THEWENDI

GO HORROR

By:LucasMenezes

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shotadvent
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playi
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mendt haty
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l
rec eiveal otofspoilers!

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thav
eal otoft
imetopl
ay,c
onsi
derstar
ti
ng
theadvent
urei
nTheFor est
,asi
fthepar
tyal
ready
hadpickedupthequestwit
hFri
gusAmissa!

TheWendi
go
Thisone-shotmai nant agoni stist
heWendi go.
TheWendi goisaman- eatingevilcreaturefrom Al-
gonquianfolkl
ore.Itiss aidt hat,i
fahumanr esort
sto
cannibali
sm, t
heywoul dei t
hert urnintoaWendi goor
bepos sess
edbyaWendi go’
ss piri
t.
Theylooklikeapal e, nakedhuman, withitsbones
pushingagainsttheski n. The yareevilandps ychoti
c,
butnotdumb. Theyaree xce l
lenthuntersandwi l
l
oft
enpl aywiththeirvictimsbef oreeat i
ngt hem.
TheWendi gos t
atbloc kc anbef oundi ntheAppen-
dixA, page9.

Quic
kGui deofNames
andPlac
es
•Re l
ict
a:t
hemid-si
zedt
own,famousf
orbei
ngt
he
headquart
ers(HQ)oft
heBlueLotus

•Bl
ueLotus:agui
ldofs ol
dierswit
has t
rongcode
ofhonor.Theynev
erbailoutofac ont
rac
t,unl
essitr
e-
vealsi
tse
lfassomeil
legalact
ivit
y.

•TheExpes
sFor est
:ahugef
orest
,onl
ythebraves
t
ofBl
ueLotussol
diersdar
etogodeepini
t.Rel
ict
a
el
dersbe
lie
vespi
rit
shauntthef
orest
.

•Hous
eSant em:arich,noblehous
e,f
amousf
orfi-
nanc
ingr
eli
giousins
tit
utions.

•TheMonas
ter
y:previ
ousl
yfoundedbyHouse
Sant
em,i
twasabandoned170y ear
sago,when
rumor
sofademonhauntingi
tstart
ed.

So.
..l
et’
sst
artt
his
,shal
lwe
?
TheSet
-Up
tisthestr
ongestwi nterinr ecent
ememor y. •Hedi rectsthem tothemonas ter
y,statingthat
Thereareconstants nows t
orms,and i
t theymus tgos tr
aighttothenorthfortwoda ysand
coversmostofthec ontinent .
Thec ol
dmakes theyshouldfindi t
.
iti
mpos si
bletosl
eepi ntheout si
de.Therear
e •Headv i
cesthepar t
ytogetsomec old-weather
almostnofoli
ageint het rees,andonlythe gearinthec it
y.Heknowst hatasetofclothestowi t
h-
bravest(
orstupi
dies t
)ofbeas tswanderinthe standthecoldi saround5gol dpiecesint hecit
yand,
wild. withaPer suas i
onc heck(DC16) ,hegivesthepar t
y
thenecessarymone ytogetthem.
Thepar t
yar rivesatRe li
cta, amedi um- si
zedmedi e
val
town, attwi l
ight.Thec it
yisknowf orbeingt he
Aftertalki
ngt othepar ty
,hewi shest hem agoodni ght
head- quar tersoft heBl ueLot us, agui l
dofs oldiers.
andgot othet av er
n’ss econdfloor ,tohi sroom.
Ast heywal kar oundt hec ity,almos tever yhous eis
Ther eisnoonee l
sei nthet a vern, exceptfort he
closed, ast hes nows tartstof allhar der.Theonl y
bartender.Itisadwar fwoman. Sheas ksifthepar t
y
placeopenedi st het av ern, namedCol dDeer ,and, as
want stoeatordr i
nks omet hi ng, andi ftheywi llwant
theyappr oac h,the yc anhears omel oudar gument
rooms( maximum of2per sonperr oom) .Ameal
inside.
(Deermeatwi thbeansandeggs )c osts5s ilv
erpi eces.
Thes nowmakesi thar dt olistent othes ubjec tof
Be verages(beer ,wineandwat er)ar e2s i
lverpiec es
thear gument . Apl ayerc an, withdi savantage, r
oll
eachandar oom i s5s ilverpi eces .
Per cept i
on( DC16)t ot r
yandl istent hear gument .I
f
Ifthepar tywant stoimmedi atil
ygot otheFor est,
theys uc ceed, thepl ay erunder standst hatthel ouder
youc angos traightto“ TheExpes sFor est”(page4) .
voicei sdemandi nghi smone ybac k, si
ncet hes ervice
Iftheydec idet os l
eepi nt het aver n,therear eno
hepa yedf orwas n’tcompl eted. Theot herv oicec oun-
problemsi nt heni ght .
I nthene xtmor ning, t
he yc an
terpoint sthatt hegr oups tillhast woda ystor eturn.
buypr ovisi
onswi t
ht hebar tender ,for5s il
verpi eces
Ast hepl ayerss tandout s i
det het avern, thes torm
perda yoff ood. Iftheywantc old-weat hergear ,the y
getwor se, andt heSundi sappear sf rom thes ky,leav-
canv isi
tthet own’ stailor(amal eWoodEl fnamed
ingac oldni ghtbe hi nd.
Jean)andbuyt hem, f
or5gol dpi ec esperper son.

Meet
ingFr
igusAmi
ssa
Insidet het aver n, ahumanmani sl oudl yar gui ngwi t
h
aGol iath. Thehumani sanadul t
,wi thhai randbear d
startingt ot ur nwhi te, andwear sfanc yar mor ,c olor ed
blue, whiteandgol d,wi thas ymboli nhi sabdomen. A
playerc anmakeaHi stor yc heck(DC12)t oi dent ify
thear morc olour sands ymbolasbe longi ngt oHous e
Sant em, anobl ef ami l
ywi t
hahi st
or yoffinanc ingr eli
-
giousi nstit
ut i
ons .TheGol iathiswear ingas plint
armorwi t
ht heBl ueLot usinhi sc hest.
Ast hepar tyent erst heta vern,theGol iathbangs
hisfis tont het able, scr eams“ ENOUGH! ”,andl ea v es
thet a vern, givi
ngaqui ck, r
oughnodt ot hepl ay ers .
Themanappr oac hest hepar t
y.Hei nt roduc eshi m-
selfasFr i
gusAmi ssa, memberofHous eSant em, and
expl ainst ot hepar tyt hathehi redaBl ueLot uss quad
toc hec konanabandonedmonas tery,locatedi nt he
Expes sFor est,nor t hoft own.
Ac cordingt oFr igus , i
tshoul dbeat wo- da yt r ipt o
go, oneda yt oc hec kandt womor eda yst or et ur n, but
thegr ouphadl eftRe li
c tatwe lveda ysagoandhadn’ t
retur n.
Het henoffer stopa y80gol dpi ecest oe v erypar ty
memberi fthe yagr eet ogoandfindt hegr oup, or
chec kt hemonas ter ythems e l
ves.
Ift hepar tyas ksf ormor ei nformat ion, her ei swhat
Frigusbe l
ie v
est obet rue:

•Themonas t
erywasv acated170y earsago,asall
themonksc l
aimedthatac urs
ei nthelandreleaseda
mons ter
,whowaski l
li
ngt hem all.
Frigus,howe v
er,
ass ur
esthepartythatthereisnos ucht hi
ngand, even Fr
igusAmi
ssa
iftherewasamons t
er,itwouldal r
eadybedeadaf t
er
allthoseyear
s.
TheEs
sexFor
est
Ther oadont henor thsideofRe lictal eadss tr
ai ghtto
thef orest .Ther ear enogr eeni ns ight , ast hef ew
treest hats til
lha v es omef ol i
agear ec ov er edi nwhi t
e
snow.
Ev enwi tht hes nowc ov eringt heFor es t,thepar ty
canmanaget os tayont her oad. Ast her ear eas mal l
numberofani mal sr oami ngi nt heFor es t,ther ei sno
needt or ollf orar andom enc ount er. Ifthepl ayer s
makeaSur v ivalc hec k(DC18) , the yc ans pots ome
spar sefoot print s,asi fagr oupus edt hi sr oada
coupl eda ysago.
Ast heni ghtappr oaches ,thepar tyc ans ear chf or
as afepl ac et os l
eep. ASur v ivalc hec k( DC15)l ets
them findac av e,af terwal ki ng20mi nut esout side
ther oad.
Dur i
ngt heni ght , i
fther ei sanya wakepl ayer, he
ors hec anhears omes t
rangenoi s es ,asi fs ome
hea vybagwasbei ngdr aggedac ros st hef or est.I fthe
player sat emptt of ollowt hes ound, the ywal kinc i
r-
clesf orawhi l
e, andendupbac kt ot hei rc amp.
Whent he yfini s ht helongr es t,the yc ans pots ome TheRuneofI
or
footpr i
ntsc los etot heirc amp, asi fs omec r eatur e
wander edar ounddur i
ngt heni ght .APer cept ion
chec k( DC15)al s or eveal sar une, c ar vedi nat ree.
ARe ligionc hec k( DC19)r ev eal st hisr uneast he
RuneofI or ,ananc ients ymbolus edbydemoni cc ult
s
tos ummondemons .
Dur i
ngt hes econdda y, theys hal lar riveatt he
Monas ter y,ast heSunbegi nst of adea wa y.
TheMonas
ter
y
Ast hepartyapproaches,t
he ycanseethattheMonas-
teryiscompletel
yabandoned. Madeofs tone,t
heext
e-
riorwallsappear
st obes l
ightl
yburned,asifsome-
bodyt r
iedtoburni tbutwithoutsuc
cess.

TheMonas
ter
y-fir
stfloor
1-Fr
ontGar
den
Therei
sawhi t
egarden,coveredi
ns now.APercep- ac tofc anni bali
smi sper f
or medbyahumanoi d.We
ti
oncheck(DC17)showst hatsomebipedalcr
eature wi llbefleei ngtoni ght.Donots endany oneov er, ast he
pass
edinthegardenrecently
.TheMonas t
eryext
ernal Demoni stoos trongt obedef eatedbys im”
wall
saresl
ight
lyburned,asifafirehadhappeneda Thel ett
erendsabr upt l
y ,
asi fthewr i
terwasf or ced
l
ongtimeago.Thedoort otheMonasteryi
sopened. tos top. Ne xttothel ett
er ,isanopenedbook, wr itten
inAby s sal.Thebooke xpl ainsthatt heWendi goc an
pos s essanyhumanoi dwhoc ommi t
sc anni balism, as
2-Mai
nHal
l thes piritentersthehumanoi dbody ,drivingi tins ane.
TheWendi goi salwa y
shungr y,andonl yhumanoi d
Thereisnol i
ghts our ceinthehall.J
ustli
ket heexter- meats eemst osatiatei tshunger ,butonl yforas hor t
nalwall
s,itappear st hatsomebodytriedtobur nthe per iodoft i
me. Theonl yknowweaknes stot heWendi -
hallal
ongt imeago, wi t
hnos uccess. goi sfir e,butonl yi nthefir stda ysoft het rans f
or ma-
Theplayerscans ees omelargewe bspidersint he tion.
lef
twall,
andaPer cept i
oncheck(DC17)s howst wo Ifthepl ayersc hec kt hebook’ sc over,the yc ani den-
GiantSpider s(seeei therAppendixA, page9ort he tifytheRuneofI ori nit( seepage4) .Ifthe ywi sht o
Mons t
erManual , page328)hi dingintheceiling
. readf ur t
heri nthebook, the ydiscovert hatapower ful
ThehallalsohasaSt ai
rthatgoestotheBas ement DemonLor dknowsasTheSer pentc anbes um-
andalockeddoubl edoor ,madeofwood, leadingto monedv iaac ompl e xritual ,i
nvolv i
ngt heRuneofI or
theRooms .Ifthepl ayersgetsclosetothi
sdoor ,t
he andt hes acri
ficeofgood, innocents oul s.Thepage
GiantSpidersattack. cont aini ngther i
tualdet ailsisrippedofft hebook.
Ifthepl ayerss ear cht her oom, aDC15Per cept ion
chec kr evealsas ket choft hel astAbbotoft heMonas -
3-Rooms tery .

Thedoorl eadi
ngt otheRoomsi sloc
ked.Itcanbe
openedwi thThie
v esTool
s,aDC14c heck,orwi t
ha
DC15At hlet
icscheck.Bot
hc hecksaremadewi t
had-
vantage,
sincethedoorwasdamagedi nthefir e.
Whenopened, thedoorr e
v ealsasmallhall,wit
h
threedoorsineachs i
de.Allthedoorsareunl ocked.

3A-Fi
rstRoom
Thisroom hasabedandaempt
ycabi
net
,wi
thoutan-
yt
hinge l
se.

3B-Sec
ondRoom
Thisroom i
sanexac
trepl
icaofthefirs
troom,buti
t
hasadaggeront
hefloor.Thisdaggeri
sthemagic
i
tem BurnedHand(seeAppendixB).

3C-Thi
rdRoom
Thisroom isames s.I
tappearsthatarecentfight
brokeoutinit,
asthereisbloodont hefloorandthe
walls.
Thebedi sbroken,andaPer cept
ioncheck(DC
15)revealsabluepiec
eofmet alinthefloor,
simil
arto
thatoftheBlueLotusarmor.

3Dand3E-Four
thandFi
ft
hRoom
Thes
etwor
oomsar
eequalt
otheFi
rstRoom.

3F-Abbot
’
sRoom
Thisroom i
suni
que.I
thasthesamebedast he
other
s,butt
hewall
sarebookshel
fs,
fill
edwi thbooks
,
al
lofthem l
ooki
ngthesame.Ther
eisal
s oawr i
ti
ng TheAbbot
desk,wit
haunfinis
hedlet
teronit
.Thelett
ersays:

“
Lor
dSant
em,

Asdis
c uss
edinourpre
viouslet
ters,aDemonis
haunt
ingtheFores
t.Myresearc
hs howsmethatthe
Demoni sknowastheWendigo.Itappear
swhenan
 TheMonas
ter
y-bas
ement

4-St
air
s 7-Wendi
go’
sNes
t
TheStai
rsleadst
othebas
ement.
Therei
snos
ignal Thisr oom iswher etheWendi goeat s.Ast hepl a
y er
oft
hes
es t
airsbei
ngusedi
nalongti
me. enter sit,theWendi go( seeAppendi xA)i sov era
deadbody ,eatingi t.Thepl ayer sident i
fyitasa
memberoft heBl ueLot usor der ,probabl yfr
om t he
5-Bas
ementHal
l squadt hatwasi nv estigating. The ycanal sos pota
holei nt her oof,ast heWendi gous esi ttoleaveand
Thishal
lisfill
edwithboxesandbarr
els
.Openingany
entert heNes t
.
oft
hem reveal
srot
tenfood.Ther
eisaleftt
urnatt
he
Ifthepl a yersopent hedoornor mal ly,t
heWendi go
endofit
.
turnst ot hem, at
tac king .Ifthepl ay ersfoundt heAb-
bot’spor traitin3F( Abbot ’
sRoom) , t
he yidentif
ythe
6-Cor
ridor Abbot ’sbodyast heonec ur r
ent lyhos tingtheWendi -
go’ss piri
t.
Thiscorridori s50f eetlong .Attheendofi t
, t
heplay- Ifthepl a yersopent hedoors t
eal t
hly,uset heWen-
erscans eeadoubl emet alli
cdoor .AnAr canac hec
k digo’sPas si
vePer cept ion( 14)s cor e.Iftheyfailt
he
(DC12)det ectsat r
ac eofi l
lusorymagi conthedoor . Steal throll,theWendi goat t
ac ks.Ifthe yha v
es ucc ess,
Thedoori sc losed,butnotl oc ked.Thedoor knobsare theWendi goi ssur prised.
shapedliket heRuneofI or. Ati niti
ativec ount20ont hes econdr oundof
Anyplayerwi t
haPas s i
vePer cept
ionof13or combat ,aWendi goSpawn( seeAppendi xA)appear s,
highercanl istentos oundsofs omethingbeingde- joi
ni ngt heWendi goi nt hefight .
vouredast he ygetclosert othedoor .
I
ftheWendi
goi
ski
ll
ed.
..
Ifthepl ayerski llbot ht heWendi goandi t
sSpa wn,
theyc anr etur nt oRe l
ictator eportt oFr igus , whoisat
theCol dDeer( thet aver n).Het hankst hem, ands a
y
hef eelsterriblef ort heBl ueLot usgr oup( aI nsight
chec k,DC12, c anbemadet os ens ethathei snot
sorryatal l)
.
Hepa ysthepar tyandwi s hesthem goodl uck,as
henowhast or etur ntohi sf ami l
yandr epor tthe
news .Ashes tar t
st ogot ohisr oom, het ur nsbac k
andas ksthepar t
yi fthe ycanbehi sguar dsi nt he
road. Heoffer s40pi ecesofgol dperper soni nt he
party,ashi sf ami lyHeadl ivesi nac itythati sthree
day saheadi nt her oad.
Ifthepl ayer sr eportt heBl ueLot uss quadf aithto
theBl ueLot usHQ, the yaret hankedandr ec eiv
eeac h
aBl ackLot usembl em, whi chs howst he yar eal l
iesof
theBl ueLot us .Showi ngt hiss ymboli sus ually
enought ogets mal lfav oursf rom thec ommonf olk.

I
fthepl
ayer
sdi
einc
ombat
..
.
TheWendi gospiri
t,sensi
ngstrongerbodies,poss
es s
-
esoneoft hem (usuallyt
heplayerwhodeal tmore
damaget oi t
,orthelastonestanding)andeatsthe
otherbodies.TheWendi gokeepshaunt ingtheForest
andtheMonas tery
,eagerfort
hene xtgr
oupofadv en-
turer
swhowi lldaretoopposeit.

Thanksf
orpl
ayi
ng!
Appendi
xA:Cr
eat
ures
Gi
antSpi
der Wendi
go
Ademont rappedi ntheAby ss,theWendi gof eastson
humanoi dmeat .Whene verahumanoi dcommi tscan-
nibalism, t
heWendi goisablet oes capetheAby s
sand
poss essthec annibal’
sbody.
Whenhefir stentersthebody , t
heWendi gogoes
throughtanadapt ati
onpr oces s
,takingits e
v enda y
s
tofullybecomeaWendi go.Int hismeant ime, heis
knownasaWendi goSpa wn.
AWendi goc anlivewithot herWendi goSpa wni n
it
st erri
tory,butwheni tfull
ymat ures,t
hene werWen-
digogoess earchi
ngf orane wt errit
ory.The yr arely
fightov erthes amel and.
Atfir stglance,anadv enturermi ghtmi st
aket he
Wendi gowi t
haz ombi eoraghoul .Butunl i
ket hem,
hei safiend, notanundead, andi sfarsmar ter,being
ablet ohuntandki l
lwitheas e.
Appendi
xA:Cr
eat
ures

Wendi
goSpawn
Bur
nedHand Bur
ningHands
Weapon(
dagg
er)
,rar
e 1s
t-l
eve
lspe
ll,
evoc
ati
on
Yougai
na+1bonustoat
tac
kanddamage
Cast
ingTime:1ac ti
on
rol
lsmadewi
tht
hismagi
cweapon.
Range:Sel
f(15-f
ootcone)
Components:V,S
Thisdaggerhast woc har
ges.Asabonus
Durati
on:I
ns t
antaneous
act
ion,youc ane xpendoneoft hem and
dealane xtr
a1d6fir edamagei ny ournext
Asy ouholdyourhandswi ththumbst ouc h-
att
ackwi thit
.
ingandfinger sspread,athinsheetof
Alt
ernati
v el
y,y
ouc an,asanaction,expend
flamess hootsfort
hf r
om youroutstretched
bothchargesandc asttheBurningHands
fingerti
ps.Eachc reat
ureina15- f
ootc one
spel
l,at1stlevel(seethenextcolumn) .
mus tmakeaDe xteri
tysa
vingthrow. Ac rea-
turetakes3d6fir edamageonaf ail
eds ave,
orhalfasmuc hdamageonas uccessf
ul
one.

Thefirei
gni
tesanyflammabl
eobj
ect
sin
t
heareat
hataren’
tbei
ngwor
norcar
ried.

Bur
nedHand
Ar
tandi
mages
Di
agramat
ionandst
uffwasmadebyme,
us
ingthet
oolspr
ovi
dedbyDa
vidSzi
lagy
i

Fri
gusAmi s
saarti
sfr
om Wi
zardsoft
he
Coast
,astheNoblei
ntheMons
terManual
,
page348

TheEssexFor
estar
tisf
rom Wi
ll
iHammes
,
onArt
Stati
on

TheRuneofI
orar
tismyown

TheMonast
eryAr
tisf
rom j
uhv
anl
an,
on
Devi
anAr
t

TheMonast
eryMapsaremyown,
creat
ed
wit
hDungeonPai
nterStudi
o

TheAbbotar
tisf
rom nJ
oo,
onDe
vianAr
t

TheWendigoar
tisf
rom Wi
zar
dsoft
he
Coast
,int
he4thedi
ti
onMonst
erManual
,
page118

TheWendigoSpawnarti
sfr
om Vi
ctor
Lozada,
onArtSt
ati
on

TheBur
ningHandar
tisf
rom 5z
ywi
olow
amdFre
yHand

Gamedesi
gnst
uff
Thestory
linewasmadebyme,usi
ngDun-
geonsandDr agons5t
hedi
ti
onr
ules.

TheWendi go,t
heWendi goSpa wnandt he
BurnedHandwer emyc reati
ons,andthe
GiantSpiderandtheBur ningHandss pe l
l
arepropert
yofWi zardsoftheCoas t
,repub-
li
shedhereundert heCommuni tyCont ent
Agreementfrom DM’ sGuild.

Speci
alt
hanks
ThankstoPino,
Rodr
igoandPaul
oforpl
ay-
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