CAPTOR OF NAHUATL

5e adventure
 AUTHOR'S NOTE Important: The corrupted guardian is the drifting
priest, luring the adventurers into letting him in the
tomb, since he was banished by Nahuatl, in the last effort
This adventure one-shot uses terminology of the world of
Prsh'Un, a homebrew world and its setting created by prior her imprisonment.
MikWewa RPG creators. Apart from naming, this release
is perfectly usable in any 5e campaign. We recommend DIVINE DIE
playing our adventures using MikWewa's hand drawn Passive ability to sow the God's mercy in the time of
maps, which you will find inside this document and need
separately. Chosen One can reroll the 1s and 2s and use the
latter result.
BACKGROUND Player cannot reroll the divine die (result), but can
use the feat infinite number of times.
The adventure begins in a tavern on the outskirts of The feat works in the presence (30 ft.) of the divine
Dyketown, a desert town with strategic importance since source.
the aqueducts with river Adri's water are being Feat doesn't work if the player is incapacitated or
maintained here. Built on the important trade unconscious
intersection, Dyketown attracts passengers, traders,
adventurers and wanderers of all races and classes. Our
adventurers are resting after a long campaign and
carelessly eating, drinking, playing cards and dice.
Suddenly, a hooded figure enters the tavern and
approaches the adventurers. By the looks of local
residents, the drifter is well known in the area, offering
impossible loot for seemingly no effort at all.
Will a promise of great fortune be a locomotion for the
adventurers? Will somebody in the party sense great TEMPLE OF NAHUATL
power in the drifter priest? What lies beyond "some
irrelevant cave out there"?
ADVENTURE HOOK
Drifter says that the legendary Spear of Nahuatl lies
deep in the temple in a cave not far from Dyketown. He
offers help and guidance under one condition - party has
to bring the drifter along.
GM PREPARATION
The adventure hook is actually tied to one player in the
party. An ancient entity known as goddess Nahuatl is
imprisoned by her most powerful servant - the once loyal
guardian succumbed to corruption - a divine snake
Couatl. She performs a variant of Scrying Spell of the
wide area in the search for the one who will free her
from her astral prison. Few examples:
Clerics are naturally close to divinity, while
channeling healing spells and rituals
Paladins are regarded as guards of Gods, calling the
Divine for intervention and guidance
Rangers and druids are tied with Nature, channeling
its power and understanding its laws
Sorcerers and warlocks draw their power from the
Source or Patrons, which can often be interpreted as
divine power
You can hook any player to be the chosen One,
granting them (for the duration of the adventure) Divine
Die, a feat-like passive ability (explained below). Scrying
is casted on the chosen player who is approached by the
ragged priest.

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ACT 1
To begin the adventure, read to players:
First days of spring are extremely hot and humid in these
areas. You play cards and dice with locals, washing the
sand and mud from your souls with the swig of a strong
local ale. From the kitchen in the back, mouth watering
smell entangles your senses, while a jolly innkeeper
pours brown ale into your horns. Suddenly, hair on your
back stiffs, as it catches the draft of the suddenly opened
doors. Inertly, the whole inn went an octave quieter as
the ragged figure approached your table.
A hooded priest seems to be well-known in the tavern,
which shortly went back to its normal dynamics. A
character with passive Perception 14 will notice that
drifter intendedly came to your table, although his walk
and apparel suggested otherwise. Read aloud:
INSIDE OF THE DYKETOWN TAVERN
The figure was drawn to your table, or to the cold drink
on it. He sauntered and grabbed the horn, gulping it
greedily. Filthy hood slid from his head revealing finger-
thick lumps of dead hair on top of paper-thin skin
stretched over the skull. If there weren't for skin, you
could've sworn it was an undead who drank your ale in
one giant swig. He brushed the cracked lips with the
patched sleeve of his robe, grinned and revealed a full
mouth of greenish-yellow teeth.
He reveals himself as the last priest of the temple of
Nahuatl, a forgotten goddess of fertility and crops. He
explained that the desert swallowed the Temple of
Nahuatl with the valuable loot in it, most notably Spear
of Nahuatl. He doesn't seem to know his own name.
FLAVOR
If the party chooses to get him his own drink, the
innkeeper will remark that "he begged way too
many drinks from strangers".
If they ask him why he keeps serving him, he will
shrug and tell that he "felt sorry for him".
The few regulars tell the party that sometimes he
persuades adventurers to follow him, which is "bad
for business", since they're obviously annoyed and
leave Dyketown, never to return again.
The drifter is fixed to the chosen player and tells them
that only he knows how to enter the cave and its tunnels.
If the party chooses to ask around town, residents will
confirm the existence of "some irrelevant cave" and wave
them away.
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 ACT 2
Read to players:
Few hours south of Dyketown, the sun emerges from the
lone mountain and makes you realize that you have
traveled in its shade for a while now. On its feet, a small
cave entrance didn't stand out by any means - if the
drifter didn't point it out to you, you would've missed it. A
rubble of immovable, sun-burnt rocks blocked the way in.
Facing the cave entrance, any player possessing the
magic essence will shiver, realizing that they are facing
the arcane seal, unbroken for over a millennia.
Intelligence (Arcana) check of 20 and more will reveal
that the blood price (1 permanent HP) is required to be
paid to enter. Any investigation checks below the
threshold will reveal little to none. If the check is met, the
drifter disappears.
If not, the drifter reveals that he is the key to enter the
cave. He politely asks each one of the players for a tiny
drop of blood to perform the ritual. Urge the chosen
player (play the "God forced you" card) into accepting the
offer.
Read aloud:
Old priest instructed you to place your hands on his back.
You felt the strange energy flowing through your bodies.
As the famished figure touched the stones of the ancient
cave, you feel the stench of a thousand-old
decompression. Thick air of decay and ancient cavern
fungus burned your nostrils and flooded your lungs.
Constitution check of 20 is required to withstand the
blow and remain conscious just enough to see the drifter
cackling and disappearing in the cave before fainting.
Otherwise, players fell unconscious and woke up in the
same place, their inventory intact.
ACT 3
Read to the players:
Your head is throbbing with pain of broken glass shaken
inside your skull. You lost track of time, yet the sun is still
high above your heads. Eternal shade of the mysterious
cavern offers sweet escape from the desert heat. You
know you have to enter.
Cave is dark and players can find dried out torches along
the walls. Cavern tunnels are obviously man-made and
well-maintained back in their days. Long-dormant Cavern
fungus infests the majority of the walls and is poisonous
on touch. Read to the players:
You hear the faint clicking sound, as if a pouch full of
bones was rattled by a child. You discover skeletons
whose bones are infested with a brownish-green moss-
like layer of slimy fungus. They seem disoriented and
often run into each other.
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FLAVOR
Due to blood given to Drifter or paying the price of
entrance, any attempt of leaving the cavern causes
serious damage to the nervous system. If a player
tries to leave the cave, every 5 ft. of movement they
suffer 5d4 Psychic damage.
Every time a player touches the walls with fungus, it
deals 1d4 poison damage + previous contact damage.
(i.e if a player touched walls 3 times, they suffer 1d4
+ 2 previous damage rolls).
Fungus can be collected with Herbalism roll of 15
and stored in the vial for further inspection.
Along the cavern, fungus-infected guards patrol the area.
They have been long dormant and players have
advantage on initiative rolls against them.
Perception (Wisdom) check of 15 and one minute of
observing is required to realize that skeletons don't see
past 5 feet, thus the poor navigation in the caverns. Also,
the check reveals that they often rub themselves on the
cavern walls.
Nature (Intelligence) check of 12 is necessary to reveal
the skeletons' weakness to fire damage.
Skeletons patrol in the groups of 4. Total group count
is 5. Every time a party interacts with cavern fungus,
skeletons will find them. Roll the initiative.
INFECTED GUARD
Medium undead, unaligned
Armor Class 13 (armor scraps)
Hit Points 19 (3d8 + 6)
Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
12 (+1) 13 (+1) 14 (+2) 6 (-2) 6 (-2) 5 (-3)
Damage Vulnerabilities Bludgeoning, Fire
Damage Immunities Poison
Condition Immunities Sleep, Charm, Exhaustion, Poisoned
Senses Darkvision 5 ft., Passive Perception 8
Languages Understands all languages it knew in life but
can't speak
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)
Icky Bones. Fungus on guard's bones inflict the 1d4 poison
damage on touch. Damage stacks with Cavern Fungus
damage count.
ACTIONS
Spear. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
target. Hit: 5 (1d8+1) piercing damage.
Body Check. Infected guard attempts to push and pin the
target on the wall. DC 11 Dexterity check is required to
evade the guard. DC 11 Strength check is required to
push them away, receiving contact damage anyway.
ACT 4
After the party found their way through the cavern
(defeating all infected guards is optional), they reach the
large stone stairs that lead into the temple bridge. Read
the following:
Tired and feeling ill, you are drawn into the large opening
in the cavern. The bridge over the feyish-blue water leads
to the dazzling glory of the Temple of Nahuatl. The
goddess of fertility opens her arms, inviting you to bathe
in sunlight and warm waters. After your eyes adapt, you
realize there is no sun and water reeks of millennial
decay. On top of the large ornate gate, the Drifter sits, his
legs happily swinging in the air. He smiles and points his
arms toward you, saying in deep voice: "Allow me, my
friends, as I require you at your prime."
Drifter somehow redirected all the light at the party, fully
resting them and replenished their expended spell slots.
He disappeared from the ornate gate. Perception
(Wisdom) check of 17 will catch the glimpse of him at
the top of the narrow temple stairs, red with ancient
dried blood.
A break of dim light hits the bridge and reveals 4
Nahuatl Devotees, guards with strange glow in their
chest, armed with fragile spears. Each Devotee's glow is
of a different color: red, blue, yellow, white. On top of the
stairs behind them sits the Drifter, watching you with a
grin on his skinny face. Devotees point the spears to the
adventurers and assume the battle stance. Roll the
initiative.
After the Nahualt Devotees are defeated, their glow
remains intact. Intelligence (Arcana) Check or 17 is
required to deduct that the glowing orb within them must
be destroyed by magical force (listed in the table below).
If not destroyed, it can be called upon as a Soul Gift and
buff the Drifter.
COLOR TYPE TO DESTROY
Red Water
Blue Air
Yellow Radiant
White Necro
GM TIPS
Nahuatl Devotees aren't strong nor challenging. But
if they manage to break the tip of the spear into the
players, the final fight is considerably harder.
Nudge the chosen player in the right direction when
it comes to destroying the orbs, making the final
fight much easier.
NAHUATL DEVOTEE
Medium Humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 13 (hide armor)
Hit Points 22 (4d8 + 4)
Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
12 (+1) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 9 (-1) 10 (+0) 9 (-1)
Skills Religion + 1
Senses Passive Perception 10
Languages any one language (speaks), celestial
(understands)
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
Devotion. Nahuatl devotee has advantage on attack rolls,
skill checks and saving throws if the object of their
devotion is within 30 ft. The buff doesn't apply if
devotee is incapacitated.
Soul Gift. Nahuatl devotee can be called by their God to
sacrifice themself, becoming undead. Undead devotee
crumbles to bonedust after 1 turn.
Battle Scry. Nahuatl devotee enters the trance and
becomes incapacitated for one turn, used as medium
by their God to cast Scrying spell.
ACTIONS
Brittle Spear Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
one target. Hit: 5 (1d8+2) piercing damage. Upon
successful hit, Nahuatl Devotee decides whether to
break the speartop in the target, rendering weapon
unusable and causing Splinter Curse (see below).
Devotee cannot break the spear if turned undead.
SPLINTER CURSE
Debuff
Casting Time: instantaneous
Range: Melee
Components: M
Duration: 1 hour
Effect: Cursed terget deducts 1d4 die from all rolls
You feel a tip of the spear moving under your skin,
causing the target unable to fully focus on battle.
A remove curse spell ends this effect. Medicine
(Intelligence) check of 20 is required to surgically remove
the shrapnels from under the skin.
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 FINAL ACT
Read to the players:
Shaken but alive, you seek the exit from this damned
cave. Before your eyes, Drifter turned into something
sublime. A dazzling display of divine perfection dances in
front of your eyes. An angel in the smooth body of a large
snake floats a few feet from the ground. Nothing or no
one spoke, yet you hear the voice inside your minds:
"Thank you for your bravery, my saviors. Come, claim
your reward." This must be a goddess. This is HER. As
you slowly approach the divinity, you feel the strong
resistance, as if someone is trying to stop you. [YOUR
CHOSEN PLAYER'S NAME] is standing between you
and your prize. Why the hell would they do that to you?
Why would they betray their friends?
The chosen player sees the Coatl as it is, withered body
and skinless wings corrupted to the core and shrouded in
rotting darkness, pained by millennia of drifting the
barren lands, trying to enter the cavern. Successful DC
10 Strength check knocks one charmed player to the
ground, breaking their enchantment.
The silky angelic voice turns to bestial growling,
corroding their minds. The corrupted entity
congratulates the players on unsealing the tomb and
letting him in.
"The only thing left of my goddess to devour is within
you, her champion!" Couatl's raspy growl echoed in your
mind while pointing at the chosen player. The only thing
left is to fight this monster, and defeat the captor of
Nahuatl once and for all.
Roll the last initiative.
1D4 ORBS SOUL GIFT BUFF
1. Red Resistance to Elements
2. Blue Advantage on Saving Throws
3. Yellow 10 hp/turn regen
4. White Action Surge
EPILOGUE
When the Corrupted Couatl is defeated, from his bones
rises the Goddess Nahuatl and bestows blessing on the
party. She tells the players that she needs to rest and
regain strength to rejuvenate the barren lands around
her.
Award the party with one item from Magic Table G
each (DMG, pg. 147) and 5000 gp. They deserved it.
Thanks for playing!
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CORRUPTED COUATL
Medium celestial, chaotic evil
Armor Class 19 (natural armor)
Hit Points 97 (13d8 + 39)
Speed 30 ft., fly 90 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
16 (+3) 20 (+5) 17 (+3) 18 (+4) 20 (+5) 16 (+3)
Saving Throws Con +5, Wis +7, Cha +6
Damage Resistances radiant
Damage Immunities psychic; bludgeoning, piercing, and
slashing from nonmagical attacks
Senses truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages all, telepathy 120 ft
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Innate Spellcasting. The corrupted couatl’s spellcasting
ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). It can innately
cast the following spells, requiring only verbal
components:
At will: detect evil and good, detect magic, detect
thoughts
3/day each: bestow curse, dispel good, inflict moderate
wounds, lesser restoration, protection from poison,
sanctuary, shield
1/day each: dream, greater restoration, scrying
Magic Weapons. The couatl’s weapon attacks are
magical.
Shielded Mind. The couatl is immune to scrying and to
any effect that would sense its emotions, read its
thoughts, or detect its location.
ACTIONS
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack. +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
creature. Hit: 8 (1d6 + 5) piercing damage, and the target
must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or
be poisoned for 24 hours. Until this poison ends, the
target is unconscious. Another creature can use an
action to shake the target awake.
Constrict. Melee Weapon Attack. +6 to hit, reach 10 ft.,
one Medium or smaller creature. Hit:10 (2d6 + 3)
bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape
DC 15). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained,
and the couatl can’t constrict another target.
LAIR ACTIONS
Every round, at initiative 20, Corrupted Coatl can take a
following lair action:
Claim Soul Gift. Corrupted Couatl magically calls the
soul of the servants of Nahuatl to his aid. If the orbs
aren't destroyed, he absorbs one random orb from the
Nahuatl Devotees, gaining the buff listed in the table
below (roll 1d4). After an Orb is consumed, Nahuatl
Devotee turns to undead for 1 Turn. If the orbs are
destroyed, Corrupted Couatl cannot perform Lair Action.

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