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 Mage Forge
backstabbed her way into the hierarchy. Eventually, she was
Dream Essence subjected to a zone of truth spell and was put to death.
4. An orc who lived a short and brutal life. An abused
A thin, wispy liquid that shimmers in light, dream essence whelp, the orc eventually joined a force of rampaging orcs
contains the memories, knowledge, experiences and dreams that were defeated by a rival orc tribe. The orc was actually
of a mortal. It delivers its most potent effects when it is used cooked alive and eaten.
with an eye dropper. Once imbibed, you can feel it flow with- 5. A young man who grew up wanting to be an adven-
in you, unleashing a torrent of thoughts and emotions for turer. He joined a group excursion into a dungeon and he
you to sift through for a short time. After an hour, the effect proceeded to trigger every trap — spiked pit, poison darts,
fades, although often fragments remain and affect the user
in ways that could be positive or negative. Fey creatures Mortal Dreams
respond better to dream essence than other types.
1. You are suddenly really bad at math. At the end of a
Fey Dream Effects long rest, you can repeat the save to end the effect.
When a fey creature (including elves and half-elves) uses
dream essence, they must make a DC 15 Constitution saving 2. You must make a DC 15 Intelligence check to remem-
throw. On a failure, they are incapacitated for one hour as ber the names of people and creatures once familiar to
they experience the life and times contained within the es- you, even the names of those closest to you. At the end of
sence and they must roll 1d10 and consult the Dark Dreams a long rest, you can repeat the save to end the effect.
chart. On a success, they are still incapacitated, but they roll
1d10 and consult the Bright Dreams chart. 3. You gain the poisoned condition for 1d4 hours.

Mortal Dream Effects 4. Remembrances of intense past conversations from

When a non-fey creature imbibes dream essence they someone else’s life keeps distracting you, giving you dis-
must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be- advantage on (Wisdom) Perception checks. At the end of
come overcome with psychic pain and drop to 0 hit points. a long rest, you can repeat the save to end the effect.
Success means they take 1d10 psychic damage and roll 1d10
and consult the Mortal Dream chart. 5. You lose proficiency in a type of weapon or armor of
the GM’s choosing until the end of your next long rest.
Dream Essence Experiences
Here is a list of possible lives an imbiber might experience. 6. Even if you are not a spellcaster, you have learned
Game Masters should feel free to add details to any of these — but can’t control — the casting of counterspell. At a
to fit your setting and characters or create their own new time of the GM’s choosing, you cast counterspell with a +7
ones for imbibers of dream essence to experience. bonus on the roll.
1. A half-elf who had a twin. They shared an inseparable bond
and could finish each other’s sentences. Her twin sister died from 7. You have a headache that gives you disadvantage on
disease, leaving the surviving sister to live a hollow, empty life. all skill checks until the end of your next long rest.
2. A barmaid who worked at a local tavern. The bar was
frequented by many adventuring types, one of whom she 8. You gain a long-term madness.
eventually married. Her partner went on a quest and never
returned. She died not knowing what happened. 9. You are incapacitated for 1d4 hours.
3. An amoral liar and thief who went through life be-
traying everyone she knew. Her crimes grow more vile as 10. Your hit point maximum is reduced by 2d10 until
her life goes on. She eventually joined a church where she your next long rest.

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 and jets of flame. He was so traumatized by the experience Dark Dreams
that he never really recovered.
6. A woman who became an apprentice to a wizard. The 1. You pick up a habit or nervous tic from the person
wizard went on a long journey and when he returned, he whose dreams you experienced — repeating yourself,
had changed. He had contracted lycanthropy. He infected mumbling, fidgeting, or breathing loudly. At the end of
her as well, and they went on a lengthy rampage before a long rest, you can repeat the saving throw to end the
finally being slain by a band of rangers. effect.

Bright Dreams 2. A song is stuck in your head. At the end of a long

rest, you can repeat the saving throw to end the effect.
1. You gain vast knowledge on one topic — a specific
deity, item, or location of the Game Masters’s choice. 3. Your handwriting has changed to look like that of
someone else. Once per month, you can make a saving
2. You become acclimated to the mortal’s way of throw to end this effect.
thinking, sharpening your own keen senses. You gain
advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks until the next 4. You lose knowledge of one language of the Game
long rest. Master’s choosing. Once per month, you can make a sav-
ing throw to end this effect.
3. You gain warrior insight, allowing you to turn a normal
hit into a critical hit one time before your next long rest. 5. You have acquired an emotional burden — mourn-
ing the loss of a loved one, suffering the pain of unrequit-
4. You learn a valuable secret — the location of a magic ed love, or guilt over a foolish deed. Once per week, you
item, the password to an arcane-locked door, a king or can make a saving throw to end this effect.
queen’s secret crime, or the weakness of a specific monster.
6. You have gained fear of one type of creature of the
5. You are overcome with feelings of love, warmth and Game Master’s choosing. When you encounter that type
health. Your hit points are restored to their maximum, of creature, you must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw
your Hit Dice pool replenishes fully, and you gain 10 tem- or become frightened for one minute. You can repeat the
porary hit points until the start of your next long rest. saving throw at the end of each of your turns to end the
effect.
6. You have learned a magic item formula of the Game
Master’s choosing. 7. A past trauma from another life hits you at a mo-
ment of the Game Master’s choosing, giving you disad-
7. You have gained proficiency in a skill of the Game vantage on your next die roll.
Master’s choosing. This knowledge slowly fades over the
course of one month. 8. Something that used to make you happy now brings
back painful memories. It could be a place, a song, a
8. You learn a cantrip of the Game Master’s choosing saying, or activity.
that you can cast no matter what class you are. You lose
knowledge of this cantrip at the start of your next long 9. When you trance during a long rest, you are over-
rest. Suggestions: mage hand, message, or true strike. come with the memories of someone else’s final mo-
ments in life. You must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution
9. You gain insight into incredible brilliance. You have saving throw or you do not gain the benefit of a long rest
+2 to your Intelligence ability score until the start of your for 1 day. This effect can be removed with remove curse or
next long rest. lesser restoration.

10. You gain the wisdom of a lifetime. You gain a +1 to your 10. You have lost 1d4 crucial memories of the Game
Wisdom ability score. This effect can only be received once Master’s choosing, which are replaced with memories
per creature. Reroll if you have already received this boon. from someone else’s life. This effect is permanent.

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 Monster Menagerie
Onibara
Small fey, neutral evil

Armor Class 15 (natural armor)

Hit Points 52 (7d8 + 21)
Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

15 (+2) 11 (+0) 16 (+3) 6 (-2) 11 (+0) 13 (+1)

Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11

Languages Common, Sylvan
Challenge 2 (450 XP)

Onibara
Fey Ancestry. The onibara has advantage on saving
Halfling-sized female humanoids with charcoal-black throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put
skin and long, green tails, onibara are enthusiastic the onibara to sleep.
agents of their oni “father.”
When their blue, moth-like wings are spread, the pat- False Appearance. While the onibara is motionless,
tern on them resembles Jarease’s face – white, circular it appears to be a 3 foot-tall blue flower.
eyes, a fanged mouth, and white hair.
These demented fey butterfly humanoids can spew
Sleep Motes from their mouths, putting their enemies Actions
to sleep. They drag these sleeping targets to their mas-
ter, who proceeds to either eat the sleeping victims or
drain their dream essence. Multiattack. The onibara makes two melee attacks.
Onibara have the ability to assume the form of a
large blue flower similar in appearance to a tinted ger- Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
bera with a black center. These flowers appear to have one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) slashing damage.
a long, green stem, which is actually the Onibara’s tail
planted into the ground. Sleep Motes (Recharge 5-6). The onibara exhales
The onibara were created in the fey realms through shimmering, intangible motes of light on a crea-
a ritual that involved the use of quite a bit of Jarease’s ture within 5 feet of it. The target must make a DC
blood. Because of the blood link, the onibara regard 13 Constitution saving throw or fall unconscious
Jarease as their father. for 1d4 hours. The target wakes up if it takes dam-
Onibara are curious about the world of mortals. They age or if another creature takes an action to shake
do not understand the uses of most mundane items it awake.
such as lanterns, flint and steel, or rolled-up tents.

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 Friend or Foe
Jarease, Lord of Dead Dreams

Spawned from the loins of the god of ogres, Jarease muscle. The small white eyes that dot his blue face are
was once an empyrean. Now he is trapped in the form of a partly obscured by his messy, long white hair. His pointed
mortal oni who possesses the ability to transfer his soul to teeth are black, as are his lips and claws. Jarease wears
the body of one of his children. hooded clothes which wear down quickly due to his high
Jarease is driven by the need to regain his lost divinity body temperature.
and to get back into the god of ogre’s court. In colder weather or rain, steam visibly rises from his skin.
Jarease looms large at 10 feet tall, sporting 700 lbs of He is hot to the touch.

Jarease, Lord of Dead Dreams

Large (giant), lawful evil Boiling Blood. When Jarease takes cold damage,
steam spews from his body and fills a 5 foot radius
Armor Class 16 (chain mail) centered on him. Creatures with the radius are lightly
Hit Points 110 (13d10 + 39) obscured. The cloud disperses at the end of Jarease’s
Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft. next turn.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA Actions
19 (+4) 11 (+0) 16 (+3) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 15 (+2)
Multiattack. Jarease makes two attacks, either with
Saving Throws DEX +3, CON +6, WIS +4, CHA +5 his claws or his glaive.
Skills Arcana +5, Deception +8, Perception +4
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14 Claw (Oni Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit,
Languages Common, Giant
reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) slashing dam-
Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)
age.
Innate Spellcasting. Jarease’s innate spellcasting abil-
ity is Charisma (spell save DC 13). Jarease can innately Glaive. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft.,
cast the following spells, requiring no material com- one target. Hit: 15 (d10+4) slashing damage, or 9
ponents: (1d10+4) slashing damage in small or medium form.
At will: darkness, invisibility
1day each: charm person, cone of cold, dream, gaseous Change Shape. Jarease magically polymorphs into
form, sleep a small or medium humanoid, into a large giant, or
back into his true form. The only equipment that
Magic Weapons. Jarease’s weapon attacks are magi- is transformed is his glaive, which shrinks so that it
cal. can be wielded in humanoid form. If Jarease dies, he
Regeneration. Jarease regains 10 hit points at the reverts to his true form, and his glaive reverts to his
start of his turn if he has at least 1 hit point. normal size.

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 Terrible Terrain
Jarease and his onibara are scaled for a group of four sky, his two white eyes like small, dull suns.
5th-level characters. According to the rules of the dream spell, he can only
speak 10 words:
Onibara Ambush
The adventurers are traveling through a forest when, up
ahead, they spot three tall blue flowers, swaying unnatural- “Bring them back to me, and you
ly. In flower form, the onibara will try to entice the group to
come closer, emitting feminine giggles. will be rewarded.”
It should be noted that Jarease is nearby, watching this
encounter while invisible. He does not engage. He is study-
ing the characters to figure out which one he wants to eat. The dreamscape shifts, showing the character an area
It is entirely possible that he can visit a character in their of the forest where his lair is located. In the dream, Jarease
dreams using a dream spell if the ambush fails. awaits the character’s answer. Jarease has control of the
Once a creature is within 5 feet, the onibara reveals their dreamscape and will use it to threaten the character. If the
true form — 4-foot tall dark women with white eyes, sharp character survives the three following challenges, Jarease
teeth and blue moth-like wings. They look at the group’s vanishes in disgust and the character wakes up immediately.
gear curiously and try to communicate nonverbally with
them. One onibara is interested in a piece of mundane Challenge 1
equipment a character has (a canteen, ring, glasses, etc.). Jarease lowers a massive clawed hand, hoping to crush
If a character kindly allows the onibara to hold the item, a dream-version of one of the character’s loved ones in his
she is most grateful. She leans forward and blows Sleep grip. If a character succeeds on an opposed Strength check
Motes into the character’s face. The other two onibara fol- (Jarease has a +4) they can pull the friend free. Failure
low suit, attempting to put the entire group to sleep. means the character wakes up.
Each is strong enough to drag a medium-sized creature
back to the lair of Jarease. If the tide of the battle turns, at Challenge 2
least one onibara will attempt to flee. Jarease scowls. The daytime sky turns to night. He stands
thousands of feet tall and brings his massive glaive down
The Dreamscape upon the comparatively tiny character. The character must
If the group survives the ambush, Jarease casts a dream succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw to avoid both
spell to visit one of the characters. Because Jarease is the the attack and the ensuing earthquake, as the glaive cre-
spawn of a deity trapped in human form, he can bend the ates a jagged chasm in the ground.
rules of the spell a bit.
The next time the group sleeps, Jarease will enter the Challenge 3
dream of the character who he assumes is either the leader Jarease inhales, creating a vacuum effect. Everything in
or the most persuasive member of the party. the dream is being drawn into his mouth. The character
The character is dreaming. You could ask the player what must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity (Acrobatics) or Strength
their character dreams about, or you could base it on cam- (Athletics) check to grab onto Jarease’s huge tusk. The char-
paign events. You could have the character dream about acter then has a chance to strike at Jarease one time.
an event in their backstory, or a particularly dramatic event Success: If the character hits, they will gain a boon. When
that took place in a previous session. battling Jarease in the real world, the character has advan-
Suddenly, the sky in the dream blackens. Jarease’s head tage to hit Jarease and Jarease has disadvantage on saving
looms up over the horizon and fills a good portion of the throws against any magical effects the character creates.

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 The Hall of Dark Arbor dark fey, he uses the fey crossing built in to the hall.
The dark fey gave Jarease a special item. It is a fist-sized The Fey Crossing. When Jarease utters the command
seed, creamy white in color and emblazoned with a single word “Titania,” the roots that make up the floor come to life,
glowing rune. When the seed is buried one foot below the quickly reaching upward and forming an archway. Once
ground, Jarease can speak the command word “Takhta,” the archway is fully formed, a shimmering haze appears in
causing a massive hall made of roots, vines, branches and the archway. This is the portal to the fey realms.
tree trunks to form over the course of 10 rounds.
Throne Room. The central area of the hall is Jarease’s The Tower of Black Splendor
throne room, where he lounges on his throne made of This tower is incredibly tall — at least one mile. The dark
twisted roots. His onibara are usually positioned outside fey reside right at the very top. Most of the tower is made
the building in the form of 4-foot-tall blue flowers, swaying up of stairs that few have the patience, stamina or moti-
strangely. vation to climb. The top of the tower is above the clouds,
As a bonus action, Jarease can cause some of the vines giving a splendid view to those brave enough to step out
that make up the throne to shoot forward up to 15 feet and on a balcony.
entangle up to 2 targets. Each target must succeed on a DC The tower has a particularly unnerving trait. It sways in
13 Dexterity saving throw or be grappled and restrained. strong wind. The dark fey are used to it, but it may throw
The targets can use an action to make a DC 13 Dexterity interlopers for a loop. The tower sways fairly dramatically,
(Acrobatics) or Strength (Athletics) check, escaping on a and it is entirely possible to fall right out of an open win-
success. dow.
Jarease can also mentally command the vines and wood- Main Hall. This once-grand ballroom is now a mess. The
en tendrils of the throne to perform simple tasks such as dark fey, concerned only with their dream essence, have
holding a drink, turning the pages of a book that Jarease is left blankets and sheets strewn everywhere. The walls are
reading, or putting away his cloak. covered in bizarre, surreal paintings.
The 100 foot long scroll known as the Scroll of Mortal
The Essence Extractor Ken is kept on a roll attached to the wall. Often, one of the
The magic of the Seed of Dark Arbor creates an under- dark fey is either reading it or making amendments to it.
ground dungeon area in which the floor, ceiling and walls The scroll has at least 10 spells on it, four magic item for-
are made up of roots and vines. mulas and detailed information on 14 different monsters.
This lower area is where the dream essence is extracted. Chamber of the Night Satyr. Thulnisneer the Night Satyr
A humanoid is placed in one of six cocoons made of vines lives in a room dominated by a shimmering pool of water.
and roots. Once a creature is placed inside, the cocoon He loves company. The room is equipped with a statue of
opening magically closes and the interior is filled a soft Thulsineer that spews sleep gas on intruders.
glowing light. Chamber of the Queen of Falling Leaves. The forest
The creature is positioned in the cocoon in such a way queen resides on an open air balcony. She has used magic
that its head is directly above a bowl made of mithril. Over to create a twisted garden, memorials of those whose es-
the course of 1d10 minutes, the character weeps tears that sence she has devoured. There is always twisting wind out
contain their personality, dreams and memories. Each tear here with hundreds of loose green leaves fluttering about,
is precious. The attending animated vines treat the vials obscuring the entire area and making it dangerously easy
with the utmost care. to step right off the balcony accidentally.
Once the process is complete, the creature is essentially Chamber of the Mistress of Curses. She has a little table
an empty shell — a zombie like creature with no personali- where she does fortune reading and modest arrange-
ty or memories. ments. Like others of her kind, she has lined her room with
The animated roots and tendrils grab the vials and bring barrels of combustible liquid. Intruders who trigger the trip
them up through the floor, delivering them to Jarease in wire are caught in a massive explosion.
his throne room. Chamber of the Sleeping Scion. On a slab in a sterile,
Usually while this goes on, Jarease is eating one of the domed room, lies the sleeping scion, the child of Jarease
captured targets. He doesn’t eat humanoids drained of and the Queen of Falling Leaves. He is kept in a glass dome
their essence, because they have no flavor at all. filled with sleep gas. Should the glass be shattered, the
When Jarease is ready to bring his ill-gotten gains to the scion will awaken.

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 Lost Lore
Thee are the three scions of the god of ogres:
Jarease, Lord of Dead Dreams Asaless: Blue-skinned and comfortable in icy tempera-
tures, Asaless has birthed many oni collectively known
Thousands of years old, the oni known as Jarease roams as the Cereborg. Asaless lives in an ice castle and she
the lands with his wicked offspring, abducting villagers so specializes in magic involving the mind.
he can drain their dreams and memories. This dreamstuff Hungari: Hungari and his descendants dye their skin
is distilled into liquid form and delivered to three dark fey black. They have become feared assassins and deceivers,
who have become addicted to the dreams and memories. masters of stealth who ruthlessly kill in utter silence.
Jarease has been working for the fey for many years, Jarease: Moreso than his brothers, Jarease has kept his
and he feels he has fulfilled his agreement and wants his focus on one thing — regaining his divinity. His body is
payment — a new body for his ancient soul to reside in. hot to the touch, and he emits steam when immersed in
This body, he hopes, will make him the most powerful oni water or rain. He has made a pact with the fey that has
in existence and bring him one step closer to divinity. given him command over a fey/oni hybrid race known a
the onibara.
Ogre God’s Directive A strange mix of oni and butterfly, the onibara gleefully
follow their master and obey his every command. Togeth-
Long ago, the god of ogres asked each of his empyrean er they roam the land, extracting the dream essence from
sons to be reborn into mortal form for a single lifetime. mortals for the fey to imbibe.
They agreed to do so, hoping to impress their father. Each
of them was given an army full of unruly ogres and trolls. The Dream Czar
The god of ogres commanded his sons to go forth, con-
quering lands far and wide until he had a mighty mortal In addition to command of the onibara, the dark fey
kingdom. also gave Jarease a special item known as the Seed of
All three of the god of ogre’s sons failed in their mis- Foul Arbor. When planted in the ground, it grows into a
sion. Humans, elves and dwarves may be weaker, but tree-like Hall of Dark Arbor complete with a throne and
they proved far more clever. Once they learned to use dream extraction devices. By speaking a command word,
fire against the trolls, the smaller humanoids routed the Jarease can return the hall into seed form and carry it
larger army. with him to his next destination.
The god of ogres was enraged and humiliated at the
failure. All three of his still-mortal sons were banished Methods
from his Abyssal home and the god of ogres forbade When arriving at a new locale, Jarease will enter a
them to return. Since that time, his sons have roamed village invisibly and try to identify a popular person or
the world, transferring their spirits from one oni body to authority figure. Once he does so, he casts charm person
the next, always searching for a way to regain their lost on them, and tells them to gather up some citizens for a
divinity. trip into the surrounding forest.
There, his onibara put the villagers to sleep and drag
The Sons of the Ogre God them back to the Hall of Dark Arbor, where Jarease eats
one victim. The others are brought below and have their
Each of the god of ogre’s sons has the ability to transfer dreams and memories siphoned from them.
their soul into one of their children. In this way, the scions When the siphoning process is complete, Jarease takes
of the god of ogres have survived in the mortal world for the little vials of dream essence through a fey crossing
centuries. Each of them is a unique and powerful ogre built into the Hall of Dark Arbor and personally delivers it
mage who has fathered their own oni subrace. to his patrons, the dark fey.

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 The Dark Fey
Because they have so much magic and time at their dis-
posal, the flighty denizens of the fey realms create splen-
did homes. Flying castles, roaming huts and mazes of
foliage are some of the more common types of dwellings
among the fey elite. Sooner or later, the fickle immortal
fey tire of their home and abandon it for a new dwelling
that is even more spectacular.
Fey who have been banished from polite fey society
often quietly take over these abandoned domiciles. One
such location is the Tower of Grim Splendor, a mile-high
tower made of black crystal whose top floor is above the
clouds.
Three powerful fey entities have taken up residence
here, in hiding from the fey for various crimes.
All three of them have lost themselves, addicted to the
dream essence. They have become obsessed with sifting
through the sad lives of mortals, reliving their dramas,
heartbreaks and triumphs. They also accrue great knowl-
edge — spells, locations of powerful items, and secrets.
All of this information is carefully recorded in delicate
script on a single scroll that is 100 feet long. They call it
the Scroll of Mortal Ken.
Thulnisneer, The Satyr of Night: A schemer who let his
jealousy and greed get the best of him, Thulnisneer is in
hiding for an attempted theft gone wrong. Now, Thulnis-
neer feels a sense of superiority that grows with each new
secret learned as he lolls about in the rundown top levels
of the tower.
The Mistress of Curses: A sly, cruel, and beautiful
tanned fey, the Mistress is infamous for creating more
medusas than anyone else in the fey realms. Using a spe-
cial fortune-telling deck she is able to locate new suitable put his soul in the body and move on to bigger and better
targets for her to curse. things, but the dark fey have been stalling for years. They
The Mistress enjoys spreading misery because she is are too addicted to the dream essence to let him go.
miserable. Her parents were so awful to her when she was
a child that when they tried to eat her, she forced them The Sleeping Scion
into an oven and burned them to death. She is especially The spawn of Jarease and the Queen of Falling Leaves
fond of dream essence containing memories and feelings sleeps in a magically warded chamber. The scion is 13
of love and kindness that her own childhood was devoid feet tall, has green skin and long wooden claws. The dark
of. fey are aware that it is dreaming constantly, and they are
The Queen of Falling Leaves: One of the most pow- extremely curious as to what dreams it could have when
erful dryads, she despises those who tear down trees to it has never lived a waking moment. The dark fey would
make room for civilization. She takes great joy in destroy- love to drain it essence to find out.
ing villages and cities, magically allowing the forest to Jarease is unaware that the dark fey covet its essence
reclaim the area in mere days. The Queen of Falling Leaves and that they have no intentions of giving it up. The fey
is the one who created the Seed of Dark Arbor. are equally unaware that he has been using the dream
Jarease and the Queen have a child — an oni archfey spell to enter his son’s dreams, teaching him about the
hybrid that is kept in a magical slumber. Jarease wants to outside world and warning him about the dark fey.

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the Coast, LLC. and is Copyright 2000 Wizards of the Coast, Inc (“Wizards”). All Rights version of this License.
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10. Copy of this License: You MUST include a copy of this License with every copy of
1. Definitions: (a)”Contributors” means the copyright and/or trademark owners who the Open Game Content You Distribute.
have contributed Open Game Content; (b)”Derivative Material” means copyrighted
material including derivative works and translations (including into other computer 11. Use of Contributor Credits: You may not market or advertise the Open Game
languages), potation, modification, correction, addition, extension, upgrade, Content using the name of any Contributor unless You have written permission from
improvement, compilation, abridgment or other form in which an existing work may the Contributor to do so.
be recast, transformed or adapted; (c) “Distribute” means to reproduce, License, rent,
lease, sell, broadcast, publicly display, transmit or otherwise distribute; (d)”Open 12. Inability to Comply: If it is impossible for You to comply with any of the terms of
Game Content” means the game mechanic and includes the methods, procedures, this License with respect to some or all of the Open Game Content due to statute,
processes and routines to the extent such content does not embody the Product judicial order, or governmental regulation then You may not Use any Open Game
Identity and is an enhancement over the prior art and any additional content clearly Material so affected.
identified as Open Game Content by the Contributor, and means any work covered
by this License, including translations and derivative works under copyright law, 13. Termination: This License will terminate automatically if You fail to comply with
but specifically excludes Product Identity. (e) “Product Identity” means product and all terms herein and fail to cure such breach within 30 days of becoming aware of the
product line names, logos and identifying marks including trade dress; artifacts; breach. All sublicenses shall survive the termination of this License.
creatures characters; stories, storylines, plots, thematic elements, dialogue, inci-
dents, Language, artwork, symbols, designs, depictions, likenesses, formats, poses, 14. Reformation: If any provision of this License is held to be unenforceable, such
concepts, themes and graphic, photographic and other visual or audio represen- provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable.
tations; names and descriptions of characters, Spells, enchantments, personalities,
teams, personas, likenesses and Special abilities; places, locations, environments, 15. COPYRIGHT NOTICE Open Game License v 1.0a Copyright 2000, Wizards of the
creatures, Equipment, magical or supernatural Abilities or effects, logos, symbols, or Coast, LLC. System Reference Document 5.1 Copyright 2016, Wizards of the Coast,
graphic designs; and any other trademark or registered trademark clearly identified LLC.; Authors Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Chris Perkins, Rodney Thompson, Peter
as Product identity by the owner of the Product Identity, and which specifically ex- Lee, James Wyatt, Robert J. Schwalb, Bruce R. Cordell, Chris Sims, and Steve Town-
cludes the OPEN Game Content; (f ) “Trademark” means the logos, names, mark, sign, shend, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.
motto, designs that are used by a Contributor to Identify itself or its products or the
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“Use”, “Used” or “Using” means to use, Distribute, copy, edit, format, modify, translate
and otherwise create Derivative Material of Open Game Content. (h) “You” or “Your”
means the licensee in terms of this agreement.

2. The License: This License applies to any Open Game Content that contains a notice
indicating that the Open Game Content may only be Used under and in terms of
this License. You must affix such a notice to any Open Game Content that you Use.
No terms may be added to or subtracted from this License except as described by
the License itself. No other terms or Conditions may be applied to any Open Game
Content distributed using this License.

3.Offer and Acceptance: By Using the Open Game Content You indicate Your accep-
tance of the terms of this License.

4. Grant and Consideration: In consideration for agreeing to use this License, the
Contributors grant You a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, nonexclusive License
with the exact terms of this License to Use, the Open Game Content.

5.Representation of Authority to Contribute: If You are contributing original material

as Open Game Content, You represent that Your Contributions are Your original Cre-
ation and/or You have sufficient rights to grant the rights conveyed by this License.

6.Notice of License Copyright: You must update the COPYRIGHT NOTICE portion of
this License to include the exact text of the COPYRIGHT NOTICE of any Open Game
Content You are copying, modifying or distributing, and You must add the title, the
copyright date, and the copyright holder’s name to the COPYRIGHT NOTICE of any
original Open Game Content you Distribute.

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indication as to compatibility, except as expressly licensed in another, independent
Agreement with the owner of each element of that Product Identity. You agree not
to indicate compatibility or co-adaptability with any Trademark or Registered Trade-
mark in conjunction with a work containing Open Game Content except as expressly
licensed in another, independent Agreement with the owner of such Trademark or
Registered Trademark. The use of any Product Identity in Open Game Content does
not constitute a challenge to the ownership of that Product Identity. The owner of
any Product Identity used in Open Game Content shall retain all rights, title and
interest in and to that Product Identity.

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