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A short dungeon crawling adventure for the 5th edition of the world's most
greatest role playing game, inspired on folklore legends.

By ND Hobbies
 Headless Horseman Grave
A dark ghost of a horseman has been terrorizing
the townspeople for the past few nights. It
comes from the crypt of Sir Benjamin Selfridges.
The former colonel in the kingdom’s army is
said to have died beheaded, but his family built a
huge mausoleum for him in his family’s crypt.
Selfridges was well known for his cruelty and
war crimes, for which he never paid until the day
he died.
1. Hitchrails
The Selfridges family have always been skilled
horsemen and at the entrance of their crypt they
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have a reception that simulates a pair of hitching
rails to park horses. When the adventurers arrive,
there are six black horses that look just like
shadows. These undeads are not aggressive and
will not attack anything unless they are attacked.
5 x Shadowmare
2. The Stone Bust
A huge stone bust of Sir Benjamin Selfridges stands
in one corner, facing the other corner. If a creature
enters the room, the bust will shoot at it [spell
range attack, +6 to hit, 2d6 fire damage]. Each
round, the bust rotates to target the first creature
to move in the room.
During the rest of the round, if a creature crosses
the line from the bust to the target, it will shoot it.
If the stone bust shoots towards the south wall for
two turns in a row, it will break open, revealing a
tunnel. This tunnel leads to the west entrance
marked by the symbol in room 6.
3. Coffins
In this room there are two coffins, there’s a
skeleton inside each of them. The coffins are closed
(DC 14 to open, 30 hp). The skeleton of the
northern coffin holds an old, unlit oil lamp in its
hands. The skeleton of the eastern coffin holds a +1
Handaxe in its hands.
The light from the lantern, if lit, will scare off the
shadowmares and they will run back to room 1 (if
they are still in the material plane).
Doors and Traps
Locked Wood Door (open DC 20, break DC 25, 40hp)
Locked Iron Door (open DC 25, break DC 30, 60hp)
1 Ornamental Iron Gate It’s locked, but even a kid can jump over it.
Spiked Fence ()
4. Putrid Pumpkin Heads
Just entering this room, the adventurers will find that it stinks
terribly of rotten pumpkin (if they can distinguish that smell).
The floor has many pumpkins scattered in the marked area.
If the adventurers pass over the area without worrying, Pumpkin
heads will attack, one per character.
If players surround the area, they will be ar the stone bust’s
range, this one is the same as in room 2, except that its damage
is necrotic. If the bust shoots south it will open a tunnel leading
to the east entrance in room 6.
1 x Pumpkin Head
5. Sandbox
To the south there’s a door frame like the other rooms, but
there’s no door in it, only wall. If the adventurers get close,
a giant worm will appear from a hole in the ground.
1 x Crypt Worm
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The hole has a ladder that goes down a tunnel and leads to
4 the ladder marked in room 6.
6. Gates to the Shadows
The south gate in this room takes to nowhere,
there’s only a wall beyond it. A DC 15 Intelligence
(Arcana) check will reveal that this is a vortex to a
demi plane of shadows. Adventurers will need some
way to travel to the shadow plane and back to
continue. Shadowmares are a good option if players
have no other way.
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7. Shadows of War
As soon as they enter through the north corridor of this
room, the adventurers notice that they are no longer in
their plane. The environment feels much colder, darker and
there are no colors. In general, the place feels like being
inside of a nightmare.
Hidden in the room is a group of Shadow creatures. These
are hard to see and can easily hide in this dark place, even
during combat, thanks to their Shadow Stealth ability.
4 x Shadow
8. Terror Room
In this room there are some weapons and torture
instruments. Cages containing human bones hang from the
ceiling, and the floor is stained with blood. Everything
looks abandoned and old, but the place has no dust or
insects. Doesn’t look like there is anything alive in this
place.
The south door of this room is guarded by a large specter.
1 × Soldier Specter
11. The Graveyard
This area is a cemetery with many tombstones.
From afar you can see spectral hands coming out of
the tombs as if wanting to hold something, again
and again, without achieving it. Also, from the
bridge, you can hear the screams of the specters
saying “bring him to us”.
Here, the Headless Horseman is vulnerable again.
When the rider flies over one of these tombstones,
7 the hands try to reach it (DC 15 Dexterity saving
8 throw). If a hand holds him, it will prevent the rider
not only from moving, but will also prevent his
ability to regenerate. Every round, during his turn,
the rider can take an action to try to free himself
(DC 13 Strength saving throw).
Once the rider has been defeated, the place will
begin to collapse and disappear. Players will have
to go back to their plane. If they have the
shadowmares, they will return with the players to
9 the material plane before disappearing along with
everything else. Players will appear in room 6 of
the previous map.

9. The Cruel Horseman

In this room there are many Shadow creatures, similar to those found
in room 7, but with more human forms, like normal people. There’s 10
also a headless horseman, wielding an axe and chasing the shadows.
These monochromatic creatures flee from the rider when he
approaches them, other than that the shadows only roam the place.
When the adventurers enter the room, the rider stops and turns the
shadowmare he’s riding on towards them.
The rider charges against the adventurers right away, but the moment 11
the battle turns against him, he will ride to the bridge.
The Headless Horseman has regain some lost hit points at the start of
each of its turns, and this ability is clear to the players.
1 x Headless Horseman

10. The bridge

This area is shaped like a bridge. In this part, the rider is invulnerable.
Also, while in this zone, his attacks with the axe have advantage.
Again, these abilities are clear to the players.
While in room 9, 10 or 11, any creature decapitated by the Headless
Horseman returns to its home plane with half of its maximum hits
points.