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For over a hundred years, Skyhold Tower has floated harmlessly above the lands of Faerun. But now it is plumeting toward the earth - directly at Neverwinter! Our heroes have been urgently recruited to enter the tower and avert disaster - but can they uncover the shocking secret of Skyhold Tower before it's too late?

The Secret of Skyhold Tower is an original and exciting adventure, with lots of exploration, role-playing, and problem solving - as well as several epic fights! This adventure is designed for 5th-7th level characters, and will take 3-6 hours to complete.

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cra2 C September 20, 2022 2:45 am UTC
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Silly question but... what caused the rift and what is its role now? I'm getting ready to run this and trying to figure it out. Seems like Tobiy's story (and Frander's) is spread out over several places. And while I like that my Players will discover it that way, as the DM I always appreciate a "plot synopsis" for the DM right up front. A bulleted history of how things got to this point, and a simple flow-chart or other sort of diagram depicting how the adventure will likely go but showing the optional paths the PCs might take.
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M.T. B September 24, 2022 8:32 am UTC
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On page 19, the box called "A Fateful Night" provides a synopsis of the backstory. The rift was caused by Frander's experiments and it currently supplies Tobi with energy
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Brad T March 17, 2022 3:58 pm UTC
Any suggestions, from experience or playtesting, coming from the DM point of view on how to communicate to the players that they are not getting railroaded into the adventure by the geas spell? I can see my players saying, "Well why not get the City Watch/Guard or the Lord's Alliance to take care of it since we are in Neverwinter?" I want to run the adventure but I can also see my players being put off by how they are forced into it or they will ask for a ton of money since they were the 'chosen party'
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Dave L January 14, 2022 8:45 pm UTC
I'm a pretty new DM who is planning on running this for my group as a one shot, just out of curiosity are there any spells etc that one might consider banning for this particular adventure to prevent players from cheesing through? I'm all for creative solutions, just thought I'd ask as I'm not totally knowledgeable about every spell, ability, etc.
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Chris Y September 10, 2021 7:23 am UTC
Hi love the adventurer! I'm adding a IRL ticking clock to keep more players moving (the ultimate procrastinators :)

Not sure if there was an answer to this in the adventure (forgive me if there was) but what is keeping the upper levels from falling? Is it Tobi? The rift? If either of these, when they are "disabled" will that cause the upper levels of the tower to collapse?
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M.T. B September 13, 2021 11:34 pm UTC
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Thanks for the kind comments, Chris! I never really defined what was keeping the upper portion of the tower attached to the lower portion. If pressed, I'd say the original construction was magically reinforced which helps the tower maintain it's integrity, despite the damage.
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Pon S July 18, 2021 4:22 am UTC
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Can you please provide me with the tower maps without the grid lines? The grid lines are making it just impossible to import it into R20. Thanks!!
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M.T. B July 18, 2021 9:17 am UTC
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You can get it at these links:

https://dysonlogos.blog/2015/10/30/friday-map-the-shattered-tower-upper-levels/
https://dysonlogos.blog/2015/10/27/tuesday-map-the-shattered-tower-lower-levels/
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Pon S July 18, 2021 9:16 pm UTC
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Thanks a bunch!

As a side note, would you like the grid-less colorized versions of the tower and maps I made? You are welcome to include them in the files pack or ignore them, as you like.
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Tim K April 17, 2020 4:46 pm UTC
My group is about halfway through the tower (great module, thank you!) and I am pretty sure they will take Frander's portrait with them (they have cut the canvas from the frame, and sewn in onto the rogue's cloak like a back patch, lol).

Any advice on how to handle what happens when they leave with it?
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M.T. B April 17, 2020 11:40 pm UTC
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I would keep him around as a curmudgeonly NPC who occasionally has a useful insight to share.
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Nicholas R January 22, 2019 4:17 pm UTC
For the extended Arcana skill check to close the rift at the end of the adventure, should the Arcana check made each round use up a player's action if they're the one's doing it?
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M.T. B January 22, 2019 7:30 pm UTC
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Yes
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Kelsei C June 15, 2018 3:57 am UTC
These all sound so amazing. I use a lot of one shot modules when I do my homebrew campaigns to ease my burden of making everything. I wish some of these were on VT. Most of my friends and I live around the country so we get together via Fantasy Grounds weekly to play. I would love to see these hit the digital sales!!!!
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M.T. B June 15, 2018 10:24 am UTC
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Hi Kelsei, thanks for the feedback! A few of my earlier adventures are on Fantasy Grounds. Check out Temple of the Nightbringers, Terror at Triboar and Shadows on the Long Road
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Daniel N May 03, 2018 7:57 am UTC
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Just ran through this adventure last night and had a blast so thank you for writing this! There were a few parts where we got a little stuck on it, so thought I'd offer feedback.

- No scale on the maps, whoops! I drew them up as 5' sq but quickly realised that was a bit cramped for 2 water weirds in a room, we had to play rather fluid with the positioning of characters to get around this.
- Level 3 was hard for me to work out where the pipes were and the control mechanisms. You mention areas 3B and C in the text, but this doesn't appear on the image as a guide.
- Level 8 was difficult to work out due to having the two towers. I didn't realise it was primarily a stairwell with a secret hatch and that the outer tower was inaccessible on this level. My fault for not reading it thoroughly beforehand, but on the fly i think the map could be a little clearer perhaps.
- When Tobi died, it didn't specify how long he should stay down, I ended up leaving him as energy while they figured out...See more
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M.T. B May 03, 2018 11:44 am UTC
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Thanks Daniel - what great feedback!

Yes, scale of 10' makes more sense. And I don't think Tobi is a shapeshifter - he is a weird elemental hybrid.

I'm so glad you had fun!
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Ian B July 19, 2017 6:26 pm UTC
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I'm currently running this with a party of 5 and have a few questions.<br>
1. Why are there charred salamanders in Experiment room 1? As in what does this have to do with the plot? It seems so random. Why was Frander burning salamanders? <br>
2. If Tobi can't leave his room, how did he kill the Githyanki pirates? I know he can go up to the rift chamber but don't we fibd the githyanki corpses pretty far away from Tobi?<br>
3. Should the painting of Frander know anything about what happened and if not, what is its purpose?<br>
4. What is the point of the xorn and jinni story? <br>
5. Why would Frander just sacrifice himself to Tobi if he was unwilling to test the elemental procedure on himself? <br>
Not trying to criticize your work but my party is really picking this apart (they're only at experiment room 1) and I want answers to the inevitable questions they will ask. Thanks!
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M.T. B July 20, 2017 1:17 am UTC
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[spoilers]

Good questions, and I will answer them as best I can.

1. Frander was opening portals to the elemental planes in his laboratory, and was experimenting on various elemental creatures. The salamanders were (presumably) burnt to a crisp when the explosion happened

2. The bones of the githyanki are in the rift chamber - these are the ones Tobi drained. The githyanki corpse in the landscape chamber was presumably killed by something else - possibly the wandering earth elemental

3. Primarily comic relief! But the DM can also use him to give the players hints if they get stuck

4. It basically explains why Frander's treasury is empty. It's also a cool little puzzle for the players to figure out.

5. The experiment was Frander's life work - he was obsessed with seeing it through to completion. He probably thought he could transfer some stabilising life force over to Tobi without it killing him. Clearly he miscalculated.
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Mark K May 15, 2017 2:43 pm UTC
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I'm running this for my group this week, and I have a couple questions about running Tobi.

"If Tobi is reduced to 0 hit points he does not die. Instead he is reduced to a form of pure energy that is completely invulnerable, reforming his body in an unoccupied space within 10' of the elemental rift."

1. How long does it take Tobi to do this?
2. When he reforms, is he immediately back up to full health?

I really like this adventure; I've had a great time making battle maps and tailoring it to my party!
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M.T. B May 16, 2017 10:05 am UTC
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Hmmm... good questions and an oversight on my part. He reforms with full hit points, but I would make it take a few rounds, perhaps 5. And people should see the distintegrated remains turn into a liquidy elemental goo that heads back toward the rift. That way the players will twig as to what is going on.
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Mark K June 01, 2017 7:16 pm UTC
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Thanks for the reply, good to know!

I do have one more clarifying question: when Tobi switches between elemental forms, are all his abilities in your stat block for Tobi, or do you envision these elemental forms also having the abilities from the elementals on DMG p.124-125?
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M.T. B June 01, 2017 8:58 pm UTC
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Only what is in the stat block in the adventure
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Robert L May 08, 2017 3:23 pm UTC
how many sessions (lets say 4 hour sessions) would this roughly cover?
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M.T. B May 08, 2017 8:53 pm UTC
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1 or 2
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Jonathan S April 10, 2017 8:21 pm UTC
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I'm looking forward to running this. What is the scale of the grid on the maps? 5 ft per square?
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M.T. B April 10, 2017 11:25 pm UTC
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doh - how did I forget to put a scale on? I was thinking it would be 10' - some of the rooms will be a little cramped at 5'
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Jonathan S June 14, 2017 8:39 pm UTC
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Thanks. Also are there any NPC stats for Gimble Clickcrank?
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M.T. B June 15, 2017 3:39 am UTC
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No - as per the intro he has the statistics of a commoner, alongside his artificery skills (which only come into play in the last chapter). He is intended as a non-combatant
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