Mortuary Encounters (Levels 1—4)

d10	Encounter
1	A decapitated zombie with the blinded and deafened conditions scrabbles along the ground, looking for its head. The zombie attacks any creature it detects.
2	1d4 will-o'-wisps offer to guide the characters to their destination but might lead them to a deadly location in the Mortuary, such as a crematorium.
3	A poshly dressed Duster wight asks the characters to help them write a eulogy that's due in 10 minutes.
4	A friendly death dog trots up to the characters and drops a bony hand at their feet. The dog wants to play fetch.
5	Ten melancholy Dusters (commoners) conduct an open-casket funeral for a cheery skeleton named Merle, who never received one in life. Merle lies in the casket but occasionally sits up to hear his own eulogies. The Dusters ask the characters if they'd like to say anything on behalf of the deceased.
6	A lost animated coffin* lurches along, carrying a reverently laid corpse to its crypt. The Construct approaches the characters and silently petitions them to escort it to its destination.
7	1d4 zombies, bloated and riddled with holes, shuffle up to the characters and each expel a swarm of rot grubs† at their feet. All the creatures are hostile toward the characters.
8	A Heralds of Dust exorcist* works to expel a dybbuk† from a corpse. The exorcist asks the characters to help in dispatch the Fiend.
9	Two bards† in the Heralds of Dust approach the characters and sing a ballad honoring the dead. If the characters interrupt or otherwise ruin the tune, 1d4 irascible specters emerge from the walls and attack, causing the bards to flee.
10	Three skeleton farmers quietly tend to corpse-white grave flowers in an underground garden. Four stench kows† graze nearby and protect the farmers, who attack if the characters pluck any flowers or interfere with their work.

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