Stop the Lantern Before the Marsh Wakes the Dead
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Flooded StairsBroken CryptSalt Dais
Combat EncounterDND5E 2024Party L6 · 3 PCs
Stop the Lantern Before the Marsh Wakes the Dead
Read Aloud
Water slaps against broken stone as you drop into the crypt. A lantern burns on the central dais, and the salt ring around it is already cracking. Pale lights gather in the flooded stairwell, and the dead in the dark turn their heads toward you.
Forces
2xLantern-touched wightBRUISER
Multiattack · Life Drain · Longsword · Longbow
CR3
AC14
HP45
2xMire wispSKIRMISHER
Invisibility · Shock · Consume Life · Hellish Radiance
CR2
AC19
HP22
Battlefield Zones
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Flooded Stairs
Flooded stairwell, knee-deep black water, broken steps, slick stone, and drifting corpses snagged on roots.
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Broken Crypt
Collapsed crypt room with cracked sarcophagi, waist-high rubble, and root curtains hanging from the ceiling.
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Salt Dais
Central dais marked with salt and ash, ringed by half-burned candles and the exposed lantern on a stone stand.
Terrain Levers
- Kick over the salt ring to break one edge of the ritual circle.
- Drop the hanging roots into the stairwell to slow pursuers.
- Smother the exposed lantern in mud or water to dull the marsh lights.
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