The Sunless Bowl
The characters encounter the wounded traveler moments before the lich's agents arrive to reclaim the bowl.
- Dark Sun Ritual: When placed at the center of a properly prepared dark ritual, the bowl can block out the sun over an entire valley.
- The ritual requires rare components and a willing ritualist; disrupting the bowl or its sigils ends the working before it is complete.
- The bowl radiates a faint evil aura and can be sensed by an evil lich familiar with its power.
This shallow ebony bowl is perfectly smooth, lightless, and cold even in direct sunlight. Its interior reflects no face, flame, or sky.
The characters encounter the wounded traveler moments before the lich's agents arrive to reclaim the bowl.
The bowl is a relic of evil, created for a darkness rite that would plunge a valley beneath an artificial night. It is currently held by a wounded traveler while an evil lich hunts for it.
A thin rim of black frost forms whenever the bowl is brought into sunlight.
GM Notes
- The bowl is the indispensable focus of the lich's sun-blocking ritual.
- The traveler may be unable to flee or explain the relic's full history.
- Destroying or hiding the bowl can thwart the ritual, but makes the lich a relentless enemy.