishes first, then additional children are taken over successive nights, pushing the village into panic as the Hornwood becomes associated with evil and searches fail.\"}]","DAYS OF BLIGHT - Book One - An Offering of Innocents - Introduction & Adventure Overview | PDF",1791265069]