Ravenships are specialized ships developed by the Shadar-kai to pursue missions for the Raven Queen. A typical Ravenship has a crew of 8-11 Shadar-kai, captained by a Gloom Weaver wizard, with Shadow Dancer officers and archers. Ravenships have observed sites like White Plume Mountain and Barovia, waiting to escort champions or observe artifacts. Other notable Ravenships include the Quiet Dignity, which performs rescue missions, and Huginn and Muninn, piloted by viking berserkers who raid for sacrifices.
Ravenships are specialized ships developed by the Shadar-kai to pursue missions for the Raven Queen. A typical Ravenship has a crew of 8-11 Shadar-kai, captained by a Gloom Weaver wizard, with Shadow Dancer officers and archers. Ravenships have observed sites like White Plume Mountain and Barovia, waiting to escort champions or observe artifacts. Other notable Ravenships include the Quiet Dignity, which performs rescue missions, and Huginn and Muninn, piloted by viking berserkers who raid for sacrifices.
Ravenships are specialized ships developed by the Shadar-kai to pursue missions for the Raven Queen. A typical Ravenship has a crew of 8-11 Shadar-kai, captained by a Gloom Weaver wizard, with Shadow Dancer officers and archers. Ravenships have observed sites like White Plume Mountain and Barovia, waiting to escort champions or observe artifacts. Other notable Ravenships include the Quiet Dignity, which performs rescue missions, and Huginn and Muninn, piloted by viking berserkers who raid for sacrifices.
Ravenships are specialized ships developed by the Shadar-kai to pursue missions for the Raven Queen. A typical Ravenship has a crew of 8-11 Shadar-kai, captained by a Gloom Weaver wizard, with Shadow Dancer officers and archers. Ravenships have observed sites like White Plume Mountain and Barovia, waiting to escort champions or observe artifacts. Other notable Ravenships include the Quiet Dignity, which performs rescue missions, and Huginn and Muninn, piloted by viking berserkers who raid for sacrifices.
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the Raven Queen is usually captained by a Shadar-kai Gloom Weaver with four Shadar-kai Shadow Dancer officers, 11 shadar-kai Archers and 2d4+4 swarms of ravens. The agents of the Raven Queen have been noted in a number of Notable Locations: White Plume Mountain Instructed to witness the sorrows surrounding the Blackrazor, the first sentient sword crafted by the Shadowfell Goddess, the raven ship crew seen circling White Plume Mountain is waiting for a champion to claim it. When a champion is found, they are to be escorted to the Fortress of Memories to receive a quest from the Raven Queen- by force if necessary. Barovia Charged with observing the Holy Symbol of Ravenkind and the loss surrounding it, the crew of a ravenship spotted in Barovia has rendered no aid to any hero in possession of the item for the last decade. Wildemount The Raven Queen’s agents have an interest in an artifact known as the Blade of Broken Mirrors… Other Notable Raven Ships Corvin Hullbreaker & the Quiet Dignity Covin is a NG dwarf Abjurer Wizard who was born in wildspace. The Quiet Dignity runs rescue and relief missions in warzones, and is crewed by: First Mate Polto Stonefist, a N goliath champion Bob Bibbleswort, a NG gnomish illusionist wizard Xanyi Silversun, a CG Astral Elf Star Priest 12 CG elf, dwarf and human Priests Raven Ships are an uparmored variant of the Shrike Huginn & Muninn Ship developed by the Shadar-Kai for trips into These ships have identical viking crews: a N War Priest wildspace chasing the Raven Queen’s whims. Shadar- of Odin, four LN priests and 15 CN berserkers. Their kai encountered outside the Shadowfell are often on crews raid across wildspace for treasure, slaves and quests to find the most sorrow-touched items they can sacrifices to return to their frozen homeland with. find to bring back to their queen’s gloomy castle. Along with the shadow elves, the Raven is popular with spies, The King’s Crow smugglers, assassins and adventuring parties. The upstart “King” of Barovia, the devil Crowley Raven crews tend to number between 8 and 11 in its maintains a raven ship manned by his infernal troops. role as a blockade runner and bomber. When outfitted Two Warlocks of the Fiend share helmsman’s duties as a light warship, a Raven usually carries about 20 with 10 Red Right Hand Soldiers as crew. Find these men, but like the Shrikeship, in these cases the ship is troops in our “What If?!” sequel to Curse of Strahd here: usually used for only relatively short-range missions. Invariably painted black, the Raven sees regular use Doctor Crowley’s (in)Famous Pact & Patron Brand Miracles in twilight and at night to sneak into enemy airpace and use its jettison to drop smokepowder kegs to demolish key points of enemy fortifications.