![]() ![]() ![]() Having fallen in love with a dying woman, Maximilian Drear stole her body from the morgue after her demise and has preserved it in wax within his museum.With no need for sustenance, the wax figures are happy to drag the corpses of interlopers into the cellar for the delectation of the ghastly artisans below.Ĭonsider the following adventure seeds when including Maximilian’s Waxworks as part of your campaign: As payment, the ghouls are offered the flesh of any wayward visitors to the museum who overstay their welcome. The wax figures and props that Maximilian Drear uses to tell the sordid tales of Ravenloft’s Darklords are crafted by ghouls in his employ who labor in the building’s basement. Indeed, Maximilian has endowed his creations with the power of animation and malign intelligence. Anyone trespassing within the museum at night will find themselves stalked by waxen duplicates of the Land of the Mists’ Darklords.Įach display is also intimately tied to the domain it replicates. If a character brings a Mist talisman to a domain’s display in Maximilian’s Waxworks, the Mists will pour forth from the museum’s floor and transport that person and their companions to the domain in question. Visitors to Maximilian’s Waxworks claim that the wax figures seem to move slightly, or flash a hellish grin, when glimpsed out of the corner of their eyes. For example, the Barovia exhibit shows a wax sculpture of Strahd von Zarovich lusting after Tatyana, making a pact within the Amber Temple, and ultimately murdering his brother in a fit of jealousy and rage. Run by the changeling Maximilian Drear, the waxworks features a number of grisly displays for paying customers to gawk and gawp at on their tours of the premises.Įach Domain of Dread in Ravenloft is represented among the wax museum’s displays by a tableau re-enacting the downfall of its Darklord. Maximilian's Waxworks is a wax museum attraction that can appear in any domain you wish. ![]()
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