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Deepwood Memorial Two Page Mini Delves

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 Deepwood Memorial
The PCs are sent to the long forgotten memorial of an Elven civil war
Hook:
The main hook of this mini delve should revolve around
the library (Area 7).
 There is a possible elven civil war brewing, and PCs
need to remind the elves of the cost of civil war by
bringing the records from the library.
 A sage has learned of the memorial, and will pay the PCs
to retrieve the records.
 The PCs hear a (false) rumor that there are powerful spell
books stored in the library.
 The PCs stumble upon the location, and realize the value
of the ancient books and records.
Background:
Millennia ago, in a time remembered nowhere but in long
forgotten books, there was an elven civil war in the
Deepwood. It began as a land feud between two elven
houses and raged for 103 years. Both sides suffered many
casualties. Finally, a great king rose to power and brought
an end to the war. To be sure future generations did not
forget the cost of civil war, the king had a memorial built
as a reminder of the price paid in blood. When the king
died, he too was entombed in this memorial, in a secret
chamber. The memorial has been abandoned by the elves
for hundreds of years now. Since then, it has been looted
and defaced by various vandals. Recently, a collapse in one
of the rooms exposed a nearby cave system, and
subsequently an Owlbear has made its nest here with its
young.
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Area 1: Entrance
The entrance is heavily obscured by vines and other
growth, barely visible. Statues of two elven soldiers stand
near the door, also overgrown by vines. One of them is
missing an arm. Most of the paint has chipped and worn
off, but closer inspection reveals that one of the statues has
a brown cloak, and one a green. The front door bears a
heavy rusted chain whose lock has been broken off.
Area 2: Foyer
Two statues stand in this room, one with arms outstretched,
and one kneeling with weapons lying at its side. An
Intelligence (Easy DC) check reveals them to be statues of
“Peace” and “Forgiveness.” The huge dust coated carved
wooden doors have no locks on them. The carved relief is
of two elves reaching out to one another.
Area 3: Main Hall
There is an alcove in the hall with a tiered rack. On the rack
hang several heavily tarnished magical headbands, only 4
of which still function. More lay bent or broken around the
racks. By wearing a headband, characters can hear a
“recorded” voice in their head (speaking in Elven) that
gives them a “tour” of the memorial. The exact text of the
voice is up to the DM, but should include the room name,
and some background on the memorial’s original purpose.
The hall features doors to Area 5 (no lock), Area 8 (no
lock), and Area 7 (locked). To get through the door to Area
7, characters must either use Thieves’ Tools (Moderate
DC) to unlock the door, the Knock spell, or make a
Strength Check (Difficult DC) to break it open. The door
is also trapped.
Special Features: Trap (Door to area 7: Library)
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 Trapped Door Magic Trap
The door rejects your tampering with a thunderous boom
This otherwise ordinary looking door has been trapped
against tampering. It resets itself automatically. Any
creature that unsuccessfully tries to pick the lock using
Thieves’ Tools, uses the Knock spell, or tries to break it
open will trigger the trap.
A Detect Magic spell can detect the trap, and it can be
disabled by standing directly in front of the door, and
making a successful Arcana check (Hard DC). An
unsuccessful attempt to disarm the trap in this manner will
also trigger the trap.
When the trap goes off, it casts Thunderwave outwards
(PHB pp. 282-283). Adjust the “Spell Slot” level of the
spell and the Save DC according to the Party Level.
Area 4: Tomb of Elon (the Green General)
A sarcophagus stands on a dais. Painted on the lid is the
(heavily faded) likeness of a stern elven man wearing a
green cloak. A Strength check (Easy DC) will open the
sarcophagus. It contains a body long ago stripped of
anything valuable. There are several benches along the
walls.
Area 5: Memorial Hall
Thousands of names are carved (in elven) all over the walls
of this room. The letters stand less than an inch tall; they
are the names of elves killed in the war. There are also
names roughly carved over many of the original names in
goblin and orc. Several areas of the walls are missing or
cracked. The eastern wall of this hall has a secret door to
Area 6. It can be noticed with a Difficult DC Perception
check, or if the characters are specifically looking for a
secret door, the check is Investigation, with a Moderate
DC.
Special Features: Secret door
Area 6: Tomb of Sylvanius (the King)
The door to this tomb opens with a hiss. The magical
headbands from Area 3 go silent if the characters enter this
area. Glowing runes bathe the hallway and crypt in bluish
light. No part of this crypt has signs of vandalism so
prevalent in the rest of the memorial. On the wall opposite
the entrance, there is a painting of an elven king standing
between two kneeling elf soldiers (History Easy DC; elven
generals). Characters will recognize the kneeling elves as
the ones depicted on the sarcophagus lids in the other
tombs. A sarcophagus stands on a dais in the middle of the
room. On it is carved in glowing runes (elven): He who
disturbs a king shall suffer a king’s wrath. Characters
approaching the dais will notice the words grow brighter.
Opening the sarcophagus requires a DC Moderate Strength
check, though per the Help action rules (PHB 192), more
than one character can participate and gain advantage on
the roll. All characters involved in opening the sarcophagus
are subject to the Grave Robbers Curse:
A ghostly form appears above the sarcophagus you’ve just
opened. Its eyes glow with a malicious green fire that chills
your soul and weakens your body.
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Such characters have Disadvantage on all Dexterity based
skill checks, and are no longer proficient with Thieves’
Tools. This curse can be removed with the spell Remove
Curse.
Special Features: Grave Robber’s Curse; treasure
(magical crown/circlet/helm)
Area 7: Library
The room’s dead air smells musty. Most of the books in
this room lay in two piles, though some still sit on shelves.
Many of the books have had their pages ripped out. All of
the books are records and accounts of the civil war,
including the ancient history surrounding the war.
Area 8: Hall of Reflection
Against the north wall of this room is a sculpture depicting
an angry elf dealing a blow to another elf on her knees,
trying to protect an elven child. Whatever weapon the elf
had been holding has been broken off. Carved into the base
of the sculpture is the phrase “Remember the Cost” in
elven. In front of the sculpture is a stone bench that has
been broken in half.
There is also a pile of detritus in this room that a Nature
(Moderate DC) check will reveal is an Owlbear nest. The
Owlbear and its young will return while the PCs are in the
room. A collapse in the west wall reveals a cave that leads
outside. The Owlbear and its young have been using this
entrance.
Special Features: Combat (Owlbear and up to 6 young
Owlbears); Treasure (various jewelry found in the castings
and nest of the Owlbear, could include a magical pendant
and/or a damaged suit of magical armor on a half-eaten
corpse)
Area 9: Tomb of Vestivus (the Brown General)
The sarcophagus in this room stands open and empty. The
cracked lid depicts a sallow elven man in a brown cloak.
There are several benches along the walls.
Conclusion:
This mini delve stands on its own pretty well – it can quite
easily be a simple curiosity for the party to stumble across.
However, you can also consider the following questions to
make the memorial a more significant piece of your
campaign:
 Why was the sarcophagus of Vestivus (Area 9) empty?
 Why did the party’s employer want records from the
library?
 Did the party find out anything else revealing in the
library’s records?
 Trying to wear or sell the magical circlet/helm found in
Area 6 attracts long-lasting negative attention, especially
amongst elves – to any elf, it is obvious that the helm
belonged to an elven king, so they would be curious as
to how the character came to be in possession of it.
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 Appendix: How to use this document

This Two Page Mini Delve was designed to be used at any level
of play. As such, you (the DM) will have to do a little bit of
preparation work before the session to make it fit your group.
Party Size
This mini delve assumes that your party consists of 4-5
adventurers. If your party has more or less than that, you will
have to adjust the adventure accordingly.
Party Level
Whenever you see the term “Party Level,” this is the average of
all the character’s levels, rounded. It is assumed that the party
consists of characters of approximately the same level.
Monsters
Inserting monsters will be the biggest piece of preparation that
you will need to do. Fortunately, the combats in each Two Page
Mini Delve are not usually meant to be the focus of the delve.
This means that if a party handles the combat without too much
trouble, that’s not a huge issue. These are mini delves – not
campaign set pieces.
Each room or area that has a monster in it will have a note in
the “special” entry, like this:
Special: Combat (Undead)
The information presented in the parenthesis is there to give you
an idea about what type(s) of monster(s) should be involved in
the combat. (The overall story behind the delve will also help
you understand the type of monster you should insert.)
There are a few ways that you can “fill in the blank.”
You can use a tool like the excellent Donjon Monster List to
find an appropriate monster. This tool lets you sort monsters by
a variety of different factors to find something of the
appropriate level that closely matches what you’d like to insert:
http://donjon.bin.sh/5e/monsters/
You can also make use of “reskinning.” To reskin, you take an
existing monster of the correct level, and change one or two
things about it to make the monster you need. You can read
more about this technique in the section titled “Modifying a
Monster” on page 273 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Treasure
The easiest thing to insert into the delve is treasure. These
entries will give a treasure type, but nothing more, like this:
Special: Treasure (Ring)
It is usually up to you whether the treasure is something magical
or mundane (but worth gold), and whether those rewards will
be level appropriate or not. You are encouraged to use the
random treasure tables in Chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s
Guide (p. 133).
Scale
There is no grid on the map, and therefore no set scale to each
dungeon. You can usually tell how big things should be, but feel
free to scale things up and down as you see fit.
Damage
At times, a delve will use the words Standard Damage followed
by the word low, moderate, or high in parenthesis, and then a
space, like this:
Standard Damage (moderate) ___
This is in reference to the Monster Statistics by Challenge
Rating table in the Dungeon Master’s Guide, page 274. Simply
use the Party Level to find the correct table entry, and use the
Damage/Round column to pick a number from the given
damage range. Then, write the standard damage amount in the
space provided.
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Difficulty Class
To make this delve usable by any level group, no set DC
numbers are given. Instead, the words Easy, Moderate, and
Difficult denote what a particular DC should be set as. Use the
table below to find the correct DC for your party’s level.
Party Easy Moderate Difficult Save
Level
1-4 10 15 20 13*
5-8 10 15 20 14*
9-12 15 20 25 16*
13-16 15 20 25 18*
17-20 15 20 25 20*
*For groups at the lower end of the band, you may subtract up to 2 from the
Save DC, based upon how difficult you want an encounter to be.

Deepwood Memorial Two Page Mini Delves

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