The Bellwether Spire
Location Type Ruined Clocktower
- Impression
- A hollow clang echoes, metal groans, and the air tastes like rust and decay.
Exits
- A spiral staircase descending into darkness
- A shattered door leading outside, winds howl
Hooks
- The clock chimes improperly at random hours, disturbing nearby sanity.
- The hermit's madness suggests a dangerous secret about the tower’s origin.
Inhabitants
- Silent, shadowed clockwork automatons
- A mad hermit sewing together broken gears
Interactables
- Clockwork lever: shifts the chime pattern (Presence DR14 reveals its secret).
- Old wind-up key: may halt or activate the chiming, causing unpredictable effects.
Loot
- Tarnished silver gear: worth 12 silver
- Ancient scroll with cryptic time symbols: 25 silver
Threat
Strange chimes summon spectral guardians; Presence DR12 or be haunted into madness.
GM Notes
- The spectral guardians are immune to physical attacks; weaken via Presence checks.
- The clock’s chime pattern can reveal a hidden sequence needed to disable the tower's curse.
- The hermit is unstable but possesses critical information about the tower's true purpose.