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For reckless heroes of

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Written: Bram Boyd
Cover: Lauren Krieger
Interior Art: Connie Dragon
Table of Contents
Introduction………………….. 1
Part 1: Ferrangon Fortress…. 3
Prison………………………………… 5
Mountain Cliff………………….…….. 7
Gormajork……………………………. 8
The Sewers…………………………… 9
The Ice Cave…………………………. 9
Fortress Main I……………………….. 11
Special thanks to the Friendly Adventurers:
Doland, Gunther, Merlin, and Valguard Fortress Main II………………………. 13
Sun Lion Door……………………….. 15
Seer’s Tower………………………….. 16
Wormgut’s Tower…………………….. 17
Southeast Tower……..……………….. 18
Mount Farn…………………………… 19
Fortress Entrance……….…………….. 20
Basement I……………………………. 21
Basement II……….………………….. 23
Fortress Bowels I…………………….. 25
Fortress Bowels II……………………. 27
Part II: Grimhall…………….. 29
The Long Hall………………………. 31
The Towers of Old……….…………… 33
The Inn Between…………..…………. 35
The Spiral Stair…………..…………… 36
The Cat Room…………..……………. 37
The Caenegaarden……….…………… 39
The Lantern Hall………….………….. 41
The Statue Hall…………..…………… 43
Lord of Cracks…………….………….. 45
The Hall of Giants………….………… 47
The Tomb of The Doom Smith……… 49
The Doom Smith...…………………… 51
Compendia…………………. 53
Monsterium………………………… 53
Loot…………………………………. 59
Esoterica……………………………. 63
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Introduction
Welcome to Farn
Atop Mount Farn, an ancient fortress guards
the entrance to Grimhall, a deadly dungeon
and the final resting place of The Doom Smith.
Within await countless treasures and long-
forgotten relics, but a gauntlet of traps,
tortures, and psychological trials stands in your
way, and that’s mentioning nothing of the
hungry beasts and cursed creatures hiding in
the shadows of those too-long halls.
Ferrangon Fortress
While historians might remember that
Ferrangon was once watched over by an order
of goodly knights, the old fortress is now
occupied by squatting goblinoids. It takes just
over a day to travel from Heap to Ferrangon,
and the lands between are patrolled by goblins.
Grimhall
The dungeon beneath Fortress Ferrangon has
passed from memory. Strange magic built the
dark halls that still hide treasures, traps, and
terrors beyond imagination.
The Town of Heap
The people of the Farn Valley are largely
impoverished and downtrodden. They come to
the frontier to seek their fortunes or hide from
sordid pasts, but all find hardship and
nightmares. Most who travel to the Farn Valley
at least pass through the town of Heap.
• Goblins raid the town from time to time,
kidnapping those foolish enough to wander
away from civilization.
• Non-humans are rare in Heap, and the
people are prejudiced and suspicious.
• Only common items and services can be
found in the shops of Heap.
• A band of adventurers led by Milo
Strong-Arm has been missing for a week,
causing the morale of the townsfolk to
dwindle. The mayor would pay well for their
rescue.
• Rumor is the mayor promised Strong-
Arm a magical relic in exchange for the
goblin king’s head.
1 2
Using this book
Tomb of the Doom Smith is an adventure for
low to mid level characters. The Farn Valley
waits just off the map of your choosing and
will fit into any classic fantasy world. It is a
grim, violent, and all but hopeless adventure
that will test minds, bodies, and souls.
Players should be advised of the dangers that
wait within these pages. Tomb of The Doom
Smith is meant to be a challenge. Encounters
are meant to be tough and designed with
multiple strategies in mind. Sometimes,
running away is the best option. Sometimes,
running away will be the only option.
This book is designed to make the GM’s life
easy. For the most part, areas are squeezed into
two-page spreads with a map, descriptions, and
all the relative information that fits. Page
numbers are included where passages lead to
other areas and for new items, monsters, and
writings collected in the back of this book.
Stats, effects, and time-sensitive
instructions are included in red.
In-game writing from books and letters are
indicated in italics.
Flavor text to be read to the players is
included in a blue box.
►Blue arrows indicate where routes
continue to another page.
Hooks
1. The party might become lost in a blizzard
and seek out shelter in the fortress.
2. The party is captured and brought to the
prison within Ferrangon Fortress.
3. Rumors tell of treasure waiting in
Ferrangon, either Wormgut’s, the lost horde
of an ancient order of knights, or a strange
armor the goblins are finding inside.
4. Raiding goblins kidnapped a woman
named Evalyn from town. Some adventurers
were sent to find her but haven’t returned.
5. The people of the region complain of
nightmares. Strangely, they all share the
same details and lead to the mountain.
6. Characters belonging to certain religious
orders might seek redemption for
Caenegaard, a fallen paladin who rests
uneasily somewhere on the mountain.
Armor Curses
Some creatures in the area have found armor
created by The Doom Smith. Roll to determine
if the enemy carries:
1. Helmet
2. Chest plate
3. Gauntlets/ Leg plates
Once all three pieces are collected, they can be
assembled to create Cursed Armor (AC 20).
Roll on the table below for a random, hidden
curse.
• Outside of the fortress, Goblins have a 1
in 6 chance of carrying cursed armor.
• In Ferrangon Fortress, Goblinoids have a
1 in 3 chance of carrying cursed armor.
D20 Armor Curses
1 Slowly grows hair inside and outside. If worn at
night, the hair grows into the wearer, making it
nearly impossible to remove.
2 All animals are distrustful or even hostile to
anyone who has worn this armor within a month.
3 When struck by an attack, this armor reverberates
loudly. All within 10 ft must make a DC 13 CON
or be deafened for the day.
4 When struck by a non-magical weapon, it
becomes stuck, making the armor increasingly
unwieldy and heavy.
5 The armor slowly shrinks. If worn at night, the
armor becomes stuck and painful, eventually
choking the person if not forcibly removed.
6 After a day, the armor begins to smell extremely
bad. The wearer also smells awful for one week,
even after removing the armor. The stench is
powerful enough to alert enemies.
7 The armor is strangely hot. Gain exhaustion each
day this armor is worn, twice as much in hot
climates.
8 At night, the armor creaks loudly interrupting the
sleep of everyone nearby.
9 Each day someone wears this armor, they lose a
tooth, even if not worn for the entire day
10 In daylight, instead of adding to AC, the bonus of
the armor subtracts from AC. Furthermore,
removing the armor causes 2d6 damage.
11 For each day the armor is worn, the wearer has a
50% chance of losing one Max HP permanently.
12 This armor causes occasional hallucinations, as
determined by the GM.
13 The wearer of this armor is 100x more sensitive
to pain. Whenever damage is taken, DC 14 CON
or stunned.
14 Instantly lose a level once this armor is put on.
The level is regained if the armor is given to a
willing recipient.
15 This armor is semi-intelligent and terrified of
insects. It forcibly tugs its wearer in the opposite
direction at the sight of bugs big and small.
16 The weight of this armor randomly increases
100-fold on occasion. The GM decides when.
17 Extremely flammable
18 Bursts into flames when removed and continues
to burn hotly for three hours.
19 This armor dissolves in water, poisoning the
water.
20 Just plain unlucky: Take disadvantage on matters
of random chance at the GM’s discretion.
Nightmares
As they approach The Doom Smith’s tomb, PCs are more
likely to have the nightmares listed below each night.
First Nightmare
You dream that you are walking a dark corridor. Dim
torches occasionally punctuate the darkness, and a strange
carpet seems to swim below you. You sense a growing dread
with every step forward, but something urges you onward.
You hold your breath at each turn in the hall, sure that it will
reveal the source of this faceless fear, but each time you are
met with more empty walkway. Every now and then, there
sounds a loud thunk of metal on metal somewhere in the
distance. Echoing out doom doom doom.
Second Nightmare
Again, you dream you are walking that dark corridor.
Somewhere ahead, metal loudly strikes metal and you can
tell that you are closer now to its source. As you move
forward, the hall almost seems to narrow and torches are
fewer and farther in between. In some areas you lose your
sight completely and must feel your way forward with your
hand against a damp cobblestone wall. The farther you go,
the faster you rush, frightened at the darkness behind you,
more terrified yet of what lies ahead.
Third Nightmare
You dream that you are standing in a massive room
dimly lit with stone walls. The ceiling is so high that you can
only see darkness above you. You try to walk forward, but
your feet barely budge. You look down to see that you are up
to your knees in a thick mud. All around you hands reach out
from the mud, some lifeless, some searching about for
anything to grab.
You hear the deafening sound of metal striking metal,
and a spark some hundred feet in front of you lights up a
figure hunched over his work.
You wake with the sound still echoing in your head.
No benefits gained from resting
Fourth Nightmare
You dream again of that massive chamber, up to your
waste now in the mud. You slog forward, sinking deeper
with every step. You see now that it isn’t mud at all, but
blood and gore, the torn flesh and mangled bone of
innumerable dead. As you realize this, you hear them, all the
dead that surround you, screaming out in agony together.
They cry for you to help them, screaming in a desperate
rage. You press on, sinking deeper and deeper into the
amalgam of death, and as The Doom Smith’s hammer strikes
his anvil, there is a deafening crash of thunder.
You awake in a cold sweat, gasping for air.
DC 12 Will or Confused, no benefits from resting
Fifth Nightmare
Is this a dream? Is it real? You do not know. You feel
it all around you– hopeless despair and wickedness. You see
the dungeon walls and floor around you for what they truly
are. Tortured souls, bound and nailed together, watching and
crying out to you in silent agony. And The Doom Smith lifts
you against the wall. You cannot focus on him, but you feel
a wicked smile. He drives a long, twisted nail through you,
and you are stuck, screaming in pain.
You awake clutching the wound from your dream.
2d6 damage, DC 15 Will or Confused, no benefits from
resting
Additional Nightmares
For each subsequent nightmare, no benefits are gained
from resting and take 2d6 damage as The Doom Smith
tortures PCs in various ways. The DC to save against
confusion increases by 5 each time.
Part I: Ferrangon Fortress Seer’s Tower

16-18
Wormgut’s Tower

Overview
Southern Tower
Missing adventurers
The PCs might run into Evalyn or the other
adventurers employed by the mayor to find her.
Behold, The Fortress Ferrangon, that heinous
• Evalyn - Kidnapped by goblins. Seer has
monument to a forgotten strength, infested now
her bound in his tower and practices dark Prison

5-8, 11-14
with unnatural fiends and beasts, dark mirrors Ice Cliff
to the ambitions of Man! It is a blight upon the
land!
magic on her.
• Milo Strong-Arm - Might have been a
Fortress Main
good guy but the PCs will never know for Gatehouse Kitchen Cave Entrance
sure. He dies at the start of the adventure.
Approach • Roe - Grumpy halfling passing as a short
While there are many ways to end up at human. Rogue with a good heart. Deadly Reception Hall Throne Room
Bridge
Ferrangon, this module assumes the characters with a crossbow. Upper
have been captured and locked up in the prison • Benneth - Cynical and calculating. In it Barracks
within, and thus begin in a random cell. for the money. Knows how to brew up a
However, the party could approach from many weak healing tonic.
different angles, even skipping Part 1 • Doddish - Big, strong, and simple. Good
altogether and finding Grimhall behind any friend to have in a fight.
underground door.
• Fleck - A young pickpocket just getting
started in the crew. Dreams of adventure.
Captured! • Scrap - Fleck’s dog and best friend. Lower Barracks
The party was overwhelmed by a troop of
Morgue
goblins, easily overpowered by a menacing Statue Room Sewer
witch on a flying carpet, or captured by some Cursed armor

9-10, 21-24
other means only to find themselves in Goblinoids have a 1 in 3 chance of carrying
cursed armor inside the fortress. See page 2. Latrines Study
random cells within a mountain-top prison.
If captured, their confiscated gear can be
found in the northeast tower base (pg 12).
►Begin Prison, page 5
Bad Dreams
While The Doom Smith lives, all those in the
Basement
Farn Valley have a 1 in 6 chance of
Frontal assault!
Skilled PCs might elude capture and scale
experiencing nightmares each night. The
nightmares get progressively worse; see page 2
The Ice Cave
Mount Farn to find the fortress’s heavily for their effects.
guarded and soundly sealed main gates.
►Begin Fortress Entrance, page 18 Ruined Stair
2d6 Wandering Monsters
A difficult climb 2 Jorlo (page 56) Subterranean Pond
Especially talented climbers might be able to 3 2d4+2 slightly-distracted goblins with 1d3
scale the Mount Farn’s sheer, crumbling ice prisoners on patrol, heading toward the prison.
walls to find themselves on the mountain 4 1d3 specters angry at the party for trespassing
cliff outside of the fortress. 5 2d3 goblins with a hobgoblin on patrol
►Begin Mountain cliff (1, 2, 3, page 7) Hall of Suffering
6 2d3 goblins with a bugbear leading them on
patrol
The low road 7 1d4 goblins on patrol

Dungeon Entrance

The GM might allow the party to find a
forgotten cave passageway somewhere
leading to the subterranean pond, skipping
the fortress altogether.
►Begin Fortress Bowels II (1.
Subterranean pond, page 27)
3 4
25-28
8 A goblin archer with 1d3 Worgs on patrol
9 1d3 giant diseased rats looking for a meal
10 A giant, intelligent spider stalking the party
that wishes to lay eggs in their flesh
Hidden Swamp
11 A group of bandits that betray the group the
moment they gain the upper hand
12 Blurgus (pg 53) and two bugbears
Door to Grimhall

Prison
Imprisoned by goblins, you awake to the sound
of a thunderous crash!
You find yourself shivering under ratty sheets
in a prison cell. Light floods into the room
through a small, barred window in a wooden
door, the only way in or out of the room.
Outside your cell, you hear the high-pitched
cries of what can only be goblins.
a-k) Prison Cells
If the PCs have been captured, have them roll a
d12 on the table below to determine which cell
they start in.
• Each room contains a bed with a ratty
blanket and a bucket.
• The doors are sturdy and securely locked.
• Window bars are too high to see out of
and just wide enough to fit an arm through.
• There are levers to the side of each cell
door, well out of the prisoners’ reach.
D12 Cell
1 a) Bed sheets are soaking wet with an
unknown substance. The shadows of two
goblins are visible in the hall.
2 b) The shadows of two goblins are visible in
the hall. Letter poorly hidden in the wall:
”Months I bin here. Toes all gone black
from cold. Most the others bin fed to the
mountain already. If this should find you,
Marie, I’m sorry.”
3 c) A bit of food. Goblins might be overheard.
The shadows of two goblins are visible in the
hall.
4 d) There is a ratty cloak wadded in the corner
that helps some with the cold. A small amount
of food can be found in the pockets.
5 e) A friendly but panicking prisoner.
•Was kidnapped by goblins
•Encourages PCs to avoid caves
•Despairs that Strong-Arm was taken
•Might be convinced to help
6 f) A hidden shiv (pg 61). Goblins might be
overheard.
7 g) The wall is carved with crude depictions of
horrible acts of violence.
8 h) Hostile prisoner with a shiv (pg 61)
AC 10, HP 8, Shiv +0 (1d4+1)
•Bluffs to be released and then attacks.
•Believes the PCs to be servants to someone
he calls The Doom Smith.
9 i) An old boot. Goblins might be overheard.
10 j) Floor and wall of cell are stained with old
blood.
11 k) An empty glass vial. Goblins might be
overheard.
12 Roll again. If 12 rolled twice, this character
was taken by Gormajork to The Ice Cave (9).
5 6
1. Western cell block
The cobblestone hall is lit by a single barred
window on its north side. Frigid air whistles
through the bars. There are six prison doors
without keyholes.
2. Western stairs
You climb the stone steps to a landing with a
double-wide, iron door lit by a single torch on
the wall to its right. The door has an ornate and
detailed carving of a landscape with strange
writing underneath. You know that it could not
be goblin craftsmanship, as it is far too
beautiful.
a. d.
b.
1.
e.
c. f.
3.
2.
Elvish Riddle Door
The door is locked. In its center is an
expertly carved image of a sun rising over a
village. The people of the village are on their
knees, seeming to worship the sun. Below
the image, in Elvish, it says:
“The light shall show you the way.”
Pulling the nearby torch opens the door.
Observant characters will hear indistinct
goblin conversation on the other side of the
door if the goblins have not been alerted.
►Fortress Main I (1. To Entering from
the prison, pg 11)
3. Southern hall
The hall is about 100ft long with the two cell
blocks attached on its northern side. To the
west, the hall leads to a wide stone staircase.
To the east is a well. A cold wind blows from
the eastern cell block.
Goblin guards
AC 15, HP 7, +4 Club (1d4+2)
Two guards might be overheard fearfully
discussing the following in Goblin:
• Gormajork has broken through the walls.
• Wormgut is going to be mad as he wanted
to feed Strong-Arm to Gormajork himself.
• They argue over who will tell the boss.
After a few minutes, they split up to patrol.
g. 6.
6.
h. 5. j.
i. k.
4.
The goblins are weak and carry clubs. If
outnumbered, they try to flee up West Stairs
(2) to Fortress Main I (pg 11) and set up an
ambush with help.
Captured goblins might reveal:
• The basic layout of the fortress
• A cave giant broke through the wall and
took Strong-Arm. It lives in the cliff-side
cave. They feed it prisoners.
• Their leader is a goblin named Wormgut.
• There is a great treasure in the dungeon
below the fortress, but getting there is a
problem as it’s a long drop, and the staircase
is broken.
4. The well
It may once have been a well, but now the
putrid stench of human and or goblin waste
rises from its depths. It is too dark to see the
bottom (20 ft drop).
►To The Sewers (a. Bottom of the well,
pg 9)
5. Eastern cell block
Light shines in through a gaping hole in the
wall at the end of the cell block. Outside the
wind howls as cold air rushes in. The air is
frigid but fresh, a stark contrast to that of the
prison. Three cell doors face into the hall on
the left, and two remain on the right.
6. The hole in the wall
A narrow ledge is visible 5 ft below. It leads
off to the left and right, but it is unclear how
far, as it wraps around the prison.
►To Mountain Cliff (1. Mountain cliff,
pg 7)
The view outside
You can see down the snowy slopes and out
across the land for miles. In the distance, down
the slope, at least a day’s journey away you see
a small town. It is obvious that you are in a
prison somewhere atop a mountain. Dark
clouds are gathering in the west.
• Astute characters will be able to discern
their location and the location of nearby
places of interest.
• Characters familiar with nature will
recognize a terrible blizzard is on the way,
which may make travel down the mountain
difficult. They would also know the low
temperatures to be dangerous.

Mountain Cliff
Every two minutes that characters are out in
the open in the extreme cold of the mountain,
they might be negatively affected by the
weather!
1. Mountain cliff landing
The cold is punishing. Through the recently
demolished prison wall, the characters step out
onto the cliff into knee-high snow. The height
is dizzying, and the wind whips violently
around them, threatening to throw off their
balance.
►Leads to Prison (6. The hole in the
wall, pg 6)
2. The western path
A narrow ledge runs along the prison walls. As
PCs cross, there is a 50% chance of strong
winds that might knock them to the mountain-
side below or their deaths (if other PCs aren’t
fast enough to save them).
►Fall to Mount Farn (K17, pg 19)
3. Western cliff
Clearing the corner, it becomes evident that the
prison is part of a larger fortress. A 40 ft wide
tower rises before the party. At its base is an
impossibly large egg. There are various dead
animals around the egg. The walls and cliff
face are extremely difficult to climb.
The nest
The egg within is about four feet tall and has a
faint magical aura. The egg is blueish-white
with dark speckles and cold to the touch. Any
Fortress
3.
7 8
that eat the egg are poisoned (1d4 and
nauseated), but will also permanently only take
Gormajork
half damage from falls. Among the dead
animals, they find a pale, human-sized arm that
still clutches a fine shield.
4. The eastern path
The path to the right ends in a 20 ft slope to a Gormajork (Use
larger clifftop below. PCs can see a frost- Cave Giant)
covered figure hunkered in the snow. On the AC 14, HP 137, 2x +12
other side of the clifftop stands the gaping Prisoner flails (2d6+7
mouth of a cave. PCs that linger here too long plus DC 12 Reflex or
might be confronted by Gormajork (pg 8). knocked prone)
The frozen corpse A cave giant named
The corpse is frozen in a huddled position. Gormajork waits for the
Its thickly muscled frame and long arms give overly adventurous in
it an almost ape-like appearance. Under its the Ice Cave (pg 9) but
stiff robe, it wears chainmail armor and grips might also attack PCs
a spear tightly with fingers that are frozen that linger too long on
solid. the cliff.
• The robe can be removed fairly easily
without taking much time. • Gormajork is 12
• The spear will be more difficult, and takes feet tall, with a mane
longer to free. of bristly black hair
• The armor is very difficult to get free. running from her head
down her back. She
has long tusks and a
5. The mouth of the cave monstrous face.
As you stand outside of the cave, the cold wind • The beast has
howls into its mouth, and occasionally warmer covered herself in the
air is felt flowing out. It is almost as if the cave bones of humans,
is breathing. It is too dark to see inside, but as animals, goblins, and
you gaze into the darkness, you cannot shake other unidentifiable
the feeling that something gazes back. creatures.
• The giant drags two
Those who check will find large and small chains behind her, each
tracks in the snow outside the cave. They may with a bloodied and bedraggled prisoner
recognize these as cave giant and goblin tracks. cuffed to the end. They are effortlessly
Smart PCs will sense the danger ahead. yanked along by the giant like small children
►Leads to The Ice Cave (1. Cave and used as flails in combat. Without warning, a boulder flies out of the
Entrance, pg 9) • Gormajork is partially blind and relies dark depths of the cavern and smashes the bear
heavily on her hearing in combat. into a twisted and crushed wreck. From the
2. • After a meal, Gormajork will sleep
heavily.
shadows within the cave comes a mighty roar
that dwarfs that of the bear. The footsteps of
1. • She will attack PCs as soon as she is
something heavy are thudding toward you out
of the darkness…
aware of them. She cannot be reasoned with
but might be evaded.
4. Prisoners
Those on the ends of the chains came from the
Encounter prison and were fed to Gormajork by goblins.
Prison 5. Something steps out from behind one of the ice
pillars, it walks on all fours and is covered in • They might be two of the missing
thick brown hair- a bear! It stands on its hind adventurers (pg 3) or any PCs taken from
legs, taller than any man, and lets out a great the prison.
roar. • They take damage each time they are
swung as a flail, and won’t be able to survive
more than two or three swings.
Roll for initiative, and allow a few player
turns before continuing. • If the prisoners are somehow saved, they
will help the party any way they can.