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The Heart of the White Dwarf

The Heart of the White Dwarf
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The Heart of the White Dwarf

Lvl 53-5 players1-2 sessions· hard

“In the Battered Plains, time is a cage made of fallen starlight.”

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QuestgiverThrum Hammerhand
Retrieve
D&D 5E
Hard
Lvl 5
3-5 players
1-2 sessions
3 NPCs
2 encounters
The Opening

“Thrum Hammerhand slams a map of the Battered Plains onto the table, his eyes wild with ambition. Deep in that scarred earth, a fallen star warps the fabric of time, slowing life to a crawl for all who dwell there. He needs its core for his greatest forge, and he needs you to fetch it before the local 'stagnants' claim it for their own.”

— Hook · retrieve

Set the Scene

The party meets Thrum Hammerhand in his soot-stained workshop, surrounded by blueprints of impossible machines that seem to vibrate with a low hum.

Patron
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Questgiver

Thrum Hammerhand

Thrum is frantic and obsessive. He offers 2,500 gold pieces and a custom-forged weapon if the party can return with the core within three days, claiming his forge cannot stay hot enough forever.

On the Streets · In the Books

Rumours

d3 · table
  1. 01
    They say the people of the Battered Plains haven't aged a day in twenty years.
  2. 02
    Thrum Hammerhand isn't looking for a fuel source, he's looking for a way to live forever.
  3. 03
    Birds that fly over the impact crater never seem to come out the other side.
Stakes

If the core is not removed, the Battered Plains will vanish from the material realm, taking all its inhabitants with it.

Ticking Clock·Each day the party spends in the 'Slow Zone' counts as a week of outside time; if they take too long, Thrum will have passed away from old age before they return.

Background Lore

A decade ago, a fragment of a white dwarf star tore through the veil and crashed into the Battered Plains. The impact created a chronal anomaly. For those near the site, a minute of external time feels like a mere second, while for them, years pass in what the world sees as days.

What the World Knows

A powerful meteorite landed in the plains and is causing strange magical interference that makes the locals act lethargic and weird.

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