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The Rotting Vow - AI-generated fantasy Quest

The Rotting Vow

The Rotting Vow
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The Rotting Vow

Lvl 3-53 to 5 players1-2 sessions· medium

“Every harvest has a hidden price.”

— Hook · investigation

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QuestgiverElara
Investigation
D&D 5E
Medium
Lvl 3-5
3 to 5 players
1-2 sessions
3 NPCs
2 encounters
The Opening

“The villagers of Oakhaven are waking up with bleeding symbols etched into their skin. They claim a shadow from the Sunless Grove is screaming curses that rot the harvest and the bone alike. Please, find the source of this malice before the whole village withers to dust.”

— Hook · investigation

Set the Scene

The party enters Oakhaven to the sound of rhythmic thumping as a villager beats their head against a wall in a trance, while black veins pulse visibly beneath their temples.

Patron
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Questgiver

Elara

She approaches the party in the local tavern with shaking hands, clutching a crude map and a locket belonging to her dying sister.

On the Streets · In the Books

Rumours

d3 · table
  1. 01
    The Elder never seems to age while our children grow sickly.
  2. 02
    Whispers in the Sunless Grove sound like the names of those who vanished twenty years ago.
  3. 03
    The black marks on the skin only burn when you try to reach the village boundaries.
Stakes

If the Spark is not returned, the village will become a blighted dead-zone and the residents will transform into mindless plant-monsters.

Ticking Clock·Three youths, including Elara's sister, have 24 hours before the black veins reach their hearts and the transformation becomes permanent.

Background Lore

Oakhaven was founded on a secret blood pact between the first Elder and a forest spirit named Vyla to ensure the village never suffered famine. This pact required a spark of life returned to the forest every generation, a tradition Elder Kaelen has broken to keep himself immortal.

What the World Knows

A malicious spirit from the forest has begun cursing the village without provocation, causing physical agony and crop failure that threatens everyone.

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