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Visit our website at www.wizards.com/forgottenrealms TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . .4 Nvestro’s Black Ray . .33 Example Shadow Weave Node . .98 What You Need to Play . 4 Pocket Cave . .33 Shrines . .98 How to Use This Book in Your Campaign . 4 Ravage . .34 Shrine Appearance . .98 Philosophies of Evil . .5 Remorseless Charm . .34 Detecting a Shrine . .98 Tradition/There Is No Evil . 5 Scourge of Force . .34 Shrine Powers . .99 I Am Not Evil . 6 Serpent Arrow . .34 Example Shrines . .99 Evil Curse . .6 Shadow Arrow . .34 Other evil Sites . .104 Seduction . 6 Shadow Trap . .35 The Caves of Cwuvain . .104 Driven to Evil . .6 Slime Hurl . .35 The Curse of the Just Plain Mean . 6 Spellslayer Arrow . .35 Demon Claw . .106 Natural Born Evil . 6 Symphonic Nightmare . .35 The Greenstones . .107 Mad, I Tell You . .7 Tvash-Prull’s Bonefi ddle . .36 Hagskull Hill . .107 Inherently Evil . 7 Undersong . .36 The Scarab Chamber . 111 Evil Choice . .7 Unholy Beast . .36 Tomb of Queen No’Ris . 111 Better to Rule in Hell Whip of Thorns . .36 The Wizard’s Way . .112 than Serve in Heaven . 7 Woodwisp Arrow . .37 The Ends Justify the Means . 7 Epic Spells . .37 Chapter 6: Aumvor’s Fragmented Phylactery . .37 Encounters with Evil . 113 Chapter 1: Races . 8 Aumvor’s Soulshatter . .37 The Tone of Your Game . .113 Draegloth . .8 Bonfi re of Insanity (Ritual) . .38 What the Players Want . .113 Extaminaar . .11 Cataract of Fire . .38 Why Run an Evil Game? . .114 Krinth . 14 Diluvial Torrent . .38 Keeping it Fun for Everyone . .114 Horrendous Dessication . .39 Enemies and Allies . 115 Chapter 2: Tools of Evil . .17 Necromantic Singularity . .39 Damian Krale . 115 Feats . 17 Magic Items . .40 Qooql . .116 Vile Feats . .22 Armor Special Abilities . .40 Vargo Kent . .117 Initiate Feats . .23 Specifi c Armor . .41 Chazzar Ne . .119 Node Magic Feats . .25 Weapon Special Abilities . .42 Alon . .121 New Spells . .26 Specifi c Weapons . .42 Daren Timbide . .121 Assassin Spells . .26 Wondrous Items . .42 Dorzad ain Vereet, Krinth . .122 Bard Spells . .26 Major Artifact . .43 Horrsin Zespar, Blackguard Spells . .26 Extaminaar . .123 Cleric Spells . .26 Chapter 3: Prestige Classes . .44 Leargath, Draegloth . .124 Druid Spells . .27 Black Blood Cultist . .44 Ranger Spells . .27 Justice of Weald and Woe . .48 Chapter 7: Champions of Evil . 125 Sorcerer/Wizard Spells . .27 Night Mask Deathbringer . .53 Aumvor the Undying . .125 Air Breathing . .28 Shade Hunter . .58 Living Zombie . .128 Anathema . .28 Thayan Gladiator . .63 Eltab . .130 Arrowsplit . .28 Vengeance Knight . .68 Thrall of Eltab . .134 Battle Line . .28 Sample file Soneillon, Bedevil . .29 Chapter 4: Evil Organizations . .72 “Queen of Whispers” . .135 Bloodfreeze Arrow . .29 Cult of the Dragon . .72 Dendar the Night Serpent . .140 Bloodspear . .29 Cults of the Moon . .75 Caverns of the Brilliant Energy Arrow . .29 The Eldreth Veluuthra . .78 Serpent Mother . .143 Control Darkness Monks of the Dark Moon . .85 Kezef the Chaos Hound . .145 and Shadow . .29 Sharran Cells . .87 The Death Shallows . .147 Darkfl ame Arrow . .30 The Unworthy of Ilsensine . .90 Ityak-Ortheel, the Elf Eater . .149 Doublestrike Arrow . .30 Zhentarim ..