Caverns and Covens
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I told you not to return here without it¸ Daughter¸” Grandmother Narry said with a clipped tone¸ not bothering to look up from the cauldron before her.
Sassmyr bobbed her head in a quick nod. "I did track it down¸ Grandmother¸” she offered between panted breaths. She felt as though she had run here without pause from the underground city¸ and wondered if the contents of the cauldron might be edible. There was no telling with some of Grandmother Narry's creations. "And I can have it freed and returned to you¸ with a little help.”
Guttural roars erupted from the forest outside¸ shaking the walls of the treetop hut. Higher-pitched voices answered with calls for fire and lightning from the sky¸ and the Vast Blue was more than happy to answer.
Grandmother Narry gestured to the window beside her. "Does it look like I can offer you help¸ Daughter? If you had returned successfully¸ we could put an end to these attacks¸ but since you continue to fail¸ we will continue to lose Fangs every day!” She tapped the wooden spoon on the side of the cauldron¸ and tested the mixture with a taste from her fingertip.
"It is well guarded¸ and hidden¸” Sassmyr added¸ "but I know that with two or three Daughters¸ and perhaps with Mother Nesvit-”
"Mother Nesvit is the only one keeping us alive!” Grandmother Narry snarled¸ and hefted up the cauldron with unnatural strength. "It's times like these¸ Sassmyr¸ where you have to be creative.” With that¸ she rested the cauldron on the windowsill and tipped it forward¸ the steaming concoction falling to the battleground below. The guttural shouts turned to cries of panic¸ as the assailants retreated before Grandmother Narry's creativity.
Not edible¸ then.
Sassmyr nodded. "I will... get creative¸ Grandmother.” She bowed again¸ and left the hut.
In this 2nd through 11th-level adventure for Pathfinder Second Edition¸ the PCs uncover a dark conspiracy surrounding a customizable intelligent item known as Shavix. This automaton no longer wishes to be used for destruction¸ but his creator¸ a night hag named Sivilgix¸ will stop at nothing to wrest back control of him to maintain her dominance in the soul trade. Along the way¸ the PCs defend a city against a siege¸ mount a rescue mission in an underground derro city¸ navigate a twisted underground labyrinth¸ sabotage a massive coven of hags¸ and expose Sivilgix's allies among the nobility in a morass of political intrigue. This adventure makes use of several subsystems in the Pathfinder Gamemastery Guide¸ and includes rules for customizing Shavix as a critical adventuring ally¸ 80 NPCs and new creatures¸ and a player's guide with campaign-specific backgrounds.
If your group would prefer to start at 1st level¸ you can begin with the prologue module Ruins of Pinegarde¸ an adventure for 1st level¸ available for free on DriveThruRPG. The events of this module lead directly into Chapter 1 of Caverns and Covens.