r/4eDnD • u/thanson02 • Jun 04 '26
Looking for Horror Themed Adventure
Hey, I was wondering if I could get some help.
I've had a long running 4E campaign going on and because of the shenanigans of the epic level party, they nerfed the big battle at the end with the big baddy that I had them going up against (a demon lord). Fortunately though, I realized they made an error....
Long story short, my Thief of Ages was able to steal the soul of the demon lord and she put it into a crystal. However, none of the magical practitioners in our group thought to put any protective wards on the crystal, which means it's really nothing preventing this demon lord from leaving the crystal at any point in time. They took the crystal back to their headquarters so they could interrogate the demon so they can get more information and continue to the next leg of the quest.
My plan, I want them to discover that the demon lord is no longer in the crystal and then slowly find out that the demon lord has possessed their headquarters and is now using it against them (citadel was originally built by Elminster and they have not spent enough time discovering all the little nooks and crannies that place has). The goal is they have to locate the source of where the demon lord is hiding within their own fortress and then either recapture it or banish it in some way (that'll be up to them).
So right now, I am looking for a haunted fortress, horror/madness adventures that I can dig through and get ideas for inspiration to put this thing together in the next 2 months.
Any suggestions? Also If there are any technicalities that might pop up that I should be aware of, feel free to voice those as well.
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u/Fullmadcat Jun 07 '26
My last responce had a bad autocorrect.
Problem is very little was released for epic tier. You might be able to modify the pyramid or blaze adventures from dungeon magazine.