Take a step into our tavern and unwind! Denton Wood and Nathan Elequin host a Q&A as we reflect on the challenges, triumphs, and lessons-learned from DMing "The Umbral Harbingers". In this we talk about encounter design, character arcs, empowering players, and other practical tips that Dungeon Masters may find helpful for their own campaigns.

Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS for The Umbral Harbingers!

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With Zennethor looming, the party descends into one final realm to face their impending deaths and dance with fate. The Umbral Harbingers Campaign Finale.

Content Warning (minor spoiler below):

This episode contains depictions of one or more characters physically killing themselves. It does not contain any serious decisions of suicide or suicidal ideation since it pertains strictly to the mechanics of the final encounter with Zennethor.

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As the party explores and hatches a scheme to save The City of Souls, their lives begin to fade away.

Visual Catalog (in order of appearance): 

The City of Souls

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As the group departs The Volheim Estate in a vessel bound for The City of Souls, they are joined by powerful guide with world-shattering insights to share. Then they make a daring descent and discover the elusive machinations of a city under a unique influence.

Visual Catalog (SPOILERS - in order of appearance): 

The Volheim Estate

Gareth

Count Lysander Volheim

The Duskmaven (Raven Queen)

The City of Souls

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The Festival of Shadows presses our players to sing, dance, and deceive their way to the final stages, where a terrifying truth is revealed. Then, an infecting influence forces the party to confront the evil inside of their friends and frenemies as the festival descends into chaos.

Visual Catalog (in order of appearance): 

The Volheim Estate 

Gareth 

Barnabas

Hilda 

Clara 

Beatriz 

Count Lysander Volheim 

Countess Ysabelle Volheim 

Cecilia 

(Spoiler): Inside the Glass Display Case

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As time ticks down to midnight, the group makes desperate plays to convince a Doctor, a Botanist, a Musician, and an Armorer to escort them to the Festival of Shadows. As they learn more about the vampires and their secrets, they don their own masks and enter the festivities, keen on qualifying for the final phase of the competition.

Visual Catalog (in order of appearance): 

The Volheim Estate 

Beatriz 

Gareth 

Hilda 

Tristan 

Minera 

Clara 

Edgar 

Cecilia 

Barnabas 

Count Lysander Volheim 

Countess Ysabelle Volheim 

Lavinia

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As the group signs a pact and steps into the gates of the The Volheim Estate, something amiss is in the air. With a special festival approaching at midnight and limited invitations for its esteemed guests, our heroes must scramble to find a date, steal an invite, or sneak their way into the festival ahead.

Visual Catalog (in order of appearance):

The Volheim Estate

Jacaunt

Barnabas

Count Lysander Volheim

Countess Ysabelle Volheim

Demitri

Lavinia

Gareth

Beatrice

Cecilia

Edgar

Tristan

Hilda

Clara

Minera

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As the group finds the Bone Rattler Basilisk asleep with the Glaive of Selúne in its grasp, they are contested by three unexpected guests and a silent race for the relic begins. Meanwhile, murmurs under the Temple of Ya’amket suggests that this building may not be as sturdy as it first appeared.

SPOILERS BELOW

Visual Catalog (in order of appearance):

Osiria

Temple of Ya’amket

Bone Rattler Basilisk

Callen Vellorin

Glaive of Selúne

Miri Shadeleaf

Borin Stoneforge

Dagar

Sable Voss

Palace of Seraphra

Queen Seraphra​

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