Shorefall

Adventure Module

By Amabet Kinksey
 Shorefall
Adventure Module for Bordellos & Basilisks
Created by Amabet Kinksey

WARNING
This book contains explicit sexual content. This game is not
intended for minors.

Bordellos & Basilisks and Shorefall are © 2024 Amabet Kinksey. All rights reserved.
 Introduction
What is an Adventure Module?
An adventure module is a guided adventure
that includes information for a Mystic Escort
to lead players through it. Shorefall is
designed to use the Bordellos & Basilisk
Playtest 1.0 rule system. This book is designed
for the Mystic Escort’s eyes so that players
will be surprised by the story.
As with the rule system this adventure uses,
the content in this book is intended for adult
audiences and features sexually explicit
content. This adventure is intended for two
players, a Mystic Escort and one other player
to take on the role of an adventurer. All
players should discuss whether they are
comfortable with introducing sexually
explicit content to their role-playing
gameplay before starting this adventure.
Live Ac�on Role-Playing
Bordellos & Basilisks features light live action
role-playing (LARP) elements. Shorefall may
additionally include unique live action role-
playing elements throughout the module.
Going forward, these elements will be marked
by the word LARP. Players are encouraged to
skip or modify any content that they are not
comfortable for or in the mood for at time of
play.
What You Will Need
You will need all the requirements for playing
a game of Bordellos & Basilisks as well as a
copy of the Playtest 1.0 rule book for the same
game.
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The Se�ng
Shorefall takes place in the world of Zor from
the base game of Bordellos & Basilisks. Player
characters may be from any area in Zor.
Wherever their stories began, they have now
lead to the island of Iliochrysos. This island is
a tropical island dominated by a dormant
volcano at the far end of the island. Most of
Iliochrysos is covered in thick jungles but
beneath the vegetation lies the ruins of a long
lost empire.
The discovery of these ruins has lead to an
adventuring gold rush, bringing many new
faces to the island. The only town,
Adventure’s Retreat, has quickly bloomed into
a make-shift city. Adventure’s Retreat rests in
a cove on the opposite side of the island from
the volcano. The port is always busy as more
treasure seekers arrive each day.
A local expedition guild has formed to control
access to the ruins. They imprison any
adventurers that attempt to explore the ruins
without one of their permits. The guild has
spent plenty of gold sending flyers far and
wide across Zor.
The player’s character found one of these
fliers and booked a trip with a merchant ship.
After several weeks on the high seas, their
character is about to arrive at Adventure’s
Retreat.
Star�ng Out
To begin Shorefall, the players should create a
brand new character or use a pre-generated
character with 15 Deeds to begin.
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 Part One - Adventure’s Retreat
Arrival
Once players have finished creating or
choosing their characters, read the following
passage:
“It has been several weeks since you left the
mainland aboard ‘The Lonely Swallow.’
Finally, a glittering green jewel on the
horizon signals your arrival at Iliochrysos. It
takes the better part of a day for the jong that
has been your home these past couple of
weeks to pull up to port. As the vessel slowly
slides up to the nearest dock, you glance
down at the faded flyer that brought you
here. ‘Fame and Fortune awaits, at
Adventure’s Retreat on Iliochrysos!’ The
imagery seems a very… loose and far more
generous depiction of the make-shift city that
appears before you. The flyer includes
instructions to visit the city’s expedition guild
to acquire a permit for exploring the island’s
ruins. Eventually, the jong shudders against
the dock and the crew leaps to action,
shouting orders and moving cargo. As you
jump ashore, you can feel the wooden
platform spring under your step. Now in the
loud bustle of the city shore, you ponder what
your first steps should be.”
The player is now free to explore Adventure’s
Retreat. Without a permit, the player is able
to explore the city and the surrounding island
so long as they don’t go inside any of the
many ruins.
Adventure’s Retreat practices a classic
democracy where all landowners in the city
may vote on laws and the government. The
citizens meet once a month at the city's
amphitheater to decide on proposed changes
to the laws. A city guard exists and are hired
or removed during these sessions as well.
Currently, the city has fairly lax laws that
favor personal freedom over governmental
control. Stealing and murder are against the
law, as well as enter ruins without the correct
permit. There are no laws against public
indecency.
The player has been given a clear objective of
reaching the expedition guild, but an equally
reasonable start may be to seek out lodgings
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as much of the day has already gone by. Most
people in Adventure’s Retreat can point out
the direction to the guild. If the player asks
them about a place to stay, most would
suggest the city’s largest tavern called ‘The
Deep Swig before the Plunge.’
The Expedi�on Guild
Finding the expedition guild on your own is
easy enough as well. The guild is easily the
largest building in the city and is a grand,
manor-esque structure. When the player
enters the expedition guild for the first time,
read the following passage to the players:
“You step into a grand opening hall, filled
with all kinds of people. The din in here is
raucous as adventurers advertise their
services to those with permits and other
groups brag loudly about their
accomplishments. You can see every walk of
fortune seeker from trembling first timers to
the most seasoned fighters. The room is lined
with long tables but across from the door you
see several wooden booths. Most of the booths
are occupied by people in tapered navy
uniforms talking with adventurers. These
booths are busy as well but it looks like you
could find an open attendant without waiting
too long.”
The expedition guild’s employees wear navy
blue uniforms and the front-facing workers
man these booths. The booths are joined
together with a small locked gate at one end
leading to behind the counters. This area also
features a staircase leading up to the higher
floors that mark the employee only part of
the building. These booths are operated
through all hours of the day although there
are fewer attendants over night.
These attendants are responsible for selling
permits to adventurers. If the player speaks
with one about acquiring a permit, the
attendant will present them the following
options:
Outskirts Permit for 25 gc. This type of
permit covers any of the ruins found on the
same side of the island as the city but only
those ruins that are less than a mile from the
shore.
Jungle Permit for 50 gc. This permit covers
the all the ruins on Iliochrysos that are more
than half a mile away from the Volcano.
All-Access Permit for 80 gc. This permit gives
a character and their companions the right to
explore any ruin on the island, regardless of
location.
The player likely cannot afford any of these
permits at this point. If they mention this to
the attendant or ask them if there is another
way to get a permit, the attendant will offer to
give them a tip regarding a lost outskirts
permit that may have ended up in the wrong
hands. If the player asks where to earn
money, the attendant will suggest visiting
‘The Deep Swig before the Plunge’ where
sometimes requests are left with the
proprietor or to visit ‘Devilishly Merry
Bordello’ to see if they are offering any work.
If the player offers any type of sexual favors
to the attendant, then they will offer to cut
the price of an outskirts permit down to 10 gc
in exchange for oral sex from the player. If
the player agrees, the attendant will meet
them at the locked gate at the side of the
booth and expect them to perform it there.
Nearby adventurers will watch and make
jeering cheers to both of them.
If the player asks for the tip about the missing
permit, go to Part Two - Missing Permit on
page 12 and follow the instructions there.
The expedition guild is also the best location
in the city to hire escorts. The player should
be able to find any kind of escort available in
the guild hall except for unique escorts.
The Deep Swig before the Plunge
The largest tavern in town is also known as
‘The Deep Swig,’ ‘Deep Swig,’ and ‘The Swig.’
The building is a large, patchwork-looking
wooden structure at the corner of the city
market. Upon entering the swig for the first
time, read the following passage:
“The extreme contrast between the bright,
tropical sun outside and the dark interior of
the tavern makes it difficult for your eyes to
adjust at first. Even before your vision
focuses, the stiff smell of ale fills your nose
and you are deafened by the shouting and
laughter of countless people. You find
yourself in a surprisingly large, round room
filled with tables at odd angles. The floor is
terraced, leading down the further you go
into the room. At one table, you can see a
sour dwarf dealing cards to a handful of
scarred adventurers. At another table, a burly
human and a tall elf argue over whose weapon
is more battle scarred while a fiendblood
woman tries her best to appear as bored as
possible.
The room is so packed that you quickly
struggle to focus on any particular table or
group for long until your eyes find the bar at
the far side of the tavern. A hulking, red
wyrmling man scowls behind the bar while
polishing a mug. A kitsune barmaid leans into
the bar, visibly making an effort to force a
smile out of him. Next to the bar, you can see
a rickety staircase spiral up around the walls
until it vanishes into the floor above. Even at
a glance, it is clear that you’ve found the
heart of the city.”
The swig is the largest tavern in the city and
offers rooms and meals. They have many
cheap rooms available as well as a couple of
medium quality rooms that they refer to as
‘Captain Quarters.’ The tavern also has plenty
of ale, water, coffee, and tea available to
purchase. They do not sell any wine until
someone sorts out their basement problem,
see below.
The swig is run by the large red wyrmling
named Zorold. He is accompanied by a white
furred kitsune named Felicity. The two put on
quite an act of harassing and disapproving of
each other. However, it is a public face as
privately the two have feelings for each other
and share a mostly secret romance.
A trapdoor behind the bar leads to the
tavern’s cellar. This is where they keep bottles
of wine and other valuables. Recently, a giant
rat and several smaller rats have overtaken it.
A recent arrival offered to help but never
returned. If asked about why wine isn’t
available or if asked about ways to make
money, Zorold will offer 6 gc to clear out the
rats. If pressed for more of a reward, he’ll
mention the previous adventurer and tell the
player they can have whatever is left on their
body. If the player clears out the cellar
without pressing Zorold or while having made
a positive impression on him, he will give
them a bottle of wine for free. Once the cellar
is cleared, the swig will start selling wine
again as well.
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The Swig’s Cellar
If player’s take up Zorold’s offer or find
themselves inside the cellar for other reasons,
they will find that the trapdoor opens to a
ladder down to a small landing. The floor and
walls are made of rough stone and the air is
packed with dust. The cellar smells vaguely of
wet dog. A small staircase leads down from
the landing and around a corner into the
cellar proper.
The cellar is a somewhat small, square room.
There are several racks full of wine lining the
walls of the room. In the far corner of the
room is a small oak desk. A lock box sits on
the top of the desk and requires thieves’ tools
and a Dexterity check of 20 to open. Inside is
56 gc, 21 sc, and another 18 bc. Standing next
to the desk is a locked case containing a bottle
of fine wine. This lock requires a check of 14
to open.
Under the desk, a partially collapsed rat hole
is clearly visible. If cleared, the hole leads
back out to under the docks and this is where
the rats originally entered from. A large stone
block is pushed out from the hole.
One giant rat sits in the center of the room
while three rats prowl around the outskirts of
the basement. Next to the giant rat there is
the corpse of a half-elf sailor that is partially
eaten. Looting this body will give the player 3
gc, a pair of leather boots, and a jersey jock-
strap. The corpse also holds a bottle of wine in
its hand that clearly came from one of the
nearby racks.
Devilishly Merry Bordello
The city’s sole bordello is also often referred
to as ‘Mary’s,’ ‘The Devils,’ or simply ‘DMB.’
The bordello rests towards the edge of the
city near the guild. While not nearly as
impressive as the guild, Mary’s is still a large
and good looking manor. When the players
enter the bordello for the first time, read the
following:
“Your nose is immediately hit with the strong
scents of lavender and fruity rosé. You find
yourself in a posh lounge with thick
cushioned chairs and dark oak coffee tables
on either side of the door. The room is
relatively small, with a counter at the far end
next to a heavy ebony wood door without
windows.
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Several people are leisurely reclining on the
chairs in their underwear. A male fiendblood
with burgundy skin sits in one chair, wearing
nothing but a leather bolero and jock-strap.
He is lazily flipping through a small black
book. An elf women in satin lingerie is laying
across another chair, feigning a nap.
Behind a counter, a human with short ginger
hair is writing in a ledger. Unlike the rest of
the room, they are dressed in a tight leather
doublet and equally tight leather pants. While
you take in the sights, the far door opens and
a female wyrmling with cerulean scales leads
out a gruff looking dwarf still fastening his
belt. The wyrmling bows to him before
heading back inside, pulling the door closed
behind her. The dwarf gives her a curt nod
before she goes and then proceeds to shoulder
past you and back into the city.”
The bordello is run by a fiendblood maid
named Mary Mee Amore. Unbeknownst to all
but her most tenured and trusted employees,
Mary is actually a succubus in disguise. As
such, Mary avoids being out in public or at the
front of the house as much as possible. She is
also only available to her most VIP clients and
is carefully selective about who she will
service. Instead, she typically feeds her lust by
choosing one of the other prostitutes to sleep
with each night. These nights often result in
that prostitute being too exhausted and
drained to work the following day.
The front of the house is run by a human
named Quinn, described in the intro as the
person behind the counter. Quinn only
services clients at their discretion as well, and
will refuse service to any rude or abrasive
customers. Quinn handles any payments and
when a prostitute is requested, they flip a
board on the back wall behind the counter.
The other side of these boards face into the
employee lounge, alerting the escorts when
they have a customer.
If a player requests a prostitute, it will cost
them at least 12 gc per session. It should be
assumed that they can find a courtesan of
whatever type they request so long as they
would like an ancestry from the core book.
Mary’s is a large establishment and one of the
wealthiest businesses in town, as such they
have a wide variety of talent available. Should
the player pay for one, they will arrive shortly
and lead the player’s character through the
ebony door and down a short hall that leads
to the lounge. The employee lounge is well
decorated and furnished. From there, they
will take them up a flight of stairs and into a
private room with a fancy bed.
If the player asks about earning money, Quinn
will tell them that Mary is not taking on new
talent at this time. They will tell the player
that Mary’s does operate a glory hole and
they offer to pay people for every customer
they satisfy there. The player can agree to this
once per day and if they do, they must make a
Constitution check. For every 5 points in their
check, the player is considered to have
satisfied one customer. Quinn will pay them 1
gc for per satisfied customer. If the player
partakes in this enough time to please at least
ten customers, Quinn will recognize their
hard work and start offering 2 gc for every
satisfied customer instead. Should the player
ask to be services at the glory hole, it costs 4
gc each time.
The Market
While there are a number of storefronts in
Adventure’s Retreat, most business is done in
the open air market outside the city’s
amphitheater. If the player looks for the
market they will easily find it by following the
loudest chatter. When they arrive at the
market the first time, read the following:
“You come to a large square and the clatter
reaches a crescendo. The streets are clogged
with various stalls and throngs of would-be
customers. Merchants of all shapes and sizes
shout out advertisements. A small elven boy
in patchy green clothes flits between the
crowds and yelling out the news and
upcoming events. The smells here are both
delicious and chaotic. You imagine that you
could find pretty much any type of product if
you looked long enough.”
The open air market is full of stalls of all
kinds. Players can find plenty of food and
adventuring gear here. They can also find
equipment stalls although if they ask around
about equipment, most people will point them
towards the row of buildings at the edge of
the square. This is where the most successful
shops and the largest inventories can be
found.
Victor’s Secret Boudoir
One of the more posh storefronts at the
market is the city’s lingerie shop. Victor’s
Secret Boudoir is hardly a secret and often
referred to instead as ‘Victor’s’ or ‘The
Boudoir.’ When players enter for the first
time, read the following:
“As you step into the well lit store, you are
met with the scent of cinnamon and fresh
linens. Rolls of colorful fabric line one wall
while the floor is crowded with lingerie
displays. Sprinkled throughout the store are
tables laden with undergarments. You can see
two people working away at sewing wheels in
the far corner. Next to them sits a well-kempt
dwarf in a colorful blue doublet. He works at
sewing up a hole in a jersey thong, all the
while puffing on a pipe.”
The Boudoir is the only shop dedicated to
lingerie and underwear in Adventure’s
Retreat. The proprietor is the dwarf Victor
who can always be found in extravagant
clothes. He also spends considerable time
maintaining his goatee and handlebar
mustache.
The boudoir sells any kind of underwear out
of linen, jersey, or satin. For a small mark-up,
he’ll under lace for custom pieces as well. It
typically takes a couple of weeks for any lace
deliveries to arrive, and another day or two
for him to make anything with it. If he doesn’t
have a particular style in stock either, he can
make it within a day.
Victor is all business but will break his
professional demeanor to make a pass at
flirting with particularly alluring male
patrons. He’ll offer a discount on the first
custom order from a male character that
makes sexual advances on him but Victor will
not offer this unless asked. He is business man
after all.
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Lucky Lucy’s Knicks & Knacks
The largest shop on the market row is also the
one with the most adventurers crowded
around it. To them, the shop is simply known
as ‘Lucy’s,’ ‘Knacks,’ or ‘The Pawn.’ Upon
entering the store, read the following:
“You are greeted in the door by a mass of
random items and gear. It takes you more
than a moment to figure out how to even
push further into the store. You tip-toe
around piles of odds and ends, as careful as
you can, not to knock over anything. You
imagine the store would feel quite large if
empty, but instead you can’t shake the slight
feeling of claustrophobia in here. The store
smells heavily of oil and smoke. Finally, you
discover the counter where a dwarf woman
sits atop a pile of boxes with her boots up on
the counter. A pipe sticks out from the curls
of her disheveled auburn hair. As you
approach, she squints at you through her
half-moon glasses. ‘Welcome to Lucky Lucy’s
Knicks & Knacks, my new friend!’”
Lucky Lucy’s is the largest pawn shop in
Adventure’s Retreat. As such, she is both
loved and hated by the many adventurers that
pass through. She is the primary buyer of
relics and loot from the ruins. She deals tough
because her margins are slim, especially when
she has to cover costs for shipping most of the
stuff she buys to markets abroad.
Lucy is a middle-aged female dwarf with
perpetually messy hair. Maintaining her
collection takes so much time that she has
little to spend on herself. She wears stained
overalls over fairly plain clothes. She has a
thing for boots though. Her boots are in
excellent condition and made from leather
with ornate designs.
Little known to her regulars, she also has a
refurbished clockwork archer buried behind
her desk. It will spring to defend her should
any patrons be foolish enough to resort to
force. Lucy has little interest in romance and
won’t offer discounts for practically anything.
Sapphire Studs
Thick black chimney smoke is the dead
giveaway for the market’s smith. A squat
brick building, it is relatively plain except for
a beautifully hand-painted sign. This is the
number one stop for metal weapons and
armor. The following passage should be read
to players at their first visit:
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“The lights of the city are immediately lost in
the dark, smoky interior. The smell of iron,
coal and oil assails your nostrils. It takes your
ears a moment to adjust to the sounds of
hammer on metal but once they do, you hear
boisterous laughter. As your eyes adjust to the
lighting, you quickly find the source. A pair of
sapphire-scaled wyrmling women work away
at the forge, chattering away as if they hadn’t
a care in the world. Glittering armor and
weapons line the walls, disorganized but
showcasing a level of metal working that
rivals the best smiths you’ve seen. A couple of
adventurers mill about, examining various
tools of war.”
Sapphire Studs is owned by the two female
sapphire wyrmlings, Jelia and Zeus. They are
outgoing and friendly, quick to joke with
anyone that enters their smith.
Thanks to all the salvage from the ruins, there
is no shortage of metal to be worked here. As
such, players can find pretty much any type of
metal weapon or armor at the Studs. Should
players make an effort to befriend the two
owners, they may even get a small discount.
But romantic advances will make no progress
here as the two wyrmlings only have eyes for
each other.
Tanner’s Tanning
Not a shop, but a stall that never moves. Close
by the Sapphire Studs, players will come
across a small covered wagon. Walking up to
the stall, present the players with this:
“At the edge of the market, you spot a wagon
covered in heavy tanned leathers. It looks like
the same kind of wagon you’d see in a caravan
but there are no signs of any draft animals to
pull it. What is more is that many of the
leathers look fresh, some still drying in the
sun. At the front of the wagon, a make-shift
counter has been propped up. Behind the
counter leans an uncommonly short and stout
elf. He has a barrel of water between his legs
and appears to be dunking large chunks of
leather into it. After only a moment, he looks
up and catches your eyes. ‘Aye, need some
hide?’”
Tanner is an unusual elf amongst his kind, but
he also cares little of it. He relies on his wagon
being too heavy to move to ensure he keeps
his spot in the market. But he never leaves his
wagon anyways so it would be near impossible
to do so regardless. He has a leather bedroll
set up in the back for the few winks he gets.
Tanner is the most prolific leather worker in
the market, relying on adventurers or other
merchants for his supply of fresh hides. But
his constant working and little sleep means he
can outwork his competition with ease. It
doesn’t hurt that his work also showcases the
highest quality in the city.

Players can find all types of leather supplies

here and even some wood-based gear like
shields and arrows. He’s not talkative, but
appreciates repeat customers and
unproblematic ones.

Public Baths
A short walk from the market will take
players to the public bath house. A large stone
building with magnificent pillars, the bath
house is another popular location and hard to
miss. Should players choose to enter, read
the following:

“The public bath house is hard to miss. A

towering stone structure lined with majestic
pillars. Even from the street you can see into
one of the two large baths. You can see a
handful of naked people relaxing in the
cerulean waters within. You almost feel
jealous, standing out in the heat and sweat of
the crowded street.”

The public bath is operated and cleaned by a

couple of people. Much like the guard, these
positions are filled by city vote. The bath
house is free to use although players must
bring their own towels if they want to dry
themselves off after.

Resting within the public bath house will

restore 1d4 health per hour spent.

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 Part Two - Missing Permit
The Tip
The expedition guild attendant tells the
player that some headstrong noble’s daughter
arrived a couple of days ago and purchased an
outskirts permit. The woman refused any
advice or direction and soon left town,
heading the wrong direction. No one has seen
or heard from her since then.
There are a handful of bandit troupes that
operate on that side of the island and the
guild is concerned that they may have gotten
their hands on the permit. This could lead to
counterfeits being produced so they would be
happy to re-issue the permit for whoever
recovers it.
The attendant tells them that the noble left to
the east, following the jungle’s edge further
around the island.
Into the Jungle
The noble did not make a good run of it. A
simple Intelligence 8 check can allow the
player to easily follow her tracks and simply
following a straight path along the jungle’s
edge will eventually bring the player to their
body regardless of following the tracks or not.
She strode off into the jungle and ultimately
met her fate at the claws of a crabfolk hunter.
It should only take a couple of hours walk to
reach their corpse, although if the player has
not slept since arriving on the island then the
sun should be setting at this point.
Periodically while traveling in the jungle, you
should roll 1d20 and if a 16 or higher is rolled
then you should also roll on the random
encounter chart on the next page.
The noble’s daughter was a half-elf and her
body has been stripped. A successful search
check (intelligence, difficulty of 10) of the
body will reveal that it has been looted and
deep boot prints lead deeper into the jungle.
Should the player follow these tracks, they
will find a small camp with two bandits and a
bandit leader. Also in a bamboo cage at the
center of the camp lies a wounded crabfolk
hunter. The hunter is bloodied and at half
health. If freed, it will fight the bandits and
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flee towards the shore once they are slain.
In addition to the standard bandit loot, the
player can find some additional gear that
once belonged to the noble. These include 6
gc, a lump of crab meat, an ornate longsword,
a linen tanga, linen halter bra, a black jersey
choker, and the lost outskirts permit.
Returning to the City
On the trip back to the city, if the player has
not run into any random encounters then you
should roll on the jungle encounter chart
below once they are about an hour from town.
Dice
Roll Enemy
1 Giant Rat
2 Pit Viper
3 Crabfolk Hunter
4 Two Bandits
5 A Crabfolk Hunter and Swellslinger
6 Two Bandits & a Bandit Leader
If the player returns to the expedition guild
to report the permit’s retrieval, the
attendant will alter the permit to feature the
player character’s name instead. They will
also pass along the location of a recently
uncovered entrance to the ruins near the
coast to the west. The attendant will also
advise the player that the ruins nearest the
coast have also frequently proved to be
easier going. They will also warn the player
that should they encounter a hulking beast
made of clockwork that they should run as
fast as they can. These monsters are slow but
pack a wallop and recently took out a fresh
group of would-be adventurers in a different
part of the island.
 Part Three - Shoreside Tunnels
To the West
Once players are ready, they should set off to
the west to reach the ruins the attendant
tipped them off on, known as the Shoreside
Tunnels. The ruins are about a three hour
trek through the jungle.
Every hour of the journey, you should roll
1d20 and each time you roll at least a 15 or
higher, roll for a random encounter on the
chart on the previous page.
Mouth of the Tunnel
Once players reach the ruins, read the
following passage to set the scene:
“Finally, after hours in the humid jungle, you
arrive at your destination. Here the
vegetation has been roughly hewn away to
reveal a gaping tunnel into the earth. The
hole is dark and you can’t see more than a few
feet in, but even still you can make out the
ancient tan stone walls common to these
ruins. You can’t hear anything but the faint
sound of tropical birds. You take a deep
breath and steel yourself for the unknown.”
The tunnels are pitch black and will require a
light source to see into. If the player enters
without a light source, they gain the blinded
condition until they leave the tunnels. This
condition is continually applied so the
condition can only be removed by carrying a
light source.
See page 14 for a map of the Shoreside
Tunnels.
The Rats
After following the tunnel for several
hundred feet, the players will find themselves
in a large chamber with the similar stone
walls, only collapsed in a couple of places.
They won’t have long to take in the sights
however as they are attacked by two Giant
Rats and a Rat.
After dealing with the rats, players can see
one path to the south and another to the
north.
The South Path
If players take the south path, they find
themselves in a small room with a destroyed
and long desiccated corpse in the far corner.
Looting the body will reward players with a
chainmail shirt and chainmail pants.
If they travel through the path to the east,
they are immediately attacked by the
Clockwork Sentry waiting on the other side.
Against the far side of the room is a small
chest fitted with a dust-caked lock.
Attempting to remove or grab the lock in any
way will result in it crumbling to dust.
Opening the chest reveals 22 gc.
The North Path
Passing through the north opening reveals a
large room with many doorways. Before the
players can relax too much, an arrow whizzes
by as the Clockwork Sentry and Clockwork
Archer in this room spring to action.
The doorway at the north end of this room is
blocked by a collapsed roof. Each of the four
rooms to the west and east reveal rubble and
damaged stone beds. In the room with two
beds, the players can find 15 ft of chain.
The only path forward here is to move to the
far side and travel east before moving north.
This brings them into a large chamber
overgrown with strange fern-like vegetation
that has somehow thrived in this darkness. As
players step into this room, something large
stirs at the far end. A hulking Clockwork
Golem stands up and begins to move towards
the players. Roll for initiative.
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The Golem Fight
The golem is a tricky fight and likely too
strong for the player to overcome. They are
slow and ponderous so players should be able
to escape or attempt to dance around the
golem instead. If the player struggles to either
escape or attempts to fight the golem head-
on, then the golem should malfunction every
other turn and lose an action.

The Eastern Rooms

The small eastern rooms hold little loot aside
from a metal shovel head and a brass sickle.
The garden itself is empty of any loot. The
remains of a couple of long dead people can
be found amongst the ferns, mostly ground to
bone dust.

The Loot
If the player makes it to the farthest room to
the north, they find a room with tattered
linen banners lining the wall. The designs on
them are heavily faded by an Intelligence
check of 18 identifies that they seem to
feature the image of a dragon or basilisk on
them. At the center of the room there is a
massive stone bed with eaten away linen
scraps still stuck to it.

Against the western wall lies a collapsed

skeleton, still wearing a scalemail helmet and
a destroyed chainmail shirt. Next to the
corpse lies a gleaming greatsword that deals
+1 damage. The corpse also clutches a small
metal box containing 18 gc.

What’s Next?
Your players will likely wish to return to the
city to rest. Afterwards, the island is free to
explore and players can work towards buying
an all-access permit to reach the volcanic
ruins.

For exploring further ruins, the Solo Play Rule

Book can be used to generate new ruins to
explore or feel free to create your own.

Adventure’s Retreat will continue to serve as

a base of operations for players but should
they wish to leave the cursed island, ships
come and go every day. The rest of the world
is only a boat ride away!

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 What is Shorefall?

Shorefall is an adventure module meant

to be used with the Bordellos & Basilisks
Playtest 1.0 rules. This adventure is
designed for two players using a new
character.

Inside this book you will find all the

information necessary for a Mystic Escort
to guide their player through an early
adventure on the island of Iliochrysos.
Explore the tropical city of Adventure’s
Retreat and the surrounding ruins of an
ancient civilization.

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