The Obelisk — Complete Villain Faction for D&D 5e

The Obelisk is not a random encounter table. It is a secret organisation with a strict hierarchy, elemental commanders, and a telepathic leader so dangerous she has never needed to leave her capsule.

This complete supplement gives you everything to run the Obelisk as a living, breathing villain faction — from the first mysterious encounter to the final campaign showdown.

 PART 1 — ORGANISATION BESTIARY 

20+ fully statted creatures across 7 hierarchy tiers:

► Shards (CR 3–5) — expendable soldiers, fanatically loyal after a will-suppression ritual ► Shadows (CR 5–7) — Shar'Zan spirits and Shadow Elementals operating from darkness ► Luminaries (CR 6–7) — Red Alchemist, Dream Necromancer, Whisper of Shadows ► Mosaics (CR 7–9) — three elite squads: Ergos, Chromos, Shadow of Two Faces ► Inquisitors (CR 9–11) — Steel Shadow, Morphosis, Star Sentinel, Tenestrat ► Fragments ×4 (CR 13) — Fire, Water, Earth, Air elemental lieutenants ► Prism (CR 17) — the absolute leader, immune to all damage while any Fragment lives

Includes: organisation structure, balance notes, DM Quick Reference, and the full Prism encounter checklist.

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PART 2 — SHARDS OF TRUTH (One-Shot) 

A complete single-session adventure for 4–5 players at levels 5–7.

Three Obelisk agents have defected. Steel Shadow has their names. One of them is already captured and being held at a decommissioned forge outside the city.

► 3 adventure hooks for different party backgrounds ► 11 fully detailed scenes across 3 acts ► 8 key NPCs with motivations, states, and ready-to-use dialogue ► The Aeldara Forge — multi-entry tactical location, stealth or combat viable ► An open ending that works standalone or as Session 1 of a longer campaign

The morning after: each player finds a small black card in their pack. Silver ink. One word: "Interesting."

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PART 3 — THE SHADOW INDEX (DM Tools) 

A reference toolkit designed to be opened mid-session and closed in 10 seconds.

► REPUTATION SYSTEM — full −5 to +5 scale tracking how the Obelisk sees your party, with defined consequences at every level, infiltration rank progression, and the Cover Blown rule

► 8 RANDOM d10 TABLES — roll when you need Obelisk content on the fly: what is this cell doing / operative secrets / internal tensions / city rumours / loot / safe-house contents / what goes wrong / what Prism wants right now

► CAMPAIGN TOOLS — session-by-session Obelisk timeline, three campaign endings (Defeat / Replacement / The Deal), and the Cascade — a deliberately undefined mystery for your table to answer

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Designed for any elven or forest-based D&D 5e setting. All three documents included in one purchase. By Jack Rinzo.

"We are your fears made flesh."