Introduction

Shattered Planes is an adventure which takes place over a number of different campaign settings. The DM should begin with the setting they are most comfortable with and being familiar with the Plane Shift series of articles which include Zendikar, Innistrad, Kaladesh, Amonkhet, and Ixalan at the time this document was written. These documents can be used for quick reference to details or original content for those settings. Also needed is the Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual. Additionally, there may be creatures and/or items from other D&D modules and supplements. Each item from these documents will be accompanied by an abbreviation. The list of abbreviations are below. Not all abbreviations will be used.

Adventure Synopsis

The prologue for Shattered Planes is rather vague because it is meant to be set in just about any setting that the DM wishes for it to begin in.

The adventure will begin with the characters making their way to the fort’s tower. Making their way through the forest, the characters will be assaulted by creatures which are familiar but different from what they know. Familiarity with creatures from the Plane Shift settings is useful, but descriptions of the creatures will be added to the encounters. The characters will also see signs that they are not alone. Ruined campsites, signs of battle, etc.

Some encounters will also give characters advance warning of some of the things which have appeared ahead, things more dangerous than just exotic animals and other creatures. The next portion of the prologue takes place in the ruined fort connected to the main tower. Inside are more creatures which have not been seen before or should not be in the area where they have been seen.

Inside, another adventuring company is trying to fight through to the tablet. They have been caught off guard by the exotic creatures and it has made their trek that much more difficult. They aren’t eager to share the glory.

The final leg of the adventure happens inside the wizard’s tower where the source of the monsters can be found. Inside are the members of the rival company who has managed to lay claim to the tablet, which summons the strongest monster yet. At the end of the battle the company and the creature will be defeated, with luck, but that victory will just open the way for a greater threat to manifest.

The Company of the Dragon

The Company of the Dragon are a group of adventurers-for-hire that are willing to brave dangerous dungeons, forts, and monster dens for loot and glory. They will take any job provided the coin is right and how much loot they can get out of each job.

The Company of the Dragon was hired by a wizard who hoped to claim the supposed tablet which was conjuring so many strange monsters. They considered it a milk run, so the leaders sent one of their lower-ranked teams to recover the tablet, believing it to be a simple job.

Valanthe Dalanthan

Valanthe is a NE drow Illusionist (Appendix A) who is hiding in the group and using her Hat of Disguise to look like a High Elf. She was a member of the drow nobility in Menzoberranzan until she was betrayed by her sister for the title of heiress. She survived the coup, but she cannot return to her home. So now she searches for items of power and resources to take her title back from her sister. Seeing the multitude of creatures the presence of the tablet summoned, She fully intends to take it for herself to springboard her campaign to take back her title. She has no qualms about stabbing her fellow party members in the back so she can take the tablet for herself. In the meantime, she plays the role of a party member even as she plots how to destroy them so she can get away unimpeded.

Adventure Hooks

Foreign Interest

A strange person whose origins the party cannot place, and clothing fits no culture they have seen calling himself a Planeswalker has hired the group to get the tablet. He says his employer Nicol Bolas would pay well to have the item delivered to him.

The Adventure Begins...

The party has begun their trek towards the ruined fort and wizard’s tower. They pass through much wild terrain, at the mercy of the creatures both native the area and the ones the tablet has summoned through its power. When the group is ready to start, read the boxed text below.

The comfortable inn is now a fond memory as the reality of the wilderness goes as far as the eye can see, which isn’t far thanks to how dense it is.

Still, time is short. Rumors of the mysterious tablet has spread far and many fortune seekers, highborn and low, are on the move to attempt to claim it.

It has been half a day since the trek began and there is only a simple map to point the way and no intelligence on what may be ahead save for rumors from the locals. Rumors which do not lay any fears to rest.

The sounds of animals are everywhere as well as possible sounds that shouldn’t be there, making everything seem new and foreboding.

Use this time to introduce the characters and perhaps give a little bit of backstory as to how their group came together and why they’re trying to retrieve the tablet. After they have been introduced, read the next text box.

Around the bend, some 60 feet away lies what looks like a ruined campsite. A tent is partially collapsed and equipment lies ruined or strewn about haphazardly.

The characters can investigate the campsite, finding nothing of value. The camp belongs to another adventuring group looking for the tablet and they were out when the event happened. Goblins raided the campsite and took anything which looked to be of value, or simply aroused their curiosity.

The goblins which raided the camp weren’t native goblins, but were summoned by the tablet. They’re native to the plane of Ixalan. These goblins have blue skin and are covered in white fur with tails. They also have the following changes to their stat blocks.

• They have a move and climb speed of 25 feet.

• They are armed with light crossbows instead of shortbows.

The four Ixalan goblins are using their natural dexterity to take the high ground in the wilderness to keep an eye on the camp in case more people came through. When the characters investigate the camp, roll a Stealth Check for the goblins. Any characters who have a Passive Perception less than the goblins’ result are taken by surprise when the goblins attack.

The goblins will attempt to stay on the high ground, using their height advantage to try and win the fight.

When the goblins are slain, their bodies glow before vanishing like they were part of an unweaving tapestry. The goblins won’t leave behind any kind of loot or clues as to what they are or where they came from.

If the characters try to find some kind of loot the goblins may have had, a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check on the trees. On a pass, the characters will see a bag tied to a branch. A DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check to climb the tree and get the bag. It belonged to the camp and the goblins used to collect everything they thought was valuable. It mostly consists of anything shiny they found, cups, cutlery, and the like. Still, inside is some coin, totaling 11 gp they found out of sheer luck.

Alternate Goblins

If the terrain the DM chooses is barren of trees and is instead rocky, replace the Ixalan goblins with the Kamigawa Akki. These goblins are red with spiked shells and prefer ambushes while hiding. Their statblocks are the same as normal goblins, but have resistance to fire damage.

There is a path leading into the dense wilderness which the characters can follow. A DC 15 Survival Check can pick up a trail. If the check succeeds, they will pick up the trail of one of the adventuring parties which can lead them in a straightforward path towards the other end of the wilderness, primarily through areas 5, 7, and 10. If the check fails by 5 or more, the characters will unknowingly pick up the wrong trail, leading them through areas 3, 6, 8, 7, and 10. In either case, if the characters wish to keep trying to follow the trail, after each encounter, they must make the Survival Check again.

Wilderness Terrain

The wilderness has much of the terrain blocking the view ahead, be it thick trees or large croppings of rocks depending on where the adventure is placed by the DM. The sky is clear, allowing for plenty of natural light. Portions of the paths (marked on the map) require a Passive Perception of 15 or a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) Check to see a way through the thick wilderness.

Random Encounters

The tablet has been randomly summoning creatures from other planes since it appeared inside the tower. Many of the creatures ended up wandering into the wilderness where they felt more comfortable. If the party is moving too slowly or they avoid the encounter areas, roll a d20. On a roll of 17 or higher, roll on the Random Encounter Table for an encounter.

Random Encounters

Ixalan Raptors.

Two Velociraptors (VGM pg140) from Ixalan patrol the wilds for prey. Ixalan raptors have vibrant and feathery manes with more feathers running down their packs and tails.

Mirrodin Elves.

Four elf Tribal Warriors (MM pg350) explore the area, confused and off-put by the pure organic appearance of the their surroundings. These elves are from Mirrodin, marked by their green skin and the copper plates which grow on their bodies. They speak a Mirrodin variant of elvish. A DC 14 Intelligence check is needed for a character fluent in elvish to understand them. The elves have no idea where they are or why. If the characters prove not to be hostile, they will warn the characters about other dangers in the forest, creatures which are marked on the encounter list or in other areas.

Charmbreaker Devil.

A hunchbacked and horned devil from Innistrad (use Imp. MM pg76) lurks nearby. It will target a character with a magic item or arcane focus first and attempt to take it, even if it has to harm the character to get it. It doesn’t give up until it dies or gets what it wants.

Kaladesh Constructs.

Four constructs made on Kaladesh (Monodrone MM pg224) roam the area. They are artistically made with many swirls and cursive designs. The summoning has left them without orders, so they have gone into a self-preservation mode. Any aggressive action will result in a battle which won’t end until one side is beaten, or retreats.

Kamigawa Kami.

These spirits of Kamigawa (use Smoke Mephit and Mud Mephit. MM pg216-17) wander aimlessly through the forest until something reacts to them. They appear as floating spheres of mud, and smoke with smaller orbs of earth, and fire circling them. If the characters can properly appease them with gestures or an offering of food or gold, the kami will reward them with a blessing. If the mud kami is appeased, offer resistance to bludgeoning damage for 1 hour. If the smoke kami is appeased, offer resistance to slashing damage for 1 hour. If they do nothing, the kami will move on. If they are disrespectful or aggressive, the kami will attack.

Amonkhet Drake.

The drake (Giant Eagle MM pg324) is a wyvern-like creature with a crocodile-like head adorned in gold finery in an Egyptian style. This one is blue and has hieroglyphs covering its wings. It was kept as part of Amonkhet’s five trials. It will attack any humanoids it finds as part of its training.

Ixalan Centipedes.

Ixalan is home to a number of tropical animals. These Giant Centipedes (MM pg323) are no different and are highly aggressive as well as poisonous. Unless a native predator is nearby, they will not retreat.

Innistrad Zombies.

A group of four Zombies (MM pg316) wander aimlessly in the wilds. The DM should mention how out of place the zombies are and how strange their rotting clothing looks. The zombies are dressed like higher class people from a gothic horror setting rather than the common clothing of the world the adventure is set it.

1. Discarded Goods

The area has seen occupation recently. Old bottles, burnt belongings, and discarded waste are littered about. In the middle of it all lies a halfling who is not moving.

The halfling, Clem Proudfoot, is not dead, but is instead dead drunk. His snores are audible to anyone who gets within 10 feet of him. He is an adventurer who heard the rumors of the tablet and with some friends, went to find it.

The party met up with some satyrs and they seemed to get along. The halfling drank too much of their potent wine and passed out while the satyrs took his friends to party elsewhere. He’ll wake up in an hour and tell his story. He will recall which way the satyrs came from, gesturing to the northeast towards Area 2.

If someone tries to look through the refuse, a DC 10 Investigation Check will be needed. On a success, 6 cp, 5 sp, and 2 gp can be found. Also in it is a list Clem made of creatures he and his party heard rumors about as the prepared for their task.

The paper lists mephitis, zombies, giant insects, large reptiles, a wyvern, all of them loosely resembling the creatures listed in the Random Encounters table. Since the creatures are mostly exotic, what rumors about them can only get people to see them as what they loosely resemble.

If asked, Clem will say that his group wasn’t the only ones going for the tablet at the end. How many are there, he doesn’t know, but he did see the banner of the Company of the Dragon, mercenary adventurers with a low reputation.

2. Satyr Campsite

The clearing has a firepit in the middle with a small shrine made from the surrounding materials which looked like a pair of goat-like horns. The sounds of revelry and laughter echo through the air.

A pair of Satyrs (MM pg267) were summoned by the tablet and they camped out, enjoying whatever new pleasures their surroundings provide. However, they come from Theros where satyrs are known to take their parties straight to a malevolent level, especially worshippers of Xenagos, like the two in the clearing.

Also in the clearing are Clem Proudfoot’s fellow adventurers. A human and a pair of dwarf brothers. All three are stripped to their shorts with fake horns made from sticks or stones on their heads. All three are intoxicated to the point of delusion and are pretending to be farm animals.

The satyrs are laughing at the three, taking delight in their humiliation. If the party arrives quietly, the satyrs are too engrossed in their laughter to notice, showing maliciousness as they kick and viciously mock the trio. If the characters did not sneak in or made no attempt to hide in their approach, the satyrs will attempt to play off the trio’s behavior as having too much wine and they are making sure the three don’t wander off.

The Satyrs speak common and Sylvan, but the one native to Theros rather than the characters’ world. A DC 17 Intelligence check must be done by a character fluent in either language to try and understand them. A Comprehend Languages spell can also be used. The satyrs will try to convince the characters to sit down with them and share some of the wine they still have. If the characters refuse, the satyrs will let them leave, but will insist on leaving the trio with them until they sober up in the morning. If the characters accept, they satyrs will strongly encourage the characters to drink and dance until they are afflicted with the poisoned condition. The satyrs will then become abusive and fight the characters in a revel of battle.

The satyrs will keep fighting until they die, caught up in the revelry of the battle and their wine. If left alone, they’ll let the trio go with all of their belongings the next morning, suffering bad headaches and some light bruising, but nothing else.

3. Gremlin Works

The sounds of strange machinery echoes through the air, smoother than any kind of artifice ever heard before. Through the trees, a humanoid made entire of machinery is being assaulted by small hairless creatures with multiple legs and elongated snouts.

The machine is a humanoid construct from Kaladesh (use Animated Armor, MM pg19). The creatures attacking it are Gremlins (Appendix A) from Kaladesh as well. The gremlins, insatiable for Aether, the source of the construct’s power, are trying to tear it apart so they can feast on it.

The gremlins will primarily focus on the construct, only attacking characters if they are within 5 feet and attacking them. If the construct is destroyed, it will fade away like the other summoned creatures, and the gremlins will turn on the players if any of them have an arcane focus, mistaking it for a source of aether. If no players have an arcane focus, the gremlins will flee unless otherwise cornered.

If the construct survives, it will follow the characters and aid them in their travels until destroyed or the tablet is broken, but only if directly ordered to by humans or dwarves. It was built to aid and protect and seeing humans or dwarves, it will follow that function. If it is attacked, it will defend itself from whatever attacked it until the attacker stops, is knocked unconscious, or the construct is destroyed.

7. Grazing Dinosaur

11. Unexpected Reprieve

Before you, partially hidden in forest canopies is a crumbling fort, a tower reaching into the sky. Perhaps a station in some ancient war, or the home of some magician in ages past. Now it is the home of creatures unseen, and a treasure unheard.

As the characters begin to approach, read the next description.

In the space before the main gates of the fort, there seems to be an encampment. Many tents are set and there are a number of voices. Walking among the tents are numerous humanoids covered entirely in pure white bandages.

The camp is made up of adventurers who have been trying to get to the ruins, but have become too wounded to continue or fall back. The mummies that walk among them are Anointed (use Zombie MM pg316) from Amonkhet who tend to their wounds and retrieve food and water for them. They have even set up the tents from the adventurers’ gear so they have places to rest. However, the Anointed are firm in their benevolent treatment. They will not allow any adventurer who has not yet recovered from their wounds to leave, much to some frustration as some of the adventurers feel it unwise to leave without their full party. If the characters attempt to pass through without healing, the Anointed will attempt to grapple them and bring them to the others for treatment and rest. The Anointed will not attack to harm, but merely grapple and disable if weapons are drawn on them.

Any adventurer who has died, the Anointed will begin to embalm into mummies, although they lack the magic stones necessary to revive them as fellow Anointed. Some of the adventurers are fearful of the Anointed because of this, while others see it as a funerary right and appreciate the respect the dead have for their own.

The adventurers are all able to speak, although some are bedridden, and they are happy to share what they know, if only to spite others that managed to be healthy enough to continue on towards the prize.

Here is what they will say:

• Light flashes from the tower periodically. Likely a new creature appearing somewhere (True)

• Some of the creatures have been getting more aggressive. Likely someone has gotten to the tablet (False)

• The whole job was some mad mage’s idea of a test for some new spell or item they developed (False)

• The Company of the Dragon passed through, making enemies out of everyone with their caustic comments and mocking attitudes. (True)

• The Company consists of a human, a tiefling, a dragonborn, a dwarf, and an elf. (True)

• The tiefling is a trickster who likes to stir up trouble for the fun of it. (True)

• The dwarf is greedy and attacked some of the mummies for the precious stones under their bandages. (True)

• The Dragonborn is a zealot who enforces Bahamut with a fervor that is intimidating. (True)

• The human does not like druids and other rangers, having gotten into short, but fierce arguments with them about their cause. (True)

• The elf is a cruel and haughty woman despite her high elf elegance and appearance. (True)

• Bigger and more ferocious creatures are inside the fort, protecting the tablet. (True and False. The monsters do get more dangerous, but they do not actively protect the tablet.)

• The ruins once belonged to a school of wizards. Magical traps or relics may be there despite the age. (True)

3. Training Hall

Treasure

Being summoned the constructs vanish when they are destroyed, leaving no treasure behind. However, the broken chests in front of the ruined beds do have some lingering belongings from the soldiers that once lived there. The treasure amounts to 19 cp, 17 sp, and 7 gp.

If Pyxrin and/or Patrin are rescued, reward their XP value to the characters.

6. South Gate

The room is slightly more ornate than others, more important than other rooms seen so far. The main attraction is a wooden and iron door which has a number of deep dents in the sides.

If the characters have not met him or have dispatched the remaining members of the Company of the Dragon, read the next description.

The sounds of heavy weight crashing against wood echoes as a silver dragonborn slams his shoulder into the doors, grunts of frustration echoing as he attempts to break down the locks.

Rhogar Kerrhylon (Appendix A) is a brute, and a zealous one at that. If he cannot cow an obstacle out of the way with his scripture, he will use force to make it go away. He is using the latter to try and break the door down so he can reach the tower where his goal is located. However, the lock on the door is too strong even for his own zealous might.

If spoken to, he will be disdainful to others who do not follow Bahamut, and outright hostile towards ‘evil’ races such as goblins, tieflings, drow, or other similar races. One false move will have him attack those characters under the pretense of their ‘evil’ attempting to stop his ‘righteous’ quest.

If other paladins are in the group, he will be respectful, seeing them as just as ‘righteous’ as he is, even if they do not follow his god. If any members of the party do follow Bahamut, Rhogar will be friendly and helpful, answering any questions they may have, although he will express concern over their choice in company, if they don’t follow Bahamut.

Rhogar is dedicated to his cause and it will take something big to convince him to abandon the tablet for another goal. A DC 20 Persuasion Check can convince him to move on. The DC can be lowered if the characters try weaving a story which includes movements of Tiamat worshippers (like in the Tyranny of Dragons campaign) or the movements of giants (like the Storm King’s Thunder campaign.) If the DC lowers or by how much is determined by the DM. The DC can also be lowered in a metallic dragonborn and/or follower of Bahamut tries to tell the tale.

If the characters have removed the other members of the Company of the Dragon before entering this room, the door is broken and forced open slightly, Rhogar having managed to force himself through.

Cinna and Fargrim will use the same door if more than one member of the Company of the Dragon is allowed to continue through the ruins.

7. West Gate

The ornate room holds an impressive doorway which is wide open, the lock rusted and broken. On the other side is the tower, covered with ivy and another door. Between them is a deep crevasse filled with water and a broken bridge.

The bridge to the tower here has collapsed and unless the characters have a spell or ability to allow them to fly, they should not be able to reach the doorway on the other side to enter the tower.

If the characters attempt to enter the tower by flying over the moat, a River Serpent (use Giant Constrictor Snake MM pg324) from Amonkhet will attempt to snap at the characters in the air.

It is possible to jump or climb down since it is ten feet to the moat. If the characters fight or attempt to escape, the characters can climb the ivy and rocky walls around the moat with a DC 12 Athletics check.

8. East Gate

The room may have been splendid once, but now it is little more than a ruin like the rest. Rubble blocks the way with only bits of sunlight sneaking through the tiny gaps.

The doorway and bridge leading to the tower from this gate is blocked. Moss covers it, indicating that it has been there for some time. The rubble is too large and heavy to dig out quickly enough to try and get to the tablet first.

If any of the characters try to move the rocks, they will disturb two Fretwork Colonies (use Swarm of Beetles MM pg338) native to Kaladesh. If the characters try to check the rubble before moving it, a DC 15 Perception check will, on a success, see strange swirl designs in the moss which the beetles ate in their movements.

If the characters fail the check, the DM rolls a Stealth check against the characters’ passive Perception. Any characters the check succeeds against are taken by surprise.

9. North Gate

The room seems to be in good condition with some ivy sneaking in through slits in the ceiling. The doors remain strong and sturdy, but otherwise covered in dust as ivy creeps towards it.

This room is empty, one of the few empty rooms there are. This is because there is nothing to look at in the room and the main doors are locked.

The key to the door is in the chapel (Area 13) inside the shrine. The lock is old as well, requiring a DC 15 Slight of Hand check with thieves’ tools to open.

If Cinna or Fargrim are the only member of the Company of the Dragon left, they will have found the key and already have passed through this door into the tower when the characters enter for the first time.

10. Library

A mix of dust and mildew soaks the air. Old shelves line the walls with tables in the middle, holding scraps of paper and old books.

If Valanthe Dalanthan has not yet met Valatnhe Dalanthan and have not dispatched the rest of the Company of the Dragon, read the next description block.

Planted in front of the old shelves and roughly pulling out books and scrolls as a golden-haired high-elf. Her robes appear expensive and elegant, a staple of the people. Her focus is deep on the old documents. Her features are partially hidden by the expensive hat she wears on her shimmering hair.

Valanthe Dalanthan (Appendix A) has entered this room and is looking through the books for signs of the tablet, seeking insight into what the tablet might be. She believes the tablet were always there and only now activated due to some reason, so she seeks a book the previous residents of the fort may have had on it. So far, she has not had much success.

Valanthe will notice the characters entering rather quickly, unless they try to sneak in. She will regard them with caution, but will have a haughty air above her, seeing herself as above them.

She will demand to know their intentions, even if she can likely guess. If the characters state generally good intentions, Valanthe will say she has the same intentions and will offer to work together with the characters. If the characters are aggressive towards her, she will first try to bribe them to leave her alone, or hire them to protect her. She’ll offer 25 gp each to protect her until she delivers the tablet to her employers.

Valanthe will ask the characters to look through the books to see if there is any mention of the tablet in case it can offer insight into how it works or what else it might be capable of.

If for any reason, the characters have Detect Magic or a similar spell in effect, they will sense she is covered in illusion magic. If confronted, she will say illusion magic is her specialty, so the spell energies likely linger on her. A contest between her Deception against her accuser’s Insight will determine if she is believed or not. If Dispel Magic or similar magic is cast on her, her Disguise Self from her Hat of Disguise will end and will reveal she is a Drow elf.

If exposed, Valanthe will use her magic to try and escape, hiding in the ruins from enemies so she can restore her disguise as well as find the tablet before someone tries to stop her.

The characters can use subterfuge here and try to trick Valanthe into staying to find more research while they continue for the tablet. The characters can try to make false documents or make up some other lie which will keep Valanthe’s attention away from the tower, or better yet, get her to leave. A Deception check contested against her Insight is needed to try to fool her. If the check succeeds, she will pursue the lie, believing it a key to mastering the tablet. If it fails, she sees through the lie and sees the group as enemies and leaves to try and get to the tablet first.

11. Grand Hall

The sizable hall has two long tables set through it, coated with dust and a few rusted utensils. The high walls with open windows sport ages of past bird nests among the rafters and gargoyles. Another table sits on a raised platform at the far end. Sitting at the head is a blue-skinned tiefling, strumming on a lute.

The tiefling is Jezebel Asmodite (Appendix A), the bard member of the Company of the Dragon. She decided to take a break in the Grand Hall since she liked the acoustics and wished to play some of her songs.

She will welcome the party with a smile as she continues to strum on her lute. She’ll invite them to sit and listen if they feel like it. She’ll offer regardless if the party has Valanthe or another member of the Company of the Dragon with them. All are welcome to listen to her music in her eyes.

Jezebel adores all the exotic creatures which constantly appear in the fort and enjoys watching their habits. Any chance she has to see them in action, she’ll watch with rapt attention.

If accused to leaving the dragonborn twins to their fates, Jezebel will wave it off as harmless mischief. She could tell the twins were competent and the moving statues couldn’t be too much of a challenge. She’d offer apologies if she hears the battle turned against them but treats it more like a harmless joke that went a little too far than the potential tragedy it could have been.

Convincing Jezebel to leave the tablet be and leave will be difficult. She lives for the moment and whatever can capture her attention and she wishes to see what else the tablet can bring for her to tell tales about.

If the characters wish to try and convince Jezebel that there exists something else which can capture her attention, they can try to weave a story which is happening elsewhere.

Convincing Jezebel to leave is a DC 19 Performance check. Depending on how the players roleplay, the DC can lower if the DM believes they have played up the story well enough. Jezebel enjoys flashy, bright, and expressive stories. The more outlandish and fantastic the story, the more Jezebel will buy into it.

If the check succeeds, Jezebel will leave, happily heading out to see if the story is true or not. Even if she discovers to it be false, she’ll have had a grand time on the journey and hold no grudges. If the check fails, or if she is the last of the Company, Jezebel will pretend to leave, but will instead continue to try and reach the tower where the tablet is.

In either case, Jezebel will leave a nasty surprise for the party. Above in the rafters is a Griffin (MM pg174) native to Ixalan. It nested there after being summoned and Jezebel used a Sleep spell to keep it docile as she played her music. With her gone and her music not keeping it asleep, the griffin soon wakes up in one minute after Jezebel stops playing, and attacks the party.

The griffin has some habits similar to parrots. One of the most annoying is its habit of repeating sounds it heard before. It will roar like dinnosaurs, or shout in different languages, most of which are gibberish save for one which sounds like a mash of common.

Like any other creature summoned by the tablet, it will disappear once it is brought down. However, because of its nature as a parrot, the griffon has been collecting things to amuse itself while it was nesting.

In a nest behind the main table, nestled between two pillars near the rafters, is a collection of items the griffin found as it patrolled its new home. The contents amount to a pouch of 6 gems each worth 50gp, 1 Potion of Hill Giant Strength, 1 Dust of Dryness, 1 Spell Scroll of Elemental Weapon, and 1 Potion of Resistance.

12. Trophy Room

The room was once a monument to the achievements of the people who lived in the fort. Portrait frames hang on the wall, their contents faded, ruined, or missing. Ornate suits of armor lie rusted, and animal trophies lie destroyed with only their frames and/or bones remaining.

Anything of true value, either money or magic, has been taken long ago, leaving on the things enthusiasts might enjoy. With the arrival of the tablet, other things have appeared. Inside the room itself are 2 Guardian Portraits (COS pg226) from Innistrad.

The portraits will attempt to hypnotize or drive mad the characters with their abilities. Each time the portraits use a spell, they must make a Stealth check against the passive Perception of the characters to remain unnoticed as they make the motions needed to cast the spell. If the portraits use up their Hypnotic Pattern and Crown of Madness spells, they will use Telekinesis to lift up the rusted swords, maces, or spears to use on the characters.

A DC 17 Investigation check is needed to identify the portraits themselves as unusual if they are not attacking or using magic. This is because the style of the subjects in Innistrad style varies from the common paintings from the characters’ home plane.

13. Shrine Room

The room was once a shrine room to one deity, but now appears as if a nature deity took its place. A large and thriving tree grows in the middle of the room, its branches rising through a hole in the ceiling. An old shrine rests in the tree trunk, faded holy symbols slightly visible in the sunlight.

Sitting in the branches of the tree is Cinna Eaglearrow (Appendix A), calmly observing the party as they enter the room. How she regards the party depends on how they act in the room.

Also in the room are a pair of Riparian Tigers (use Tiger MM pg 339) from Kaladesh who have chosen the tree as a den and do not suffer intruders lightly.

The tigers will not immediately attack, but nor will they allow the characters to approach the tree and the shrine without some means of calming them down.

If the characters try to coax the tigers into relaxing, it requires an Animal Handling check contesting the Tigers’ Charisma. If the check succeeds, the tigers relax and allow the characters to approach the shrine. This will earn Cinna’s approval and she will be polite to the group and share knowledge.

If the characters use magic to put the tigers to sleep or otherwise bind them, Cinna will be neutral to the characters, but not reveal herself. She sees the characters do not respect nature, but they do not violate it either.

If the characters attack, Cinna will come to the aid of the tigers to drive them away. If the tigers are killed, Cinna will curse at the characters and their destructive disregard for nature before fleeing. Worse, if the characters mentioned the key in the shrine, Cinna will take it before leaving during the fight.

Cinna finds many of the natural creatures the tablet summons to be beautiful and seeks to protect them. The tablet will become a secondary thought compared to preserving the unique animals which have appeared since the tablet activated.

Convincing Cinna to let the players take the tablet while she forms a preserve for the unique animals requires a DC 18 Persuasion Check. This is another role-play opportunity for the characters. The more convincing their arguments, the easier the DC can become if the DM feels the characters are convincing enough.

If Cinna is the last of the Company of the Dragon who is not killed or convinced to leave, she has already moved on to the tower.

14. The Tower

The tower presents the last leg of the task. Ivy covers it almost entirely with only a dull brown roof seen at the top. An open door lies ahead, leaving ominous hints.

The entry to the tower is clear. At least one of the Company of the Dragon has already entered the tower ahead of the party. They used their various abilities to either go through the main path or have otherwise created their own ways into the tower.

14a. Entry Level

The entry floor of the tower is noticeably bare of anything which points at the owner of the ruins. Only a pair of braziers for torches and the stairs stand out from the stone walls.

This is the final empty room before the final stretch of the adventure towards the Tablet. The characters can take the time here to have a short rest, take potions they might need, or cast any spells which might help them recover before they go to the next levels of the tower.

14b. Records

The room smells of old paper as shelves are lined with old scrolls and books. Light coming from the windows show the disturbed dust drifting through the air.

The room is disturbed as the papers have been searched through. The Company of the Dragon, whichever members have gotten to this point, have looked through for information about the tablet or anything about the creatures they have seen.

Since the tablet came from another plane, there is no information about it in the books. No matter what the characters roll in an Investigation check, they will not find anything of use concerning the tablet.

To investigate the shelves for anything of use, a DC 15 Investigation is performed. On a success, they will discover a Scroll of Mass Cure Wounds hidden inside one of the books. It was part of a spellbook, but it is mostly destroyed by this point.

If Jezebel or Valanthe are among the Company of the Dragon who continued into the tower and are not somehow allied with the party, they will see the characters as they rise and race to warn the others ahead of them, or simply try to reach the tablet first, ruining any element of surprise the party may be trying to gain.

14c. Ruined Floor

Once the room may have been a private dining room or a bedroom now lies in ruins. A pair of bodies are draped on the floor and in the middle of it all, covered in strange geoglyphic gems overseen by a twisted horror.

The creature us an Eldrazi Drone (use Rust Monster MM pg262) from Zendikar. Rather than have items rust, they become converted into bismuth crystal. Cut off from it’s progenitor, it simply sits in the room until something comes across it and it attacks, draining their energies and turning them into the crystal.

If Valanthe is part of the group, she will use the distraction to get to the next set of stairs in the room to get to the tablet on the final floor. If the characters wish to avoid fighting the Eldrazi, they can run up the stairs and it will lose interest in them, turning inert once again

If a closer look is done on the bodies, they have not been coated in crystal, but transmutated into it, their vital energies syphoned out. The crystal bodies can be broken apart to harvest 1d12 10 gp hunks of crystal each.

14d. Lookout Point

The top of the tower has a panoramic view of the surrounding area. In the middle is a table where a sizable stone circle sits, an aura of red, blue, green, black, and white energies circling around it.

This is where the tablet appeared when it planeswalked to the area and began summoning creatures.

Depending on the actions of the characters and the DM, the entire Company of the Dragon will be there, some of the members will be present, or only one of them.

Each member of the Company of the Dragon desires the tablet and if they are all present, they will all be arguing as to why they should be the one to take it. None of them intend to hand it over to their employers, having much higher ambitions for it than a simple retrieval. Eventually, one of them will try to get ahead of the others and take hold of the tablet to try and take it for themselves.

The tablet has a passive defense which, if held by someone who is not powerful enough to attune to it, it will summon a creature equal to the threat level of the one that is currently holding it. Depending on which of the Company of the Dragon take hold of the tablet, a different creature will appear. The following table can determine who takes the tablet and what is summoned.

d6	Member	Summons
1	Rhogar	Werewolf
2	Fargrim	Aeigisaur
3	Jezebel	Thresher Lizard
4	Valanthe	Sky Whale
5	Cinna	Wraith
6	Player	One of the Above

Werewolf

This Werewolf (MM pg211) is from Innistrad and is typical of the kinds found there. Day or night, the summoning has made it transform into its hybrid form and it has no sense of sentience.

Aeigisaur

The Aeigisaur use (Ankyoslaurus MM pg79) is a native creature to Ixalan. Normally a docile herbivore, the summoning from the tablet has angered it and made it aggressive.

Thresher Lizard

This lizard is from Amonkhet (use Guard Drake VGM pg138) and is unusually large for its breed. With the increased size also comes increased aggression.

Sky Whale

This Sky Whale (use Killer Whale MM pg331) is a native to the skies of Kaladesh. it has a flying speed of 50ft. and can hover. It will circle the tower and attempt to attack anyone it can reach.

Wraith

This wraith is the soul of an unfortunate adventurer from the plane of Zendikar, (use Sword Wraith Warrior MTF pg241). The tablet will summon the angry spirit an it will immediately go on the attack, consumed with despair and anger.

The Battle

The creatures may have been summoned by the one member of the Company of the Dragon, but they do not control it. The creature is wild and will attack both the Company of the Dragon as well as the characters. It will likely attack the Company first, them being closer than the characters.

The Company of the Dragon will also be quick to turn on each other, trying to get the tablet or escape with it. Their focus will be on the tablet, trying to steal it before attempting to run with it.

The creature and the other members of the Company may be too much for the characters to take. They can lean back and let the company fight each other or attempt to take the tablet for themselves before making a break for the exit.

Whichever method the players choose, when the character with the tablet is attacked with a critical blow, would take a blow that would reduce their hit points to 0, or at the DM’s choosing, that character attempts to use the tablet as a shield and means of warding off the attack.

The attack will strike the tablet, causing it to crack before exploding in a flash of many colors. The pieces will fly in all directions. All of the player characters within 10 feet of the tablet should make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the characters take 2d8 force damage and are pushed back 10 feet from the point. On a success, they take half as much damage and are not knocked back.

Depending on how the DM wishes to run the campaign, they can have the Company make similar saving throws, purposefully fail one or all of them, but for the full campaign, one of the Company must fail the saving throw and be struck by a piece of the tablet.

All of the pieces of the tablet will automatically activate their Plane Shift ability and scatter around the multiverse. One or more members of the Company will be struck by one of the pieces each and will vanish along with the pieces, scattered among the multiverse. All that remains is one piece of the tablet which stuck to one of the characters weapon or belonging. The first character to touch it will quickly become attuned to it.

The tablet is gone, only a fragment remaining. The characters seem to have ended their adventure in failure.

Resolution

With the tablet seemingly destroyed, all of the summoned creatures moving through the fort and the forest suddenly vanish. The characters can return to the campsite where all of the adventurers are recovering with only a piece of the tablet in hand, if they thought to pick it up.

Returning to the camp, the characters are greeted by Mordenkainen himself, frowning at them, obviously not pleased.

He admonishes the characters for breaking the tablet, making his task that much more difficult for the sake of balance in the multiverse.

Mordenkainen will explain that the tablet was made from a very powerful source of magic energy which came from a being called a Planeswalker, a person who through natural ability, could traverse the entire multiverse without difficulty. The ‘spark’ was placed in the tablet for whatever reason and it was lost, travelling through the multiverse. It caused chaos with its random summonings wherever it landed before vanishing again whenever Mordenkainen or one of his allies got close to it.

He was nearly able to find it, but the actions of the party and the Company of the Dragon have made the tablet more of a threat than thought possible. The fragments run the risk of causing even more chaos and if they landed in the wrong worlds, the effects on the balance could eb catastrophic.

Mordenkainen managed to capture one of the fragments himself as he transported to the ruin. As he reveals it to the characters, bringing it out from the protective pouch the two pieces begin to resonate with each other, showing they are drawn to each other.

Seeing as the fragment the party has is attuned to one of their own, and it holds some of its original power, Mordenkainen decides that the party might be the ones capable of bringing the pieces back together. He may be able to break the attunement, but he is wary of what backlash such a thing might do to the one with the fragment.

Mordenkainen will press the urgency of the quest since Planeswalkers are known for being unpredictable and their powers even more so. The characters can agree and can prepare themselves back at their camp, the nearest town, or leave right away. Once the characters are prepared, they can use the tablet fragment to Plane Shift to their next adventure.

What Next?

The hunt for the tablet fragments is going to be a dangerous journey and the characters will need all their courage, cunning, and skill to find them all.

Worse, the members of the Company of the Dragon who vanished each have a fragment of the tablet with them, and also the possible powers that each of the fragments can grant.

The adventure continues in other worlds, all of them written up in the Shattered Planes series. Are your heroes up for the adventure of a lifetime?

Appendix A: NPC and Creatures

Cinna is an embittered and angry ranger, formerly a member of a druidic order. She was raised in a circle of rangers and druids, learning the ways of nature and how to safeguard it. She grew to internalize the lessons and seek out ways to protect nature. She believes strongly in protecting nature from being destroyed by so-called civilization. Unlike many who share her view, she is willing to turn her protest to violence, justifying it as returning what civilization uses against nature. This radical stance ended with her expelled from her order, leaving her alone and feeling betrayed to her core being. Bitter and angry, she now searches for her own means of properly safeguarding nature and believes the Tablet of Planes can be the key to that goal.

Fargrim Goldfinder

Medium humanoid (dwarf), neutral evil

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• Armor Class 17 (splint)
• Hit Points 67 (9d8 + 27)
• Speed 25 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
18 (+4)	13 (+1)	16 (+3)	10 (+0)	11 (+0)	10 (+0)

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• Skills Athletics +6, Perception +2
• Senses passive Perception 12, darkvision 60 ft.
• Languages Common, Dwarvish
• Challenge 3 (700 XP)

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Dwarven Resilience: Fargrim has advantage on saving throws against poison, and he has resistance against poison damage.

Stonecunning: Whenever Fargrim makes an Intelligence (History) check related to the origin of stonework, he is considered proficient in the History skill and adds double his proficiency bonus to the check, instead of his normal proficiency bonus (+2)

Actions

Multiattack. Fargrim makes two longsword attacks. If he has a shortsword drawn, he can also make a shortsword attack.

Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) slashing damage, or 9 (1d10 + 4) slashing damage if used with both hands.

Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) piercing damage.

Heavy Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, range 100/400 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d10 + 1)

Gremlin

Small beast, unaligned

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• Armor Class 11
• Hit Points 27 (5d8 + 5)
• Speed 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
12 (+1)	13 (+1)	13 (+1)	3 (-4)	13 (+1)	6 (-2)

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• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
• Languages ---
• Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)

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Aether Scent. The gremlin can pinpoint, by scent, the location of refined or unrefined aether within 30 feet of it.

Actions

Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d8 + 1) slashing damage.

Siphon. The gremlin drains aether from an aether-powered it can see within 5 feet of it. If the item isn’t being worn or carried, the touch automatically drains aether. If the object is worn or carried by a creature, the creature must succeed on a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw to keep it out of the gremlin’s reach.

If the aether-powered device grants any bonus (to attack rolls, damage rolls, Armor Class, etc), that bonus is reduced by 1. If the device has charges, it loses 1 charge. Otherwise, it stops functioning for 1 round. Left unhindered, a gremlin can completely destroy an aether-powered device.

Jezebel Asmodite

Medium humanoid (tiefling), chaotic neutral

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• Armor Class 15 (chain shirt)
• Hit Points 44 (8d8 + 8)
• Speed 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
11 (+0)	14 (+2)	12 (+1)	11 (+0)	13 (+1)	16 (+3)

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• Saving Throws Dex +4, Wis +3
• Skills Acrobatics +4, Perception +5, Performance +6
• Senses passive Perception 15, darkvision 60 ft.
• Languages Common, Infernal
• Challenge 2 (450 XP)

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Infernal Legacy. Jezebel knows the thaumaturgy cantrip

Hellish Resistance. Jezebel has resistance to fire damage.

Spellcasting. Jezebel is a 4th level spellcaster. Her ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). She has the following bard spells prepared:

Cantrips (at will): friends, mage hand, vicious mockery

1st level (4 slots): charm person, healing word, heroism, sleep, thunderwave

2nd level (3 slots): suggestion, shatter

Song of Rest. Jezebel can perform a song while taking a short rest. Any ally who hears the song regains an extra 1d6 hit points if they spend any Hit Dice to regain hit points at the end of that rest. Jezebel can confer this benefit on herself as well.

Taunt (2/Day). Jezebel can use a bonus action on her turn to target one creature within 30 feet of her. If the target can hear her, the target must succeed a DC 13 Charisma saving throw or have disadvantage on ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws until the start of Jezebel’s next turn.

Actions

Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.

Shortbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 80/320 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.

Rhogar Kerrhylon

Medium humanoid (dragonborn), chaotic neutral

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• Armor Class 18 (plate)
• Hit Points 52 (8d8 + 16)
• Speed 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
18 (+4)	11 (+0)	14 (+2)	11 (+0)	11 (+0)	16 (+3)

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• Saving Throws Con +2, Wis +2
• Senses passive Perception 10
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 3 (700 XP)

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Brave. Rhogar has advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Draconic Ancestry. Rhogar has resistance to cold damage.

Actions

Multiattack. Rhogar makes two melee attacks

Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage.

Heavy Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, range 100/400 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d10) piercing damage.

Breath Weapon (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). Rhogar unleashed a 15 foot cone of icy dragon’s breath. The DC is 12. On a failed save, all creatures within range takes 2d6 cold damage, and half as much on a successful one.

Leadership (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). For 1 minute, the Rhogar can utter a special command or warning whenever a nonhostile creature that Rhogar can see within 30 feet of him makes an attack roll or a saving throw. The creature can add a d4 to its roll provided it can hear and understand Rhogar. A creature can benefit from only one Leadership die at a time. This effect ends if Rhogar is incapacitated.

Reactions

Parry. Rhogar adds 2 to his AC against one melee attack that would hit him. To do so, Rhogar must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.

Valanthe Dalanthan

Medium humanoid (elf), neutral evil

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• Armor Class 13 (16 with mage armor)
• Hit Points 38 (7d8 + 7)
• Speed 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
9 (-1)	16 (+3)	13 (+1)	16 (+3)	11 (+0)	15 (+2)

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• Saving Throws Int +5, Wis +2
• Skills Arcana +5, History +5
• Senses passive Perception 10, darkvision 120 ft.
• Languages Common, Elvish, Undercommon
• Challenge 3 (700 XP)

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Fey Ancestry. Valanthe has advantage on saving throws being charmed, and magic can’t put her to sleep.

Innate Spellcasting. Valanthe’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. She can innately cast the following spells requiring no material components: At will: dancing lights.

1/day: faerie fire

Spellcasting. Valanthe is a 7th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). Valanthe has the following wizard spells prepared.

Cantrips (at will): acid splash, mage hand, minor illusion, poison spray

1st level (4 slots): color spray, disguise self*, mage armor, magic missile*

2nd level (3 slots): levitate, mirror image, phantasmal force**

3rd level (3 slots): major image, phantom steed**

4th level (1 slot): phantasmal killer*

*Illusion spell of 1st level or higher

Displacement (Recharges after Valanthe Casts and Illusion Spell of 1st Level or Higher). As a bonus action, Valanthe projects an illusion that makes her appear to be standing in a place a few inches from her actual location, causing any creature to have disadvantage on attack rolls against her. The effect ends if Valanthe takes damage, is incapacitated, or her speed becomes 0.

Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, Valanthe has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.

Actions

Quarterstaff. Melee Weapon Attack: +1 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2 (1d6 – 1) bludgeoning damage, or 3 (1d8 – 1) bludgeoning damage if used with two hands.

Valanthe Dalanthan may look like a typical elf of high standing, but she holds a secret she will kill to keep. She is in fact a drow, betrayed by her sister in the race to the title of ladyship for her house and forced to flee the Underdark, she now plots to regain what she feels is rightly hers. She uses her illusion magic to hide her true features, appearing like a high elf so to blend in. She seeks powers, relics, and other resources to begin her campaign and sees the Tablet as Planes as the greatest weapon thus far for her goals. All she needs to do is claim it and do away with any unwanted witnesses…

Appendix B: Magic Items