8. West Guest Room

Large, decorated wooden bed (purple linen, silken pillows). Marble-topped dresser with silver mirror (a wig and makeup over it). Old oak closet (a small dead spider and two, somewhat rusty, metallic hangers).

• Checking the closet: PCs find two small, thin apertures on both sides of the closet’s base. Inserting both hangers simultaneously opens a compartment containing a dirty old dark brown cape. Anyone wearing it is treated as a vampire lord—not even spells detect the magic.

Lenice Albathea

Beautiful banshee noble (long curly hair, beautiful eyes and formal dress). Wearing shiny jewellery (800gp total, one ring bears an old noble family’s crest—a deep red rose: same as the Blood King’s brooch).

• Reaction: Lenice laments what happened to her family, especially her son lost long ago.
• Insinuating her lost son is the Blood King: She disbelieves (at first) but this fills her heart with hope.
• Redemption: If she finds her son, her spirit may live again, and she and her son become mortals.

Lenice Albathea (Banshee Mother)

AC 0 [19], HD 7* (31hp), Att 1 x touch (1d8) or 1 x wail, THAC0 13 [+6], MV 150' (50'), SV D8 W9 P10 B10 S12 (7), ML 12, AL Chaotic, XP 850

• Undead: Makes no noise until she attacks. Immune to effects that affect living creatures (e.g. poison). Immune to mind-affecting or mind-reading spells (e.g. charm, hold, sleep).
• Mundane damage immunity: Can only be harmed by magical attacks.
• Energy immunity: Unharmed by coldbased or electrical attacks.
• Wail: All within 30' must save vs death or die. Usable once per day and only during the hours of darkness.
• Melancholic presence: Mortals with less HD than her must save vs spells or become melancholic, receiving -2 on attacks and saves.