The Red Pear Tree. The encounter below is written as the eighth floor of a dungeon within a towering, direfly infested tree bearing vile, red fruit the size of boulders. This is written as a Waning Princes scenario. This is written as a hard to dangerous encounter for level 10-11 player characters. Encounter A central staircase spirals down to the floor below. The room’s wall is covered in thick blood-honey amber riddled with vibrant, pulsing veins. A circle of hand statuettes crafted from blood-amber surround the staircase at a distance of 10 feet. Lengths of adamantine chain coils from the base of each statuette’s pedestal to one of 10 corpses suspended in the hardened amber. On the north side of the room is an adamantine door. The door doesn’t appear to be locked or trapped. However, when the handle is tried it doesn’t open and the room’s puzzle activates. At the start of each turn, a wash of necromantic energy washes through the room dealing 2d8 necrotic damage for ...

The Red Pear Tree. The encounter below is written as the seventh floor of a dungeon within a towering, direfly infested tree bearing vile, red fruit the size of boulders. This is written as a Waning Princes scenario. This is written as a hard to dangerous encounter for level 10-11 player characters. Encounter A thick layer of dust covers the contents of this room. Just a few feet from a wooden staircase leading down lays a pristine corpse of an Animus Artisan . The dead fey is missing its iron arm and weapons. A mummified hand grips the artisan’s throat and wears a golden ring etched with eight skulls. From the coloration of the fey’s face and its bulging eyes, it’s clear the mummified hand strangled the artisan. Six massive, mechanical ganders crafted from brass and bronze sit equidistant from one another along the wall. Underneath each goose is a ruddy-stained basket. Likewise, there are old patches of crusty red goo here and there across the floor. The breast of one of...