Appendix V
APPENDIX V: QUESTS AND CAMPAIGNS
After the Expedition
Once the Heroes and their
Henchmen all leave a Dungeon
(whether via the stairs, or feet first),
the expedition is over.
If the Young Gods smiled on
them during their last expedition,
the Heroes may have found
treasure, and maybe even magic
items.
They will have a chance to rest
and recuperate before the next
expedition.
To represent the time spent
between expeditions, play through
the following sequence:
1. Discard unused dungeon
counters.
2. Recover Characteristic Pools.
3. Gain Charisma, Fate,
Experience, and Glory for
recovered Quest Treasures.
4. Divide up other treasure.
5. Pay Henchmen and cost of
living expenses.
6. Roll for random events.
7. Resolve Settlement Services.
8. Embark on next expedition.
1. Discard Dungeon Counters
Any Dungeon Counters the GM
did not spend are now lost.
Quest Effects Table
Last Expedition Number Starting
Fate
Equals Danger minus two or less
Equals Danger minus one
Equals the Danger
Equals Danger plus one
Equals Danger plus two or more
2. Recover Point Pools
Heroes and Henchmen recover
any Faith Points spent during the
expedition.
They also remove all Damage
they have suffered and all spent
Destiny.
Other conditions such as Injuries,
Strength Loss and Disease, remain
for now.
3. Quest Rewards
If the Heroes completed their
Quest, their Fate Points may
increase - a reward from the Young
Gods for their victory.
Further, as they benefit from your
experiences and increased renown,
their Charisma, Experience and
Glory will increase too!
The increases you receive
depend on how many Expeditions it
took the Heroes to complete the
Quest. Consult the Quest Effects
Table below, and award the
indicated number of Fate Points
and other adjustments.
Example: The Heroes have
completed a Quest with a Danger
of four. They took five Expeditions
to do this. This is the danger plus
one. The heroes increase their
Glory by two and Experience and
Charisma by one apiece.
Glory Experience Charisma
+2 +2 +1 +2
+1 +2 +1 +2
+1 +2 +1 +1
+0 +2 +1 +1
+0 +1 +1 +0
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4. Divide Up Treasure
The players can now divide up
the other treasure recovered from
the dungeon as they see fit.
Treasures may be allocated as
the players see fit - if they cannot
agree who should get what, they
should each roll a dice, with the
highest having first choice.
It is a good idea to divide Gold
crowns equally, subject to the limits
of how much money each figure
may carry.
Note that once the gold crowns
are shared out, each Hero can do
with his share as they please,
including loaning or gifting it to
other players.
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5. Cost of Living
Next the players must pay their
cost of living expenses for both
themselves and their Henchmen,
as detailed on the Cost of Living
Table.
Costs of Living
Item Cost
Living cost (per Glory times
expedition) 5GC
Pay Henchmen Glory times
(per expedition) 5GC
Cost of living has priority over all
other transactions. Players who
cannot afford to pay their cost of
living must record the amount they
haven't paid on their character
sheet, and pay off any debts as
soon as they possibly can, before
making any kind of purchase.
If any of a Hero’s Henchmen are
not paid, all Henchmen will leave
that Hero's employ, and they will
lose one point of Charisma.
You may also choose to dismiss
Henchmen after you have paid
them, at which point they will leave
your service. You will not need to
pay them any further money, but
you will not suffer a penalty to your
Charisma.
Either way, Henchmen leaving
your service will leave with any and
all Equipment they carry.
Note that the funds may be paid
from Gold crowns carried by
Heroes and their Henchmen only.
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6. Random Events
Each player two dice and refers random event is rolled, its effects
to the Random Events Table. If a must be resolved immediately.

Random Events Table

2D12 Random Event
2 Frustrated followers: One of your Henchmen is frustrated at their lack of
personal progress. For each Henchmen you employ roll 1D12 against their
Experience. Each Henchmen who rolls equal to or less than their Experience is
fine. One random Henchmen from the rest takes their pay and then leaves your
employ.
3 Opportunity: You meet an old friend who has a gift for you. Count your
Resources as one point higher for the next Expedition.
4 Illness: You are struck by an illness. Your Hero counts as having been affected
by the Cause Disease Ability.
5 Hurt: A nagging reminder of the previous expedition is causing you pain. Roll 2
Damage Dice against your Hero, you will then start the next expedition with
Damage.
6 Trouble with the Law: If you or your Henchmen are carrying Alchemical Fire,
the local Watch takes exception to the Fire Risk. You must pay 5GC fine for
each flask, and the flasks are confiscated.
7 Gratitude: The locals have collected 25GC in thanks for the monsters you have
killed so far.
8 Tithe: You must pay 10% (round up) of all money you have banked with a
Moneylender as a tithe to the City Fathers.
9 Replace Weapons: You have found one of your weapons to be irreparably
damaged. You must discard your most expensive Mundane Weapon. If all your
weapons are magical, treat this as a roll of Jealous Ruler instead.
10 Repair Armour: You have found some of your armour is damaged. You must
pay half the cost of your Mundane Suit of Armour (if any) to repair it. if you
cannot, it must be discarded. If your armour is magical, treat this as a roll of
Jealous Ruler instead.
11-12 Robbery! All money and Equipment you have left in lodgings during the last
expedition is stolen.
13 Quiet Visit: No event.
14-15 Pickpocket! You lose 25% (round down) of the cash you and your Henchmen
carry (i.e. not in lodgings or banked).
16 Henchman Retires: A random one of your paid Henchmen takes their pay and
retires as if you had dismissed them.
17 Debt of Honour: A Henchman offers his service to your Hero. Hire one
Henchman for free. You may not use any Paths that increase Glory or
Experience when creating this Henchman. You still pay for that Henchman at the
end of the Quest.
18-19 Risk Money: All Henchmen in your employ demand an immediate risk bonus.
This is equal to 5GC times their Glory, plus a further 5GC times their Glory for
each of your Henchman who died on the last expedition. Each Henchman who is
not so paid quits your service. If any quit, you reduce your Charisma by one.
20 Jealous Ruler: The city’s ruler demands a “gift” of a random magic item from
you. You cannot refuse, unless you have no item to give.
21 The Price of Glory: Increase your Glory by two.
22 Map for Sale: You are offered a Treasure Map for sale at a cost of 200GC. If
you purchase it, generate a Treasure Map from the Treasure section.
23-24 Sworn Vengeance: Your last visit cost the forces of darkness dearly and they
resolve to be better prepared next time. The GM may start the next Dungeon
with an extra Dungeon Counter.

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7. Settlement Services Moneylenders and Wills

The Heroes may now spend gold Heroes cannot carry large
crowns on Training, Healing, amounts of money with them (no
Equipment, hiring Hnew more than 250 gold crowns per
Henchmen, and engaging a Hero and Henchman), so they'll
Moneylender. If you do any of this, have to find somewhere safe to
remember to modify your character store any money they don't spend
sheet appropriately. between expeditions.
Moneylender Costs
Healing Item Cost
A Hero can visit a physician Moneylender Fee 5 GC
between expeditions and have their (per expedition)
ailments cured. Healers aren't Make or alter will 25 GC
cheap, but they are very useful: a Execute Will 20 GC
Healer is able to remove diseases, They can take the money to a
restore limbs that have been moneylender who will bank their
injured, and restore lost Strength. spare cash for a small fee of five
Heroes can similarly visit a gold crowns paid after every
Herbalist to purchase Healing expedition; the drawbacks are the
Herbs, an Alchemist to buy Healing potential to be charged tithes and
Potions, and even temples to have the fact that the money isn't so
the dead resurrected! easy to get to if a Hero dies.
Money belonging to a dead Hero,
The Healer if it's banked with a moneylender,
Item Cost Effect may only be accessed by other
Recover Charisma Recover one Heroes if the dead Hero has made
Strength times point of Strength a will.
10 GC lost to Strength A will names one or more of the
Drain.
Hero's companions who will receive
Cure Charisma Removes the
Disease times effects of any money he has banked with a
25 GC Disease. moneylender upon his death - if the
Mend Injury Charisma Removes the other Heroes are dead too, the
times effects of one fortunate moneylender gets to keep
50 GC injury. the Hero's cash.
Resurrect Charisma Brings a dead A fee of 20 gold crowns is levied
Dead times Hero or on executing a will, so if the Hero
250 GC Henchman back
to life. You must had less than 20 crowns their
have the original companions get nothing.
body to do this!
Healing 20 GC Heal 4 Damage New Heroes
Herbs with appropriate Should any of the Heroes have
Action. Avoid been killed on the last trip, players
certain Hazard can bring in new ones.
effects.
Obviously, these new Heroes
Healing 75 GC Heal all Damage
Potion without an Action. have none of the treasure,
Avoid certain weapons or armour of the lost
Hazard effects. Hero. They start from scratch
(unless loaned cash or equipment
by other players).

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Training
Between expeditions Heroes and Training 2: To increase a
Henchmen may improve their Characteristic by one, put a “+1” in the
Training 2 box on the Character Sheet.
capabilities through Training.
Each Characteristic may only be subject
Each Hero and each Henchman to Training 2 once. Also increase your
may only train once after each Experience by one.
Expedition. Heroes pay the GC Training 3: To increase a
costs for training their Henchmen. Characteristic by one, put a “+1” in the
To train, the Hero chooses one of Training 3 box on the Character Sheet.
these items and pays the listed Each Characteristic may only be subject
to Training 3 once. Also increase your
cost in Gold Crowns.
Experience and Glory by one each.
If this is a multiplier of a Value Heroes only.
Pool, use the Value Pool as it Wounds: Simply increase your
stands before the Training. Wounds, Glory, and experience values
Training by one.
Fate: Simply increase your Fate and
Training

Experience
GC Cost

Glory values by one. Heroes only.

Gained

Gained
Item

Glory

Resources: Simply increase your

Resources and Glory values by one.
Heroes only.
Skill: Each Skill on the read of the
Training 1 200 0 1 Hero’s Character Sheet lists it’s own
Training 2 400 0 1 price. Simply toick the box, and fill in any
Training 3* 1200 1 1 required notes for that skill. In addition,
Gain +1 Wound 50x 1 1 increase your Experience by one.
Experience
Gain +1 Fate* 250x 1 0 Heroes only.
Glory Spell: Tick the Spell you wish to learn
Gain +1 100x 1 0 on your Spell Book and increase your
Resources* current Experience by one.
Hero Skill* listed 0 1 Prayer: Tick the Spell you wish to
cost learn on your Prayer Book and increase
Starting Spell 150 0 1 your Experience and Faith by one.
Cantrip Spell 200 0 1 Feat: Tick the Spell you wish to learn
Ritual Spell 400 0 1 on your Feat Scroll or Prayer Book (as
Starting Prayer** 75 0 1 appropriate) and increase your Glory by
Litany Prayer** 150 0 1 one (for Proficiency Feats) or two (for
Blessing Prayer** 250 0 1 Mastery Feats). Heroes only.
Gain +1 Faith 100 1 0 Faith: Simply increase your Faith and
Proficiency Feat* 50 1 0 Glory values by one.
Mastery Feat* 100 2 0 Conditioning: the Hero gains the
Conditioning* 0 0 0 Fortified Ability until the end of the next
Find Work* -25 0 0 Expedition. Heroes only.
Secure Loan* -50 2 0 Find Work: the Hero gains the
*Heroes only Weakened Ability until the end of the
** and gain 1 Faith next Expedition. Note that the negative
cost mean they will gain GCs. Heroes
only.
Training 1: To increase a Secure Loan: note that the negative
Characteristic by one, put a “+1” in the cost mean they will gain GCs but will
Training 1 box on the Character Sheet. also increase their Glory by two. Heroes
Each Characteristic may only be subject only.
to Training 1 once. Also increase your
Experience by one.

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New Henchmen
When the Heroes returns to a
town after an expedition, the Glory
of their exploits begin to spread. If
they have been particularly
successful, their names are heard
far and wide, and tales of their
adventures are related in taverns
and around camp-fires across the
land. Some of those who hear
these tales are so impressed by the
Heroes' deeds that they seek to
join them, hoping to share in their
glory. These followers are
Henchmen.
There are many different types of
Henchmen: some are eager young
warriors, seeking to make their
fortune in the Hero's employ; some
are old hands, skilled in the arts of
war; others are specialists with
unusual skills.
Any Hero with enough gold
crowns may hire one or more
Henchmen to their service between
Expeditions by paying five times
that Henchman’s Glory in GC’s.
Each Hero may have in their pay a
number of Henchmen equal to or
less than their Charisma.
Once hired, Henchmen must also
be paid for by the Hero at the end
of the expedition.
In addition, any ammunition and
Spell Components the Henchman
may need must be supplied by the
hiring Hero at their own expense.
There are many different types of
Henchmen available. While a small
selection are presented ready for
play, Appendix VIII details the rules
for designing you own Henchmen.
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Money and Equipment in Lodgings
Heroes cannot carry large
amounts of money with them (no
more than 250 gold crowns per
Hero and Henchman), so they'll
have to find somewhere safe to
store any money they don't spend
between expeditions.
They can leave their money in
their lodgings - this is free and the
money won't be subject to tithes,
but there is a chance that the
money might be stolen.
Similarly the Hero may leave any
of their Equipment they wish in
their Lodgings at a similar risk.
Money and Equipment belonging
to a dead Hero that is kept at his
lodgings may simply be shared out
among the other Heroes.
New Equipment
Heroes may buy new Armour,
weapons, Adventuring items, and
ammunition, at the cost listed on
the opposite page.
In addition, old Weapons and
Armour may be traded in for one
quarter of their.
This does not apply to items that
are damaged due to random
effects, which have a resale value
of 1GC.
8. Embark On Next Trip
The Heroes are now ready for
their next expedition. If they return
to a previously-entered dungeon,
they may start from the bottom of
any of the stairs they have already
entered or exited by.
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Equipment Costs

Weapons Cost Armour Cost

Axes 25 Armed Shirt 350
Battleaxes 75 Buckler 40
Bows 15 Chainmail Coat 200
Clubs 15 Dwarven Chain 1800
Crossbows 15 Dwarven Plate 2400
Daggers 10 Elven Breastplate 1000
Elf Bows 80 Elven Mail 1200
Flails 25 Enchanter's Armour 1800
Greathammers 70 Enchanter's Breastplate 800
Greatswords 85 Enchanter's Chain 1500
Great Weapons 50 Field Plate 350
Handguns 50 Heater Shield 50
Halberds 50 Hide Armour 75
Longbows 40 Kite Shield 50
Morning Star 15 Knight's Helm 80
Pistols 30 Knight's Plate 500
Pistol Crossbows 20 Leather Jack 100
Short Bows 10 Legionnaire's Helm 55
Sickle 20 Pauper's Armour 30
Slings 10 Quilted Coat 125
Spears 15 Ring Mail 150
Staffs 10 Scale Mail 300
Swords 30 Simple Helm 35
Warhammer 20 Tower Shield 70

Ammunition Cost Adventuring Items Cost

Arrow 2 Alchemical Fire (flask) 25
Crossbow Bolt 2 Guildsman's Signet 50
Shot (& Powder) 4 Healing Herbs 20
Sling Bullet 1 Healing Potion 75
Hide Cloak 20
Iron Spikes (ten) 10
Lock Picks 20
Lucky Charm 50
Rat Poison (flask) 30
Rope (ten feet) 5
Screech Bug 30
Signet of Leadership 15
Spell Components 25
Tool Kit 50

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Quests
The core of Advanced HeroQuest
is the Quest. Each Quest consists
of one or more Dungeons, each
with a set of Objectives. Each time
an Objective has been completed,
the Heroes will gain a bonus.
Completing all the Dungeons in a
multi-Dungeon Quest typically
gives some form of additional
bonus.
This volume includes ten pre-
designed Quests, plus a system for
generating your own random
quests.
Objective Quest Rooms
Quest Rooms contain features
that are vital to the Heroes'
successful completion of their
adventure. They might, for
example, be the arcane
laboratories of mad Alchemists;
they could be the heavily guarded
chambers of powerful Warlords; or
they might contain strange puzzles
that have to be solved before the
Heroes can descend to the next
level and continue their quest.
While there can be many Quest
Rooms on any Level of a dungeon,
only one (normally) will be the
Objective Quest Room. This Quest
Room, in addition to its normal
content, also includes the Objective
of the Dungeon.
Danger
Each Quest (or each dungeon of
a multi-dungeon Quest) has a
Danger, which modifies how
difficult it is to find the Objective
Quest Room and how many
Expeditions the Heroes can afford
to make before losing their bonus
rewards.
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Quest Locations
At certain points in the dungeon
there will also be areas known as
Quest Locations. A Quest Location
is a pre-generated section of
dungeon for which the GM has a
map that details the Enemies, traps
and treasures to be found therein.
Quest Locations are usually the
Heroes' ultimate objective within a
dungeon - the one area that they
must enter to achieve their goals.
Quest Locations are designed by
the GM before the quest begins,
either using the dungeon
generation tables as a guide, or
purely from his own imagination.
They should be the most exciting
and dangerous parts of the
dungeon. Here will be usually
found the greatest treasure that the
Heroes seek, guarded by the most
powerful Enemies they've yet to
face. Many dungeons have only
one Quest Location, often in the
deepest level of the dungeon, but
there's no reason why you can't
design your dungeons with two or
more Quest Locations.
In a Quest Location, the GM may
not play Trap, Wandering Monster,
Ambush or Spell Dungeon
Counters. Further, all Enemies gain
the Sentry ability, and the GM
automatically has Surprise.

Campaigns
One of the most important
aspects of Advanced HeroQuest is
the campaign. The basic idea of a
campaign is that the players keep
using the same Heroes in different
quests, making their Heroes more
and more powerful as they go from
adventure to adventure. So, when
you've finished your first quest,
you're really only just beginning.
When you start playing a new
campaign, it can be a good idea to
have someone else play as the
Gamesmaster. This prevents it
becoming one player against the
rest all the time, and allows
different people to throw in their
ideas.
You don't have to use the same
Heroes if you don't want to. You
can retire a Hero at any time - they
drop out of the campaign, taking all
their gold, equipment and magical
treasures with him. And if you want
to bring them back after a while,
then you can simply get out your
old character sheet and start
playing again.
Each player can have more than
one Hero if they want, though it's
not a good idea to use more than
one at a time - you should keep
playing the same Hero for the
whole of a quest, but you can swap
to another Hero between quests.
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Appendix V
Heroic Legends
When you're playing a campaign,
it's a good idea to keep a record of
the quests that your Hero has
undertaken. You can even write
this up as a continuous legend,
adding new adventures each time
your Hero finishes another quest:
write down his most spectacular
fights, his closest escapes, the
great treasures they've found, the
terrible Enemies they've slain.
Using your Hero's legend, you
can give them additional names.
Your Warrior might begin life as
Albrecht; if he kills a Troll, you
could rename him Albrecht
Trollbane. If in a later adventure he
kills a Daemon he could become
Albrecht Daemonslayer or Albrecht
the Mighty. All great Heroes have
heroic nicknames to remind the
world of their exploits and to throw
fear into the hearts of their
enemies.
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Designing Quests
Once you understand how the game
works, you will find it much easier to
design your own Quests.
The most important thing you'll need
to come up with as you design your
own quest is a good story!
Heroes need something, epic,
dangerous and risky to drag them from
the comfort of an inn's hearth. Be
creative when you design a quest.
Think of all the great fantasy stories
you've read, or films you've seen, and
use them as a source of inspiration.
This is the story that explains why they
are fighting down a particular dungeon
and links separate dungeons together.
From this you can decide what
Enemies should be living in the
dungeons and what the Quest
Treasures are going to be.
Once you've decided what your
Quest is going to be, you can choose
what dungeon layout you'll use. You
can of course, simply allow the
Exploration Tables to design the
dungeon for you. Otherwise, you must
decide how you will adjust the
dungeon. Perhaps it is a small
dungeon on one level with only a
single Quest Room and no stairs
down. Perhaps it is a huge dungeon
with a dozen levels.
There is no limit to the number of
rooms, Hazards or Lairs that can be
created for a dungeon. Nor is there
any limit to the number of Quest
Rooms that could appear, though you
may decide that not all of them have a
special purpose.
You can change things around for
any adventure you design so that
events can happen in a different order.
For example, you could have a game
in which three hostages were being
held in a dungeon. The adventure you
invent around this may rule that one
hostage will be found in each of the
first three Lairs encountered, and that
the Quest Rooms will contain Wizard's
Laboratories, centres of diabolical
research. You can choose to arrange
things so that few or no rooms are
empty, by creating a monster table for
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the ordinary rooms, or you can space
everything out, creating the possibility
of long chases through empty
passages and rooms.
Naturally, you can also change the
treasures that can be found. Use the
existing treasure tables as a guide,
and then invent your own magical
items. Perhaps one of these could be
the focus of a new quest, where the
Heroes have to search through a huge
dungeon complex to find it.
You can use Quest Locations, but
these should not be interesting rather
than deadly. Don't over-use traps - just
put in a couple here and there to give
the Heroes a surprise and keep them
on their toes. Remember, you will
have great tactical flexibility in the
already-mapped areas. The best
starting point might be to generate the
area with the tables you have invented
for your new adventure, and then
move things around for your own
purposes. Once you're thoroughly
familiar with designing dungeons,
there's no reason why you can't
sometimes have a whole Dungeon as
a Quest Location.
You will need to designate a Danger
level for the Dungeon, the bigger the
dungeon, the higher it should be.
While many Quests consist of just a
single Dungeon, other epic multi-
dungeon Quest can be devised by
connecting some of the Quests from
the Random Quest Generator. For
instance, a rescued kidnap victim can
give the Heroes information which
sends them off after a stolen item, and
when they recover the item they have
to take it to someone who wants to
send them on a revenge mission, and
still further adventures! You can
combine the Stop the Ritual Quest
with the Rescue Quest theme by
having the minions of the evil sorcerer
carry off a kidnap victim for sacrifice in
the ritual.

Quest Design Ideas
THE NECROMANCER
"There have been so many attacks
on our village by Undead -there must
be a Necromancer in the Caves!"
The Enemies in the dungeon are
Undead; create a powerful Human
Wizard as the sole character
monster. The Heroes must hunt
him down and destroy him, but he
can appear at any time to harass
them with his creations. You need
a Quest Location from which the
Necromancer cannot escape, and
which he has to defend of lose all
his powers - his Laboratory, a
heavily-guarded complex of rooms
and passages.
THE WAGER
"I don't think you've got the guts to
go down there. In fact, I've got 500
gold crowns right here that says you
won't stay down there for an hour"
The GM can seal the entrance for
40 turns. The Heroes will need to
find another way out, because the
GM should also have some
powerful wandering monsters and
characters available to chase them
away from the entrance or any
other exit they find.
CHASE!
"He's getting away!"
An important prisoner escapes,
and must be hunted down by the
Heroes. But he enters the dungeon
ahead of them, and tries to keep
one step ahead. The GM controls
the prisoner, secretly generating
the rooms and passages he finds
as he runs. Can the Heroes keep
tip, or must they find him the hard
way, exploring the dungeon piece
by piece.
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Appendix V
THE WAR BAND
"They're gathering strength in those
caves up beyond the forest. If we don't
kill 'em now, they'll destroy every farm
in this valley!"
The GM should set a total limit on
the defenders. This can be
reinforced between expeditions, but
otherwise those killed are not
replaced. Are the Heroes bold
enough to defeat them?
JAIL BREAK
"There has to be some way out of
here!"
This quest starts from inside the
dungeon, and involves the Heroes
trying to get out! Objective Quest
Rooms should have stairs leading
up; there should be no other stairs
in the dungeon. Naturally, the
Heroes start from a room on the
third or fourth (or deeper!) level,
having just managed to strangle
the warder and open the door to
their cell with his keys. Can they
get out? Oh, and did we mention
that their equipment has been
stashed somewhere else in the
dungeon?
EARTHQUAKE
"Hey, Magnus - was that you?"
Add this to a normal exploration
dungeon. Create a table which
allows you to start destroying the
dungeon once the Heroes have
recovered the object of their quest.
Rubble will block the passages;
chasms will open in the rooms. Can
they get back out?
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THE FLOODED CAVES
"Has anyone seen the Dwarf in the
last few minutes?!"
A normal exploration dungeon,
but with only one level, and that
partially underwater. Halve all
movement rates. Reduce all
damage dice by -1. Then add a few
hazards and traps which bring the
water level up a few feet...
HOSTAGES!
"My daughter.. Please find my
daughter!"
The object of the quest is to
recover a prisoner, or a group of
hostages. The defenders in the
Quest Location can be
programmed to kill the prisoner(s) if
the Heroes aren't aggressive
enough. More importantly, the
prisoner(s) aren't fit enough to get
out under their own steam, so the
journey back will be a slow-moving
nightmare, as they stagger out,
trying to keep the enemy from
killing the sick prisoners.
THE ORC WARLORD
"They say the Orc armies we have
heard of were led by a great Warlord,
but that he was gravely hurt in battle
with the Imperial host. If he could be
killed, there would be a handsome
reward..."
Create a Quest Location where
an Orc Warlord lies wounded. He
has been badly injured, and neither
he nor his guards can pursue the
Heroes, which is just as well - they
should be much too strong for the
Heroes to defeat at first. But they
might succeed with some help,
perhaps discovered in another
Quest Location - a magical item, or
some prisoners who could be
released.
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THE EXPLORER
"Leave now? Are you crazy? I must
find out what's beyond that door, "
An explorer hires the Heroes to
map a dungeon. Heavily reduce the
amount of gold crowns on offer, but
tell the players that the explorer will
pay them 5 gold crowns per room
discovered. Make sure that he
wants to keep going until he has
met a fearsome monster or lost a
few Wounds. Keeping him alive so
the Heroes can get paid should be
a fraught business...
THE CROWN JEWELS
"Bring them back to me and I'll
make you wealthy men. But if you
tell a soul... I'll have you hanged!"
A hunch of Goblins got lucky and
stole a fabulous treasure -a bride's
dowry, perhaps, or the regalia of a
prince. The Heroes have to get it
back. Each piece is valuable, but
the real value comes if it is returned
to the owner as a set. Of course,
the Goblins don't recognise its
value as a set, and the jewels are
scattered amongst the toughest
Enemies... If you reduce all the
other treasure, the confidence the
Heroes have at the beginning can
become quiet desperation as they
realise their only alternative to
starving would be to - gulp! - sell
one of the treasures... ("Maybe we
can buy it back, later...").
THE MIRROR ROOMS
"We've faced everything else - but
how do we deal with this?"
The Quest Rooms should be
defended by mirror images of the
Heroes, just as well-armed and
armoured as they are. The threat
will grow as they grow stronger.
The final encounter can then be
with the most powerful images to
date - and the mad, evil Wizard
who created them.