aliases:
- Wizard of Wines
- The Wizard of Wines
- Wizard of the Wines
- The Winery
- Winary
- WoW
- WineryThe Wizard of Wines (W)
- Druids = Forest Folk, Mud Eaters
The Timeline
- 10 Years Ago
- The first gem was stolen and never seen again.
- A Month or so Ago
- The forest folk started acting strangely in the woods. The Martikovs started hearing strange stories that they were gathering at Yester Hill for some unknown cause.
- While The Martikovs of course used their ravens to collect this information, they won't openly tell the players their information gathering methods. Instead, they'll either be vague or lie, saying they heard the news from hunters from Kresk.
- Three Weeks Ago
- The second gem was stolen in the night. There was no great fight or witnesses. However, the Martikovs were able to trace tracks to Berez but haven't dared actually venture into the bogs. They all know it's quite dangerous there.
- One Week Ago
- The Forest Folk and their blights attacked the winery. The Martikovs were able to defend their home for a time. Remember, they're wereravens and are actually pretty good in combat.
- Five Days Ago
- Two days into the assault, the Forest Folk found and stole the third and final gem.
- Two Days Ago
- The blights were finally too much for the family to fend off and they had to flee the winery. They've been living in the woods since, trying to figure out a way to win back their home.
The Martikovs
- Davian: Family Patriarch
- Adrian Martikov: Oldest son
- Stefania Martikov: 2nd born and only daughter
- Husband: Dag Tomescu
- Children:
- Elvir Martikov
Forest Folk
- Some of Forest Folk were actually once friendly with The Martikovs
- The then Krezkov, now (Martikov), family gave them shelter from Strahd
- It was these friendly Forest Folk who gave The Martikovs the gift of Lycanthropy before they were wiped out
Areas
W9
- use 3 Twig Blight Swarm Statblock, each containing about 8 twig blights
- use Druid Assailant Statblock
W14. Wine Cellar
- In the winery's heyday, the wine cellar was packed with barrels awaiting shipment, but those days are long gone.
Wooden pillars and beams support the ten-foot-high ceiling of this ice-cold cellar, which is split in two by a five-foot-thick brick wall. A thin mist covers the floor. Each half of the cellar features an eight-foot tall wooden partition that doubles as a wine rack. The western rack stands empty, but the eastern one is half filled with wine bottles.
- Unless they have been drawn outside, five needle blights and one druid (NE male human) lurk in the eastern portion of the cellar. If they are here when the characters enter that part of the cellar, read:
Something moves behind the eastern wine rack. Through the holes, you glimpse a half dozen humanoid figures, one with a full rack of antlers. You hear a gravelly voice mutter the words of a spell.
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On his first turn, from behind the wine rack, the druid casts a thunderwave spell, which shatters 1d20+10 of the wine bottles as it resounds throughout the cellar. The druid then orders the needle blights to attack.
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The cellar gets markedly colder the closer one gets to the north wall. Against that wall in the eastern portion of the cellar rest three frosty barrels containing Purple Grapemash No. 3, a fact that is emblazoned on each barrel's side. A single bottle of Purple Grapemash No. 3 lies on the flagstone floor in the western half of the cellar.
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The wine rack in the eastern half of the cellar holds forty bottles, the labels of which show that the wine is the winery's Red Dragon Crush.
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A secret door between the two halves of the wine cellar can be pushed open to reveal a freezing cold passageway (area W15).
You notice that the nearer you are to the back of the cellar, the colder it feels
- DC 15 perception to find the secret door
Blinsky
- Piccolo jumps out at whoever enters and attacks their face
- When Blinsky realizes who it is, he calls off Piccolo
- his story:
- he was being attacked by vampires in Vallaki, but Piccolo distracted them by jumping on their faces
- That gave Blinsky enough time to run and hide
- He snuck from alley to alley until he was able to make a break for the woods
- Piccolo found him in the woods and they camped there for a night
- but they woke up to find themselves surrounded by Forest Folk
- his story:
Statblocks
Druid
11
26
30 ft.
10
12
13
12
15
11
Nature +3, Medicine +4, Perception +4
passive Perception 14
Druidic plus any two languages
2 (450 XP)
+2
The druid is a 4th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 12, +4 to hit (14) with spell attacks). It has the following druid spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will):
1st level (4 slots):
2nd level (3 slots):
Actions
Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit (12) (+4 to hit (14) with shillelagh), reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 (3) bludgeoning damage, or 1d8 + 2 (6) bludgeoning damage with shillelagh or if wielded with two hands.
Vine Blight
12
22
10 ft.
15
8
14
5
10
3
Stealth +1
blinded, deafened
blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 10
Common
1/2 (100 XP)
+2
While the blight remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a tangle of vines.
Actions
Melee Weapon Attack +4 to hit (14), reach 10 ft., one target. 2d6 + 2 (9) bludgeoning damage, and a Large or smaller target is grappled (escape 12). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the blight can't constrict another target.
Grasping roots and vines sprout in a 15-foot radius centered on the blight, withering away after 1 minute. For the duration, that area is difficult terrain for nonplant creatures. In addition, each creature of the blight's choice in that area when the plants appear must succeed on a 12 Strength saving throw or become restrained. A creature can use its action to make a 12 Strength check, freeing it self or another entangled creature within reach on a success.
Needle Blight
12
11
30 ft.
12
12
13
4
8
3
blinded, deafened
blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 9
understands Common but can't speak
1/4 (50 XP)
+2
Actions
Melee Weapon Attack +3 to hit (13), reach 5 ft., one target. 2d4 + 1 (6) piercing damage.
Ranged Weapon Attack +3 to hit (13), range 30/60 ft., one target. 2d6 + 1 (8) piercing damage.
Twig Blight
13
4
20 ft.
6
13
12
4
8
3
Stealth +3
blinded, deafened
fire
blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 9
understands Common but can't speak
1/8 (25 XP)
+2
While the blight remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a dead shrub.
Actions
Melee Weapon Attack +3 to hit (13), reach 5 ft., one target. 1d4 + 1 (3) piercing damage.
Swarm of Twig Blights
14
22
20 ft.
10
13
14
4
8
3
charmed, frightened, paralyzed, prone, petrified, restrained, stunned
fire
passive Perception 9
understands Common but can't speak
1 (200 XP)
+2
While the blight remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a dead shrub.
The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice-versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a small twig blight. The swarm cannot regrain hit points or temporary hit points.
Actions
Melee Weapon Attack +3 to hit (13), reach 5 ft., one target. 4d6 + 2 (16) piercing damage. The attack instead deals 2d6+1 piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.
Druid Assailant
11
26
30 ft.
10
12
13
12
15
11
Nature +3, Medicine +4, Perception +4
passive Perception 14
Druidic plus any two languages
2 (450 XP)
+2
The druid assailant is a 4th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 12, +4 to hit (14) with spell attacks). It has the following druid spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will):
1st Level (4 slots):
2nd Level (3 slots):
Actions
Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit (12) (+4 to hit (14) with shillelagh), reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 (3) bludgeoning damage, or 1d8 + 2 (6) bludgeoning damage with shillelagh or if wielded with two hands.
Druid Naturalist
11
26
30 ft.
10
12
13
12
15
11
Nature +3, Medicine +4, Perception +4
passive Perception 14
Druidic plus any two languages
2 (450 XP)
+2
The druid naturalist is a 4th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 12, +4 to hit (14) with spell attacks). It has the following druid spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will):
1st Level (4 slots):
2nd Level (3 slots):
Actions
Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit (12) (+4 to hit (14) with shillelagh), reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 (3) bludgeoning damage, or 1d8 + 2 (6) bludgeoning damage with shillelagh or if wielded with two hands.