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The Chronospire Bastion

Location Type Ancient Clocktower

The unpredictable chimes are causing disruptions in nearby time-sensitive spells and events, prompting exploration.

Features
  • Gilded gears embedded into the walls
  • A shattered, floating clock face near the summit
  • Eerie, glowing runes surrounding the chimes
Inhabitants
The Temporal Warden.
Echo Sprites.
Secrets
  • A hidden trapdoor behind the clockface reveals a secret chamber
  • A lingering enchantment causes occasional side effects when touching the gears
  • The tower’s chime mechanism is powered by a trapped ancient spirit
Treasure
  • Ancient pocket watch of shifting seconds
  • Fragment of a broken clockgear, shimmering with residual magic
  • Map inscribed with strange symbols and future echoes
Details

The tower’s mechanisms are corrupted, causing the chimes to sound at unpredictable intervals, disrupting time and mental clarity within the vicinity.

Hook

The unpredictable chimes are causing disruptions in nearby time-sensitive spells and events, prompting exploration.

Read Aloud

A towering edifice of iron and stone looms overhead, its clock face flickering erratically as ethereal chimes echo through the fog—a haunting melody at irregular hours.

GM Notes

- Use the irregular chime timings to create disorientation and surprise during encounters
- The temporal magic can be exploited or cured with the right knowledge or artifacts
- The tower’s instability hints at deeper disturbances in the fabric of time in this realm

Created with Town Scryer for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition

by bananatron