First night in Trollskull Manor with glow paint and blacklights
My version of the haunting at Trollskull Manor! Volo is late and the PCs decide to tour the property on their own where the meet Lif, who is a lady ghost in my game. She is immediately helpful and warns the party of danger in the house. They hear a scream from upstairs followed by gunshots(?!) and go to investigate! They come across Jenks and Nat, tough street kids with guns, and save them from the ghosts of children, who unbeknownst to them are trying to stop them from goin into the attic. But of course they have to save their poor friend Squiddly, who's been captured by the ghost of an orphan devouring ghost hag! The party saves Squiddly from brink of being boiled into ethereal stew but when the party starts to gain the upper hand, the hag vomits up a pile of orphan ghosts who she congeals into a horrifying Spectral Gloom Golem!
The Gloom Golem and Lif were custom. Lif from heroforge, and the golem hand sculpted by me out of glow in the dark polymer clay. New DM and I'm so proud of how this played out. My PCs are all a bit strong and there's 5 at 3rd level so I got a kick out of thinking up some more challenging battles for them than the book provides.