THE MARMOREAL

TOMB
By Ernest Gary Gygax & Benoist Poire
Editor: Wayne Tripp
Art: Mark Allen
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPENDIX A – MONSTERS AND CHARACTERS 3
I. MONSTERS 3
II. CHARACTERS 21
TOWERS OF TRANSCENDENCE 23
THE OZMIS 25
THE MARAUDERS OF AYOUN 26
THE NAMELESS COMPANY 28
THE HUNTING PARTY 30
SPECIAL WANDERING CHARACTERS 31
APPENDIX B – SPECIAL RULES 40
RANDOM GEM VALUES 40
RANDOM CONSUMABLES VALUES 40
JEWELRY VALUES 40
MAGIC SWORDS 40
JOUSTING 41
ALIGNMENT LANGUAGES 41
STAT CHECKS 42
PIVOT POINTS 43
EFFECTS OF IRON AND TRUE IRON 43
TREASURE SHARES 45
NEW SPELLS 46
APPENDIX C – HANDOUTS 49
APPENDIX D – GM CHEAT SHEETS 65
MAP H – HEX OF THE VIPER HEAD PASS 65
MAP E – ENVIRONS 67
MAP L1 – GRUNN GALEB 71
MAP L2 – BURIAL VAULTS 75
MAP L3 – THE CRYPTS 80
APPENDIX E – THE ANCIENT TEMPLE TEMPLATE MAP 87

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APPENDIX A – MONSTERS AND CHARACTERS

I. MONSTERS ACHAEAN FIREBIRD
Frequency: Very rare
LIST OF NEW MONSTERS No. Encountered: 1d100 (10 x 1d100 for major lairs)
Excludes NPCs, unique creatures (avatar of Iyorthar) or Size: S
close variants (Purple gnolls). Move: 480 ft. flying
Armor Class: 0
Achaean Firebird Hit Dice: 1+1
Treasure Type: Special (see below)
Bundled Amber Mummy
Attacks: 1
Cadaverous Caterpillar Damage: 0 or 1d4 melting substance
Catfish Worm Special Attacks: Attacks as 4 HD
Chak-Ta (Bat-men, Gravespawn) Special Defences: Fire Resistance
Magic Resistance: Standard
Chaos Cicada
Lair Probability: 80%
Crimson Red Worm Intelligence: Animal
Cyclops, Elder Alignment: Neutral
Dragon, Celadon Level/XP: II/28 + 2/HP
Firebug Achaean firebirds are slender birds not unlike ibises
Giant Hellbender Salamander or egrets with crystalline feathers shining in shades of
Giant Millipede yellows, oranges, and reds. These birds have a furnace of
molten matter in their stomachs and develop a natural
Golem (Shard) fire resistance that incites them to nest near tremendous
Golem (Scroll) sources of heat.
Golem (Leather)
Achaean firebirds are attracted to metals and shining
Golem (Limestone)
surfaces. When such items enter their field of vision,
Graveworm, Dire Graveworm they try to grab onto them with their claws first, which
Green Men of Iyon inflict no damage individually, or 1 point with two birds
Hogre combined on a single target. A secured bird then uses
its elongated beak as a proboscis to inject the molten
Horla (Vampire Cloud)
substance in its stomach onto the metallic or shining
Horned Slug surface, melt it, and suck it back up into its belly. The
Korrigan bird then flies away and regurgitates the molten product
Mhole to build and tend to its nest. One to four (1d4) birds will
Muck-dwelling Bottom Feeder generally fight over a single target, though this number
can increase to 2d6 or more if close to the firebirds’ lair.
Obrachaeans - Skirmisher, Warrior, Assassin, and Herald
Obsidian Jelly A lair usually presents itself as a tunnel in the ground,
Octofish a vent in a volcano, or a chimney of some type with an
active source of intense heat at one end and an opening
Olmechean Pygmy
to the surface or a network of natural caves on the other.
Orchidean Drone (Fungus man) The closest nests to the surface will be made of poor and
Red Apes of Iyon relatively cheap metals, like tin, copper, and iron. The
Undead - Black Bones, Ashen Bones, Cremated Remains deeper into the lair, the more valuable the alloys used
Utukku (Puffer Fish men) to weave the nests. 1d10 GP value per nest for the first
hundred feet into the lair, then multiply such value by a
Utluz (Frog men) factor of 10 for every additional hundred feet, i.e. nests a
Yellow Men of Iyon hundred to two hundred feet deep will have a 1d10 x 10
GP value, made of electrum, silver perhaps, two to three
hundred feet deep will reveal 1d10 x 100 GP value nests

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made of precious metals like gold, platinum, and beyond
might be amazing natural works of art made of meteoric
or even magic metals. Disturbing the nests will draw out
the firebirds and cause them to defend their homes. The
birds will ignore humanoids not wearing any reflective
or metal surfaces at all, but if the nests are disturbed this
will change and they will attack with their beaks and
molten secretions.
AMBER MUMMY
Frequency: Very rare
No. Encountered: 1-4
Size: M
Move: 60 ft.
Armor Class: 3
Hit Dice: 6+3
Treasure Type: D
Attacks: 2+
Damage: 1d12/1d12
Special Attacks: Fear, repeating hits, rotting disease
Special Defences: Only hit by +1 weapons
Magic Resistance: as mummy
Lair Probability: 90%
Intelligence: Low
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Level/XP: VII/2,000 + 13/HP
Amber mummies usually appear as bundles of linen
drenched in solid amber and scented oils. These bundles
are receptacles of multiple bodies mingled together in the
afterlife. Most of the time, the remains contained within
a single bundle will be related, but this isn’t the only
possible reason, as their status as servants of the state or
local public heroes may have joined them together in the
memory of the people and culture who led them to rest.
Repeating hits: If one of the amber mummy’s attacks hit,
another roll to hit is made for another d12 damage. If that
hits as well, another roll to hit is made for the same, and
so on. These extra attacks simulate extra arms within
the bundle reaching out to hit a target opportunistically
when they become aware of its presence nearby.
The bundled amber mummy is an absolute horror, a
mass of linen, oils, perfumes, and body parts all encased
in a crust of amber. They are mummies in most respect,
meaning they cause rotting disease by touch, are only hit
by +1 weapons or better, and for only half damage, and
trigger fear and revulsion in any creature. They have a
mummy’s spell immunities and vulnerabilities as well.
Fire heals a bundled amber mummy, and cold will harm
it. Torches will heal the amber mummy for 1d3 HP; flasks
of oil will heal for 1d8 HP during the first round, twice
that amount on the second. Magical fires will heal the
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amber mummy for the amount of damage they inflict.
Cold spells are the bane of the amber mummy: They
slow it 50% in addition to their normal effects and make
it vulnerable to blunt weapons for full damage. Worse
yet, hitting it with fire immediately after it has been
the target of a cold spell, during the same melee round
or the previous one, would make the fire deal damage
instead of healing the creature, as the amber cracks
under the influence of the cold and the diseased flesh of
the undead is briefly exposed. Magic weapons enchanted
with cold damage will hurt an amber mummy at +1 per
die of damage; those rare magic weapons enchanted
with both cold and fire will inflict +2 points of damage
per die rolled.
CADAVEROUS CATERPILLAR
Frequency: Uncommon
No. Encountered: 2-6
Size: M
Move: 60 ft.
Armor Class: 6
Hit Dice: 3+2 (5-26 HP)
Treasure Type: B
Attacks: 4 tentacles.
Damage: 1-3 and paralysis per tentacle (x4)
Special Attacks: Surprise 1-5, Paralysis, Lay eggs.
Special Defences: Camouflage, soft structure, no harm
from blunt weapons.
Magic Resistance: Standard.
Lair Probability: 40%
Intelligence: Semi.
Alignment: Chaotic.
Level/XP: III/120 + 3/HP
The Cadaverous Caterpillar appears as a white, bulbous,
worm-like creature with two sets of tiny black eyes and
four translucent, gooey tentacles spreading from the rim
of its sharp-toothed mouth.
The fat giant larva has a natural ability to blend into
its surroundings. It seeks to paralyze its victims to use
them as hosts for its eggs in a dreadful reproduction
cycle. There, it will inject 2-8 eggs inside the stomach
of the unfortunate carrier. These eggs will burst out
and kill their host in 5-10 days. Only a complex, six
hours procedure involving 500 GP worth of medicine
per egg and culminating with the casting of Feign Death
and Cure Disease can get rid of them. The glands of the
Cadaverous Caterpillar secreting its paralyzing slime at
the base of each one of its tentacles can each be treated
alchemically to replace one dose of medicine during the
procedure. The cost of the alchemical process is 200 GP
per gland (one per tentacle, four per caterpillar).
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The Cadaverous Caterpillar can consume and combine
minerals and metals with its flesh to regurgitate a jelly-
like substance that can act as a host replacement, albeit
with much greater losses of viable larvae (90% or more)
during the gestation phase due to the lack of nutrients a
body would otherwise provide.
When camouflaged the caterpillar can surprise on 1-5.
Because of its soft body structure, the caterpillar can
drop from any height without suffering any concussion
damage. Likewise, it is completely impervious to blunt
weapons. The caterpillar is an excellent climber, like
most of its smaller cousins.
Once the Cadaverous Caterpillar has laid eggs and
fattened itself to commensurate proportions, the
creature will make its way to a site where it can produce
a large chrysalis and begin its metamorphosis. After
2 to 8 weeks, the caterpillar will emerge as a CHAOS
CICADA (q.v.).
CATFISH WORM
Frequency: Rare
No. Encountered:
Size: L
Move: 90ft./240 ft. swimming
Armor Class: 4
Hit Dice: 6
If the pseudopods around the mouth hit, the d4 used for
damage also indicates the exact number of pseudopods
burrowing in the flesh of the victim for d4 damage each
on the next melee round, and until hit on the head to
release its prey (attack at -4 to hit for the prey itself).
The catfish worm is virtually invulnerable to blunt and
piercing weapons due to the very thick layer of fat covering
its body. Its skin secretes an acid corrosive to metal which
destroys such weapons in 1-3 rounds. Slashing weapons do
half-damage and essentially pop some of the underlying
layers of fat under the worm’s skin out to the open, like
popcorn bursting out on a hot stove. Keep track of the
number of cuts the worm sustains during a fight: it is the
maximum number of d6 fire damage the creature can
take in a single melee round. The fat can be set on fire for
1d6 damage by torch and similar mundane flames, taking
full damage from fire spells and natural explosions from
flaming oil and the like.
CHAK-TA (BAT-MEN)
Chak-Ta (Bat- Gravespawn
Man)
Frequency: Rare Very Rare
No. Encountered: 4-40 3-18
Size: M M

Treasure Type: I Move: 90 ft./120 ft flying 90 ft./120 ft flying

Attacks: 2 Armor Class: 6 4
Damage: 1d4/1d4 pseudopods around mouth, 5d4
tail slap. If hit by a pseudopod, the d4 of damage also Hit Dice: 2 4

indicates the number of pseudopods burrowing their Treasure Type: K, L, M per Mx3 per
individual, D individual, E
way into the flesh of the victims on the next melee round
for an additional 1d4 damage each. Attacks: 2 melee plus 1 bite 2 melee plus 1
if both hit bite if both hit,
Special Attacks: Surprise on a 1-4 in water, ability followed by blood
to spider climb cavern walls and drop on prey. drain
Special Defences: Poison immunity Damage: 1d4/1d4/1d8 1d4/1d4/1d10
Magic Resistance: Standard
Special Attacks: Surprise (flight) 1-3 Surprise (flight) 1-3
Lair Probability: 80% on d6 on d6, blood drain.
Intelligence: Low Special Defences: Nil Nil
Alignment: Neutral
Level/XP: VI/1,000 + 7/HP Magic Resistance: Standard Standard

A long, fast predator in the water able to climb walls Lair Probability: 60% 80%

and ceilings with its tiny vestigial limbs for up to three Intelligence: Low High
(3) melee rounds before needing to breathe underwater, Alignment: Lawful Evil Lawful Evil
the catfish worm has a distinctive, fish-like bearded face
Level/XP: II/28 + 2/HP IV/165 + 5/HP
with huge black eyes and four pseudopods surrounding
a small gaping maw. Its anguilliform body is dark grey- The Chak-Ta are humanoid bat-men. They are gaunt,
green, spotted black on the top and sides, and pale grey with flat faces, red eyes and no noses, big bat ears, grey
on the belly. The catfish worm is insulated from harm by skin and fur, and leathery wings. They can fly and glide
the Utukku’s quills, due to the thick layer of fat covering spreading their wings. While the normal variety can
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Gravespawn are attracted by carrion and the stench of
death and are often found around the lairs of the undead,
particularly liches and vampires.
When attacking the Chak-Ta try to hit with both claws
at the top of their wings. If both hit, a bite immediately
takes place, but while this is just a nasty bite from the
plain bat-men, the Gravespawn starts to suck on the
victim’s blood vessels and arteries on the next round
resulting in a drain of 2d6 hit points and the loss of 1 STR
cumulative per melee round after that. The Gravespawn
does not drain levels and is not undead. The loss of
Strength incurred by the drain of a Gravespawn can be
regained at a rate of one point per full 8-hour period
of rest. Some Gravespawn may occasionally be affected
by holy symbols, but more out of gullibility than true
clerical power. Make a test of Charisma to see just how
the Cleric projects while attempting to repel them. Not
all Gravespawn, especially those who are often in contact
with adventurers, are that naive, however.
CHAOS CICADA
Frequency: Uncommon
No. Encountered: 1-3
Size: L
Move: 60 ft./240 ft. flying
Armor Class: 6
Hit Dice: 4
Treasure Type: B
Attacks: 1 or 2
Damage: 2-8 wing flap or 1-3/1-3 legs plus automatic bite
if both hit 2-8
Special Attacks: Bewilderment, Lethargy, Surprise 1-4
Special Defences: Blunt damage resistance, camouflage
Magic Resistance: Standard
Lair Probability: 30%
Intelligence: Low
Alignment: Chaotic
Level/XP: IV/200 + 6/HP
The Chaos cicada is a giant insect, with an abdomen the
size of a human being and a wing span of 20 to 25 feet from
tip to tip, wide open. When the wings of a Chaos cicadas
are laid to rest, they are translucent and absorb the lights
and patterns around them, creating effective camouflage
for the insect in wait, with surprise 1-4 on a d6.
When taking flight, the wings of a Chaos cicada become
brightly colored like the windows of temples made out of
stained glass, with many hues separated per section within
the structure of the wing. Victims exposed to the bright
patterns of the cicada in flight must make a saving throw
vs magic to avoid a bewilderment effect that would cause
them to stare at the bright colors and forget all about their
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surroundings for 1-3 rounds, then making another saving
throw every round until they succeed and can avert their
eyes. These wings are greatly sought after by the elves who
create elven cloaks of elvenkind out of them.
In addition to the fascination created by their wings, the
Chaos cicada secretes hormones that induce lethargy on
a failed saving throw versus poison, (-4 to hit, -2 AC and
damage) and drowsiness on a success (-1 to hit, -1 AC).
These pheromones hit the nervous system of those who
smell them, making them ready for consumption. Their
corpses will not spoil and remain pristine for 2-5 weeks,
making them appropriate hosts for future cadaverous
caterpillar offspring.
The cicada’s modes of attack include a grab routine
using two of its legs. If both legs hit, then the victim is
brought to the insect’s mouth and receives an additional,
automatic 2-8 damage. This automatic damage will
repeat itself the next round until the victim dies or hits
at -4 on the die to free itself from the cicada’s grasp. The
wing flap is a general area attack that affects all targets
directly in front of the cicada in a cone 10 feet wide at the
base against the insect’s abdomen and 50 feet wide at its
end, 50 feet away from its body.
The Chaos cicada retains some of the natural resistance
of the cadaverous caterpillar against blunt weapons and
damage, taking only half damage from such sources.
It does have organs that can be hurt, however, which
makes it more vulnerable than its pre-chrysalis stage.
CRIMSON RED WORM
Frequency: Very rare
No. Encountered: 1-6
Size: L
Move: 90 ft./120 ft. burrowing
Armor Class: 4
Hit Dice: 9
Treasure Type: B, per types of remains nearby.
Attacks: 1
Damage: 2d6 bite
Special Attacks: bite causes 1d6 damage to armor, then
burrowing when AC value is 0. Spider climb walls and
ceilings, surprise 1-4.
Special Defences: Nil.
Magic Resistance: Standard.
Lair Probability: 80%
Intelligence: Low.
Alignment: CE.
Level/XP: VII/2,000 + 10/HP
A crimson red worm is created through a parasitic infection
of dead tissue which results in the bloating of a corpse-
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like balloon producing and retaining gases internally.
Ultimately, the body is so bent out of shape it resembles
a long bloody worm covered with small appendages, a
new creature altogether with the deformed remnants
of a face along the surface of its slimy skin, the vestigial
limbs of the person this was protruding haphazardly like
deflated gloves and socks here and there, a new vermin
with its own sentience and appetites.
The crimson red worm can use its tiny appendages to
climb walls and ceilings much like a centipede. When
prey is bitten, the worm rips apart the victim’s armor,
reducing its AC value by 1d6. This damage only affects the
armor worn, with the armor destroyed if the defense it
provided is reduced to zero (0). When the armor is gone,
the red worm burrows inside the rib cage of the victim
on the next round and lays eggs inside it, a procedure
which is fatal in two weeks, reduces the STR and CON
of the victim by 1 point per week, no saving throw, and
ultimately kills the host after two weeks (saving throw vs.
death after the second week, success means the victim
survives for now but loses yet another point of STR and
CON; failure means the eggs hatch and the victim dies).
Slow poison is completely ineffective. Neutralize poison
will stop the loss of points of STR and CON and must be
followed by a heal or restoration spell to completely flush
the infection out.
A crimson red worm can produce larvae the size of a
fist, aside from carrion and corpses. These are culinary
delicacies, for those who can stomach the idea, well
worth their weight in gold, at 400 GP per specimen.
CYCLOPS, ELDER
Frequency: Very rare
No. Encountered: 1-6
Size: M
Move: 120 ft.
Armor Class: 2
Hit Dice: 5
Treasure Type:
Attacks: 1 melee at +3 to hit
Damage: 1d6+6 melee weapon
Special Attacks: Exceptional strength
Special Defences: Nil
Magic Resistance: Standard
Lair Probability: 60%
Intelligence: high to genius
Alignment: Chaotic Evil, very rarely Neutral
Level/XP: V/500 + 6/HP
Elder Cyclops are those cyclops who did not devolve into
barbarism when the rule of the giants upon the Eurth
ended. Elder cyclops are usually very tall, well over 7 feet,
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for a human, but they are not gigantically proportioned,
unlike the most common cyclops kin, though they are
usually born with a formidable (18/00, +3 to hit, +6
damage on most melee weapons) strength as well.
Elder Cyclops are servants of the powers beyond the
Eurth. They are naturally cast either magic user or cleric
spells at a level equal to their hit dice. The five (5) hit
dice elder cyclops specimen is the baseline and by far the
most likely type to come in contact with an adventuring
party. Greater, older, wiser cyclops do exist, but they
usually retire from the world, performing obscure tasks
and rituals for their masters that most mortals would
not understand (see the stone giants’ norns on top of the
Marmoreal Mount for an inspiration).
DRAGON, CELADON
Frequency: Very Rare
No. Encountered: 1-4
Size: L (36 ft. long)
Move: 90 ft./240 ft. flying/120 ft. melding through earth
Armor Class: 2
Hit Dice: 8-10
Treasure Type: H, R, U
Attacks: 3
Damage: 1-4/1-4/4-24
Special Attacks: Breath weapon, innate magic, possible
spell-casting, surprise 3-in-6
Special Defences: Absorb spells, 1-in-3
Magic Resistance: Special
Lair Probability: 40%
Intelligence: Exceptional
Alignment: True Neutral
Level/XP: 8 HD: VII/1,400 + 12/HP
9 HD: VII/2,200 + 14/HP
10 HD: VII/3,400 + 16/HP
Chance Of: Speaking 50%, Magic Use 30%, Sleeping 30%
Celadon dragons are usually found in mines and
underground regions exploited for their ores and magical
properties. They are closely associated with alchemy and
the application of dweomers on physical surfaces and are
therefore to be found sometimes in the context of such
arcane lairs, forges, and laboratories. Celadon dragons
like to confuse their audience; they do not hesitate to
answer with questions, speak in riddles, conceal with half-
truths, and use similar rhetorical stunts to simulate more
knowledge and mastery than they actually have. They are
sharp, playful, and manipulative, but not outright vicious.
The celadon dragon can attack in combat using either
its claw, claw, bite routine, or one of its two breath
weapons. One is a 20-foot radius shockwave sending
plaques of marble skin flying all around the dragon
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(blunt and sonic damage), and the other is a 50 ft. x 5 ft.
cone of molten pebbles and shards of granite beginning
at the dragon’s mouth traveling straight in the direction
the head was facing at the time the dragon released it
(blunt and fire damage). A celadon dragon can meld with
stone and passwall at will, as if moving and breathing
through water, indefinitely. It often uses this tactic to
its advantage, disappearing through the walls of a cave
to reappear at the opportune moment and surprise the
party with its breath weapon.
Because it is born out of mystical material known as
celadon marble, the celadon dragon can absorb spells 1-in-
3. If absorbed, a spell heals the dragon for 3 points per spell
level, or 1 point per 3 points of damage it was supposed to
inflict, whichever is higher. A celadon dragon is particularly
sensitive to cold damage, which it will not absorb, as well
as air (lightning) and water types of attacks. Cold attacks
targeted at exposed parts of the celadon dragon will, on a
failed saving throw vs. magic, force the creature to exit rock
formations it was melding with, and the dragon won’t be
able to meld with rock and stone for 1-3 melee rounds.
A magic-using celadon dragon learns a 1st level spell for
each of the two ages of maturity, then a 2nd level spell
at the third and fourth stages, then a 3rd level spell at
each of the fifth and sixth stage, a 4th level spell at the
seventh, and a 5th level spell at the eighth.
FIREBUG
Frequency: Uncommon
No. Encountered: 3-36
Size: S
Move: 30 ft./180 ft. flying
Armor Class: 8
Hit Dice: 1/2
Treasure Type: nil.
Attacks: 1
Damage: 1d3
Special Attacks: Nil
Special Defences: Nil
Magic Resistance: Standard
Lair Probability: 40%
Intelligence: Non
Alignment: TN
Level/XP: I/5 + 1/hit point
Firebugs are plump insects the size of a watermelon
shining an orange amber color when flying around.
They illuminate a 40-foot radius area like a torch and
can flare 1/day to increase that radius to 80 ft. for one
melee round. Anyone standing within 20 feet of a firebug
flaring must make a saving throw versus paralyzation or
become blind for 1d4 melee rounds.
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GIANT HELLBENDER SALAMANDER
Frequency: Rare
No. Encountered: 1-3
Size: L
Move: 120 ft./120 ft. leap from water/240 ft. swimming
Armor Class: 4
Hit Dice: 5
Treasure Type: B
Attacks: 1 or 3 or 1
Damage: 2d4 + Swallow whole; or 1d4/1d4/1d6 +
poison, arms, and tongue (20 ft. range) with sticky saliva
otherwise; or tail swap D 2d4, 20 ft. range at a 60-degree
angle around the Salamander.
Special Attacks: Leap, Swallow whole
Special Defences: Heat burst
Magic Resistance: Standard
Lair Probability: 90%
Intelligence: Low
Alignment: TN
Level/XP: IV/240 + 4/HP
The giant hellbender salamander is a magical reptile who
usually stays in the water unless it hunts for prey. When
detects prey, it leaps 120 feet out of the water to reach a
specific target and swallow it whole on a 16-20 roll to hit. If
successful, the salamander then retreats into the water. If
not successful, it will still try to grab a victim with its paws
and tongue (paralyzed on a failed saving throw vs poison
and swallowed whole next melee round, or unglued if
successful). It will spend 1d4 rounds trying, perhaps also
swapping its tail around in a 20 ft. range and a 60-degree
angle to isolate a particular victim first, and then withdraw
back into the water. The salamander will start leaping all
over again once its targets’ guards are down.
If the salamander is wounded and reaches less than ten
(10) HP, yellow patches previously invisible on its rugged
brown skin will light up and exude extraordinary heat
as a defense mechanism. The air will shimmer around
it and it might actually, briefly catch on fire. The heat
inflicts 2d6 damage to anyone within 10 feet of the
creature as the salamander attempts to retreat into the
water as fast as possible. It is only able to generate such a
burst once, for one round, when the creature’s hit points
are reduced to a single digit.
GIANT MILLIPEDE
Frequency: Rare
No. Encountered: 1-4
Size: L
Move: 240 ft. on all surfaces
Armor Class:
Hit Dice: 4
Treasure Type:
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Attacks: 1 The Shard golem is the sometimes unintended creation

Damage: 0 (grabs an item) of a magic user of at least 13th level. Shard golems are
Special Attacks: Surprise, spider climb swirling fragments of a previously existing surface,
Special Defences: Half still alive mirror, ceramic, reanimated by the power of advanced
Magic Resistance: Standard dweomers, curses, or magical backlash. They often
Lair Probability: 90% protect private locations where potions and fragile
Intelligence: Non surfaces can be found, like a study, an alchemical
Alignment: TN workshop, an expensive collection of Frankhian wines,
Level/XP: III/85 + 4/HP and the like.
A giant millipede is a monstrous insect quick as lightning, Shard golems can be damaged by blunt weapons,
extremely agile, and able to climb almost all surfaces, mundane and magical, and spells and effects inflicting
hungry for fresh wood above all else. A giant millipede blunt damage, such as ice storm, force, and sonic-based
confronting a party will most likely hide on the ceiling, effects like magic missile and shockwave. Fire does not
and attack wooden shields from some unseen position. affect Shard Golems, and electricity inflicts half damage.
It will then want to attack and eat all wood derivatives: Other types of weapons do not affect them whatsoever.
scrolls, maps, weapons shafts, polearms, arrows, paper,
scrolls, even if kept inside secure tubes or backpacks, Important: Two (2) Type I Shard Golems can join
sword scabbards, and so on. together and form a new, Type II Shard Golem at full
HP; Likewise, two (2) Type II Shard Golems can join
A giant millipede zooms back and forth from hiding, together and form a new, Type III Shard Golem at full
stealing an item, moving about unseen, and striking HP. Once reduced to 0 HP, a Type III Shard Golem
from another position with renewed surprise. It will becomes two (2) Type II Shard Golems at full HP; Once
surprise on a 1-4 in its initial attack, and then further reduced to 0 HP, a Type II Shard Golem becomes two (2)
attacks will still have 1 chance in 6 to surprise the party Type I Shard Golems at full HP. Finally, when a Type I
if it is alert and ready. If reduced below 10 hit points, the Shard Golem is reduced to 0 HP, it is destroyed. This is
millipede is cut in half, and its lower part now attacks why, despite their low HP counts, these types of golems
the party on its own for #AT 1 D 2d4. can be a nightmare to fight.
GOLEM, SHARD
TYPE I TYPE II TYPE III
Frequency: Very Rare Very Rare Very Rare
No. Encountered: 2-8 1-4 1
Size: M L L
Move: 80 ft. 80 ft. 80 ft.
Armor Class: 8 9 10
Hit Dice: 5 Hit Points 10 Hit Points 20 Hit Points
Treasure Type: Nil Nil Nil
Attacks: 2 3 4
Damage: 1d4/1d4 1d4/1d4/1d4 1d4/1d4/1d4/1d4
Special Attacks: (hits as 3 HD) (hits as 4 HD) (hits as 5 HD)
d4 slicing damage within d6 slicing damage within d8 slicing damage within
covered area (10’x10’) covered area (20’x20’) covered area (30’x30’)
Special Defences: See below See below See below
Magic Resistance: See below See below See below
Lair Probability: Nil Nil Nil
Intelligence: Non Non Non
Alignment: Neutral Neutral Neutral
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GOLEM, SCROLL Treasure Type: Nil

Frequency: Very Rare Attacks: 2
No. Encountered: 1 Damage: 1d6/1d6 leather slaps
Size: M Special Attacks: (hits as 7 HD), engulf
Move: 80 ft. Special Defences: See below
Armor Class: 9 Magic Resistance: See below
Hit Dice: 20 Hit Points Lair Probability: Nil
Treasure Type: Nil Intelligence: Non
Attacks: 2 Alignment: Neutral
Damage: 1d8/1d8 paper cuts Level/XP: VII/1,650
Special Attacks: (hits as 5 HD), pre-inscribed or absorbed The leather golem is the creation of a magic user of at
spells least 13th level. It is usually meant to be the guardian of
Special Defences: See below a private chamber or areas where leather would be easily
Magic Resistance: See below found, such as workshops, stables, and the like.
Lair Probability: Nil
Intelligence: Non A leather golem covers a 10’x10’ space and can engulf
Alignment: Neutral a victim. It does so by moving into the space of an
Level/XP: V/500 opponent and succeeding with both hits of leather slaps.
The Scroll golem is the creation of a magic user of at least When slaps hits, the victim is held inside and smothered
12th level. It is usually meant as some sort of guardian, for 1d4 damage every melee round, with no saving throw.
within a scroll library or a study, and can be exposed, The only solution is to find a way out and fast.
inanimate and in plain sight, until intruders trigger its
Magical slashing weapons deal full damage on the
defenses.
outside of the leather golem. Magical piercing and
A Scroll golem is only damaged by fire and magic slashing weapons (which have a point and cutting edge)
slashing magical weapons for full damage. Mundane are needed to escape a leather golem from the inside. A
slashing weapons inflict half damage. Blunt and piercing hit at -4 to hit on the inside, no penalty on the outside,
weapons have no effect. Cold spells slow it down 50%. dealing at least 6 points of damage, will be enough to
Water, acid, and lightning spells cause half damage, with slice a hole through the fabric of the golem to let the
each water spell having a 50% chance of destroying the victim squeeze through. Cold, sonic, and electricity spells
ink of a spell the golem is inscribed with (each acid spell do not affect the leather golem. Fire slows it down 50%
has a 30% chance to do the same). but makes it release its smothered victims automatically.
Acid inflicts full damage and salt only half. Water spells
Spells can be inscribed onto the golem at creation or can heal a leather golem for 3 Hit Points per spell level.
be absorbed by an active golem. For each spell cast at the
golem, there is a 2-in-6 chance the golem will absorb the GOLEM, LIMESTONE (GUARDIAN EFFIGY)
substance of the dweomer and heal itself at a rate of 3 Frequency: Very Rare
HP/spell level with it, with a 50% chance the spell will No. Encountered: 1
be inscribed onto the scroll and made available to cast Size: M
back on the next melee round and at any time thereafter. Move: 70 ft.
The spell will disappear from the surface of the scroll Armor Class: 8
golem once it is finally cast. Mind-affecting spells are Hit Dice: 30 Hit Points
automatically absorbed but not inscribed; they restore 4 Treasure Type: Nil
HP/spell level to the golem. Attacks: 2
Damage: 1d10/1d10
GOLEM, LEATHER Special Attacks: (hits as 6 HD)
Frequency: Very Rare Special Defences: See below
No. Encountered: 1 Magic Resistance: See below
Size: L Lair Probability: Nil
Move: 80 ft. Intelligence: Non
Armor Class: 8 Alignment: Neutral
Hit Dice: 30 Hit Points Level/XP: VI/1,200

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The limestone golem is the creation of a magic user of round. The stream of decay has one of two effects: either
at least 13th level. Limestone golems are in many ways 1d4 damage per remains expended or animate 1 HD of
weaker versions of stone and clay golems. Guardian undead per remains expended (either skeletons for 1 HD
effigies are impervious to most physical means of harm or zombie for 2 HD).
They take half damage from mundane blunt weapons,
full damage from magical blunt weapons, and only half If two of the tentacles of a Graveworm hits prey, a bite
from other types of magical weapons. Limestone golems automatic follows and delivers 2d4 damage. If only one
are impervious to most forms of magic but vulnerable or none of the tentacles hit, there is no bite at all.*
to move eurth spells, which will shatter them. Other
Dire graveworms are just bigger, meaner versions of the
eurth-affecting spells, like stone shape, rock to mud, etc
original: they bite on two tentacle hits for 4d4 damage,
can damage them for 1d6 per spell level, and stone to flesh
can retain up to 3d6+6 humanoid remains within them.
makes a limestone golem completely vulnerable to all
They can use these undigested remains to fuel a 30-
forms of attack magical and otherwise.
foot long cone of decayed plasma worth 1d4 damage
per remains expelled in such a fashion, up to six. Or,
GRAVEWORM they can animate these remains right out of their guts,
Graveworm Dire generating skeletons and zombies out of the maximum
Graveworm of six remains expelled, one remain for 1 HD of animated
undead. Just like basic graveworms, the dire kind can be
Frequency: Rare Very rare
turned by a Cleric like a mummy, not because they are
No. Encountered: 2-8 1-4 undead, but because the pain caused to their digestion
Size: M L system becomes unbearable.
Move: 90 ft. all 90 ft. all
surfaces/120 ft. surfaces/120 ft. GREEN MEN OF IYON
swimming swimming Frequency: Very rare
Armor Class: 4 0 No. Encountered: 3-30
Size: M
Hit Dice: 2 6
Move: 120 ft.
Treasure Type: U Ux3 Armor Class: 5
Attacks: 3 plus bite* 3 plus bite* Hit Dice: 4+4
Damage: 1d4/1d4/1d4 and 1d4/1d4/1d4 and Treasure Type: K, L. R at lair.
2d4* 4d4* Attacks: 2 or 1 or 1 range
Damage: 1d8/1d6 long and short blades, 2d4 tusks, 1d12
Special Attacks: Surprise 1-3 on Surprise 1-3 on
d6, regurgitation d6, regurgitation beam rifle
Special Attacks: Four arms.
Special Defences: Nil Nil
Special Defences: Nil
Magic Resistance: Standard Standard Magic Resistance: Standard
Lair Probability: Nil Nil Lair Probability: 40%
Intelligence: Non Low Intelligence: Average
Alignment: TN
Alignment: TN NE
Level/XP: V/350 + 5/HP
Level/XP: II/65 + 2/HP IV/250 + 4/HP
Iyon is the main prismatic moon of the Eurth. Appearing
Graveworms are repulsive creatures looking like giant much like our own silver moon in the sky, it is a habitable
slugs with the gaping maw of a lamprey surrounded world leading to shades just like our world. The Red Shade
by tentacles reaching for prey. Graveworms are not of Iyon used to be a lush, technologically and magically
undead, but they can be turned like ghouls nonetheless. very advanced world, but it is now covered with sands
Their stomachs contain the remains of corpses slowly and dying. The Green Men of Iyon are primitive people
turning into undead inside them. A graveworm usually living in the ruins of that past. They have lean faces and
contains 2d4 such remains at any time, which then can bodies, two legs and four arms, and have eggs placed in
be used as a defense mechanism. A graveworm can use 1 hatcheries to produce their offspring. The Green Men’s
to 3 remains inside its belly to project a single stream of beam rifles work perfectly well on the Red Shade of Iyon,
bile and carrion 30-foot long and 5-foot wide in a melee but are ineffective and just will not fire on Eurth.

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The Green Men have four arms: they can thus fight with Horlas, or vampire clouds, are born of the dreams and
long and short blades while firing a beam rifle at the same delusions of those evil and psychically strong enough
time, though they would do so with a -2 penalty to hit for to their basest instincts and desires a life of their own.
both routines. They could otherwise wield another two- They manifest as shimmering 15-foot wide clouds of
handed melee weapon for the same -2 penalty, or four scintillating colors. Vampiric clouds begin life with 4
melee weapons simultaneously, with a -4 penalty. HP. They do not have maximum HP and instead drain
energy from the people they can engulf. They inflict 2
HOGRE hit points damage per person engulfed per melee round
Frequency: Very rare automatically and gain 1 HP for each two they inflict.
No. Encountered: 4-40 For each 4 HP they consume, they can grow by 5 feet in
Size: L diameter, though they are not obligated to do so.
Move: 60 ft.
Armor Class: Horlas cannot be affected physically at all, unless by
Hit Dice: 3 wind, electricity, and holy water. Cloaks shook to create
Treasure Type: J, K, L. wind in its direction, opening the doors of the manse,
Attacks: 1 and similar actions will generally inflict 1d4 points
Damage: 1d8+3 or by weapon damage to the Horla. Holy Water will inflict 2d4 points
Special Attacks: Exceptional strength (+2 to hit, +3 damage) of damage per vial. Combinations or augmentations are
Special Defences: Nil possible, up to the referee. Any magical effect creating
Magic Resistance: Standard wind and/or electricity will instantly destroy the Horla,
Lair Probability: 30% such as gust of wind, shocking grasp, and likewise spells.
Intelligence: Low to Average Upon destruction, the Horla will explode in a 15-foot
Alignment: Neutral Evil diameter burst. Each victim within the cloud will incur
Level/XP: III/100 + 4/HP 2d6 points of damage. 1d4 points of splash damage will
Hogres are the offspring of ogres and hobgoblins. From be inflicted to the victims standing within 10 feet of the
the ogres, they get their exceptional strength and attitude. burst. Only a tiny wisp of light will remain, and zoom
From the hobgoblins, they get a sliver of intelligence and back to the creature that gave it birth, potentially waking
organization and a special taste for elaborate cruelty. it in the process.
Fundamentally, hogres are selfish, jealous aberrations
who envy the size of true ogres, and the militaristic HORNED SLUG
organization of hobgoblins, knowing full well they will Frequency: Uncommon
get neither of those things. No. Encountered: 2-20
Size: M
HORLA (VAMPIRE CLOUD) Move: 40 ft./240 ft. zoom
Frequency: Very rare Armor Class: 8
No. Encountered: 1 Hit Dice: 2
Size: L Treasure Type: Nil
Move: 20 ft. floating Attacks: 1 acid spit (40 ft. range), horns or charge (60-240
Armor Class: 10 ft. range)
Hit Dice: 4 (equivalent, special – see below) Damage: 2d4 spit, 2d4 horns, 2d4x2 charge.
Treasure Type: Nil Special Attacks: Zoom, charge.
Attacks: Engulf Special Defences: Half damage from blunt weapons,
Damage: 2 automatic hit points per person per melee vulnerable to salt.
round engulfed Magic Resistance: Standard
Special Attacks: See below Lair Probability: 60%
Special Defences: See below Intelligence: Non
Magic Resistance: Special Alignment: TN
Lair Probability: 60% Level/XP: 1 HD: I/20 + 1/HP
Intelligence: Non 2 HD: II/50 + 2/HP
Alignment: Lawful Evil 4 HD: III/150 + 4/HP
Level/XP: IV/200 + 5/HP (max HP it had during the Horned slugs are slugs with boney horns like a ram’s
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distance and try to push back enemies in close combat
with their horned heads. If they can take some distance
and spit, and they have a clear line of 60 ft. or so to a
target, then can slide on their spit, zoom and ram that
target with their horns, as a charge.
The small version is just 1 HD, MV 30 ft./180 ft. zoom,
D 2d3 on the horns. The large version is 4 HD, MV 60
ft./300 ft. zoom, with D 4d4 on the horns. All horned
slugs take half damage from blunt weapons, but they
are vulnerable to salt. Salted water and other saline
solutions sprayed on a slug will inflict 2d4 damage plus
1d3 splash to any other creature also vulnerable around
it, for instance. The referee should extrapolate other
types of salt damage based on concentration and how
much salt ends up coating a slug.
KORRIGAN
Frequency: Rare
No. Encountered: 2-12
Size: S (as halflings)
Move: 120 ft.
Armor Class: 6
Hit Dice: 3
Treasure Type: O, P, Q.
Attacks: 2
Damage: 1d6/1d6 nails
Special Attacks: Special
Special Defences: Dimension door through plant life,
fresh earth, and boulders
Magic Resistance: 20%
Lair Probability: 20%
Intelligence: Average to Very
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Level/XP: III/200 + 4/HP
The Korrigans are degenerates, vile and corrupt fey
roaming the forests and haunting the cairns and dolmens
of the Lower Midlands. They despise humans and love
to trick them into giving up their lives and possessions
in silly trials, daring quests, and bogus enigmas. The
Korrigans are vulnerable to iron and can teleport through
plant life (as dimension door, at will, through bushes, tree
trunks, swamp life, and the like), fresh, natural earth, and
boulders, including menhirs and dolmens. The buggers
can animate wood and stone through hysterical ritual
dances (treat as animate object spell).
MHOLE
Frequency: Very Rare
No. Encountered: 1
Size: L
Move: 90 ft./150 ft. burrowing
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Armor Class: 5
Hit Dice: 16
Treasure Type: B, Qx5, X
Attacks: 3
Damage: 1d10/1d10/2d10 claw, claw, bite
Special Attacks: Swallow whole, Psychic
Special Defences: See below
Magic Resistance: Standard
Lair Probability: 30%
Intelligence: High
Alignment: Neutral
Level/XP: IX/ 7,250 + 18/HP
The Mhole is an intelligent, psychic creature not unlike
a tardigrade the size of a house. A mhole uses the
memories it has digested from its victims as words in
telepathic “sentences” to communicate with lesser life
forms. It can also use five-senses-based illusions and
phantasmal forces as a means to represent situations,
interact as an alter-ego with people, and speak in a plain
language most humanoids would understand.
If a Mhole hits with a bite by 4 or more above its
target’s AC, it swallows it whole automatically. Inside
the stomach, living victims will suffer 2d4 acid damage
per melee round, with a save vs poison for half damage.
Additionally, the acid of the stomach will inflict -1 AC to
suits of armor, -1 to unsheathed weapons’ damage, and
do so permanently. Every three melee rounds, whoever
is still left alive in the stomach must make a save vs
poison or die.
Victims can try to climb back out of the stomach,
requiring two successful strength or climbing checks to
do so or cut their way out by hitting AC 9 and inflicting a
total of 20 points of damage with their weapons.
A Mhole can communicate psychically and read minds
as ESP at will. It can conjure illusions and phantasmal
forces to interact with foreign beings at will. It has
limited powers of clairaudience, clairvoyance (3/day), and
can even cryptically sense the future. If the referee has
access to psionic rules, consider the Mhole to be able to
use such abilities at a very advanced level reflective of its
total hit dice.
MUCK-DWELLING BOTTOM FEEDER
Frequency: Rare
No. Encountered: 2-16
Size: M
Move: 50 ft./180 ft. swimming
Armor Class: 6
Hit Dice: 4
Treasure Type: Individuals M (x5), Lair Q, B, S
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Attacks: 1
Damage: 2-20
Special Attacks: Surprise 1-5
Special Defences: 95% Concealment in water
Magic Resistance: Standard
Lair Probability: 60%
Intelligence: Low, Average on a full tummy
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Level/XP: IV/ 165 + 5/HP
These slimy, amphibian-like humanoids represent a
forgotten group in the general food chain and the cycle of
evolution. These creatures can strike with great cunning
and resourcefulness, and in some instances, work en
masse towards a common goal. The bottom feeders have
voracious appetites and tend to fend for themselves,
but their constant hunger, in addition to their general
addiction to the blood vine of the Midlands, makes them
cooperate to take down what they can together.
The “bottom feeder” aspect of the name becomes clear
when the creature strikes. The bottom feeder zooms out
of the concealing water, muck, and slime to stealthily use
its razor-sharp jaw and bite off a huge section of another
creature’s tail, as per fish, lobster or giant crayfish and
the like, which translates as the actual posterior of a
humanoid. Sometimes it even takes a minute or more for
the victim to know that they have been partially eaten!
As the bottom feeders hunt, they are also being hunted,
since they are soft and delicious to most larger predators
of rivers, lakes, and seas.
OBRACHAEANS (THE BRETHREN OF THE DEEP)
The Brethren of the Deep are magical sentient creatures
not unlike octopods and gastropods, depending on the
type. They are natives from at least one of the shades of
Iyuggoth, the eldritch moon of the Eurth. There, they
are known as the Ma-Daï, those who live in the oceans
of darkness spreading from the rivers of pitch flowing
at the feet of the cyclopean, terraced towers of the Mi-
Go. The two races have ignored one another over eons of
research and contemplation, but they are known to have
entered at least one major conflict against one another
that nearly destroyed the entire planet.
Most Brethren, or Obrachaeans, as the citizens of Iylium
called them, have octopoid heads, looking like sacks or
bladders with large protruding eyes, rectangular pupils,
and two tube-like nostrils on each side of their faces.
Their abdomens and torso can look amorphous, or
solid like a humanoid’s. They have two arms, but also
six powerful webbed tentacles where their torsos and
legs should have been. These tentacles are used as extra
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limbs, and help the Obrachaean swim and carry their
weight on land.
The skin of the Brethren of the Deep behaves like an
octopus, changing colors and patterns with moods and
surroundings. This provides means of camouflage to the
Skirmishers, the most populous among them, but also can
help other types create patterns and flashes they use to cast
spells and summon other abilities depending on the type.
The Obrachaeans universally can liquefy and solidify
the cartilage within them at will. This allows them to
harden some parts of their bodies, use their human parts
as though they possessed a skeleton and a spine, create
weapons at their tentacles’ tips, stand upright when it
suits them, or liquify other parts to press their heads
or entire body under a door or crack in a wall, or use
passages too small for humanoids, for instance. When
their cartilage is completely liquefied – usually under
water, or to press their entire body through a tight fit
– they can fully benefit from their cephalopod lineage,
in essence looking like particularly elongated octopuses
with the now amorphous human arms dangling from
their upper bodies with the rest of their tentacles.
The Obrachaeans do not have mouths. Instead, they
have beaks similar to their cephalopod relatives. If they
grab prey with one of their tentacles, they can try to wrap
another one of their appendages around their prey on
the next melee round (+4 to hit with their free tentacles)
to bring it to their beak and bite it.
When the Brethren strike and hit with a tentacle, they
can choose to forsake damage and grab prey instead.
On the next round held prey will take some form of
crushing/constriction damage, depending on the type,
and can be brought to the beak for an automatic bite.
Targets hit by an Obrachaean tentacle are 25% (1-5
on d20) likely to have both arms held, and as such are
helpless. Most of the time (50%; 6-15 on d20) they will
have one limb held and can attack with a -4 penalty; the
other 25% (16-20 on d20) of the time the victim with have
both arms free and will be able to attack despite being
held at -2 penalty. Hitting the tentacle (usually at the
same AC as the Obrachaean it belongs to) is sufficient
for the creature to release the target.
All damage indicated for tentacle claws and cartilage
weapons is variable and interchangeable: A Skirmisher
could for instance choose to fight with four dagger-
like blades or four claws, or just grab four targets on a
given round. It could also choose to form a long blade
for D 1-8 damage instead of a dagger-like protrusion,
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but this versatility should be used parsimoniously by
the referee. Assume that the damage codes given in each
entry indicate the instinctual weapons the Brethren
will generally use in combat. If the creature is cornered,
enraged, or especially determined, it could choose
different weapons to fight with. Creating the equivalent
of two-handed weapons is also possible, but requires
the use of two tentacles to mix cartilage and wield the
formation efficiently.
OBRACHAEAN SKIRMISHER
Frequency: Very Rare
No. Encountered: 20-200
Size: Man-sized (can stand up to 6 feet tall)
Move: 60 ft. (land); 180 ft. (swimming)
Armor Class: 5
Hit Dice: 2+2 (4-20 HP)
Attacks: 2 ranged or 4 melee
Damage: 1-3/1-3 (projected cartilage dart), OR 1-3/1-3
(clawed front tentacles) and 1-4/1-4 (cartilage-formed
daggers/example), OR 1-2 (constriction) forsaking
tentacle damage, then attack at +4 to hit with D 1-2 +
2-8 (beak) on the subsequent melee round, with D 1-4
chewing each round after that.
Special Attacks: Constriction, Surprise 4-in-6
Special Defences: Camouflage, Liquefaction
Magic Resistance: Standard
Lair Probability: 40%
Intelligence: Average
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Level/XP: II/95 + 3/HP
The Obrachaean Skirmisher is the weakest and, in some
respect, the most versatile type among the Brethren
of the Deep. It guards lairs and acts as a scout for the
Obrachaean colony.
The Obrachaean skirmisher’s skin color, texture, and
pattern change with moods such as anger, envy, and
surprise, but they can be controlled, much like our own
facial expressions, to be used as tools for them to blend
in their environment. If standing still against a texture
allowing them to hide in such a fashion, there is an 80%
chance the skirmisher will remain unnoticed. Since the
skirmisher’s body temperature is affected as well to reflect
its surrounding environment, modes of vision based on
heat (or lack thereof) will be useless to discern its hidden
presence. Obrachaean skirmishers have a 4-in-6 chance
to surprise an unaware party when camouflaged.
Obrachaean skirmishers can project darts of cartilage
from their two front tentacles at a range of 15 feet. They
usually attack in melee using two of their tentacles,
shaping cartilage at their tips like bone-white claws
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piercing flesh, and weapons (recreating one-handed
type weapons with one tentacle, or two-handed types by
joining two tentacles and ease their wielding together).
Such cartilage weapons liquefy upon the creature’s
death, but the Obrachaeans can and sometimes do fight
with real weapons that are not extensions of themselves.
OBRACHAEAN WARRIOR
Frequency: Very Rare
No. Encountered: 1-10
Size: Man-sized (can stand up to 8 feet tall)
Move: 60 ft. (land); 180 ft. (swimming)
Armor Class: 4
Hit Dice: 4+4 (8-40 HP)
Attacks: 2 ranged or 4 melee
Damage: 1-4/1-4 (projected cartilage dart), OR 1-4/1-4
(clawed front tentacles) and 1-4/1-4 (cartilage-formed
daggers/example), OR 1-2 (constriction) forsaking
tentacle damage, then 2-12 (beak) on the subsequent
melee round (automatic, does not require secondary
attack), with D 1-6 chewing each round after that.
Special Attacks: Constriction, Surprise 4-in-6
Special Defences: Camouflage, Liquefaction
Magic Resistance: Standard
Lair Probability: 60%
Intelligence: High
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Level/XP: IV/250 + 5/HP
The Obrachaean Warrior is the evolved version of the
Skirmisher. More rare, along with the other specialized
subtypes of the species, its mission is to protect
Obrachaean settlements, wealth, and important assets
of the colony, such as the Adepts and Heralds among
them, to say nothing of the Brood Mother.
The Obrachaean Warrior is very similar in appearance
to the Skirmisher. Same vague octopoid appearance,
same faculties of cartilage liquefaction and camouflage.
One key difference is its head, which looks both more
humanoid and aggressive, and the location of the beak,
which is right under and between its eyes, surrounded
by rows of small tentacles helping automatically grab a
creature it has bitten, staying in position while chewing.
Each hit on the Warrior has a 4-in-6 chance of causing
it to let loose of a bitten victim and concentrate on the
source of the attack, due to the creature’s very aggressive
nature.
OBRACHAEAN ASSASSIN
Frequency: Very Rare
No. Encountered: 1-6
Size: Man-sized (can stand up to 6 feet tall)
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Move: 80 ft. (land); 240 ft. (swimming)
Armor Class: 1
Hit Dice: 4+4 (8-40 HP)
Attacks: 1 ranged or 2 melee or 1 backstab
Damage: 1-6 (projected cartilage dart, x2 if in position
for ranged backstab), or 1-3/1-3 (clawed front tentacles)
OR 1-4/1-4 (cartilage-formed daggers/example), OR (2-
12)x2 grouped tentacles backstab, OR 1-2 (constriction)
forsaking tentacle damage, then attack at +4 to hit with
D 1-2 + 2-8 (beak) on the subsequent melee round, with
D 1-4 chewing each round after that.
Special Attacks: Constriction, Surprise 4-in-6, Teleport
(dimension door, 120 ft.)
Special Defences: Camouflage, Liquefaction
Magic Resistance: Standard
Lair Probability: 50%
Intelligence: High
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Level/XP: IV/290 + 5/HP
The Obrachaean Assassin is a specialized servant of
the Brood Mother. It usually serves other important
minions of the Deep and acts as a killer and individual
strike team when called upon.
The Obrachaean Assassin is similar but leaner than a
Skirmisher. It too has a beak between its lower tentacles,
and its head is oblong, with little fins on the sides, more
reminiscent of a squid than an octopus. The Assassin
tends to use its multiple tentacles to strafe and move
quickly around the battlefield. This means it does not
benefit from the same multi-attack advantages as other
Obrachaeans but makes it up in AC and movement.
The creature otherwise has the same faculties to liquify
its cartilage and camouflage in its surroundings as a
skirmisher does.
What makes the Assassin truly stand apart is its ability
to teleport (as dimension door spell, 120 ft. range) in
clouds of ink and reappear to backstab specific targets
within sight. The blue rings covering the entirety of
its skin, which might be invisible due to camouflage or
different moods, will light up a bioluminescent azure
color a brief moment before teleportation. The Assassin
will then materialize behind or flank its victim group its
tentacles in a powerful appendage, and backstab with
it in a lightning strike. Note that a saving throw versus
paralyzation will allow a target within sight to notice the
flashing of the Assassin’s rings, and have a clue of what’s
about to happen, thus avoiding the +4 to hit a surprise
would otherwise bestow on the attack. The backstab
ability can also be used on a cartilage dart projectile,
provided the Assassin is camouflaged or unnoticed.
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Once it teleports, the Obrachaean Assassin has to wait
1-4 rounds before being about to teleport again. Its blue
rings gradually disappear as the blood flow comes back
and its capability recharges. They will flash brightly
again when the Assassin teleports again.
OBRACHAEAN HERALD
Frequency: Very Rare
No. Encountered: 1-2
Size: Large (as a horse or bovine)
Move: 60 ft. (land); 180 ft. (swimming); 90 ft. (levitating)
Armor Class: 4
Hit Dice: 6+6 (12-54 HP)
Attacks: 1 blast or 2 melee
Damage: 2-12 (cartilage blast, 40 ft. radius, save vs. magic
for half damage), OR 1-6/1-6 (cartilage-formed swords or
spears/example) OR 1-4 (constriction) forsaking tentacle
damage, then attack at +4 to hit with D 1-4 + 2-8 (beak)
on the subsequent melee round, with D 1-4 chewing
each round after that.
Special Attacks: Constriction, Surprise 3-in-6 (if inactive
and utterly still prior)
Special Defences: Camouflage, Liquefaction, Levitation.
Magic Resistance: Standard
Lair Probability: 80%
Intelligence: Exceptional
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Level/XP: VI/850 + 8/HP
Where the Obrachaean Skirmisher could easily be
mistaken for a large semi-humanoid octopus, the
Herald is quite different, resembling a multicolored,
bioluminescent balloon, a sea hare the size of a cow
floating in mid-air, with four tendrils protruding from
its amorphous face, and four tentacles dangling from the
largest section of its body, just under its internal shell.
The Obrachaean Herald has the same innate faculty to
be able to liquefy and solidify its cartilage at will. Its skin,
like that of an octopus, can change patterns and colors
with moods and environments, but the bioluminescent
lights it displays prevent it from hiding within its
surroundings unless it ceases all activity and stands or
floats utterly still. The Herald’s internal shell or pouch
can soften and harden, change sizes, and fill with a
collection of gases it controls to float off the ground.
The Obrachaean Herald is a priest and healer amongst
its kin. The ink of a Herald permeates the air, and reacts
to it much like normal ink would underwater. It floats,
forms clouds and patterns, and hovers around it. The
Herald, being an inherently magical creature, can infuse
its ink with divine energies from the Deep, to soothe, heal
and aid other Obrachaeans in the vicinity. The Herald
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can Cure Light Wounds, and Chant (which is a buzzing
vibration of the Obrachaean’s shell) at will within a 60 ft.
radius. It can also Cure Disease, Neutralize Poison, and
Cure Serious Wounds within the same radius twice (2)
a day. Heralds being each extremely intelligent, unique
creatures able to uniquely commune with the power of
the Deep, some specimens have been known to develop
other divine abilities (up to the equivalent of 6th level
spells once a week). Obrachaeans remaining within the
direct 60 ft. zone of influence of the Herald will benefit
from a +4 modifier to saving throws against mental
forms of attack involving the power of will (as per high
wisdom). The Herald is immune to such forms of attack,
due to the empathic link it shares with its servants and
the whole colony.
Obsidian Jellies can dissolve flesh and use it to spawn their
own undead. An Obsidian jelly can spawn 1-4 zombies in
a melee round per victim previously consumed. It does
this by coalescing fluids with the production of obsidian
shards serving as the bones of the zombies, giving them a
frightful appearance of translucent, half-dissolved flesh
wrapped around crystalline bones black as night.
Obsidian jellies are usually content having consumed
2d4 victims. This allows them to produce 2d4 x d4
zombies if necessary. Consuming more carrion could
cause the jelly to split into two new full-size specimens,
though gigantic jellies are said to exist as well.
OCTOFISH

Lastly, the Obrachaean Herald can eschew any activity Young Mature
in order to pulse and emit a blast of cartilage in all Frequency: Rare Rare
directions around it, in a 40 ft. radius. The blast inflicts No. Encountered: 2-12 2-8
damage to the Obrachaeans around the Herald as well,
but it is instantly healed since the Brethren immediately Size: M L
absorb the cartilage produced into their bodies. Move: 70 ft. 50 ft.
Armor Class: 8 6
OBSIDIAN JELLY Hit Dice: 4 6
Frequency: Very rare
No. Encountered: 1-4 Treasure Type: Nil Nil
Size: M Attacks: 8 8
Move: 30 ft. Damage: 1 (x8) 1-3 (x8)
Armor Class: 8
Special Attacks: Paralyzation, Paralyzation,
Hit Dice: 6 Bite 2-8 Bite 4-16
Treasure Type: Nil or per corpse consumed
Attacks: 1 flesh dissolution Special Defences: Camouflage, Camouflage,
Surprise 1-4 Surprise 1-4
Damage: 3d4/round of exposure
Special Attacks: Nil Magic Resistance: Standard Standard
Special Defences: See below Lair Probability: 80% 70%
Magic Resistance: Standard Intelligence: Low Low
Lair Probability: Nil
Alignment: Chaotic Chaotic
Intelligence: Non
Alignment: TN Level/XP: IV/ 250 + 5/HP VI/ 1,000 + 7/HP
Level/XP: VII/1,000 + 7/HP
The octofish is a creature born deep underground that
Obsidian jellies travel along walls and ceilings with looks like a starfish with eight prongs each ending
ease. Sages believe they are related to the ochre type but in black tentacles able to grab prey and bring it to its
corrupted over time by the negative energies of death. toothed mouth at the center of its mass. The young
Whether they are produced by the decay of corpses, may have bodies four feet across, from prong to prong,
the secretion of graveworms, or the evolution of manes minus the tentacles, while the more mature specimen
manifesting on the prime material plane is a subject of may be six feet in diameter or more. The octofish may
great debate among them. Just like ochre jellies, obsidian have originated in the mystical realm of the Labyrinth
jellies struck with lightning bolts are divided into one or stretching between the shades of the Eurth. They usually
more, smaller jellies inflicting half normal damage. Fire- inhabit one or several natural caves close to one another
based attacks have normal effects. Cold has no effect, but they can move into quickly and control together as a
a sonic attack will affect them for half damage. small colony.

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The octofish hunts from the ceiling, letting itself
drop onto its prey, attacking with its eight tentacles
simultaneously. Each tentacle inflicts 1 point or 1-3 points
of damage depending on the maturity of the specimen
and secretes a special toxin. The victim must make an
immediate saving throw vs poison with a penalty of -1
on the die per tentacle that hit to avoid being paralyzed
for one full turn. If the victim is not paralyzed, he or she
can make an attack against the octofish at -1 per tentacle
that hit previously to break free from its grasp. If the
attempt fails, the octofish then attacks with +1 on the
die per tentacle that previously hit, bringing the victim
to its mouth and biting on a success. The victim makes
another saving throw each following round to avoid
paralyzation, and may attack again to break free if the
saving throw succeeds. A failure means an automatic
bite. The procedure is repeated until the victim is
paralyzed, frees itself, or dies.
The octofish is slow and relatively awkward in its movements.
Though its rugged skin is naturally dark blue, with tiny
yellow eyes blipping in out of existence as they blink, it can
alter its hue and pigmentation enough to mimick its rocky
surroundings, with a 1-4 chance of surprise.
Octofish do not like fire. They will try to keep away from
pyrotechnics, and characters can use up to their level wielding
torches to repel octofish like a cleric would the undead.
OLMECHEAN PYGMY
Frequency: Very rare
No. Encountered: 4-40
Size: S
Move: 90 ft./180 ft. jump
Armor Class: 5
Hit Dice: 1
Treasure Type: K, L.
Attacks: 1
Damage: 1d4 spear, or 1d4 sling, or 2d3 antlers on the
back, on a jump (x2 on charge).
Special Attacks: Charge, jump.
Special Defences: Nil
Magic Resistance: Standard
Lair Probability: 30%
Intelligence: Average
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Level/XP: I/20 + 1/HP
Olmechean pygmies are incarnated, malevolent jungle
spirits about half the size of a halfling. They usually wear
furs and deer antlers on their back they align with their
spine. Chiefs and shamans usually wear oversized masks
and headgear representing a range of mythical beasts,
and beings representing the elements of the jungle.
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Olmechean pygmies use the antlers on their backs to
jump into a ball and strike their opponents like a spined
cannonball (for D 2d3x2). They can also jump in melee
combat and swirl in the air while so doing, but they
won’t have the momentum of a full jump/charge (D
2d3). The referees should play them like little acrobats
jumping and buzzing around. In large groups, they can
be extremely deadly, especially if some are suicidal and
dip themselves into flaming oil, for instance.
Olmechean pygmies are reputed for their changing
moods. They can be friendly one moment, and complete
psychopaths eating an adventuring party for fun the next.
ORCHIDEAN DRONE
Frequency: Rare
No. Encountered: 5-50
Size: S
Move: 90 ft.
Armor Class: 6
Hit Dice: 3
Treasure Type:
Attacks: 2
Damage: 1d4/1d4 root tentacles.
Special Attacks: Clouds of pollen (see below)
Special Defences: Clouds of pollen (see below)
Magic Resistance: Standard
Lair Probability: 80%
Intelligence: Low to Average
Alignment: Neutral
Level/XP: III/75 + 4/HP
An orchidean drone is a plant. It looks like a spore sack
the size of a barrel, or human torso, moving along on
tiny root-like tentacles and topped with a large, vivid
orchid-type flower, like a human’s head with a hat.
Orchidean drones emit clouds of brightly colored pollen
which can be imbued with magic. The clouds have a
variety of effects and meanings to the drones, depending
on the maturity, mood, patterns, and colors of pollen
projected. This is the orchidean drones’ principal means
of communication.
Magical effects created by spore clouds can be very
varied and seem to be set on a particular colony, rather
than individuals. A colony for instance might produce
magic-missiles with white pollen clouds, and another,
more mature colony could produce a combined lightning
bolt instead. Blue clouds could produce sleep, green
charm person, and so on. Assume a single Orchidean
could produce a spell-like effect spontaneously as if it
was a third-level magic user. To produce greater effects,
the drones must combine their clouds, reproducing the
capabilities of a magic user of third level, plus one level
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per extra drone involved. Thus, producing a lightning with dark red fur from head to toe. The red apes are
bolt would require a total of three drones involved (3 the male counterparts of the harpies of Iyon, and
levels for starting drone, plus 2 drones = 5 level magic they consider the specimens of this plane to be just as
user), and an ice storm would require seven (3 levels for desirable to them. Following their instincts and rituals,
the starting drone, plus 6 drones = 9 level magic user). the red apes of Iyon catch their females in their nets and
fight one another in the hope to prove their virility and
RED APES OF IYON suitability for mating. This is why the red apes usually
Frequency: Very rare carry nets with them, which they will also occasionally
No. Encountered: 2-8 use in combat after a charge, leaping or on land, instead
Size: M of pummeling their victims with their fists.
Move: 120 ft./15o ft. leaping
Armor Class: 6 The red apes of Iyon are carnivorous, violent creatures
Hit Dice: 3 that only care about fulfilling the basest of instincts.
Treasure Type: Food, sex, violence, sleep. This is the daily routine of a
Attacks: 1 or 2 red ape, sometimes as separate activities, and sometimes
Damage: Leaping charge D 2d6 +3 (+3 to hit), or net D simultaneously performed. The red apes are cannibals
0 (immobilized), or 1d6+2/1d6+2 slamming fists on a and will eat the weak among them.
land charge (+2 to hit on both attacks), or 1d6/1d6 fists
in regular melee. While immune to the charm effect of the harpy’s songs,
Special Attacks: Leaping charge, pummeling (see above). the red apes adore them and are murderously aroused
Special Defences: Nil by them. The ear canals of the red apes include magic-
Magic Resistance: Standard resisting membranes purging sound-based dweomers,
Lair Probability: 30% including those of the harpies’ songs. These could be
Intelligence: Low to Average extracted and stuffed into a human or demi-human
Alignment: Chaotic Evil ear to protect an individual temporarily (1d6 days)
Level/XP: III/100 + 4/HP from sound-based magic effects before they dry up and
becomes useless. The vestigial wings of the red ape look
The red apes of Iyon have purple faceted eyes like those exactly like extra-large chicken wings and are delicious
of a fly, large, bat-like ears, and tiny vestigial bird wings to consume.
in their back. They look like huge, 7’ tall apes covered

UNDEAD
Black Bones Ashen Bones Cremated Remains Manes
Frequency: Very Rare Very Rare Very Rare Very Rare
No. Encountered: 2-12 1-6 1-6 Always in even numbers
Size: M M M M
Move: 120 ft. 120 ft. 120 ft. 30 ft.
Armor Class: 4 7 8 7
Hit Dice: 1 2 3 1
Treasure Type: Nil Nil Nil Nil
Attacks: 1 1 2 3
Damage: 1d6+1 1d6+1 1d6/1d6 1d2/1d2/1d4
Special Attacks: Nil Post-morterm 1d4 residual fire damage on melee Wake the undead
possession hits, post-mortem explosion (D
2d4, 10 ft. radius)
Special Defences: Nil Nil Nil Can only be hit by +1
magic weapons or better,
holy water
Magic Resistance: Standard Standard Standard Standard
Lair Probability: Nil Nil Nil Nil
Intelligence: Non Non Non Semi
Alignment: Neutral Neutral Neutral Evil
Level/XP: I/25 + 1/HP II/40 + 2/HP II/50 + 2/HP II/40 + 2/HP

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Black Bones: These are variant skeletons with bones
black as soot.
Ashen Bones: These skeletons, once reduced to 0 hit
points, become dust and try to enter the eyes, ears, and
mouth of their slayer to possess the body for 2d4 melee
rounds. Save vs. magic negates. Wearing a sealed helmet
prevents the attempt.
Cremated Remains: Similar to the Ashen Bones, once
reduced to 0 hit points, cremated remains explode for D
2d4 in a 10 ft. radius. A saving throw vs breath weapon
halves the damage.
Manes: These always appear in two, like globes of pitch-
black goo flying in mid-air, a string of dark slime running
between the two manes and linking them together.
The string vibrates and emits low notes, parts of a slow
melody called the Pavan, the song for the Dead. Manes
can connect with any undead of any type through the
Pavan. Distance within a single dungeon or complex is
not an object. They can wake the undead and alert them
of a threat instantly. The damage Manes inflict is due to
vestigial baby limbs trying to reach out and hurt those
around them in a slap, slap, bite routine. Referees should
amp up the creep factor as much as the players allow.
Superior versions of Manes can alter the Pavan and cast
spells through it. These are deadly entities, the stuff of
nightmare, sages suggest.
UTUKKU (PUFFER-FISH MEN)
Frequency: Very rare
No. Encountered: 3-30
Size: M
Move: 90 ft./12o ft. swimming
Armor Class: 4
Hit Dice: 2+1
Treasure Type: L, M
Attacks: 1 melee or 1 range or 1 burst
Damage: 1d6, by weapon, or 1d4+poison (quill), or burst
of quills
Special Attacks: Quill projection
Special Defences: Burst of quills
Magic Resistance: Standard
Lair Probability: 80%
Intelligence: Average
Alignment: TN
Level/XP: III/100 + 3/HP
The Utukku fish-like humanoids with quills at their back
and inflatable, spiked heads, like a pufferfish. They are
primitive, not particularly aggressive, and live along the
shores of the Duinnsmere. They like to stay away from
other sentient beings and keep their communities very
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private. They are protective of their people, especially
their young, and will defend them to the death.
The Utukku, like certain species of pufferfish, mature using
a form of sexual dimorphism: the fry have a hard shell
that protects their limbs as they grow, and are not initially
biologically male or female. When the Utukku’s shell
cracks off and the limbs become functional, hormones
are secreted within the body which then determines the
permanent sex of the young adult. The determination is
usually based on the situation of the community, what it
needs to biologically survive and reproduce.
The Utukku usually hunt crustacean life and fish to
eat, along with a diet of weeds and other natural plants
growing under or around the surface of rivers and
lakes. They attack their preys or enemies with their
rudimentary weapons, usually stone-tipped spears and
the like, or project their quills to poison their victims.
If the Utukku are cornered into a battle, they can grow
their heads suddenly to the size and shape of a balloon,
and project their quills in all directions simultaneously.
Usually, the resulting commotion gives them the time
to flee to safety. A burst of quills requires a saving throw
vs breath weapon: on a failed saving throw, the target
takes 1d4 quills, each for D 1d4, and must make a saving
throw vs poison with an initial modifier of +2, and a
penalty of -1 per quill hitting the victim after the first.
The poison of the Utukku induces lethargy, like a semi-
loss of consciousness where the victim cannot move but
is still fully aware of his surroundings. |
UTLUZ (FROG MEN)
Frequency: Uncommon
No. Encountered: 1-100
Size: M
Move: 60 ft./30 ft. jump/120 ft. swim
Armor Class: 5
Hit Dice: 1
Treasure Type: K, L
Attacks: 3 or 1 weapon
Damage: 1d2/1d2/1d3 or 1d6 spear (2d6 on a leaping
charge)
Special Attacks: Leap
Special Defences: Nil
Magic Resistance: Standard
Lair Probability: 60%
Intelligence: Average
Alignment: TN
Level/XP: I/20 + 1/HP
The Utluz are one of the ancient people of the Eurth,
whose knowledge and rituals go back since before the
apparition of humans around the Duinnsmere. They are
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however primitive in terms of technology and society to
the extreme and are often enslaved by other races, most
especially orcs and goblinoids, to do their bidding.
The Utluz are generally pacific and want to be left alone.
They lay eggs in great colonies at the bottom of the lake
of the Duinnsmere. These eggs are fragile and enormous,
like fist-sized blobs of caviar. These mean everything to
the Utluz, but everyone, including humans, finds their
eggs to be nutritious, and they are often traditional foods
among Pryton clans and Gaelish settlements.
If kept wet and unscathed, Utluz eggs hatch after a few
weeks. Every month is the equivalent of a year and a
half of human growth for the Utluz. The tadpole phase
usually lasts three months, replaced by the young Utluz.
The creatures reach full maturity around a year after
they hatched. Their life expectancy is about four years
from that point on.
YELLOW MEN OF IYON
Frequency: Very rare
No. Encountered: 5-50
Size: M
Move: 120 ft.
Armor Class: 4
Hit Dice: 1+1
Treasure Type: L, M, S.
Attacks: 1
Damage: 1d4+1 hooked sword, +2 to hit on first attack
Special Attacks: Nil
Special Defences: Nil
Magic Resistance: Standard
Lair Probability: 70%
Intelligence: Very
Alignment: Loyal
Level/XP: I/18 + 1/HP
The Yellow Men of Mars are much more human-like
and advanced than their Green counterparts. They
have bright lemon-yellow skin, and usually red to black
hair and beard for men. The Yellow Men live in the
cold regions of the Red Shade of Iyon, in domed cities
protected from the harshness of the environment.
They usually wear thick protective furs and may carry
with them some technological devices like vision
goggles, breathing masks, and the like, for their society
is still aligned with Law and has retained some of the
technology of the Red Shade’s past, which they guard
with their lives.
The Yellow Men fight with bucklers and hooked swords
which grant them an automatic +2 modifier to hit
whenever they attack a new target for the first time.
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II. CHARACTERS
The following presents several characters and situations
that might help bring more life to the area of the Viper
Head Pass and the Erydean Vale around it. They can also
be used as templates for more personal expressions of
the referee’s and the players’ creativity in the campaign.
These will most likely be used as NPCs, adventure
opportunities, aids, and foils against the player-
characters, but they could also become integral parts of
the players’ adventuring parties as recurring guides and
henchmen, or even as replacement characters during the
course of the game. Referees will notice that the stats
for such characters usually gravitate around the fourth
level of experience: this choice is voluntary because it
can be used as-is with parties in the process of exploring
Grunn Galeb, and can be modified with just a couple of
points up or down to fit other parties and circumstances.
Referees should feel free to modify as needed.
HOSTAGES
PRISONERS AND RANSOMS: Characters being
overwhelmed and beaten in combat does not necessarily
mean this is the end for them. Intelligent humanoids
in particular might see value in subduing interlopers
instead of killing them outright. A referee might rule
that a character at or around 0 HP is not killed outright,
and reveal to the player that his character is still alive.
Prisoners can be put to work to dig tunnels, serve their
master’s needs, or work in a quarry. A few of them
might be valuable enough to become hostages to be
sold as slaves to third parties, or back to the employers,
communities, or factions that sent them to investigate
the Erydean Vale. It is up to the referee to decide which
side of the action makes for the most interesting game:
the prisoner trying to escape or buying his way back
to the party, somehow, or the party trying to find and
ransom the prisoner back from his captors.
Ransom amounts can vary greatly, depending on
the fame, level, and general situation of the hostages
concerned, from a few hundred gold pieces at low levels
(250 GP per level until level 4 might do it), to much higher
prices for heroes and superheroes (at least 1,000 GP per
level at level 5-8, probably more, including lands, related
quests for the most renown and powerful characters).
Substituting prisoners, magic items, or favors is not out
of the question, depending on what the captor wants.
The Marmoreal Tomb game module includes three
hostages situations which can be introduced sometime
after the first contact of the PCs with their associated
locations, swapped for other NPCs if desired, or even
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completely ignored if the referee is not interested in
them at all. The NPCs proposed here are all linked to
the Towers of Transcendence, as a means to put them
and their factions into play, and to connect thematic
components and locations of the setting together. The
NPCs once freed might become recurring characters,
henchmen of the party, or even replacement player-
characters, as needed.
LUKHAN: The first of the hostages is located in the
Lair of the Veneur at L1-17A. A werewolf, Lukhan was
sent in the Vale to investigate rumors of werewolves
roaming the lands with no connection with the Lone
Tower. The Veneur is unlikely to hand Lukhan over to
the party: he enjoys toying with his victim and wants
to keep the werewolf as his plaything. If freed, Lukhan
will try to accompany the party for a while. He could be
played by a temporary player in the know. Regardless of
his association with the party, Lukhan will eventually
disappear when he has learned all he can from the PCs
and report to the Lone Tower. This could mean more
agents of Caer Solus will show up to take advantage of
the chaos stirred by the party’s exploration of the Vale.
IYEROM VON BRENNEN: Iyerom is the long-lost
nephew of Segmar Von Brennen (see in this appendix,
Special Wandering Characters), son of Iyedrik Von
Brennen who leads an insurrection against his father
for the control of the Vale of Inil by the Palehorn, in
the southern part of the Bitter peaks. When he and his
mother fled the Vale, they found their way north, close
to Viper Head Pass, and were attacked by the gnolls who
haunt the area. While his mother died, Iyerom survived
after being rescued by the Everknights of Iyosephe and
going through the trials of the Tower Perilous.
After an uncertain amount of time, most certainly a
few years had passed, Iyerom was asked by the Standing
Stone to come to the Erydean Vale to retrieve another
child, but he failed, and got knocked out so hard he lost
most of his memories, including both his identities as a
child and Everknight of Iyosephe.
Iyerom is currently held hostage by the orcs of H-10. His
crystal rings and the rest of his equipment, including
armor and shield, are kept by the orcs – they know
the rings are valuable somehow but do not know their
function. If Iyerom retrieves his rings, he will start to
remember slowly who he is, starting with the familial
tragedy, until such a time, perhaps after a stressful
moment or shock, he realizes he can use the items to get
back to his former heroic self and the Citadel of Caer
Caedhn.
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IYEROM VON BRENNEN (P4): SZ M; MV 120/90
ft. as human; AL LG, STR 17, INT 14, WIS 13, DEX
15, CON 17, CHA 17; HD 4; HP 32; AC 1; #AT 1 or 3
range; +2 to hit, D 1d8+2 Battle Axe, ; D 1d4+1 dagger;
D 1d3/1d3/1d3 darts. Iyerom Von Brennen acts as a 4 HD
character at all times, but only benefits from the abili-
ties of Paladin of the same level when he assumes his
heroic form. Carries: Twin crystal rings (one allows
Iyerom to assume his idealized Everknight form 3/day,
for a number of turns equal to his level, while the other
allows him to summon the frame of the Golden Gate 1/
day against a wall surface or in mid-air, as a threshold
active for a number of rounds equal to his level lead-
ing back to Caer Caedhn). His armor, axe, and shield
are sized for a halfling or a child but magically resize
appropriately when assuming his idealized Everknight
form. +1 Battle Axe, banded mail, +1 shield bearing
the arms of Iyosephe, darts also able to act as daggers in
close combat. Iyerom has a map of the tunnels linking
the different locations of the Pass around the Tomb (see
Diagram of Tunnel networks in this appendix). When
Iyerom realizes he failed in his mission and returns to
Caer Caedhn, he might leave the map in the hands of
the party who managed to rescue him.
NEMIAH OF CAER CANIS: Nemiah is an envoy of
Caer Canis, who came here to investigate the growing
bandit activity and chaos within the Erydean Vale. After
investigating the isle at E-6 and the faces in the stone at
E-12, he fell prey to the nets of the Red Apes of Iyon and
has been kept as a prisoner since then in the underground
level of the tower, not far from the Portal to the Crypts at
E-9. Nemiah can give information about the harpies and
the movement of sentinels at the level of the waterfalls
between the faces of the Kings of Aktum beyond.
NEMIAH (Anunekki, F4): SZ M; MV 180 ft.; AL LG,
STR 12, INT 13, WIS 8, DEX 17, CON 18, CHA 16; HD
(2)+4; INIT +3; HP 54; AC 2; #AT 2; D Shortsword 1d6
and D 1d4+2 Bite; Nemiah benefits from heightened
smell and hearing, as most Anunekki do. He can com-
municate with others telepathically at will, and use tel-
ekinesis as a third-level magic user. Nemiah can switch
between human and canine forms 2/day: as a canine,
Nemiah looks like a stocky mix of a corgy and a Pryton
sheepdog with a tricolor coat of blacks, browns, and
white. The hair of his humanoid form reflects the same,
as a muscular gnome with brown eyes and a dark com-
plexion. Nemiah has a jumpy, paranoid nature adding
+1 to his INIT/Reaction time, but he also has traits of a
daredevil, willing to face opponents much bigger than
himself. This allows him to add +1 to his dice rolls to hit
in melee combat. Carries: A +2 studded leather coat
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that the Red Apes did not bother to rip off from his body.
If the referee chooses to include Nemiah in area E-9 as
a hostage, his shortsword will be found in the pile of
refuse within the tower, along with a tuning fork al-
lowing Nemiah to contact Caer Canis when needed.
Striking the tuning fork against a hard surface opens a
channel of clairaudience centered on the fork and alerts
the Anunekki of Caer Canis of Nemiah’s request for an
extraction. They will plane shift on location shortly
thereafter (use Nemiah’s stats with slight modifications
to simulate these Anunekki or build your own).
BUILDING THE ANUNEKKI: The Anunekki are pets
and opponents of the hunt who have been immortalized
in the Eidos by the people of Anu, and are now able
to project their presence and ideal selves from their
representations in small magical figurines. Those
figurines that are in the position of mortals can be used
to control the Anunekki spirit linked to it. It can be
treated well, or not, but woe to the owner who tortures
such a noble memory, for the revenge of Caer Canis
will come without mercy. The figurines of the servants
of Caer Canis are stored within the Tower itself, which
means these Anunekki are free and independent.
Roll stats for the character normally. Choose a base
canine breed, and allocate 1 to 3 HD (d8) depending
on the size and general bearing of the character. Add a
bite and a movement rate: 1 HD (D 1d4, MV 150 ft.), 2
HD (D 1d4+2, MV 180 ft.), 3 HD (D 2d4, MV 150 ft.). Add
class levels on top of this template. All Anunekki have
heightened smell and hearing, which allows to detect
the most subtle hints of the presence of a predator,
detect buried treasure, and pinpoint the position of
the invisible, among other things up to the referee and
common sense, with a usual base chance of 1 on 1d6.
Complement with a special breed or individual abilities,
if exceptional from an average canine.
At level 1, the Anunekki can speak through telepathy,
despite his animal form. At level 2, the Anunekki
develops a form of telekinesis as a supernatural ability he
can perform at his character level to move a weight of
50 GP per level (this means an Anunekki can use wands,
rods, staves, swing a sword, assuming he has the proper
class and ability to use such implements). At level 4, the
Anunekki can switch between his animal form and a
humanoid form of his choice a number of times per day
equal to half his level, rounded down. The humanoid
form reflects the canine’s personality, and often shares
similarities with the canine form as well. At level 8, an
Anunekki can assume an intermediary, hybrid form that
is not unlike a lycanthrope, though it is not a disease and
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could be considered the opposite of that ailment since
it is developed through virtue and service to the ideal of
the Tower of Companionship.
TOWERS OF TRANSCENDENCE
Referees will be familiar with the Outer and Inner
planes depicted in the original advanced game that
inspired this module. For the Hobby Shop Dungeon
campaign, the material plane within that cosmological
setup is constituted of an infinite number of layers, each
connected by a mesh connected with the ethereal plane
the sages call “The Eidos”.
These are the shades of the Eurth, alternate timelines
and realities each drifting on top of one another, and
each with their particularities, different lands, and
histories, all connected by many elements or similarities
that repeat and decline themselves differently from the
original Earth template. Some shades are very close to
the original Earth, almost duplicates of it but for one
or two twists here and there, while other shades are
so different, abstract, or magical as to be completely
different worlds altogether. Some shades can be
arbitrarily bundled together as the derivation of a single
main alternative to the original Earth. Thus we have
the shades of Örth, which tend to be extremely chaotic,
magical, and abstract in nature, or the shades of Eurth,
which are closer to the original, but based on more
symbolic premises, for instance. Your game including the
Marmoreal Tomb is assumed to take place within your
own shade of the Eurth, whether it’d be your homebrew
setting or something else altogether.
The Towers of Power, or Transcendence, are archetypal
beacons within the Eidos. They serve as points of realignment
and embodiment of some forces and ideas within this realm
and interact with the prime material shades in different
ways, depending on their makeup and nature.
CAER CAEDHN: The Tower Perilous stands by the river
Iyosephe, beyond a set of tall fortifications defended by a
golden, impregnable Gate separating the premises of the
refuge known as Caer Caedhn from the savage limbo of
the Eidos around it. Because the Tower was artificially
created as a refuge for children from the Eurth into the
ethereal void, all manners of nightmares, half-formed
ideas, and corrupted dreams regularly lay siege to the
fortifications, hoping to erase the structure from its
supernatural surroundings. This is counting without the
strength and courage of the Everknights, who defend the
Tower against every assault with success.
The Everknights of Iyosephe are all children who have
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been rescued from the prime material plane. They faced
certain death, abuse, or slavery, and were rescued by
the Everknights who came and allow them to escape.
The Everknights of Iyosephe assume their idealized
identities in the Tower and on the plane of the Eidos.
They appear as strong, adult knights of at least four
levels, usually as fighters, rangers, or paladins. Heroes of
the refuge of Iyosephe, the Everknights revert to their
child selves if they venture on the prime material plane
without the help of magical trinkets to help them project
their eidetic true selves there. As time flows differently
in the Eidos, years, decades might slip by in-between
jumps to and from the Eidos. Everknights who would
have reappeared as old men in the material plane still
appear as the children they were when they disappeared
decades earlier as if they had not aged a day since their
departure. This leads some sages to question whether
the Everknights are, in fact, immortal or eternal, but that
seems to not be the case, judging by the catacombs open
to the Everknights under the Tower Perilous.
The Tower Perilous is a symbol of the dangers and
hardship only the pure of heart can go through to affirm
their true identities as heroes and paragons of virtue.
This may be the reason why the Everknights are children
who have gone through trials testing their mettle and
abilities: they start out pure of heart and intent, while
the trials allow them to control their emotions and reach
for a higher, purer state of being within. Not all children
going through the trials are successful or left unscathed.
Those who fail can remain within the limits of the
Tower, and help the Everknights as aids, messengers,
pages, squires, cooks, and librarians.
The mission of the Order of Iyosephe is to keep the
Tower Perilous safe as a refuge and save the children of
the material planes who are elected to go through the
trials. The Seeing Stone, a strange obelisk apparently
made of a single block of fractured, red jasper, stands at
the heart of the Citadel and guides the Everknights with
psychic visions pointing them to their daily tasks and
responsibilities for the Order. The Seeing Stone elects
which children should be rescued from the material
plane to face the trials, and inspires the Everknights
to go on missions to retrieve them. The Seeing Stone
can create portals to the shades of the Eurth whenever
convenient. It does not seem to be omniscient, however,
since it does not always react to an Everknight in danger
beyond the confines of the Citadel. Though there seems
to be an informal hierarchy between the Everknights
based on their seniority (levels) more than anything else,
there doesn’t seem to be a formal leader among them,
besides the Seeing Stone itself.
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CAER SOLUS, the Lone Tower, is the embodiment of
the madness that seizes one’s heart when faced with total
abandonment and loneliness. The beast inside eats at the
personality, and the individual reverts to a monster swayed
by the vilest of instincts. Caer Solus spawns lycanthropes,
wraiths, and nightmares. It appears simultaneously in
different locations on multiple shades of the Eurth, and
sometimes within the same shade as well. The exact
number of duplicates of the Caer Solus is unknown.
From the outside, Caer Solus looks like a slim, high
tower with disparate segments each bent at different
angles, stacked haphazardly, as if they had been built at
different, not necessarily consecutive eras of the world.
Sharp prongs of black iron protrude from the angles
of the tower in all directions, each carrying a glowing
lantern made of the same metal.
Iyonidas is the leader of the pack of Caer Solus. He is
an ally of the Silted King of Avlon, who rules the area
known as the Wild, and a part of the secret cabal known
as the Six-Fingered Hand by its elite members. On the
move, Iyonidas will usually have a large pack of hounds,
worgs, and werewolves along with him. Goblinoids
are sometimes subjugated by the servants of Iyonidas
to become the eyes, ears, and fists of the Lone Tower
around the Bitter Peaks. Only those among the goblins
who already are lycanthropes are allowed within the
Tower itself, right at the point between the Waking bay
and the Worm Coast around Khrag An Mor.
IYONIDAS OF CAER SOLUS: SZ L; MV 120 ft.; AL
LE, HD 6+2; HP 42; AC 1; #AT 3; D 1d4/1d4/2d6 hands
x2 and horns, or D 4d6 on a charge; can only be hit by
silver or +1 or better magic weapons. Iyonidas appears
as a gigantic, lean lycanthrope with a shaggy grey coat,
the head of a ram, and curved black horns stretching
from both sides of his head. A wereram, he keeps his hu-
man form a secret, and the servants of Caer Solus have
never seen him as anything other than his hybrid self.
Iyonidas has access to a variety of magic items from the
tower of Caer Solus. He usually wears a +2 ring of pro-
tection at a bare minimum, but would most likely also
carry potions, ointments, and other forms of magical
consumables he could use to survive a severe drawback
in combat. He also controls the figurines of the Battle-
count (see in this appendix, Special wandering charac-
ters), which he will use with care.
CAER CANIS, the Tower of the Canids, is assumed to
be just one of the multiple echoes of the concept of
companionship in the Eidos. Caer Felis, the Citadel of
Cats and Thieves, is another one of these echoes. Unlike
its feline mirror, the home of the Anunekki is devoted
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to the powers of the Weal, and not only comes in aid to
those animals who suffer in the hands of cruel human
beings but also to those human beings who would tend
to the Canids and be worthy of the Tower’s help in
return. Caer Canis has a physical location on Eurth, in
the village at the base of the mount of the Black Abbey,
in the Mourning Bay, but it can project ghosts of itself in
other locations, like an ethereal beacon its servants can
enter and exit to fulfill their designs in other places of
the Eurth.
Caer Canis was erected in the Eidos in the memory of
Jasper de Gega, the canine patron of companionship,
loyalty, and friendship around the Duinnsmere. Since
these times immemorial, it has hosted many of the
Anunekki, most of which were saved from abandon or
abusive relationships on Eurth. Like all the Towers of
Transcendence, the space inside the tower appears much
larger than it does from the outside. There are several
dozens of Anunekki of all breeds and classes calling the
place home, all under the advice and tutelage of the
archmage Usbert de Trebus (MU 16, AL LG), a very tall,
lean pine blond labrador magic user with flat ears and
large brown eyes. Usbert is a canine who will generally
appear in his hybrid form, with the face of a dog and a
humanoid body wearing dark robes marked with the
golden runes of the arcane. He is has a jovial, welcoming
attitude, but becomes fierce if his people and Caer Canis
itself are threatened in any way.
Caer Canis sometimes collaborates with the Everknights
of Iyosephe and other factions of the Midlands, such as
the Order of the Gray, or the Golden Branch, either when
their goals are aligned with specific tasks undertaken by
other groups, or the forces of the Weal as a whole are in
jeopardy.
THE OZMIS
In the Forgettable Room of Grunn Galeb at L1-34,
the immensely powerful master of the Black Fang,
Osmandius, used an ancient mirror to access different
levels of consciousness and connect with the Chaos
stirring under the ruins of the dwarven settlement.
His experiments ultimately backlashed, and the mirror
exploded. As the surface of the black glass shattered, so
did the mind and body of Osmandius himself. Besides
the tiny shards animated by the raw lifeforce of the
magic user as an angry golem present in the room to
this day, the mirror formed three pieces large enough
to project broken remnants of the mage. One created
the Ozmi Incanabulum, an older, benevolent projection
of Osmandius who will die when he gets the chance to
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explain what happened and gets the party on the trail of
the two others. The second piece of the mirror created
the Ozmi Palimpsest, a younger, more emotional part of
Osmandius. This one will most likely be confronted by
the party at the Barricade, in area L1-35 of the dungeon.
The last fragment of the mirror spawned the Ozmi
Apocryphon, the younger, and more wicked of the three.
The Ozmi Apocryphon looks like the other Ozmis, but
much younger. He looks like a dwarf with pale skin,
angular, bony features, intense, deep-set blue eyes, long
dark hair, and a beard. The Apocryphon escaped Grunn
Galeb and fell into the hands of the Marauders of Ayoun
at H-16, assuming the referee used them at this location.
One night, he managed to cut his restraints and escape
from the grasp of Aliaster Krell into the night of the
Erydean Vale, and he has been on the run ever since.
The referee will ultimately have to decide how and when
the Apocryphon will show up in the game. He could be
the prisoner of a third party or have started to create
his own adventuring band for the purpose of, perhaps,
seizing control of the rest of the mirror, or he could be
in hiding somewhere the party expects him least to be
found. The Apocryphon could be a good hook to start
the PCs on the way to the Marmoreal Tomb. He could
be, for instance, perceived as an important mystery by
the masters of Iyonidas of the Lone Tower and in the
process of being hunted down by the road where the
player characters on their way to the Lower Midlands
happen to show up and rescue him. This scenario proved
effective, and the mayhem the Apocryphon could create
in a village, especially if the PCs take possession of his
fragment of the mirror while he was unconscious and
sold it along the way, could be enough to generate a
great number of problems and interactions for the party.
Ultimately the Apocryphon is just another tool to get the
PCs on the way to the meat of the adventure. Referees
should make sure to use him to his fullest potential.
OZMI APOCRYPHON: SZ; MV 90 ft.; AL CE, STR
15, INT15, WIS 6, DEX 18 (INIT +3), CON 17, CHA 14 ;
HD 4; HP 28; AC 2; #AT 1 melee or 2 range, +3 to hit;
D 1d6 Short Sword or D 1d6/1d6 Short bow. The Ozmi
Apocryphon has all the abilities of an assassin of fourth
level. He will cheat, pick-pocket, disguise and murder
his way through his goals. He has no shred of morali-
ty left compared to the other Ozmis. Because the Ozmi
Apocryphon is the projection of a fragment of the Black
Mirror of Yllonnoc, if he is killed, he can be revived or
re-created by the fragment 1d6 hours after its demise, if
it wills it. Breaking the Mirror fragment also fragments
the Ozmi: If broken into two pieces, the fragment will
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spawn two Ozmis of diminutive size 1d6 hours after the
death of the Apocryphon. If broken in four pieces, it will
instead spawn four lilliputian-sized 1d6 hours the death
of the Apocryphon. The hunt for all the fragments and
the tiny Ozmis could become a true nightmare for the
party! The mirror fragment will not spawn any more
Ozmis if reduced to tinier shards.
The Apocryphon will want to hide his connection and
dependency upon the mirror fragment. He will be able
to feel and detect where the fragment is at all times, like
a bee to pollen, or a moth to a flame, and will want to
reappropriate what is part of him as soon as possible,
even if he has to steal or even murder his way to get it
back.
THE MARAUDERS OF AYOUN
The Marauders of Ayoun formed a company of Neutral
and Evil adventurers roaming the Midlands in search of
profit. This company is intended as a foil to the party of
the player characters the referee can deploy by default at
area H-16, the village ruins dating back to the old kingdom
of Deybrah. There, the Marauders may have enrolled the
tribe of the Ada-Maku to help them search the area for
treasure and other clues that would ultimately lead them
to a big score. A later development, or an alternative to
this original set-up, could see the Marauders take on the
Isle of the Watchers at area E-6, then start to stir trouble
with the inhabitants of the underground river tunnels
surrounding the Tomb. Or they could show an interest
in Grunn Galeb itself, either as direct competitors to the
PCs while they explore the place, or afterward, once level
1 has been explored, and the question of what to do with
the abandoned quarry becomes an issue in the game.
The Marauders may have been sent here by the Beggar
King, some other patron or crime lord of the referee’s
choosing, or be on their own. If allied with the Beggar
King, they can call on the aid of Besifalus at H-7 or the
Gnolls of the Amber Pyramid if needed. The company
involves some very unsavory NPCs, but they are led by a
cunning, Neutral leader who inspires respect, or at least
restraint, in them all. This leader is Aliaster Krell, a cousin
of the dim-witted Runic Krell, owner of the Manor of
the same name, who constantly tries to sell the property
and always ends up with it back in his hands. Aliaster
wants nothing to do with the rest of the family but could
encourage a particularly gullible party in search of land
and titles to contact his cousin to take over the manor
and lead to other adventures in the region.
The Marauders will not particularly treat the Ada-Maku
well if they use them as a workforce on the ruined village
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site. This could provide an opportunity to a party of
player-characters to drive a wedge between them and
the Gaelish, particularly if they come in contact with the
elders and the Ostrakon not far from the village. Who
knows what the Marauders would do if they were driven
out of their dig site, or worse, out of the Vale entirely?
Revenge would certainly be on Aliaster’s mind if that
were to happen.
The five Marauders of Ayoun are:
MALEPHAGUS, THE SEXTON OF HUNGER (C5).
SZ M; MV 90 ft.; AL NE, STR 12, INT 13, WIS 18, DEX
16 (INIT +1), CON 12, CHA 12; HD 5; HP 22; AC 1; #AT
1; D 1d6+2 (mace) or 0/swallow whole on a failed sav-
ing throw against poison upon a hit; Spells memorized
(5/5/2): (I) Cure light wounds x3, remove fear, detect
magic (II) Hold person x2, silence 15’ radius, slow poison
x2, (III) Animate dead, cure disease. Carries: +2 Scale
mail, shield, +1 mace.
Malephagus is the Prefect of Hunger, a zealot devotee
of Xarbathon the Devourer. An ominous figure, he is
all clad in black, with a cloak over his armor and a hood
covering pale grey eyes and ashen skin. The Prefect
of Hunger wears the lower half of a porcelain mask
covering the entirety of his lips and jawline. It moves
slowly as he articulates words in a low, guttural tone
of voice. Malephagus lost his jaw bone and the lower
half of his face to an explosion years ago and uses the
mask as a makeshift replacement to hide the gaping
hole that should have been his mouth. How he is even
able to talk is a subject of speculation. Once per day,
the cleric can remove his mask to reveal a monstrous
appendage springing from the gaping hole of his throat.
This tentacle will grab a victim that could be the size of
a halfling, child, or smaller, and attempt to swallow it all.
The victim must be successful in a saving throw versus
poison or be temporarily paralyzed, swallowed, and
digested by the Prefect.
GAUTH THE GLUTTON. SZ; MV; AL CE, STR 18/00,
INT 5, WIS 8, DEX 10, CON 16, CHA 5 (INIT, Surprise);
HD 5+1; HP 42; AC 4; #AT 1 at +4 to hit, 2 at +2/+1
to hit or 3 at +0/-1/-1 to hit; D 1d12+4 broken sword,
D 1d4+3 bladed helmet, D 1d6+3 oversized gauntlet.
Broken Three-Hander +1, hauberk, bladed Iyathari
helmet – can be used for a headbutt for a penalty of -2
on the attack, large plated glove acts as a shield – the
defensive bonus from the shield can be sacrificed for an
additional attack at -2 to hit.
Gauth is a large hunchback ogre wearing a long hauberk,
a bladed Iyathari helmet made of thick bronze over his
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face, a large broken blade that could have belonged to a
hill giant in one hand, with an oversized gauntlet of black
steel covering the other. He is the partner of Malephagus,
who gifted him with a supposedly invisible companion,
“Magauth”. Gauth usually talks about himself in the
third person and expresses the desires of Magauth the
same way. “Gauth and Magauth are both hungry for your
flesh, little man. They certainly hope you taste good!”
Magauth is actually a tumor growing on the back of
Gauth, a bubble of puss containing the vestigial remains
of a hag Malephagus grafted onto the poor ogre without
his consent. Since then, the hag has been growing, slowly
driving the ogre mad, until such a time she will be able
to come back to life and take her vengeance against the
coven that betrayed her in her past existence. She is, in
fact, Grimhyld, sister of the “Lady of the Lake” Grunhyld
at H-13. Bit by bit, the ogre will be able to manifest some
of the spell-like abilities of a Green Hag, growing in
power until Grimhyld takes over entirely. How far the
infection grows, and how much of an impact this change
has on the dynamic of the game, is left up to the referee.
Grimhyld is fundamentally resentful of having been left
to die and discarded by her family of witches and hags.
She hates Yggsmouth now and would like nothing more
than to take revenge against the lot of them, destroy
Arymanne and the mysterious ancient powers that hide
behind her mask.
ELIYA ARGYROPEIA, THE LIVING STATUE. SZ
M; MV 120 ft.; AL TN, STR 17, INT 10, WIS 10, DEX 17
(+2 INIT, Surprise), CON 17, CHA 17; HD n/a, attacks
as a 4 HD creature; HP 30 hit points; AC 4; #AT 2 at
+1 to hit, melee or 2 at +2 to hit, range ; D 1d8+1/1d8+1
silver fists, or 1d6/1d6 longbow; Eliya Argyropeia has all
the abilities of a thief of fourth level, she can gain expe-
rience and reach new levels with specific alchemical rit-
uals and modifications. Carries: Leather armor, climb-
ing gear, +2 longbow, and arrows. Eliya’s very body is
her weapon. She fights with fists and kicks (same dam-
age) during melee combat. She takes only half damage
from slicing weapons, but full damage from piercing
and blunt weapons.
Eliya Argyropeia is the creation of the night hag and
sorceress Iyeselda d’Aytheia, the spawn of Arymanne
who pulls the strings of the covens in the region on
behalf of Arymanne and the city of Yggsmouth, north
of the Midlands. She has been entrusted to Aliaster in
exchange for services rendered. Aliaster suspects but
doesn’t know for sure that Elyia is a way for the hag to
keep tabs on them. He is of course right, as the hag can
see what Eliya can see without her even knowing about
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it. She is the perfect spy, especially if Aliaster is now
serving the Beggar King, who could become an obstacle
to the plans of Yggsmouth in the future.
Note that Iyeselda d’Ayltheia is the progenitor of both
Grunhyld (the Lady of the Lake of the Withered Grove
at H-13), and Grimhyld, aka now “Magauth”, the lump
growing on the back of Gauth, Eliya’s companion.
Iyeselda does not know of the survival of Grimhyld in that
parasitic form, but Grimhyld is aware of the connection
between her Mother and Eliya Argyropeia. This could
be a link she would use as she becomes more conscious
and in control of Gauth, especially when she becomes
aware of the existence of the other hags in the Vale, and
how they are all related to her and the Lady of the Lake.
Eliya is a beautiful life-like automaton made out of silver
metal. She wears leather armor and the gear of a thief and
is an excellent shot with a bow. If she gains experiences
and makes it beyond level 5, she will probably choose the
path of a thief acrobat, unless she dies before, in which
case she could come back as Eliya Chrysopeia, a more
sinister version of herself.
Eliya’s hair is part of the sculpture and is permanently
tied into a loose bun at the base of her neck. Her
features are feminine and gracious, and her face shows
a determination classic for representation of huntress
heroes and archetypes. Eliya slowly discovers life, what
it feels to feel rage, passion, abandonment, anger, all
these different emotions which are a given to human
beings. She is curious and inquisitive, like a child, but
precise and merciless in the heat of battle, or when she is
executing a task for Aliaster.
Eliya Chrysopeia: If Eliya is destroyed or disappears,
the referee should determine whether Iyeselda and the
witches of Yggsmouth would see her return with the
Marauders or on a revenge path against her aggressor
as a good thing furthering their plans in the region. In
that case, a new version of her could be sent back with a
smooth gold skin instead of her current silver. She would
restart at 8 HD no matter what, with 1d12 damage for each
fist and the abilities of a thief acrobat of the same level.
Eliya Chrysopeia can only be hit by +1 magic weapons or
better, and slashing weapons will do no damage to her
at all, whether they are magical or otherwise. Electrical
damage will slow Eliya Chrysopeia, but fire damage will
heal her as if hit by a cure critical wounds instead of doing
damage to her. Eliya Chrysopeia would be more awake
and “present” as a living construct than her predecessor.
She would be driven, manipulative, and without pity
whatsoever.
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BELETIA KHAN, THE NECROMANCER (MU5):
SZ; MV; AL LE, STR 9, INT 18, WIS 10, DEX 16 (+1
INIT), CON 16, CHA 16; HD; HP 24; AC 2; #AT 3 darts
or 1 flask of oil, +1 to hit; D 1d3/1d3/1d3, or D 2d6 plus
1d3 splash damage; Spells memorized (4/2/1): (I) Magic
missile, charm person, sleep, Nester’s floating disc, (II)
invisibility, ray of enfeeblement, (III) lightning bolt. Her
obols of seeing allow her to see the invisible, detect
the undead, speak with the dead 1/day, and cast nec-
romancy spells as though she were 4 levels higher than
she is. Beletia wears the robes of the necromancer (AC
4), which allow her to appear as an undead to those al-
ready suffering from the condition, and either repel or
command the undead as a cleric of her level (does not
combine with the obols of seeing). She will often carry
sacred flammable oils to moisturize corpses and move
them more easily, some salves of healing, and one or two
magic scrolls, usually inscribed with necromantic utility
spells like detect magic, feign death, animate dead.
Beletia Khan is an elder woman, small, bent, wearing
dark grey priestly robes and a black shawl with threads
of gold over her head to match. What makes Beletia
stand out is her personality, focus, and the implements
she uses in her craft. Once a Gaelish elder of some
reputation, Beletia gave up everything to pursue her love
of all things sunken in the past, embalmed, gathering
dust, rusting, and rotting in the dark underground.
Beletia is in love with death. She longs for its cold
embrace but wants to remain alive to be able to relish in
it. She will look at corpses for hours, open up animals to
study their entrails, and try to divine the future. Speak
with the dead and hear dialog no one else can hear. She
perpetually covers her eyes with a set of golden obols,
ancient coins of orichalcum. She says the obols allow her
to see the energies of decay, and she seems to be just as
alert as any able individual.
Beletia is the de facto expert when it comes to the dig
in the village ruins of H-16. She is a fine sage in her own
right and knows the history of the Duinnsmere and this
area, in particular.
ALIASTER KRELL, THE MOUNTEBANK ([F4]/
T5). SZ M; MV 120 ft.; AL TN, STR 17, INT 16, WIS 12,
DEX 18, CON 16, CHA 18; HD 5; HP 38; AC 4; #AT 2,
Iron rapier and main gauche (dagger), +4 to hit and +1
to hit, or 1 range (dagger) +3 to hit; D 1d3+8/1d4+1, or D
1d4; Aliaster was first a fighter, and then at some point
dual-classed as a thief. His rapier (a weapon with which
he is double specialized) is an implement of law and
therefore less random than usual weapons. He wears +2
leather armor, a white linen shirt, a flamboyant, large
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hat with a red feather, leather breeches, and a dark
traveling coat, especially when riding. Aliaster has an
uncanny way of making friends, getting out of confron-
tations by talking his way out of them, and mimicking
the voices and mannerisms of the people he met. He is
also fairly adept in the dramatic arts and knows how to
put together convincing disguises. The referee is judge
as to the applications and results of such techniques.
Once a man of honor and an aspiring knight, Aliaster
Krell has now seen enough to know that the heart of
men is feeble, changing, and hopelessly weak if exposed
to fear and temptation. From desertion to seeking death
on the battlefields of the Duinnsmere, Aliaster embarked
on a life of crime and tried to take advantage of as many
fools as he could. As a matter of common legend, the
“Baron Errant” lived more adventures than a man could
count as a swindler, petty thief, and womanizer, and
he still has that “je ne sais quoi” that made him appear
rebellious, mocking in the face of imminent danger at
one time in his life, and charmed so many in the process,
there’s a weariness now to his mature self that is hard to
miss when the man is at rest.
Aliaster wants nothing to do with his family, their estate, and
their legacy. He is a survivor, first and foremost. He could
have been a hero in another life, a man driven by virtue and
willing to forfeit his life to do what is right, but he would
have had to face different hardships in his life, and made
different choices along the way. Such as it is, he is a cunning
leader, all the same, a man with fundamentally no allegiance
who wants to see him and his band of mercenaries succeed
and settle for good. He will do anything to fulfill that goal,
and be able to finally retire with a roof over his head, and no
strings attached, to anyone.
THE NAMELESS COMPANY
The Nameless (or Lost) Company is the name of a
small group of adventurers devoted to the cause of the
Weal. They seek to gain fortune, prestige and generally
do good by those they come in contact with, but they
are not the kind of people to just let others take on
their jobs, or push them by the wayside if there is
something to be gained in exploring the unknown or
taking on missions for well-intended third parties.
Depending on the particular situation in the game,
referees might introduce the Nameless Company as a
more diplomatic, good-aligned version of the Marauders
above. They could be initially digging through the ruins
at H-16 or exploring around the Isle of the Watchers
at E-6. They could interrupt the party in the middle of
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their exploration of Grunn Galeb, or save them from
the Hunting Party (see the same appendix, below).
The Nameless Company could become friends, allies,
replacement characters for the players to pick from, or
competitors for similar prizes if the referee is so willing.
The Nameless Company involves competent adventurers,
just like the Marauders. Though not mentioned, they
carry classic adventuring gear, including torches and
lanterns, tents, bedrolls, grappling hooks, iron spikes,
and rations, the works. The four initial members of the
Nameless Company, which you can recognize in several
art pieces of this module, are:
BHALZAM THE BLUE (MU5): SZ M; MV 120 ft.; AL,
STR 9, INT 17, WIS 15, DEX14, CON 16, CHA 12; HD
5; HP 20; AC 6; #AT 1; D 1-4 Dagger; Spells memorized
(4/2/1): (I) Magic Missile x2, Sleep, Burning Hands, (II)
Acid Arrow, Water Blast*, (III) Fireball. ring of feather
falling, dagger, spellbooks, bracers of armor AC 6.
Bhalzam the Blue is the descendant of Zarak of the
same color, the mage who faced and destroyed Thalion
the Tyrant when he tried to destroy the entire region
of Peshtagau by the Duinnsmere, some centuries ago
during the Great Eldritch War of Danthium versus
Iyathar. The pressure of the parentage left Bhalzam
humble and very much aware of the great expectations
bestowed upon him. He usually keeps it to himself and
tries to behave in a dignified manner, respectful of his
past and parentage. This usually makes him the diplomat
and peace-keeper among the companions. He is naive,
however, and always keeps a few of his spells ready for a
good fight.
DRUINN THE DWARF (F5): SZ M; MV 90 ft.; AL
TN, STR 17, INT 12, WIS 14, DEX 13, CON 19, CHA 12;
HD 5; HP ; AC 3; #AT 1; D 1d6+2 pick or 1-4 light cross-
bow. +1 Military pick, boiled leather armor, crossbow,
+3 small shield, potion of frost giant strength (+9
damage).
Druinn the dwarf is a seasoned adventurer hailing from
the Anhurean Wall, the greatest range of mountains
south of the Duinnsmere. He left his community to
escape the rigid, preordained life he was promised under
the aegis of Law, and to forge his destiny in so doing.
Years have not been especially kind to Druinn, however,
and he is somewhat bitter and cynical. This usually
makes him the party-pooper among his companions, as
he tends to see situations in terms of glass is half empty
and shades of gray to prepare himself and those he cares
about for the worst. He sincerely worries for his friends,
however, and would defend them to the end if necessary.
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SISTER MAGDA PALEMA (C5, Prefect of the
Shield): SZ M; MV 90 feet; AL LG STR 17, INT 12,
WIS 16, DEX 10, CON 16, CHA 14; HD 5; HP 35; AC 2
(Chainmail +2, under her nun robes), #AT 1, Aspergil-
lium Mace, +3 total to hit; D 1d6+6 if the Mace’s head
is weighted, 1d6+4+ Holy water if it is filled with such.
Can reach out 15 ft to hit targets for D 1d6+3 with the
weight and a chain attached to Magda’s wrist. After a
hit, Magda can spend her movement action to pull back
the mace to her hand. Spells usually memorized (5/5/1):
(I) Command, Cure Light Wounds x2, Remove Fear,
Sanctuary, (II) Hold Person, Resist Fire, Slow Poison x2,
Speak with Animals, (III) Speak With Dead (exploring)
or Dispel Magic (Prepped for a fight). One of her un-
guents (see below) can Cure Disease.
The Aspergillium Mace is a +2 weapon with a smooth,
vaguely conical, or spherical hollow head constellated
with holes. The head of the aspergillium mace can be
filled with a weight adding +2 blunt damage to a hit, holy
water allowing three hits in a row spraying such on a
hit in a 10 foot square around the initial target, or filled
with incense and ambers which can produce flames and
other effects on a hit (which Magda doesn’t own yet, but
could find in the Crypts later on). She is wearing magical
chainmail, carries with her a collection of potions and
ointments which will help recovery and dissipate the
effect of lycanthropy, diseases, poison, and paralysis.
Sister Magda Palema is not your usual female cleric. She
is stout, has the guts of a seasoned adventurer, a rugged
sense of humor, and has a big heart filled with empathy
for all other sentient beings. She is ruthless against evil,
practices tough love with her peers, and encourages
them to push their talents and capabilities to their limits.
She is also compassionate, patient when those qualities
may be needed. Of the members of the Lost Company,
she probably is the beating heart. She can do the talking
and repair the damage occasionally done by Druinn’s
embarrassing comments, and can also stand next to
the Nameless Knight if Bhalzam the magic user needs
to back up a threat with some well-needed brawn. She
tends to the members of the group, coaches, and herds
them like she would her chicks back at the temple of the
Shieldmaiden. She is loyal and loves her crew to pieces.
She will defend them to the death.
THE NAMELESS KNIGHT (F5): SZ M; MV 90 ft.;
AL LG, STR 18/88, INT 15, WIS 12, DEX 12, CON 15,
CHA 17; HD 5; HP 42; AC 1; #AT 3/2 (Runeblade) or 1
range; +3 to hit, D 1d8+5 or D 1d6 javelin. Protection
Helm that defends against detect alignment and ESP.
Smooth shield +1, plate mail, javelins, Runeblade +1
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– dwarven runes are enchanting this dead magic sword
whose original name was Asmadora. The Nameless
Knight wants to resurrect the spirit of Asmadora and
make the sword truly intelligent and magical again.
It could be that the blade belonged to his ancestors, or
knows something about them. The Knight himself is
not sure. Perhaps something in Grunn Galeb will help
him find out?
The Nameless Knight is not a pretender. He has no idea
who he is, or where he comes from. For some time,
he bore a name that was not his, but he does not even
remember that life. After being hunted down by villains
in the wilderness and tortured without ever being told
why they took him, the monsters left him for dead in a
ditch. The knight awoke without memories to his new
life, with no face and no name (the knight’s face has
been burned and damage during his torture – note the
charisma score assumes he is wearing his helmet at all
times), and ultimately became a mercenary. His long-
term goal is to discover his true identity. His short-term
goal is to be able to eat, sleep somewhere dry if possible,
and take care of the companions in his care. The
Nameless Knight is a competent, charismatic leader. He
is not particularly talkative, but he gets along well with
his people. The companions usually call him “sir”, except
for Sister Magda who has taken to calling him “kid” for
some time. The knight doesn’t object. He knows this is a
term of affection coming from her.
THE HUNTING PARTY
The Hunting Party presents an additional group of
NPCs who can be inserted into the flow of play after
the player characters start investigating Grunn Galeb. It
can function as an additional foil, a rival raiding party
suddenly standing somewhere between the party and
the entrance it used to access the dwarven settlement,
or it can become another trigger of interaction with
the broader world beyond the Tomb, putting the
players in contact with the Vile Legion and the current
whereabouts of Krassus the Cambion.
The event seeing the Hunting Party entering Grunn
Galeb should be triggered at the referee’s discretion,
either when it makes the most sense and creates the
most appropriate tension for the exploration of the place
and the excitement of the role-playing game in progress,
or randomly, on a result of 6 on the periodic random
encounter roll, in effect replacing the second roll on the
random encounter table, or as a result of 12 on a roll on
the random encounter table otherwise.
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The Hunting Party will work best with adventuring
parties involving at least six player characters, or parties
including several characters beyond level 1. Triggering
the event when the party is about to complete the
exploration of the entire first level of the dungeon could
be a good way to ensure a relatively even match.
As the glaring first rays of the hated morning pierce through
the lovely fog-covered hamlet, the armored, twisted figure of
a bugbear breathes in the ambiance of the recently burned
village even as the poor excuse for ale of the hillside farmers
too quickly dissipates from his aroused senses.
The once headman of this village has long stopped twitching
on his stake. His screams and cries for help blended in so
softly with the howling of his wolves. . . such music they all
made throughout the night!
Without further ado, Almorrin Fudgrun sets forth to kick
and brow-beat his contingent back into some sort of order.
Today, forty-one of his brothers of the Sixth Nation remain,
each one of them mounted on worg. These bugbears are his
people, fellow warriors who have fought and killed for his
Primal Lordship Krassus the Colossal.
An assorted group of lower scum also obeys Almorrin’s
command, although their numbers change by the hour with
internal strife and desertion. Two hill giants, five ogres, and
two gargoyles are His Lordship’s assistants sent to aid the
bugbear control the horde of kobolds, goblins, hobgoblins,
and brigands who march with the worg raiders in the hope
of some scraps or profit for themselves.
Only two weeks remain before Almorrin must return to
the main body of the Primal Lord’s army to show he is still
worthy of command. The Bugbear peers at the horizon and
spots the cliff’s side. The commander wonders why this place
looks so familiar, but then suddenly remembers: this is here
Almorrin was first blooded under the tutelage of Krassus
– that small nest of dwarves with the strange marble and
the potent brew! The commander reflects, images of the
slaughter coming back to his mind. This was the day he
found himself bound to the Stone Giant’s will, and came to
love it. Lord Krassus, he muses, is a being who understands
what is truly important in life and will let nothing get in
the way. If only Almorrin possessed such power himself. . .
but the commander stops immediately as the thought comes
to his mind. It is not safe to entertain such ideas with his
Primal Lordship not so far away.
Almorrin’s lads are still drunk and tired after the sack of that
human village last night, but two of his four brood mares’
sons are part of this cavalry unit. The bugbear ponders,
wondering if he could take them on a hunting expedition
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to the dwarven ruins. “Heck,” he muses, “we could still find
trophies, loot, or gain a couple of stray wolves to add to the
Master’s breeding herds.”
Almorrin Fudgrun grabs his heavy composite bow, once
owned by one of the gnomic boar-riders of the Sandy
Hills down south, and rouses his offspring out of whatever
entertainment they had until now. He bends them back
to his will and, once he captured their full attention, leans
forward and whispers: “Be very, very quiet, for we are
hunting dwarves today.”
POSSIBLE REINFORCEMENTS: The three bugbears
are alone initially. If they are aware of resistance and
make it back to their camp, they can show up with their
cavalry, which includes seven bugbears mounted on dire
wolves, six hobgoblins mounted on wolves per bugbear
(that is, 42 hobgoblins total), and one gargoyle. The hill
giants and ogres are likely to slowly march behind, one
of the gargoyles scouting for prey around them.
ALMORRIN FUDGRUN SKULL-SMASHER (Bug-
bear Group Commander, Guard Status): SZ M; MV
90 ft.; STR 18/70 (Permanent Strength spell +7), DEX
17, CON 15; INIT +2, Suprises 1-5; HD 5+1; HP 31; AC
-2 (Natural 8, +1 Banded mail, +3 for DEX 17); #AT 2,
+3/+3 to hit (normal arrows) or 2, +4/+4 to hit (+1 arrows)
or 1 (magic hammer); DMG 5-11/5-11 normal arrows, or
6-12/6-12 magic arrows, or 6-9 (5-8)* magic hammer.
Equipment: +1 Arrows x 3 (made by Hawksley de Nilbor,
the Grim Wood’s master fletcher), Normal arrows x 14,
+1 banded mail, large gnomic boar-rider composite bow
(must have 18 strength to bend, allows to add strength
modifiers to attack and damage up to 18/00 Strength),
+1 magic hammer, potion of levitation, high-pitched
whistle (canine attractor, range 20’’ – referee, do not
forget about the wolves of area 17!). Jewelled headband
(88 GP value), 50 GP base value gems x 8, 500 GP base
value gem, 14 PP, 24 GP, 29 SN.
GUBS AND FAYFD, ALMORRIN’S TWO SONS
(Section leaders, veterans): SZ. M; MV 90 ft.; STR
17; 16 DEX; INIT +1; HD 4+1; HP 27, 21; AC 1 (Shields,
Banded Mails), #AT 1, +2 to hit (javelin), or 1, +1 to
hit (lance), or 1, +3 to hit (charge with lance); MELEE
(GUBS) 1, +2 to hit (+1 morning star), (FAYFD) 1, +1 to
hit (halberd); DMG 2-7 javelin or 3-8 (3-13)* lance, or
2-7 (2-12)* x2 charge, or melee 3-9 (3-8)* magic (+1)
Morning Star, or 2-11(3-13)* halberd.
* Damage outcomes between brackets indicate ranges
against opponents of a size larger than medium, for the
referee’s convenience.
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The Mounts
Every one out of eight mounts in Krassus’s cavalry is a
worg. It is always mounted by a section leader. The other
seven are dire wolves and mounted by normal bugbears,
with the bulk of the cavalry constituted of hobgoblins on
wolves. Not all hobgoblins are wolf riders, however, and
this is something Krassus wants to be corrected, hence
the constant search for more wolves and new auxiliaries
to be trained and included within his forces’ ranks.
Almorrin and his sons are all mounting worgs when they
reach the Marmoreal Tomb.
WORG MOUNT (3): SZ M; MV 180 ft.; AC 4; HD 4+4;
HP 31, 23, 25, #AT 1, DMG 2-8 (Bite). Leather barding
(+2 AC).
Following the Hunting Party’s Defeat
As much as he slightly cares for his children, Almorrin
considers his own life sacrosanct. He will flee from
combat if the situation looks dire and whistle for wolves
to cover his escape. He will make it back to his bully
boys’ camp one hour away and share the news of the
interlopers meddling with his hunting party. They might,
depending on the potential danger versus reward factor,
make their way back to the site of the confrontation
to solve the problem once and for all (see possible
reinforcements above), but woe to the unit commander
who loses some of Krassus’s assets in battle! The referee
must determine whether if it would be worth it from
Almorrin’s standpoint, bearing in mind that if things
went bad for him and his sons in the first place, he is
unlikely to risk Krassus’s troops in a losing gambit.
SPECIAL WANDERING CHARACTERS
This special section of NPCs is meant to serve two
purposes. One, it gives referees an alternate table of
NPCs and figures to roll on, either as a replacement for
special results on a wandering monster table, as an extra
table for encounters in the wilderness, or a way to make
characters intervene in key situations, as required by the
game circumstances.
Second, it gives referees a sample of the more colorful
characters that could come to the Vale and interact with
player characters, including humorous cameos, parodies,
people from other worlds, and shades of the Eurth. A
campaign can use a mix of tones and genres. Usually,
variety helps the game remain fresh, non-repetitive, with
new surprises and new ideas popping up in the campaign
regularly. Other times, referees will want to focus on one
particular vibe and keep it consistent. Nothing stops the
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referee from screening the contents of this table, or build
his own, to be consistent with such personal choices.
This table should be able to inspire a few new ideas and
provide a template to build one’s own.
SPECIAL NPCS AROUND THE TOMB (Choose or
Roll 2d8)
-2 Oafy the Chaos Moppet
-3 The Battlecount, Servant of the Lone Tower
-4 Ernie the Barbarian
-5 “Mad” Jak Chirshill, the Swordsman out of Time
-6 The Heather Knight, Audrek
-7 Blake “Bake the Snake” Plissken
-8 Laymech of Ssorg, Heron Knight of Poy
-9 Ivory Rains
- 10 Gyorg of Caer Canis
- 11 Charles de Phaipps, the Lucky Knight
- 12 Segmar von Brennen, the Errant Knight
- 13 Sydd, the Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- 14 Helrich Ironhorn, Custodian of the Monolith
- 15 He-Rau (Julius of Aethernia), Champion of
Castle Greystone
- 16 Bjork de Bork, Moppet of Zeal and Nourishment
2 – OAFY, THE CHAOS MOPPET, is as mysterious to
the referee as he is to the players of the game. A playful
bipedal, two-armed aberration with wide round eyes
and no lids, a big mouth, and purple fur all over its body,
Oafy presents himself as an adventurer speaking crudely,
with a rough, guttural voice. He is an innocent yet very
enthusiastic addition to any adventuring party and
could either become a henchman, a regular NPC, or a
PC assigned randomly or not in the campaign.
Oafy is Chaotic Neutral. His alignment expresses
itself in his willingness and enthusiasm to experience
anything outside the ordinary, especially when it
comes to exploring the unknown. Since he cannot
carry a backpack and wear conventional clothing, Oafy
stores his belongings in his mouth, which behaves like
a portable hole except when he is eating cookies. Oafy
lives by the motto “eat first, ask questions later”, which
can get him into a lot of trouble. His friends would do
well to keep anything they can’t part with away from his
mouth, especially cookie-shaped belongings.
OAFY, THE CHAOS MOPPET (F4): SZ M; MV 120
feet; AL CN; HD 4; HP 29 (-2 damage on each physical
blow he takes); AC 4 (Purple Fur AC 6 and Scale Mail
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+1 AC 4); #AT 2 or 2; D +2 to hit, 1d6+2/ 1d6+2 claws
or 1d4+2/ 1d4+2 cookie-shaped shuriken, Bite 1d6 and
Swallow Whole if both claws hit, at which point the vic-
tim makes a save vs. poison or enters a state of lethargy
inside Oafy’s belly for a full turn. If not lethargic the vic-
tim can fight against Oafy’s strength (18/75) to try and
escape through the Chaos Moppet’s mouth; Oafy’s fur
allows him to resist cold per the spell. His round eyes do
not have lids and subtract 2 from chances from being
surprised, as well as conferring infravision and ultravi-
sion. His fur and weight allow him to subtract 2 from
every source of physical damage he takes, in addition
to his natural AC. The Chaos Moppet’s mouth acts as a
portable hole. Oafy has learned to pull his whole body
into his mouth to blink (as a blink dog) to locations
as a defense mechanism. He’s been using this mode of
transportation lately since he cannot ride horses. He
might be able to swallow people before blinking. He has
a fascination for cookie-shaped items and pastry. He
keeps eating wagon wheels.
USUAL CONTENT OF OAFY’S MOUTH: Wagon wheels,
plate and cutlery, rope, a few torches, a ladder, two
random potions, one random magic item, about 500 GP,
2d4 gems of 20 GP base value, 1d6 gems of 100 GP base
value, and one gem of a 500 GP base value. Maybe a meal
or two Oafy decided to store instead of digest right away.
Note this doesn’t stop Oafy from storing baked goods and
recipes inside the folds of his fur, including the lost Koo
Keedo recipe. Koo Keedo is a famous pastry chef of Örth
who went insane and disappeared shortly after creating
the greatest homemade butter shortbread cookie in
the known shades of the Eurth. Anyone following the
recipe’s instructions has to save vs. magic or go insane.
Not even Oafy dares to follow its instructions... yet.
On some very, very rare occasions, which do not include
mere wounds, beatings or humiliations, but would
include witnessing acts of insane savagery, or such
injustices as could trigger a psychotic breakdown, Oafy
could transform into Awfy, the Eater of Worlds, and start
a rampage under that form. Awfy is a large (Size L) mass
of purple fur with the two protruding eyes of the original
Oafy, but his limbs disappear. As it rolls and slithers
around at a 90 feet movement rate, Awfy swallows
everything in its path, its mouth changing into a gaping
maw lined with sharp teeth able to shred stone and
swallow small buildings. The maw ceases to function as
a portable hole, inflicts 3d6 initial damage, and becomes
a sphere of annihilation instead.
Awfy the Eater of Worlds form can only be hit by +2
weapons, has 8 HD, 58 hit points, 50% Magic Resistance
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and AC 4 modified by magical armor worn (AC 2 with
scale mail +1). It will roll around until brought to the
brink of destruction, at which point it will swallow itself,
blink, and disappear. Oafy will reappear later on having
no memories of what happened during his time as Awfy.
3 – THE BATTLECOUNT is a malevolent individual, a
mercenary and leader of men who almost brought the
entire Duchy of Hernst to its knees in the centuries past.
After a very successful campaign against the forces of Poy,
the Battlecount thought to name himself the Archbaron
of Hartst. He was the first pretendant to the title after
the fall of the Duke and his retinue. As the head of so
many barons in his conquest of the Duchy, the Dolorous
Guard allowed him to enter the Hallowed Halls of the
Iron Siege and sit on the throne to submit himself to the
judgment of fate. He was never seen again.
The Battlecount has traveled many planes and lived
many adventures in other worlds and shades of the
Eurth. He left all his fear behind and became a ruthless
mercenary of evil. In so doing, his fear crystalized into
the Eidos, ripe for the taking. Iyonidas of the Lone
Tower studied the legend and created a series of magical
figurines not unlike those of wondrous power, or the
Anunekki’s. The response of the lycanthropic powers
of Fear to the powers of loyalty and companionship, a
figurine can animate a full-blown Battlecount in the
service of the Lone Tower. Whether the player characters
end up meeting the real Battlecount that emerged from
the Wild, one of his figurine duplicates in the service of
Iyonidas, or both, is up to the referee. If defeated, a fake
Battlecount will revert to the form of a broken figurine,
as if he was but a toy made out of clay all this time. How
many figurines Iyonidas possesses is unknown, though
it is doubtful there would be more than five or six. It is
possible that the real Battlecount would want to enlist
the PCs’ help if he became aware of the existence of the
figurines, to either acquire them for himself or destroy
them altogether.
THE BATTLECOUNT (F8): SZ M; MV 120 feet;
STR 17, AL CE; HD 8; HP 58; AC -1 (Plate Mail +1 and
Demon Shield +2); #AT 2 (sword) or 1 (battleaxe); D
1d8+2+1d6/ 1d8+2+1d6 (extra d6 damage is flames or
cold on command) or 1d8+2 plus chomp 1d4 for each
subsequent round thereafter (rip off with a strength
test). The Battlecount generally carries the standard of
his current employer, along with those of the people he
recently defeated. These could be exchanged for favors
if brought back to the right estates. His longsword
+1 can be activated to exude intense flames or cold on
command. The Battlecount wears plate mail +1 that
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only covers the right half of his body but is magically
effective for the whole, and a demon shield +2 that
may induce fright onto the people struck with it (Save
vs Magic or act at half strength for 1-6 turns). His Hun-
gry Battle-axe +1 has a blade shaped like a shark head,
which will chomp at a wound until torn off the injury.
His bat-winged helmet grants him infravision and goes
along with an ominous red glow from within its orbits.
4 – AERNST OF GAAX, more commonly known
around the Duinnsmere as Ernie the Barbarian, is
the consummate traveler, storyteller, and adventurer.
Despite some logistical skills inherited from his
forebears, Aernst refused the leadership of the Kingdom
of Ournst when his father departed. Instead, he went
on what he called “the Wild Hunt” to commemorate his
memory and make sure that the heroism of the House
of Gaax would not perish from the world. His brother
Luuk, master of the armies of Ournst, refused the same,
to honor his father’s memory, turn down the perceptions
of despotism and empower the combined claim of their
three sisters to the throne.
Aernst went on many an adventure followed by his
two trusted hounds, Kaye Cey and Korona. He was
the guardian of two of the Anunekki, the spirit of his
companions recalled in the shades of the Eidos in the
service of Caer Canis (q.v.): His old friend Kaiser (F5),
and his girl Rubeeka (C5), and can still contact them
with a special whistle gifted to him by Usbert of Caer
Canis. Ernie fights with high spirits and a huge stone-
cold battle axe. He laughs at adversity, encourages his
retinue, and adds +1 morale to any ally within earshot of
his tauntings and battle-cries.
Ernie the Barbarian can be met and recruited by any non-
Evil, non-Chaotic party for a full share of treasure. He
is not fearful of magic or magic users, his father having
been a potent dweomer worker himself, but will remain
wary all the same, remembering his peculiar sense of
humor and having been the victim of ‘practical jokes’ as
a youngster.
ERNIE THE BARBARIAN (B4): SZ M; MV; AL, STR
18/77, INT 14, WIS 12, DEX 16 (INIT +1), CON 17, CHA
14 ; HD 4; HP; AC 2; #AT 1 axe, +5 to hit; D; 1d8+7. Er-
nie can hit creatures requiring +1 magic weapons with
any implement or his bare hands. He adds his level to
his saving throws vs poison, paralyzation, petrification,
polymorph, staves, rods, wands, and breath weapons.
He is an accomplished man of the wild, able to climb a
mountain, jump over chasms, and generally survive in
harsh conditions with ease. Ernie the Barbarian wears
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furs in the Midlands. He carries some Bracers of Ar-
mor AC 6, wears a +1 Ring of Protection, and owns
a +1 Luck Stone (adds one pip to any roll beneficiary
to the character, whether this is to hit, damage, roll-
ing for hit dice, for random magic items, any roll at all,
whatever the die type). Ernie usually fights with a huge
+2 Battle Axe. Ernie adds +1 morale to any ally within
earshot of his tauntings and battle-cries. He is assisted
by his two war hounds of medium size, Kay Cey and
Korona (treat both as ordinary war dogs). He also pos-
sesses a whistle which, if blown, will call upon the help
of his former companions, Kaiser and Rubeeka, who
are now Anunekki in the service of Caer Canis. Both
of them are large hounds, Fighter 5 and Cleric of Jasper
5, respectively. It will take some time for them to locate
the whistle and generate a portal to the general area,
but they can be a source of reinforcement or rescue in
dire needs.
5 – MAD JAK CHIRSHILL was once an officer of the
British army on a shade of the Earth. An individual of
particular courage, honor, and decorum, he made it a
habit to fight the battles of World War 2 armed with a
Scottish broadsword and an English long bow. Shortly
after the war, Jak Chirshill became an agent of the secret
service. When he found a bizarre ritual of Nazis trying to
resurrect the Reich by connecting extra planar entities on
a small island off the coast of Denmark, he had no choice
but to sacrifice himself to shut down the portal open by
the cultists. This selfless action projected him head first
through the multiverse, and he emerged on Eurth and
was found half-dead by the halflings of Gawstane at the
edge of the Wild.
MAD JAK CHIRSHILL (F4): SZ M; MV 120 ft.; AL LG,
STR 14, INT 16, WIS 16, DEX 18 (INIT +3), CON 14,
CHA 16; HD; HP; AC -2; #AT 3/2 Basket-hilted Scottish
Broadsword +1 to hit, or 3 English Longbow, +5 to hit; D
1d8+2/1d8+2/(1d8+2) broadsword, or 1d6+3/1d6+3/1d6+3
longbow. Mad Jak was gifted a large shield with his new
coat of arms by the halflings of Gawstane. This mag-
ic shield +2 is Gules (red), with three lions or (gold),
but dormant (sleeping) instead of passant (as visible
in the coat of arms of the Lionheart and his brother,
John Lackland). Jak usually wears his field uniform, cap
and all, on top of a chainmail shirt, sword at his side,
and bow at the ready (He is considered specialized in
both types of weapons). The blade of the sword is made
of English steel and is treated as iron for the purpose
of harming the fay. The English longbow, though not
magical, is treated as +1 for its fine craftsmanship. Last
but not least, Mad Jak carries a set of bagpipes he plays
with a party on a charge, or whenever he wants his pres-
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ence to be noticed for the glory of battle. Treat them as
having the effect of a bless spell on the battlefield, albeit
mundane, not magical, in nature.
6 – THE HEATHER KNIGHT was once an alchemist for
the court of the Viscount of Poy. One day, while he was
trying to develop a crop that would survive the harshest
of environments including the tough winters of the
Midlands, he gave birth to an evil variety of monstrous
plant, the monster molds, that would corrupt all those
who came in contact with them. With the help of
friends among the orders of chivalry of the Viscountcy,
he managed to put an end to the threat altogether, but
not without sacrificing everything, including the life of
his only son. To get rid of the corruption of the molds,
he experimented on himself and the animals of his
household. One day, he catastrophically succeeded and
changed himself into a hybrid of plant, wolf, and human
together. He rampaged throughout his estate and killed
his son, but he had created the antidote to destroy the
influence of the pollen of the monster molds.
Since those days, Audrek, the Heather Knight, has
become an agent of the Wreath at Gael Norath. As such,
he serves the powers of neutrality in the great cosmic
conflict of the forces of Weal, Woe, Law, and Chaos.
The Heather Knight will come in aid of those in dire
situations, as well as those people who are trying to
protect nature, the animals, and the wild powers of the
Eurth. He will be the indomitable enemy of anyone who
tries to destroy or subjugate the same for their designs.
THE HEATHER KNIGHT (R5): SZ M or L; MV 90
ft./150 ft.; AL TN, STR 16 (18/00), INT 16, WIS 14, DEX
15 (18), CON 14 (18), CHA 14 (INIT +3 non-human
forms); HD 6; HP 36 (60); AC 4 (1/-2); #AT 1 sword or 2
longbow +1 to hit (human), or 1 bite +3 to hit (wolf), or 3
claw, claw, bite +3/+3/+3 to hit (full hybrid); D 1d8+1, or
1d6/1d6, or 2d4+6, or 1d6+6/1d6+6/2d4+6; The Heather
Knights benefit from all the abilities of a ranger of his
level. The Heather knight carries a sword, a longbow,
and chainmail all enchanted via rune magic to meld
with him as he changes shapes. The Heather knight can
switch 3/day between the forms of a normal human, a
wild wolf resembling a shrub, and a full-grown tree-
wolf hybrid. The human form sees him use his basic
stats, along with sword and bow. The wolf shrub allows
him to freeze and be mistaken for a plant for those not
investigating too closely, heightens his STR and DEX
scores to 18/00 and 18 respectively, replaces his weapons
with a bite, shifts the AC to 1, and gives him a move-
ment rate of 15o ft. The full-blown true wolf form adds
18 CON and the related HP to match it shifts the AC to
-2, and replaces the bite with a full three attacks rou-
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tine. Upon reaching level 8, the Heather Knight will
be able to animate trees as a treant in his full hybrid
form as well. The Heather Knight is extremely vulner-
able to weapons intended to put down trees (such as
axes), which deal double damage in both non-human
forms, and fire-based attacks, which are made at +4 to
hit, with +1 to every die of damage inflicted.
7 – BLAKE PLISSKEN is a gnome fighter thief who can be
found dead at area L1-31 of Grunn Galeb and reanimated
at the Twin Tankard. If the players miss the clues leading
to his revival, do not worry. You can always rule that
Neb from the Twin Tankard recovers the body himself
at some point and reanimates him. Neb could decide to
venture himself to the Marmoreal Tomb, of course. He
could also hire another group of PCs for that task, or hire
NPCs off-camera while the player-characters are busy
somewhere else.
After his resurrection, Blake will be found lurking around
the Twin Tankard and the Lower Midlands. He has an
intense dislike of all forms of impersonal authority and
government control and wants to be left alone as much
as possible unless there is a job that pays well for him to
perform. He works intermittently as a treasure seeker,
a bounty hunter, and a henchman/adventurer to those
who can afford it. Wherever he goes, the party will find
people who know him ask him in wonderment “Blake, is
that you? I thought you were dead!” Which may or may
not be answered with a quippy one-liner.
Plissken can be recruited by adventuring parties of
any allegiance, and assists for a full slice of treasure
acquired. Blake probably shouldn’t be judged by his size:
consummate survivalist, escape artist, and mercenary/
bounty hunter, he also has a knack for alchemy and
baking. His cookies are particularly potent, and
dangerous for the consumer, from the fireball cookie
that goes “boom” as one would expect, or the death by
chocolate cookie that induces a coma as deep as feigning
one’s true death.
BLAKE “BAKE THE SNAKE” PLISSKEN (F/T – 4/5):
SZ S; MV 120 ft.; AL TN, STR 16, INT 15, WIS 12, DEX
17 (+2 INIT), CON 16, CHA 15; HD 4 1/2; HP 34; AC
4; #AT 3/2 golden rods, +1 to hit or 2 shuriken-shaped
cookies; D 1d6+2/(1d6+2) or 1d4/1d4. Blake’s +1 golden
rods can resize to a pole of ten feet and remain extra
light. This means Blake can use the implements as poles
or reach through allied ranks to hit opponents from a
secondary position. Blake is clad in black leather from
head to toe and carries a turtle shell +1 the size of a
large shield on his back. Once resurrected, Blake will
slowly rebuild his equipment and arsenal. Expect him
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to bring with him all the gear necessary for trekking
and climbing, thieves’ tools, iron spikes, everything a
seasoned veteran would bring along.
8 – LAYMECH OF SSORG is your typical Heron Knight
of Poy. A Pryton man, born and raised near Holmsford,
he survived the Un-death and lost most of his family in
the tragedy that took over the whole Viscountcy. Instead
of breaking his spirits, the tragedy stirred in him the
desire to serve the Viscountcy and the people as much
as he could. He enrolled within the ranks of the watch
at Thrisksbane and ultimately made it to the elite ranks
of the squires of Lake Llieth. Laymech was accepted into
the ranks of the Heron Knights by the young Viscountess
Alhiandra Pengannon herself. Now, Laymech is the
Heron Knight based in his birth place, Holmsford, south
of the Bitter Peaks (see Wilderness expansion), and
he flies over the mountains with his giant friend and
companion, Alkabeth.
LAYMECH, THE HERON KNIGHT (F5): SZ M;
MV 90 ft.; AL LG, STR 18/26, INT 13, WIS 12, DEX 17
(INIT +2), CON 16, CHA 14; HD 5; HP 44; AC -3; #AT
1 two-handed sword +2 to hit, or 3/2 lance +6 to hit; D
1d10+3, or 1d8+8/(1d8+8) Lance – two attack routines
are only possible on a dive against two different targets
close together. Both Laymech and Alkabeth are consid-
ered specialized with Lance combat, and together they
can combine their abilities into a single double-special-
ization. His two-handed sword is magical +1, stand-
ard issue for a Heron Knight, and marked with his coat
of arms on the hilt. So is the +2 Lance he uses while
mounted on Alkabeth, the +1 Shield he uses along
with it. The +1 Plate he wears to perform his duties
as a Knight is an heirloom. Laymech is strapped to his
mount while flying, and will not fall to his death if he is
dismounted or unconscious.
ALKABETH, GIANT HERON: SZ L; MV 60 ft./480
ft. flying; AL NG; HD 4; HP; AC 7 (2 with barding); #AT
3; D 1d4+1/1d4+1/2d8.
Heron Knights rarely land in the wilderness. When they
do, perhaps to check on people they just helped survive
from an ambush, it will be at a distance. The Knight
will remain mounted and alert until he is sure there is
no danger whatsoever. If unsure, the Knight will just
depart after being satisfied with his inquiry. If a Heron
Knight falls unconscious, his mount tries to evade any
remaining danger, does a barrel maneuver to try to
get back her charge on the seat, if the Knight has been
dismounted, and flies back to the point of origin of the
duo. In this case, with Alkabeth, she would fly back to
Holmsford along with Laymech on her back.
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9– IVORY RAYNS is a ranger and archer in service of
the powers of the Gael Norath. She originally hails from
the Villenor and grew up with human parents, which
made them suspicious of her nature, thinking she was a
changeling. She left the city after a childhood of menial
tasks and little love and ventured into the Golden Hills
to find the entrance to the secret kingdom of the fay,
Mag Mell. She was disappointed when she was refused
entrance from the Living Dolmen wandering the wild
areas of the Viscountcy. She ventured north to the
Midlands and entered the service of the Hawksley of
Nilbor, the leader of the Jolly Men by the Grim Wood. She
currently serves as a liaison between her companions of
the forest and the Wreath of Gael Norath, far to the east.
She regularly travels back and forth carrying information
and messages by the edge of the Erydean Vale and the
Grim Wood.
Ivory is a quippy, smart girl who likes to know who she is
talking about. She might seem cold and unapproachable
at first, with her very pale, alabaster skin, her jet black
hair, and ritual makeup, but she warms up to strangers
after a while and starts sharing some of her advice and
her sarcastic one-liners with those who appreciate such
humor. More than anything, Ivory wants to belong. Right
now, the Jolly Men are as good a home as any, but she
could conceivably change for an adventuring party if she
can trust her companions and rely on them to survive in
the Midlands. Ivory Rayns has connections with the Jolly
Men, the centaurs of Gael Norath, and the Brewmaster
of Nester’s Folly (who once contended for the leadership
of the Jolly Men and failed).
IVORY RAINS (R5): SZ M; MV 120 ft.; AL TN, STR 13,
INT 14, WIS 14, DEX 18 (INIT +3), CON 16, CHA 12;
HD 6; HP 42; AC 1; #AT 1 kukri or 3 bow, +7 to hit with
mundane arrows; D 1d6+2/1d6+2/1d6+2 with mundane
arrows, +2 damage if the arrow hits within 20 feet of
Ivory; Ivory Rayns looks like she’s wearing tight leather
armor, but it conceals elven chain mail underneath it
and a cloak of the elvenkind. She uses a silvered kukri,
a +2 bone composite longbow, and some arrows of the
Hawksley of Nilbor (who also happens to be the best
fletcher of the region), some magical (+1 and +2, as well
as explosive for an extra 2d6 fire damage), and some
not, in combat. As an elf, Ivory Rains is sensible to Iron
(see Appendix B – additional rules).
10 – GYORG OF CAER CANIS is an Anunekki, a black
and white cross between a hound and a border collie. He
is extremely protective and slightly paranoid, but he has
a good heart and is extremely loyal to those who prove
worthy of his trust. In human form, Gyorg appears like
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a gaunt figure with unkempt black hair and sharp white
stripes, pale skin, and droopy brown eyes. He is slightly
bent over as he smells the air and stares suspiciously
at the people he doesn’t know. Gyorg always seems to
be a heartbeat away from doing something completely
unexpected, but he is reliable, like clockwork, if everyone
follows his instructions.
GYORG OF CAER CANIS (MU6): SZ M; MV
120ft./150 ft.; AL CG, STR 16, INT 18, WIS 8, DEX 16
(+1 INIT), CON 14, CHA 14; HD 6; HP 18; AC 1; #AT
1, dagger, melee or range, or 1 bite, canine form; D1d4
dagger, or D 1d4+2 bite. Spells memorized (4/2/2): (I)
magic missile x2, sleep, enlarge, (II) Mirror image, stink-
ing cloud, (III) Fireball, lightning bolt. Bracers of ar-
mor AC 4, +1 ring of protection. Gyorg can converse
telepathically, use telekinesis at will (300 GP weight),
and switch between human and canine forms 3/day.
11 – CHARLES DE PHAIPPS is a merc usually renting
his services through the Brethren of Aodhn (or whatever
hireling/henchmen organization the referee might have
in his setting). A native of the Archbarony of Hartst, he
had a good childhood by the Perrenial Forest, away from
the ravages caused by the Un-death. This is perhaps what
caused him to leave and start to search for fame and
fortune on the coast and the Midlands. Charles is a man
in a constant search for a worthy challenge. The only
time he faced certain doom, his whole party died. He was
the only one to survive. The relief to be alive was soon
replaced by a mix of post-traumatic stress and guilt which
push him to this day towards situations with danger,
as if he deserved it for having survived his first ordeal.
The Brethren of Aodhn consider him to be bad luck. He
is known as the Lucky Knight as an ironic reinforcement
of his sinister reputation. What no one knows, not even
Charles, is that he is marked by the Powers beyond the
Shades of the Eurth, a living mark of honor and courage
in the face of adversity who grants +1 to all rolls made
by characters who employ him. In other words, Charles
is like a living luck stone, Moreover, he can deliberately
lend his assistance to a companion in need, and grant a
+4 modifier to their action, whether that’d be an attack
in tandem with Charles, or a saving throw if he tends to
someone in need, etc. Charles is not aware of this power
at all, and referees should keep it from player knowledge.
In search of a worthy challenge. The last time he
adventured and found a challenge, he was the only one
to come back. He is technically part of the Brethren
of Aodh, but his peers consider him a bad sign, like an
ill omen. His title is ironic, but what no one, not even
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Charles, realizes, is that he is blessed by the Gods in
his own way, as a mark of honor and courage for those
who keep him in their employ. (secretly add +1 to all
rolls of the character who can keep Charles happy in his
employment for more than a week).
CHARLES DE PHAIPPS, THE LUCKY KNIGHT
(F4): SZ; MV; AL, STR 17, INT 14, WIS 14, DEX 12,
CON 18, CHA 14; HD 4; HP 56; AC 2; #AT 1 long-
sword, +2 to hit, or 1 range, javelin; D 1d8+2 longsword,
or 1d6 javelin. Charles owns his helmet, chainmail, and
+2 shield with his coat of arms (azure, with eagle or
upside down), a half-dozen javelins he keeps together
in a bundle, and a +1 longsword he’s picked up from a
corpse along the way.
12 – SEGMAR VON BRENNEN is a Knight Errant
obsessed with finding the right opponent to joust in an
even match. He travels the Midlands with his squire and
modest retinue, who regularly set up his tent, lances, and
mount near a crossroads or some other locations where
adventurers are likely to show up. If Segmar recognizes
what looks like a fighter and rider among the player-
characters, he will challenge that specific individual to a
joust, for the sake of honor and chivalry. Referees are free
to use the jousting rules in the original wargaming rules
of 1971 or use their dice-based replacement presented in
Appendix B.
Segmar Von Brennen is the uncle of Iyerom Von
Brennen, the hostage of the orcs at H-10 (see above in
the same appendix, Hostages). If he meets the player-
characters accompanied by Iyerom, he will recognize his
nephew and want to bring him back to the Vale of Inil,
by the Palehorn mountain in the southern Bitter Peaks.
Depending on their first interactions, Segmar may or
may not want to hire the party on their way for extra
protection. If befriended, Segmar is a taciturn, brooding
fellow devoted to those he respects and cares about.
He often might come off the wrong way, and behave in
overbearing ways, but his willingness to say anything in
the first place is a demonstration of the best of intents.
SEGMAR VON BRENNEN (F5): SZ M; MV 90 ft.; AL
LN, STR 18/52, INT 16, WIS 12, DEX 17, CON 14, CHA
12 (INIT, Surprise); HD 5; HP42; AC 2; #AT 1 longsword
+4 to hit, or 3/2 lance +4 to hit; D 1d8+5 longsword,
1d8+6/(1d8+6) Lance – two attacks are only possible if
two targets are available next to one another. Segmar is
specialized in the use of the lance. Plate mail and shield,
+2 magic longsword, and +2 lance. His mount, Gad-
frey, is a beautiful brown stallion and a typical war-
horse of Pryton stock.
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THE BRENNEN TRAGEDY: The Vale of Inil, which
stands in a pass by the Palehorn mountain in the south
of the Bitter Peaks, just north of the Frontier Keep
with the Viscountcy, has been home to the family Von
Brennen for a few generations. The human barony was
created in an isolated pocket of land surrounded by the
Bitter Peaks, a Vale which, unbeknownst to the Brennen
family when they acquired it, used to be an exit point for
the forces of evil stirring under the Palehorn mountain,
in the depth of the dwarven citadel of Cwll. Though the
dwarves of Cwll have retreated from the world to keep
a lid of ther horrors trying to exit the Labyrinth of the
underworld, evil still slowly influenced the minds of the
Vale of Inil.
It was Lareth Von Brennen, a man devoted to the matters
of erudition and the arcane, who first tried to undo the
seals of Inil. He quickly became a mad, sick necromancer
in so doing. His son, Leopald, had to kill his father with
his bare hands, and he became a transformed, bitter
man as a result. He tried to raise his children with great
discipline and iron will, but was so afraid they could fall
to the same darkness his father had, he guarded himself
against demonstrations of love for them, which in turn
produced the very horrors he was afraid of. When Iyedrik,
the oldest of Leopald’s two sons, listened to the dreams
of his sensitive sister Malbeth and showed interest in the
dark secret his father kept from them, it turned into an
all-out rebellion of the son against the father.
Malbeth became mad, unable to separate reality from
visions over time, and is now imprisoned in the dungeons
of Inil. Leopald is a brooding, bitter lord eaten from the
inside out by grief and self-hatred who unleashes his
frustrations on the people he swore to protect. Iyedrik
is too self-righteous, too brash, and too consumed by
his anger to understand. Shortly after their feud began,
Emelda, Iyedrik’s wife and mother to the young Iyerom
Von Brennen, left the Vale with their son, horrified of
what Iyedrik had become. Iyedrik is consumed by rage,
blames his father for everything, and leads a portion of
the villagers to “take over the tyrant” from the troglodyte
habitats and networks of tunnels around the Vale of Inil.
His goal is to find out what fortunes Leopald kept from
his people, while not realizing this secret could very well
lead to his undoing and the destruction of all he loves.
As for the second son of Leopald, he initially was gifted
with a milder temperament, but this didn’t protect him
from the feud currently destroying his family. If he could
not abide the resentment his brother had for his father,
neither could he accept the torture of their treatment
as children, nor his sister’s imprisonment now as an
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adult. Sigmar Von Brennen chose to leave the Vale of
Inil behind and became a Knight Errant, searching for
a cause worthy of his name, or a champion who would
defeat him in a fair joust.
13 – SYDD, THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN is
a very particularly gifted magic user and musician who,
early on in his childhood, found a way to free his spirit
from the boundaries of a single shade of the Eurth and
was confronted with both the reality of the millions of
spheres and the natural state of imprisonment our five
senses and single mundane existence secured us in.
Incredibly bold, imaginative, and without boundaries,
Sydd devised first a set of pipes, then other, increasingly
magical types of instruments culminating with a set
of mandolins powered by electrical grasps, that would
allow him to travel the shades of the Eidos and the planes
beyond unfettered by the limitations usually associated
with such dangerous outings.
He ended up encountering Eriop of the Flame and made
it to the Sanctuary of Varyen Sulhe in the Inner Kingdom
of Vallachor. He came back an agent of the Golden
Branch. If informed of the existence of the Sphinx at
the Gates of Dawn in the Erydian Vale, Sydd will study
the phenomenon and will find the secret of the Sphinx,
possibly opening the group to a new site of adventure
and exploration in the vicinity of the Tomb.
SYDD, THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN
(MU6): SZ M; MV 120 ft.; AL CG, STR 9, INT 18, WIS
14, DEX 18 (+3 INIT), CON 16, CHA 16 (INIT, Surprise);
HD 6; HP 28; AC 0; #AT 1; D 2d6 sound wave, or 3d4+3
magic missiles, or D 2d6/1d3 splash flaming oil; Spell
memorized (4/2/2): (I) Charm person, dancing lights,
sleep x2, (II) web, mirror image, (III) lightning bolt, fly.
Sydd wears a robe of scintillating colors illuminat-
ing a 40’ area and transfixing the onlookers, making
it impossible to attack Sydd. Every round the bright,
flowing colors are emitted adds a cumulative -1 penalty
to hit Sydd, regardless of the results of the initial sav-
ing throw, to a maximum of -5 to hit. Sydd wears a +2
ring of protection, bracers of armor AC 6, and plays
a heavily modified mandolin with a votive gem acting
like a horn of blasting with additional use of a chord
which rips apart flesh for 2d6 damage at a 10 ft. range
right in front of the instrument. Sydd also keeps a wand
of magic missiles at the ready (18 charges remaining),
and a scroll inscribed with detect magic, identify, and
invisibility.
Optionally, the referee may introduce the evil twin of
the Piper at the Gates of Dawn. His polar opposite, Sydd
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Sidious is an unabashed iconoclast, a violent anarchist,
and psychopath. He would share the same statistics as
Sydd but act on the most destructive, malevolent, and
selfish impulses instead, just for his pleasure, to see the
world burn.
14 – HELRICH IRONHORN is a cleric devoted to the
Frankhian patron of knowledge, history, and contracts,
Poul of Stormpeak. He has traveled the land extensively
in the name of his faith, uncovering ruins and discovering
their ancient purposes, unearthing secrets and artifacts
from the depth of the underworld, pleading with the
authorities of the Viscountcy to keep records and build
vaults to protect them.
On an archaeological expedition near the Monolith, by
the Wild, Helrich was caught flatfooted by a group of orcs.
They toyed with him as their prisoner, fully intending to
finish him off before day’s end, but were interrupted by
a patrol of Knights Immaculate. They attempted to kill
Helrich, nearly splitting his head in two with a battle-
axe. The orcs disbanded, and the Knights who arrived on
the scene discovered Helrich was miraculously alive, but
in a critical condition, with the blade of the axe stuck
between his eyes.
After several prayers and spells of healing, Helrich came
back from his ordeal, but he was scarred for life, with the
blade of the axe permanently stuck in his head. Since then,
he’s been known as the Ironhorn and has been pursuing
his mission for Poul and the Monolith. Restrained and
reserved, Helrich can be a sight to behold. He will warm
up when recounting some bit of forgotten knowledge to
whoever wants to hear it, or when he is on the trail of a
new discovery for the order. He is now investigating the
Erydean Vale, having heard of some rumors concerning
the settlement of Grunn Galeb.
HELRICH IRONHORN, CUSTODIAN OF THE
MONOLITH (C5): SZ M; MV; AL TN, STR 16, INT,
WIS 17, DEX 15, CON 15, CHA 10; HD 5; HP 32; AC
2; #AT 1 or 2 with headbutt; D 1d6+4 maul, or 1d6+4
and 1d8+2 headbutt. Spells memorized (5/5/2): (I) Bless,
command, cure light wounds x2, sanctuary, (II) Hold
person, resist fire, slow poison x2, speak with animals
(III) cure disease, dispel magic. Helrich wears a surcoat
over a demi-plate, and a helmet fitted around the head
of the axe still embedded in his forehead. The blade
protrudes right from the base of the nose upwards, like
a rhino’s horn, with the cutting edge of the axe facing
forward at whatever Helrich is looking at. In combat,
Helrich wields a +2 maul of impressive proportions,
and a shield bearing the arms of the Chained Mono-
lith. He has at least three salves of healing (as cure light
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wounds potions) at any time on his person, and a scroll
inscribed with remove fear, cure disease, slow poison x2.
15 – HE-RAU, aka JULIUS OF AETHERNIA, the
scriptures-quoting Champion of Castle Greystone,
emerged from the Wild with his War Cat during the
times of Un-death, as the same magical disease ravaged
his native land of Aethernia. After a conflict that made
him face his nemesis the Bonelord, he was cursed to
wander the shades of the Eurth to find his way home,
and ended up here, in the Lower Midlands by the
Duinnsmere. He-Rau usually presents himself as a dark-
skinned, mundane noble going by the name of Julius of
Aethernia. He travels with a pet purple tiger going by
the name of Flincher. It is only when he draws his magic
sword and calls upon the power of Castle Greystone that
he transforms into He-Rau, the champion of his realm.
Despite the uncanny resemblance between the two, no
one seems to have figured out that Julius is He-Rau, and
vice versa, a fact which he uses to his advantage to help
those in need whenever possible.
Julius likes to observe people, their quirks, and the subtle
variations between them. He is the type of man who
would remark, for instance: “You know how the Frankhs
call a cheese sandwich in Nustria? They don’t call it
a ‘cheese sandwich.’ No, no. They call it a ‘royal with
cheese’. It’s the little differences, you see?” He has a very
introspective, philosophical side to him unless he becomes
He-Rau, in which case he will quote religious texts and
dark prophecies at the top of his lungs as he chops off
the heads of his opponents, by the power of Greystone.
He-Rau will rarely if ever join a party as a permanent
henchman. He prefers to be on his own and would make
a perfect solo side character.
JULIUS OF AETHERNIA (HE-RAU) (F6): SZ M;
MV 120 ft.; AL LG, STR 16 (20), INT 14, WIS 14, DEX
16 (INIT +1), CON 14 (18), CHA 14; HD 6; HP 48 (62);
AC 6 (2); #AT 3/2 +8 to hit, or thrown object, +3 to hit,
or 1, +6 to hit sword beam; D 1d8+14/(1d8+14), or 3d6
thrown object or D 2d6 (1d3 splash) sword beam. The
Sword of Castle Greystone is the equivalent of a +4
longsword acting as a girdle of giant strength (stone)
and modifying He-Rau’s statistics previously noted
between parenthesis. It can also break spells as dispel
magic of He-Rau’s level, and release an energy beam
acting like a flask of flaming oil, with splash damage as
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well. The power of Greystone must be called upon the
chosen individual for the transformation to be success-
ful. In the hands of anyone else but He-Rau, the blade
of Castle Greystone becomes a +2 longsword with no
additional powers or abilities.
FLINCHER: Treat as a Sabre-Tooth Tiger – SZ L; MV
120 ft.; HD 7+2; HP 44; #AT 3 claw/claw/bite or 2 rear
claws; D 1d4+1/1d4+1/2d6, or D 2d4/2d4.
16 – BJORK DE BORK is a moppet, like Oafy above in
this list. Bjork de Bork is the consummate cook. He looks
like a parody of a chef, with the hat, the apron, the thick
mustache, and eyebrows hiding his eyes almost entirely.
For some reason, he seems to be surrounded by chicken
he treats alternatively as his companions, or as the
subjects of his next meal. He seems to be able to generate
these chicken companions at will, out of thin air.
Bjork de Bork can perform acrobatics and recover from
fumbles with advantage. As a moppet, an archetypal echo
of a child’s stereotype, when Bjork dies he disappears and
leaves play, only to be regenerated from the planes after
a random period (usually 1d6 days). When he returns,
some of his memories may be affected. Bjork can
understand most forms of sentient communications,
including some animals (chicken), with some bizarre
exceptions, such as Nipponese dialects, which he does
not understand at all. Truth be told, when he speaks the
common trade languages of the Duinnsmere, he is rarely
understood by anyone, due to his constant mumbling
punctuated with “börk” and “mörk”.
BJORK DE BORK, MOPPET OF ZEAL AND
NOURISHMENT (F/MU 5/5): SZ M; MV 120ft.; AL
CN, STR 17, INT 17, WIS 12, DEX 15, CON 17, CHA 16
(INIT, Surprise); HD 5; HP 32; AC 0; #AT 3 frying pan
and 2 dancing knives, +5 to hit on the pan alone or +2 to
hit blunderbuss; D 1d6+6 plus 1d6/1d6, or 2d4+2 blun-
derbuss; Spell memorized (4/2/1): (I) affect normal fires,
magic missile, enlarge, jump, (II) invisibility, levitate,
(III) lightning bolt. Bjork de Bork wears a Chef’s Hat
of Holding, a +4 Apron of Cleanliness (as chainmail,
and washes away stains after 1-4 melee rounds), +3 pan
of doom (blunt, specialized), dancing set of Chef’s
knives, a cleaver of sharpness that is enchanted to
cut cleanly through any density of dead bone or muscle,
and a +2 magic blunderbuss, a gift of the patron Mur-
lynd to the Moppet, who is his personal friend.
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APPENDIX B – SPECIAL RULES
RANDOM GEM VALUES
Many gems throughout the module will be described
as having a “base value”. When this occurs, the player
(or referee, though in play it has proven to be more fun
when the players do it) rolls a six-sided (d6) for each
gem, or group of gems, as decided by the referee, if large
groups of gems are concerned. A roll of 6 indicates the
gem is of the next higher category than its base value: a
six-sider is immediately rolled again to see if the gem is
even more valuable than first thought, and on again until
the roll stops resulting in 6.
Note: the initial base value of gems may not fit the
categories listed thereafter. When rolling for the actual
value of a gem, just fit the base value at the right spot
between the categories listed and apply effects from
there. For instance, a 200 GP base value gem may exist
and would fit between the 100 GP and 500 GP categories
to roll the exact value of the gem later on.
The categories of values of gems are 10 (1-2); 50 (3-5); 100
(6-15); 500 (16-18); 1,000 (19-20); 5,000; 10,000; 25,000;
50,000; 100,000; and 500,000 GP. The numbers in
parentheses are the result of a roll of d20 when the base
value of the game is to be determined randomly.
Example: Sir Kleu of Liedner found three (3) gems of a
base 100 GP value during his exploration of the Tomb.
Safely back at the village of Crom Caemloch, he inspects
his price and rolls d6 for each of the gems acquired. He
rolls: 3, 6, 6. He rolls again the two 6: 3, 6. Rolls again for
the last 6: obtains a 5. The first gem Kleu acquired is 100
GP in value. The second gem (one 6) is worth 500 GP,
and the last one (two 6s) is worth 1,000 GP!
RANDOM CONSUMABLES VALUES
Some items, many of them parts of creatures, plants,
and other consumables, either edible or prime material
for equipment, also have a designated base value in this
module. When this happens, the player (or referee) can
determine randomly whether each specific consumable
(by piece, or pound, etc.) has matured or grown in an
exceptional way granting it higher value or spoiled and
lost some value after being picked up. Roll d12 for each
specific consumable. A roll of 1 indicates the value of the
consumable is not that good, and dropped one category
down, while a result of 11 or 12 on d12 means the value
is excellent, and one category higher. A result of 11 or 12
is immediately rolled again: if the result is 11 or 12 again,
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the value of the consumable gains yet another category.
The d12 is rolled again, and again until it ceases to result
in 11 or 12.
The categories of values of consumables are 10; 20;
40; 80; 120; 160; 200; 400; 800; 1,200; 1,600; 2,000;
4,000; 8,000; 12,000; 16,000 and 20,000 GP. Generic
consumables will generally have a base value assigned
to them depending on specific location, purpose, socio-
economic level, etc. Base values are unlikely to be
determined completely randomly.
JEWELRY VALUES
Values of jewelry will be specific to the people or
creatures they belong to. When the values of jewelry are
random, roll d20: (1-4) 3-18 x 100 GP, (5-15) 1-8 x 500 GP,
(16-20) 1-6 x 1,000.
MAGIC SWORDS
All swords around the Duinnsmere are special, with
personalities, intelligence, ego, or some variation of the
nature of conscience (such as votive swords borne out of
gems that enlighten their wearers and each has spirits and
natures expressed in focus and apparitions, as opposed
to a separate “fixed” personality) that makes them each
unique. Sages say this says something about the beginning
of times and the symbols that preceded the creation of
the great wheel, the alignments, and the gods themselves,
and that the sword as an instrument of destiny is one
such powerful meme that was infused with power and
significance long before the coming of Man.
Swords that do not have personalities or have generic
modifiers either come from different shades of the Eurth
and were not forged on this material plane, or were
forged from the powers of Law, which will be expressed
differently.
The base expression of a sword forged of the powers
of Law expresses its base damage as two halves, one
maximum, the other random. For instance, a sword
with mundane damage of d8 forged by the powers
of Law would become d4+4, a mundane short sword
of d6 would become d3+3, and the like. This makes
them significantly more effective on average than
mundane swords without altering their nature as
items. Other functions and powers can be attached
to a sword of law, but their nature remains different
from actual magical swords with intelligence and ego.
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Ratings of EGOs are the only essential departure from the
rules of the first edition game, as far as intelligent swords
are concerned. Base EGO ratings are calculated around
the same broad guidelines, but they express starting points
for the strength of the blade’s personalities, and the actual
number to be used in a conflict can vary greatly, depending
on how much the sword cares about this or that topic of
conversation. The base rating indicated in the description
of a particular blade expresses a personality neutral,
apathetic, or disinterested vis a vis any given subject. If
the blade feels passionate about a specific issue, that base
rating raises to be two or three points stronger than its
base rating. If some issue phases with the particular goal
or the core desires of the blade, then the functional EGO
rating can be considered as much as five points higher,
or even more if the fulfillment of its function and nature
depend on it.
JOUSTING
Ideally, some knights and other NPCs like Segmar
Von Brennen (Appendix A) will challenge the player-
characters to a bit of joust, from time to time. To tie
into the feel of the original game and its link with the
wargaming rules devised by Gygax & Perren in 1971, it
is advised to use the jousting rules from these pages.
If the original wargaming rules of 1971 are not available,
do not fret, we have a dice-rolling variant explained here.
JOUSTING is a form of a contest between mounted
knights both armed with lance and shield. A joust is
made of rides or passes during which each knight rides
straight toward his or her opponent and attempts to
unhorse them.
During each ride, each knight rolls Two (2) d20s of
different colors: one die for the Attack Roll, determining
whether the opponent is hit or not, and one die for a
Defense Roll (modified by Dexterity, even if wearing
plate armor in this case) to ensure the character remains
seated in their saddle.
The Attack Roll must hit AC 6 to make contact and
create enough momentum to unhorse the opponent.
If the Attack Roll does not hit AC 6, it misses the mark
entirely and the Defense Roll value of the opponent does
not matter.
If the Attack Roll hits AC 6, the value of the roll is then
compared to the Defense Roll of the opponent. If the
Attack Roll is superior to the opponent’s Defense Roll,
the opponent is unhorsed. If not, the opponent remains
seated and ready for another ride.
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If the Attack Roll hits AC 6, whether the opponent is
unhorsed or not, the lance breaks on 2-in-6, and the
opponent must follow with a saving throw versus Rod,
Staff, and Wands. If the saving throw fails, the opponent
taking the blow takes 1d6 points of damage. If the saving
throw is a success, no damage at all. Note: If a knight
does not joust with a suit of full plate, each hit does d6
damage, no saving throw.
The use of magical or blunt lances (bonuses modifying
the Attack Roll in the former case, and no hit point
damage on hits in the latter), magical armors (modifying
the target AC 6), and shields (modifying the Defense
Roll) might be agreed to by the contestants. The use of
blunt weapons is usually reserved for playful jousts with
children and training with squires. As for magical items,
they are usually put into play when the meaning of the
joust goes beyond the contest itself, eg. if it determines a
guilty party in a legal dispute, for instance, or if the joust
has a political meaning for the parties involved.
Victory conditions are agreed upon between opposing
parties before the joust begins. Being unhorsed for the
first time, winning a set number of rides, or accumulating
points based on the types of hits, lance breaks and
consequences of the hits are examples of methods and
variants to determine victors.
ALIGNMENT LANGUAGES
In the world of the original and advanced games, an
alignment isn’t just an indication of one’s personality
or aspirations. Magic is real. So are the Gods, and the
Cosmic Powers above them. An alignment for a character
not only translates some role-playing tendencies but a
greater “alignment” with the cosmic forces in an eternal
game of which they are the pawns and the prize.
Alignment languages reflect such allegiances to greater
powers and factions in the world. You could think of the
Illuminati or the Knights Templar on our own Earth and
theorize on ways they could have found to talk to one
another and communicate messages to one another in
plain sight, without anyone else understanding what
they are saying.
The alignment languages of the Eurth reflect this and are
generally based on ancient and dead languages only the
scholars and sages are supposed to understand. But even
if you speak the right ancient language, the people who
are aligned with it use some turns of phrases, idioms, and
vocabulary that will confuse the uninitiated onlooker.
You can speak Vyridian all you want, if you are not of the
Chaotic Good alignment, you will know people are talking
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Vyridian, but what they are actually saying to one another
will seem cryptic and nigh incomprehensible to you.
Here are the alignment languages of the Duinnsmere:
CN: Ancient Vyridian
CG: Vyridian
CE: Dark Speech
TN: Ancient Eskhali
NG: Proto-Gaelish
NE: Nurduk (Iyathari)
LN: Formal (High) Danthean
LG: Aodhian
LE: High Sarnathi
Modern Vyridian is the language of those aligning
themselves with the benevolent side of the forces of
change, entropy, and Chaos. This language is still spoken
today by the natives of the Maimed, Caer Avlach, and
the Kingdom of Ournst, on the northern coast of the
Duinnsmere. It is derived from pre-human inhabitants
of the area, namely the ancient fay (especially the
Elassendhi, or Sidhe) and the dragons of the dawn of
time. Ancient Vyridian, on the other hand, is no longer
spoken in the land but is still used by those who align
themselves to the purest, more ancient force of Chaos
in the world.
The Dark Speech is an old tongue that was first uttered
on the Eurth by the sorcerers of Iyathar and enabled
them to speak directly with supernatural beings from
beyond the Abyss. It was then spoken for a while within
the Ring of Tiriath, as the elven nation there crumbled
from within under the assault of the ancient serpentine
horrors summoned by Tubaal Khan. It is still the secret
language of the servants of Chaos and Evil.
Ancient Eskhali is one of the very first human languages,
once spoken in prehistory when Orum Heb became
the first pre-human magic-user to walk the Eurth. The
civilization of Eskhalon has now completely disappeared,
but the dialect remains as a way to speak with Gaelish
elders, centaurs, and the fay around the banner of True
Neutrality.
Proto-Galish is a dialect directly related to Ancient
Eskhali, but kept alive among those who serve the forces
of the Weal, and want to oppose the corruption of Evil
at every turn. The broad Gaelish family of languages and
dialects is still very much alive around the Duinnsmere,
as the Gaelish folk themselves attest.
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Nurduk was the native language of the Iyathari. With
time, it became tainted with dark speech, but some
dialects remained generally incomprehensible to the
servants of the Abyss. This is one of those dialects that
is now used to communicate between those serving the
cause of ultimate selfishness and Evil.
Likewise, on the other side of the Great Eldritch War,
the formal or High Danthean dialect became a complex,
clockwork-like language used for the record of history,
scholarship, and the worship of the ancestors. Today, it
is still remembered by those who serve the cause of Law.
Just as High Danthean was used in scholarship around
the empire at the time of its conflict against Iyathar,
the Aodhian language was developed from common
Frankhian and Pryton roots to address academic matters
by the light of minds independent from the ancestor
cults. When Danthium fell and the Frankhian Kingdom
replaced it as the power around the Duinnsmere, this
cemented the use of Aodhian in erudite matters, and as
the formal mode of exchange between the servants of
Lawful and Good in the world.
High Sarnathi, finally, is a language that is not of this
world but originally spoken by those that slither and
plot in the shadow of the Obsidian Realms. A lesser
form of Sarnathi is still spoken in cursed Yggsmouth,
but high Sarnathi is a well-guarded secret to this day,
only available to the most devout of the servants of the
powers of Tyranny on Eurth.
STAT CHECKS
There are many ways referees have implemented stat
checks within their games over the years, and we do not
pretend to know better how they should manage their
tables. If you, referee, already have a preferred way to do
it, by all means, keep using your method.
(1) One way to do it is just to roll d20 under a certain
statistic. Roll a d20 under strength to get the debris out
of the way, roll d20 under Dexterity to get a hold of the
rope and free your hand. This is certainly a common and
proven way to do it.
(2) Another way is to assign a difficulty to a certain task,
ranked just like a stat itself. If a task is of a Difficulty of
9 or 10, it is relatively taxing but usual. A difficulty of
5 indicates something relatively easy to accomplish. A
difficulty of 15 or higher indicates something particularly
hard to accomplish. Once you have your Difficulty
number, you just compare it to the stat used to beat it,
and translate it into a percentile of success for the one
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facing the difficulty, with a stat equal to a difficulty rating
translating into a 50% chance of success, -/+ 5% chance
per point of difference between the two.
A man with DEX 13 wants to climb a wall of DIFF 13?
50% chance to succeed. Roll 1d100 equal or under that
number, and the character succeeds. An enchantress
with CHA 15 wants to talk her way out of a bad encounter
at the local drinking hole, with the people worried and
worked up for a DIFF of 13? She has a 60% chance to
succeed. A halfling with a WIS of 8 tries to calm down
a horse about to bolt, with a DIFF of 12? He has a 30%
chance of success. And so on.
Use one, or the other, or your own way in this matter.
These options are just presented as examples.
PIVOT POINTS
Pivot Points are means to alter the characters during
creation and affect their fate within the game later
on. This is a resource meant to be loose and subject to
interpretation.
A player rolls 1d4+2 Pivot Points for his primary, and only
his primary, character in the game. This symbolizes the
main pawn of the powers beyond the Eurth through the
player in the game. Then, the player can generate the
character as per the rules of the original advanced game.
At this stage, a Pivot Point can be used to:
- Add one point to a chosen characteristic (STR, INT, etc)
- Add 10% to exceptional Strength
- Benefit from a magic item heirloom at the beginning
of the game
- Get an ability not usually available to his character type,
as an extraordinary boon
- Reroll the random generation of a magic item or
anything determined before the game
- Add a title or some beneficial element of background to
the character before play
The referee can decide to be as loose or as strict as he
wants when allowing the spending Pivot Points. The
important thing is that it should be a result of what feels
right at the game table and not something written in
stone from the pulpit of designers who do not know the
specifics of your gaming group and attitudes.
In play, Pivot Points can be used to bend fate in the favor
of the player character. A player, for instance, could
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decide to spend a Pivot Point to:
- Rewind time and retry that critical damage roll that
could have ended the life of the big bad guy once and
for all, or that saving throw that could have saved his
character from certain death.
- Get maximum result on a damage roll or something
that affects the quality of success of an action already
succeeded in the game.
- In general to avoid certain death, reroll a saving throw,
and the like.
- To get a clue or divine intervention from the powers
beyond the Eurth, when the group becomes hopelessly
stuck, or cannot choose between two equally attractive
paths of action.
- To make circumstances or NPCs more compliant with
the desire and intent of the player and his character, in
any given situation.
There are certainly many more possible uses for these
points. The important thing to remember is that they
are few, only for primary player-characters, and gaining
Pivot Points in the game is next to impossible, meaning
it would require specific magic items, like the tomes
of lore of the advanced game, situations where the
fates would bestow free cards on the player characters,
or otherwise performing incredible acts of heroism
or meddling with the Eidos, to be able to gain that of
influence over the flow of Fate. If that gives you ideas of a
scenario, fantastic, that’s pretty much the intent here. If
Pivot Points are a nuisance to your style of gaming, just
ignore them entirely.
EFFECTS OF IRON AND TRUE IRON
Iron, on the Eurth, is the metal of Law. It is nocive,
actually lethal, to dragons, the fay, and their descendants,
most notably the elves and orcs around the Duinnsmere.
The closer your ancestry from dragons and the fay, the
harsher your reaction to the power of iron. Yes, this
means your player characters too.
Iron was once a secret guarded by the Valya, who
changed their allegiance from the fay and Chaos to the
forces of Law in the ancient past, thus becoming the
Dwarves we know. Then, after observing and cultivating
a relationship with the sons of men, which they correctly
identified as both the main pawns and prize of the
cosmic battle between the alignments, they offered the
Secret of Steel a new nation they hoped would become a
main power around the Duinnsmere, and thus was born
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the Frankhian Kingdom out of the ashes of the Empire
of Danthium.
The goal of the dwarves was to turn the iron of men
against the fay, and so far it has been a real success.
Mundane forms of iron have been developed, and are
propagating around the Duinnsmere. The life of the
elves and their servants is becoming harder and harder
in connection with the world of mortal men, driving a
wedge of suspicion between them. So far the plan has
played out exactly as the Elder Dwarves wanted it to.
Iron on the Eurth comes in three different forms:
Mundane Iron and Steel (Ferrum), includes crafted iron
and alloys. This is the iron most commonly known and
circulated in the world.
True and Meteoric Iron, mined and/or treated using
Lawful rituals and alchemy. This variety is extremely
rare and usually crafted by experts, like the dwarves.
True (Prismatic) Steel (Adamantite), worked with
Lawful rituals and alchemy. This is the true secret of
steel, the one jealously guarded by the dwarves and
the Frankhian kings. Weapons and armor made of
adamantine are legendary and usually come at a cost,
whether in the difficulty in acquiring them, or in the
burden in carrying them, and the legacy they represent.
There are still many folks around the Duinnsmere,
especially the Prytons, and Gaelish, who use brass and
other alternate alloys, not to mention the more primitive
stones, slivers of wood and bone, to create tools and
weapons of their own, considering iron as a luxury, a
commodity traded with the Frankhs on the markets of
Villenor, the Viscountcy or elsewhere altogether.
Not everyone is fond of the power Iron bestows to
the human race, particularly those people who see
themselves in sync with the natural order of things, and
do not want to see that order disturbed.
Bronze and brass are still commonly used by non-
Frankhian societies around the Duinnsmere to forge
weapons, tools, and all sorts of instruments facilitating
their lives.
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Orichalcum was an alloy in common usage in the Great
Eldritch War and the days before the historical records
of the Duinnsmere. It supports permanent magical
enhancements up to +3 and has an additional +2 bonus
against creatures summoned from other planes of
existence. It can also retain spells in addition to common
dweomers.
Electrum is not generally used for weapons or tools but
is used for minting. It is the poor man’s orichalcum.
Silver is a metal magically hardened and commonly used
by the elves as a substitute for iron and steel. When the
module mentions a silvered sword or a silvered cutlass,
this is generally what is meant by this appellation.
As a reminder, per the original advanced rules, a +3
armor bonus is usually assumed to derive from special
meteorite iron steel. Likewise, +4 is assumed to be
mithral alloyed steel, and +5 is some adamantite alloyed
steel. These rules are meant to be able to mesh with the
baseline of the advanced books in that regard.
The general qualifications as to the reaction to iron are
as follows:
Unaffected: Human, Gnome, Dwarf, Giant (Fire),
Goblinoids, Anunekki
Mildly affected: Half-Elf, Halfling, Half-Orc, Giant
(Cloud, Stone)
Seriously affected: Elf, Orc, Giant (Frost, Hill, Storm),
Dragon, Centaur
Deadly/overwhelmingly affected: Fay, True Elves, True
Dragons.
Fay creatures, for this classification, include Booka,
Brownie, Dryad, Leprechaun, Nixie, Nymph, Pixie, Satyr,
Sirine, Sprite, and any other creature directly born of the
realm of Faery. This list is non-exhaustive and should be
updated by the referee when and if needed.
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Mundane Iron and Steel True Iron True Prismatic Steel

(Ferrum) (Adamantite)
and Meteorite Iron
UNAFFECTED. Handle freely, no extra damage. Handle freely, no extra damage. Handle freely, no extra damage.

Human, Gnome, Giant (Fire),

Dwarf, Goblinoids, Anunekki
MILDLY AFFECTED.
Half-Elf, Halfling, Half-Orc,
Giant (Stone, Cloud)
SERIOUSLY AFFECTED.
Elf, Orc, Giant (Frost, Hill,
Storm), Dragon, Centaur
OVERWHELMINGLY
AFFECTED.
Fay, True Elves, True Dragons
Handle freely, no extra damage.
“1” are “2” on damage dice,
saving throw at +2 vs. poison to
be able to handle. Damage has
to be healed magically. Save for
additional 1-4 damage per day of
injury from embedded projectile
(arrowhead etc).
“1-2” are “3” on damage dice,
saving throw vs. poison to be
able to handle. Damage has to
be healed magically. Save for
additional 1-4 damage per day
after injury or contact without
healing. Per hour if embedded
projectile (arrowhead etc).
“1” are “2” on damage dice,
saving throw vs. poison at +2 to
be able to handle. Damage has
to be healed magically. Save for
additional 1-4 damage per day of
injury from embedded projectile
(arrowhead etc).
“1-2” are “3” on damage dice,
saving throw vs. poison to be
able to handle. Damage has to
be healed magically. Save for
additional 1-4 damage per day
after injury or contact without
healing. Per hour if embedded
projectile (arrowhead etc).
“1-3” are “4” on damage dice,
not able to handle. Damage has
to be healed magically. Save for
additional 1-4 damage per hour
after injury or contact without
healing. Per turn, if embedded
projectile (arrowhead etc).
“1-2” are “3” on damage dice,
saving throw to be able to
handle. Damage has to be healed
magically. Save for additional
1-4 damage per day of injury
after contact without healing.
Per hour if embedded projectile
(arrowhead etc).
“1-3” are “4” on damage dice,
not able to handle. Damage has
to be healed magically. Save for
additional 1-4 damage per hour
after injury or contact without
healing. Per turn, if embedded
projectile (arrowhead etc).
Max damage on damage dice.
Damage has to be healed
magically. Save vs poison for
additional 1-4 damage per turn
of injury after contact without
healing. Per round, if embedded
projectile (arrowhead etc).

TREASURE SHARES complaints started when irregular players with scrawny

Usually, when a party adventures to and back from the
dungeon in a single session, there is a moment at the tail
end of the session when the treasure is split between the
participants of the game. The general stance of the rules
on this is that the exact means of separation of treasures
and agreements between player-characters should be
entirely up to them and the party, which it should be.
Nonetheless, the authors have been asked quite a few
times how the splitting of treasure was done “back in the
old days”. Here’s a summary.
Roll d% at the end of the session. The player with a
higher roll gets first pick in the treasure (magic items or
special, unusual items like very fine warhorses, valuable
items), then highest next, and on. Coins and gems are
not subject to this picking order and rather split equally.
This method was used during the first few months of
gameplay in the original Lake Geneva campaign. The
characters following along for one session or two would
get full shares. This then transitioned to...
LEVEL ROLLS
A single item is chosen per player and character until
everyone has an item. Everyone around the table gets
a d% roll per character level and rolls them all to only
keep the best roll of them all for the final picking order.
Shares function differently and are counted separately
for coins, gems, and the like: All the party’s character
levels are added together. You get a number of shares
from this total equal to your character’s level. Multiclass
characters get a number of shares equal to their highest
class’s level plus one share per additional class.
This explains how the separation of treasure worked in
the early days of Lake Geneva campaigning. Referees
and adventuring parties should feel free to use these
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NEW SPELLS Saving Throw: None

Nester’s Expert Appraisal
Nester’s Little Red Wagon
Shockwave
Improved Shockwave
Threon’s Elliptic Throw
Vanx’s Mystical Mend
Yllonnoc’s Bleeding Bands
Yllonnoc’s Dislocation
Water blast
Waterfall
NESTER’S EXPERT APPRAISAL
Level: MU 1
Range: 0
Duration: Instantaneous
Area of Effect: One specific consumable item
Casting Time: 1 melee round
Saving Throw: None
Components: V, S, M (Ginger and ground coffee).
Description: Casting this spell allows the magic-user to
appraise the value of a specific wine, spirit, or consumable
before tasting or opening. It reveals all the nuances of
the maturing process, taste, and specific qualities of
the consumable, whether its value is variable or fixed,
per the description of the consumable. Additionally,
the insight of the caster is so sharp it introduces an
appraisal that can detect the real qualities of those
specific consumables with values that would not be
ordinarily variable. The magical appraisal reveals whether
the specific non-variable consumable is worse (1-2 on d12,
one category down) or much better (8-12 on d12, same roll,
one category up) than the average product. This essentially
modifies the odds of the random consumable values in the
Introduction of this module). If a result of 8-12 is obtained,
the d12 is rolled again. If 9-12 is obtained, the value is yet
more valuable, another category up; the d12 is rolled again.
If the result is 10-12 this time, the value goes yet another
category up. Then each potential reroll goes up a category
on 11-12, as normal. If the consumable is magical, none of
this applies: it must be identified, per the proper spell.
NESTER’S LITTLE RED WAGON
Level: MU 2
Range: 20 feet
Duration: 5 turns + 1 turn/level
Area of Effect: Special
Casting Time: 1 segment
Components: V, S, M (Two polished steel balls rolled
into one’s hand, like a ball bearing).
Description: The caster summons a little red cart with
four 10’’ x 1.5’’ black and white wheels and a black handle
at the front that can become invisible with its contents at
will. The little red wagon follows the spellcaster within
the range of the spell, but rolls not on this prime material
plane alone, but on the surfaces of multiple shades of the
Eurth simultaneously. This allows the little red wagon to
roll on sheer surfaces, on the ground, against walls and
ceilings, as if generating its own gravity plane. The little
red wagon is 2’’ by 4’’ in size, and can carry up to 1,000
GP in weight per level of the magic-user. It can also carry
two people (including the M.U.) embracing one another, if
given proper momentum by the magic-user (with one foot
in the cart and the other foot propelling it forward), for a
number of rounds equal to his or her level. The little red
wagon can also float in mid-air and cross holes and chasms
when thus physically propelled. If not attended to, the little
red wagon follows the magic-user at the edge of the range,
as if pulled by a non-existent string attached to its owner.
SHOCKWAVE
Level: MU 2
Range: 10-foot radius.
Duration: Instantaneous
Area of Effect: Special
Casting Time: 2 segments
Saving Throw: Save for half damage
Components: V, S
Description: This spell creates a shockwave in the
form of a sphere initiated around the magic-user and
spreading at lightning speed 10 feet all around the caster.
It inflicts d4 damage, plus one d4 per two levels of the
magic-user (i.e. 2d4 at level 3, 3d4 at level 5, 4d4 at level
7, etc). Saving throw for half damage and whether the
victims fall prone.
SHOCKWAVE (IMPROVED)
Level: MU 4
Range: 50-foot radius.
Duration: Instantaneous
Area of Effect: Special
Casting Time: 2 segments
Saving Throw: Save for half damage
Components: V, S, M (a griffin’s feather)
Description: This spell creates a shockwave in the
form of a sphere initiated around the magic-user and
spreading at lightning speed 50 feet all around the caster.
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magic-user (i.e. 2d4 at level 3, 3d4 at level 5, 4d4 at level
7, etc). Additionally, the improved shockwave inflicts
extra damage the closer the target is from a hard surface
stopping the original push of the wave, inflicting 5d6 for
a 10 ft. projection, 4d6 for a 20 feet projection, 3d6 for
a 30 ft., 2d6 for 40 ft., 1d6 for 50 ft. and no additional
damage beyond, at a maximum range of the improved
shockwave. Saving throw for half damage and whether
the victims fall prone.
THREON’S ELLIPTIC THROW
Level: MU 3, CL/D 3
Range: 120 ft (long), 90 ft (medium), 60 ft. (short), 30 ft.
(point blank range)
Duration: Instantaneous
Area of Effect: One thrower.
Casting Time: 3 segments
Saving Throw: No
Components: V, S, M (a boomerang)
Description: This spell allows the throw of a melee
weapon, which turns magical if not, for purposes to hit,
in a half circular pattern that hits multiple targets and
ultimately returns to its thrower. The weapon hits one
target, plus one for every three levels of the magi-user
after the first, i.e. two targets at level 4, three targets at
level 7, four targets at level 10, etc. Strength modifiers
only count if all targets are at point-blank range, between
6ft. and 30 ft. from the thrower. Magical and dexterity
modifiers apply, but the chance to hit gets a penalty of
-1 per target after the first. The weapon then finishes its
ellipse and returns to the thrower’s hands.
VANX’S MYSTICAL MEND
Level: MU 2, CL/D 3, ILL 3
Range: 30 ft. plus 10 feet per level
Duration: Instantaneous
Area of Effect: One individual part of an item
Casting Time: 2 segments
Saving Throw: No, unless the parts can individually resist
Components: V, S, M (a nine-piece, 3 x 3 wooden puzzle)
Description: This spell is in many ways an improved
version of the mending dweomer commonly known of
magic-users, in that it repairs items and makes the parts
resulting from a break fit back and meld together to forge
the whole anew. It will weld a broken ring, repair chain
links, smooth out gemstones, reform ceramics as if they
had been freshly crafted. The smaller bits of a broken item
like dust, pulverized material resulting from a break will
fly and congregate together to form back the frame of the
item, while larger pieces will have to be held in place and
the subject of individual castings of the spell to reconstitute
the entire original item and restore it to its former glory.
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The big difference with mending is that this spell will
restore the dweomers lost by magical items, IF and only
if the mystical mend was part of the item creation in the
first place. This means that when the object is created,
the possibility of its repair via this spell must be included
in the creation ritual. Otherwise, a magic item will not be
able to be repaired by such means. It is up to the referee
to decide just how popular the spell is on his shade of the
Eurth and how common its casting for base, non-unique
magic items would be.
Unique items and artifacts would rarely be the subject of
such castings unless the item itself was extraordinarily
vulnerable in the first place (e.g. powerful items made
of fragile materials like glass, clay, wood would probably
benefit from such treatments), but these items would
almost surely also retain some measure of autonomy and
magical power if broken, which would make their ultimate
and absolute destruction that much harder to accomplish.
WATER BLAST
Level: MU 2
Range: 10 ft./level
Duration: Instantaneous; one turn per magic-user level
Area of Effect: Primary target and splash 10’ around it
Casting Time: 2 segments
Saving Throw: None
Components: V, S
Description: Use of this spell creates a powerful jet of
water springing from the magic-user’s hand, inflicting
(1d4+level) damage to a primary target, and (level)
splashing damage within 10 feet of the primary target.
For every three levels of experience, the magic-user
gains an additional die of damage, i.e. 2 dice at fourth
level, 3 dice at seventh level, 4 dice at tenth level, 5 dice
at thirteenth, etc. Half the damage rounded down
is non-lethal, due to the initial shock of the blast. A
target dropped to 0 hit points will lose consciousness.
If completely inactive (which isn’t possible if subject
to attacks) and voluntarily skipping their action for
the round (which they cannot do if unconscious), the
target can make a saving throw versus magic to shake
off the effects, regain the HP lost due to the shock,
and get back to speed immediately. The HP lost due to
shock will be regained after one full turn per magic-
user level has passed, otherwise. Note that certain
targets like the undead, golems, and similar creatures are
impervious to non-lethal damage. The spell generates
about 1,000 cubic feet of water. Parchments, scrolls, and
other items exposed to the air at the moment of the blast
and vulnerable to water may be destroyed, but the blast
is too powerful and too brief to penetrate protective gear
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If cast underwater, water blast does the same amount
of damage within 10 feet immediately adjacent to the
magic-user, while he or she is propelled away from the
area in the opposite direction, and in a single melee
round, at a distance equal to the range of the spell. If a
hard surface is met within 30 feet of the point of origin,
the magic-user receives half damage from the spell.
WATERFALL
Level: MU 4
Range: Cone, 5 ft. long/level
Duration: Instantaneous
Area of Effect: Special
Casting Time: 4 segments
Saving Throw: Save for half damage
Components: V, S, M (Vial of water)
Description: This spell summons a violent, cone-shaped
waterfall originating from the magic-user’s outstretched
body and blasting outwards in a cone 5 feet long per
level of the caster. The torrent causes one four-sided
die of damage per level of the caster in the area of effect.
The saving throw determines full or half damage, and
whether the victims within the cone can withstand the
force of the flow, or are sent sliding and prone at the end
of the cone of effect. Items held that are vulnerable to
water, such as incense, scrolls, parchments, spellbooks,
vials, and pottery could be destroyed in the process.
Flint and tinder, torches and lanterns, are now unusable.
Vulnerable items stored under a cape or at a belt have a
50% chance of being affected, and those stored in sacks
or backpacks 25%, if they are subjected to the spell only
and do not bath into the residual waters if any.
This spell generates about 12,000 cubic feet of water, or
twelve (12) 10’ x 10’ x 10’ cubes of water in a dungeon
context. The initial waterfall breaks down some doors,
damages furniture, weakens walls, and might otherwise
alter the caster’s interior surroundings. Even stone
doors are rarely completely sealed and 100% waterproof.
The referee must pay attention to the surface available
for the water to spread and splash initially, and then
slowly drain away in interior spaces. Water is extremely
unpredictable: the caster of this spell must be aware the
side effects could present unforeseen challenges.
Items soaking up water, such as leather, rope, clothes
will be twice as heavy after being waterlogged. Shoes and
clothes will have to be dried. The initial victims of the
fall might develop secondary conditions such as trench
feet (reducing movement by half or more), diseases, or
hypothermia in dungeon conditions. Provisions that
are not iron rations will be spoiled within 24 hours.
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Weapons and armor are likely to be unaffected since they
are probably maintained with oils and treated regularly.
YLLONNOC’S BLEEDING BANDS
Level: MU 5/ILL 3
Range: 10 feet plus 10’/level
Duration: Special
Area of Effect: One individual target
Casting Time: 3 segments
Saving Throw: Special
Components: V, S, M (a strip of bacon or beef jerky)
Description: This spell summons several raw, bleeding
bands of magic that take hold of a single target and
immobilize or squeeze it as long as the caster concentrates
on the spell. If the target is merely immobilized by
the spell, it can enter a context of a primary attribute
(Strength for fighters, Wisdom for Clerics, Intelligence
for MUs) versus the Intelligence of the caster to be able
to make a saving throw against magic and break free from
the spell. If however, the caster decides to squeeze with
the spell, the bands will deal an initial 1-4 damage plus
another 1-4 for every two levels of the caster after the first
(i.e. 2d4 damage at level 3, 3d4 at level 5, 4d4 at level 7,
etc.), but a contest of primary attribute versus Intelligence
of the caster will immediately follow, and decide whether
the victim breaks free from the bands and breaks the spell
altogether. If not, the bands continue to hold the victim
and the MU decides whether to hold or squeeze again.
YLLONNOC’S DISLOCATION
Level: MU 5/ILL 5
Range: 5 ft./level.
Duration: Special
Area of Effect: One individual, corporeal, living,
humanoid target.
Casting Time: 5 segments
Saving Throw: Neg.
Components: V, S, M (A human vertebra).
Description: This spell creates a series of illusory,
psychosomatic symptoms (saving throw vs magic
negates) that make the victim believe he or she is
incapable of walking due to a slipped disk of the
vertebrae. The victim still has its spirits and wits but is
only capable to cast spells requiring no leg movement
when resting perfectly. The duration depends on the
number of total hit dice of the victim. 0-1 hit dice: 1d4+2
weeks, 2-5 hit dice: 1d4+2 days, 6-8 hit dice: 1d4+2 turns,
8+ hit dice: 1d4+2 melee rounds. Remove Curse and other
spells such as Mind Blank might reset the mind and help
the victim get rid of the psychosomatic belief.
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APPENDIX C – HANDOUTS
The Handouts of the module are all available here in the a few pages for ease of reproduction. Just photocopy or scan
these handouts, print them, and share them with the party when appropriate.

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Handout Intro Map 2

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Handout Intro Stonecutters Recto

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Handout Intro Stonecutters verso

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Handout E-5-Heresy

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Handout E-6B-message

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Handout E-6-Environs

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Handout E-18-Tunnels

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Handout H-10-tunnels

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Handout L1-9-Stone-01

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Handout L1-9-Stone-02

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Handout L1-34-Mirror

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Handout L1-34-Ozymandias

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Handout L2-7-Pillar

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APPENDIX D – GM CHEAT SHEETS
These sheets are not meant to be replacements for the
keys, but additional resources to quickly look up the
makeup of a specific area and help memorize the layout
of the dungeon and its surrounding areas over time,
from different angles and perspectives. The GM Cheat
Sheets are meant to be photocopied or printed aside
from the module and to be used in conjunction with it
while running the game.
MAP H – HEX OF THE VIPER HEAD PASS
1. GOBLIN WOODS. Chimes. Band of Goblins 1d4+10.
AC 6, HP 1-7. 3-18 SP. “Goblin King” Rules. HD 1, HP 7,
AC6, D 1d8. Will have Electrum and perhaps 20 GP gems.
2. NIGHT LEGION. Petrified legionnaires, most of
them broken. 12 reanimate on 1 on d8 with full moon =
werewolves. HD 4+3, AC 5, D2d4. Stone to flesh brings
legionnaire back temporarily, until the full moon.
Huge three-headed werewolf petrified too. One
circlet on each head. HD 8+4, HP 48, AC 2, D
1d8+3/1d8+3/2d6/2d6/2d6 (bites). Ebonite, Orichalcum,
and Silver circlet each with their properties (q.v.), and
key to the temple of E-8.
3. COLLAPSED DUNGEON. Some rooms and corridors
are exposed to the elements. Check for wandering
monsters or animals. The buried section connects to a
network of tunnels.
4. CAVE DWELLINGS. Troglodyte habitat. Males (14)
Surprise 1-4, HD 2, HP 8, AC 5, D 1d3/1d3/1d4+1 or Javelin
x2, +3 to hit, D 2d4/2d4. Females (6) HD 1+1. 6 x 30-60 GP
silver ingots.
Leaders HD 4, HP 19/16/16/25. Weapons: stone pickaxe
(D 1d8), stone hammer, (D 1d6+1), stone club (D 1d6),
and obsidian sword (D 1d8). Each is worth 300 GP.
5. VIPER HEAD PASS. Roll for an encounter.
6. FONT OF LIFE. Grove of trees guarded by (10) males,
(12) females Centaurs with (8) young (2HD). HD 4, HP 22,
AC 5, D 1d6/1d6/1d8. Six (6) use longbows D 1d6/1d6. (6)
others with shields AC 4 and lance 1d8/2d12. Each has 1d6
pieces of jewelry worth 1,000 GP each.
Arkepios is the leader. He is in contact with the Wreath of
Gael Norath (TN).
Treasure: 4,000 GP, 8 gems of 100 GP, +2 leather
armor, a scarab of enraging enemies (21 charges),
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potion of animal control, scrolls x2 with slow poison
x2, cure disease, and remove fear, augury, remove curse.
The Font is the real reward if centaurs are friended:
healing water, regenerates limbs, cures from disease,
restores character levels, heals blindness and deafness, etc.
7. ANCIENT FORT. Lair of Besifalus (Ettin C6 of
Gaugamoth, STR 19, HD 10, HP 55, AC 3, D 2d8/2d8).
Memorized: Command, CLW x2, Prot. From Good,
Remove Fear, Chant, Hold Person, Know Al., Snake
Charm, Spiritual Scimitar, Animate Dead, and Dispel
Magic. Writhin Bracers can both animate 3/day as
magical snakes wielded as weapons: Python (AC 3, 49
HP) +2 to hit, D 1d6+2 plus constriction 4d10 on the
next melee round. Adder (AC 5, 20 HP) hits for save
vs poison or additional D2d6. Ring of mind shielding
(blocks ESP, Know Alignment, and detect lies).
Besifalus is in league with the Beggar King (crime lord on
the coast). Served by purple gnolls (HD 2, HP 10, AC 4, D
2d4 or spear 1d6) with leader HD 3, HP 16, and halberd +1
for D 1d10+1. Bandit men and couriers in and out of the
place all the time.
Treasure: Hidden in the lower level of the ruins of
the fort (connects with networks of tunnels under
the hex). 12,000 GP, +2 Shield, (12) +1 arrows, (6) +2
arrows, (2) potions of water breathing, (1) potion of hill
giant strength, scroll with enlarge, darkness 15’ radius,
explosive runes, and fireball. Another scroll with resist
fire, speak with animals, and remove curse.
8. HAUNTED FEN. The domain of the Swamp Hag
Elisedd (Surprise 4 on d6 in a swamp, 5 on d6 in fog,
HD 5, HP 32, AC 4/0 in water, D 1d6+4/2d6 claw and
bite, or 1d6+4/1d6+4 plus grab for 2d6 automatic next
melee round. MR 50%, frightful appearance, spells
including fog cloud, ventriloquism, mirror image,
and dimension door. Carries a wand of animate dead.
The Fen is patrolled by (10) dark elves on stilts. HD 2, HP
9, AC 4, D 1d6+1/1d6+1 stilts or barbed dart (D 1d3, plus D
1d3 per melee round until wound is covered or healed) or
poison dart (D1 plus saving throw vs poison or suffer the
effects of Slow spell).
Two leaders HD 4, HP 21, 28, AC 3 (chainmail +1), D
1d6+2/1d6+2 stilts.
Each leader uses (2) Graveworms (Surprise 3 on d6, HD
2, HP 9, 12, 14, 11, AC 4, D 1d4/1d4/1d4 plus bite 2d6;
bite is automatic if two tentacles hit first). Each worm
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remains expelled, or animate as skeletons or zombies.
Treasure of the Fen: 3,000 GP, 3,000 EP, (6) gems worth
50 GP each, (2) gems worth 100 GP each, +2 scale mail, +1
mace of Agrak Adhar.
9. WEEPING CREEK. Check for a random encounter.
10. ORC LAIR (BLOOD TUSKS). True nest with an
average of (60) individual orcs (HD 1, HP 5, AC 6, D 1d8
or 1d6) around (1d6 EP carried). Possible to sneak in and
out of the muddy tunnels. (3) entrances scattered around.
Possible Hostage: Iyerom Von Brennen (Appendix A).
Orc Leaders HD 2 HP 12 and 14 with Stygian daggers
filled with the Sow’s blood (save vs poison to avoid effects,
then another throw every melee round for 2d4 rounds to
avoid surrendering to basest instincts and frenzy).
The Black Sow is a demon (HD 5, HP 31, AC 0, D
1d6+2/1d6+2/1d6+2/1d6+2 hooves. Hug for extra D
2d6 if two hooves hit a single target, plus saving throw
vs poison or D 1d6 and permanent -2 to mundane AC
armor, acidic milk from the sow. A regular drink of the
blood of the sow transforms humans into orcs. Body
parts valuable (q.v.)
(6) Demonic Piglets: HD 2, HP 8, D 1d6+2 on a charge, D
1d4+1 bite afterward.
Treasure spread out in the tunnels: 3,000 CP, 4,000 SP,
clay pots, some with the sow’s blood, potions of growth,
delusion, and levitation. (2) ointments of extra healing.
Mud Pit: (20) gems of 50 GP each, (6) gems of 100 GP.
Belly of the Sow: (1) Star Ruby 1,000 GP, brooch of
shielding, ring of free action.
11. BONE HILL OF THE ADA-MAKU. Strange hill
formation, as if made of giant polished hip bones all
fused together.
Sages of the Ada-Maku led by the Ostrakon live
there are not interested in a fight (q.v. For stats)
All wear masks and are TN, including the Ostrakon,
who has a secret: he is from the future, a lesser version
of Osmandius reborn from the Black Mirror of Yllonnoc
put back together there. The Ostrakon will want to use
the PCs to put back the mirror together and/or come to
control the ruins of Grunn Galeb.
12. NORTHERN PEAKS. Check for a random encounter,
or involve the Ogre Twins, Hogus and Pocus. HD 4+1;
HP 17, 13; AC 5; D 1d10; 47 GP and 77 GP.
13. WITHERED GROVE. The domain of Grunhyld,
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the Green Hag. Trapped the Dryads of the grove inside
cursed trees by a small lake at the heart of the Grove.
Three (3) of the (6) Dryads have already died inside their
“ironwood maiden” prisons. The Hag now poses as “the
Lady of the Lake” and tries to lure adventurers to her
domain, pretends to be the last dryad, and uses them on
“missions” to her advantage.
Giant ticks, spiders, beetles, and lots of nasty critters in
the woods.
Stirges, Shambling mounds, Korrigans as the corruption
progresses.
Korrigans: HD 3, HP 15, AC 6, D 1d6/1d6 claws, MR
20%. Able to teleport through natural earth, stone, and
plant life. Can animate wood and stone through hys-
terical dances.
Grunhyld: Surprises 5 on d6, 19 on d20 if invisible. HD
9, HP 45, AC -2, D 1d6+2/1d6+2, MR 35%, infravision, and
ultravision, Mimic ability, audible glammer, dancing
lights, invisibility, pass without trace, change self, speak
with monsters, water breathing, weakness, all at will.
Treasure: 20, 000 GP, 800 PP, (20) gems of 50 GP each,
glass jar with the head of a dryad, potion of gaseous form,
Sword of the Lake. Grunhyld’s lair is a small chamber
only accessible below the lake’s waterline. It connects
with the network of tunnels around the Hex.
14. MARMOREAL TOMB. Dungeon itself.
15. GIANT FORTIFICATIONS. Ruins of the fortifications
around the tomb were built by the giants of Aktum. 10
ft. wide hole in the middle of the ruins connects to the
Tomb and the network of tunnels around the Hex, but it
is obstructed by a Mhole, an alien, psychic tardigrade the
size of a house. The Mhole is fully mature, 16 HD, and
best not disturbed. It is dormant, but could gradually
awake and want the help of the PCs to retrieve the
Ohminid eggs of L2-24, the frozen Ohminid of L2-28A,
or M’khepot the young Mhole at area LC-9.
16. VILLAGE RUINS. Ruins dating back to the Kingdom
of Deybrah, either investigated by the Marauders of
Ayoun, the Nameless Company (Appendix A), a group of
the referee’s own choice, or no one at all.
17. SINKING MONOLITH. The Obelisk is surrounded
by blood vines, and (6) muck-dwelling bottom feeders
waiting to pounce on the unwary. Surprise 1-5, 95%
concealment in the water, HD 4, HP 22, AC 6, D 2d10
bite. Blood sprayed in the water will attract 2d4 lampreys
afterward.
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18. SLITHERING BROOK. Roll for the possibility of an
encounter.
19. CAIRNS OF THE ADA-MAKU. Village of the Gaelish
head-hunters. A headless stone giant sits in the middle
of their settlement. The Ada-Maku want the head of the
giant to reanimate him. They preserve heads of enemies
in fluids, then try them on the body of the giants, with
no success. The head is located in the Crypts, area LC-22.
Special heads can be traded with the Ada-Maku
for potions of growth, diminution, and later hill
and stone giant strength, for very rare specimens.
There are about (40) warriors in the village.
HD 2, HP 8, AC 8, D 1d6 spear, 1d4 stone knife.
4 elite fighters (3 HD), 4 sub-chiefs (4 HD), 3 wise-
women (3rd level clerics, 2/1, with healing spells usually
memorized), and 2 elders (4th level druids, 4/2/2, one
usually with detect magic, entangle, pass without trace,
shillelagh, barkskin, heat metal, call lightning and
neutralize poison, the other with animal friendship,
entangle, predict weather, speak with animals, cure light
wounds x2, call lightning and cure disease).
Camulos is HD 5, AC 3, D 1d8 + 5, +4 to hit. He wears
a +2 gryphon-feathered, studded leather armor with
permanent feather fall effect and flight 2/day, +1 round
shield, wields a +2 battle axe, and the thunder spear of
the Ada-Maku ((+1 weapon, +3 versus giants, inflicts
+1d6 lightning damage and zaps back into the hand of
its thrower as lightning once it hit a solid surface, to
reform as the spear into the thrower’s hand). He has po-
tions of growth, diminution, and stone giant. strength.
The valuables of the village are scattered about within
the six main, large huts of the clan (see module entry).
20. MARHORN’S ABODE. The house of Marhorn the
Druid (D4) and his wife Sefania (R4). Sefania is often
about patrolling the Erydean Vale, while Marhorn spends
most of his time at home. Marhorn has good relations
with the Centaurs of the Font, and Sefania has contacts
with Emain Athras in the Grim Wood and the Emerald
Mage there. They could be both convinced to join a party
as henchmen for full shares of treasure.
21. GREAT CHIMES. The top of the Marmoreal
Mound is hollow, like a tall natural arch, with several
blades of black glass, or obsidian forming together
a huge natural chime visible from miles around.
The Norns, or three-stone giant druids and sages, reside
under this rock formation. They wear black robes and
headdresses, slowly moving from place to place in the
Vale, or performing some ritual on the top of the mount,
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always aloof, never directly communicating with the
inhabitants of the area, just going about their business.
Norns: HD 12, STR 20, WIS 20, AL TN, AC 0, HP 102,
Hurl Rock D 3d10, Sickle D 1d4+11, +5 to hit. They are
both 12 HD stone giants and druids of the same lev-
el (spells of one Norn: 8/8/5/7/3/2/1. There are 3 Norns,
and that many spells are possible). They are immune to
most mind manipulations and effects.
These figures are here to loom over the PCs’ shoulders,
to make them worried from time to time, wonder what’s
going on with them, and feel like this place has a long
history and secrets not everyone’s willing to share.
Only much later in the campaign will the PCs be able
to interact with them, and when that happens, it should
be a huge deal, a surprise, and about something of real
importance to the Priestesses of the Mount.
MAP E – ENVIRONS
1. OPEN FIELD. Check for the possibility of an encounter
here. The plain is muddy and difficult to tread. The peat
soil conceals artifacts from the battles of the past, which
may be accidentally unearthed after combat or forced
movement in the area.
2. MASS GRAVEYARD. Bones, boulders, discarded tools,
not much to salvage here.
3. CLIFF. On 1 in d8, individuals climbing this area will
attract the attention of a local flying creature. On d3: (1)
a Harpy, (2) A Red Ape of Iyon, (3) A Giant Hawk.
Giant Hawk is HD 3, HP 15, +4 to hit, and 2d4/2d4
claw/claw for a grab, if taken the prey will be taken
back at the top of the Brown Hill at E-7. Attempts to be
dropped can result in a 50 ft. drop for D 5d6.
4. LAITHEAN LAKE. Blossom windchime flowers
vibrate in the breeze, provide +1 to saving throws against
harpies. A full branch provides a +2 modifier, and if
shaken violently, +3 against the same. Trout, pike, and
other game fish in the waters. Lingering by the shore will
attract a predator.
5. FRANKHIAN FORT. Remains of a campfire and a little
shrine with a stump to behead prisoners is dedicated to
Abelrik IV of the Frankhs in the western tower. Tower
walls feature graffiti with the barbed cross of the Knights
Immaculate.
The corpse by the shrine lies on a broken sword. A pouch
contains some ash of the supplicant (heals disease when
mixed with water, including lycanthropy).
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Small recess near the shrine concealed by loose stone. A
poison-needle trapped box contains an edict of the Knights
(Handout), 40 GP, 40 PP, and 2 gems of 500 GP each.
Giant Hellbender Salamander will leap from the Lake
to try and grab some lunch.
HD 5, HP 28, AC 4, D 2d4+ Swallow on a 16 to 20 to hit
roll. D 1d4/1d4/1d6 paw, paw, sticky tongue with a save vs
poison on a hit. Paralyzed and swallowed whole on next
melee round on a fail, unglued on a successful roll. Tail
swat D 2d4 with 20 ft. range in a 60-degree arc around
the salamander.
Heat burst when under 10 HP for D 2d6 within 10 ft.
around the salamander.
Giant leeches in the rubble in the water. 3d4 eggs
concealed (50 GP value each).
Two more corpses in the water, with Knights Immaculate
surcoats, a damaged set of full plate armor that could
be repaired, a shield, and a sword worth over 100 GP.
Grognan’s Golden Spurs. The Executioner’s Sword, +1,
+3 vs undead also lies in the water.
6. ISLE OF THE WATCHERS. One tower at each side of
this lightly forested island.
Lair of (2) Owlbears in the middle of the island. HD
5+2, HP 32, 34, AC 4, D 1d6/1d6/2d6, hug on 18+ on a
roll to hit, with additional D 2d8. 30% chance to be in
the lair each. If one is around, the other might show up
within the next turn (60%) with two (2) cubs. Cubs alive
worth 5,000 GP each.
(3) Eggs concealed, worth 2,000 GP apiece. Giant pellets
discarded about, one of which contains the body of
Brom MadMofynn, a halfling. +1 leather armor. Trap
removal set (+10%), (6) doses of tobacco clearing fear
and confusion, very fine pipe (600 GP), Halfling mead
fudge adds +1 to natural HP recuperation when eaten (4
doses, 24 GP each), and a map he started scribbling (see
handout).
50% chance per turn on the island a group of vultures
attacks the party. 2-6 vultures, each with D1d4/1d4
claws. They can keep clawing for 1d4 automatic per
melee round.
6A. TOWER OF LAMENT. Refuge of a group of
Utluz posing as a giant snapping turtle with its shell
and mummified head. Trying to keep intruders
away. They are weak and have little to no treasure.
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6B. TOWER OF VISION. Lair of (8) Harpies. HD 3, HP
12, AC 7, D 1d3/1d3/1d6. Songs compel victims towards
the harpies (save vs magic). At least half as many harpies
as there are PCs in the party will be present.
Treasure of the harpies: 442 GP, 139 SP, 42 CP. Concealed
by refuse: Executioner’s Hood (Scare 2/day). With the
Executioner’s Sword from E-5, use hold person 1/day as
a level 8 MU.
Next lies a man barely alive. The last survivor among
the Knights of E-5. Kleon Reyns is his name. Equipment
gone. Signet ring in his mouth shows Immaculate
insignia and his name. It also has a hidden compartment
with a small folded parchment inside (See Handout).
7. RED CAVES, BROWN HILLS. Entrance to a tumulus
going way down into the ground, into a chamber with a
portal from the Red Shade of Iyon to this place. Could
lead to Level 3 the Hearth of Chaos later in the campaign.
On the first visit discover an unconscious Count Aorll of
the Yellow Men of Iyon, next to (3) dead Green Men. See
module of Aorll’s story. He will want to find his Silvered
Sword of Law, which is in the possession of Lukhan at
area L1-17A.
Whether they join forces with Count Aorll or not, the
portal will reopen some time when the PCs are not
around. This time, Tax Tarkhan and his Green Men will
step through and start securing the area as their camp to
hunt down the Count.
8. IYATHARI TEMPLE RUINS. Could be just tunnels
leading to the shrine of Iyorthar, or a more complex
dungeon level, with encounters with Cadaverous
Caterpillars and other critters.
Ultimately the party will reach an area infested by
zombies, skeletons, and ghouls.
Skeletons: HD 1, HP 5, AC 7, D 1d6
Zombies: HD 2, HP 9, AC 8, D 1d8
Ghouls: HD 2, HP 9, AC 6, D 1d3/1d3/1d6, saving throw
vs. paralyzation.
And then, the heated corridor where (2) bundled amber
mummies are alert HD 6+3, HP 31, 38, AC 3, D 1d12/1d12,
any attack that hits triggers another to-hit roll for D
1d12 if successful, rolling again to hit for D 1d12 if again
successful, until the reroll of an additional attack finally
fails. Amber mummies affect people with a rotting
disease just like normal mummies. Heat heals them, 1d3
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for torches, 1d8 for flasks of oil, etc. They are vulnerable
to cold. See full stats.
The corridor ends with a wizard-locked door. Undoing
the dweomer triggers a 30-foot cube of dispel magic
right in front of the door. Beyond lies the chamber of the
Avatar of Iyorthar.
See entry for full important details, and how the circlets
of H-2 have to be used here.
Avatar of Iyorthar. HD 8+4, HP 53, AC 0, D 1d6/1d6
gorilla arms with 2d4 extra damage if both hit, plus
2d4/2d4 crab pinchers severing limbs on a natural 20 to
hit, plus 1d4/1d4 octopus limbs, grab if hit immediately
attacks with one of the tiny crustacean arms for
additional D 2d4 punch and save vs paralyzation to
not lose consciousness, OR bite if octopus arms do not
hit for D 2d6. Can also use cause wounds to one target
from its amber eye. Can cause fear, levitate, polymorph
self, mirror image, and telekinesis 4,000 GP in weight.
Summon demons Type I and II at 50%, Type IV at 40%,
and type VI at 30%, all of which are useless in this area.
The avatar of Iyorthar is immune to all natural damage,
takes only half damage from silver and iron, and full
damage from true iron, magical weapons, and other
sources.
Treasure: If the avatar is defeated, the party is rewarded
with the Ebonite, Amber, and Moonstone Eyes of the
Avatar, the Crustacean Pinchers which can be retrieved
from the body. The circlets fuse and leave a Horn of the
Wolf behind. The golden pedestal on which the avatar
stood is very heavy but hollow, and worth 3,000 GP.
9. HAUNTED WATCHTOWER. The Lair of the (6) Red
Apes of Iyon. HD 3, HP 12, AC 6, Leaping charge D 2d6
+3 (+3 to hit), or net D 0 (immobilized), or 1d6+2/1d6+2
slamming fists on a land charge (+2 to hit on both
attacks), or 1d6/1d6 fists in regular melee.
Potential Hostage: Nemiah of Caer Canis (Appendix A).
Treasure: Magic-resisting ear membranes (protect
against sound-based magic for 1d6 days), vestigial
wings worth 50 GP each. +1 Shield of the Ram.
Portal to the Crypts at LC-24.
10. COLLAPSED BRIDGE. The home of Thudd, the giant
troll. Not very bright but enjoys riddles and tic-ta-toe.
He challenges the group if they want to cross his bridge.
HD 6+6, HP 52, AC 4, D 1d4+4/1d4+4/2d6, regenerates.
Thudd’s teddy bear contains (4) gems of 50 GP, (4)
gems of 100 GP, (1) gem of 500 GP, and two scrolls. One
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inscribed with chant, snake charm and neutralize poison
x2, the other with charm person, forget and invisibility.
Wand of Self-delusion (27 charges).
11. TOMB ENTRANCE. The original entrance to the
Tomb of the giants of Aktum. Now the lair of a couple
of giant spiders. The male will drop on the PCs and
hope to scare them away. It will retreat to be with the
female at 50% of its hit points. If the PCs pursue the
female joins in with a swarm of little spiders with her.
Giant Spiders HD 4+4, HP 21 male, 32 female, AC 4, D
2d4 and poison, save or die, immediately for the male,
within a turn for the female. If the female is hit the swarm
jumps at the attacker for an automatic 2d6 damage, half
on a successful saving throw vs poison.
12. FACES OF THE STONE KINGS. With Kobold
sentries. HD 1/2, HP 2, AC 7, D 1d4.
13. UTLUZ BREEDING GROUNDS. (15) Utluz guard
their (12) precious eggs in the water, worth 20 GP each.
HD 1, HP 4, AC 5, D 1d2/1d2/1d3 or spear 1d6 (2d6 on a
jump charge). 3d6 GP carried.
14. UTLUZ SENTRIES (5). Same stats. 2d8 GP carried.
15. TROGLODYTE SENTRIES (6). With a few
mud huts and kobold servants. HD 2, HP 8, AC 5,
D 1d3/1d3/1d4+1 or javelin (2) 2d4. Revulsion odor
(save vs poison or lose 1 STR cumulative per round
for 1d6 rounds, loss lasts 10 rounds). 3d6 GP carried.
The leader is HD 3, HP 18, swings a femur tipped with a
horse’s skull D 1d6+2. Necklace worth 120 GP. (12) Kobold
servants.
16. FROG LAKE. Original breeding grounds of the
Utluz, now controlled by the Obrachaeans. The Gem
Frog roams around the entire tunnel network here. This
huge amphibian is entirely covered with gems as if made
of them. It teleports without error and becomes invisible
at will. Surprise 1-4 if it teleports in range. HD 8, HP 48,
AC -6, D 1d4+1d6 on a crushing/cutting leap landing on
a single target. D 2d4 mouth. MR 55%, immune to mind-
affecting magic. +4 to hit with sticky tongue. AC 7 to
attack the tongue to avoid being violently pulled back
to the mouth for an automatic 8 damage the next melee
round. Swallows whole on a natural 20.
Hitting the frog triggers a 2-in-6 chance of breaking a
gem from its skin.
If the frog is slain, its killers can retrieve 1d12 gems of a
10 GP value, 1d8 gems of a 50 GP value, 1d6 gems of a 100
GP value, and 1d4 gems of a 500 GP value.
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17. TOMB OF UR PA KRAAT. This area is way too complex
and needs to be supported directly from the module, to
grasp all the details available. This is the resting place
of Ur Pa Kraat, now occupied by the Obrachaeans who
have come from Nester’s Folly via E-19, and where the
Amber Pyramidion can be recovered.
18. UNDERGROUND WATERFALL. The various
inhabitants of the tunnels have regular skirmishes along
this cave and waterfall. The fresh corpse of an explorer
can be found in the lower part of the cave, at the base of
the waterfall crashing below, by the exit leading to area
E-10. He was carrying samples, most of them long gone,
but a plant survives with a glowing fruit worth 40 GP.
A piece of parchment identifies him as a servant of the
Vellum Society (see module entry). He also has a partial
map of the river tunnels underground (see Handout). A
bag of holding containing his spell book is still held tight
against his chest.
19. CRUSTACEAN WELL. This is the area where the
portal to and from Nester’s Folly can be open by the
Conch of the Deep. It is guarded by an Obrachaean
Warrior and his pay crayfish.
Giant Crayfish HD 4+4, HP 28, AC 2 D2d6/2d6, Sur-
prise 1-3 on d6. Covered with a brass barding worth
2,000 GP.
Obrachaean Warrior HD 4+4, HP 20, D 1d4/1d4
range or D 1d4/1d4/1d4/1d4 melee, or constriction
1d2, automatic bite 2d6 after a grab, plus 1d6 chewing
every melee round thereafter. Wears a spiral ring of
earth-walking, which allows moving at 180 ft. on land.
No effect on humans.
20. INTRICATE STATUES. Green slime in this tunnel
protects the presence of jade statues and a scene
representing five stone giants holding a sixth to the
ground. The immobilized giant seems to be affected by
some type of demonic curse and wears the crown of a
king. This is a warning about Amal Khas, who is hidden
well beyond area E-21.
Green Slime HD 2, HP 8, AC 9, drips from the ceiling,
attaches itself to living flesh, and turns a creature into
green slime in 1d4 melee rounds (no resurrection). It
eats at wood slowly (1-inch thickness/hour), but through
metal very quickly, wasting a shield in a single round,
and destroying plate armor in three (3).
21. CHIROPTERAN WELL. The top of the cave is
swarming with bats and (10) of the Chak-Ta, the Bat-
Men. The walls are covered with highly inflammable
guano that could explode D 8d6 when being exposed
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to open flames. A group of Gravespawn Bat-Men lurks
at the bottom of the well, near the surface of the water
below – they will not be affected by the explosion.
Bat-Men: HD 2, HP 8, AC 6, D 1d4/1d4, plus bite 1d8
if both hit.
Gravespawn: HD 4, HP 16, AC 4, D 1d4/1d4, plus blood
drain 2d6 and temporary loss of 1 STR if both hit. The
victim regains 1 point of STR per 8 hours of rest.
Treasure at the bottom of the water: +1 chainmail,
(2) daggers of ironwood, +1 tower shield, (2) +1 lucern
hammers, and Temeraire, the intelligent LG sword.
22. STILL WATERS. A catfish worm lurks here. HD 6, HP
44, AC 4, D 1d4/1d4 pseudopods around the mouth, and
D 5d4 tail swap. If hit by a pseudopod, the d4 of damage
also indicates the number of pseudopods burrowing
their way into the flesh of the victims on the next melee
round for an additional 1d4 damage each. Immunity to
blunt and piercing weapons, destroys metal weapons in
1d3 rounds (corrosive acid secretion), slashing weapons
inflict half damage, and pop the skin of the catfish worm
open, exposing its fat, and allowing it to be set on fire.
23. UNDERGROUND CAVERN. The lair of the Utukku,
the Puffer fish men. 20 males. HD 2+1, HP 9 average, AC
4, D 1d4 and saving throw vs poison, or D 1d6, or burst
of quills in all directions, with saving throw vs breath
weapons, 1d4 quill hits on a failure, each for 1d4 damage,
plus saving throw vs poison with an initial modifier of
+2, and a -1 penalty per quill hitting. Poison induces
paralyzation, lethargy, a semi-loss of consciousness for
1d6 turns. Females (12) work the same as the male, but
with HD 1, HP 4, and AC 6. The young (12) are AC 2 on
the top and back, 6 on the front, and HD 1 with 2-3 HP.
Treasure: meat of the Utukku if prepared correctly;
chance of Black Pearls with the mussels at the bottom of
the water in this area.
24. TOMB OF AMUN PAAL. This area has been taken
over by the Cochlean Beast and is connected to the
Olmechean jungle. It involves a triangle of rivalries
between the forces of the Beast, its slugs and pygmies,
the troglodytes meant to fight it who came from the
portal to the Olmechean jungle, and the pirates of the
Brazen Buccaneer who are trapped in the middle and do
not know how to get out. This is a very complex area
that requires the meat of the module to operate fully.
25. DEAD MINOTAUR AND VINES. Vines with
amazing, beautiful orchid-like flowers cover the tail
end of this tunnel. They are the psychic vines of Omdai.
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Skeletal minotaur among the vines, and near it, a dagger
worth 300 GP and the Axe of the Ram.
The bargain: The vines telepathically propose a bargain
to the party: to bring humanoids to this tunnel so
the vines can subjugate and study them, to better
understand the threats they face around them. They will
propose to switch the party’s mind for the prisoners they
bring back, so they can infiltrate the enemy in different
bodies. This is a win-win for the vines, who only want
to take care of potential threats and be left alone.
26. CAVE LOTUS. Flowers of gold lotus are growing in
this case, with pollen that causes lethargy (-4 to hit, -2 AC
and damage, saving throw vs poison to negate and become
drowsy instead). The lethargy can be dissipated with a
sharp hit or loud sound, but the drowsiness left (-1 to hit,
-1 AC) will last for 1-3 weeks unless cured by a neutralize
poison spell. The flowers are valuable to an alchemist.
A constrictor snake and its young hide along the cave wall.
Constrictor snake: HD 6+1, HP 49, AC 3, D 1d4/1d10
bite, constriction (ongoing, per round). If the snake is
slain, it will change into a Staff of the Serpent.
Constrictor snake young (3): HD 4, HP 22, 19, 14, D
1d4/1d6 bite, constriction (ongoing, per round).
27. LUMINESCENT WATERFALL. 3d6 Luminescent
fruits available, each worth 40 GP, can be used as light
sources for the next two days and remain edible for 1d4+2
days. A group of 1d6 firebugs floats around. Beware of rot
grubs, however (1 on 1d10 when examining a fruit).
Rot grubs: HP 1, D Nil, burrowing, death in 1d3 turns on
a failed saving throw vs death. Can be cut out or burned
to save a life.
28. GRUNN GALEB. See below. Access through L1-32.
MAP L1 – GRUNN GALEB
1. MAIN GATE. With cinnamon-hued marble for the
doors, and two huge granite statues outside, one on
each side of the door frame. The ground is littered with
boulders, helmets, used tools, etc.
2. DWARVEN BONES. All that is left of the dwarves’ last
stand is a huge mound of skeletal remains with a giant
boulder still crushing some bodies in place.
3. WATERFALL. A Giant Water Silk Spider has built a
bubble nest under the surface and drags those she can
to their certain doom. HD 3, HP 15, AC 6, D 1d2 + save vs
poison or paralysis.
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The webbing of the spider is valuable as a waterproof
substance, for 30-180 GP’s worth.
Dead merman in the nest has an amphibious light
crossbow, (10) mundane bolts, and one +2 bolt in a spider
silk pouch hanging from his belt.
4. MAIN ENTRANCE. This main corridor is silent as a
tomb. Vents can be seen in the ceiling opening on the
floor of the upper corridors on each side. The slope
leads up to the guard posts of L1-6, with thick visible
webs hanging from the ceiling at the top of the corridor.
Bull’s eye lantern with no oil left in it lies on the floor
directly underneath the hanging webs.
5. STIRGES. 3-10 in nest hanging over the well. A
gelatinous cube lairs at the bottom of the well.
Stirge: HD 1+1, HP 5, AC 8, D 1d3, plus 1d4 blood drain
per melee round once attached.
Gelatinous cube: HD 4, HP 22, AC 8, D 2d4, save vs
paralyzation or anesthetized for 5d4 melee rounds.
Treasure: Cerulean League cloak used for the fabric of
the nest, worth 200 GP. At the bottom of the well, +1
footman’s mace, plate mail, 144 GP, (7) gems of 10 GP
value, (3) of 50 GP, and (1) of 100 GP.
6. GUARD POST. These are empty, but for the Spider’s
nest, which is accessible through the machicolation hole
upstairs, over the main entrance corridor.
Huge Spider: Surprise 1-5, HD 2+2, HP 12, D 1d6+ save
vs poison at +1 on the roll or die.
Young Spiders (6): HD 1+1, HP 6, AC 8, D 1 + save vs
poison at +2 on the roll or die.
Treasure: Cocooned magic-user with spellbook, +1
dagger, a purse with 2d6 GP, 5d10 SP.
Further back, the remains of a dwarf merchant with a
very delicate, easily damaged by fall and fire necklace
worth 2,200 GP undamaged, including a dozen pearls of
1oo GP value each. He has earrings in his possession each
worth 20-120 GP.
7. MARBLE SANDTABLE. Where the dwarves played
their wargames, with a copy of the game of Groin
Gygalux and Jef Peryen. An old 40-pound bobcat claims
the sandtable as his litter box. It will sit on the rafters
nearby until it spots a potential friend or an easy target.
HD 1, HP 7, AC 5, D 1d2/1d2/1d2.
8. MARKET PLACE. A huge area where the dwarves use
to do commerce and socialize. Now all the clutter is piled
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up on top of the access shaft to down below at L2-30.
Treasure: Belenor’s Helmet wrapped in 50 GP worth of
silk if washed. +1 turtle shell belonging to Blake Plissken.
See module for details. Rubble search is also possible
here.
Ogre: HD 4+1, HP 20, AC 4, D 3d6 sword (pommel is
a gem worth 500 GP), D 2d4+3 -1 to hit total with +1
harpoon 40 ft. range with a rope attached to it. Can call
for aid with a slug horn.
8A. BARBER. Services to both male and female dwarves.
8B. CORDWAINER. Rats’ nest.
Giant Rats (3-18): HD 1/2, HP 4, AC 7, D 1d3.
Needle-trapped case hidden in the refuse contains a
scroll inscribed with command, protection from evil,
find traps, and silence 15’ radius.
8C POTTER. A few of the potteries there can be put back
together and examined. See module entry for specific
details.
9. LEADER’S APARTMENTS. Living quarters of Belenor’s
family, with a mural painting representing him with the
winged helmet. Examining the painting will trigger the
apparition of his beautiful bearded wife, now a ghost
driven mad by grief. See module entry for the dialog.
Treasure: Painting hides a compartment with the
Stone Book of the Cutter Dwarves. See Handouts. The
Stone Book contains a lot of information that would be
extremely valuable to dwarves. Referees should feel free
to use the book to add adventure opportunities to the
game as well. Fine Jade statue in the same compartment
is worth 500 GP.
Grimoire with drawings of exciting young bearded
females. Could fetch 1d12 x 1d100 GP if sold to a dwarf
specialist.
10. DRINKING HALL. Giant Millipede nesting in the
ceiling. Surprise 1-4 on d6. HD 4, HP 22, AC 6, D 0 +
grabs a wooden object. The millipede zooms in and out,
trying to grab as many items as it can, with future attacks
surprising on a 1 on d6. If below 10 HP, the millipede is
cut in half, and its lower section now attacks the party
on its own with D 2d4.
Treasure on the rafters: glass jar with a scroll inside
inscribed with CLW, sanctuary, spiritual hammer, and
neutralize poison. A damaged pipe with a carved ivory
bowl still worth 77 GP, a half-eaten jewelry box 88 GP
and two pairs of gold earrings 96 GP, a pearl necklace 169
GP, a wedding band 325 GP.
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11. LESSER APARTMENTS. Not much to be found there.
The referee may able some Rubble searches, but there
are also rob grubs hiding in swollen rotten doors, heaps
of trash, and broken beams throughout. Rot grubs: HP
1, D Nil, burrowing, death in 1d3 turns on a failed saving
throw vs death. Can be cut out or burned to save a life.
12. TOMB OF GARN PATUUL. The Tomb of the last King
of Aktum has been desecrated, and his bones discarded
in a corner of this room. Hidden compartment inside
the sarcophagus’s lid: Inside is a celadon marble syrinx
(pan pipes) allowing communication with creatures of
the elemental plane of earth. If kept for more than three
character levels it could serve as a ring of spell storing
containing the spells dig, passwall, stone shape, and
move earth. It will also add 25% to reaction rolls with
creatures native to the elemental plane of earth.
13. BALCONY. With drunken pot-bellied gnolls. HD 2,
HP 8, AC 5, D 2d4 or javelin 1d6. Four barrels of dwarven
ale remain, and their worth depends greatly on the
identity of the buyer. 50 to 300 GP. The hat the gnolls
use to gamble has a hidden compartment with a scroll
inscribed with gust of wind, invisibility, and strength.
14. OLD WELL. Lair of the Kobolds. One of them has
a 100 GP ingot stashed in an oil jar. The Jade Bread
found near the jars can still be consumed, and bestows
stoneskin for 6 hours if consumed with the Stoneskin
Stout of the dwarves. The combination requires a saving
throw vs poison to not roll under the table (see detail in
module entry).
Dead Body at the bottom of the well, with around him:
a bill of exchange for 500 GP, a note that says “ask Ektor
Hoerg, Twin Tankard” without explanation, and several
pages of parchment that combine into some sort of
construction plan and the remnants of a spellbook with
friends, jump, message, ventriloquism, mirror image,
and Nester’s little red wagon*. See module entry for
more information on these elements.
14A. BAKERY’S FIREPLACE. One of the possible
hiding places of Obmar Nojh. His lair is set up inside
the chimney, protected by a makeshift swinging trap
hitting with 1d4 stakes for 1d4 damage each. Treasure:
A page of parchment with the recipe to cook Jade Bread,
Dwarven horn bow, (4) explosive arrows hitting for 3d6
on contact, setting anything flammable aflame within
five feet, and (2) non-magical +2 armor-piercing arrows.
A bamboo contraption that can be lit on fire and project
a projectile for 4d6 damage.
15. LATERAL CORRIDORS. This is where Obmar hides,
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in the piles of refuse at the end of each corridor, or
sneaking around them, most of the time. See module for
exact schedule and roll to know where Obmar is located
at any given time.
Obmar Nojh: Surprises on 1-5 on d6. He is HD 2, HP
24, D 1d4+1 throwing dagger at +4 to hit, or D 1d6+1,
with a serrated short sword at +1 to hit. Don’t forget
the heavy weaponry in his lair at L1-14A if Obmar is in
danger and can make it there in time.
Each pile of refuse hides a shaft going down to level 2:
L1-15(1) – goes to L2-22
L1-15(2) – goes to L2-15
L1-15(3) – goes to L2-7
L1-15(4) – goes to L2-32
Area L1-15(4) is the most tricky. Instead of a pile of refuse,
it features a statue of Valya the mother of all dwarves
whose head can be removed to reveal the statue was
originally representing the entity Zuun, the legacy of
Aktum. Removing the headpiece reveals the presence of
a shark-toothed wooden mace that was used to keep it
in place. A piece of parchment lies on the top of the head
of Zuun inside and is visible once the mace is removed.
The parchment is poisonous and contains the scribbled
recipe of the Stone-cutters’ own Stoneskin Stout worth
at least 1,000 GP to a master brewer. Pushing Zuun’s
head down triggers the sliding of the statue and the
opening of the passage. A full-blown giant rats’ nest is
located in the opening.
Giant Rats (5-50): HD 1/2, HP 4, AC 7, D 1d3.
16. WASHING AREA. Two lampreys lurk here. HD 1+1,
HP 5, AC 9, D 1d3 bite.
16A. ESCAPE TUNNEL. Maidens’ Tiara was left
here during the escape of the dwarves from the
settlement. Worth 1,600 GP. The trap door is
obfuscated by a bunch of green crystals. A message in
a box with a hammer next to the passage reads “break
in case of emergency”. Breaking the green crystals
frees the trap door, but also wakes the ochre jellies
stored next to it. See module for a full explanation.
Ochre Jellies (2) HD 6, HP 32, 26, AC 8, D 3d4. Ochre
jellies dissolve flesh and split when struck by lightning.
Cold and fire have normal effects on an ochre jelly.
17. GREATER APARTMENTS. Wolves roam this area,
the pack of the Veneur.
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Wolves (15): HD 2+2, HP 10, AC 7, D 1d4+1.
17A. LAIR OF THE VENEUR. The Veneur stays here
with his prisoner, Lukhan.
The Veneur (F4): HD 4, HP 32, AC 2, D 1d6+4/1d6+4,
+6 to hit, point-blank range (between 6 ft. and 30 ft.), D
1d6+3/1d6+3 +5 to hit, short-range, 1d6+1/1d6+12-7, +4
to hit, medium, and long-range, composite long bow, D
1d8+1, +1 to hit, a true iron battle axe. +1 studded leath-
er, bracers of archery, (2) potions of speed, (4) flame ar-
rows, (4) frost arrows, irons spurs.
Lukhan will pretend to be a victim. He is a werewolf sent
by Iyonidas of the Lone Tower (Appendix A) to find the
Veneur. He stole Aorll’s Silvered Sword of Law, which is
left alone next to him (because of the silver), wrapped in
a blanket.
18. MUSHROOM CAVES. This cave features giant
mushrooms which can be cut down to eat its flesh,
fulfilling like meat, and use its skin like a type of leather,
among other things. A bunch of cave geckos is hanging
around them. They leave people alone if not disturbed.
19. SMOKING LOUNGE. A space concealed behind a
secret door containing a hookah and a dead mercenary
dating back to the time of the settlement’s invasion.
Smoking the hookah produces strong hallucinogenic
visions and lethargy. The mummified corpse holds a +1
composite bow, a sheathed scimetar strapped to his back.
Two mummified dwarven heads hang from his belt. His
quiver contains (14) regular arrows, (2) treatwood arrows
+1. Leather pouch contains 12 GP, 15 SP, and 36 CP.
20. PRIVATE BUNKS. Headless bodies. One mattress
contains a secret stash including a few gems of 50 GP,
jewelry, dried-up cosmetics, and perfumes, for a total
value of 1,000 GP.
21. MAIN QUARRY. Main lair of Grosh the Great and his
goblins, who are busy at the bottom of the quarry. If the
party looks around the upper levels before striking, they
could find some carts, tools, even some flaming oil, and
L1-22... enough to start a big fight with a bang.
Goblins (50): HD 1-1, HP 3, AC 6, D 1-6.
Grosh the Great (Hobgoblin): HD 1+1, HP 9, AC 5, D
1-12 giant mace. On a natural 20, the mace has a 1-in-
10 chance to break, but it can be wielded by a human
being of exceptional strength. If the mace breaks, or it is
carefully inspected by the party, a hidden compartment
within the head is revealed. It contains 1d10+2 gems
of 50 GP value each, 1d8 gems of 100 GP value each,
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and 1d4 gems of 500 GP value each. Ivory chess set and
celadon marble board (57 GP value without the board,
420 GP with the board) is hidden under the cushions of
Grosh, along with a +2 seax.
22. QUARRY SUPPLIES. Half the supplies are still
useful. Includes (3) cases of (10) pots of flaming oil each,
raw hide used under slabs of marble, bees’ wax candles,
pulleys and harnesses, chisels and other tools, coils of
rope, some with oil spilled upon them. An open treasure
chest contains caramelized treats the foreman used to
enjoy (can serve as bait for animals). Waving open flames
in this room could prove hazardous, and require some
dexterity checks if not careful.
23. FOREMAN’S QUARTERS. The stash of the foreman
can be found in a hidden compartment under a stone
slab on the floor. It contains four letters of exchange
valid at the Council of Coin of Villenor and worth 525
GP together, (3) gems of 100 GP each, (4) gems of 50 GP
each, 100 GP and 50 SP in Prytonic coinage, valid in the
Viscountcy.
The Horla roams the corridors. HD 4 HP 18 (current),
AC 10, D 2 drain of hit points per person per melee
round within the 15-foot wide area the vampire cloud
covers. The Horla has no maximum hit points. It can-
not be affected physically at all, unless by holy water,
wind, or electricity. A cloak shaken in its direction will
inflict 1d4 damage to the cloud. Holy water 2d4 per vial.
A magical effect creating wind or electricity will imme-
diately destroy the Horla. When destroyed, the Horla
explodes in a 15-foot diameter burst. Each victim within
the cloud suffers 2d6 points of damage, with 1d4 points
of damage to all those standing within 10 feet of the
burst. Only a tiny wisp will remain, and zoom to the
staircase to disappear.
23A. WAY DOWN. By hitting a switch at the base of the
staircase, it can revert and go down to level 2, instead of
up to the Foreman’s Quarters. It leads to L2-1.
24. OXEN PENS. Nothing of interest there.
25. DWARVEN DAY CARE. Searching the room
thoroughly might lead to the find of an Amulet of Life
Protection hidden in the pouch of a Teddy Bear. Becomes
a source of undead hauntings if the influence of Chaos
grows within the area.
26. FISHERMAN’S APARTMENT. Thoroughly searched
and trashed, nothing remains here.
27. FISHING SUPPLIES. A magical fishing rod can
be found here with the command word carved on its
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handle. When the command word is spoken, 2/day the
fishing rod will detect magic and reveal the auras of
magic items around it. A lure has been put together with
great care for a specific purpose. It is meant to catch the
Angler fish of L1-32.
28. FISHING BOAT. The skiff can be found here, with
an 11-foot pole, and (3) vials with cork stoppers, each
containing (4) ounces of liquid. Each ounce of liquid
consumed allows one to breathe underwater for an hour.
A note wrapped around a sandwich hard as rock reads
“Need to find a way to distract the fish and use the rod
to get w/e that is off the bottom.” This is a clue to L1-32.
29. THERMAE. 1D4+1 Infant giant snapping turtles will
be around in this area. They are helpless if turned on
their backs, and die instantly if thrown into the warm
water of the central pool.
Infant giant snapping turtles: HD 2, HP 8, AC 0, D
1d6 bite, continuous 1d6 damage after the initial bite,
until released.
30. WELL OF NESTS. The heat rises sharply here. It
comes from the shaft going way down into the bowels
of the eurth. This chimney is home to the Achaean
Firebird, who builds its nest from precious metals it
steals from the unwary. Any shine of metal will attract
a swarm of birds trying to pull the metal off the body
or out of the hands of their owner. This makes any
progression within this room wearing metal impossible.
See the module for more about this complex setup.
Achaean Firebird (1,000+): HD 1+1 (attacks as 4 HD),
HP 6, D 0 or 1d4. Special: if the Achaean Firebird is
defending its nest or grabs an item that is carried, worn,
or otherwise in contact with flesh, the damage is inflicted
by the melting process initiated by the bird’s proboscis.
31. BREWERY. There are several interesting finds
here: (6) bottles of Veuve Clequaux hidden behind the
columns against the eastern wall. Worth 120 GP each.
Skeletal remains found in the cauldrons and in the largest
vat the remains of a halfling who has not yet started to
decompose: this is the body of Blake “Bake the Snake”
Plissken. See the module area and Appendix A for more
information.
32. NATURAL CAVE. Something shines at the bottom,
but it is defended by a Lighthouse Anglerfish. HD 5, HP
28, AC 6, D 4d4 toothy bite. This is Bretus’s Lament, the
Neutral Good Sword of legend.
33. PROSPECTING AREA. Nothing of interest here.
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34. FORGETTABLE ROOM. This is where the Black
Mirror of Yllonnoc exploded, and where the party meets
the Ozmi Incanabulum, who will die after giving his
speech to them. See module entry for the mystery of the
mirror.
This triggers the appearance of the Shard Golem
Type II. Hits as 4 HD, HP 10, AC 9, D 1d4/1d4/1d4.
The Shard Golem covers a 20’x20’ area. Opponents
within this area take an automatic 1d6 of slicing damage
per melee round spent there. Shard golems can only be
damaged by blunt weapons mundane and magical, and
spells and effects inflicting blunt damage, such as ice
storm, force, and sonic-based effects like shockwave*.
Fire does not affect Shard Golems, and electricity inflicts
half damage. Other types of weapons do not affect them
whatsoever. When a Shard Golem Type II reaches 0 HP,
it splits into two Type I Golems at full HP. See Appendix
A for more information.
Treasure: Parchment with Vanx’s mystical meld, a
mirror-image projector appearing as a disk of orichalcum
the size of a palm. Jade statues of the three monkeys are
worth 200 GP each. One of the damaged spellbooks of
Osmandius with the spells change self, detect invisibility,
phantasmal force, wall of fog, magic mouth, ventriloquism,
Yllonnoc’s bleeding bands* and hallucinatory terrain. A
cryptic piece of poetry (see Handout).
At the bottom of the well is an Obsidian Jelly that stays
quiet if the party doesn’t disturb it. See module entry or
Appendix A if they do.
35. THE BARRICADE. Here the PCs a sort of dream or
demi-plane that looks like the desert, and they confront
the Ozmi Palimpsest, who instantly fires an arrow with
a scroll attached to it at them. The scroll unfolds and
becomes a Scroll Golem they must dispatch.
Scroll Golem: Hits as 5 HD, HP 20, AC 9, 1d8/1d8 Paper
cuts. This Scroll golem is covered with inscriptions but
none are spells. A scroll golem is only damaged by fire and
magic slashing weapons. Mundane slashing weapons
inflict half damage. Blunt and piercing weapons have
no effect. Cold spells slow a scroll golem down by 50%.
Water, acid, and lightning spells cause half damage.
Ozmi Palimpsest: HD 4, HP 4 remaining, D 1d6
Shortbow, +3 to hit. Carries (12) mundane arrows, (6)
illusory arrows, and (4) sticks of incense of deep relaxa-
tion. Wears bracers of armor AC 6.
Once the Scroll Golem is destroyed the Palimpsest will
jump inside the well to his death.
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When defeated, the scroll golem takes back its original
shape: some of the pages missing from the Incanabulum’s
spellbook. These pages contain the spells audible
glammer, color spray, hypnotism, detect magic, mirror
image, rope trick, invisibility 10’ radius, and Yllonnoc’s
Dislocation*.
The Ozmi palimpsest will be found with his shard at the
bottom of the well. It can now be reintegrated into the
Mirror.
MAP L2 – BURIAL VAULTS
The Burial Vaults are a dynamic environment: NPCs
and monsters move, the Canon of Ashes of L2-3
wakes, starts to light the candles for the others, then
the Procession leading to the departure of the Queen
proceeds, etc. Much later, the Queen returns, with or
without newcomers (Krassus and the Vile Legion) in
the equation, and the influence of Chaos progresses in
between, leading to intrusions from the Crypts under,
attempts to stop the bleeding from the outside. This
is true of all the cheat sheets presented here, but this
is worth repeating here: these pages only present the
areas as they are at the onset of the game. They are not
the full module or the full picture. Just a different angle
altogether for mnemonic purposes.
1. WAY UP. Leads back L1-23A
2. JEWELLED SCEPTRE. The pit trap marked on the map
is camouflaged by the illusion of a mosaic representing
puppies chasing butterflies. The dwarven miner still at
the bottom with his pick, he has a bag between his legs
containing (2) uncut gems worth 1,000 GP and (1) uncut
gem worth 5,000 GP. He would have to be pulled out and
searched to find them.
The big pile of gold in the round area is a mound of copper
pieces painted gold. A jeweled scepter sticks out of the top
of the pile. If more than 10 pounds of pressure are applied
on the scepter, the whole ceiling above the entire area
collapses. Outside the room, between the scepter and the
water pit, people can attempt to jump to avoid damage. If
not, they suffer 6d10 points of damage and make a saving
throw vs breath weapon for half damage, like everyone
else in the area of the collapse. If they jump into the pit
they make the same saving throw, but for 3d10 points
of damage and none if successful. Those between the
water pit and the staircase make a saving throw vs breath
weapon at +4, for 3d10 damage or none if successful.
The Sceptre is just a lure, made of silver and solid gold,
with a fake magic aura, worth about 3,000 GP.
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3. ALTAR OF ASHES. Many moving parts here. Check
the module for the whole setup of this area. Here are
the principal actors, assuming the Canon of the Ashes is
awake and waiting for the party to make the first move.
Canon of the Ashes: HD 6, HP 34, AC 1, D 2d4+2
mammoth bone mace (worth 50 GP), can break. Memo-
rizes CLW x2 (reversible at will), Protection from Good,
Darkness, Detect Good, Hold Person x 2, Silence 15’ ra-
dius, Snake charm, Resist fire, Dispel magic x2, Curse.
The Horla may resuscitate the Canon. See module for
details. Robes of the Cobra (base AC 4, +1 modifier on all
saving throws vs magic, -2 on saving throws vs charm
spells), (10) sticks of magical incense (add 1 to wisdom
for memorization), scroll with inscribed blindness, dis-
ease, animate dead, dispel magic, hold person, resist
fire, protection from good. Brass skeleton key allowing
the use of one-way doors at L2-33 and L2-36 back and
forth. Sacrificial knife +1 damage, +5% to tasks related
to sacrifices, such as summonings, when relevant. Bone
piercing +1 AC and +2/10% to reaction rolls vs giants.
Necklace representing Zuun standing on a Zenith and
Nadir rune made of an emerald set in a bigger amethyst
(both gems worth 500 GP). Gem encrusted salmon pink
belt (adds +2 CHA or +10% to the reaction of courtiers
and people sensible to fashion), giant cobra tongue worth
500 GP, (20) gems worth 100 GP. Two random pieces of
jewelry with rough worth between 1,000 and 6,000 GP.
Guardian Grey Mastiff: INIT -1, HD 2+2, HP 13, AC
5, D 2d4.
Once the hostilities begin, 1d8 Black Bones will emerge
from the altar leading to the crypts every melee round
until the Canon is taken out, and the Caterpillars of L2-4
will join in after 3-6 melee rounds as well.
Black Bones (1d8/melee round): HD 1, HP 4, AC 4,
D 1d6+1.
Goblin Choir (7): Choir of undead goblins singing unholy
chant, concealed by the curtains around the altar. Grants
+1 to hit for the forces of the Canon, and -1 to hit on their
opponents. Each goblin can be killed in one blow.
The cocoons hanging against the curtains around the
altar belong to the cadaverous caterpillars. It is the
Canon’s way to keep control over them. The Stone
Chalice in the hands of the Canon can make people fall
asleep for extraordinary amounts of time. The details are
in the module, proper, but are unlikely to affect a direct
confrontation. Likewise with the Fungi growing around
the altar, which if ingested spawns random effects. See
the module for those.
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4. SIDE CORRIDORS. Inhabited by cadaverous
caterpillars, starting with two specimens: HD
3+2, HP 11, 14, AC 6 D 1-3/1-3/1-3/1-3 tentacles, plus
saving throw versus poison on a hit, or the victim is
paralyzed. The cadaverous caterpillar can blend in
its surroundings, and either eats or lay eggs inside
its victims. 2d4 eggs kill the host after 1d6+4 days.
5. LAST REFUGE AND STONE SLAB. Rats jump out of
the corpses in this room.
Giant Rats: HD 1/2, HP 4, AC 7, D 1-3.
Stone Slab in the middle of the room leads down to LC-
25, with the Kholdunic mummy stuck in the opening.
The dead eyes will become red, and he and his servants
in the room will all animate.
Skeletons of the Kholdun (6): HD 1, HP 4, AC 7, D 1d6
Kholdunic Mummy: HD 6+3, HP 25, AC 3, D 1d12
grab, then 1d8+1, or 1d8+3 Horned Blade of Gur Khan.
Causes rotting disease on touch, only hit by +1 weapons
or better, and for only half damage. Triggers fear and
revulsion and possess the same immunities and vulner-
abilities as a mummy.
See the full module for the full stats of the True Neutral
Horned Blade of Gur Khan.
6. MAIN ENTRANCE HALL. See module for full
description.
7. PILLAR. This pillar is hollow with a shaft leading up
to L1-15(3), and down to LC-5. For the particulars of the
effigy of Zuun, and the mechanisms to open the pillar,
see the module.
8. MAIN TOMB DOOR. The doors are wizard locked
and cursed. Two stone giants stand guard here, and
won’t be moving unless the party messes with the doors.
Stone Giant Guards: HD 9+3, HP 48, AC-3, D 3d6, or
D1d8+8 huge spear, +3 to hit. Hurl rocks D 3d10. These
guards have each a set of boulders ready at their feet.
The orichalcum spear they carry can absorb a level 1
spell cast at them unless the caster rolls 14 or higher on
d20 + spell casting level. If absorbed, the spell is con-
tained within the blade of the spear and can be released
back at a chosen target. Only one spell can be contained
by the spear in such a way.
9. STATUE OF ZUUN. The statue can be pushed to
reveal a passage down to LC-2. See the module for the
specifics of the puzzle.
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10. STABLE BARRACKS. These two rooms (which can
be Rubble searched) are stuffed with bodies and the
undead. Two lizardmen stand guard in front of them
and will release some of their occupants if they spot
intruders nearby.
Lizardmen “motivators” (2): HD 2+1, HP 9, AC 3
shield, D 1d4+2, +1 to hit barbed dart, or D 1d4+2 barbed
whip of orichalcum if the target was not wounded the
previous melee round, otherwise 1d4+4 with the same.
Ogre Slave Zombie (1): HD 4+1, HP 17, D 1d12 wooden club.
Zombies (1-6): HD 2, HP 9, AC 8, D 1d8
Skeletons (2-8): HD 1, HP 5, AC 7, D 1d6
11. QUEEN’S TRICERATOPS AND HOWDAH. The
Triceratops is waiting for the Queen with its conductor.
Stone Giant Conductor: HD 9+3, HP 48, AC-1, D 3d6,
or D 2d4+7 Ivory baton with +2 to hit. Hurls rocks for
3d10 damage.
Triceratops: HD 16, HP 88, AC 2 (head)/6 (body), D
1d8/1d12/1d12. Trample for 2d12.
12. THE KING’S WAR CHARIOT. The war chariot
pulled by two wooly rhinos is waiting along with its crew.
Stone Giants (2): HD 9+3, HP 44, 51, AC-1, D 3d6, or
D 1d8+8 Huge spear with +3 to hit. Giant bow D 1d10.
Hurls rocks for 3d10 damage.
Wooly Rhinoceros (2): HD 10, HP 54, 46, AC 5, D 2d6
horn. Trampling 2d4 per front foot hitting.
Chariot (as a single item): INIT -1, 54, and 46 HP to
stop, AC 5, charge D 4d6x2 at -4 to hit (tight spaces).
The referee could allow a save vs breath weapon for half
damage. Trample D 4d4. Those hit by a charge who
failed their saving throw are trampled. Meanwhile, the
giant that is not holding the reigns of the chariot can
either throw a boulder D 3d10 or impale with a spear at
+3 to hit and D 1d8+8.
13. RHINOCEROS HANDLER. Ogre Handler HD 4+1,
HP 22, AC 4, D 1d12x2 charge. With rhinoceros horn and
hide on his head. D 1-8 “trample” (kicking), otherwise
1d10 bare hands.
Treasure: Mammoth hide worth 800 GP, Tusks (2) worth
900 GP each. Two Pteroceros harnesses worth 500 GP a
piece.
14. STONE SLAB. The slab is heavily decorated (see
module) and trapped with a volley of D 4d4 amber
shards, range 60 ft. Dodging east or west allows a saving
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throw vs breath weapon for half damage. Dodge north
towards the pillar at L2-15 allows a saving throw for
no damage, but with 3-in-6 chances of triggering the
pit trap and falling in - roll d6: (1-5) number of stakes
hitting each for d6 damage, (6) no hit at all. Lifting the
slab reveals a 7-foot wide manhole with a ladder leading
down to LC-11.
15. PILLAR. This pillar is hollow with a shaft leading up
to L1-15(2). For the particulars of the effigy of Zuun, and
the mechanisms to open the pillar, see the module.
16. HONOR GUARD. There seems to be 20 to 30 Stone
giants in this room, but most of them are clay fakes, with
the real stone giants standing immobile among them. If
the giants are left alone, they will not move from their
position.
Stone Giants (7): HD 9+3, HP 44, 51, AC-1, D 3d6, or D
1d8+8 Huge spear with +3 to hit. Giant bow D 1d10. Hurls
rocks for 3d10 damage.
17. ARMORY. The first time around the party will hear a
commotion inside as if dishes fell. Then the doors swing
open, and a hill giant slave zombie tumbles outside with
a huge square blade of iron in its hands, struggling with
a tiny goblin riding his back. “Serve me now creature”
yells the goblin as he stabs the ogre in the neck with a
black dagger over and over. The giant struggles, then
stops dead. “ah, much better”. Lecherous C. Krom now
has control of his ride.
Lecherous C. Krom: HD less than 1, HP 4, AC 1, D 1d4.
Serves the Canon of Ashes from L2-3. Wields the dagger
of Gur Khan. It can be used to control the undead when
it is plunged into its jugular. A successful roll to control
undead using the wielder’s HD instead of an Evil Cleric’s
achieves the result. Lecherous also has a brass skeleton
key which allows the use of the one-way doors at L2-33
and L2-36 both ways.
Hill Giant Slave Zombie: HD 6+1, HP 22, AC
5, D 2d8 fists or boulder, OR swing the sword of
the dead, D 2d4+7, +3 to hit. Protection from Evil/
Good will keep this zombie at bay. Salt, fire, holy
water will damage it. Can be turned as a mummy.
See module for more on the Sword of the Dead.
18. THE KING’S MISTRESS. Two female stone giants
melded together into a single parody of itself. The
Melded Mistress is half-mad.
Melded Mistress: HD 9+3, HP 32, AC -1, D 2d6/2d6
dancing. Throw rocks for D 2d8/2d8.
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Land Urchin, the Pet: INIT -1, HD 3+3, HP 15, AC 2,
Projects 2d6 spines, D 1d2 per spine plus saving throw
vs. poison to avoid being paralyzed for 6 turns. Can re-
lease a 10 ft. radius dark gas that will aid its escape,
if gravely wounded. First will look like a pouf cushion
until the party tries to move it or sit on it.
Treasure: In her apartments, (10) gems worth 50 GP, (5)
worth 100 GP, (1) worth 500 GP, and (1) worth 1,000 GP.
Sculpture of a vase with roses and leaves all forged from
one solid piece of gold for 2,400 GP, a horn of bubbles,
(4) doses of dust of disappearance, a ball of quartz worth
200 GP projecting tiny lights all around the room.
19. THE VALET AND THE JESTER. Procyon is tall
and lean, even for a stone giant. He is the valet of the
King of Aktum. He has stone-like skin covered with
lines of flowing mercury. Kufiss is the opposite, small
covered with runes all over his body, round like Queen
Emeneptra, wearing a flashy metallic-looking turban
around his head, with a golden ring hanging from
his nose. The two of them often argue and are not
particularly eager to fight with a party of intruders. They
will try to get the party to help them get a sense of when
they are, what’s going on in the Tomb and outside, in
the world. Refer to the module and the specifics of both
NPCs. If the players want to fight and loot the room, so
be it – the information is there.
20. STONE STEPS. Two rows of shelves on each side of
the stairs, with 3-feet tall clay figures facing east. The set
on one side is blue, and the other is red. Each used to have
50 figures, but now, because some have been shattered
or damaged over time, there are (26) still operational on
the red team, and (34) on the blue team. One matching
bungle drum set sized for an infant giant or large
human hangs on each side above each set of figures.
These are magical toy soldiers that can be controlled by
the bungle drum, with specific beats and rhythms making
them march, kneel, salute, run, stab, kick and punch. Each
soldier may be worth 50 GP individually, aside from the
lot, but together with the surviving pieces of their set,
they are worth 100 GP a piece as part of the lot.
21 TOMB OF GARN PATUUL. Massive one-way door
leading to area L1-12. Cannot be opened from the other
side.
22. PILLAR. This pillar is hollow with a shaft leading up
to L1-15(1). For the particulars of the effigy of Zuun, and
the mechanisms to open the pillar, see the module.
23. STONE SLAB. The slab is heavily decorated (see
module) and trapped with a volley of D 4d4 amber
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shards, range 60 ft. Allow a saving throw vs breath
weapon for half damage. Lifting the slab reveals a 7-foot
wide manhole with a ladder leading down to LC-14.
24. THE QUEEN’S CHAMBER. If the Queen still
slumbers, she stands on the Dais. If not, she’s gone from
the level at this juncture, along with the procession. A
hidden compartment in the steps of the dais contains
the two Xorn pets of the Queen. The slab hiding the
compartment is trapped with acid for 4d4 damage
initially, save vs. magic for half damage, and 4 additional
damage on each melee round, for three rounds thereafter
(2 points if a save is successful). The pets will still be there,
whether the Queen leaves with the procession or not.
Queen Emeneptra of Aktum: INIT -1, HD 9+3, HP
58, AC -1, D 2d6. Queen Emeneptra’s forms are so vo-
luptuous (she looks like the stone-giant-sized Venus of
Willendorf) that she can roll to crush her opponents – D
4d10 in a straight line, saving throw vs breath weapon
for half damage. She absorbs and negates 2 points of
damage out of every hit against her. She carries rough
jewelry including a shirt made of (240) gems of 50 GP
value each. Emeneptra radiates natural, elemental
pheromones irresistible to stone giants. Even humans
and demi-humans feel it for their partial connection to
the Eurth – and must make a saving throw vs magic in
her presence or feel protective and amenable towards
the Queen of Aktum. Such individuals will try to leave
the Queen alone, give her space whenever possible. If she
rolls towards them, they will not even try to avoid her.
Pebbley and Rosetta, Pet Xorns: INIT -1, HD 3+3,
HP 16, 18, AC 2, D 1d2/1d2/1d2 arms, 4d4 jaw. Both are
miniature Xorns, poodle-sized, for a stone giant. Stone
to flesh and rock to mud raise their AC to 10.
Treasure (also in the compartment with the Xorns): (6)
Ohminid eggs that look like balls of granite. A variety
of stones are kept for their beauty and treated to have a
particular fragrance to them, (20) of them worth 120 GP
each. (6) doses of dust of appearance. A bag of devouring.
A vast shimmering piece of cloth that has been tailored
to vibrate and shift with movements worth 8,000 GP.
Alchemists could use the cloth to create a cloak of
displacement for 4,000 GP. The perfumes mixed with
the acid are flammable. And open flame could trigger
an explosion for D 3d6, save vs breath weapon for half.
The Crown of the Queen is stored here only if the
Queen is present. This is a single piece of celadon marble
dweomered to function as a ring of giant influence,
worth 12,000 GP.
25. THE QUEEN’S GUARD. Once the rooms of the
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queen’s protectors, these areas are now stuffed with
corpses, most of them half-alert and animated. A
couple of Graveworms achieved sentience thanks to the
corruption of Chaos and took over this area. Play them
smart: they will bait the party into ambushes, and the
like. See module for the details.
Dire Graveworms (2): HD 6, HP 26, 33, AC 8, D D
1d4/1d4/1d4 plus bite 4d4; bite is automatic if two tenta-
cles hit first). Each worm w/3d6+6 remains. Produce cone
of carrion for D 1d4/remains expelled, or animate as skel-
etons or zombies. (q.v.) Can be turned as mummies.
Ogre Slave Zombies: HD 4+1, HP 17, D 1d12 wooden club.
Zombies: HD 2, HP 9, AC 8, D 1d8
Skeletons: HD 1, HP 5, AC 7, D 1d6
Treasure: (2) Potions of Haste, (4) Javelins of piercing,
and a mace of forgetfulness +2
26. THE QUEEN’S HAIR CARVER. Access to the Crypts
via stone slab and ladder, down in the main corridor,
between areas LC-17 and LC-20 (see map). Seev Saveed
the Hill Giant Hair Carver will not want a fight. He will
try to petition the party to get more green stuff, more
statues, and faces to study. See the module for all the
details and his stats, if the party chooses to fight him
anyway.
27. THE QUEEN’S HANDMAIDEN. There are (6)
Handmaidens present here when the Queen is around.
Only one (1) remains if the Queen has left the Burial
Vaults.
Stone giant handmaiden: INIT -1, HD 9+3, HP 44,
AC -1, D 1d6/1d6 in melee, slab punch D2d4+8 at 120
ft. range, or mud web, or pebble magic missiles 1d4+1
x 3. Can create walls of 15 HP structural integrity, pass
walls, shape stone. The handmaiden left behind carries
a gem of brightness (23 charges) and an incandescent
blue ioun stone (+1 WIS). If she does not feel threatened,
she might petition the party to be escorted to the top of
the Marmoreal Mound to meet the Norns there.
28. THE QUEEN’S COOKS. Cooks are (6) Undead
Hogres HD 3, HP 16, 15, 14, 12, 10, 10, AC 5, D 1d10+3,
+2 to hit with cooking implements including cleavers,
butcher’s hooks, frying pans, and the like.
Chefs Barn Het and Mot Maw are Hogres, not un-
dead. INIT -1, HD 3, HP 17, 17, AC 1, D 1d10+5 with the
+2 meat spatula, and D 2d4+7 with +2 true iron meat
tweezers. Aprons and hats from the Chefs are worth
1,500 GP, each.
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Treasure: gem grinder is worth 1,000 GP.
A slab on the floor leads to a ladder down to area LC-19.
28A. COLD CHAMBER. Frozen Ohminid (juvenile
Mhole) on a hook here. Bundle in a corner contains (3)
+2 darts of true iron, (4) doses of ash of the supplicants,
a frozen potion of ESP, a figurine of wondrous power
representing Kaycee, a female border collie carved of
intertwined black and white onyx (HD 2-2). An iron door
in the middle of the southern wall leads to a strange ice
cave. There is a White Pudding somewhere beyond, and
it is not friendly. HD 9, HP 48, AC 8, D 7d4 slam. Acid,
cold, and poison do not affect a white pudding. Magic
missiles affect them normally. Lightning bolts and blows
split them into more puddings of a smaller size. White
puddings don’t affect metal but can dissolve flesh and
vegetable matter in a single melee round.
28B. QUARTERS OF THE COOKS. Total mess of
tapestries, stuffed animals (which could possibly animate
via corruption from Chaos), body parts of humanoids
kept here and there for snacks. One such bit is a hand
with a ring still on one of its fingers. A ring of warmth.
Referees might allow a Rubble search too.
29. THE QUEEN’S EUNUCH. This Half-cloud Giant
has been subjected to abuse all his life and projects the
same kind of negative feelings and behavior towards
others now. His pet lion is the only living being he trusts.
Try having the Eunuch either manipulate or appraise the
adventuring party. He will not want to fight outright. If
that fails, then look up his stats and his lion’s stats in the
module.
Treasure: (4) Curtains worth 300 GP each, +2 Gong
shield, Thelessar carries a deep red ioun stone (+1 DEX).
30. PILLAR. This pillar is hollow with a shaft leading up
to L1-8, and down to LC-16. For the particulars of the
effigy of Zuun, and the mechanisms to open the pillar,
see the module.
31. MAIN CORRIDOR. The main artery of the level. Any
NPC or creature can essentially be encountered here.
Staring at the carvings for too long triggers (2) Type II
Shard Golems.
Type II Shard Golem: Hits as 4 HD, HP 10, AC 9, D
1d4/1d4/1d4. The Shard Golem covers a 20’x20’ area.
Opponents within this area take an automatic 1d6 of
slicing damage per melee round spent there. Shard
golems can only be damaged by blunt weapons mundane
and magical, and spells and effects inflicting blunt
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damage, such as ice storm, force, and sonic-based effects
like shockwave*. Fire does not affect Shard Golems, and
electricity inflicts half damage. Other types of weapons
do not affect them whatsoever. When a Shard Golem
Type II reaches 0 HP, it splits into two Type I Golems at
full HP. See Appendix A for more information.
32. PILLAR. This pillar is infested by rats. It is hollow
with a shaft leading up to L1-15(4). For the particulars
of the effigy of Zuun, and the mechanisms to open the
pillar, see the module.
Giant Rats (5-50): HD 1/2, HP 4, AC 7, D 1d3.
33. STONE SPINNER ROOM. This room is essentially
a trap. Read the module description carefully before
running it.
34. CELADON CURVE. This entry sets up the end of the
trials of Zuun. The details of the modules are necessary
here as well.
35. THE CRYPTS. See below.
36. STONE SPINNER ROOM. Same as L2-33.
MAP L3 – THE CRYPTS
1. CHAOS MEMBRANE. Thin “wall” separating the
two corridors coming down from L2-3. This is perhaps
the first apparition of the faces of the Hungry Masks of
the Dead for the PCs. Dialog is suggested in the module
entry.
2. CHAPEL OF THE ESSENCES OF AKTUM. PCs
must make a saving throw versus poison. They are
lethargic (-4 to hit, -2 AC and damage) on a failure and
drowsy (-1 to hit, -1 AC) on a success. A Chaos cicada
(q.v. Appendix A) is hanged its wings tied to the ceiling.
The Elder Cyclops guardian of this Chapel tortures the
cicada with his wooden paddle, to make it beat its wings
and subject the party to another saving throw, vs magic,
to avoid becoming bewildered and forget everything
about their current situation and surroundings for 1d3
melee rounds.
Next melee round, Graveworms start spewing waves of
undead against the party.
Then the Cyclops casts prayer. And then he grabs his
thurible to join in the melee.
Akmonides Trell, Elder Cyclops, Chaplain of the
Essences: HD 5, HP 26, AC 2, D 1d6+7+1d4 Acid, bat-
tle Thurible. Clerical spells memorized (5/4/1): CLW x2,
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command, protection from good, darkness, hold per-
son x2, silence 15’ radius, know alignment, and prayer.
Akmonides wears an amulet of Aktum granting +2
AC, plus other powers described in the module entry.
Graveworms (2): Surprise 3 on d6, HD 2, HP 9, 12, 14,
11, AC 4, D 1d4/1d4/1d4 plus bite 2d6; bite automatic
if two tentacles hit first). Each worm w/2-8 remains.
Produce cone of carrion for D 1d4/remains expelled, or
animate as skeletons or zombies.
3. BLACK OBELISK. This obelisk was once located
at LC-16. It has been moved here and slowly started
sinking into the ground. The magic of the obelisk is
what ultimately gave birth to the evil entity known as
the Hungry Masks of the Dead. See module entry for
more information, including their greater abilities
and the means to defeat them once and for all.
Hungry Masks of the Dead: HD 11, HP 88, AC 5, D 6d4.
Striking the Hungry Masks of the Dead with electricity,
lightning bolt, and the like, divides them into one or
more smaller jellies inflicting half normal damage. They
can coalesce back together after 1d6 turns. Fire affects
the Masks normally, but cold does not affect them
whatsoever. Sonic attacks affect them for half damage,
but they are otherwise impervious to acid and water.
Like the visages they can manifest around this level of
the dungeon, the Masks are vulnerable to holy water for
D 2d4 per vial and bless spells likewise inflict 2d6 damage
to the entity, freeing that many souls trapped within it.
Award a bonus 1,000 XP award if the idea makes it from
using these types of attacks on the membrane of LC-1 or
the walls to using such means on the Masks themselves.
Treasure: Once the Masks have been defeated once and
for all, the Obelisk will shatter and reveal its contents:
(9) Urns containing the ashes of the dead worth 800 GP
unopened. They can be opened following the rules of
the module, but their value falls to 400 GP a piece. (4)
funerary masks of celadon marble each representing one
of the kings of Aktum, each worth 1,200 GP. A clerical
scroll inscribed with lower water, exorcism, neutralize
poison, flame strike and raise dead. (1) potion of stone
giant control. (2) potions of stone giant strength. +3
Arrow of Slaying vs snake-men, dragons, and reptiles.
Celadon turtle of Aktum figurine of wondrous power –
get stats in the module.
The Black Fang of Yllonnoc: This wand has been
swallowed by the Masks of the Dead and was instrumental
in its transformation. It will be freed and left behind when
the Masks are defeated. Legend has it that, combined with
the crystal of the ebon flame, it could form a single votive
sword dedicated to the powers of Evil. The Black Fang is
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an artifact of great power. Its abilities are many, most of
them hidden and mysterious, the perfect opportunity
for further research and adventure.
4. VERTICAL SHAFT. Leads up to area L2-7, and down
into the matter of Chaos. It is located on a little mole
hill surrounded by dried weeds hiding the presence of
pink eggs the size of melons. These are giant shrimp
eggs, about (50) of them, each worth about 120 GP.
They are the prized possession of a Samurai from
Shoko-Jumi who has been transformed by the energies
of Chaos into a hybrid of man and shrimp. Naguro will
want to befriend the party if they accept him, so he
can find a better, more secure place to keep his eggs.
Naguro Masasaki (F7): HD 7, HP 44, AC 2, D 1d6 x4
lamprey heads AND 1d6+10 katana. Ranged 1d6+1/1d6+1,
+2 to hit with longbow and magic arrows. +2 Samurai
suit of armor, Mother-of-Pearl Katana, (12) +1 arrows,
and wears the ring of the silent lake – see module entry
for information on this item.
5. THE SILENT LAKE. A dead adventurer is buried on
the northeastern shore. He still holds a mandolin in his
skeletal hand worth 1,200 GP. When the party comes too
close to the shore the entire subterranean lake will lift
itself up. It is a water elemental creating a wave which, if
not avoided, inflicts D 12d4, with save vs breath weapon
for half damage. Slaying the elemental is a way to deal
with this issue, but in fact, the mandolin is a clue: music
can put the elemental to rest. A Moon shield +1 rests at
the bottom of the lake. Combined with the sun shield of
area H-11 via Vanx’s Mystical Meld, the Sun and Moon
shield becomes +3.
Water Elemental: HD 12, HP 60, AC 2, D 5d6 if mani-
fested on the lake, D 12d4 or 6d4 as a wave. Only affect-
ed by +2 magic weapons or better.
6. GOLDEN AQUARIUM. A seven-foot wide cylinder
of thick translucent glass contains a golden liquid. A
huge sapphire stays stationary inside, at the center
of the cylinder. It is worth 10,000 GP. The inside
of the tube is occupied by a massive ochre jelly. It
takes 20 points of damage to break the glass with
blunt weapons, double that amount by other means.
Ochre Jelly: HD 6, HP 42, AC 8, D 3d4. Ochre jellies
dissolve flesh and split when struck by lightning.
Cold and fire have normal effects on an ochre jelly.
Behind the cylinder and against the face of the rock are
concealed ebonite tools to carve rock and clay, as well
as bricks of green stuff that have never been used, and
a grimoire explaining how to cook celadon marble and
create the green stuff. How to cook it in an athanor, and
create effigies in the process.
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7. CATERPILLARS’ NEST. Bodies and eggs everywhere.
Cadaverous Caterpillars (2-6): HD 3+2, HP 11, 14, AC
6 D 1-3/1-3/1-3/1-3 tentacles, plus saving throw versus
poison on a hit, or the victim is paralyzed. The cadaver-
ous caterpillar can blend in its surroundings, and either
eats or lay eggs inside its victims. 2d4 eggs kill the host
after 1d6+4 days.
8. CHAPEL OF THE MISTS OF AKTUM. Pyrameon
is no longer a Chaplain, but now a Vitiate of Chaos. He
has shed his form as a Cyclops completely and become a
wraith. It is completely dark. The ground of the chapel
is covered with the skins of different humanoids sewn
together by the forces of Chaos. This unnatural horror
will animate as a leather golem and try to engulf the
intruders so the Vitiate can come and drain his victims’
levels.
Leather Golem: Hits as 7 HD, HP 30, AC 8, D 1d6/1d6
leather slaps. Engulfs if both hits are successful. A victim
held inside the leather golem suffocates for 1d4 damage
per melee round. Magical slashing weapons deal full
damage on the outside of the leather golem. Magical
piercing and slashing weapons (which have a point and
cutting edge) are needed to escape a leather golem from
the inside. A hit at -4 to hit on the inside, no penalty on
the outside, dealing at least 6 points of damage will be
enough to slice a hole through the fabric of the golem
to let the victim squeeze through. Cold, sonic, and
electricity spells do not affect the leather golem. Fire
slows it down 50% but makes it release its smothered
victims automatically. Acid inflicts full damage and salt
only half. Water spells heal a leather golem for 3 Hit
Points per spell level.
Pyrameon Paal, Vitiate of the Mists: HD 5+3, HP 28,
AC 4, D 1d6 + energy drain, one level per hit. Wraiths
can only be hit by silver (half damage) or magic weap-
ons (full damage). Powerless in sunlight. Wears a Supe-
rior Amulet of Aktum (+4 AC) which also functions as
an Amulet of life protection. See module for a full list
of abilities.
9. CORAL LAKE. This area is where the party meets the
Mhole M’khepot, who may be a key ally in defeating the
Masks of the Dead. It requires careful reading from the
referee and can’t be summarized on a cheat sheet.
10. CLEANING CREW. Four-foot-tall pillar of granite
with three effigies made out of green stuff against the
circular wall of the chamber. The effigies look like
stone giants in full combat gear, but with humanoid
proportions. These are some of the effigies animated by
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the Chaplains of Ashes when they concentrate on their
amulets and break up fights between slaves and undead
in their service.
Statues of Green Stuff (3): HD 5, HP 20, AC 8, D
1d6/1d6. Creatures made out of green stuff take full
damage from blunt weapons, and only half damage
from other types, unless magical. See module entry for
more information.
A dwarf lied petrified at the foot of the pillar, turned to
stone before his body somehow was move or sank into
the mud. Inside the bag lies the head of a medusa on its
last stretch of unnatural life. It can still turn targets to
stone up to three times (save vs petrification or be turned
to stone in a 30 ft. radius looking at the head). Make sure
to read the module entry if someone has the idea to use
stone to flesh on the dwarf (Iyoga) and revive him. He
wears a +2 leather armor, a necklace of adaptation is
armed with a short bow and (6) +1 arrows, as well as a +2
club he calls “skull crusher.”
11. CHAPEL OF THE BLADES OF AKTUM. The stairs
going down into the chamber have turned completely
black. When the party enters the whole area is plunged
into a darkness 15’ radius spell.
A funeral chant rises in the darkness as Argan casts
prayer next, and a group of 2d4 zombies blitzes up the
stairs to contain the party.
In round 2, Argan intends to cast a Silence 15’ radius
leaving him and Kargan just out of the zone of effect.
They are both levitating above the alcoves, by the ceiling.
Kargan will cast lightning bolt for D 5d6 at the party.
In round 3, they will both start to attack with their
thuribles, hoping to hit and pull victims up in the air next
round to stab them, while at the same time their Vitiated
shadows try to chill touch and drain the victims’ strength.
For more information on these tactics, see the module entry.
Argan and Kargan Khas, Vitiates of the Blades: HD
5, HP 22, 24, AC 2, D 1d6+7, Battle thurible. If thurible
hits, D 1d4+7 with a +7 to hit on the next melee round,
as the cyclops pulls the chain to project its victim in the
air and stab it with an iron dagger. An Elder Cyclops
can cast spells as a 5th level Magic-User or Cleric. Cleri-
cal spells memorized by Argan (5/4/1): cure light wounds
x3, protection from good, darkness, hold person x2, si-
lence 15’ radius, know alignment, prayer. Magic-User
spells memorized by Kargan (4/2/1): Magic Missile x2,
sleep, enlarge, shockwave, mirror image, lightning bolt.
Kargan owns a scroll containing the spells fly x2 (orig-
inally fly x4). Both of them carry an amulet of Aktum.
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Twin Vitiated Shadows: HD 3+3, HP 11, 12, AC 7, D
1d4+ 1 STR, Chill Touch. Shadows can only be hit by
weapons +1 or better. Drained Strength regained 2d4
turns after being touched. When the shadow is inside
the body of its host, it takes the same damage as its host
does. Only when it is apart from its host can it benefit
from the full protection of its insubstantiality.
12. SALT CAVE. Constellated with salt crystals, this
area is hard to navigate and requires dexterity checks to
avoid cuts. At the end of the tunnel on a natural alter
made of salt lies the White Fyre Opal, which drains
water out of everything and creates salt formations
around it. Characters with less than their max HP will
take D 1d4 per melee round within 10 ft. of the Opal.
It is served by Ren, the Salt-plated warrior. Ren is not
intent on fighting. What he wants is to be reunited with
his soul contained within an amulet of Aktum, to be able
to finally lay and die. The amulet has the Vitiate of the
Mists, at LC-8. From here, assuming the party doesn’t
fight Ren outright, referees are advised to look back at
the entry in the module.
13. SHIMMERING LAKE. A large mostly flooded cavern
with a lot of insect life under the waterline. This is
just the edge of the Leech Hive Mind who lairs in this
area, a semi-sentient conglomerate of worms, insects,
maggots, flies, and leeches. The Hive Mind cannot be
fought one on one by conventional means. It has to be
destroyed by area spells. If hit by an area spell for 8 points
of damage or more, the entire portion of the creature
affected by the area will be destroyed instantaneously.
Likewise, flaming oil can destroy entire patches of the
Hive Mind. See the module for the exact proportions of
the creature, but the idea is to cover the entire area it
occupies in a very short amount of time with multiple
area effects, magical and otherwise, to destroy it without
leaving it the chance to regenerate and grow again.
Treasure: a body with greaves of stability. Another one
deeper into the muck with a +1 breastplate, (2) scrolls in
a metallic tube. One with dispel magic, Threon’s elliptic
throw*, cure critical wounds and heal, the other with
continual light, exorcise, detect lie and insect plague.
This warrior-priest still carries the Ivory Rod of Smiting,
a legendary weapon. See module entry for its abilities.
14. CHAPEL OF THE GRAVES OF AKTUM. There is no
corruption of Chaos in this chamber. Brontes Patuul, the
Chaplain of the Graves and guardian of the memory of
the last king Garn Patuul, will want to appraise the party
at first. If they are grave robbers he will fight them, if they
are instead concerned about the corruption of Chaos
and want to end it, he will ask to fight them in a friendly
duel to test their mettle. Regardless of the outcome, at
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some point during the fight Brontes will be attacked by a
mane and “seeded” with corruption, becoming a Vitiate
in front of the players’ eyes.
Brontes Patuul, Chaplain of the Graves: HD 5, HP
28, AC 2, D 1d4+10 Ghost Hammer of Aktum. Bron-
tes memorizes magic-user spells (4/2/1): magic missile,
enlarge, spider climb, feather fall, web, invisibility, and
haste. He wears an amulet of Aktum and fights with the
Ghost Hammer of Aktum, a formidable weapon akin to
a Hammer of Thunderbolts. See the module entry for its
description.
15. LAIR OF THE CRIMSON WORM. A huge crimson
worm lairs here, along with about (40) young worms
that can easily be popped with an open flame. The
elves like to eat them as luxury. They are worth 400
GP each, to them, but they are extremely fragile. A
corpse in the area carries a wand of lightning with 10
charges, an entomologist potion releasing a 20’x20’
sleep spell when opened, with the cloud lingering for
1d4 turns, and an entomologist’s net +4 to catch insects,
little frogs, birds, and small animals of that nature.
Crimson Red Worm: HD 9, HP 46, AC 4, D 2-12 bite.
When prey is bitten by the Crimson Red Worm, it rips
apart the victim’s armor, reducing its AC value by 1-6.
This secondary damage only affects the armor worn,
with the armor destroyed if the defense it provided is
reduced to zero (0). When the armor is gone, the red
worm burrows inside the rib cage of the victim on the
next round and lays eggs inside it, a procedure which
is fatal in two weeks, reduces the STR and CON of
the victim by 1 point per week, no saving throw, and
ultimately kills the host after two weeks (saving throw vs.
death after the second week, success means the victim
survives for now but loses yet another point of STR and
CON; failure means the eggs hatch and the victim dies).
Slow poison is completely ineffective. Neutralize poison
will stop the loss of points of STR and CON and must
be followed by a heal or restoration spell to completely
flush the infection out.
16. CRUCIBLE OF FAILURE. The shaft in this area is
opened to the substance of Chaos below and reaches up
to L2-30 above. After many conflicts, this area is mostly
barren, with packed mud, bones here and there, and the
occasional corpse or pothole sticking out. A dozen life-
sized statues of green stuff are stored here, and radiate
magic. Heat and open flames will animate 1d3 of them.
Statues of Green Stuff (1d3): HD 5, HP 20, AC 8, D
1d6/1d6. Creatures made out of green stuff take full
damage from blunt weapons, and only half damage
from other types, unless magical. See module entry for
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more information. See module description for more
information.
Treasure: A dozen bricks of green stuff that
has never been used, similar to those at LC-6.
If combat becomes too destructive with area spells and
the like, (2) guardian effigies might animate from the
surface of the caskets in the alcove to break the fight out.
Guardian Effigies (2): Hits as 6 HD, HP 30, AC 8, D
1d10/1d10 blunt stone fists. Guardian effigies take half
damage from mundane blunt weapons, full damage
from magical blunt weapons, and half damage from
other types of magical weapons, are impervious to most
forms of magic, but vulnerable to move earth spells,
which will shatter them. Other earth-affecting spells,
like stone shape, rock to mud, etc. can damage them for
1d6 per spell level, and stone to flesh makes a limestone
golem completely vulnerable to all forms of attack in-
cluding magic.
17. LAIR OF SLUGS. The ground of this area is very
treacherous, a mix of gravel, shards of bone, spit of slugs,
and mud. (6) small, (3) medium and (1) large horned slugs
are nesting in this area. The biggest threat however is the
giant slug on the ceiling of the cave.
Horned Slugs: HD 2, HP 8, AC 8, D 2d4 acid spit with-
in 40 ft. If a Horned slug has a clear path of 60 plus
feet in front of a space it has spitted on, it can slide and
zoom up to 240 ft. to slam against a victim, horns first,
for D 2d4x2. A small version is 1 HD, MV 30 ft., 180 ft.
zoom, D 2d3x2. The large version is 4 HD, MV 60 ft.,
300 ft. zoom, D 4d4x2. Horned slugs take half damage
from blunt weapons and are vulnerable to salt: salted
water and saline solutions sprayed on a slug will inflict
D 2d4 with splash 10 feet around for 1d3 damage to oth-
er creatures vulnerable to salt if any.
Giant Slug: HD 12, HP 64, AC 8, D 1d12. Can spit at 60
ft. range with 50% of hitting a target, +10% with every
10 ft. closer to target, and -10% for every 10 ft. over 60.
The first spit is almost always a miss, with only a 10%
chance of hitting regardless of range. Then further spit
attacks use those established probabilities. Giant slugs
are unaffected by blunt weapons.
Treasure: The corpse of a magic-user has been sealed in
the muck. He still carries (2) scrolls, one with shockwave*,
ice storm, and stone to flesh x2. The other with blink,
confusion, waterfall*, and cloudkill. His hands still wear
a ring of protection +2 and a ring of free action.
18. FUNGI MEN. (12) Orchidean drones tend to the
molds and vines growing on the north-western wall
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of this cavern. They are under the protection of the
Vitiate of the Flame, who keeps the undead at bay. If a
fight occurs here and more than half the drones die, the
rest will be willing to parley. See Appendix A for a full
description of the Orchidean drones.
Orchidean Drones: HD 3, HP 12, AC 6, D 1d4/1d4
root tentacles. Orchidean drones look like sporesacks
the size of a human torso moving on tiny root-like
tentacles topped with vivid flowers reminiscent of or-
chids the size of a human head. The drones emit clouds
of brightly colored pollen which can be imbued with
magic and have a variety of effects depending on the
maturity, mood, and color of the pollen projected. The
drones of this area are fairly young, spreading quickly
through these parts, but they have accumulated enough
energy to be able to produce effects such as magic mis-
sile (white vapor), charm person (green cloud), or sleep
(blue) every melee round, ray of enfeeblement (indigo),
scare (red) or stinking cloud ( yellow) once every other
round, and slow (violet) or hold person (orange) every
three melee rounds.
Treasure: the bulbs of the drones are valuable to
alchemists (400 GP each). The molds and vines of the
NW wall hide several corpses. If the drones make peace
with the party they will let them take their pick. (1) potion
of climbing, (2) potions of extra healing, (1) potion of fire
resistance, and a poison that feels and looks like a potion
of polymorph self. There is also a ring of invisibility and
some gauntlets of ogre power.
19. CHAPEL OF THE FLAME OF AKTUM. Though the
steps leading down the chapel are black as night, the chapel
itself is well illuminated, with bright torches burning
between the urns and alcoves. Steropes, the Vitiate of
the Flame, waits for the party at the bottom of the stairs.
As they approach, he will suddenly set himself on fire
and duplicate himself into several identical bodies, all of
them aflame. (Steropes cast mirror image on himself, and
then calls on multiple cremated remains to join the fray.
Determine how many doubles are created, then describe
how Steropes duplicates again before their very eyes, the
new doubles running up the stairs to meet them). As the
party faces the cremated remains they think are doubles
of the Vitiate, Steropes will first cast magic missile,
then if he is still free from melee, he might cast hold
person on a magic-user or other particularly threatening
character. He will keep his last magic missile for a
wounded MU, and will not cast fireball until the very end.
Cremated Remains: HD 3, HP 12, AC 8, D 1d6/1d6 hands
on fire, plus 1d4 residual damage on the next melee
round on a hit. Skeleton with vestigial organs that burst
on fire and make the whole undead burn of orange light.
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When the cremated remains are reduced to 0 hit points
they explode for 2d4 damage in a 10-foot radius, saving
throw versus breath weapon for half damage.
Steropes Kraat, Vitiate of the Flame: HD 5, HP 26,
AC 2, D 1d6+7+1d6 flaming, battle thurible. Thurible.
Targets must make a saving throw vs magic or be set on
fire for 1d6 damage per melee round until extinguished
(takes a melee round to stop the flames from propa-
gating). Magic-User spells memorized (4/2/1): magic
missile x2, hold person, mirror image, fireball. Steropes
wears an amulet of Aktum.
Vitiated Shadow of Flame: HD 3+3, HP 11, 12, AC 7,
D 1d4+ 1 STR, Chill Touch. Shadows can only be hit
by weapons +1 or better. Drained Strength regained 2d4
turns after being touched. When the shadow is inside
the body of its host, it takes the same damage as its host
does. Only when it is apart from its host can it benefit
from the full protection of its insubstantiality.
20. LAIR OF THE OCTOFISH. (2) Mature octofish
and their young nest in this area. Young octofish
will drop from the ceiling on the characters in
the front line. The mature specimens will stay
back and let their young feed, unless they become
endangered, in which case the parents will push the
intruders back away from their nest, and not follow.
The Octofish do not like fire. They will try to keep away
from pyrotechnics, and characters can use their own
level wielding torches to repel octofish like a cleric would
the undead.
Octofish, young (9): HD 4, HP 16, AC 8, D 1 point of
damage per tentacle hitting (x8). If at
least one tentacle hits, the target must make an
immediate saving throw vs poison, with a -1 penalty on
the die per tentacle that just hit, or be paralyzed for one
full turn. If the victim succeeds and is not paralyzed, she
will have the opportunity to make one attack, with a -1
penalty on the die per tentacle that previously hit, to
escape the octofish’s grasp. If this fails, the octofish then
attacks with a +1 modifier on the dice per tentacle that
hit previously; if the attack hits, the victim is brought
to the octofish’s mouth and bitten for 2-8 damage. The
victim makes another saving throw each following
round to avoid paralyzation, and may attack again to
break free if the saving throw succeeds. A failure means
an automatic bite. The procedure is repeated until the
victim is paralyzed, frees itself, or dies.
Octofish, mature (2): HD 6, HP 38, 32, AC 6, 1d3 per
tentacle hitting (x8). The same procedures apply to the
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mature specimen as described above, except the bite
damage is 4-16 instead.
Treasure: the petrified body of a Mynch (green-skinned
little people with long ears) is half-buried in the mud. He
wears bracers of defense AC 4, potions of diminution,
climbing, and ESP, as well as an iron flask. A scroll in a
sealed bone tube is inscribed with enlarge, protection
from evil, fool’s gold, and invisibility 10’ radius. The
Mynch holds a short sword and a dagger in his hands.
They are Bear and Taurc, magic blades fully described in
the module, as well as the story of the Mynch and how
he got there.
21. EVER-COLLAPSING CHAMBER. The ceiling and
stalactites of this cave collapse for 3d6 damage, saving
throw vs. breath weapon for half damage. Then, after all
living creatures leave the area, it resets 1d6 melee rounds
later, ready to collapse again, unless people go through
this area by walking backward.
22. GIANT STONE FACE. This area swarms with rats
and wererats. On a lonely island in the middle of the
underground lake likes a stone giant’s head. This is the
head the Ada-Maku of H-19 have been searching for (and
it weighs seven to 8 tons in its current condition). The
stench is horrible save vs poison, -2 on a hit and damage
on a successful saving throw.
Giant Rats (250+): HD 1/2, HP 4, AC 7, D 1d3. This
entirely chaotic mass of rats will sometimes move like
a giant wave possessed by the hunger of an utterly im-
moral and insatiable hive mind. It then becomes raven-
ous, and unstoppable.
Wererats (12): HD 3+1, HP 13, AC 6, D 1d8. Only hit by
silver or +1 magical weapons and better. Victims losing
bitten over 50% of their max HP are infected with the
disease of lycanthropy. Consider there are four (4) wer-
erats always present in this room, but never the same.
Thrice-headed Green Rat: HD 5, HP 41, AC 4, D
1d4/1d4/1d8/1d8/1d8, claw, claw, bite x3. 15% chance
of infection with a serious disease with each bite of the
thrice-headed rat.
23. PRISMATIC FOUNTAIN. Seven-foot wide well with
an impressive abstract sculpture of celadon marble on
top of it, like fantastic fish, octopus, and other marine
creatures all mix together and are trying to break free
from a single amorphous mass. A single black curved
blade seems to have stabbed the sculpture to the guard.
Pulling it out requires a bend bars/lift gate roll, but
multiple characters can team up to make it happen. If
the blade is taken out of the sculpture, it turns into liquid
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marble, the same as if a transmute rock to mud would
have been cast on it (same effect). A melee round later
an eldritch centimanus emerges from the liquid. The
fountain can be stopped with a transmute mud to rock
spell, or by stabbing it with the magical khopesh. If the
fountain is left bubbling, it will spring more creatures
of Chaos, see module entry for more information.
Eldritch Centimanus: HD 6, HP 28, AC 4, D
1d6/1d6/1d6/1d6 fist. If one fist hits, roll another fist to
hit for D 1-6, and again if this second fist hits, and then
again, until a fist attack fails. The eldritch centimanus is
a creature entirely made of arms and heads. It is deadly
unless it is kept at a reasonable distance. Legends say it
has fifty heads on the top and its back, with a hundred
arms forming the rest of its mass. It is hard to ascertain,
but for the fact that once the centimanus is in contact,
it can be very deadly, very fast, especially to those who
are not properly protected. Each attack to hit with a
fist simulates many more, softer slams in the interval.
Treasure: The magic khopesh is the Watcher, an
intelligent weapon described in the module’s entry.
24. POLISHED MARBLE CAVE. The entire western
wall is polished like a mirror of pristine green marble.
Touching the surface reveals one can walk through, and
reach the underground level of the Tower at area E-9.
The rats and wererats of LC-22 use this place to come
and go from the surface. They are now allied to the Red
Apes of Iyon, who have sent a few of their number here
to keep the gate open.
Red Apes of Iyon (7): HD 3, HP 12, AC 6, Leaping
charge D 2d6 +3 (+3 to hit), or net D 0 (immobilized), or
1d6+2/1d6+2 slamming fists on a land charge (+2 to hit
on both attacks), or 1d6/1d6 fists in regular melee.
25. CATERPILLARS’ NEST. A scroll can be found in the
mess of eggs, corpses, and rubble. It is in a wooden tube
and inscribed with knock, water blast*, fly, and improved
shockwave*. There are also (6) gems worth 100 GP and
(4) worth 500 GP.
Cadaverous Caterpillars (2-8): HD 3+2, HP 11, 14, AC
6 D 1-3/1-3/1-3/1-3 tentacles, plus saving throw versus
poison on a hit, or the victim is paralyzed. The cadaver-
ous caterpillar can blend in its surroundings, and either
eats or lay eggs inside its victims. 2d4 eggs kill the host
after 1d6+4 days.
26. CLEANING CREW AND FOUNTAIN CREATURES.
Creatures and humanoids made out of green stuff are
stored here, on the two opposite sides of this cave. Three
are made to resemble stone giants in full gear and are
located around an unlit lantern by the northern wall.
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When the Chaplains want to break up fights or restore

order in the population of slaves and servants of Aktum,
they can just use their amulets to light lanterns like these
from a distance, and the heat will animate the statues of
green stuff to do their bidding.

Approaching these statues with torches and other heat

sources will animate them.

Statues of Green Stuff (3): HD 5, HP 20, AC 8, D

1d6/1d6. Creatures made out of green stuff take full
damage from blunt weapons, and only half damage
from other types, unless magical. See module entry for
more information.

The other group of green stuff on the other hand is kept

really cold for some reason. These statues look more
ancient, with representations of snake men, simian
pre-humans, and the like. Searching the area will show
the cold comes from the ground. Digging will reveal
the presence of an iron box, and inside (protected by a
needle trap), the party may find the Blue Fyre Opal, an
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APPENDIX E – THE ANCIENT TEMPLE
TEMPLATE MAP
This appendix introduces an unkeyed map for referees
to place wherever they want in the campaign and do
with it as they will. Though entitled “Ancient Temple,
this map may be used in the module in several different
places, or as a completely different location than the
ones described therein.
This map is provided as a template, to save some time,
and maybe improvise locations during the course of play.
Referees should feel free to only use a section of the map
or to add onto what is already being described, at will.
Part of this campaign starter’s intent is to give a lot of
freedom to the referee and give tools to be used in a wide
variety of ways, and it seemed appropriate to include a
generic map in the appendices of the main module.
The numbered locations on this map are only provided
for ease of reference and development in the campaign.
It does not mean that all these locations should have
something interesting or relevant to the game going on
for the map to work.
SECTIONS OF THE MAP
Some sections of this map were built with a specific
theme or idea in mind, which may be subverted at will by
the referee’s design. We usually wouldn’t want to detail
our original concepts and stop your imagination from
doing what it does best. For the sake of structure and a
starting point, it can be helpful here.
Areas 1-11: Meant as one of the main entrances of the
complex (entrance A) leading to areas that might have
visitors and diplomats talking with the inhabitants of
the dungeon level. Areas 1 and 2 are vestibules and entry
halls. Area 4 is a meeting room or dining room with a
long table. The rooms labeled 10 could be guest rooms.
Area 11 in particular is intended as a sort of arena fed on
both sides by the temple area (see below) and the living
quarters area on the other side. Visitors are watching
from the balconies on both sides, north and south, of
the arena.
Areas 12-25: These are meant to be work areas for the
inhabitants of the dungeon. Rooms are unique and
probably each with some designated purpose. An exit at
B makes back and forths to and from the surface a non-
issue when needing supplies, help, and the like. Area 13
may be used to dispose of refuse or access lower areas.
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Areas 26-27: These two rooms are oddities, and
presuppose, much like the stairs at 37, that the level
is much older than its current inhabitants, and some
sections of the original design have collapsed. Both of
these sections would have to be detected, or scried in
some fashion, or revealed by NPCs and handouts, for
the player characters to know of their existence. Then
it’s a matter of looking at them by magical means to
be able to teleport or dimension door into these areas.
Whatever treasure lies there must be very rewarding. 26
has a secret room on top of being cut from the rest of the
dungeon, and 27 implies that the area is either partially
or entirely underwater. Make of this what you will.
Areas 28-37: These are meant to be more detaining
areas, with a huge staircase that collapsed to bring in
the prisoners, the holding cells around and below in
area 33, the murder holes looking into this area from the
corridor leading to 32. The slanting passage at 36 might
lead to the surface, and 35 to a mining operation below.
And when the prisoners are no longer useful, they can be
taken further east and used as fodder in the arena 11, or
sacrificed in some ritual at 43.
Areas 38-50: This section has more of a magical bent
to it. Areas 41 and 42 feel like succeeding antechambers
ultimately leading to 43, which could be a shrine, a
sacrificial area, or some magical study. The passage down
to 40 could lead to more sinister areas linked to whoever
is the patron of this place. Area 50 could be a temple, a
scrying area, the meeting place with the local oracle, or a
charlatan driving this place.
Areas 51-62: This section, with multiple rooms labeled
with the same number, like 57, makes me think of
dormitories and resting areas for the people controlling
this whole level. 60 seems to be a private shrine or
commemorating place, perhaps to the founder of a
group, or the place itself? The traps are few, which allows
the people walking around to relax.
ENTRANCES AND EXITS
These are marked by letters on the map. A, B, and C
are links to the surface, though the fact they are each
going “up” does not mean they ultimately end at the
same level. Likewise, with D, E, and F. D and E might be
leading to the very same area, or just cross one another,
separated by a wall, and lead to completely different
levels underneath.
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VERSATILE AND REUSABLE
This map can absolutely be used within the same
campaign for different locations without your players
knowing better. From there you can rule that this is just a
fluke, and you retool the level to feel a little bit different,
cut some parts, add your sub-level here and there. Or this
dungeon level has somehow been built multiple times by
different people over time, and the question of why that
is might become an interesting mystery to investigate, in
and of itself.
Let’s say we use this map instead of the Temple of
Iyorthar at E-8, with area A/1 standing for the entrance,
49 being the corridor with the bundled amber mummies,
and 50 the room with the avatar of Iyorthar behind the
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trapped wizard locked doors. Then we use this map
again at a later point in the campaign to simulate the
levels under the Ancient Fort of Besifalus at H-7. We
could just brush off the fact that the levels are the same,
but what if they actually ARE that similar in the game
world? Why? Did the cultists of Iyorthar copy their
designs from the ancient Dwarves, centuries apart? Or
did one, or both places change, magically and otherwise,
over time? These are interesting questions that fit the
theme of parallel dimensions, the shades of the Eurth,
and could be interesting to explore in the game.
In any case, this map is here for referees to use and abuse.
Please make of it what you will. Thank you for supporting
GP Adventures, this fantasy world, and product.
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