This article is about the adventure included in Candlekeep Mysteries. For the in-universe book, see Shemshime's Bedtime Rhyme.
"Shemshime's Bedtime Rhyme" is a short adventure module for 4th–level players, collected in the anthology Candlekeep Mysteries, where players are trapped in the Firefly Cellar of Candlekeep as they deal with a curse.
Synopsis[]
In 1492 DR, a group of adventurers spend the night in the Firefly Cellar below the House of Rest in Candlekeep. When a curse that forces its victims to hum a rhyme begins afflicting them, the adventurers and scholars present are locked inside the cellar for safety. The quarantined adventurers must discover how the curse is connected with the sinister tome titled Shemshime's Bedtime Rhyme.
Index[]
Characters[]
- Crinkle • Ebder Smallstone • Gailby Smallstone • K'Tulah • Shemshime • Varnyr • Yowen Pilt
- Referenced only
- Valeshti
Creatures[]
Locations[]
- Candlekeep • Firefly Cellar • House of Rest
Magic[]
- arcane lock • bag of holding • continual light • heat metal • potion of gaseous form • potion of heroism • ring of the ram
- Referenced only
- calm emotions • dispel evil and good • protection from evil and good • remove curse • silence
Miscellaneous[]
- amber • Shemshime's Bedtime Rhyme
- Referenced only
- bacon • Festivals and Festivities of Ancient Cormyr • Halfling Superstitions • Living a Dream: Three Years Among Stone Giants
Organizations[]
Religions[]
- Referenced only
- Chauntea
Appendix[]
References[]
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, et al. (March 2021). Candlekeep Mysteries. Edited by Michele Carter, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 4. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.
Connections[]
Adventures of Candlekeep Mysteries
"The Joy of Extradimensional Spaces" • "Mazfroth's Mighty Digressions" • "Book of the Raven" • "A Deep and Creeping Darkness" • "Shemshime's Bedtime Rhyme" • "The Price of Beauty" • "Book of Cylinders" • "Sarah of Yellowcrest Manor" • "Lore of Lurue" • "Kandlekeep Dekonstruktion" • "Zikran's Zephyrean Tome" • "The Curious Tale of Wisteria Vale" • "The Book of Inner Alchemy" • "The Canopic Being" • "The Scrivener's Tale" • "Alkazaar's Appendix" • "Xanthoria"