Winter’s Daughter: Cairn Notes
Outside the Mound
Random Events
• Gazing at the violet-eyed owl: save WIL
to avoid fainting.
• Gust of wind: DEX save to avoid taking 1
STR damage.
1. Approaching the Burial Mound
• Run as written.
2. Sacrifice at the Whything Stones
• Run as written except for the Drunes
here. Their possessions are the same;
see below on staves and Spellbooks.
• Briar-Anne: 4HP, 15 WIL
Hooded Men (aka Drunes)
12 HP, 9 STR, 12 DEX, 14 WIL, staff
wreathed in green flame (d8), Spellbooks:
• Charm Person: Target sees caster as a
friend until they succeed a WIL save.
• Hold Person: Target is paralyzed until
they succeed a WIL save. Undead are
not affected.
• Magic Missile: A bolt of arcane green
energy that causes d6 damage, ignoring
mundane armor.
• Topple Dolmen: A dolmen begins to glow
eerily, then levitates from the circle and
topples onto a spot within 30', doing 4d6
Blast damage on a failed DEX save (they
move quite slowly).
On Death
• On death their bodies turn to ash,
leaving only a cloak and staff which reek
of arcane energies.
• 1d4 Spellbooks can be recovered from
the ashes of one of their corpses.
• Touching the staff for the first time
causes 1d4 WIL damage. Survivors have
power over the staff, which allows the
bearer to hear the thoughts of others.
3. Tomb Entrance
Door
• Two normal PCs must make a successful
STR save per attempt to move the slab.
• Breaking the slab is easier provided the
PCs have the equipment and time (see
notes about the noise).
4. A Hole in the Earth
• DEX save to avoid being heard by the
worms.
The Burial Mound
5. Hall of Guardians
Religious Objects
4 HP, 1 Armor, bash (1d4)
• Any PC with obvious ill-intent is
immediately attacked.
• On death, a cloud of mould spores erupt.
Anyone nearby must make a STR save or
suffer 1 STR damage and become
paralyzed by choking for one round.
6. Blindfolded Statue
• Run as written.
7. Freezing Mirror
Full-Length Mirror
• WIL save to pass in front without
becoming paralyzed.
• Unfreezing people can include Cure
Wounds (restore 1d4 STR per day to a
creature you can touch).
8. Family Crypt
Floating Skeletons
10 HP, 5 WIL, 8 STR, 13 DEX, claws (1d4)
• Can fly and are unaffected by charms or
mind control.
• Any melee weapon that makes contact
with the Skeleton becomes momentarily
weightless (next attack is impaired).
9. Chapel of St. Sedge
• Run as written.
10. Abandoned Priest's Quarters
3 Wormtongues
4 HP, 1 Armor, acid bite (1d4)
• Critical damage: acid eats at flesh and
clothing. Lose 1 STR per round until
washed off.
A Loose Flagstone
• Any thorough search will discover the
loose flagstone.
• Poison needle trap: suffer 1d4 STR
damage and fall unconscious for 1d12
minutes.
• Hold Person: Target is paralyzed until they
succeed a WIL save. Undead are not
affected. See rules for Scrolls in the SRD.
• Holy wafers: Anyone eating a single wafer
provides an immense sense of well-
being and peace. Eating three or more
causes the person to fall into a deep sleep
for 1d4 hours.
11. Statues With Weapons Dolmenwood Goblin
7 Statues of Footmen 4 HP, 1 Armor, 8 STR, 11 DEX, 8 WIL, spear
• The longsword is two-handed and does (d6), Spells (once per day):
d8+d8 damage. • Charm Person: Target sees caster as a
• Mace/spear: d8 damage; the rest do d10. friend until they succeed a WIL save.
Mould-Patched Walls • Darkness: Creates a shroud of magical
• Raises a cloud of spores. Everyone darkness in a 15' radius.
within 10' makes a WIL save or suffer 1d4 • Sleep: A creature you can see falls into a
STR damage and be stricken with light sleep.
violent coughing and choking for 1 turn. • Phantasmal Force: You create a convincing
illusion in the mind of a living creature,
12. Hall of Hounds stimulating sound, touch, and
Stone Hounds temperature as if it were real. A WIL
16 HP, 3 Armor, 16 STR, 12 DEX, 1 WIL, save is required to break the vision.
bite (1d8) • Pouch of Limitless Fungi: as written.
• Chained (can't leave the room).
17. Fairy Kitchen
• Only harmed by magic. Unaffected by
charms or mind control. Frost Elf Cooks
8 HP, 9 STR, 13 DEX, 12 WIL, knife (d6),
13. The Knight's Tomb rolling pin (d4)
The Ghost of Sir Chyde 18. Wedding Feast
18 HP, 3 Armor, 14 STR, 16 DEX, 18 WIL,
aging touch (1d6) Frost Elf Guards and Knights
• Abilities as written. 11 HP, 2 Armor, 8 STR, 13 DEX, 14 WIL,
spear or lance (d8)
Stone Coffer
Ring of Soul-Binding: as written; unwilling Frost Elf Nobles
must make a WIL save 11 HP, 1 Armor, 8 STR, 13 DEX, 14 WIL,
icicle dagger (d6), a Spellbook (see below):
14. Warded Pool. • Sleep: A creature you can see falls into a
• Run as written. light sleep.
• Hold Person: Target is paralyzed until
The Fairy Prison they succeed a WIL save. Undead are not
affected.
Random Events
19. The Princess's Bedchamber
Frost Elf Knights Princess Snowfall-at-Dusk
• See Frost Elf Knights. 16 HP, 1 Armor, 8 STR, 15 DEX, 16 WIL,
Goblin Sleigh-rider icicle dagger (d6), Spellbooks :
• See Dolmenwood Goblin. • Charm Person: Target sees caster as a
friend until they succeed a WIL save.
Winter wolves
5 HP, 14 STR, 12 DEX, bite (d8) • Sleep: A creature you can see falls into a
light sleep.
15. Tower on a Frozen Lake • Hold Person: Target is paralyzed until
• Run as written they succeed a WIL save. Undead are not
affected.
16. Entrance Hall • Invisibility: Target is completely invisible
to non-magical creatures until they
Dolmenwood Troll attack.
14 HP, 2 Armor, 17 STR, 9 DEX, 12 WIL,
moss fists (d10)
• Moss growth: as written.
• Regeneration: regains 3hp per round,
and even severed limbs are reattached.
If killed, will regenerate and fight again
in 2d6 minutes.