Dead in thay it was designed to be a dynamic dungeoncrawl for episodic play. Red wizards are specialized magicians who hail from the kingdom of thay. The module maintains the sundering forgotten realms branding and would be sundering adventure 3. See more ideas about fantasy art, dungeons and dragons and fantasy characters. Originally they were an organization whose members devoted themselves to mastering a single school of magic. Thus, when a new red wizard level is gained, the character gains new spells per day as if he had also gained a level in whatever arcane spellcasting class he belonged to before he added the prestige class. This is a great way to flesh out your character, and the dm team may use information from your background to customtailor plots for your character. He escaped captivity almost thirty years ago but still harbors no love for the red wizards. Near the village of daggerford on the sword coast, the red wizards of thay have plotted to extend the evil reach of their land and its masterthe lich lord szass tam. They have been a part of the forgotten realms almost since the beginning. Dreams of the red wizards forgotten realms wiki fandom.
Scourge of the sword coast is available now in pdf format at the flames rising rpg shop. This adventure is part two of the dreams of the red wizardssundering storyline, directly tied to scourge of the sword coast, and loosely connected to the events in ghosts of dragonspear castle. The red wizards of thay are known across faerun, and are easily recognized by their distinctive crimson robes and the arcane sigils tattooed onto their shaved heads. Thay, land of magical power, mystery, plots, subjugation, monsters, iconic red wizards and exotic vices. Each school within the red wizards was lead by a zulkir who was the most skilled among them.
Red wizard of thay is a prestige class that was introduced in mask of the betrayer. The harpers view any such alliance as an abomination, as does the order of the gauntlet. These eight choose the tharchions regional governors who handle the daytoday leadership of thay while the zulkirs scheme and plot to rule the entire world. The introduction sets it up as the first part of the dreams of the red wizards campaign continuing with dead in thay listed on the wizards play network as releasing in may. The red wizards of thay, as cruel and horrible as they are powerful, they have ruled their eastern realm for as long as any sage can remember. While this is expected going against the red wizards of thay, its quite a step up from most character quests. Szass tam, the lich lord of thay, and his red wizards threaten to dominate. The red wizards of thay forgotten realms setting introduction.
Near the village of daggerford on the sword coast, the red wizards of thay have plotted to extend the evil reach of. I had created names, levels, and class choices for all 70odd wizard members of the enclave, but they were cut from the book. Relations with outsiders through arcane magic and the church of kossuth are generally acknowledged as the starting points for genasi in thay. Red wizards are present in nearly every faerun polity, both secretly and openly in some nations. Red wizards of thay is an organization gathering all magic users of thay, serving also as a ruling caste in that magocracy. Inv estigation and interrogation revealed that the thay. Where is my best source of information on the red wizards.
Because of their evil reputation, red wizards are arrested or killed on the spot in many lands. It is the red wizards who keep the stitchedtogether thayan war machine running. Thay realm of the red wizards the neverwinter vault. Red wizard of thay to become a red wizard, you must meet the following provisos mulan and from thay you must be a citizen of thay or one of its enclaves, and you must be from the mulan ethnic group. See more ideas about fantasy wizard, fantasy characters and fantasy art. While i absolutely love the idea of getting red wizards to betray their lich lord, szass tam, all of the encounters with npcs that will potentially ally with the pcs run. Dead in thay dreams of the red wizards iisundering by. Thay is a part of the forgotten realms and is home ot the red wizards. Now that theyve gained control over the city of mulmaster, the red wizards of thay have set their sights on more than just the sword coast.
This small and secretive group, led by an outcast named rath modar, plots to unseat the lich szass tam from his position over the red wizards. The lords alliance recognizes the obvious threat to the. The lords alliance recognizes the obvious threat to the lands and rulers of the sword coast and the north. In this book it is my mission to add an iconic group of wizards as their own specialized group. The red wizards are the masters of thay, the conquerors of that lands native rashemi, and the wouldbe magical overlords of faerun. Fr6 dreams of the red wizards 1e wizards of the coast. Fr6 dreams of the red wizards 1e the red wizards of thay, as cruel and. Prepare, then, to enter the realms of godkings and pharaohs, of strange magic unknown even to the likes of the red wizards of thay.
Originally they were an organization whose members devoted themselves to mastering a single school. Please no you dont need rules for red wizards or omg power creep replies. Red wizards are specialized magicians who hail from the kindgom of thay. Scourge of the sword coast, by tito leati, matt sernett, and chris sims, is the adventure for season 17 of encounters. The party encountered a necromancer from the red wizards of thay, fought him he escaped. Since that time, it has been continually updated and improved by many contributors over the years. I discuss the land of thay and the organization known as the red wizards. Very few sorcerers and bards decided to become red wizards. The bloodgate, an elemental node of power, must be destroyed in order to stop him. It is not easy to control a slave state, nor is it easy to hold together one of the few evil countries on the face of faerun, but the red wizards do those things and more with frightening efficiency. During their height of power, the red wizards were the notorious and nefarious spellcasting ruling class of the inhospitable but wellinhabited country of thay. The red wizards know the darkest secrets of the strongest magic, and will.
It began open beta testing on january 1, 2008 and went live on january 1, 2009. Scourge of the sword coast 2014, it was released pdfonly. For that reason, they often travel in disguise, invisibly, or by magical means. Red wizard of thay i will be playing as a evil red wizard of thay rwt soon, so i was very interested in this archtype. Let me take you on an indepth tour and by the end of it, i would wager you will want to. The most powerful red wizards are the zulkirs, each specialized in one of the schools of magic. They focus on a school of magic more intently than any specialist, achieving.
Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as the realms, it was created by game designer ed greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories. It was released in april 2014 as a pdf only book on. With a properly geared and balanced party, you could take this encounter down with only minor to medium. The red wizards, formerly known as the red wizards of thay before a coup led by szass tam, are. When he was young, varramzord was captured by pirates while traveling across the sea of fallen stars and sold into slavery to the red wizards of thay. Red wizards of thay have plotted to extend the evil reach of their land and its masterthe lich lord szass tam. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Thay realm of the red wizards, is a neverwinter nights persistent world pw set in the forgotten realms. The monsters, traps, and hazards in the adventure create a deadly challenge. This adventure was the second part of the dream of the red wizards, the fourth and final part of the sundering, an. Contents introduction, history of thay, people and society of thay, geography of thay, current economy of thay, current politics of thay, magic of thay, religion of thay, personalities of thay, adventures in thay, 33 x 21 map of east faerun from the gray forest to rashemen down to mulhorand and over. A lawful evil state with szass tam controlling everything. Most thayans are more interested in the human side of the family whether the genasi came from mulan, rashemi, or other, even lesser blood. Dead in thay is a tribute to tomb of horrors, the ruins of undermountain, and other killer dungeons.
One of the primary goals of thay is to provide new experiences and many options to players every time they decide to adventure in the realm of the red wizards without requiring dms to make things interesting. In the first baldurs gate, a small group of them can be found in spider. On joining the red wizards, you shave your head and any body hair off, and are tattooed with arcane symbols. Scourge of the sword coast dreams of the red wizards isundering by tito leati. Garbed in their distinctive red robes, the red wizards have sought to expand their power and to extend thays influence across the realms, particularly in lands in the east. The sword coast adventurers guide mentions the red wizards several times.
This is a plus thread, so please respect the premises of the thread. And they seem to be the exemplar what a truly evil organization should be able to do. You begin in an unmapped gatehouse with teleportation circles that provide access to the doomvault the doomvault hides a phylactery vault containing the souls of the liches who serve the thayan leader, szass tam. Then page 141 speaks of the red wizards specifically. This guide is designed to show you some cheesy tactics to take this quest down a lot easier. Dead in thay pdf version rpg item version link what links herewhat links here. Dreams of the red wizards is a sourcebook for the nation of thay published in 1988 by tsr. The red wizards are the magocratic leaders of the country of thay.
To this end, scripted systems have been created that dynamically generate creatures, treasure, encounters, traps, quests. Feb 18, 20 in which the gentleman in question goes in to discussion about his favourite organisation of the realms. The red wizards know the darkest secrets of the strongest magic, and will sell their skills to the highest bidder. May 18, 2014 dead in thay players handout the doomvault. The most infamous group of wizards in the realms are the red wizards of thay. In order to win this battle, in order to break the spine of the dread rings defenders, we need to take out the red wizards. Guidance from wizards of the coast for tying together ghosts of saltmarsh and dreams of the red wizards can be found in this dm resource document. The crunch in dreams of the red wizards is a lengthy listing of spells only available to the red wizards of thay, which is a nice complement to the equally lengthy listing of realms spells found in fr4. Old empires 1990, by scott bennie, is the tenth book in the fr series of sourcebooks for the forgotten realms. The red wizards, formerly known as the red wizards of thay before a coup led by szass tam, are an organization of wizards in faerun. The red wizard prestige class makes a character a member of this organization. A red wizard was a specialized thayan mage who belonged to the red wizards of thay. Faerun conversion red wizard of thay ive been looking around to see if anyone has a good conversion from 3. Background near the village of daggerford on the sword coast, the red wizards of thay have plotted to extend the evil reach.
Red wizard handbook a players guide to thay by r p davis curse of sebs. Szass tam, the lich lord of thay, and his red wizards threaten to dominate all of the sword coast. Red wizards gain no proficiency with any weapon or armor. The red wizards are masters of magic and manipulation and, not coincidentally, they are the masters of thay. Red wizards gain no proficiency with any weapon or armor spells per day. I decided to change some of the powers of the rwt and would like to have some opnions about it. Slavers, demonologists, and magical experimenters, the red wizards were much feared by most of faerun.
Scourge of the sword coast dreams of the red wizards i. There, the red wizards of thay sought four keys to free the princes of elemental evil. The circle magic feature is really neat and in an upcoming campaign my gm is allowing some world building. Cccsfbay0201 old enemies arise enemies of thay begin to interfere with the red wizards interests in mulmaster, hindering the citys trade routes. Ddep0702 drums of the dead szass tam takes advantage of a newly created zombie plague to attack port nyanzaru and conquer chult, but is thwarted by the efforts of adventurers.
Rath believes that in exchange for his help in releasing tiamat, she will grant him the power he needs to overthrow szass tam. Szass tam, the lich lord of thay, and his red wizards threaten to dominate all. Red wizards are infamous spellcasters from unapproachable east. First it talks about the forces of rashemen striking them down. They focus on a school of magic more intently than any specialist, achieving incredible mastery of magic within a very narrow focus. Lords of darkness, a book i cowrote for the forgotten realms, contains details on a red wizard enclave in the city of proskur. The magister 1988, coauthored a few months earlier by steve perrin. This adventure is part two of the dreams of the red wizards sundering storyline, directly tied to scourge of the sword coast. Heeding the call of sir isteval, groups of heroes recently struck back against the thayans by assaulting outposts supporting a small fortress known as bloodgate keep. Wouldbe red wizards tended to focus on a specific school of magic. If you share a love for the forgotten realms, then please do make. Red wizards thay tyranny of dragons obsidian portal. This adventure is part two of the dreams of the red wizards sundering storyline, directly tied to scourge of the sword coast, and loosely connected to the events in ghosts of dragonspear castle. Red wizards of thay in 2020 forgotten realms, fantasy.