Encounters with the Cult

1. Initial Skirmishes: Early encounters with cultists and lower-ranking members of the Cult of the Eclipse can help the party gain experience and gather intelligence.
2. Mid-tier Leaders: As the party progresses, they can face mid-tier leaders and more formidable cultists, each encounter increasing in difficulty and complexity.
3. Major Confrontations: Key battles, such as the one with the Black Dragon Sorcerer, can serve as significant milestones, offering substantial experience and rewards.

Missions for Reforging Summer’s Edge

1. Finding the Smiths: The journey to locate the great Smiths of the Summer Court can involve several quests and encounters with creatures or obstacles in the Elven Forest.
2. Gathering Materials: Collecting rare and powerful materials needed for reforging the sword can involve dungeon crawls, battles with powerful guardians, and solving intricate puzzles.
3. Trials of Worthiness: Proving their worth to the Smiths can involve completing a series of challenging trials, each designed to test different aspects of the party’s abilities.

Quests Related to the Chained Library

1. Proving Worth to the Massa’Ista: The series of quests given by the information guild to prove the party’s worth can be diverse and engaging, involving investigation, combat, and diplomacy.
2. Journey to the Chained Library: The journey itself can be an epic adventure, with encounters against natural hazards, powerful enemies, and other seekers of forbidden knowledge.
3. Exploring the Library: Navigating the dangers and mysteries of the Chained Library can be a high-stakes endeavor, filled with traps, powerful guardians, and ancient secrets.

Additional Content

To ensure the party reaches the desired level, you can also include:

1. Vidrir was the leader of the Order of Seasons and once wielded Summer’s Edge in a great war against the Shadowfell
2. Vidrir is Odin in disguise
3. Elven control over magic is due to their proximity to a large rift between the mundane world and the elemental planes (Feywild and Shadowfell are closest)
4. A powerful magical barrier holds the elemental energies at bay (Forbiddence) and allows the elves to tap into the planes with some level of control.
   1. The original Matriarch organized the ritual that created the barrier and lent much of her power to its formation.
   2. No one has been born with the Matriarch’s gift for barriers in two generations, and the barrier is beginning to weaken.
5. A powerful entity from the Shadowfell seeks to take advantage of the weakening barrier to enter our world.

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Deadly Encounter Benchmark

Calculate the deadly encounter benchmark by adding together all character levels and dividing by 2 if they’re 5th level or above or divide by 4 if they’re 1st to 4th level. An encounter may be deadly if the sum total of monster challenge ratings is greater than half the sum total of character levels or one quarter of character levels if the characters are 4th level or below.