Roberto Romao

Adventure Module:
Thieves in the Dark
 Index
O nce upon a time,
there was kingdom called Entera.
It was a prosperous peaceful kingdom
Before your Adventure

Adventure
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Intruduction 3
until one night, when everything changed. Jeansburg - Mayor’s Office 4
Jeansburg - Tailor Shop 5
A group of assassins invaded the royal castle Beggining - Wooden Door 6
and slaughtered the entire royal family...
The nobles of the kingdom then started to Inside the Hideout
Entrace 7
fight against each other for the crown. Ramp 8
Mess Hall 9
This was 6 years ago... and now war, famine, plague Crew Quarters 10
Hallway 11
and shadows purge Entera... Treasure Chamber 12
Deposit/Latrines 13
Interrogation Area/Cage 14
Leader’s Chamber 15
Jail 16

Be carefull traveler... this land is cursed... Clues 17

Secrets and Bonus 18

Thieves Hideout - Map 19 /20

This map is also available on a separated file

Credits 21
 Before your adventure
This Adventure only includes the Dungeon; so when you
leave the Dungeon with the Prisioner, you will win the
game. You can play solo or with friends.
Entera system uses only 6-sided die, referred to as d6.
A copy of this Dungeon’s map is included on the zip files.
To play, you will need:
• Any number of d6s
• Paper
• Pen/Pencil
• Imagination
Any of these can be substituted by digital apps/programs.
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For solo players, an extra set of imagination is required, as
you will need to guide yourself.
For groups, one player can be the Game Master, but this is
not required, as the party can do as the solo player version
and just guide themselves through the game.
The Rule Set, Adventure Module and Dungeon Map are
separated for convenience.
As you defeat Enemies or knock them out, mark (in a paper
or copy of the map) which Enemy was it and where he was,
so the game can follow a logical and easy flow.
To find about your objective, find the Clues spread on the
map. Some Secrets are hidden as well, but these are not
necessary to win the game.
 Introduction
You arrive at Jeansburg. This little town has been forgotten
for years, since the neverending war draw the attention of
the local Nobles to the battlefield. This allowed a terrible
gang of Thieves to operate in the area, using the rifts and
woods to move to nearby towns and villages.
It is no secret to the locals where is the Thieves Hideout.
Inside an ancient sanctuary below the rifts that surround
Jeansburg is where lies the Hideout of the terrible gang of
Thieves that terrorize the region and kidnap innocents.
You look again to the letter on your hands.
“Calling out for all mercenaries at Jeansburg!
The city needs you!
Any able arm can talk to the
Mayor for more information!
Reward: 500 gold coins”
“That’s a small fortune” you think, as you move to a
building that looks like a Townhall. You knock the door
and show the letter to a deputy, who takes you to the
Mayor’s office.
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Jeansburg - Mayor’s Office
As you sit, a very tall woman, in her mid 40’s, comes, sits by
your side and starts to talk “Ok, mercenary. Let me be clear
here... I’m desperate...”
“Those nasty Thieves have been terrorizing this town for
years, and the local Nobles are too busy to send soldiers
to help us. They kidnaped my father.. and will kill him by
tomorrow if I don’t pay the ransom. The Town doesn’t
have all 10,000 gold coins they are asking for. Besides,
everybody in this Town is too scared to join a rescue
mission.
I need you to go down there and rescue him! 500 coins is
all I have, and I will gladly pay everything to have my father
back...
Please bring him to me alive.”
You agree to help and ask for directions and clues about the
Thieves. “The owner of the local Tailor Shop can help you!
She can make an outfit for you, so you can blend in with
the Thieves; and for free!”
You leave the Town Hall and make your way to the Tailor
Shop.
 Jeansburg - Tailor Shop Beginning - Wooden Door

Before your adventure, the Mayor suggested you to talk to
the Tailor, so she can make you a Thief outfit, to make the
infiltration easier.
On the Tailor Shop, while the Tailor is sewing your outfit
and giving you the directions to the Thieves Hideout, she
asks you for a favor, “Please, if you happen to find a very Fat
guy inside the Thieves Hideout, I beg of you: please bring
him with you! It’s my younger brother... he’s an idiot who
was convinced to join the Thieves; but he’s a coward and
was too scared to refuse.
As the night falls, you leave the town. You walk through the
woods, heading to the northern rift below the town.
After some time, you see a weird entrance between some
trees and bushes. While hiding behind a bush, you see 2
Thieves guarding a wooden door. The wall behind them
looks very old, but solid.
The 2 Thieves look very bored and are staring at nothing.
You hear the roaring stomach of one of them.
(Secret Information 1 requires a 5 or 6 on Persuade.)

Please, I’m begging you! I will pay 100 gold coins if you
bring him alive!” (This quest is optional.) You see nothing more.

After leaving the Tailor Shop you head to the local stores
to equip yourself and to buy suplies. After that you dress
yourself as a Thief and now all you have to do is wait for the
night to come.
Environment Enemies
All Players Armors are set to 2 (Leather Jacket with a Massive Stone wall with a 1. Thief Swordman
Hooded Cape). Wooden Door. trees, bushes (very bored)
and leaves. 2. Thief Swordman
(hungry)

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 1 - Entrance 2 - Ramp

As you enter, you see 5 Thieves guarding the entrance. 4 of
them are sitting and bored trying to find some distraction
and 1 is guarding the door. The ambient is dark, besides
all the torches around you. Some roots are coming from
the ceiling and walls, but they are all dead and dry. There
are some marks and inscriptions on the wall, but they are
written in a unknown language.
(Secret Information 2 requires at least 1 Player to be part of
The Conclave.)
The Ramp is empty; you can only see the same stone
walls with inscriptions in an unknown language (Secret
Information 2 requires at least 1 Player to be part of The
Conclave) and torches. You keep going down the spiral
Ramp.
As you aproach the end of the Ramp, you can hear people
talking and walking.

The Thief guarding the door asks:

“Hi, there. Your are coming from...?”, looking at you
without any real interest.

Environment Enemies Environment Enemies

Stone walls, 5 boxes, 2 1. Thief Swordman Stone walls and torches. None
barrels, 6 torches on the (standing close to the
walls. There’s no sound. door)
2. Thief Swordman (sitting)
3. Thief Spearman (sitting)
4. Thief Spearman
(standing)
5. Thief Archer (sitting)
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 3 - Mess Hall 4 - Crew Quarters

You enter a large room used as a Mess Hall by the Thieves. As you enter, you see 2 Thieves guarding the quarters.
They are all seated, except for 1 who is behind the bar, Spread through the quarters, you see only straw beds.
looking mad. (Clue 2 requires Persuade 3 or more)
(Clue 3 requires Persuade 5 or more)
The walls are made of stone, and one weird part of the wall
There are a lot of tables and chairs, and some barrels and looks made from another type of rock.
boxes. On one table, you can see an old Lute. Behind the
Barman, you see a Sign saying:
“No food outside the Mess Hall”.

You stop and start to analyze your surroundings;

nobody seems to care about you.

From the center, you can see 2 other entrances: one going
to what looks like the Crew Quarters, the other to a
Hallway.

Environment Enemies Environment Enemies

Stone walls, 6 tables, 10
chairs, 12 torches on all
walls. The few people on the
tables are talking.
1. Thief Swordman (sitting) Stone walls, torches and 10 1. Thief Spearman
2. Thief Swordman (sitting straw beds. (standing)
3. Thief Spearman (sitting) 2. Thief Spearman
4. Thief Archer (sitting) (standing)
5. Barman - Thief Sword
(behind the bar)

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 5 - Hallway 6 - Treasure Chamber

As you enter the Hallway, you see 2 paths: one going to This is a Special Area, and can only be unlocked with a
a closed door, the other going to another large area. The silver key.
Hallway is slightly darker than the Mess Hall.

The closed door has a type of lock that you never saw before
,and doesn’t look like it can be picklocked.
There are 6 Thieves guarding the Hallway, but they are all
too bored to care about you right now.
The Treasure Chamber is smaller than you imagine, small
enough to fit only 2 people at once. It has a lot of chests,
some gold bars here and there, and a Staff (insert name).

Environment Enemies Environment Enemies

Stone walls, torches. 1. Thief Swordman Stone walls and torches. None
2. Thief Spearman
3. Thief Archer
(standing, left)
4. Thief Swordman
5. Thief Spearman
6. Thief Archer
(standing, right)
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 7 - Deposit/Latrines 8 - Interrogation Area/Cage

The space is large and divided in 2 areas. The lower area has
a lot of boxes, chests and barrels; on the distance you can
see 3 latrines on the upper area. The area smells weird, like
some herbs or incense was burned recently.
The 3 archers from the upper area can see you, but don’t
seem to care about you.
The space is large and divided in 2 areas. The upper area
has some boxes here and there. You can see the uper
interrogation area, where 3 Archers can see all the Deposit.
From the ceiling, hangs a big iron cage over what looks like
a bottomless pit.
Behind the Archers, you see 2 other Thieves: one very short
and angry, looking at the cage (Thieve`s Leader); the other,
beside him, a mage staring at the cage.
(Clue 1: roll a d6, if you get 4 or more, you will listen a
discussion between the 2 people closest to the iron cage.)

You can hear someone moving inside the iron cage, but you
can’t see if it is the prisioner you are looking for.
(Secret Information 4 requires the Iron Cage key with
Thieves’ Leader.)

Environment Enemies Environment Enemies

Stone walls, many many
boxes, barrels, chests and 3
latrines.
None Stone walls, 10 torches,
barrels, 1 iron cage hanging
from the ceiling.
1. Thief Archer(standing )
2. Thief Archer (standing )
3. Thief Archer (standing )
4. Thieves’ Leader
(standing)
5. Rogue Mage (standing)

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 9 - Leader’s Chamber 10 - Jail

From the interrogation area, you see a door. On the small hallway leading to the jails you see 2 Thieves
The Leader’s Chamber is closed, and a very Fat Thief is guarding the passage. They look at you and ask,
guarding the door. (Clue 4, Check for Persuade/Bargain/ “Did you get lost? Only authorized personnel here, pal!”.
Intimidate.) (Check for Persuade/Bargain/Intimidate.)

Inside the Chamber, you see a desk, a straw bed, some wine
jugs and a chest. On the wall, you see a hole large enough
for one person to pass (Secret Information 3 requires at
least one player to go through the passage). Inside the chest,
there’s a scroll in an unknown language and a bag of seeds.
On the Jail entrance, there are 2 more Thieves guarding the
area. There are some large boxes on one corner and a Big
Jail on the other, where a prisioner sleeps.
The 2 guards look at you, and one of them asks, “...Yes?”.

Environment Enemies Environment Enemies

Stone walls, 1 table, 1 straw
bed, 3 torches on all walls.
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1. Fat Thief Swordman Stone walls, 5 large boxes,
(outside) 10 torches, 1 Jail with a
straw bed.
1. Thief Spearman (standing
before entrance)
2. Thief Spearman (standing
before entrance)
3. Thief Archer (standing on
entrance)
4. Thief Archer (standing on
entrance)
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 Clues Secrets and Bonus

Clue 1 Secret Info 1 Secret Info 2

The Thieves’ Leader and the Rogue Mage are trying
to interrogate a weird man inside an Iron Cage on the
interrogation area.
Clue 2
There’s only 1 prisioner in the Jail area.
Clue 3
The Barman has a personal problem with the Rogue Mage,
and will use any opportunity to kill him.
Clue 4
The Fat Thief is the brother of the Tailor. He joined the
Thieves out of fear and doesn’t know how to leave the
group.
In 2 hours, the guard on the entrance
will go for a break; only 1 will remain.
Secret Info 3
The passage on the Leader’s Chamber
leads to the weird shaped stone wall
on the Crew Quarter’s. It can only be
opened from the Leader’s Chamber
side.
Secret Info 4
The Prisioner is a member of The
Conclave. He was being interrogated
about the weird inscriptions on the
walls, but didn’t tell the Thieves about
them. He’s very wounded and can’t
fight.
Rescuing the Prisioner and his Staff
will reward you with 200 Coins.
The inscription on the walls talk about
this place. This Grotto was used to
train druids a long time ago, and 1
scroll with a special spell is hidden
somewhere. It can only be learned by
members of The Conclave.
To learn this spell, The Conclave Player
must go to the bottomless pit and
sacrifice 5 life points. If there’s more
than 1 member of The Conclave, all
should sacrifice 5 life points. The spell
is:
Vine Whip - Requires one Aleash Seed.
For the next 5 turns, gain Vines
on both arms, that can be used as
weapons. Each Vine deals 1d6+2 of
Ranged Damage +1 Slash, or of
Melee Damage -1 Slash.
Roll a check for Wounds.

If the skill is used more than 1 time per

day, player will Bleed everytime the
spell is used.
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 Outside

Thieves Hideout
Wooden Door
1x Thief Swordman (very bored)
1x Thief Swordman (hungry)

The ancient sanctuary is said to be built by Inside

1. Entrance
Druids, on a time before the Old Empire. 2x Thief Swordman
There’s only one way in or out: the front door. (1x standing close to the door, 1x sitting)
2x Thief Spearman (sitting)
1x Thief Archer (sitting)

2. Ramp
No one

3. Mess Hall
2x Thief Swordman (sitting)
1x Thief Spearman (sitting)
1x Thief Archer (sitting)
1x Barman (behind the counter)

4. Crew Quarters
10 2x Thief Spearman
(standing close to the door)

1 5. Hallway
2x Thief Swordman
9 (1x standing, left; 1x standing, right)
2 2x Thief Spearman
4 (1x standing, left; 1x standing, right)
2x Thief Archer
(1x standing, left; 1x standing, right)

6. Treasure Chamber
???

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2x Thief Spearman
3 (standing close to entrance)

8. Interrogation Area/Cage
1x Thieves’ Leader
(standing close to the Cage)
1x Rogue Mage
(standing close to the Cage)
1x Prisioner (inside Cage)

9. Leader’s Chamber
5 1x Fat Thief Swordman
(standing outside door)
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6 10. Jail
2x Thief Spearman
(standing before entrance)
2x Thief Archer (standing on entrance)
1x Prisioner (inside Jail)
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 Credits

This game was designed by Roberto Romao

Proofreading: Bruna Braga

Testing: Roberto Romao, Bruna Braga
Art and Design: Roberto Romao
Model for the cover: Roberto Romao

Softwares used

Adobe Indesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Lightroom
Blender

Entera and Adventure Modules were based on

the following games:

Ascension
Entera the Decay
A Shard of Mine
Path of Atlon
Battle for Entera
Magi: Venandi

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