Spheres of Devastation accounts for a masterful soul journey into planar dimensions which run parallel to our own, connecting to the Maergzjiran current. As sorcery is also abundant in these realms, common rites native to each of these individual planes have been documented for use along with the application of connecting your ritual space to the energetic cores of these alternate dimensions. Within this grimoire, you will find rites previously found only in the realms beyond our own. The means to open the Dark Gate, and other associated planes is contained herein. Learn how to channel the planar energies, and unleash 39 rituals unique to the realms. One of, if not the, most interesting possible antagonists/BBEGs in GoS while being the least developed, Granny Nightshade makes for a great threat whether she's involved in the plot or is simply a looming ever-present threat and boogeyman for the area.

Various side quests can be made concerning Seaton's ongoing fight with Granny Nightshade's forces. Perhaps another adventuring party is missing, or a squad of highly trained soldiers, monster hunters, or a party led by a noble's heir. Maybe a new, terrifying creature has been seen that requires more muscle than a normal soldier has to deal with. Or the soldiers are losing their nerve coming face-to-face with the undead forms of dead companions. Horses are the only animals that do not turn into Beasts when killed by Liches; instead, they turn into the skeleton horses that the Dread Knights can mount.Chomper · Hot Rod Chomper · Toxic Chomper · Fire Chomper · Power Chomper · Count Chompula · Armor Chomper · Chomp Thing · Yeti Chomper · Disco Chomper · Unicorn Chomper · Twilight Chomper Peashooter · Fire Pea · Ice Pea · Toxic Pea · Commando Pea · Agent Pea · Law Pea · Berry Shooter · Plasma Pea I think the movie "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" is a great for a variety of reasons, but the designs and motivations of the witches in that movie could give some good inspiration for Granny Nightshade and her baronesses! There are Magic: The Gathering sets, particularly the recent Innistrad releases, that can provide a lot of inspiration for themes and monsters of the Dreadwood as well. Potato Mine · Garlic Drone · Tallnut Battlement · Potato Nugget Mine · Artichoke Drone · Iron Maiden Bonk Choy · Pea Cannon · Gatling Pea · Lightning Reed · Scaredy-shroom · Fume-shroom · Goop-shroom · Doom-shroom · Ice-shroom · Toxic Gloom-shroom · Bamboo Shoot · Snap Dragon · Heal Flower

As the series wore on, the writers broadened his character and nature a little more so it was unavoidable but to side with him- even agree with his nastiest ideas. Scuttlers are the only Dread servant to not drop bones or Dread Shards; while the former can be explained by the fact that they are arthropods, there is a bit of confusion surrounding the latter. In the heavily-patrolled Outer Fringe the threats are what one may expect from any other untamed forest: beasts such as wolves, bandits, and more powerful monstrosities such as owlbears. One may come across royal ranger patrols or squads of wood elves keeping the area safe.Thanks for reading, hope it helps, and let me know how you used Granny Nightshade in your game or ask any questions you may have! In this section you will find upcoming work from a multitude of authors. Most of the authors here will be Tower Masters, or the work being published will be authorized by the publishing wing of the Temple. If you wish to have your work examined for a possible future publication, reach out to the publishing side of the Temple. No set dates for publishing the information below is available, as things can change. The important thing is that quality work ends up in the hands of the readers. Middle Reaches: Bright light only extends out to 20 feet from magical or nonmagical sources. The normal range of bright light beyond that range is reduced to dim light while dim light is reduced to darkness. Sanctioned and approved Cabal literature fromMaster of Atrophy, Var Von Brennos. In this expanded and revised grimoire, one learns how to take command of a necropolis, form an army of spirits, invoke powers of undeath, and claim one's place as the Gravelord; the undisputed master of that death field. Var Von Brennos, has also authored the widely popular vampiric grimoire,"Liber Hirudo: The Book of the Leech". I'll end the post here, though I feel like there's a ton I'm forgetting. I feel like I could keep going on about the possibilities of the green dragon and death knight as well as flavoring other monsters haha. If you notice something as far as information of a section type goes, let me know! I spent about 3 hours on this, so hopefully it looks alright and is as, if not more, informative that my NPC posts. Also let me know if the format should change! I wanted to do something different than the NPC posts, but I'm certainly open to changing things for the next posts.

Granny Nightshade is terror incarnate for the people who live in the Saltmarsh area as she literally controls nightmares and the creatures of the Shadowfell. If a party is tasked with or wanting to end her reign, they are in for quite a difficult and horrifying adventure. Pea Cannon · Pea Repeater · Gatling Pea · Bonk Choy · Scaredy-shroom · Heal Flower · Fume-shroom · Goop-shroom · Snap Dragon · Ice-shroom · Doom-shroom · Ice Peashooter · Fire Peashooter · Bamboo Shoot · Laser Bean Sunflower · Mystic Flower · Power Flower · Fire Flower · Shadow Flower · Metal Petal · Sun Pharaoh · Alien Flower · Vampire Flower · Stuffy FlowerI plan on using this reference for the Nightshade Queen's presented form, while this one is for her true form corrupted by the Hells and the Shadowfell.

Don't forget to flesh out what's going on in the Shadowfell Dreadwood. Castle Spiral exists in both planes so no matter what you do with the Material Plane, that's only half of Granny Nightshade's dominion! Her rule could extend further in the Shadowfell than on the Material Plane, or perhaps she's constantly devoting resources to keeping Shadowfell enemies at bay so she can't focus too much on expanding her Material Plane rule. The Left Hand is both a grimoire that breaks down the rites and spells of many commonly sought after foci for those who come to the mystic path as it also details working with Demons and Spirits, accounts the exile of the Blighted Lords, exposes the truth of the Judeo-Chrisitian-Islamic hypocrisy, heresy, mass murder, and control beside the governmental tyranny and religious profiling that is plaguing walkers of the Old Ways. This tome has some of Somnus Dreadwood’s personal philosophies about the political/social/religious state of the world and with the loss of freedoms how our sect of the spiritual spectrum will soon be targeted by another new Inquisition. This tome also details his communications between Cernobog, Satan, Asmodeus, and Zazazel. Herein given is the component formula and vampiric ritual that he used to save his father's life.On the Dreadwood encounter table there is an adult green dragon. Is it in league with Granny Nightshade? Is it in disguise? Does it seek to overthrow the hag and take her rule as its own, or simply want her gone? This could lead to an uneasy but perhaps necessary alliance for a party to try to take her down, but green dragons are not known for being incredibly trustworthy... While most may equate mummies with Ancient Egypt, mummification can be found all over the world and provide great inspiration for different versions of the creature. For the Dreadwood I think bog bodies would be a great fit, and offer some unique and potentially terrifying encounters for a party not expecting such an encounter. On the other hand, in my world there are elves that willingly go through a ritual sacrifice of themselves to become a sort of benevolent, protective undead by casting their dying bodies into a ritually prepared peat bog, emerging after a time looking like a bog body. The mummies in the Dreadwood could be something like this, working alongside the wood elves rather than for Granny Nightshade. How many "sections" the Dreadwood has is up to you and determines how many green hag baronesses rule under Granny Nightshade. I'd think that five may be the absolute lowest, and having twenty-three to equal the elite oni guard would also make sense with the oni acting as informants and personal guards for each baroness, reporting on their activities and loyalty to Granny Nightshade. Perhaps some or all of the baronesses joint-rule three sections in a coven, with their coven specialty affecting the landscape of their section. Volo's Guide to Monsters lists Death, Prophecy, and Nature, but you can pretty easily make more and change the coven spells to fit the theme, perhaps borrowing themes from Cleric Domains. The baronesses may also be Granny Nightshade's daughters. Written by the Master of the Tower of Atrophy, Charnel Whispers enlightens the soul in various means. Of these, the most potent and crucial is that of using "whispers". The Cabal's utilization of whispers almost fully removes the need for ritual components in all manner of rites. Using the most carnal and spiritually powerful parts of the Disciple's soul, all arts of necromancy are manifested before you. Air Ron · Best Fishing Friend™️ · Bingo-Bongo · Brian · Corny Corn · Dandelion · Exposition Al · Gilly the Kid · Harmela · Land Phil · Major Sweetie · Mark · Mike · Sergeant Peel · Sir Crustworthy · Sir Victor-Ian · Tenderleaf · Tumbleweed Ted · Vivian