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"The day has finally arrived! Your players' characters have moved to campus, have picked up their tomes and uniforms, and are about to embark on their academic careers at Strixhaven University.",
"In this adventure, the characters explore campus as first-year students. They'll navigate orientation at the Biblioplex and settle into social life in rowdy gathering spots. They'll get roped into a thrilling dare. They'll watch\u2014and maybe even take part in\u2014an outdoor play and discover something jarring in a marsh adjacent to the campus. And along the way, hints of something sinister emerge. Danger crops up in the most unassuming places, and the characters must rise to the occasion. Will they become campus heroes? Or will these kerfuffles explode into something that threatens all of Strixhaven?",
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"Here's what you need to know to run the adventure in this chapter, whether you're running it as part of an ongoing campaign or as a standalone adventure.",
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"The strange happenings on campus in this adventure are caused by a corrupted substance known as eldritch balm. Used at Strixhaven for decades, eldritch balm is an alchemical salve made from the sludgy, acidic waters of Sedgemoor, the bayou that encompasses the Witherbloom College campus. Once these waters undergo an alchemical process in Witherbloom's faculty laboratories, the resulting eldritch balm is used to magically treat and strengthen objects, from storage trunks to cooking vats to stage props and more. The balm's effects differ depending on the objects treated, but it typically provides resistance to certain types of damage or other protections useful on a campus where magic often goes awry.",
"Unknown to anyone on campus, Sedgemoor's waters were recently corrupted by the foul magic practiced by {@creature Murgaxor|SCC} Grenshel, the villain the characters ultimately confront in {@adventure chapter 6|SCC-ARiR|0}. {@creature Murgaxor|SCC} intended the eldritch balm to be affected by his sinister experiments and hoped the resulting chaos would disrupt life at Strixhaven.",
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"Enchanted marble steps lead up 5 feet to a small plaza at the Biblioplex's entrance. The double door's vertical handles are each carved in the likeness of a robed scholar. During the day, the doors stand open. At night, the doors are closed, locked, and sealed with an {@spell arcane lock} spell. A successful DC 25 Dexterity check using thieves' tools opens the lock (DC 35 while the {@spell arcane lock} is in effect). Only the Biblioplex's reference librarians and certain faculty members know the {@spell arcane lock}'s password."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B2. Biblioplex Lounge",
"page": 62,
"id": "16d",
"entries": [
"Luxurious couches and sturdy tables furnish this spacious area. Students, employees, and staff members often use this lounge to relax between shifts in the student store ({@adventure area B5|SCC-CK|0|B5. Student Store}), the Biblioplex café ({@adventure area B6|SCC-CK|0|B6. Biblioplex Café}), or elsewhere in the library. Each table holds piles of magazines, newsletters, flyers, and nonmagical scrolls from around campus. A character who examines these materials finds recruitment flyers from {@dice 1d3} Extracurriculars. They also find \"Help Wanted\" ads for the Jobs at the Biblioplex. {@book Extracurriculars|SCC|3|Extracurriculars} and {@book Jobs|SCC|3|Jobs} are detailed earlier in the chapter."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B3. Student Café Seating",
"page": 64,
"id": "16e",
"entries": [
"This area typically holds 21 ({@dice 6d6}) students, all of them studying, eating, chatting, or even sleeping. Many enjoy food and drinks from the café ({@adventure area B6|SCC-CK|0|B6. Biblioplex Café})."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B4. Information Desk",
"page": 64,
"id": "16f",
"entries": [
"Three faculty-appointed reference librarians work at each of these circular desks (use any of the professor stat blocks found in {@book chapter 7|SCC|8} if needed). All are expert scholars and powerful mages. They can provide helpful instructions for where to find any public location or collection in the Biblioplex."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B5. Student Store",
"page": 64,
"id": "170",
"entries": [
"This small shop is stocked with books, equipment, and gear useful as academic supplies. The store's manager is Groff Lundquist (neutral good human {@creature commoner}), a friendly Strixhaven staff member known for his ability to fashionably mix and match items of university apparel. Students can buy hats, scarves, tunics, robes, gloves, and other apparel embroidered with the Strixhaven star or with the sigil of any of Strixhaven's colleges. Costs range from 5 cp to 5 gp or more, at your discretion.",
"Once a character chooses a college at the start of second year, they receive a set of college robes, a knit hat, a scarf, a tunic, and gloves free of charge. (This set normally costs 5 gp.)",
"In addition to nonmagical gear and clothing, the store also contains the magic items from the \"{@book Magic Items|SCC|2|Magic Items}\" section of {@book chapter 2|SCC|2}."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B6. Biblioplex Café",
"page": 64,
"id": "171",
"entries": [
"One wall of this area is covered with a mural made from a living tree's roots, which move occasionally and make the entire place feel alive. The ceiling is covered in painted leaves, which change colors depending on the season thanks to a permanent illusion effect. The magic also prompts painted squirrels to run up and down the mural's roots, and painted birds to chirp among the leaves.",
"Up to ten students are typically present here during the day. Ordinarily, three more students work here, but during orientation, the café's manager, Aisla Fitzbottom (chaotic good gnome {@creature commoner}), is working alone. She is charmingly perky and has a mind like a steel trap when it comes to recognizing students. However, her organizational skills are somewhat lackadaisical.",
"The café always serves coffee and tea, which costs 1 cp per cup. The sandwich of the day varies. Roll below to determine which sandwich is available on any given day in the café.",
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"type": "entries",
"name": "B7. Lecture Hall",
"page": 64,
"id": "172",
"entries": [
"Each of these halls hosts interdisciplinary lectures for Strixhaven students. The seats magically grow or shrink to comfortably accommodate students of any size or body type. The halls' acoustics are magically enhanced to amplify the professor's lecture and minimize the disruption of side conversations. While a class is in session, each hall holds a professor and up to thirty students."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B8. Study Area",
"page": 64,
"id": "173",
"entries": [
"These open study areas feature simple wooden tables and chairs. During the day, up to thirty students can typically be found here.",
"If the characters pass by the western study area before orientation, members of the Live-Action Roleplaying Guild are pulling costumes and props from a half dozen old trunks. The guild is preparing for an event later on the Biblioplex's lawn: a game they call Beholders versus Behirs. Rosie Wuzfeddlims (chaotic good gnome {@creature first-year student|SCC}; see the \"{@adventure Fellow Students|SCC-CK|0|Rosimyffenbip \"Rosie\" Wuzfeddlims}\" section) is directing students as they cobble together beholder and behir costumes, as well as visual effects made from sheets, blankets, wooden frames, tin plates, and illusion magic. (This preparation erupts into chaos during \"{@adventure That Trunk Has Teeth!|SCC-CK|0|That Trunk Has Teeth!}\" later in this chapter.)"
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B9. Book Garden",
"page": 64,
"id": "174",
"entries": [
"In these quiet areas, students sit on the grass and study among lush foliage. Sometime last year, three {@creature Awakened Shrub||awakened shrubs} wandered in here and settled in each garden, and the university has welcomed them to stay. Members of Witherbloom College typically tend this space, and three {@creature Witherbloom Pledgemage|SCC|Witherbloom pledgemages} (see {@book chapter 7|SCC|8|Witherbloom Pledgemage}) can be found here most days.",
"Members of the Fantastical Horticulture Club often relax in this area and hold meetings here from time to time. If the characters explore this area before or after orientation, Urzmaktok Grojsh (neutral orc {@creature Witherbloom apprentice|SCC}; see the \"{@adventure Fellow Students|SCC-CK|0|Urzmaktok Grojsh}\" section) is here, recruiting first-year students to the club.",
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{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B10. Main Stacks",
"page": 65,
"id": "176",
"entries": [
"Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves fill the center and the east end of the library's first floor, with the denser east stacks under a magic effect that shifts them when students approach, creating space to stand single-file between them. These books are mostly introductory texts, and first-year students are often directed here by their instructors. In each of these areas, two {@creature Cogwork Archivist|SCC|cogwork archivists} (see {@book chapter 7|SCC|8|Cogwork Archivist}) busily shelve returned or misfiled books.",
"Characters who browse these shelves unaided stumble on what they need with a successful DC 15 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check. However, it's always easier to ask a reference librarian ({@adventure area B4|SCC-CK|0|B4. Information Desk})."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B11. Hall of Oracles",
"page": 65,
"id": "177",
"entries": [
"This hallowed hall is filled with statues of the university's past Oracles. At the center of the hall, a pulsing ball of magical energy\u2014the Strixhaven Snarl\u2014fills the area with bright light. See the book's {@book introduction|SCC|0|Strixhaven's World} for information about snarls and the Oracle.",
"The \"{@adventure Orientation Challenge|SCC-CK|0|Orientation Challenge}\" event later in this chapter starts here."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B12. Student and Alumni Art Gallery",
"page": 65,
"id": "178",
"entries": [
"This crisp-looking room features white walls and columns that stretch from floor to ceiling. Displayed on or within these are art pieces representative of various media. Students from Prismari College typically tend this space, and three {@creature Prismari Pledgemage|SCC|Prismari pledgemages} (see {@book chapter 7|SCC|8|Prismari Pledgemage}) can be found here most days, either cleaning the gallery or studying the techniques used in the displayed pieces. A storage area at the back holds supplies and artwork waiting to go on display.",
"The Distinguished Society of Fine Artists often meets and holds discussions here. If the characters explore this area before or after orientation, Cadoras Damellawar (chaotic good elf {@creature first-year student|SCC}; see the \"{@adventure Fellow Students|SCC-CK|0|Cadoras Damellawar}\" section) is here recruiting first-year students to the society."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B13. Amphitheater",
"page": 65,
"id": "179",
"entries": [
"This impressive stage is used for lectures, for assemblies, and as a gathering place in case of emergencies. Magic steps lead up to the stage from the floor of the library. Members of the Playactors Drama Guild often use this stage to meet and rehearse when the Rose Stage on Silverquill's campus is unavailable. If the characters pass by this area before or after orientation, Quentillius Antiphiun Melentor III (neutral human {@creature first-year student|SCC}; see the \"{@adventure Fellow Students|SCC-CK|0|Quentillius Antiphiun Melentor III}\" section) is here recruiting new students to the Playactors Drama Guild."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B14. Student Activities Center",
"page": 66,
"id": "17a",
"entries": [
"This room is filled with tables and chairs and is available to any student organization registered with Strixhaven for use as a meeting place, rehearsal facility, or crafting site, or for other approved purposes.",
"If the characters explore this area before or after orientation, it is set up to promote Extracurriculars, the rules of which appear earlier in the chapter. The tables are covered with flyers from the Dead Languages Society, the Dragonchess Club, the Dragonsguard Historical Society, Future Entrepreneurs of Strixhaven, the Intramural Gymnastics Club, the Intramural Silkball Club, the Intramural Water-Dancing Club, the Mage Tower Cheer Squad, the Strixhaven Iron-Lifters Society, the Strixhaven Show Band Association, the {@i Strixhaven Star}, and Student-Mages of Faith, and are staffed by the students listed in \"{@book Extracurriculars|SCC|3|Extracurriculars}\" as being associated with them.",
"Extracurricular groups not here can be found elsewhere in the Biblioplex, along with their student NPCs\u2014the Live-Action Roleplaying Guild ({@adventure area B8|SCC-CK|0|B8. Study Area}), the Fantastical Horticulture Club ({@adventure area B9|SCC-CK|0|B9. Book Garden}), the Distinguished Society of Fine Artists (area B12), and the Playactors Drama Guild (area B13)."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B15. Student Council Hall",
"page": 66,
"id": "17b",
"entries": [
"Filled with wooden tables and benches, this room has a flag displaying the Strixhaven star symbol hanging on its back wall. Here, a student council publicly debates Strixhaven policies that most affect the student body. The leaders of the school's Extracurriculars come to the council to conduct matters of business, and the council usually meets on the first day of every month. Outside those meeting days, the room is used for other official university business or stands empty."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B16. Advanced Student Stacks",
"page": 66,
"id": "17c",
"entries": [
"Rooms on the Biblioplex's second floor can be accessed only with keys held by faculty members, or that the reference librarians in {@adventure area B4|SCC-CK|0|B4. Information Desk} grant students on a case-by-case basis. Typically, students don't receive keys to these stacks until they're studying for their final thesis during their fourth year at Strixhaven. The arcane knowledge in the books here is not public\u2014and is sometimes dangerous.",
"To prevent overly ambitious mages and Strixhaven's enemies from teleporting into and accessing this area, two {@creature Shield Guardian||shield guardians} patrol at all times. Both the guardians have {@spell sleep} as their stored spell, and their control amulets are in the possession of two of the librarians on duty in the Biblioplex. Students with permission to work here are given passwords by which the Constructs recognize them as friends."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B17. Advanced Student Office",
"page": 66,
"id": "17d",
"entries": [
"These private offices are for students working on their theses, accessed using the same keys that allow access to area B16."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B18. Advanced Student Lounge",
"page": 66,
"id": "17e",
"entries": [
"This rest area is designed to help stressed-out senior students unwind. Large tables are set up for gaming and shelves are filled with recreational reading material. The area can be accessed only through the advanced student stacks (area B17)."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "B19. The Compendium",
"page": 66,
"id": "17f",
"entries": [
"This area on the library's third floor holds copies of most of the mundane, widely available written works in the multiverse. The books are inscrutably cataloged, so it's almost impossible to find anything without requesting information from a reference librarian ({@adventure area B4|SCC-CK|0|B4. Information Desk}). Characters who look for information without obtaining help discover what they're looking for only with a successful DC 20 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check.",
"At the center of this area stands a statue depicting a mighty, benevolent dragon. The magical statue reads aloud the contents of most books placed in front of it if a character makes that request verbally or mentally. (The magic of the statue can assess text such as verbal curses that present a danger if read aloud, and the statue ignores requests to read such text.)",
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}
]
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"type": "section",
"name": "Orientation Challenge",
"page": 66,
"id": "180",
"entries": [
"When the characters enter the Hall of Oracles to begin orientation, read or paraphrase the following:",
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"type": "insetReadaloud",
"id": "181",
"entries": [
"An almost sacrosanct sense of calm descends as you step into the Hall of Oracles. \"Brilliant scholars,\" says a rich, soothing voice radiating from the hall's central snarl of glowing energy. \"Your attention, please.",
"\"As you are now Strixhaven University students, this storied Biblioplex will be your second home for research, studies, and even leisure. There is just one task to accomplish before you officially embark on your academic journey\u2014a scavenger hunt!\""
]
},
"A small parchment materializes in front of the characters. It presents a list of clues.",
{
"type": "insetReadaloud",
"id": "182",
"entries": [
"\"The rules are simple,\" the voice says. \"Each clue on this list will lead you to a different location in the Biblioplex. Simply travel to the area each clue references and perform the action the clue suggests. Time is of the essence. You have only until the end of the day to finish your hunt.",
"\"Solve as many clues as you can, because at each location, you may win a prize! Now then, off you go!\""
]
},
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"type": "entries",
"name": "Scavenger Hunt Clues",
"page": 67,
"id": "183",
"entries": [
"A character can win a prize for each clue they solve but can receive only one item in each place. If a character tries to redo a clue to receive a second item, the magic that reveals the item doesn't work again. Here are the clues:",
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"items": [
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Clue 1",
"entry": "You'll forget all about any trouble or plight when you step forward and are ensnarled in light."
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Clue 2",
"entry": "Alumni commission works when they retire, seeking promising mages to inspire."
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Clue 3",
"entry": "Each group deserves a free treat for their investment. Serve up this list and enjoy your refreshment."
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Clue 4",
"entry": "These leafy beds aren't always what they seem. Give them a pat and see what you glean."
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Clue 5",
"entry": "Some stars are ancient, enduring, and bright. But others\u2014maybe you!\u2014are born on opening night."
}
]
},
"Each clue can be unraveled either by deduction, or with a successful DC 10 Intelligence ({@skill Investigation}) check. A decoded clue points the characters toward one of the areas of the Biblioplex as well as the action they must take to receive a prize in that area."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Running the Hunt",
"page": 67,
"id": "184",
"entries": [
"Explain the Biblioplex's areas in detail before the characters begin this scavenger hunt, so they have an idea of which areas the clues point to. Have the characters begin the scavenger hunt with the first clue, since it points to the room they're already standing in. The players can then complete the other clues in any order they wish."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Clue 1: Hall of Oracles",
"page": 68,
"id": "185",
"entries": [
"This clue refers the characters to the room they start the orientation in ({@adventure area B11|SCC-CK|0|B11. Hall of Oracles}).",
"If a character touches the pooled energy below the snarl, they momentarily lose track of their body, overwhelmed by the snarl's magical power. The character automatically disengages from the snarl and discovers that they are holding a {@item potion of healing}.",
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{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Clue 2: Student Art Gallery",
"page": 68,
"id": "186",
"entries": [
"This clue refers to the Student and Alumni Art Gallery in {@adventure area B12|SCC-CK|0|B12. Student and Alumni Art Gallery}.",
"When the characters wander through the gallery, they see a portrait of several older alumni wearing Prismari College robes. If a character examines the portrait, they find a plaque that reads: \"At Strixhaven we were all inspired.\" Below the plaque is a small lever. If a character uses an action to pull the lever, a box pops out of the wall containing a {@item Strixhaven pennant|SCC} for each character in the party. Once it dispenses the pennants, the box disappears back into the wall and doesn't work for the characters again."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Clue 3: Biblioplex Café",
"page": 68,
"id": "187",
"entries": [
"This clue refers to the Biblioplex Café in {@adventure area B6|SCC-CK|0|B6. Biblioplex Café}.",
"When the characters enter the café, they see several students enjoying drinks and snacks. Aisla Fitzbottom (chaotic good gnome {@creature commoner}), the café manager, is a Strixhaven staff member and the only worker behind the counter at present. The characters must present their scavenger hunt list to Aisla. When they do, she tells them to come behind the counter and help her quickly restock the café's sandwiches and baked goods from several modified {@item Heward's Handy Haversack||Heward's handy haversacks}.",
"If a character goes above and beyond in their assistance with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check, Aisla gives that character a random trinket from {@book chapter 2|SCC|2}. Many students have ignored her requests for help during the orientation, she says, so she decides to make an exception with a gift from her own pockets. Plus, she likes the new students' ambition."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Clue 4: Book Garden",
"page": 69,
"id": "188",
"entries": [
"This clue refers to the book gardens of {@adventure area B9|SCC-CK|0|B9. Book Garden}.",
"When the characters enter a book garden, they see a lush arboretum. A successful DC 10 Intelligence ({@skill Investigation}) check reveals that three of the shrubs are not ordinary greenery, but are instead {@creature Awakened Shrub||awakened shrubs}, each with a glistening crown of leaves. If a character uses an action to pat the shrubs on these leaves, the branches part to reveal a {@item cuddly Strixhaven mascot|SCC}, representing a random mascot. This magic works only once per character."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Clue 5: Amphitheater",
"page": 69,
"id": "189",
"entries": [
"This clue refers to the amphitheater in {@adventure area B13|SCC-CK|0|B13. Amphitheater}.",
"When the characters reach the amphitheater, they see an impressively lavish stage, with the curtains drawn back as if to reveal performers on the opening night of a major production. If a character recites, sings, hums, belches, or otherwise emits any line or tune while standing on the stage, bright floodlights snap on around the stage's perimeter\u2014a number of lights equal to the number of characters in the group. Approaching any of the lights reveals a recess in which lies a {@item hooded lantern|PHB} filled with oil."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "That Trunk Has Teeth!",
"page": 69,
"id": "18a",
"entries": [
"Once the characters have completed as much of the scavenger hunt as they wish, they hear a commotion coming from the west shelves of the main stacks in {@adventure area B10|SCC-CK|0|B10. Main Stacks}. Read or paraphrase the following:",
{
"type": "insetReadaloud",
"id": "18b",
"entries": [
"The joyous and energetic atmosphere of the first floor is shattered by panicked shouting.",
"\"That trunk!\" a young elf screams, pointing toward the stacks as she runs by. \"That trunk has teeth! Please, anyone, stop it!\"",
"Chaos erupts in the library as students stream in all directions, their books and papers flying as they shout in fear. The only faculty mages in sight are trying to deal with panicked students. You can't just let some monster ruin the first day of classes. Time to step up!"
]
},
"In the western part of {@adventure area B8|SCC-CK|0|B8. Study Area}, the characters see a half dozen old trunks strewn about. Sheets, blankets, large wooden frames, and half-painted wooden props are scattered haphazardly around the tables where members of the Live-Action Roleplaying Guild were setting up for a show. Rampaging throughout the mess is a trunk that has been transformed into a {@creature mimic}, which attacks the characters as soon as they enter the area. Because the mimic is only temporarily animated, it has the following changes to its stat block:",
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"It has disadvantage on attack rolls."
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"Once it's defeated, the mimic turns back into an ordinary trunk.",
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Ending the Threat",
"page": 69,
"id": "18c",
"entries": [
"If all the characters fall {@condition unconscious} during the fight, Professor Mavinda Sharpbeak (neutral good owlin {@creature Silverquill professor of radiance|SCC}; see {@book chapter 7|SCC|8|Silverquill Professor of Radiance}) arrives on the scene at the start of the next round and finishes off the mimic. If the characters defeat the mimic, Professor Sharpbeak arrives on the scene shortly after the group dispatches it. She carries a bag of {@item Potion of Healing||potions of healing}, which she administers to any injured or {@condition unconscious} characters.",
"A guidance counselor at Strixhaven, Professor Sharpbeak was overseeing the orientation activities, but the mass of fleeing students prevented her from responding to the incident immediately. When she has assisted any wounded characters, she introduces herself.",
{
"type": "insetReadaloud",
"id": "18d",
"entries": [
"\"Students, well done!\" Professor Sharpbeak exclaims, ruffling her feathers with pride. \"Such bravery in this incoming class! And what a bizarre occurrence. I can't remember any of those old costume trunks ever bearing a hint of magic\u2014let alone that manner of transmutation. I will be having a word with the equipment managers over at the Rose Stage. They're supposed to keep this sort of thing from happening!\""
]
},
"If the characters chat with the professor, she reassures them that this was an unfortunate incident\u2014but sadly, not an unheard-of one, since strange monsters often find their way onto campus. Still, it's nothing to worry about. Before she goes, she reaches into her bag and gives each character 1 platinum piece, thanking them again for their help and welcoming them to campus."
]
}
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Examining the Trunk",
"page": 69,
"id": "18e",
"entries": [
"Characters who examine the mimic and succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check notice that the defeated trunk's wood and leather has been rubbed with a black, oily substance. If asked about this, Professor Sharpbeak says it's likely just a leather conditioner. With no magic remaining in the eldritch balm to reveal the contamination, she has no explanation for why the trunk temporarily turned into a mimic and attacked."
]
}
]
},
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"type": "section",
"name": "Frog's the Word",
"page": 70,
"id": "18f",
"entries": [
"At some point during the weeks that follow their orientation day and the start of classes, the characters are hanging out together on the central campus. Another student is part of this scene\u2014ideally a student the characters have interacted with, or you may choose another student from the \"{@adventure Fellow Students|SCC-CK|0|Fellow Students}\" section.",
"When you're ready to begin this event, read or paraphrase the following, altering the text to incorporate the student's name or other details:",
{
"type": "insetReadaloud",
"id": "190",
"entries": [
"Murmurs of excited curiosity ripple through the clusters of students around you, and another student suddenly barrels toward you, laughing uproariously."
]
},
"Seeing no faculty nearby, the student beckons to the characters.",
{
"type": "insetReadaloud",
"id": "191",
"entries": [
"\"You've all got to see this!\" the student chortles. \"We found these weird frogs and snuck them into the Fireside Lounge at Firejolt Café, and now we're going to race the little hoppers! Quick! Come see before the professors find out!\""
]
},
"The characters are meant to join the festivities in the nearby Firejolt Café. If a player or character expresses reluctance, mention as motivation that other students the characters have interacted with during this adventure are already there.",
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Firejolt Café",
"page": 70,
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"The bar surrounding the servers' station serves a variety of drinks. This area is often rowdy, so student employee Javenesh Stoutclaw (neutral good owlin {@creature Lorehold apprentice|SCC}; see the \"{@adventure Fellow Students|SCC-CK|0|Javenesh Stoutclaw}\" section) remains watchful. From thirty-five to forty-five students are typically found at the bar.",
"The tavern's manager also keeps an eye on this area. Tulk \"The Bulk\" Tusktooth (lawful good orc {@creature gladiator}) is a Strixhaven employee with a kind demeanor but no tolerance for misbehavior. Tulk's nickname comes from his imposing physical presence at a burly, muscle-bound height of nearly seven feet\u2014though his warm smile gleams as brightly as his signature golden earring. He is a good friend to Javenesh Stoutclaw, and anyone who puts the owlin in danger must answer to Tulk.",
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"The tavern's food orders are prepared in this large kitchen, overseen by Curtie Axechucker (chaotic neutral dwarf {@creature commoner}), a Strixhaven employee and beloved personality on campus. Chef Curtie views cooking as an art, and she teaches the four students who work for her to cook using hunches and passion instead of precision or science.",
"Curtie lives by her teachings (and is said to augment her culinary creations with a little bit of magic), so that no two dishes she or her apprentices cook are ever the same. The chef's signature cries of \"Make it spicy!\" and \"It needs more love!\" frequently echo from the kitchen into the overflow seating area. The chef hires all student cooks, so characters who wish to work in the kitchen must approach her directly.",
"The most prominent features in the kitchen are the cooking cauldrons along the north wall, which are always bubbling with strange and wonderful concoctions. A small break room is set in the northwest corner of the kitchen, while a pantry takes up much of the east wall."
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"Characters following the student who invited them to play Wizard Gizzard are led to the main dining room ({@adventure area E2|SCC-CK|0|E2. Main Dining Room}) of Bow's End Tavern. Read or paraphrase the following:",
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"Along one side of the tavern's main dining room, the tables and chairs have been shifted to create a large, rectangular open space. On the south side of this space, a single table stands flush against the wall. On it are a few strange-looking boxes with funnels protruding from them at an angle. Twenty feet opposite the table, a small bucket rests on the floor."
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"The devices on the table are called wizard gizzards. Instructors use them to help student-mages practice their aim with magical rays. When a character strikes the top of a wizard gizzard, it shoots a sphere made of magic out of its attached funnel. The sphere dissipates whenever it touches anything\u2014a ray, a creature, or a hard surface, for example.",
"These minor magic items have a short life span, and as they age, they begin to emit loud clucking noises when they shoot their spheres. Students joke that the spheres begin to look like gizzards, hence their name. Every term, students collect cast-off wizard gizzards that have grown too unpredictable for classroom use and then use the wizard gizzards in the game of the same name. This night at Bow's End Tavern is the first such event of the term, and enthusiasm is running high.",
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"Panicked shouting erupts from the tavern's kitchen. Chef Curtie, her braided hair flapping wildly, emerges at a run, shouting and waving her arms.",
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"The tavern is so busy that most of its patrons don't immediately notice Curtie's panic. Tulk Tusktooth does, but he's momentarily overwhelmed by those students in the overflow seating who have noticed\u2014and who are trying to get away from the kitchen as fast as they can. You have a clear path to the kitchen door\u2014and Curtie needs help!"
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"The hostile mephits attack as soon as the characters appear, but they aren't the only threat in the kitchen. Horrid masses of summoned skittering bugs suddenly pour out of bags and boxes of ingredients in the food prep areas, just as other students storm into the kitchen behind the characters. While the characters take on the more dangerous mephits, describe their friends and fellow students working in the background alongside them to help clear the bugs out of the kitchen. As soon as the mephits are dispatched, the magic flaring up in the kitchen fades.",
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"Once the mephits are dispatched, a successful DC 12 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check reveals the same oily black substance on the cauldrons that the characters might have seen belched out by the frogs before the Firejolt Café race and found on the trunk during orientation. If the characters ask either Tulk Tusktooth or Curtie Axechucker about the substance, both suspect that one of the many magic unguents used on campus might have gotten corrupted. They have no way of knowing that {@creature Murgaxor|SCC}'s corrupted eldritch balm is the unguent in question and no idea what else might be affected."
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"Owlbears most often live in caves or ruins. The bones of their prey serve as their beds and playgrounds.",
"Owlbears attack with their razor-sharp beaks and claws.",
"Many scholars believe a kooky wizard created the first owlbear in a breeding experiment gone awry. However, some elves claim owlbears have always existed in the Feywild.",
"Although they aren't naturally drawn to cupcakes and muffins, these foods are known to quell an owlbear's foul temper. Arcano-biologists believe they quell the creatures' rumbling acid reflux.",
"Owlbears respond best to training that mimics exactly what their trainer wishes them to do. Crawling on one's hands and knees is often the best way to teach an owlbear to be a mount, for example.",
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"After the exam, the characters overhear their peers talking excitedly about certain magical and monstrous creatures' likenesses being used in the upcoming Rose Stage Festival, an improvisational outdoor play (see \"{@adventure All the World's a Stage|SCC-CK|0}\" later in this chapter).",
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{
"type": "item",
"name": "Basilisk Prop",
"entry": "\"A prop at this year's festival uses flashes of light to simulate a gaze attack, just like a basilisk.\""
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"\"Big heroes on campus! You're the talk of the school, what with your monster-dispatching ways. But can you recover the legendary Sassy Sally Jane? Many have tried. All have failed. Meet us outside Captain Dapplewing's Manor at midnight tonight and see if you've got what it takes!\""
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"The talk of the campus for decades, Sassy Sally Jane is a pink-haired doll in a patchwork tartan dress. Inside the doll is a voice box that some clever students rigged to repeat rude phrases whenever the doll's hand is squeezed. Jokesters used it to irritate faculty and staff members extensively before it was confiscated. The doll has sat in the attic of Captain Dapplewing's Manor ever since, alongside other broken, malfunctioning, or forbidden items."
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"Captain Dapplewing's manor house is used as a learning annex by esteemed dual-college faculty members and their favored students.",
"A two-story home, the house is located on the central campus and serves as both faculty offices and the setting for lavish dinner parties and intellectual gatherings. A character knows all the information in the \"{@adventure Captain Dapplewing's Manor|SCC-CK|0|Captain Dapplewing's Manor}\" section later in this chapter with a successful DC 12 Intelligence ({@skill History}) check."
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"Once the characters are prepared, they can make their way to Captain Dapplewing's Manor. It's easy to find on the central campus, since a well-lit path leads right up to the house, and a few students are milling around outside. Once they notice the characters heading their way, these students get visibly excited.",
"Another student is part of this scene\u2014ideally a student the characters have interacted with, or you may choose another student from the \"{@adventure Fellow Students|SCC-CK|0|Fellow Students}\" section.",
"When you're ready to begin this event, read or paraphrase the following:",
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"One student turns to another and says in a stage whisper, \"I told you they'd arrive! Now pay up, you goof!\" Turning to the characters, the student points to the manor house and says:",
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"\"This is it. Sassy Sally Jane is up there in the attic. For years, people have tried to liberate her. For years, they've failed. But we think this year is different. This year, you're on campus.\"",
"\"You're looking for a pink-haired doll wearing a patchwork tartan dress. Now, go in there and become campus legends. If you can bring her back, we'll all pay for your lunches for a week. No, for a month!\""
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"If the characters are hesitant to take this dare, a student with whom a character has at least 1 Relationship Point approaches them. The student misses their younger brother terribly and has decided that Sassy Sally Jane would make an excellent gift. The student offers the characters a {@item driftglobe} in exchange for retrieving Sassy Sally Jane and giving them the doll."
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"Tucked at the end of a leafy path on the central campus, Captain Dapplewing's Manor is a quiet relaxation spot for elite faculty as well as a place of academic meditation and counseling for their students. The manor dates to the earliest days of Strixhaven, when the owlin mage and military veteran Captain Raymous Dapplewing held faculty appointments in both Lorehold and Silverquill Colleges. Wanting a quiet place to retire in the evenings\u2014and to host lavish dinner-parties-turned-colloquiums\u2014the professor used his significant military pension to build this manor house on campus.",
"Upon his death, Captain Dapplewing bequeathed the manor to the university, which honored his legacy by giving the house his name and keeping most of its original furnishings in pristine condition. The house's upper-floor libraries were converted into offices for esteemed dual-college faculty members, and those faculty members meet here with students on academic matters during the day. In the evenings, the manor is the site of dinner parties and elegant cocktail hours for those faculty members, their most promising students, and visiting alumni.",
"Since no one permanently lives in Captain Dapplewing's Manor, the building is closed and locked from 10:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. Because it holds many valuable antiques and volumes of sensitive research, security measures are in place in the manor, as described below.",
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"If the characters alert security to their unauthorized presence at the manor, they are caught when the professors arrive. The professors force the characters to return to their dormitories, but the characters are free to undertake this mission another night. If they're caught more than once, the characters must attend special behavioral classes that prevent them from participating in any Extracurriculars or Jobs for the rest of the academic year. The characters immediately lose any benefits from these activities."
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"Once the characters are ready to go, allow them to approach the house in any way they see fit. The easiest way to access the manor is through its locked front doors (area C1), although characters could easily try to access the manor via one of the decks at the back (areas C10 and C11)."
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"This spacious lounge is decorated to an arcano-biologist's tastes. Paintings of strange magic creatures line the walls, as do mounted collections of insects and reptiles. Three pteranodons form the room's centerpiece\u2014all of them magically immobile in midair, positioned as if engaging in a strange dance."
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"The paneling in the northwest corner conceals a secret door, which can be found with a search of the area and a successful DC 12 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check. Beyond the door is a secondary storage area that is much better organized, though a thick layer of dust on the boxes and crates here indicates that no one has accessed it in a while. Characters who search this area find two {@item Potion of Mind Reading||potions of mind reading} tucked into a pouch in one of the boxes."
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"This cramped attic holds oddities considered too strange to display on the manor's main floor. An adult-sized riding toy resembling a roc on a spring, a fine dress with wings made of bones, and a display shelf holding dozens of dolls are among the curiosities here."
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"The rude phrases that are part of Sassy Sally Jane's reputation are the subject of much speculation on campus, but no current students know what they are. Once the characters recover the doll, they will likely press her hand to trigger these phrases.",
"The Phrases table offers some suggestions, but feel free to come up with additional phrases that you and your players will find fun and amusing.",
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"If the characters retrieve Sassy Sally Jane, the students waiting outside Captain Dapplewing's Manor cheer quietly. All the students can easily steal back to their dormitories without getting caught. The characters' peers are true to their word and pay for the characters' lunches for a month. Further, the characters can keep Sassy Sally Jane. (However, obvious use of the doll around faculty members results in Sassy Sally Jane being confiscated again!)",
"If all the characters are reduced to 0 hit points inside the manor, they spend the night {@condition unconscious} and are found by members of the faculty in the morning. The characters are taken to the infirmary in their respective dorms, then formally chastised and made to attend special behavioral courses that prevent them from participating in any Extracurriculars or Jobs for the rest of this academic year. All the characters immediately lose any benefits from these activities.",
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"Bones and carrion mixed with trash are often a strong sign that an otyugh is present, as it waits for carrion to ferment before eating it.",
"Shiny treasures glinting from piles of refuse might indicate an otyugh's presence, as these Aberrations hoard treasures from their victims.",
"No matter how disgusting it might be, trash doesn't belch. If you ever hear a pile of trash belch, there's an otyugh in there.",
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"Characters with evil designs who wish to congregate far from prying eyes often operate underground, knowing that the authorities avoid stench- and trash-filled undercrofts and sewers. In such foul locations, otyughs make excellent sidekicks."
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"Another student is part of this scene\u2014ideally a student the characters have interacted with, or you may choose another student from the \"{@adventure Fellow Students|SCC-CK|0|Fellow Students}\" section.",
"When you're ready to begin this event, read or paraphrase the following:",
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"The Rose Stage is available to any group or course on campus. The Playactors Drama Guild often uses the stage to rehearse and perform, and other amateur groups and courses with a performance component regularly do so as well. The Playactors Drama Guild is organizing the festival.",
"Students of all years and colleges can be found in and around the Rose Stage, as can professors from all parts of Strixhaven. See {@book chapter 7|SCC|8} for stat blocks for {@creature First-Year Student|SCC|first-year students}, and for apprentices, pledgemages, and professors from the different colleges.",
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"This impressively large oval stage has ample room for performers, props, and other set pieces. A wide set of magic steps rises 5 feet to the stage; sections of it are enchanted to move and reshape themselves for full accessibility. Pillars to the east and west of the stage are used by production groups to rig backdrops and other set pieces.",
"All improvisational acting during the festival must take place on the stage. Members of the Playactors Drama Guild are set up to the south of the stage, handing out random character prompts. (See the \"{@adventure Rose Stage Festival|SCC-CK|0|Rose Stage Festival}\" section for more information.)"
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"When regular plays are being performed at the Rose Stage, these doors open up to an area where student performers wait for their cues before discreetly ascending to the main stage. During the festival, this area is empty.",
"Although the doors are locked at night, any character who is a member of the Playactors Drama Guild has a key that opens the doors, or a character can pick the lock with a successful DC 25 Dexterity check using thieves' tools."
]
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"These areas hold props, equipment, and supplies used for the Rose Stage's productions. Most of what's here is marked \"Property of the Playactors Drama Guild,\" though a few items and boxes are unmarked.",
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"A thorough search and a successful DC 15 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check reveals several valuable items in each storage area. An unmarked box in the west storage area holds three {@item Potion of Healing||potions of healing}, held in reserve in case performers are accidentally injured while on stage. In the east storage area, lying forgotten under an unmarked crate, is a {@item bag of holding} and a {@item Silverquill primer|SCC}."
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"Characters following the student who got their attention can make their way to the Rose Stage for the festival, where another student catches their attention. This person should also be a student the characters have interacted with previously. Read or paraphrase the following, altering the text to incorporate the student's name or other details:",
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"Cheers, jeers, and the buzzing of kazoos ring out as you draw near the Rose Stage on Silverquill College's campus. On the main stage, several students playact histrionically. One wears a flamboyant noble's costume, another wears a felt dragon's head, and a third wears a court jester's pantaloons. The audience roars with laughter as the scene plays out."
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"A familiar smiling figure approaches the characters. Brandishing a kazoo and laughing, the student says:",
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"\"You here to act? Or maybe just to watch? Or maybe you're the musical talent? Either way, this is going to be great! I can't wait to see what you try!\""
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"Members of the Playactors Drama Guild hand out lists of random character prompts to anyone who wants to try acting. Anyone who wishes to play a character on stage chooses a prompt, dons a few costume elements from the trunks of costumes provided by the Playactors Drama Guild, and lines up on the east end of the main stage (area R3). There, Quentillius Antiphiun Melentor III (neutral human {@creature first-year student|SCC}; see the \"{@adventure Fellow Students|SCC-CK|0|Quentillius Antiphiun Melentor III}\" section) instructs a waiting participant to \"tag in\" to the ongoing performance and \"tag out\" someone currently on stage. Quentillius keeps the transitions narratively clean, while members of the crowd cheer, jeer, and shout ideas to the improvising actors. Other participants work the random props, set pieces, and sound effects the Playactors Drama Guild has strewn about the stage area to augment the improvised events.",
"Members of the crowd might play kazoos to musically accompany the drama on stage. A number of members of the Strixhaven Show Band Association are handing out kazoos from the orchestra pit ({@adventure area R2|SCC-CK|0|R2. Orchestra Pit}), including student conductor Rubina Larkingdale (lawful neutral human {@creature first-year student|SCC}; see the \"{@adventure Fellow Students|SCC-CK|0|Rubina Larkingdale}\" section).",
"The festival's improvised play continues until all volunteer performers have exhausted their prompts. More frequently, however, a faculty member needs to shut down the festival, which becomes increasingly rowdy later into the night.",
"The following subsections detail the ways in which the characters can join the fun."
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"A character who wants to perform chooses a character prompt and whatever costume pieces catch their eye and then heads to the east side of the stage ({@adventure area R3|SCC-CK|0|R3. Main Stage}). After waiting a short while, Quentillius signals a break in the action so that the new performer can take the stage. The player character can act out their improv character in the performance any way they like. Raising the creativity beyond just acting to incorporate singing, rapping, or dancing is encouraged! No matter what approach the player takes to their character's performance, impressing the crowd also requires a successful DC 13 Charisma ({@skill Performance}) check. (If another ability check or skill feels applicable to an unconventional performance, feel free to let the character make that check instead.) A successful ability check results in the crowd's cheering and whistling, while a failed check results in boos and jeers. Further, the character whose Charisma ({@skill Performance}) check is highest earns a valuable reward from an appreciative professor after this event ends; see \"{@adventure A Professor's Appreciation|SCC-CK|0|A Professor's Appreciation}.\"",
"To increase the level of the challenge\u2014and the fun\u2014you might have interested players roll their characters' prompts randomly on the Festival Character Prompts table.",
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"page": 90,
"id": "217",
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"A character who doesn't want to perform can handle props from the ends of the stage. When Quentillius cues them, the character can bring one of the many prepared stage props to the performers, move a set piece around the stage, or improvise sound effects to augment the improvised play. This might include carrying wooden cutouts of painted waves during a nautical scene, rolling fake monsters near the actors when danger threatens and impersonating the monsters' snarls, handing dueling actors improbable \"weapons,\" or the like. Responding to the cues in a way that complements the action on stage requires a successful DC 13 Wisdom ({@skill Insight}) check.",
"When a character handles props, allow them to choose the props they like most from the Festival Props table or have them roll on that table. These props are scattered around the outer stage.",
"Though prop-handling characters have no way to know it, one of the wooden cutout monsters turns into a real owlbear in the next section!",
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"type": "entries",
"name": "Accompany with Kazoo",
"page": 90,
"id": "218",
"entries": [
"A character might highlight a performance by their friends\u2014or razz an adversary\u2014using one of the kazoos that Rubina and other members of the Strixhaven Show Band Association are handing out at {@adventure area R2|SCC-CK|0|R2. Orchestra Pit}. Highlighting the antics on stage effectively requires a successful DC 13 Charisma ({@skill Performance}) check (though another skill might be more applicable, depending on the character's goal). A successful check grants one character performing on stage advantage or disadvantage on their Charisma ({@skill Performance}) check to perform."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Encourage a Performer",
"page": 90,
"id": "219",
"entries": [
"If a character shouts encouragement to another player character performing on stage, the on-stage character has advantage on their ability check to perform."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Heckle a Performer",
"page": 90,
"id": "21a",
"entries": [
"A character might jeer at a performer on the stage. If they taunt a player character or the NPC partner of a player character, that character has disadvantage on their ability check to perform."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Relationship Encounter",
"page": 90,
"id": "21b",
"entries": [
"During the festival, characters might mingle with other students. If there are students the characters wish to earn Relationship Points with, treat this as a Relationship encounter, as described earlier in the chapter. Have players note the results of this encounter on their tracking sheets.",
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"type": "entries",
"name": "Exit, Pursued by an Owlbear",
"page": 90,
"id": "21c",
"entries": [
"After the characters have all had a chance to take part in the performance, read or paraphrase the following:",
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"The crowd roars with laughter and the festival appears to be reaching its height\u2014when suddenly, confused guffaws followed by screams of terror ring out.",
"One of the stage props barrels away from its handler, monstrous shrieks coming from its frothing beak. What used to be a comically posed owlbear painted on wood is transforming into a real and enraged owlbear, and it's rampaging right toward you!"
]
},
"The owlbear prop turns into an actual attacking {@creature owlbear}. Assume the owlbear is on whichever side of the stage is closest to the most characters. The player characters must jump into action quickly to defend the other students. When they do, if a character made a successful ability check during the Rose Stage Festival, they have advantage on their first attack against the owlbear.",
"Further, because the characters learned about owlbears in their {@adventure second Exam|SCC-CK|0|Magical Physiologies Exam: Owlbears} event of the term, any character who aced that Exam has advantage on all attack rolls during this encounter.",
"At the same time the characters are dealing with the owlbear, the other performers and stage crew step up in the background to deal with lesser threats as other props animate and begin to fly around the stage.",
"Once the characters defeat the owlbear, it turns back into a wooden prop and the magic infecting other objects in the area ends.",
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"name": "Ending the Threat",
"page": 91,
"id": "21e",
"entries": [
"If all the characters fall {@condition unconscious} during this fight, Professor Johenne Totsky (neutral human {@creature Silverquill professor of shadow|SCC}; see {@book chapter 7|SCC|8|Silverquill Professor of Shadow}) appears at the start of the next round and dispatches the threat. The professor, who was lingering in the area watching the performance, is as baffled as the characters as to why a stage prop would turn into a real monster."
]
}
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "A Professor's Appreciation",
"page": 91,
"id": "21f",
"entries": [
"Once the characters have participated in the Rose Stage Festival and dispatched the owlbear threat, if she's not already on the scene, Professor Totsky approaches the characters and applauds them. She thanks them for dispatching the threat, and she compliments any character who made a successful ability check during the performance. A lover of theater who is immaculately dressed, the professor tells the characters that she recently commissioned a new cloak; she offers the cloak she's wearing in appreciation of the character whose Charisma ({@skill Performance}) check to perform on stage was highest. The cloak is a {@item cloak of protection}."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Examining the Owlbear",
"page": 91,
"id": "220",
"entries": [
"Once the threat is ended, the characters can examine the owlbear to learn more about this incident. If they do, they find the same oily substance they might have found on the trunk during orientation, seen belched out by the frogs before the Firejolt Café race, or spotted on the cauldrons in Bow's End Tavern.",
"If she hasn't already entered the scene, Professor Totsky arrives while the characters examine the substance. She initially shrugs it off as irrelevant, given that its magic has already faded. But if the characters explain everything they've seen at the past year's strange events to reveal the unseen connections between those events, Professor Totsky realizes what's going on.",
"She explains eldritch balm to the characters and says she believes it's likely that the Sedgemoor waters used to brew the latest batch of eldritch balm were corrupted in some way. She doesn't necessarily suspect foul play but mentions that, in the past, students have been caught practicing forbidden magic in the more remote parts of Sedgemoor, the bayou that encompasses Witherbloom College's campus. Such sinister magic might be responsible for the balm's corruption, but a random surge of wild magic is an equally likely explanation in her mind. In any case, this corruption must have caused objects treated with the eldritch balm and creatures that came into contact with it to take on temporary\u2014and dangerous\u2014magical properties.",
"Professor Totsky gives the characters a {@item Holy Water (flask)|PHB|flask of holy water} and explains that pouring it into the underwater spring whose waters are used to create eldritch balm will settle the waters and prevent further corruption. She describes the location of the spring ({@adventure area S7|SCC-CK|0|S7. Underwater Spring} on {@adventure map 3.6|SCC-CK|0|Map 3.6: sedgemoor}) to help the characters find it. She urges the characters to take on this task so she can immediately track down the rest of the contaminated balm and remove it from objects on campus."
]
}
]
},
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"type": "section",
"name": "Secrets in Sedgemoor",
"page": 92,
"id": "221",
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"The day after the incident at the Rose Stage Festival, the characters are scheduled to collect spell components from Sedgemoor and bring those samples back to Professor Lang, who teaches their Magical Physiologies course. This gives them a convenient opportunity to investigate that area on behalf of Professor Totsky.",
"The characters know that they must pour the flask of holy water given to them by Professor Totsky into an underwater spring somewhere in area S7. Doing so should prevent future flare-ups of the wild magic that tainted the eldritch balm behind all the strange campus mishaps. In addition, they can find {@creature Murgaxor|SCC}'s journal, which points to a spellcaster's troublesome meddling, in {@adventure area S7|SCC-CK|0|S7. Underwater Spring}.",
"When the characters venture into Sedgemoor, read or paraphrase the following to set the scene:",
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"id": "222",
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"Your expedition has brought you to one of the more dismal parts of Sedgemoor, the bayou that encompasses the Witherbloom campus. Muddy swamp water flows between raised islets covered with fungi and foliage. Large tree stumps jut out of the water in random places. A pair of rickety wooden docks and two wooden huts are the only indication that people ever come here."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Collecting Spell Components",
"page": 92,
"id": "223",
"entries": [
"The characters start out at the southeast corner ({@adventure area S1|SCC-CK|0|S1. Marsh Banks}) of the Sedgemoor map. They can collect the spell components from areas {@adventure S2|SCC-CK|0|S2. South Islet}, {@adventure S3|SCC-CK|0|S3. Central Islet}, and {@adventure S7|SCC-CK|0|S7. Underwater Spring}. At the start, allow only one successful check per islet, to encourage the characters to explore. Once all three islets are explored, the characters can make any number of attempts to gather components on any islet."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Sedgemoor",
"page": 92,
"id": "224",
"entries": [
"Encompassing Witherbloom College's campus, Sedgemoor is a wild bayou known for the range of strange creatures that call it home. It is also a rich source of fungi, herbs, spider silk, and other prime components for spells and potions.",
"Sedgemoor isn't usually dangerous, and it's routine for students to be sent here as part of their coursework.",
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Sedgemoor Features",
"page": 92,
"id": "225",
"entries": [
"Sedgemoor has the following features:",
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{
"type": "item",
"name": "Building Doors",
"entry": "The doors to the research sheds ({@adventure areas S4|SCC-CK|0|S4. South Research Shed} and {@adventure S5|SCC-CK|0|S5. North Research Shed}) are unlocked."
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Swamp Water",
"entry": "The watery areas on the map are shallow along the shore, growing deeper off the map. Characters walking between islets and tree stumps sink several inches in mud and water, making all these areas {@book difficult terrain|PHB|8|Difficult Terrain}."
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Tree Stumps",
"entry": "Stumps protrude 5 feet above the surface of the water. Their slippery and unstable surfaces mean that climbing onto a stump without falling requires a successful DC 15 Strength ({@skill Athletics}) check as part of the move."
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Sedgemoor Locations",
"page": 92,
"id": "226",
"entries": [
"The following locations are keyed to map 3.6. All descriptions assume the characters are exploring this area during the day.",
"{@adventure Area S7|SCC-CK|0|S7. Underwater Spring} holds the contaminated spring that is the root cause of the strange manifestations of magic on campus over the previous months. If you're running this as a campaign, {@creature Murgaxor|SCC}'s journal is also in area S7. As the characters explore, you can have them spot the bubbling of the underwater spring in that area to draw them in.",
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"type": "entries",
"name": "S1. Marsh Banks",
"page": 94,
"id": "227",
"entries": [
{
"type": "insetReadaloud",
"id": "228",
"entries": [
"Beyond some scrubby bushes, the solid ground here gives way to the muddy swamp. Rickety wooden docks jut into the water, but there are no rafts or boats nearby."
]
},
"Rafts and shallow-bottomed punts are normally kept here, but they are all currently in use by Witherbloom students on assignments farther out on the water. The characters need to make their way into Sedgemoor on foot or by other means."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "S2. South Islet",
"page": 94,
"id": "229",
"entries": [
"This is one of the three islets (along with areas S3 and {@adventure S7|SCC-CK|0|S7. Underwater Spring}) where the characters can collect spell components for Professor Lang.",
"Any character who ventures into the swamp on the west side of this islet stumbles into an area of quicksand. See {@book chapter 5|DMG|5|Quicksand} of the {@book Dungeon Master's Guide|DMG} for details."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "S3. Central Islet",
"page": 94,
"id": "22a",
"entries": [
{
"type": "insetReadaloud",
"id": "22b",
"entries": [
"The largest islet in this part of the swamp, this landmass features two wooden research sheds with an ancient tree stump between them."
]
},
"This is one of the three islets (along with areas S2 and S7) where the characters can collect spell components for Professor Lang.",
"Hiding behind the tree stump in the center of this islet are two snarling {@creature Worg||worgs}, which were drawn here by the strange magic in the area. The worgs are hostile and attack as soon as any character sets foot on the island, snarling, \"The dark magic! Give it to us!\" They run off if the characters reduce one or both of them to 13 or fewer hit points."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "S4. South Research Shed",
"page": 94,
"id": "22c",
"entries": [
"One of two small research sheds on the central islet, this building holds supplies and equipment for Witherbloom students and faculty doing research in Sedgemoor. Moss and fungi harvesting kits can be found here. Each kit weighs 1 pound, consists of various cutting and collecting tools, and grants advantage on a character's Intelligence ({@skill Nature}) checks to harvest spell components."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "S5. North Research Shed",
"page": 94,
"id": "22d",
"entries": [
"The second of two small research sheds serves as a gathering area for Witherbloom students and faculty when classes take place in the bayou.",
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Treasure",
"page": 94,
"id": "22e",
"entries": [
"Any search of this area turns up two {@item Potion of Healing||potions of healing}."
]
}
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "S6. East Islet",
"page": 94,
"id": "22f",
"entries": [
"This is one of the three islets (along with areas {@adventure S2|SCC-CK|0|S2. South Islet} and {@adventure S3|SCC-CK|0|S3. Central Islet}) where the characters can collect spell components for Professor Lang.",
"A {@creature swarm of poisonous snakes} nests on this island. It attacks when a character sets foot on this islet, though the snakes disperse and flee if the swarm is reduced to 5 hit points or fewer."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "S7. Underwater Spring",
"page": 94,
"id": "230",
"entries": [
{
"type": "insetReadaloud",
"id": "231",
"entries": [
"A steady, burbling flow of water disturbs the surface of the swamp just to the north of this small islet."
]
},
"An underground spring flows here. If the characters are quiet for a moment when they are within 20 feet of this area, they can hear the spring burbling (and tell which direction the sound is coming from).",
"After the characters arrive in this area, have each of them make a DC 16 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check. Those who succeed notice the waters in this area rippling unnaturally. The muddy Sedgemoor waters suddenly spray into the sky like a geyser and a mighty chittering echoes throughout the swamp. A {@creature giant scorpion}, corrupted by the same menace the characters are hoping to stop, was lurking here to ambush prey. If all the characters failed the Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) checks, the scorpion has advantage on its first attack roll against each of those characters. The scorpion is berserk and fights to the death.",
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Clearing the Waters",
"page": 94,
"id": "232",
"entries": [
"With the scorpion defeated, the characters must pour their {@item Holy Water (flask)|PHB|holy water} from Professor Totsky into the spring. When they do, the liquid from Totsky's flask purifies the spring, ending the threat of corruption."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Murgaxor's Journal",
"page": 94,
"id": "233",
"entries": [
"If you're running all four adventures in this book as a campaign, a character spots a small, oilskin-wrapped journal sitting atop a small stump. Water damage has rendered much of the journal unreadable, but what remains reveals sinister thoughts. It's clear that some nefarious personality has been experimenting with life-draining magic in the marsh and has been doing so for some time.",
"The journal belonged to the evil {@creature Murgaxor|SCC}; it slipped out of his pocket while he practiced the corrupting magic that caused this academic year's mishaps. The journal notes that {@creature Murgaxor|SCC}'s last step in this scheme involved the Rose Stage Festival, so it's clear he has no more immediate plans to threaten campus. However, this isn't the end of his villainy\u2014the true extent becomes clear in later adventures.",
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},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "End of the Year",
"page": 95,
"id": "234",
"entries": [
"After the characters complete their investigation of the Sedgemoor spring, no more significant events happen before the end of the year. Wrap up any ongoing roleplaying scenes or Relationship interests the characters are pursuing this academic year.",
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Campus Heroes",
"page": 95,
"id": "235",
"entries": [
"Thanks to the central role they played in dealing with the outbreaks of kerfuffles, the characters have become well known across the entire campus. Professors thank them for their bravery, and the characters are named Students of the Year in a lavish ceremony on the central campus attended by their Friends, Rivals, and Beloveds, as well as any professors they've encountered this academic year. They're also vaunted in the {@i Strixhaven Star} newspaper as heroes. Feel free to use additional roleplaying scenes and other details to reinforce how the characters' actions have made a name for them!"
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"type": "section",
"name": "Advance to 4th Level!",
"page": 95,
"id": "236",
"entries": [
"Each character advances to 4th level at the end of this adventure."
]
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
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