The Pepperwheel Dragon Wagon

The Pepperwheel

Dragon Wagon

by J.A. Headley Wagon Wheel cover art by Corey Johnston Background parchment (DMG creator resource-old paper background) by Cole Twogood Layout by Travis Legge DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, D&D, Wizards of the Coast, Forgotten Realms, the dragon ampersand, Player’s Handbook, Monster Manual, Dungeon Master’s Guide, D&D Adventurers League, all other Wizards of the Coast product names, and their respective logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast in the USA and other countries. All characters and their distinctive likenesses are property of Wizards of the Coast. This material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or unauthorized use of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of Wizards of the Coast. ©2016 Wizards of the Coast LLC, PO Box 707, Renton, WA 98057-0707, USA. Manufactured by Hasbro SA, Rue Emile-Boéchat 31, 2800 Delémont, CH. Represented by Hasbro Europe, 4 The Square, Stockley Park, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB11 1ET, UK.

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Using This Supplement The Dragon Wagon is intended to add a little flavor to your games. Drop it into any large town or city as a way to spice up urban encounters, or have the player characters chance upon the wagon on the road. You can also use the food as a different way to deliver healing and other magic commonly associated with potions.

The Dragon Wagon The Peppermills are a family of forest gnomes famous for their spicy hot peppers. Jaxim Peppermill grew tired of growing peppers, preferring to eat them instead. His wife, Klariella, loved cooking, and frequently experimented with new dishes. Together, they decided to buy a tavern where they could create new recipes and share them. To gather the collateral and begin building a customer base, they decided to start with a wagon. They cajoled Jaxim’s uncle, Barli, into building a wagon to their somewhat bizarre specifications.

Their venture was more successful than they anticipated, and they quickly gathered the gold they needed to buy their own tavern. But by this point they enjoyed their mobile restaurant, and decided to stay with it. They changed their name to Pepperwheel, and named their wagon the Dragon Wagon.

Now Jaxim, Klariella, and their daughter Allicin, ramble through the city, stopping at a corner or square every day, and sell their incredibly spicy fare to any who dare to eat it.

The Wagon The Dragon Wagon is about five feet wide and 10 feet long. It has a domed wooden top, and a buckboard in the front. The rear of the wagon is carved into a fanciful dragon’s head, snout held high. The right side drops down, creating a window through which customers can order and receive their food. The rear of the wagon is taken up with a custom-built stove, and the chimney vents through the dragon’s snout. Onions, garlic, and various peppers hang from the ceiling. Other comestibles are stored in specially built cabinets, enchanted to keep the food cool and fresh.

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J.A. Headley

The Menu  Cinnamon Scorpions – crunchy nuts, coated in cayenne, cinnamon and sugar, and roasted (1/2 cup per serving)

 Hot Cross Buns – sweet dough rolled with cinnamon and cayenne, baked, with sweet icing, or fire icing (two per serving)  Pepper Boats – hot peppers, sliced longwise, filled with pepper-cheese, dipped in flour, and fried  Potato Volcano – pepper-cheese stuffed fried potato bites (6 per serving)

 Calimshite Shrimp – 6 butterflied shrimp, dipped in five-pepper sauce, and grilled  Dragonfire Kabobs – chunks of lamb, mutton, beef, or chicken marinated in fivepepper sauce and grilled  Roasted Sweet Peppers – diced bell peppers, dipped in five-pepper sauce, and grilled

 Tongue-Melt Tongue –beef tongue marinated in five-pepper sauce and grilled

 Maegera Mushrooms – marinated in ghost pepper sauce, dipped in flour, and fried  Ghost Kabob – chunks of lamb, mutton, beef, or chicken, marinated in ghost pepper sauce and grilled  Butter Garlic Shrimp – 6 butterflied shrimp, marinated in ghost-pepper sauce, grilled, then dipped in garlic butter

 Blur-Eyed Rat – rat, marinated in ghost pepper sauce, grilled, dipped in fivepepper sauce, then dusted with a blend of cinnamon and cayenne – so hot it causes the vision to blur

1 skewer – 1 copper

6 skewers – 5 coppers 12 skewers – 1 silver

12 skewers wrapped in waxed linen for travel – 2 silvers

(Bring the clean linen back to the Dragon Wagon, and get 8 coppers back)

Allicin’s Alchemy Allicin Pepperwheel has been experimenting with harnessing the magical properties of the peppers used in the family’s cooking. So far, she has been able to create three magical effects:  Healing Fire – A specially prepared Dragonfire kabob; each skewer heals 2d4+2 hit points of damage. 50gp per serving.

 Hearthfire – A specially prepared serving of Potato Volcano bites. Each serving keeps a person warm and toasty, as if sitting at the family hearth, for up to one hour: grants resistance to cold, as per the Potion of Resistance (DMG, p 188) 150gp per serving.

 Excuse Me! – A specially prepared serving of Butter Garlic Shrimp that causes the diner to… um… belch fire, causing 4d6 fire damage to a single target within 30’ unless the target succeeds on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw, in which case they take half the damage. The effects dissipate after one hour, or after 3 belches. (as per the Potion of Fire Breathing, DMG, p 187.) 500gp per serving.

Allicin Pepperwheel

(small humanoid, forest gnome) Armor Class 11

Hit Points 38 (5d8) Speed 25ft

Actions Dagger: Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5ft., one creature. Hit: 3 (1d4+1) piercing damage. Blowgun: Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 15/30 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage.

Pepper Bomb: Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 15/30 ft., one target. Hit: the target must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 2d4+2 temporary fire damage, become blinded, and become incapacitated from coughing. The target may make another save at the start of each of its turns.

Pepper Bomb A fist-sized packet of paper filled with a bright red powder created from a mixture of hot peppers. When thrown, the packet bursts open, and the powder explodes into a five-foot diameter cloud which can cause a creature to feel as though it is on fire.

A creature within the cloud must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or suffer from temporary blindness and an uncontrollable need to cough. The target is considered incapacitated. In addition, they suffer 2d4+2 points of temporary fire damage. This damage is non-lethal, and the hit points are restored as soon as the creature succeeds on its Constitution saving throw, which it may make at the start of each of its turns. Allicin routinely carries 2-5 (1d4+1) Pepper Bombs in a specially made pouch, though her years of experimenting with hot peppers has made her immune to the effects.

S 10 (+0) D 13 (+1) C 15 (+2) I 16 (+3) W 10 (+0) Ch 13 (+1) Saving Throws: Int +6, Con +5

Skills: Insight +3, Persuasion +3, Medicine +6, Nature +6 Senses: Darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 Languages: Common, Gnomish

Gnome Cunning. Advantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws

Natural Illusionist. gains the minor illusion cantrip

Speak With Small Beasts. can communicate simple ideas with Small or smaller sized beasts Resistance to Poison. Because of her experimentations, Allicin has developed resistance to poison damage. She also has advantage on saving throws against poison effects.

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