Maps

™™LEVEL 1 ►►To Encounter Table

1. Roadside sanctuary 7. Starved Grey Ooze 13. Hall of the loyal
2. Kobold deathtrap 8. False door retainers
3. Kobold lair entrance 9. Unskilful Frescos 14. Beekeeper’s Tomb
4. Kobold cave 10. Living statues 15. Jayne’s True Tomb
5. Kobold wood storage 11. Tomb of the Paladin 16. Derelict guard room
6. Time-worn honey trap 12. Tomb of the Golem-maker 17. Levers and hallways
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1 sq = 5’

™™LEVEL 2 ►►To Encounter Table

25. Troll Larder

18. Bats in the Verdicts 26. Armoury 33. Trolls Lair
19. Blind Dwarf Mummy 27. Perilous Ladder 34. River nook
20. Snow leopard Golem 28. Wizard's Workshop 35. Old Illusion
21. Otherworldly Grove 29. Pastel Pit 36. Crumbling Courtroom
22. Tears and Rhain 30. Skulls Tunnel 37. Killing Ground
23. Bath/shrooms 31. Subterranean Torrent 38. Interrogation Room
24. Lady Jayne’s Cenotaph 32. Bridge over a muddy strand 39. Cell
 Encounters
Events & encounters
►►1-in-6 chance every turn, or in case of
loud noise.
►►Do not roll on this table in areas 1-5 and
22 (see areas descriptions). Also see areas
21, 23 and 24 for specific rules.
™™Which die to roll?
►►Level 1, if all portcullises to the grove
are closed (at the beginning): roll d12.
►►Level 1, any portcullis leading to the
grove is opened : roll d20.
►►Level 2, if stairs and portcullises are
closed: roll d10 on the last 10 entries.
►►Level 1 & 2, the grove and the stairs to
level 2 (24-25) are opened: roll d30.
►►To Table of Contents
►►To the Maps
™™dungeon levels : schematic sideview
™™1d8Secrets of the
Kaleidoscopic Soulstorm
His strength lies within his organs.
1 Devour them, and it will be yours.
All yours, while you rot away!
Their rings can keep you safe, but
2
they won’t keep you alive.
She betrayed her kin; Took the sky
from her friend, mutilated her. Left
3 another one to die. All for power.
You’ll see... She shall ask only one
thing: that you kill for her.
Can you plunder her grave before
4
she screams? Then, you might live...
None of them cared about justice!
5 They revelled in our pain. Stay,
become their next victims.
The depraved cat believes in his
6 self-made prophecy. Did you fall for
it too?
The Wicked Plant despairs in her
7
stone prison. Good. Let her wither!
Dead trolls will kill you, if you don’t
8
destroy their most beloved treasure.
 1 The Ghost of Rhain Dreamdust (see p. 10).
2 Level 1: The Amber Golem (see p. 9). Level 2: as 29.
3 1d6 Kobold explorers (from [4]). Cautious, stealthy.
4 1d4 Oil Beetles (see [16] or [35]).

5 1d3 Living Statues. 8 patrolling in total (see [10]). 11 hp each.

Nude humans (M/F) with animal heads: 1-Badger (M), 2-Bear (F), 3-Elk (M),
6 4-Boar (M), 5-Owl (F), 6-Osprey (F), 7-Lynx (F), 8-Stoat (M).
If free to roam: Judge Tsedek (from [19]), looking either for his murderers or someone
7
to judge him. Otherwise - Level 1: The Amber Golem (see p. 9). Level 2: as 30.
A storm of Broken Souls, dozens erupting through the floor. Wave of cold & an-
8 guish. Physically harmless (see p. 12). “Give us a nice memory!”, they murmur... A PC
who shares a good memory forgets it forever. It is replaced by a gruesome memory
9 of torture or death; save vs spell or lose 1 INT/WIS/CHA (referee’s call, based on
lost memory). The Souls then whisper a secret (see table) and depart.
Wind blows specks of frost across the party. Save vs paralysis or character shivers
10
uncontrollably: –2 to all rolls until they eat or spend 1 turn next to a large fire.
11 A shockwave of unnatural cold. Frost covers the walls. 1d4 light sources go out.
12 Echoes of a sobbing lament.
13 Frenzied buzzing from a nearby room.
A warm breeze carrying a sweet perfume of flowers, with a hint of decayed
14
undergrowth soil and the faint, metallic scent of blood.
Any PC who tasted fae fruits or candies suddenly craves for more. Eat either one
15
during the next turn, or lose 1d4 hp.
16 The Ghost of Rhain Dreamdust (see p. 10).
17- A Pastel Blue Bee (see [21]). Will follow and observe for 2 hours.
20 If rolled again: the bee goes back to report and is replaced by another one.
1 21 The Ghost of Rhain Dreamdust (see p. 10).
2 22 1d6 Oil Beetles (see [16] or [35]).
3 23 1d6 Broken Souls, Fae Wraith of the tortured and wrongly accused (see p. 12).
4 24 Coming through wall/ceiling, among a storm of Broken Souls.
1d3 Trolls (from [33]). 4-in-6 chance they are noisy: a lone troll whistling an old-
5 25 timey tune or 2+ trolls arguing about (d4): 1-Ella the spider, 2-Food seasoning,
3-Who last went out to hunt, 4-Whether it’s day or night outside.
A storm of Broken Souls, dozens erupting through the walls. Wave of cold &
6 26 anguish. Physically harmless (see p. 12). “Give us blood! Give us your pain!”, they
7 27 murmur. For every 1d6 of self-inflicted damage, they whisper a secret (see table),
then leave.
Hundreds of fat black earthworms drop through cracked ceiling joints. They radiate
8 28
a black pulsating light visible only with infravision.
9 29 Harrowing echoes of a torture victim screams. No so distant.
10 30 A swarm of fist-sized baby tarantellas. Unaggressive.
 Acknowledgements
This adventure was inspired by and would not exist without the maps by Matt Jackson (https://www.
msjx.org/2020/01/collabodungeon-02.html) and Dyson Logos (https://dysonlogos.blog/2020/04/30/
pits-of-the-black-moon/), and a “doe” painting by Hook Woojin (https://www.deviantart.com/
hoooook/art/Doe-365976614).
The following works influenced this work in a fashion I can point to: the Wormskin Zine
(Dolmenwood setting), by Gavin Norman and Greg Gorgonmilk, Winter’s Daughter by Gavin
Norman, The Rosewood Highlands adventures by WR Beatty, the numerous and incomparable works
of Sir Terry Pratchett (Lords and Ladies in particular). The famous Dragon Magazine article by Roger
E. Moore, “Tucker’s Kobolds”, is the far too obvious source of inspiration behind an entire part of the
dungeon...
I was also largely influenced by a number of ‘OSR’ bloggers and their works, including but not limited
to: Dyson Logos (Dyson’s Dodecahedron), Patrick Stuart (False Machine), Skerples (Coins and scrolls),
Ben L. (Mazirian’s Garden), Melan (Beyond Fomalhaut), Emmy Allen (Cavegirl’s Game Stuff), Luka
Rejec (Wizard Thief Figher), Evlyn M. (Le Chaudron Chromatique), Arnold K. (Goblin Punch), ktrey
(d4 Caltrops), Bryce Lynch (Tenfootpole), Zedeck Siew (Zedeck Siew’s Writing Hours).
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Foreword
I didn’t plan to write an adventure.
Certainly not this one. It’s less weird and
more vanilla, less whimsical and a bit
more grim than what I’d have expected.
I hope you’ll enjoy it or find something to
cannibalise for your own games.
HexaGnome, 2021
Good, bad or anecdotal, don’t hesitate to
share feedback and war stories to :
sixsidedgnome@gmail.com
or u/six-sided-gnome
This product is 100% free.
™™The backstory in a nutshell
700 year ago a half-elf, half deer-centaur
named Jayne led guerrilla fighters
against an evil fae lord. Rhain, one of
her lieutenants was captured and left to
his fate, as the other went on to win the
final battle. His vengeful ghost killed his
former friends; all were buried inside
their hideout.
Over centuries, the Church erased
all memory of Jayne’s fae nature.
Monsters moved into the sepulchre, still
haunted by Jayne’s companions, and
Rhain’s ghost, longing to complete his
vengeance.
2
™™Document formatting
►►Items marked with an asterisk in the
room descriptions are developped below.
►►Letters appear next to area titles:
M indicates a monster in the room,
S indicates a secret passage or compart-
ment, T signals a trap.
►►Numbers between brackets, e.g. [21],
are a reference to the corresponding area.
►►There is no read-aloud text. Colored
text is not meant to be read aloud.
™™PDF navigation
►►Clicking on the map (or the legend be-
low) links to the corresponding section.
►►Numbered area titles link back to the
maps.
►►Page numbers link to the Table of
contents.
►►The  symbol links to the random
encounter table.
►►Page and area numbers within the text
are also links.
™™Content warning
This module hints at war crimes commit-
ed by NPCs in the past: murder, torture,
cannibalism and (post-mortem) sexual
abuse (kind of, but still...).
These deeds are evoqued without details,
to make it as easy as possible for you to
tune the horror to your taste and your
players expectations.
It should be quite easy to remove them
completely or even to present the Seven as
bona fide heroes, if a bit misguided.
 Table of Contents
Maps 21. Otherworldly Grove  (3M) 32
Events & encounters  22. Tears and Rhain 38
Foreword 2 23. Bath/shrooms  (2T) 40
Table of Contents 3 24. Lady Jayne's Cenotaph  (S) 41
Referee’s background 4 Level 2 42
Players’ background 6 25. Troll Larder 42
Treasure 8 26. Armoury  (2T) 42
Encounter details 9 27. Perilous Ladder 43
C. Kodiak, Blue Amber Golem  9 28. Wizard's Workshop  (M, S) 44
Rhain Dreamdust, Silent Ghost  10 29. Pastel Pit 45
56 Broken Souls  12 30. Skulls Tunnel 46
Outside 14 31. Subterranean Torrent 48
Outside events and encounters 15 32. Bridge over a muddy strand  (M) 48
Level 1 16 33. Trolls Lair  (M) 48
1. Roadside sanctuary  (S) 16 34. River Nook 50
Kobold Komplex  (areas 2-5) 17 35. Old Illusion  (M) 50
2. Kobold deathtrap  (M, T) 18 36. Crumbling Courtroom 51
3. Kobold antechamber  (T,S) 19 37. Killing Ground  (T, M, S) 52
4. Kobold cave (M) 19 38. Interrogation Room 53
5. Kobold wood storage  (S) 20 39. Cell (M) 53
6. Time-worn honey trap  (T) 20 Appendix 54
7. Starved Grey Ooze  (M) 21 Magic items 54
8. False door 
(T) 21 List of the Fallen  (67 names) 59
9. Unskilful Frescos 21 The trial of Lady Jayne's murderer 60
10. Living statues  (M) 22 Design notes 61
11. Tomb of the Paladin 22 Open Game Licence 62
12. Tomb of the Golem-maker  (T) 23
13. Hall of the loyal retainers  (M, 4S) 24
14. Beekeeper's Tomb 26
15. Jayne's True Tomb  (T, M) 26
16. Derelict guard room  (M) 28
17. Levers and hallways  (S) 29
18. Bats in the Verdicts 30
19. Blind Dwarf Mummy  (M) 30
20. Snow leopard Golem  (M) 32
3
 Referee’s background
►►You don’t need to remember all of this,
but it may be useful for NPC conversations.
The story of
Lady Jayne of the Woods
™™700 years ago
●●War in the Northwoods! Mortals
face evil elves from Faërie, led by the
Sunnestead Sorceresse.
●●Jayne Half-Elven, a fae druid, sides
with humans. She attracts 6 followers and
blesses them with animal companions.
They are joined by dozens of loyal retainers.
●●From the hidden Stronghold of Seven,
concealing a portal to Faërie, they strike the
elves in both worlds.
●●King Hraldr promises wealth, titles and
lands in exchange for their fealty.
●●One of the Seven, the elf Rhain Dream-
dust, is captured by the Sunnestead Sor-
ceresse. His albino raven alerts the others.
●●Alas! Heeding King Hraldr’s call, the
others join the final battle, leaving Rhain
Dreamdust to die.
●●During the final battle, Dame Hailwi-
dis the Paladin and her hawk meet their
fate. Arthur the snow leopard is mortally
wounded.
●●After the Sunnestead Sorceresse is de-
feated, king Hraldr goes back on his word.
4
™™From stronghold
to sepulchre: a tragedy
●●The Companions bury Rhain. Her twin
sister Rhiannon Dreamdust soon dies of
sorrow. Seeking vengeance, the ghost of
Rhain Dreamdust possesses the dwarf
Tsedek and eviscerates Jayne in her bath,
using Dame Hailwidis’ sword.
●●Claiming their beloved leader shall rise
back to fight the Sunnestead Sorceresse
once again, the wizard Constantine
Kodiak seals her Tomb. The signet rings
of the Seven, originally designed to evade
the traps of Stronghold, will open it.
●●A few weeks later, the ghost possesses
Harpo the Halfling. He strangles the
dwarf Tsedek with a wire.
●●One month later, while Harpo the
halfling is projecting his spirit into a bee
colony, the wizard Constantine Kodiak,
possessed by the ghost, plunges a dagger
through his heart.
●●The wizard Constantine Kodiak builds
an Amber Golem but fails to animate it
with his snow leopard’s soul. He uses his
own life-force to animate the statue.
●●Some retainers commit mass suicide,
vowing to protect Jayne beyond death.
The one chosen to properly bury them is
killed by the ghost of Rhain Dreamdust,
while carving their names on a memorial.
Dame Hailwidis (dead) [11]
Animal Companion: Red Hawk
Human Paladin. Didn’t partake in the dread-
ful atrocities, but actively ignored them.
Died: honourably; rests in peace.
Her sentient sword, Naegling, “witnessed”
Jayne’s murder (see appendix).
Judge Tsedek, Mummy [19]
his r(s)
Animal Companions: Bats ntsdere
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w ur
Blind, biased dwarf. Con- m und
fo
demned countless fae to
horrible deaths.
Died: strangled with a wire,
killed
by the possessed Harpo.
Wants: his murderer(s) found.
Doesn’t remember killing
Jayne: will want to be judged.
killed
Harpo the Halfling, Bee Colony [21]
Animal Companions: Fae Blue Bees
Melissomancer: was able to transfer
his consciousness into the hive mind
of bees. Skilled beekeeper, dreaded
assassin, formidable (cannibalistic)
cook and confiseur.
Died: While “borrowing” the mind of
his fae bees, stabbed by the possessed
wizard Constantine Kodiak.
Wants: to leave, with his bones.
does not want the Bees to leave
Galateia, 1-armed Grovekeeper Dryad [21]
Gave up one arm (made into Jayne’s Staff),
allowed the Seven to use her grove as a
portal (it’s now stuck between worlds).
Wants: her grove to go back to Faërie.
protects
Mélicorne, Melanistic Unicorn  [21]
Doesn’t want: to leave the Grove or Rhiannon.
protects
Rhiannon Dreamdust, Banshee
Animal Companion: Melanistic Unicorn
Fearless elf Warmaiden. Defence attorney
during the trials, then merciless executioner.
Died: of sorrow, and is still crying to this day.
Doesn’t want: Rhain or the unicorn to be
harmed.
™™NPCs overview
Green: the Seven
Rhain Dreamdust, Mute vengeful Ghost p. 10
Animal Companion: Albino Raven
Elf scout and interrogator. Prosecutor during
the trials. And afterwards, ruthless executioner.
Died: abandoned, tortured to death by the Sun-
stead Sorceresse. Possessing his companions, he
killed Jayne, Tsedek and Harpo.
Lady Jayne, Spectre [15] wants
to kill
Elaphocentaur druid, half-elven, full fae, char-
ismatic herald of Nature, leader of the Seven.
Died: taking a bath (in [23]), sliced open by
the possessed Judge Tsedek, wielding Dame
Hailwidis’ sword.
Wants: to pass on; her companions to rest.
Believes the time has come
for Jayne to come back
Constantine Kodiak, Amber Golem p. 9
Animal Companion: Snow Leopard
Human wizard and golem-maker. For his
led entertainment, he animated statues using the
kil
life-force of condemned captives. Devised a way
to turn the fae blue honey into blue amber. Built
the security measures of the Stronghold.
needs Jayne’s staff
Not dead yet! His body is preserved in amber [12],
while his mind animates the Amber Golem.
Wants: to protect the tomb of Lady Jane, until the
time comes for her to rise back.
can command
13 Living Statues various places
Animal headed statues, guard the tombs.
Obey commands from the Amber Golem or
anyone wearing one of the Seven’s signet rings.
12 Hungry Kobolds [2-5]
Want: food!
4 Ancient Trolls  [33]
Hunt outside, made a good life here.
Want: various things; to make a troll-child: they
need a large precious stone.
[22] 56 Broken Souls, Wraiths p. 12
Remnants of innocent fae condemned, tortured
and murdered by the Seven.
Encountered either as a kaleidoscopic storm of
ghostly splinters, or as more singular Fae Wraiths.
Want: Blood. Memories. The PCs may set them free,

by destroying or burying their skulls (found in [30]).
5
 Players’ background
The legend of
Saint Jayne Half-Elven
The Church’s well crafted tales of a half-
human Saint Jayne Half-Elven twisted the
true memory of Jayne and the Seven.
Obscured and forgotten, “Saint Jayne” is
still remembered in the villages near the
sanctuary, where hunters and woodcutters
pray for her protection.
™™Locals will earnestly tell that:
●●When Men rose up against Sunnestead
Sorceresse 700 years ago, Jayne Half-Elven
lived in the woods. She saw the misery of
Men and offered to help.
●●She commanded Nature and seven loyal
animal companions escorted her.
●●Her hidden grotto became a refuge for
mortals fleeing the atrocities of war. Some
remained at her side and urged her to
help them fight. So she did.
●●Just before the final battle, Jayne’s raven
companion delivered intelligence crucial
to the final victory. Wounded, he suc-
cumbed soon after.
●●During the battle, all her blessed
animals fiercely fought and sacrificed
themselves for the freedom of Men.
●●After the victory, King Hraldr offered
her lands and title as a reward. She kindly
refused and went back to the woods.
●●Saint Jayne is buried somewhere
beneath the hills, near the sanctuary
honouring her.
6
™™Rumours (d8)
Saint Jayne’s right hand was a
1 Dryad; she gave her a staff that
could control nature. (P)
Some day the Sunnestead
Sorceresse will return, and Saint
2
Jayne Half-Elven shall come back
and protect us. (P)
Beware! The restless spirits of Saint
3 Jayne Half-Elven’s enemies still
haunt her tomb. (T)
Saint Jayne is not dead : she went
4 to Faërie, to convert her former
enemies to the True Faith. (F)
If you pray to Saint Jayne Half-
5 Elven at her sanctuary, she will
send animals to help you. (F)
Saint Jayne hated hybrid creatures
6
and fed them to a Basilisk. (F)
Saint Jayne was in truth a
fae goddess. She abandoned
7
everything to convert to the
Church teachings! (F)
Trolls in those hills, they hide the
most precious gems. My great
8 uncle once brought one back from
the woods. All shattered, it was,
but still worth a fortune! (P)
™™Hooks
●●Brother John-Forrest has been tasked to
clean and bless the derelict sanctuary of Saint
Jayne. Sheepish but curious to learn more
about the saint’s life, he seeks an escort.
●●The old trail between Crimstone and
Hapre grows perilous. Woodsmen speak
of trolls and kobolds roaming freely. Aela,
the sister of a missing merchant needs
someone to look into the matter; also, Earl
Katram of Nucamons may be convinced to
pay a small sum per monster slain.
●●Solas, the exhausted bartender of the
Five Dragoons Inn in Crimstone, has
been having harassing nightmares of
broken fae souls. They wake up covered in
frozen sweat, tetanised by dread, hatred
and despair. One of the shattered souls, a
lady with green demented eyes, seems to
reach out to them. She screams about the
woods, about Jayne and the Seven, about
vengeance and proper burial.
●●A withering, secret Cult of Saint Jayne is
now certain that the Sunnestead Sorcer-
esse is about to return. They seek to fulfil
the Kodiak Prophecy, but don’t have the
slightest clue about Jayne’s true nature, who
Kodiak is, or what the prophecy precisely
entails, only that Jayne shall once more
fight the Sunnestead Sorceresse. They need
an escort for Nesteren, their Chosen One,
a frail 17 year-old destined to venture into
the tombs, who show potential, yet is a bit
too eager to prove themself.
●●Ser Nauqx, a fae emissary of the
Sunnestead Sorceresse hires the party to
retrieve Lady Jayne’s Dryadwood Staff.
They may do so openly, or masquerade as
someone willing to pay the PCs to clear
the tombs of an ancient undead threat.
●●The wizard Crest Kodiiak, claiming to
descend from a clone of the great wizard
Constantine Kodiak, hires the party to
find the grimoire of his almost-ancestor,
and everything else they can find
about his golem research. 7
 Treasure
Area Treasure
102 sp. 530 cp. Onyx (50 gp). Earrings
2-5 (10 gp). Stone ring. Potion of Loud
Thoughts. Girdle of Gender Fluidity.
3,500 cp. Emerald (350 gp). 2 gold
4
teeth (10 gp). 6 Humansbane arrows.
5 Diamond (500 gp). Boot of Jumping.
6 85 gp. Silver thieves’ tools (50 gp).
7 Diamonds (2,100 gp).
8 Gold filigree (600 gp).
356 gp. Armband (75 gp). 3 uncut
10
diamonds (3d6x100gp total). Dagger.
Carnelian signet ring (100 gp). Silver
11 crucifix (200 sp). Holy water. Chalice
of Saint Orwyll. Naegling.
2 candelabras (500 gp each). Key to
12
Workshop [28].
Silver bas-relief (500 gp). 8 candelabras
13 (400 gp each). 26 amulets (3,900 gp
total). Potion of Polymorph Self.
Silver knives (5 gp). Salt & pepper
(315 gp). Cookbook. Poison. 2 jars of
14
Blue Honey. 1 bag of candies. 1 Rosetta
Stout. 3 Blue candles. Dagger +1.
Silver studs (505 sp total). Gold
sealing (50 gp). Gold inlays (600 gp).
15 Corundum signet ring (300 gp).
10,000 cp. 3 offerings bowls (300 gp
total). Dryadwood Staff.
72 cp. Ruby (600 gp). 51 ivory cards
16 (25gp for the full set). Silver inkwell
(5 gp). Blue candle.
18 21 Bronze Bats (500 gp each).
5,000 gp. 8,000 sp. Onyx signet
ring (100 gp). 7 canopic jars (full
set: 25,000 gp). Book of Dwarven
19
Laws (1500 gp). 7 Bronze Bats (500
gp each). 3 Dispel Evil Scroll. Cure
Disease Scroll.
8
Area Treasure
210 gp. Silver mace. Navel jewel
20
(50 gp). Chain-mail +1.
100 pp. Arrow of Dendrification.
21
60 doses of Blue Honey. Fae Fruits.
70 gp. Gold sealing (50 gp). Silver
studs (1500 gp total). Amulet (150 gp).
Key to Armoury [26]. Diamond signet
22 ring (500 gp). Tourmaline signet ring
(100 gp). 2 Porcelain dolls (110 gp).
Leather boots. Potion of Cure Mummy
Rot. Elven katana. Music box (800 gp).
24 Gold sealing (50 gp).
2 Swords. 2 Leather Armour. Ice-seed.
26 Potion of Control Plant. Scroll of
massmorph. Mask of the Wolf.
5 diamonds (1,000 gp each). Molten
diamonds (2d6x100 gp). Alchemy tools
(2,000 gp). Stone carving tools (150 gp).
28
Key to prison [39]. Kodiak’s Grimoire.
Snow-leopard statuette (200 gp). 3 Stone
to Flesh Scrolls. 2 Marble Hands.
Key to the Armoury [26]. Missing
33 card from [16]. Troll Hearts (8,600 gp
total, if shattered). Jade Eye.
2 cp. Potion of Spider Climbing.
34
Protection from Undead Scroll.
2 topaz (300 gp each). 2 rubys
36
(500 gp each). Tapestry (1,000+ gp).
Silver shackles. Cold iron shackles. Jade
38
Fingernails. Silver Ring. Bottled Pain.
Aquamarine signet ring (200 gp).
39
Headband (3,500 gp).
8 diamonds in Living Statues heads
rdm (8d6x100 gp total). Amethyst signet
ring (100 gp) on Amber Golem.
Total monetary value: ~93,100 gp
 Encounter details
Constantine Kodiak, the Blue Amber Golem
●●The Golem is animated by the life-force
of the wizard Constantine Kodiak. The
wizard’s body is in [12].
►►He wears an amethyst signet ring
around his neck, on a tarnished silver
chain (100 gp, faint magic, one of the
Seven’s signet rings, see appendix).
™™Constantine Kodiak's attitute
►►He cooked up a prophecy where Jayne
would come back, and wants to believe
the PCs are here to finally fulfill it: he will
show them the monument in [13]. Once
they have the other rings, he will give
them his own.
►►Gauging (accompanies the PCs to
observe their behaviour), perhaps helpful
(knows traps, commands Living Statues).
►►He lets the PCs take the rings from the
tombs, but won’t let them behave like
crass grave-robbers.
►►Won’t step into the grove [21] or on the
honey-trap [6]; won’t go down to level 2,
except in pursuit of the PCs.
(area 20 and random encounter)
Carved in pale
translucent blue
amber, the lean,
5' tall, 2-tons snow
leopard radiates
softly from within.
Bronze teeth and claws
shine with the promise
of death.
Liquid gold cat-eyes cast
puzzling, hopeful inquiries.
™™Communicating with
the Amber Golem
►►He understands Common and Elvish.
►►He communicates mostly by shaking his
head, clearly expressing only “yes”, “no”,
“maybe”, and “I don’t know”.
►►He can purr, but whatever he intends, it
always comes out as a menacing rumble.
Constantine Kodiak
(Blue amber snow leopard golem)
AC 6 [13], HD 10** (hp 43), Att 2 × claw
(2d6), 1 × bite (2d10), THAC0 11 [+8], MV
180’ (60’), SV D10 W11 P12 B13 S14 (5), ML
12, AL Lawful, XP 2,300
►►Immunity: Unharmed by gas; unaf-
fected by charm, hold, and sleep spells.
Cannot be possessed by the Ghost of
Rhain Dreamdust.
►►Mundane damage immunity: Can only
be harmed by magical attacks.
►►Tracking: Without error.
►►Detect invisible creatures: Within 60’.
►►Animated by Kodiak life-force: If the
body of Constantine Kodiak (in [12]) is
killed, the Amber Golem dies instantly.
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Rhain Dreamdust, the
Silent Ghost
(area 22 and random encounter)
Haloed by faint silver light, the
tongueless ghost thrusts accusatory
stares, his ice-cold eyes underlined by
ashen tears endlessly trickling down
his hollow cheeks. An intricate lace of
unhealed scars runs on his maimed,
etheric body: his tongue is but one of
many missing appendages.
►►Cannot speak without a possessed body.
►►Asks for help accomplishing his ven-
geance (killing Kodiak, the last Compan-
ion). Will lead the PCs to Constantine
Kodiak’s tomb [12].
►►If faced with refusal, will go alone in
the possessed body.
►►If shown evidence of Constantine
Kodiak’s death: will fade away with a
demented, thankful look.
10
The Ghost of Rhain Dreamdust
AC 3 [16], HD 5** (24 hp), Att 1 × touch (1d6
+ aging), or 1 x possession, THAC0 15 [+4],
MV 60’ (20’), SV D10 W11 P12 B13 S14 (5),
ML 11, AL Chaotic, XP 425
►►Undead: Make no noise, until they
attack. Immune to effects that affect
living creatures (e.g. poison). Immune to
mind-affecting or mind-reading spells (e.g.
charm, hold, sleep).
►►Barely visible: in a lit area, 5-in-6
chance of surprise.
►►Mundane damage immunity: Can only
be harmed by silver weapons or magic.
►►Aging touch: Target ages 2d20 years. If
the victim is a fae, he or she does not age,
but must save vs spells or be afflicted with
terror for 1d6 rounds.
►►Turning: If turned, disappears for
3 hours (24 hours in grove-time, see [21]).
►►Possession: The ghost may attempt
to possess the body of another creature
within 120’. The victim must save vs spells.
If the save is successful, the ghost may not
make another attempt to possess that vic-
tim for one turn. If the save fails, the ghost
enters the victim, possessing it.
●●Control: The ghost gains full control
over the victim’s body, but is not able
to make the victim cast spells.
●●The victim has no memory of what
happened during the possession.
●●If the possessed victim is killed: The
ghost is expelled from the body.
●●Dispelling: Dispel evil forces the ghost
life force out of the body.
●●Returning: The ghost may choose to
end the possession at any time.
™™Possessed by Rhain Dreamdust!
►►Rhain exits his host if they are re- ►►The referee may allow the use of Turn
strained or knocked unconscious. Undead on a possessed character; on a suc-
►►Dispel evil ends the possession, but is a cess, the host may roll a new saving throw
high-level spell (3 scrolls of dispel evil can with a -2(D)/-4(T) penalty.
be found in [19]). ►►The referee may allow a PC to choose to
►►Additionnal ways to end the possession. lose one level (or 1d6 WIS), in order to get
Because losing the ability to control one’s a new saving throw.
character for long is not fun, here are a
few options the referee may consider. The ™™Possessed NPC death
PCs should try to make a deal, but you
may chose some of the options below, as a 1d20 +
The host is killed by:
fail-safe mechanism. NPC level
►►If the PCs are accompanied by NPCs, 1-5 Wandering oil beetles
the easiest solution is for the ghost to 6-10 Wandering Broken Souls
target (weaker) NPCs first. If a possessed
NPC leaves the party to accomplish Living statues (either
11-15
Rhain’s vengeance (going towards [12]), patrolling, or in [10])
he will most probably meet his end on the The Cloudkill runetrap in
way (see table). Kodiak’s sarcophagus in
16-20
►►The referee may allow the use of dispel [12] (Amber Golem rushes
magic, treating the possession as a spell there)
cast by a 10th level caster. A success al- The Amber Golem,
lows the victim to make another saving 20+ rushing in [12] when the
throw. sarcophagus is opened

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56 Broken Souls
(areas 30, 37 and random encounters)
Fracked psyches. Anguished spirits
glimpsed through flickering, ghostly
splinters of shattered mirrors; swirling
spectral shards, people-shaped
kaleidoscopic columns.
Captured, viciously tortured, promptly
judged, and then murdered with careful
cruelty: the 56 restless spirits of wrongly
accused fae.

™™Soulstorm
►►When manifesting as a Soulstorm, doz-
ens rage half-seen around the room. The
storm is too removed from the material
world to physically interact with it.
►►They want memories or blood, and tell
secrets (see Random Encounters table).
►►If upset, 1d6 congeal into wraiths.
™™Individual wraith
►►When they manifest this way, a handful
at a time, they can interact with the world.
►► Roll each wraith’s reaction separately.
2d6 Broken Soul Reaction table
4 or less Attacks with fury.
Shell-shocked, lamenting,
5–6
crying, may lash out.
Relives their gruesome last
7–10 moments (PCs can only see
what happened to the fae).
10–11 Pleads to be avenged.
12 or Grabs (attack) at PCs and im-
more plores they end their torment.
–1 per PC who remotely looks like one of the
Seven (e.g. a halfling thief or a human paladin).
–2 per PC wearing a signet ring.
+1 per PC who doesn’t look like one of the Seven
at all (e.g. a half-orc or minotaur).
12
Broken Souls (Fae Wraiths)
AC 3 [16], HD 4** (18 hp), Att 1 × touch
(1d6  + energy drain), THAC0 16 [+3], MV
120’ (40’) / 240’ (80’) flying, SV D10 W11 P12
B13 S14 (4), ML 12, AL Chaotic, XP 175
►►Undead: Make no noise, until they
attack. Immune to effects that affect
living creatures (e.g. poison). Immune to
mind-affecting or mind-reading spells (e.g.
charm, hold, sleep).
►►Mundane weapon immunity: Only
harmed by silver weapons or magic.
►►Damage reduction: Half damage from
silver weapons.
►►Energy drain: A successfully hit target
permanently loses one experience level
(or Hit Die). This incurs a loss of one Hit Die
of hit points, as well as all other benefits
due to the drained level (e.g. spells, saving
throws, etc.). A character’s XP is reduced
to the lowest amount for the new level.
A person drained of all levels becomes a
wraith in one day, under the control of the
wraith that killed them.
►►Limited numbers: when a wraith is
destroyed, roll 3d6 and read from highest
digit to lowest (e.g. 5-4-4). Cross out that
number on the list next page.
™™d666 Table of Broken Souls ►►The referee can double strike-through
skulls smashed or buried by the PCs in [30]
►►This is the list of the the fae prison-
(destroying the corresponding wraith)
ers’ numbers, carved on the wall in [18]
and simply cross out a Broken Souls’ num-
and on the skulls in [30]. In-world, the
ber when they are otherwise destroyed,
numbers are written in sacred dwarven
leaving the skull intact.
runes, a base-7 system. No prison number
contains a ‘0’ because that 7th digit is holy. ►►Some skulls in [30] are already smashed:
before running the adventure, the referee
►►Numbers in bold indicate one of the 56
shall make 8 d666 rolls on this table, and
Broken Souls. Other numbers belong to
cross out the results, possibly lowering the
long dead prisoners who do not haunt the
Broken Souls count.
dungeon.

111 154 241 324 411 454 541 624

112 155 242 325 412 455 542 625
113 156 243 326 413 456 543 626
114 161 244 331 414 461 544 631
115 162 245 332 415 462 545 632
116 163 246 333 416 463 546 633
121 164 251 334 421 464 551 634
122 165 252 335 422 465 552 635
123 166 253 336 423 466 553 636
124 211 254 341 424 511 554 641
125 212 255 342 425 512 555 642
126 213 256 343 426 513 556 643
131 214 261 344 431 514 561 644
132 215 262 345 432 515 562 645
133 216 263 346 433 516 563 646
134 221 264 351 434 521 564 651
135 222 265 352 435 522 565 652
136 223 266 353 436 523 566 653
141 224 311 354 441 524 611 654
142 225 312 355 442 525 612 655
143 226 313 356 443 526 613 656
144 231 314 361 444 531 614 661
145 232 315 362 445 532 615 662
146 233 316 363 446 533 616 663
151 234 321 364 451 534 621 664
152 235 322 365 452 535 622 665
153 236 323 366 453 536 623 666

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 Outside
™™Sanctuary of Saint Jayne
150’ off the old trail, at the foot of a
100’ grey granite cliff, surrounded by
overgrown thickets (see [1]).
™™On the tree-covered hill
►►Trickle of smoke (chimney from the
Kobold kitchen in [4]), escaping through
cracks in the rock.
►►Among boulders, a burrow entrance.
The dirt is drenched in musky, fammable
oil secreted by oil beetles; 15” wide, leads
down to [16].
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™™On the far side of the hill
►►A stream exiting a low cave (to [31]).
►►500’ from the cave mouth, where it’s
easier to climb in and out of the water:
troll footprints in the mud.
™™In Faërie
Where a sun-lit grove used to be, a dark
non-space exists. Faint sound can some-
times be heard: galloping hooves, the
buzzing of bees, and at sundown, a gentle
lullaby in a language only plants can
understand.
Outside events and
encounters
1-in-12 chance every hour. Roll 1d4.

™™Day
1. A murder of albino ravens. They
remember. They repeat a single word in
common: “Lies”.
►►Speak with animals: “long ago, one of us
befriended one who lived in a cave around
here; they were both betrayed by a deer
with 4 legs and 3 arms. So, no, we don’t
trust bipeds anymore!”
2. A party of 6 cocky poachers, carrying 2
red deer.
3. 3d6 hungry wolves.
4. Lemuel, an old peddler with bright
violet eyes, travelling the trail with a mule,
stopping to leave flower offerings at the
sanctuary. Will be wary the PCs are ban-
dits. Would buy up to 500 gp of interest-
ing goods.
™™Night
1. 1d4 hunting Rhagodessa, walking down
the cliff-face: they are huge, hairy, noctur-
nal arachnid carnivores, with large heads
and mandibles and 10 legs.
2. A panicked herd of 2d6 red deer. Track-
ing the origin of their flight, 3 mile away
uphill, reveals troll footprints. Tracking
the troll leads to the stream, 500’ from the
cave entrance to level 2.
3. 3d6 hungry wolves.
4. d4 Kobold hunters (from [4]). 3-in-6
chance they are going out, otherwise
coming back. If captured, the buggers will
talk.

Poachers Rhagodessa
AC 6 [13], HD 1 (4hp), Att 1 × sword (1d8) AC 5 [14], HD 4+2 (20hp), Att 1 × sucker
or longbow (1d6), THAC0 19 [0], MV 120’ (grab), 1 × bite (2d8), THAC0 15 [+4], MV
(40’), SV D13 W14 P13 B16 S15 (T1), ML 8, AL 150’ (50’), SV D12 W13 P14 B15 S16 (2), ML
Chaotic, XP 10 9, AL Neutral, XP 125
►►Suckers: Front legs equipped with suck-
Wolves ers for grabbing prey.
►►Grab: When hit with a sucker, the
AC 7 [12], HD 2+2 (11hp), Att 1 × bite (1d6),
victim is stuck and will be bitten automati-
THAC0 17 [+2], MV 180’ (60’), SV D12 W13
cally next round.
P14 B15 S16 (1), ML 6 (8 in larger packs), AL
►►Cling: Can walk on walls.
Neutral, XP 25
►►Strength in numbers: Packs of 4 or
more wolves have morale 8. If the pack
is reduced to less than 50% of its original
size, this morale bonus is lost.

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 Level 1
►►Unless noted otherwise: chalky white
stone block walls, floor, and ceiling (8’).

1. Roadside sanctuary (S)

Forsaken and unwelcoming (sunless,
damp, muddy). Mossy stone benches.
Statue*. Secret entrance*.
►►Outside encounter table (p. 17).

™™Weathered statue
Female druid holding a staff of intertwined
branches (5’ tall, mossy stone, half-elf,
half-human, mediocre craftsmanship).
►►Engraved pedestal (in common:
“SAINT JAYNE HALF-ELVEN”).
►►Surrounding the druid, buried in moss:
1’-tall statuettes of seven animals: a deer, a
raven, a unicorn, a bee, a bat, a hawk, and
a snow leopard.

™™Secret entrance (T)

Footprints in the dirt (diminutive, leading
to the rock wall and back).
►►Rock wall: secret door (5’ high, swings
outwards from the top)
►►Inside: kobold alarm trap (tripwire,
bells), faint sound of rumbling water,
smell of a brewing stew.

16
Kobold Komplex (areas 2-5) ™™Negotiating with the Kobolds
►►They need food.
12 malnourished Kobolds have settled
into the entrance to the tombs. d12 Negotiations outcome
►►No random encounters in areas 2-5. 1-14 No deal, prepare to die!
Deal! They take the food and
12 Kobolds 15-22 let them in, but will ambush
AC 7 [12], HD 1/2* (see table), Att 1 × nail- weakened PCs on their way out.
fitted clubs (1d4) or 1 x blowguns (1d2 + poi-
Deal! They let the Pcs in and
son) or 1 x molotov (bodyguards), THAC0 23+
19 [0], MV 60’ (20’), SV D14 W15 P16 B17 S18
out (this once!).
(NH), ML 8, AL Chaotic Adjust with CHA modifier
►►Infravision: 90’. +1 per day’s worth of rations
►►Hate gnomes: Attack on sight. +1 for each Kobold killed
►►Poison darts: save vs poison (0/2d4
damage), 1 round onset time. Each Kobold –4 if the chieftain is dead.
has 3 poison darts. ►►Regardless of the result, there is a 3-in-
►►Molotov cocktails: 1d8 damage, burns 6 chance they will conduct a night raid on
for 2 rounds. Bodyguards have 1 each.
any encampment the PCs may have set up
outside, while they explore the dungeon.

d12 Sex Name HP XP Treasure

1 F Tucker (chieftain) 9 21 Real Key to 6
2 M Bucker (bodyguard) 7 16 200 cp, molotov
3 F Brucker (bodyguard) 6 16 199 cp, molotov
4 M Ducker (bodyguard) 5 16 12 cp, obscene drawing pad, molotov
5 F Drucker 4 6 15 cp, 1 onyx (50 gp), Key to room 5
6 M “Eff ” 4 6 Golden snake earrings (10 gp)
7 F Hucker 3 6 Rotten apple, 2 cp
8 M Lucker 3 6 White stone ring*
9 F Mucker 2 6 Potion of Loud Thought*, 85 cp
10 T Pucker 2 6 Girdle of Gender Fluidity*, 19 cp
11 F Sucker 1 6 half a dried fish, shiny red apple
12 M Thucker 1 6 fishing line, 102 sp
►►White stone ring (masonry motif): +1 damage against stone, fear of running water (save vs
paralysis or become shaken within 30’ of running water: –2 to all rolls).
►►Potion of Loud Thought (scribbled label, “loud” is unreadable): character loudly says everything
they think, 2d6 turns.
►►Girdle of Gender Fluidity (hermaphrodite symbol on the buckle, fitted for a Kobold waist): al-
lows the wearer to finely select their visible sexual characteristics, 1 alteration per day.
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2. Kobold deathtrap (M, T)
Well* (rumbling water far below). 7 arrow
slits*. Larger-than-life statues (alabaster,
nude woman/man with a doe/stag head,
holding out votive bowls). Lancet arch
door* (north).
™™Kobolds
1d4 Kobolds stand guard in the dark.
►►They are (d6): 1-2-Gambling with
bones, 3-4-Drinking sullenly, 5-Mating
voraciously, 6-Sleeping and snoring.
►►Bone whistles around their neck.
™™7 crude arrow slits
See minimap below.
►►If the Kobolds are alerted, 1 Kobold will
man each arrow slit in 1d4 rounds.
18
™™North door (T)
Wooden door (locked, lancet arch, iron
leaf-shaped studs). Haphazard holes in
the ceiling (kitchen scents, light from the
cooking fire). Inscription above the door
(in elvish: “Once the Stronghold of Seven,
now their Sepulchre. They shall arise when
Evil returns”).
►►Key in lock: disabled (filed off notches).
►►The cook in [4] can tip over the caul-
dron: scalding broth showers through the
holes (save vs paralysis, 1d6 damage).
™™Well
Low margin, bucket (worn out rope).
►►60’ drop, into the roaring river on
level 2, see [31].
►►Anything falling in: has a 2-in-6 chance
of washing up ashore in [34].
3. Kobold antechamber (T,S)
Oaken door* (trapped). Secret door*
(closed, to [5]). 2 arrow slits (crude, tiny).
™™Sturdy oaken door (T)
►►Self-closing mechanism: shuts in
1 round.
►►No handle on the inside.
™™Firetrap
►►When the door closes: Kobolds throw a
bundle of 5 molotovs through each arrow
slit (save vs petrification, 2d8 damage).
►►Then, they close the slits with thick
wooden panels.
►►Fire, smoke, oxygen burning away: save
vs poison every round, 1d8 damage and
fall unconscious if failed.
™™Secret door
►►White stone blocks mounted on a
wooden chassis, 3’ high.
►►Bar-closed from [4].
►►Faint draught: obvious if the room is
on fire.
4. Kobold cave (M)
Natural cavern (obscene graffiti, ceil-
ing 15’). Dirty bedrolls (main cave).
Chieftain’s quarters* (Northeast corner).
Kitchen* (above [2]). 9 arrow slits (5 molo-
tovs and wooden shutters near each arrow
slit opening into [3]).
►►Hooked near the entrance: the missing
door handle (from [3]).
™™Chieftain's corner
►►Behind rock columns, north corner.
►►Wide stinky bedroll, pelts.
►►Supply crates: 3,500 cp ◆ emerald
(350 gp) ◆ 2 molotovs ◆ rope (50’) ◆
saddlebags ◆ carpenter tools ◆ 2 gold teeth
(10 gp) ◆ 6 Humansbane arrows (2d6 dam-
age against humans) ◆ a broken shortbow.
™™Kitchen
Enormous iron cooking pot (watered down
broth, suspended over fire). Supplies*.
Natural chimney (sizeable crack in the ceil-
ing, going up to the hilltop). Murder holes
(floor, above the north door in [2]).
►►1 Kobold cook (at all times).
►►Supplies: fresh and dried food, question-
able meat, roots, herbs, beer keg, firewood.
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5. Kobold wood storage (S)
Oaken door (locked). Trashpile*. Hidden
Tunnel* (to [19]).
Roomful of discarded wooden items
(planks, cart wheels, broken barrels, etc.)
and smaller trash (stained rags, broken
backpacks, boots, clay pots, etc.) that the
Kobolds use as firewood or to build bar-
ricades.
►►Searching the pile: a suspiciously heavy
piece of coal, actually a diamond under an
illusion spell (500 gp) ◆ left Boot of Jump-
ing (rotten foot still inside): allows the
wearer to leap up to 10’ high and 30’ hori-
zontally (2-in-6 chance of working if
wearing this single boot).
►►1’ wide tunnel: in the east wall, behind
dismembered furniture. Excavated in the
dirt.
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6. Time-worn honey trap (T)
Coffered ceiling (15’, cobwebs). 6 Door-
ways (lancet arch). Blue-black substance*
(covering the entire floor). 2 skeletons*.
™™Blue-black substance (T)
Dust encrusted (dulled out surface). Tar-
like (1” thick, soft, smell of wild flowers
and turpentine, bittersweet taste).
►►Sticks to everything. Save vs paralysis
every 10’ or become stuck. 1-in-6 chance
of falling if moving carelessly.
►► Acid can clean it off, but damages
items.
►►Highly flammable. Crossing with a
torch: 1-in-20 chance per round of setting
the room alight. Noxious black smoke
lingers in adjacent rooms for hours.
™™2 fallen skeletons
►►20’ from south entrance.
►►Mouldy bones and rusty equipment,
blue tar still clinging to everything.
►►Salvageable: 85 gp, tarnished silver
thieves’ tools (50 gp).
7. Starved Grey Ooze (M)
Rusty iron doors (stuck). Wet, uneven
stone floor (actually a Grey Ooze, filling
the entire floor). Blackened bones (human
ribcage, various animal bones). Scattered
diamonds (worth 2,100 gp).
1 Grey Ooze
AC 8 [11], HD 3* (13hp), Att 1 × touch (2d8),
THAC0 17 [+2], MV 10’ (3’), SV D12 W13 P14
B15 S16 (2), ML 12, AL Neutral, XP 50
►►Blend in with stone: Difficult to tell
apart from wet stone.
►►Acid: After a successful attack, sticks
to the victim and exudes acid. The acid
destroys normal armour immediately and
in�icts 2d8 damage per round. (Magic
armour is dissolved in one turn.)
►►Energy immunity: Unharmed by cold
or fire.
8. False door (T)
Pressure-triggered trap*. Ornate door*.
™™Collapsing corridor (T)
►►Pressure plate: a single stone slab (hall-
way wide, 8’ long).
►►If stepped upon by someone not wearing
one of the Seven’s signet rings, the plate
goes down 1’’.
►►Upon release, the ceiling collapses
(Save vs petrification, 1d10 damage).
™™Ornate iron fake door
►►Cast haut-relief of a mage with a pan-
ther, gold filigree (600 gp worth of gold).
9. Unskilful Frescos
Arched alcoves (ruined murals*).
™™Smashed west mural
►►Originally depicted the Seven, either
dead or in victorious pauses, accom-
panied by their animals. Separated by
blooming trees, above slain elves.
►►Parts are still intact:
●●The legs of a red deer.
●●A halfling clad in dark blue (under a
oversized stylised pastel blue bee).
●●A stern dwarf with a short grey beard
(under a soaring bat).
●●Someone’s fancy boots, in front of the
legs of a sizable white cat.
●●A figure in white plate armour, hands
crossed over their chest (head smashed
away).
●●A pair of elves wearing similar cloth-
ing: male (eyes closed, hands crossed on
chest), female (next to a black unicorn).
™™Collapsed east mural
Sheets of crumbled plaster, dozens of
fragments on the floor.
►►Putting it back together takes 4 turns.
►►It shows a proud human king, gesturing
crestfallen animals away: a deer, a white
raven, a black unicorn, a swarm of blue
bees, a brown bat, a red hawk, and a snow
leopard.
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10. Living statues (M)
3 statues* (stone, animal-headed). Ancient
corpse* (grave robber).
™™Dwarf adventurer corpse
Long-dead, between a pair of statues.
►► Treasure: 356 gp ◆ Silver fire agate
armband (75 gp) ◆ Rusty miner’s pike ◆
Dagger (the dwarven runes “always” and
“faithful” on the blade; reappears in hand
when thrown less than 30’ away).
™™Teriocephalic statues
●●2 facing statues: nude human bod-
ies (raven-headed male, hawk-headed
female), holding stone swords.
●●1 statue, further down the corridor: nude
human hermaphrodite, wolf head, clawed
fists.
►►Animate and attack anyone passing in
front of them.
►►Obey the Amber Golem’s (see p. 9) tele-
pathic orders.
3 Stone Living Statues
AC 4 [15], HD 3 (13, 13, 13 hp), Att 2 × blow
(1d6), THAC0 17 [+2], MV 90’ (30’), SV D12
W13 P14 B15 S16 (3), ML 11, AL Lawful, XP 35
►►Immunity: Unaffected by sleep spells.
►►Uncut diamond inside head (molten by
creation process, worth 1d6x100 gp).
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11. Tomb of the Paladin
Sturdy aspen door (locked, peeling paint:
a white cross on a red background).
Sarcophagus*. Font*. Tattered banner (red
cross on white background).
™™Stone sarcophagus
Carved lid (stylised hawk, broken lead
seal). Name and epitaph (in common:
“Dame Hailwidis the steadfast, faithful
servant of Saint Orwyll”).
►►Inside: human female remains, in a
cleft and rusted plate armour ◆ hawk
skeleton ◆ carnelian signet ring (worth
100 gp, faint magic, one of the Seven’s
signet rings, see appendix). ◆ Chalice
of Saint Orwyll (chiselled wood): once
every Sunday, 1 phial of holy water can be
poured into the chalice, and enough to fill
2 phials can be poured back out.
►►Dame Hailwidis’ sentient sword:
Naegling (see appendix). Dark dried
blood on the blade and hilt.
™™Font in a corner
►►Under a tarnished silver crucifix (worth
200 sp).
►►Crystal-clear liquid (Holy water,
enough to fill d4 phials).
12. Tomb of the
Golem-maker (T)
Ajar mahogany door (peeling white paint,
broken lower hinge, damaged stone door-
frame). 2 silvery candelabras*. Statue*.
2 sarcophagi* (child- and adult-sized).
™™Snow leopard-headed statue
Stone statue (male human in robes with a
snow leopard head), offering bowl (held
out). Glass jar (contains 6 ice-clear crystal
beads).
►►If someone places a bead in the bowl,
they are teleported to the workshop [28].
►►Dwindling enchantment: when tele-
ported, save vs spells or leave one random
item behind.
™™2 tawdry candelabras
5’ tall, silver with amethyst inlays, worth
500 gp each.
™™Large stone sarcophagus (T)
Carved lid (stylised snow leopard, sealed
with lead and cold iron). Name and epi-
taph (in common: “Maestro Constantine
Kodiak, may he <scratched off> die”).
►►Rune on the edge, under the lid: save vs
wands if looked at. Releases a thick purple
fog (as the spell cloudkill; remains in the
room for 6 turns).
►►The sarcophagus is filled with glowing
Blue Amber (22 hp, immune to mundane
damage, half damage from magical at-
tacks).
►►Encasing a perfectly preserved elderly
man, wearing blue-tinted glasses, purple
robes, and an immaculate coat lined with
white fur and adorned with silver tassels.
Key (to the workshop [28]) on his belt.
►►If the Amber casing is damaged, the
Amber Golem (see p. 9) will rush in as fast
as possible and arrive in d3+4 rounds,
crashing through doors and smashing
secret passages open.
►►If the body of Constantine Kodiak is
killed, the Amber Golem dies instantly.
™™Small stone sarcophagus
Lid (sealed with lead and cold iron). Name
and epitaph (in common: “Arthur, Hero of
the Final Battle”).
►►Inside: a block of blue amber, encasing
the preserved corpse of a snow leopard, a
wide wound on his right flank.
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13. Hall of the
loyal retainers
(M, 4S)

Thick redwood door (barred from the

inside by an oak beam, tree motifs in
silver bas-relief: worth 500 gp). Vault ceil-
ing (18’). 10 arched alcoves* (2-3 wrapped
skeletons* in each). 8 silver candelabras
(5’ tall, between alcoves, 400 gp each).
Monumental Statue of the Seven* (Blue
Amber).
™™Monument to the Seven
Faithful, larger than life renditions of the
Seven and their animal companions.
17' tall, shaped from a single block of
Blue Amber, including a 3' pedestal.
Elaphocentaur, holding a staff of inter-
twined branches (lower body of a doe,
reared up; upper body: elven female,
flowing hair) ◆ Elven maid (riding a uni-
corn) ◆ Male elven warrior (a raven on his
shoulder) ◆ Male halfling (bees covering
half his body) ◆ Female human paladin
(a hawk on her wrist) ◆ Male dwarf (a bat
on his shoulder) ◆ Male human wizard
(glasses, fur-lined coat, a lean snow leop-
ard at his feet).
►►Signet rings can be fitted on each of the
Seven’s right hands (except Jayne): if all 6
are put in place, the door to [15] (alcove E)
slides open.
™™26 wrapped skeletons, in
alcoves
9 humans, 7 fauns, 5 dwarves, 3 elves, 2
halflings (see next page).Wrapped in mor-
tuary shrouds, sitting arms around their
legs. Clinging to rusted weapons.
►►Animate and attack anyone tempering
with the door to Jayne’s Tomb (alcove E).
►►If destroyed, 1d12 will reform each
round if the door is tempered with.
►►They each wear an identical gold and sil-
ver amulet (leaf ornaments; worth 150 gp.
3,900 gp in total).
26 Skeletons
AC 7 [12], HD 1 (4hp each), Att 1 × rusty
weapon (1d6), THAC0 19 [0], MV 60’ (20’),
SV D12 W13 P14 B15 S16 (1), ML 12, AL Cha-
otic, XP 10
►►Undead: Make no noise, until they
attack. Immune to effects that affect
living creatures (e.g. poison). Immune to
mind-affecting or mind-reading spells (e.g.
charm, hold, sleep).

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 ™™Alcove A ™™Alcove C: hidden
3 human skeletons (m, f, f).
►►Behind a skeleton: a for-
gotten Potion of Polymorph
Self.
™™Alcove B ™™Alcove
3 skeletons: 1 human (m),
1 faun (f), 1 elf (m) .
to
10
to 14
™™Alcove F: secret
door to [14] (S)
2 halfling skeletons (m, f).
►►Secret door: Signs of
wearing on the floor, from
a frequently opened door.
A new wall is mounted in
front of the ancient door:
this alcove is 5” less deep
than the others.
hatch to [27] (S)
2 dwarf skeletons (m, m).
►►Moving the skeletons re-
veals the unlocked wooden
hatch: rusty ladder (40’
down, fragile, see [27]).
D tons in the room to animate
3 skeletons: 2 fauns (m, m),
1 human (f).
to 27
(lvl 2)
to 17
™™Alcove G ™™Alcove
3 faun skeletons (f, m, f).
™™Alcove H: hidden
door to [17] (S)
2 human skeletons (f, f).
►►hidden door: a stone
panel swinging freely, like
a cat flap. Not very well
adjusted, easy to spot.
™™Alcove E: secret
door to [15] (S)
2 elf skeletons (m, f).
►►Secret door: the back wall
of the alcove is made from
a single slab, unlike the oth-
ers. Thick and tremendously
heavy. Any attempt to force
it opened cause the skele-
and attack.
to 15
I
3 skeletons:
2 humans (f, m),
1 faun (f).
™™Alcove J
3 skeletons: 2 dwarves (f, f),
1 human (f).
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14. Beekeeper's Tomb
Corridor (cold, damp, 1” of water). Birch
door (unlocked, peeling blue paint). Sooty
ceiling (18’). Sarcophagus* (in place of a
sealed off chimney). Burn marks (where a
stove used to be). Utensils*. Shelf*.
™™Stone sarcophagus
Carved lid (stylised bee). Name and
epitaph (in common: “Harpo the Halfling:
melissomancer and gourmet. Boisterously
generous with friends, furtively ruthless
with foes”).
►►Sealed with Blue Propolis. 2 turns to
pry open.
►►Inside: halfling skeleton, missing his
left ring finger (his signet ring is in [39])
◆ 1 jar of Blue Honey (see appendix) ◆
1 phial of blade poison (3d6/death) ◆
3 blue candles (see appendix) ◆ +1 dagger
◆ thieves’ tools ◆ garrotte wire.
15. Jayne's True Tomb (T, M)
Sturdy oaken door* (magical trap, un-
locked, cracked green paint, silver studs).
Leaves bas-relief (walls and ceiling, 20’).
Unnatural Cold. Taste of blood (primal,
permeating the room). Tall sarcophagus*
(15’ high, black marble).
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™™Kitchen utensils
►►cracked wooden ladles, oxidised copper
cooking pots, 3 silver cooking knives (5 gp
as a set).
™™Shelf
4’ up on the west wall.
►►Cookbook: handwritten in Halfling,
recipes include “Jarret d’elfe rôti au miel”,
“Pixie en croûte” and “Harpo’s Candies”.
May also be used to identify the fruits in
[21] (see Fae Fruits in appendix).
►►Several jars, sticky with black remains.
►►1 jar of Blue Honey (see appendix).
►►1 bag of colourful candies (30 candies,
see appendix).
►►1 dusty bottle of Rosetta Stout (compre-
hend written languages, 6 turns).
►►Small jars of pink salt (15 gp) and
grains of exotic Yoon Pepper (300 gp).
™™Green door (T)
Leaf-shaped silver studs (101, worth 5 sp
each).
►►If the door is opened by someone who
has not pledged allegiance to Lady Jayne,
the room fills with swarms of ghostly
firefly-like green lights, coalescing out of
thin air. They hover and gather around
intruders, acting as a protection from evil
spell. The effect lasts until everyone exits
and the door is closed.
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™™Tall sarcophagus
Black marble (intricately carved sylvan
scenes, lid sealed with gold, 50 gp). Name
and epitaph (gold inlays, worth 600 gp, in
common: “Lady Jayne of the Woods – De-
fendour of the Seasons – Protectrix of the
Free People of the Northwoods – Honored
& Beloved & Righteous Ruler of the Strong-
hold of Seven – Heroine of the Cantons –
She will rise again when the enemy returns.
Til that fated day, we wait and we weep.“).
►►Inside: Lady Jayne’s bones ◆ the Dryad-
wood Staff (see appendix) ◆ brownish-
green corundum signet ring (one of
the Seven’s signet rings, worth 300 gp)
◆ 10,000 cp ◆ 3 nesting offerings bowls
(obsidian, jade and wood, 300 gp).
™™Lady Jayne, reluctant
elaphocentaur messiah
A crimson shade, glimpsed as through
deer blood endlessly flowing over a
frosted glass sheet, Lady Jayne remains
a startling, commanding presence; her
immense pine-green gaze channels
the raw animus of the wilds; her voice,
primal and warm, like dark forest soil
drenched in doe gore, sends quivers
through the bones, conjuring the echoes
of a stampeding herd.
►►She wants to pass on. Facing the
Sunnestead Sorceresse is a fate for new
heroes.
►►If someone grants final rest to all her
Companions (she doesn’t care how), she
will reach into her tomb and bestow upon
them her Dryadwood Staff: “let it go back
into the world, and reach those who will
fight on against unnatural tyranny”.
The Spectre of Lady Jayne
AC 2 [17], HD 6*** (27hp), Att 1 × touch (1d8
+ energy drain) or spell, THAC0 14 [+5], MV
150’ (50’) / 300’ (100’) �ying, SV D10 W11
P12 B13 S14 (6), ML 11, AL Neutral, XP 950
►►Undead: Make no noise, until they
attack. Immune to effects that affect
living creatures (e.g. poison). Immune to
mind-affecting or mind-reading spells (e.g.
charm, hold, sleep).
►►Mundane damage immunity: Can only
be harmed by magical attacks.
►►Energy drain: A successfully hit target
permanently loses two experience levels
(or Hit Dice). This incurs a loss of two
Hit Dice of hit points, as well as all other
benefits due to the drained levels (e.g.
spells, saving throws, etc.). A character’s
XP is reduced to the lowest amount for the
new level. A person drained of all levels
becomes a spectre next night, under the
control of the spectre that killed them.
►►Spellcasting: casts spells as a 6th level
Druid or Magic-User (referee’s choice).
►►Druid Spells: faerie fire, heat metal,
hold animal, temperature control, wall of
thorns.
►►Magic-User Spells: charm person, con-
tinual darkness, haste (2x), dispel magic.
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16. Derelict guard room (M)
Cold iron door (locked, rusty, opened
peephole). Collapsed ceiling* (souththeast
corner). Weapons rack (empty, broken).
3 brown duster coats (mouldy). Table*.
4 stools (wood), 2 cots* (ruined). Lever
(lever a, see [17]).
™™On a single-slab wood table
►►51 circular ivory playing cards (queen
of clubs missing (it is in [33]), worth
10 gp, 25gp for the full set) ◆ 72 cp
◆ Silver inkwell (dried ink, worth 5 gp)
◆ Whiskey bottle (dusty, half-full) ◆ Blue
candle stub: will burn for 5 rounds (see
Harpo’s candles in appendix).
™™Under a tangled cot
►►A ruined pair of green leather boots:
ruby (600 gp) in secret compartment in
the left heel.
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™™Collapsed ceiling
& hidden floor tunnel
►►Southeast corner, heap of fallen ceiling
tiles and moist dirt on the ground.
►►15” wide tunnel, going up (exits be-
tween boulders, on the hilltop).
►►Hidden amidst the fallen tiles: another
15” tunnel, going down (exits on level 2,
in [35]).
™™3" long beetles
There is a 4-in-6 chance 6 Oil Beetles
roam around the room.
6 Oil Beetles
AC 4 [15], HD 2* (hp 6, 8, 9, 9, 11, 14), Att 1 ×
bite (1d6), THAC0 18 [+1], MV 120’ (40’), SV
D12 W13 P14 B15 S16 (1), ML 8, AL Neutral,
XP 25
►►Oil spray: Use when attacked. Targets
one opponent within 5’. A hit causes pain-
ful blistering: –2 to attack rolls for 24 hours.
Cure light wounds can be used to cure
this, instead of restoring hit points.
17. Levers and hallways (S)
Levers* (a, b, c, wooden handles). Portcullises (a: opened,
b, c: closed, cold iron). Poorly hidden door* (to [13]).
™™North hallway (S)
►►Stairs lead down to port-
cullis (a), then to lever (c)
and a brass door (see [20]),
20’ below.
►►The ceiling remains
straight, 8’ high upstairs
and 28’ high downstairs.
™™Lever (a),
in upper position
►►Pull down: loudly closes
all opened portcullises (at
the beginning: a only).
►►Pull up again: opens
portcullis (a) only.
►►Hidden door to [13],
8’ above the stairs: a stone
panel, swinging freely like
a cat flap. Not very well
adjusted, easy to spot.
™™South hallway
►►Stairs lead up to a
bronze door (see [18]).
►►Faint smell of decay.
™™Lever (c),
in lower position
►►Pull up: opens cold iron
portcullis (c) (in [20]).
►►Pull down again: closes
portcullis (c).
™™Lever (b),
in lower position
►►Rickety: 2-in-6 chance to
break every time it is used.
►►Pull up: opens cold iron
portcullis (b).
►►Pull down again: closes
portcullis (b).
™™East hallway
►►Stairs lead 15’ up, to the
pathway above [21].
►►Spring forest scents.
►►Sound of a strong wind in
branches (due to Faërie time
passing faster in [21]).
►►Light from Faërie (see
[21]) shines up to the port-
cullis.
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18. Bats in the Verdicts
Birch & bronze door to [17] (locked, out-
side: embossed foils depicting a mountain
under seven stars). Bronze bats* (hanging
from the ceiling). 3 alcoves* (engraved
names). Tunnel (1’ wide, leads to [5]).
™™21 Bronze bats
1’ tall, 90 lbs bronze statues, evenly spaced
on the ceiling. Worth 500 gp apiece.
►►Illuminate the room in infrared. Regu-
lar light sources are severely dimmed out.
►►Allow the blind to see in infravision; if
darkness is cast, everyone sees in infravi-
sion.
►►Strength in numbers: an isolated bat
effigy has a limited effect. Only works
underground.
™™Alcoves
►►East alcove: “Record of the Innocent” (in
Dwarvish). 4 names, engraved in dwarven
runes.
►►Northernmost west alcove: “Record of
the Guilty” (in dwarvish). 216 lines in
dwarven runes: on each line, the word
“Prisoner” followed by a 3-digit number.
►►Southernmost west alcove: “Record of
the Guilty – condemned in absentia” (in
Dwarvish): 97 fae names, including the
Sunnestead Sorceresse.
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19. Blind Dwarf Mummy (M)
Adorned bronze door* (unlocked, frosted).
Unnatural cold. Chalk inscription* (lin-
ing the threshold). Stone sarcophagus
(opened, empty, no lid). 7 canopic jars*
(on the floor). Stone table* (books and
scrolls). 7 Bronze bats (hanging from the
ceiling, see [18]).
™™Decorated bronze door
►►Embossed foils, covered in frost: a
mountain under seven stars.
►►Stench of ever-rotting flesh seeping
through.
►►Listening: 3-in-6 chance to hear a low
dwarvish chant.
™™Chalk-inscribed elvish prayer
of protection
►►Cannot be crossed or erased by undead.
™™Stone table
Makeshift (sarcophagus lid). Stylised bat
carving (under books and scrolls).
►►Bloated burlap bag used as a stool: con-
tains 8,000 sp and 5,000 gp.
►►Book of Dwarven Laws, etched on
bronze sheets (10 lbs, worth 1500 gp).
Anyone swearing on this book to “tell the
truth, and only the truth” will be unable
to lie for 6 turns (no save). Breaking any
other oath vowed on this book inflicts a
curse (no save): –2 penalty to all saving
throws.
►►Clerical scrolls: 3x dispel evil, 1x cure
disease.
►►Key: to the doors in [18] and [19].
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™™7 canopic jars
12” clay jars sealed with blue wax, a bat
carved on the lid. Each contains a rotten,
desiccated organ of the mummified dwarf.
►►Destroying a jar and its content (1 fire
or magic damage): –2hp to the mummy.
►►Anyone touching the contents contracts
mummy disease. See stats below.
►►Ingesting the contents also
grants a permanent +1 bonus:
Stomach: STR ◆ Liver:
DEX ◆ Intestines: CON
◆ Brain: INT ◆ Lungs:
WIS ◆ Heart: CHA ◆
Pancreas: all saves.
►►Worth 3,000 gp each,
to a collector or necro-
mancer (25,000 gp for the
intact full set).
►►Fragile: in a backpack,
1-in-20 chance to break during
a fight.
™™The mummy of Judge Tsedek
His blind eyes gleaming with pale blue
fire, the stern Judge stands, wrapped
in anthracite silk. Running along the
black hieratic bands, stocky runes
glitter, embroidered from a single,
uninterrupted silver thread. They spell
out the sacred Laws of his Clan.
►►On his finger: Onyx signet ring (worth
100 gp, faint magic, one of the Seven’s
signet rings, see appendix).
™™Judge Tsedek's behaviour
►►Wants his murderer (or proof of their
true death): he judges them on the spot,
then kindly asks the PCs to execute them.
►►He was garrotted: he suspects Harpo.
►►If the PCs bring him any information,
he will make them swear on his Book.
►►Upon learning that Harpo the
halfling was possessed by Rhain
Dreamdust, he wants them
both brought to him.
►►If he finally acknowl-
edges that he may have
killed Jayne: he will ask
the PCs to judge him. See
“The trial of Lady Jayne’s
murderer” in appendix.
Judge Tsedek
(dwarf mummy)
AC 3 [16], HD 5+1* (hp 25), Att 1 ×
touch (1d12 + disease), THAC0 14 [+5],
MV 60’ (20’), SV D10 W11 P12 B13 S14 (5),
ML 12, AL Lawful, XP 400
►►Paralyse with terror: Anyone seeing
a mummy must save vs paralysis or be
paralysed with terror. Paralysis is broken if
the mummy attacks or goes out of sight.
►►Disease: Anyone hit contracts a horrible
rotting disease. Magical healing is ineffective;
natural healing is ten times slower. The disease
can only be removed by magic.
►►Damage immunity: Only harmed by fire
or magic. All damage reduced by half.
►►Blind: Without the bat-lights in [18]
and [19], hits only on a natural 20.
►►Undead: Make no noise, until they
attack. Immune to effects that affect
living creatures (e.g. poison). Immune to
mind-affecting or mind-reading spells (e.g.
charm, hold, sleep).
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20. Snow leopard Golem (M)
Brass door (unlocked, to [17]). Brass dou-
ble door (unlocked, to [21]). Dome ceiling
(12’). Portcullis (c: closed, cold iron). Blue
amber golem*. Dead adventurer remains*
(neatly bundled in a corner).
™™Grave-robber bones
►►Human female, crushed skull. ◆
+1 chain-mail ◆ silver mace ◆ black pouch
(210 gp) ◆ eye-agate navel jewel (50 gp).
™™Blue Amber Golem
The 5' tall, 2-tons, lean snow leopard
carved in pale translucent blue amber,
radiates softly from within. Bronze
teeth and claws shine with the promise
of death. Liquid gold cat-eyes cast
puzzling, hopeful inquiries.
●●4-in-6 chance to be here.
●●See p. 9 for stats and behaviour.

21. Otherworldly Grove (3M)

●● Warm natural cavern (light-brown
granite with grey and red veins, 50’ high).
Fae forest (black soil, tall grass, colourful
flowers, rings of mushrooms). 23 Waver-
ing trees* (10 bearing fruit). 5 Beehives*.
●● Creaking oaken walkway (suspended 35’
above ground). Portcullises (cold iron, see
[17], [20] and [23]).
●● Pastel blue bees* (all around, gathering
pollen, investigating the PCs). Discontent
dryad* (north, hidden in tree). Black uni-
corn* (south, trotting between trees).

►►Whenever a spell is cast: Ghostly green

motes congeal from thin air around the
caster, glowing phantom leaves hovering
like fireflies. See Galateia the Dryad’s stat
block (page 35).

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™™Between worlds
Faërie light seeps into the grove, oddly
coming in throughout the rock wall;
rain and wind also cross the boundary
between worlds.
►►Inside the cave, PCs attuned to Faërie
sense the fae realm tugging at reality.
™™Random encounters mainly
appear on the walkway
►►Different time flow: only check for
encounter every 8 turns.
►►The Amber Golem and the Broken Souls
avoid the area: interpret as “no encounter”.
►►In case of loud noise in the grove, crea-
tures from the grove come to investigate
(see diagram below).
™™Faërie Light
►►The grove is always lit, bathed either in
golden Faërie sunlight or the eerie ultra-
marine and oxblood glow of the Fae Moon.
►►When the PCs first arrive, it is (d8):
1-Dawn, 2-4-Day, 5-Dusk, 6-8-Night.
™™Faërie Time
►►Time is different in Faërie: viewed from
the outside, a full day in the grove passes
in a mere 3 hours.
►►1 round in the grove = 8 rounds outside.
™™Faërie Weather
Roll 2d6 twice a day. 1-Heavy rain, distant
thunder. 2-3-Light rain. 4-6-Gloomy mist.
7-8-Sunny, strong warm breeze. 9-11-Sun-
ny, light breeze. 12-Golden summer day.

™™Grove denizens relationships

The trees
s
ect
prot
The Dryad protects The Unicorn protects The Banshee protects The Ghost
pro (area 22) (area 22)
tec
ts

The Bees

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 ™™23 Wavering Trees
Woven roots firmly anchored into the
ground, their crowns of soft green
leaves wave -lighter than air- back
and forth under the slightest breeze;
their serpentine trunks, astonishingly
flexible, soundlessly undulate to
accommodate these moves.
►►Up to 30’ tall.
►►10 bearing Fae Fruits: see appendix.
►►13 bearing iridescent blooms, pol-
linated by blue bees.
►►They do not burn easily.

™™Galateia,
the One-armed Dryad
A one-armed sculptural marquetry
of precious essences: ash skin, ebony
lips, sharp walnut wood nails. Eyes like
radiant pools of sap, a crown of vibrant
green leaves atop her head.
►►Shy and distrustful. She protects the
grove before all else, and blocks spells
she suspects are harmful.
►►She speaks a weird, child-like form of
Elvish. Speak with plants also works.
►►She gave up one arm (made into Lady
Jayne’s Staff), and allowed the Druid to
use her grove as a portal (it is now stuck
between worlds, and will soon end up
completely in the mortal world).
►►She wants to reverse the drifting of her
grove into the mortal world. Lady Jayne’s
Staff was used to open the portal; it can
close it.
►►Treasure, hidden in the roots of the
easternmost tree: 100 pp ◆ the Arrow of
Dendrification: laurel leaves in lieu of
feathers. Target must save versus spells
with a +4 bonus, or turn into a tree,
whose roots dig through nearly any-
thing until they reach soil.

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Galateia, Grovekeeper Dryad
AC 5 [14], HD 2** (10hp), Att 1 × magic
(charm or fruit sprout or counterspell),
THAC0 18 [+1], MV 120’ (40’), SV D10 W11
P12 B13 S14 (4), ML 6, AL Neutral, XP 45
►►Bound with trees: Spiritually con-
nected with every tree in the grove.
Galateia dies if all the trees die, or if
separated by more than 240’.
►►Meld with trees: Can disappear
by joining with any tree in the grove.
When inside a tree, she can perceive
events going on in the grove. She can
enter a tree and exit from any other
tree.
►►Defensive: Distrustful of strangers.
Usually appears high in the branch-
es. Attempts to charm anyone who
approaches or follows her.
►►Charm: Victim compelled to
approach the nearest tree, van-
ishes inside it (save vs spells with
a –2 penalty). If not immediately
rescued, the victim is lost forever.
►►Keeper of the Grove: Galateia
has dominion over every plant-life
in the grove.
►►Can make flowers blooms
and fruits sprout. If the fruit is
within a creature’s stomach:
save vs poison, 1d6 damage.
►►Counterspell: whenever a
spell is cast within the grove,
ghostly green motes congeal
from thin air around the caster,
glowing phantom leaves hover-
ing like fire�ies. Galateia can
order these motes to counter
the effects of the spell: caster
must save vs magic with
–2  penalty, or lose the spell.

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™™5 Beehives
1 bustling with fat pastel blue bees, 4 aban-
doned.
►►Next to the hives, sticking out from the
ground: a 3” diameter rusty pipe, still
sticky with Blue Honey. Leads to [29].
►►In the hive: enough pastel Blue Honey
to fill 10 jars (60 doses, see appendix).
™™Communicating with Harpo,
the bee colony
►►Understands Common, Elvish and
Halfling.
►►Communicates via bees flying in forma-
tion, spelling out single words. They will
confirm the PCs’ guesses, but won’t spell
several words in a row. If misunderstood,
they repeat the same word several times,
until they change strategy and spell out
another word.
►►For example, a conversation may go
like this: “What do you want?” BONES.
“You feed on bones?” BONES. “Wait!
What kind of bones do you want?” MINE.
“Where are your bones?” TOMB. “Right.
Where is your tomb?” KITCHEN.
►►Smaller bee detachments can only spell
one letter, usually the initial of a word.
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™™Harpo the halfling,
now a bee colony
A dancing haze of fat pastel blue bees,
mindful and industrious. After genera-
tions, their hive mind is still dominated
by Harpo's spirit, who yearns after his
original form and the outside world.
►►Wants to leave this doomed grove. His
plan is to get his bones and walk out.
►►When his bones are laid on the ground, a
compact mass of bees envelopes the bones,
filling up the halfling’s erstwhile shape. He
stands up, a buzzing marionette, and leaves
to find a better place.
►►His ring finger was bit off by a prisoner
in area 39. Will tell if asked, may send a
small detachment of bees to lead the PCs.
Harpo the Bee Colony
(4 Fae Bee swarms)
AC 7 [12], HD 4 (18hp each), Att 1 × swarm
(2 or 4hp), THAC0 16 [+3], MV 60’ (20’) fly-
ing, SV D14 W15 P16 B17 S18 (NH), ML 11, AL
Neutral, XP 75
►►Size: 10’ × 30’ area.
►►Immunity: Only harmed by fire, ex-
treme cold, sleep spells (affect the whole
swarm), smoke (drives off), or other at-
tacks as the referee wishes.
►►Swarm attack: Automatically dam-
ages characters within swarm area: 2hp if
wearing armour, 4hp without.
►►Warding off: Characters inside the
swarm who defend themselves by bran-
dishing a weapon (or similar) suffer half
damage from the swarm. A brandished
torch damages the swarm.
►►Escaping: On exiting the swarm, char-
acters continue to suffer half damage until
3 rounds are spent swatting the attached
insects.
►►Diving into water: Suffer damage for
one round, then attached insects drown.
►►Pursuit: An angry (i.e. damaged)
swarm will pursue characters until they
are out of sight or inaccessible.
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™™Mélicorne,
the Melanistic Unicorn
She frolicks amidst the trees;
a platonic equine shadow, a
vantablack horned void cast against
the sylvan backdrop.
Blazing coronal discs encircle
unknowable black eyes.
She trots blissfully, oblivious to all
but to maidens... and to the fools
who would dare hurt them.
►►Guards the south door (to [22]). A
virgin (like the Dryad) may steer her
aside, but she will follow inside and
refuse to let the doors be closed.
►►Wants: to protect Rhiannon
Dreamdust (the Banshee). To pro-
tect virgins (including Galateia the
Dryad).
►►Does not want: to leave the Grove,
to leave the Banshee behind. Will not
understand if the Grove is about to go
back to Faërie, not before it is too late.

Black Unicorn
AC 2 [17], HD 4* (18hp), Att 2 × hoof (1d8), 1 ×
horn (1d8), THAC0 16 [+3], MV 240’ (80’), SV
D8 W9 P10 B10 S12 (8), ML 7, AL Lawful, XP 125
►►Empathy with maidens: A pure-hearted
maiden can communicate with and ride a
unicorn.
►►Teleport: Once per day, up to 360’
(including rider). May use it to find refuge
inside the Twins’ Tomb.
►►Magical beast: all attacks count as magical.
►►Killing a black unicorn: the character who
struck the killing blow will forever be identified
as evil by detect evil spells and similar effects.

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22. Tears and Rhain
(elven twins tombs) (M, M)
Arched double door (ebony, heavy, rusty
hinges, 300 drop-shaped fae-silver studs
worth 5 gp each). Vaulted ceiling (15’).
Unnatural Cold. 2 Slate sarcophagi*.
Spectral elven maid*(crying banshee,
in front of the south sarcophagus - her
brother’s). Wall maps* (east, west, 10’ x 10’,
bas-relief). Memorial to the fallen* (names
etched on south wall, dwarven skeleton).
™™Wall Memorial
Inscription in elvish: “To our fallen com-
panions”. 67 names, the last one unifin-
ished (see appendix for full list).
►►Skeletal remains of a dwarf in front
of the monument, hammer and chisel
nearby ◆ Wears a gold and silver amulet
similar to the ones in 13 (150 gp) ◆ 70 gp
◆ Potion of Cure Mummy Rot ◆ Key to
the Armoury (bottom lock, see [26]).
™™Bas-relief wall maps
►►West wall: map of the Northwoods.
Indicates strongholds used by both sides
(some may still hold treasure) and portals
to Faërie (most don’t exist anymore).
►►East wall: map of Faërie. Fae Domains,
and their Lords & Ladies. Most informa-
tion still accurate. Also indicates portals
to the mortal world; many do not exist
anymore.
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™™General facts
►►No random encounter checks. Instead:
●●2-in-6 chance that Rhain Dreamdust,
the Silent Ghost, is hiding inside the
south sarcophagus (see p. 10).
●●1-in-20 chance, every 2 turns: Judge
Tsedek (if out of his chamber and look-
ing for his murderer, see [19]), or a
Storm of Broken Souls (see Encounters).
►►Time passes at the same rate as in the
grove (see [21]).
►►Listening at the door: sobbing sounds.
™™North stone sarcophagus
(Rhiannon)
Carved lid (rearing unicorn, sealed with
50 gp worth of gold). Name and epitaph
(in elvish: “Rhiannon Dreamdust, valiant
maiden. Sorrow fell her down, when no foe
ever could”).
►►Inside the sarcophagus: elf maid skele-
ton ◆ Black tourmaline signet ring (worth
100 gp, faint magic, one of the Seven’s
signet rings, see appendix) ◆ Black-bladed
elven katana (+3 sword, cannot harm
magical/fae animals) ◆ A porcelain doll in
a red silk dress (100 gp, representing the
Fae Moon Goddess) ◆ A silver music box
engraved with unicorns (worth 800 gp):
plays a crystalline tune and cancels all
other sounds in a 20’ radius, for up to
10 rounds (1 round for each round spent
winding it up).
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™™South sarcophagus (Rhain)
Carved lid (soaring raven, sealed with
50 gp worth of gold). Name and epitaph
(in elvish: “Rhain Dreamdust. Brother,
friend, hero”).
►►The banshee, Rhiannon Dreamdust,
mourning next to it.
►►Inside the sarcophagus: male elf bones,
cracked and broken ◆ Diamond signet
ring (worth 500 gp, faint magic, one of
the Seven’s signet rings, see appendix)
◆ Splintered porcelain doll in a blue silk
dress (10 gp, representing the Fae Moon
Goddess) ◆ White shortbow ◆ White
leather boots: leave no footprint or scent,
feet immune to cold damage.
Alternately, the referee may
use the Banshee stats found in
Old School Essentials
™™Rhiannon Dreamdust, Banshee
Pale shadow of a collapsed elven maid,
a dishevelled cascade of silver hair
engulfing her face, shoulders and knees.
Empty, salt scorched eyes, weeping
dry dust tears. Black hole of a mouth,
distorted in an endless mournful moan.
►►Shell shocked, unresponsive, sobbing
next to her brother’s sarcophagus.
►►Wails and attack if: attacked, her
brother or the unicorn are hurt.
Rhiannon Dreamdust, the Banshee
AC 0 [19], HD 7* (30 hp), Att 1 × chill touch
(1d8), or 1 x wail (death), THAC0 13 [+6],
MV 60’ (20’), SV D8 W9 P10 B10 S12 (7),
ML 12, AL Chaotic, XP 850
►►Undead: Immune to effects that affect
living creatures (e.g. poison). Immune to
mind-affecting or mind-reading spells (e.g.
charm, hold, sleep).
►►Mundane damage immunity: Can only
be harmed by magical attacks.
►►Wail: All within 30’ must save versus
death or die within 2d6 rounds. Usable
once per night (uses the day/night cycle of
the grove).
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23. Bath/shrooms (2T)
Rusty portcullis (d: closed, cold iron).
Lever* (d, shiny brass handle). Sturdy
oaken door (stuck, opened latch on the
pool side). Pool* (1” black water, blood-
red mushrooms). 2 statues* (lilac glow-
ing eyes, nude man and woman, animal
heads, holding amphorae).
™™No random encounter checks
Unless portcullises (b) and (d), and/or the
secret stairs in [24] are opened.
™™Lever (d) in lower position (T)
►►Brass handle: Shocks anyone touching
it with bare hands, unless wearing one of
the Seven’s signet ring. Save versus wands,
3d6 damage.
►►Pull up: opens portcullis (d).
►►Pull down again: closes portcullis (d),
in a painful metallic shriek.
™™Blood mushrooms pool (T)
►►5’ deep. 1” of oily, stinky and stagnant
black water.
►►Cancerous fungal growth: rust-coloured
mushrooms, linked by a mesh of reddish-
brown rhizomes. They coat the pool tiles
and spread a few feet around it.
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►►If the mushrooms are disturbed in any
way, they ooze spores, like a mist of dried
blood ground to dust. Everyone in a 10’
radius must save vs poison or cough up
blood for 1 minute (1d8 damage).
PCs who fail the save also have a vision of
deer blood and entrails spilling in a clear
water pool. Then, Dame Hailwidis’s blade
rises from the blood-murked waters, held
from below by a small plump hand, wear-
ing an onyx ring.
™™Sitting alabaster statues (T)
►►Aquamarine eyes glowing, casting a dim
lilac haze over the carmine red mushrooms
(continual light, 5’ radius, 300 gp each).
►►West: Nude male human body with a
fox head, holding an amphora, right fist
ready to knock on it.
►►East: Nude female human body with
a mountain goat head, drinking from an
amphora.
►►Knocking on the west amphora: a swirl-
ing sphere of bath-hot water appears,
floating over the centre of the pool. It
spills out water until the pool is filled. All
the mushrooms release blood spores, fill-
ing the entire room (see above).
►►Knocking on the east amphora: Any
liquid in the pool vanishes. Even if there
is no water in the pool, it disturbs the
mushrooms: anyone in the room has a
2-in-6 chance of getting hit by spores (see
above).
24. Lady Jayne's
Cenotaph (S)
Sturdy oaken door (locked: closed latch
on the pool side). Sarcophagus*. Secret
door* (under the sarcophagus, stairs
to [25]).
™™No random encounter checks
Unless portcullises (b) and (d), and/or the
secret stairs in this room are opened.
™™Empty stone sarcophagus
Carved lid (elaphocentaur, sealed with 50
gp worth of gold). Name and epitaph (in
elvish: “To Lady Jayne of the Woods”).
►►The sarcophagus lies on a raised stone
dais.
►►Stepping on the dais: it wobbles a little.
►►Pushing on the dais: the dais and
sarcophagus slide into the wall, revealing
steep stairs going down west (55’ down,
to [25]). The rusted railings howl: imme-
diately check for an encounter in [25].
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 Level 2
►►Unless noted otherwise: rugged
bluish-grey slate tiles on walls, floor, and
ceiling (12’).
25. Troll Larder
Hazardous stairs* (steep, 4’’ deep steps).
Tangled mess of rust (broken bunk beds).
Numerous carcasses on hooks (hang-
ing from ceiling: deer, wolf, and human
smoked meat). South passage* (distant
rumbling from the river).
™™Stairs
Go up 55’ to [24].
►►Very steep, moving quickly or encum-
bered requires a DEX check. Fall: 1d6
damage.
™™South tunnel
Collapsed wall into a natural cave, slope
going 3’ down.
►►1-in-12 chance every turn: 1 random
troll (from [33]), coming up through [30].
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26. Armoury (2T)
Heavy cold iron door* (locked). Racks and
shelves* (weapons, armours). Iron and
silver chest* (small, locked, unmoveable).
™™Double-lock door (T)
Twin keyholes, above one another (keys
in [22] and [33]).
►►If they are not operated simultaneously,
or if the keys are interchanged (they fit
both locks): a massive stone slab drops in
front of the door.
►►Surprised by the falling slab (3-in-6
chance): save vs paralysis, 1d6 damage.
►►After 6 turns, the slab slowly rises up.
►►Synchronising a lock picking attempt
(either with a genuine key, a ‘knock’ spell
or another lockpick): requires both PCs to
roll 4d6 under their INT.
™™Weapons and armours
►►Rusted and ruined: 16 swords ◆ 7 axes ◆
8 bows ◆ 20 leather armours ◆ 6 chainmail
armours.
►►Salvageable: 5 shields (need new
straps) ◆ 3 bows (need new strings).
►►Intact: Two +1 swords (shine a golden
light within 100’ of fae) ◆ 2 White leather
armour (half weight, wearer is immune to
cold damage).
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 27. Perilous Ladder
Iron ladder* (rusty, going up 40’). Trap-
door (wood, unlocked, exits in [13 -
alcove C]).

™™Rusty ladder
Brittle rungs, some inevitably snap every
time the PCs come up or down:
™™Iron and silver chest (T) ►►Roll a d12 “usage die” every time some-
one uses the ladder: when a 1-2 is rolled
►►Bolted to the floor (from the inside).
on the d4, the ladder is unusable.
►►Magic trap: unless Lady Jayne’s signet
►►If the PCs are moving fast, go down
ring is fitted into an opening to the left
a die size on a 1-3 instead. Each fast-
of the lock, roots erupt from between the
moving PC also risks falling 1d4x10’ on a
stone blocks paving the floor. They fill the
failed DEX check.
whole room for 6 turns (as the entangle
Druid spell, see Old-School Essentials). A ►►If they secure themselves using a rope:
shrill-voiced beak-shaped magic mouth go down a die size on a 1 only.
appears on the chest and continuously
shouts “Thief!” for 10 minutes: roll a ran-
dom encounter.
►►Inside:
●●Ice-seed, in a chiseled crystal phial: ice-
cold crystal bead, leaves frost on fingers.
In contact with water, will freeze up to a
60’ sphere, expanding 20’ per round. If
ingested by a living creature not immune
to cold: instant death (no save). If thrown
in the river, the resulting iceberg clogs its
flow downstream, submerging areas 30,
31, 32 (up to the bridge level), 33, 34 and
36; it takes 2 days to slowly melt and let
the water level go back down.
●●Potion of Control Plant: a phial of thick
sap-green liquid in which pulsating
specks glimmer and slowly swirl.
●●Scroll of massmorph (divine scroll, as
the magic-user spell).
●●Mask of the Wolf: Chipped wooden
mask with leather straps. The wearer
shapeshifts into a wolf for 2d6 turns and
cannot end the effect sooner. 1 use: when
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28. Wizard's Workshop (M, S)
2 heavy iron doors (locked, outside: snow
leopard knockers). 3 Statues* (1 snow
leopard-headed, 2 living statues). Clut-
tered mess (Alchemy tools worth 2,000 gp,
stone carving tools worth 150 gp, key to
prison [39], grimoire*). Shelves*. 3 man-
sized vats (sticky layer of Blue honey).
Stone pillars (iron rings, 3 chained des-
sicated elves). 2 raw stone blocks (human
height). Floor cache* (under floor tile,
north-east corner).

™™Broken Souls never venture

inside the workshop
►►Ignore “Broken Souls” results on the
random encounter table. ™™Well-concealed floor cache (S)
►►A pair of red marble hands: magically
™™Constantine Kodiak's attach to stumps and function as normal
Grimoire (T) hands (1d4 unarmed damage, 1d6 if both
hands replaced).
On a workbench. Fluffy purple velvet
cover.
™™Snow leopard-headed statue
►►Magic trap: Anyone opening the book
must save vs spell with a –4 penalty, or (north)
their head turns into a magpie’s. Dispel Stone statue (male human in robes with a
magic disables the trap until the book is snow leopard head), offering bowl (held
closed again. out, contains a lone crystal bead). Glass
►►See appendix for content. jar (contains 6 ice-clear crystal beads).
►►If someone places a bead in the bowl,
™™Shelves they are teleported to the tomb of the
Golem-maker [12].
2 Jars of Universal lubricant ◆ Rotten spell
components ◆ Bronze statuette of a walk- ►►Dwindling enchantment: when tele-
ing snow leopard (200 gp): its head turns ported, save vs spells or leave one random
to always face the direction of the Amber item behind.
Golem. If Constantine Kodiak is killed,
the leopard lies down, paws over its eyes,
and never moves again.
►►Hidden compartment: 5 Diamonds
(1,000 gp each) ◆ 3 stone to flesh arcane
scrolls (10’ zone, duration 1 hour).

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 29. Pastel Pit
Old cobwebs (drape-like, filling the room).
Pit (10’ deep, 1/2’ of dusty pastel blue
honey). Rusty pipe (3” diameter, com-
ing out above the pit, connects to pipe
in [21]). Dusty planks. Rumbling echoes
(from the river).

™™2 Rock Living Statues

Searing hot rock: nude human females
with doe heads. When they animate,
glowing red cracks reveal molten magma,
which they shoot from their fingertips.
►►They activate and attack anyone touch-
ing anything in the room not wearing one
of the Seven’s signet rings. Cease if com-
manded by someone with a signet ring.
►►Activate and attack anyone breaking
through a door, without one of the signet
rings. Will not cease to attack anyone else,
even if commanded.
►►Obey the Amber Golem’s (see p. 9) tele-
pathic orders.
►►Will not leave the room. Repair broken
doors and seal them with magma.

2 Doe-headed Living Statues

AC 4 [15], HD 5** (20, 24 hp), Att 2 × mag-
ma jet (2d6), THAC0 15 [+4], MV 60’ (20’),
SV D10 W11 P12 B13 S14 (5), ML 11, AL Cha-
otic, XP 425
►►Immunity: Unaffected by sleep spells.
►►Uncut diamond inside head (surround-
ed by magma, worth 1d6x100 gp).
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30. Skulls Tunnel
Slate walls. Sloped (river bank 18’ lower
than [25]). Fae skulls* (lining the walls
in patterns, mostly elven skulls, a few
smashed). Muddy sand (floor, troll foot-
prints). Rumbling echoes (from the river).
™™216 Fae skulls
56 belong to the Broken Souls (see p. 12).
►►3-digit dwarven numbers, crudely
carved into their foreheads.
►►Touching a Broken Soul’s skull: save vs
spells or be crushed by utter despair for
2d6 rounds (–4 to all rolls).
™™Is it a Broken Soul's skull?
►►Roll d666 on the table p. 13.
►►In a hurry, 1-in-4 chance is close
enough (at least before a few Broken Souls
are destroyed).
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™™Smashing a Broken Soul's skull
►►Destroys 1 Broken Soul. Cumulative
1-in-20 chance of attracting 1d4 Broken
Souls.
►►May inflict a curse: see table.
►►All curses last 1 day for each Broken
Soul’s Skull destroyed, regardless of the
save. E.g. a character who destroyed 10
skulls may suffer from 3 curses, that all
last for 10 days.
™™Burying a Broken Soul's skull
with proper religious rites
►►Destroys 1 Broken Soul.
►►Grants a boon (1 roll per attendant).
►►Each boon lasts for 1 day for each Bro-
ken Soul’s skull properly buried.
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d10 Broken Souls Curses (save vs spells. Each curse applies once; don’t reroll).
1 When speaking, understood only by creatures of the same alignment.
2 Insatiable hunger: character consumes 3 times normal rations.
3 Gradually attract insects, up to 30’ radius swarm.
4 Banished from Faërie: cannot step into Faërie, including The Grove (area 21).
Character becomes invisible to their god, loses turning and divine spellcasting
5
abilities.
Unable to remember new things, including daily spells. Forget everything
6
within d6 turns.
7 Always shaking from intense cold. –2 penalty to DEX-based checks.
Tears continually flow down the character’s cheeks. –1 penalty to sight-based
8
checks, drink twice as much water to avoid dehydration.
9 Character turns into the last intelligent being they killed.
The Broken Soul is not destroyed but haunts one of the PC’s magic item. Save vs
10
spell or it doesn’t work (every use).

d10 Broken Souls Boons (Each boon applies once; don’t reroll doubles).
+2 save vs spells. When targeted by spell or spell-like effect: shimmering, ghostly
1
mirror-shards appear floating around the character, shielding them partially.
+2 save vs breath. When targeted by breath or breath-like effect: shimmering,
2 ghostly mirror-shards appear floating around the character, shielding them
partially.
3 Remove one curse currently affecting the character.
4 Gain the ability to cast the bless spell once a day.
5 Reroll 1 failed save vs death/poison, once within the duration of the boon.
6 All the character’s attacks count as magical.
7 Never lose or break projectiles (arrows, etc.).
8 +1d4 max hp.
9 reroll 1s on damage rolls (if the second roll is a 1, don’t reroll).
10 reroll 1s on attack rolls (if the second roll is a 1, don’t reroll).

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31. Subterranean Torrent
●●Raging, dark, ice-cold river, flowing
from east to west.
●●Low ceiling, except between 33 and 36.
●●Exits on the far side of the hill,
3 miles downstream (see “Outside”).
►►Anything thrown in the river has a 2-in-
6 chance of ending up in [34].
™™Swimming
►►Swimming against the current requires
a STR check.
►►Anyone in the water has a 1-in-20
chance of drowning each round (1-in-6 in
heavy armour).
32. Bridge over
a muddy strand (M)
Natural cavern (dank jagged slate, ceiling
40’). Muddy sand (deep, massive foot-
prints). Raging torrent. Bridge (wet slate,
20’ above river, 3’ parapet, rusty ladder on
the north-east side). Cold and damp.
™™Troll
►►3-in-6 chance 1 random troll (from
[33]) is hidding, above or under the
bridge.
►►If in trouble, will issue a bellowing call
for help. The remaining trolls arrive from
[33] in d3+1 round.
™™From the west
The scent of a campfire and a brewing
stew. The distant light of the cooking fire.
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33. Trolls Lair (M)
Rugged slate cavern (18’ ceiling). Muddy
sand floor (troll footprints). Campfire.
Spacious cauldron (stewing goulash).
Worn crates*. 2 Barrels (smoked herring).
4 bedrolls (heaps of animal skins, musky,
stained). Firewood.
™™Weathered crates
A mess of miscellaneous tools, pelts,
bones, etc. 1 turn of searching also reveals
one of the following:
►►Top key to the Armoury (see [26]).
►►Queen of clubs (from the ivory deck of
circular cards in [16]).
►►Eye-sized jade sphere: put against an
eye socket, it destroys and replaces the
original eye. Functions as an eye, al-
though shades of green are richer, and
allows to see ley lines.
™™Trolls with a heart of gp
Rugged granitic mildew-pocked skin
and clear sapphire-blue eyes; hair
like porcelain lacework and brilliant
dolomitic teeth; massive 8-fingered
hands.
As old as the hills; their survival instincts
honed by eons, they do not take
unnecessary risks, though they bicker
endlessly.
►►There is a 2-in-6 chance, +1 per troll not
recently encountered, that they are here.
►►They want to craft a troll-child: they
need a large enough precious stone (about
a 10-15” sphere). They will then prepare
for a long, dark ritual to shape the stone
into the heart of a newborn troll.
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™™Olderest Leigha
►►Wants to sleep, intruders to go away.
Swift to curse them if they don’t.
►►Can turn Broken Souls away (as a Cleric,
with persistent invectives instead of prayer).
●●Ruby heart (8,000 gp intact, 5,000 gp
shattered).
™™Oldest Emersyn
►►Wants to eat new things. Interested in
new recipes and tasty-looking PCs.
●●Pearlescent coral heart (6,000 gp intact,
3,000 gp in pieces).
™™Older Chester
►►Wants her pet spider Ella back
from [39]. She goes to feed it once a week,
knows about the trap in [37].
●●Heart of jade (1000 gp intact, 300 gp
broken).
™™Old Bayleigh
►►Loves treasures and shiny things.
●●Heart of gold (300 gp worth)
d4 Leigha’s Curses (3x/day)
Nightmare: wake up screaming 1d4
1
times/night. ½ natural healing rate.
Sleep: must sleep at least 1 hour
2
every 1d8 hours, or –4 to saves.
Dark sun: cannot perceive sunlight,
3 unless reflected by something (the
moon, a mirror, water, etc.)
Mirror world: See things inverted.
INT check to succeed at physical
tasks, until accustomed (5 success
4 in a row). If the curse is lifted after
getting accustomed, INT checks are
necessary until accustomed again to
the actual orientation of the world.
4 Jewel-heart Trolls
AC 4 [15], HD 6+3* (27, 30, 30, 34 hp), Att
2 × talon (1d6), 1 × bite (1d10), THAC0 13 [+6],
MV 120’ (40’), SV D10 W11 P12 B13 S14 (6),
ML 8 (7 fear of fire), AL Chaotic, XP 650
►►Regeneration: 3 rounds after being
damaged, start regaining 3hp per round.
Severed limbs reattach.
►►Return from death: If killed (0hp), will
regenerate and fight again in 2d6 rounds.
►►Fire and acid: Cannot regenerate dam-
age from these sources. The only way to
permanently kill a troll.
►►Precious heart: if their heart is not
destroyed, every night at midnight, there is
1-in-6 chance they resuscitate at 0 hp.
►►Fear of fire: Morale 8 when attacked
with fire or acid.
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34. River Nook
Natural cave (ceiling 8’). Muddy sand.
Bloated Kobold corpse*. Junk* (littering
the river bank).
►►Everything that falls in the stream
upriver: has a 2-in-6 chance of washing
ashore here.
►►Bloated Kobold Corpse. In her pockets:
2 cp ◆ 1 potion of Spider Climbing.
►►Junk. Searching the tangle of mould-
ering wood and stained rags reveals an
ornate scroll case, rusted shut (protection
from undead, 6 turns).
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35. Old Illusion (M)
Illusory wall* (north entrance). Hole in the
ceiling* (north wall). Floor mosaic (under
dust, colourful abstract pattern).
™™Illusory wall
►►Only visible from the south: hides the
way out. Blocks the raging rumble of the
torrent and any lightsource.
►►Smashing the mosaic dissipates the
illusion.
™™Collapsed ceiling
►►Heap of fallen ceiling tiles, moist dirt
on the ground.
►►15” wide tunnel, going up (exits on
level 1, in [16]).
™™3' long beetles
There is a 3-in-6 chance 1d6 Oil Beetles
roam around around the room.
6 Oil Beetles
AC 4 [15], HD 2* (hp 7, 8, 9, 9, 11, 13), Att 1 ×
bite (1d6), THAC0 18 [+1], MV 120’ (40’), SV
D12 W13 P14 B15 S16 (1), ML 8, AL Neutral,
XP 25
►►Oil spray: Use when attacked. Targets
one opponent within 5’. A hit causes pain-
ful blistering: –2 to attack rolls for 24 hours.
Cure light wounds can be used to cure
this, instead of restoring hit points.
36. Crumbling Courtroom
Vaulted ceiling (18’). Wide stairs (going ™™Damp tapestry
down 18’). River access (slippery stone,
iron ring to tie up boats). Statues* (On Moisture-gorged allegory woven with
faded, dyed elven hair: a blindfolded
6’-tall pedestals, animal bodies, covering
dwarf, his right hand holding a hammer
their eyes, ears and mouth). Tapestry* high, a bat hanging from his left hand,
(15’ high). Jumble of decayed furniture wings spread.
(benches, tables, jury box).
Weight: 100 lbs (60 lbs dry). Worth:
1,000 gp, much more to the right collec-
™™Crouching Statues tor.
►►Covering their ears: Blue Amber ma-
caque, elven female head.
●●When a lie is uttered: topaz eyes glow
yellow (300 gp each, enchantment fades
in 1d10 days if removed).
►►Covering their mouth: soapstone lizard,
elven male head.
●●When someone speaks, but evil
thoughts are left unsaid: ruby eyes glow
purple (500 gp each, enchantment fades
in 1d6 days if removed).
►►Covering their eyes: red marble bat,
dwarf head.
●●When a jury renders an untruthful ver-
dict: blood tears flow down the statue’s
beard.

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37. Killing Ground (T, M, S)
Iron double doors (ajar, frost-covered,
decorated, rusty, screeching). Unnatural
cold (frost on walls). Blood stains (dark,
ancient, floors and walls). Ever-raging
Soulstorm* (Broken Souls). Brass and
amber rods* (Scorch marks on the ground
between the rods). 3 Pits (thick cobwebs,
12’ drop to [39]). Secret trapdoor (to [38],
hollow-sounding tile).
™™Lightning rods (T)
3’ tall brass rods, surmounted by 1’ of
Blue Amber. Marked ‘a’ on the map.
►►Lightning strikes any creature com-
ing back from the pits: save vs wand, 8d6
damage.
►►Does not strike anyone wearing one of
the Seven’s signet rings.
►►Any attempt to destroy or tamper with
the devices: releases lightning against
everyone in the room, every round, until
the room is cleared for 10 rounds.
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™™Broken Soulstorm
Fracked psyches. Anguished spirits
glimpsed through flickering, ghostly
splinters of shattered mirrors; swirling
spectral shards, people-shaped
kaleidoscopic columns.
Captured, viciously tortured, promptly
judged, and then murdered with care-
ful cruelty: the 56 restless spirits of the
wrongly accused, their names carved
among the 216 on the Wall of the Guilty
in [18], their skulls on display in [30].
►►See p. 12.
►►A harmless Soulstorm, glimpsed
ghostly echoes of Broken Souls, constant-
ly rages half-seen around the room.
►►1d6 Broken Souls materialise every
turn.
38. Interrogation Room
Ladder (iron, rusty, to [37]). Low ceiling
(6’). Cramped table* (shackles*, torture
tools, 3 colored jars*, 1 bottle*). Iron rings
(walls, floor). Unlit brazier (coal). Vicious
stains. Perfumes of terror*.
™™Lingering perfumes of terror
An olfactory map of past crimes, haunt-
ing the room: metallic blood, acrid sweat,
involuntary relief, burning hair and flesh.
™™On a cluttered table
►►Silver shackles (neck, wrist, chains),
might be used to trap a ghost inside a
possessed victim.
►►Cold iron shackles.
►►Assortment of torture tools.
►►A green glass jar of elven nails. Hidden
among them, 10 enchanted jade finger-
nails. Replace actual fingernails (grant 2
unarmed claw attacks, 1d6 dmg; cursed:
–2 WIS; if peeled off, natural nails will
never grow back).
►►A yellow glass jar of teeth.
►►A pink glass jar of finger bones. In their
midst, a silver ring representing overlap-
ping pine needles (cast speak with plants
3 x/day; cursed: –3 CON).
►►An opaque black glass bottle, whose
torn label reads: “PA N”; heavy but
seemingly empty. When unstoppered, a
cacophony of anguished screams erupts:
anyone within 30’ must save vs spells
with a +4 bonus, or fall unsconscious for
1d6 turns. Single use, unless stoppered
back fast enough (save vs spells).
39. Cell (M)
Low ceiling (6’). Prison door (locked
[key in 28], stuck, iron and silver, open
peephole). Cobwebs (thick, everywhere).
Ancient refuse. Mouldy blankets*.
™™Heaps of stinking blankets
►►Among the bones of a small finger:
Harpo the halfling’s Aquamarine signet
ring (worth 200 gp, faint magic, one of the
Seven’s signet rings, see appendix).
™™Cached in a crack in the wall
►►A brittle scroll: a tearful love letter in
elvish, a final goodbye to “Lady Windleaf”.
Inside the scroll is a bejewelled fillet head-
band worth 3,500 gp.
™™Hiding Tarantella
►►4-in-6 chance of surprise.
►►Ella, the pet spider of Older Chester
the troll. Hungry.
Ella the Tarantella
AC 5 [14], HD 4* (18hp), Att 1 × bite (1d8 +
poison), THAC0 16 [+3], MV 120’ (40’), SV
D12 W13 P14 B15 S16 (2), ML 8, AL Neutral,
XP 125
►►Poison: Save vs poison or dance for
2d6 turns (suffering from painful, jerking
spasms that resemble a macabre dance).
►►Onlookers: Viewers of one affected by
the poison must save vs spells or begin
dancing in the same fashion, for as long as
the poisoned victim.
►►Dancing: Those affected suffer a –4
penalty to attack rolls and AC. After 5
turns of dancing, they become exhausted:
fall to the ground, helpless.
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 Appendix
Magic items
™™Fae Fruits
™™Blue Honey Grow on fae trees. They look only
remotely like fruits know to mortal and
►►Restores 1d6 hp. A jar contains 6 doses. all taste eerily good.
►►Blue Honey cravings: a character who
Harpo’s cookbook, written in Halfling,
tastes Blue Honey must have at least 1 dose
may help to identify their effects.
per day, or roll on the table below. A save
vs poison ends the addiction (1 per day). d10 Fruit Effects (no save)
d12 Blue Honey Withdrawal Iridescent
1 +1 hp.
Grapes
1 Feet turn to horse hooves.
+1 hp. Blood turns
Prehensile Fox tail: can grab
2 Turquoise blue, skin pales,
objects, help in climbing... 2
Tangerine ½ damage from
Oily urines. Can be used as lamp cold. 1d6 hours.
3
oil, or to create slippery puddles.
+1hp. Forget 1
Hand(s) become eagle talons. Green
3 random language.
Unarmed attacks deal d6 Cherry
4 Permanent.
damage. (d3: 1-Left, 2-Right
+1 hp. Cannot tell
3-Both) Yellow
4 the truth for 1d6
5 Poisonous fangs. Raspberry
hour.
Insect mandibles. Can speak Swap 2 random
6 5 Orange Fig
with insects. stats. Permanent.
Nose disappears. Lose sense of Red –1 hp. Cannot tell a
7 6
smell. –2 CHA. Soursop lie for 1d6 hour.
Ears turn to white wings. +1 hp. Skin becomes
8 Can still hear. Fly at ¼ speed. Pink
7 bark, +1 bonus to
Exhausting. Apricot
AC. 2d6 turns.
1’ Eyes. Perfect darkvision; –1 hp. Sweat
9
blinded by the sun. Purple evaporates in puffs
8
1d12 black wobbling horns, like Apple of smoke. ½ damage
10
cast iron tentacles. from fire. 1d6 hours.
White porcelain skin, swirling Save vs poison.
Black
11 golden patterns. Beautiful but 9 Pass: down to 1hp.
Strawberry
stiff. –1d3 DEX; +1D6 CHA. Fail: full hp.
Werebees. On full moons, turn White +1d4 max hp for
12 10
into a Pastel Blue Bee swarm. Peach 1 week.

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™™Harpo's candies Candy
d10 Effects (no save)
Colour
Wrapped in crisp coloured paper, these
bear-shaped scrumptious hard candies 1 Pastel Blue +3 hp.
are made from Blue Honey and fae fruits. Breathe water (can’t
Turquoise
The jar of candies in [14] contains 3 can- 2 breathe air anymore)
Blue
dies of each colour. for d6 turns.
►►The recipes can be found in Harpo’s Vision: roll 6d20,
cookbook, but not the effects. Ingredients these are the results
are mainly Blue Honey and the corre- Leaf of the PCs next d20
3
sponding fae fruits. Green rolls, player chooses
in which order to use
►►Failed attempts to replicate the candies
them.
have either the fae fruit’s effect or no effect
(3-in-6 chance) and a 5-in-6 chance of Royal –1d6 WIS for
4
having the Blue Honey’s addictive effect. Yellow 1d12 days.
Reroll stats: 3d6
Saffron
5 in order, swap 2.
Orange
Permanent.
™™Harpo's candles
+ 1d6 CHA for
Pastel Blue. Strong, pleasant smell of 6 Lust Red
1d12 days.
beeswax and cinnamon.
Skin rots, 2d6
►►Each burns for 6 turns total. Carnation
7 damage. Lasts until
Pink
►►Fae creatures in a 30’ radius rolls attacks next full hp.
and saving throws with a –1 penalty. The Turn into a slow
effects of multiple candles stack. Deep moving black cloud
8
Purple of smoke for d6
turns.
Antitoxin. Also
cancels all non-
9 Ink Black
permanent candy or
Fae Fruit effect.
Bone
10 Save or die.
White
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™™Kodiak's Grimoire
Fluffy purple velvet cover.
►►Magic trap: Anyone opening the book
must save vs spell with a –4 penalty, or
their head turns into a magpie’s. Dispel
magic disables the trap until the book is
closed again.
●●Research notes: Blue Amber recipe
(turning blue honey into Blue Amber)
and research on stone prosthetics.
●●Notes on transferring a creature life-
force into a statue. Gruesome log of experi-
ments performed on captive fae, ranging
from repeated failure to obedient statues.
The process involves placing a 1,000 gp
diamond in the statue’s head.
●●Erotic drawings: orgies involving ani-
mal-headed people and Kodiak himself.
►►Spells:
●●Level 1: detect magic, read magic,
shield, sleep.
●●Level 2: Kodiak’s stone shape, detect
evil, phantasmal force, wizard lock.
●●Level 3: Kodiak’s stone trail, dispel
magic, invisibility.
●●Level 4: Kodiak’s stone maze, charm
monster, polymorph others.
●●Level 5: cloudkill, magic jar, wall of
stone.
●●Level 6: geas, stone to flesh.
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►►Kodiak’s stone shape
2nd level magic-user spell
Duration: 1 turn
Range: 60’
The caster instantly sclupts a 10’ cube
of stone into any shape, provided they
are able to carve it by mundane means.
A skilful artisan will be able to produce
magnificent statues, but an untrained
caster will only shape formless blobs.
►►Kodiak’s stone trail
3rd level magic-user spell
Duration: 1 hour
The caster enchants a bag of pebbles,
similar in type, colour and size. He then
drops them behind him as he moves, no
more than 3’ apart.
●●The caster may use an action to be in-
stantly teleported at the start of the pebble
trail, ending the spell.
●●If the pebbles are in any way disturbed
along the trail, the caster only teleports
back as far as an uninterrupted line of
pebbles goes.
►►Kodiak’s stone maze
4th level magic-user spell
Duration: 1 turn
Range: 60’
The caster targets a 30’ section of a stone
corridor. It reconfigures itself, twisting
and parting in random directions, in front
of anyone trying to traverse it.
●●The target corridor must be at least 30’
long and no more than 15’ wide. Its floor,
walls and ceiling must be stone, either
natural or lined with stone blocks.
●●It takes 2d4 rounds to find the way out.
Creatures more than 6’ apart roll sepa-
rately.
●●Any physical object crossing the space
also triggers the maze effect: projectiles
will crash into a moving wall.
●●While the corridor really rearranges
itself, the spell does not affect adjacent
spaces.
™™Lady Jayne's Dryadwood Staff
If wood can be forged, then this staff was
forged... from a Dryad's limb.
►►Can be used to cast each of the following
spells, once per week (see Druid Spells in
Old-School Essentials): summon animals
(level 4), commune with nature (level 5),
pass plant (level 5), protection from plants
and animals (level 5).
►►It might also be used by a Dryad or
high-level Druid, to create ghostly green
motes zones of protection (from evil
or magic), similar to those in areas 15
and 21.
►►The alignment of any character who
takes the Staff: slowly changes to Chaotic.
►►Bearing the Staff also inflicts a Naturis-
tic Curse: fabric tatters in d6 days; leather
pieces grow fur, then bleed from the
inside as if freshly skinned; wooden ob-
jects grow and sprout leaves; metal rusts.
Magic items are affected on a failed save
vs spells (save separately for each item,
repeat every d6 days).
►►The staff can also be used to push or pull
the Grove towards one world or the other.
Expands all charges for a week. A Druid
or a Dryad can use it instinctively. A
Cleric must roll under WIS. Anyone else
has a 1-in-20 chance of success. Failure:
the staff engulfs the caster and grows
into a majestic oak tree; Galateia will be
furious. Success: the grove and everything
in it durably moves into one of the two
worlds (caster’s choice). The staff will
work at close proximity, or from inside
the grove.

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™™Naegling
Sentient Sword of Dame Hailwidis
INT 10, Ego 9, Communication Words ap-
pearing on the blade, Language Common,
Lawful tongue, AL Lawful, Sensory Powers
Detect evil, See invisible objects, Extraor-
dinary Power Healing, Enchantment +1
(+3 vs fae), Dmg 1d8+1.
►►Controlling the sword: see Sentient
Swords in the Old School Essentials.
►►Lawful: when holding the sword,
inflicts 1d6 damage per round to neutral
characters and 2d6 per round to chaotic
characters.
►►Detect Evil : requires concentration.
The wielder can sense the intention to do
evil within 20’. (Note: some potentially
harmful things—e.g. animals, traps—are
not evil.)
►►See Invisible Objects: requires concen-
tration. The wielder can see invisible or
concealed objects up to 20’ distant. (This
power does not reveal secret doors.)
►►Healing: requires concentration. One
point of damage is healed per round, for
six rounds. This power may only be acti-
vated once a day.
►►What Naegling wants:
●●As far as the sword is concerned, the
“Sunnestead Crusade” is over. If con-
vinced it is about to start again, fighting
the Sunnestead Sorceresse and her
minions will be its primary purpose.
●●In the meantime, it wants to be
wielded by “someone worthy”. It be-
lieves a Lawful family member of Dame
Hailwidis would automatically be.
●●Anyone else will have to prove their
worth, by being as honourable as the
late Paladin and by slaughtering fae
whenever possible.
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►►Naegling was used to murder Lady
Jayne. It will only tell if directly asked. It
was taken from Haiwidis’ sarcophagus
by the Dwarf Tsedek, who snuck upon
the bathing elaphocentaur and eviscer-
ated her. Her last word, as she gazed upon
the gore erupting from under her was:
“Rain?” The Dwarf did not say a word,
washed himself, and returned the bloody
sword to Dame Hailwidis’ sarcophagus.
™™The Seven's signet rings
When worn, they protect from several
traps inside the Sepulchre (see room
entries).
The first 6 are also the keys to Jayne’s
Tomb (see [13]); Jayne’s ring allows to
safely open the trapped chest in the ar-
moury (see [26]).
►►Carnelian: inside Dame Hailwidis’s
sarcophagus [11], 100 gp
►►Onyx: on Judge Tsedek’s finger [19],
100 gp
►►Amethyst: on a silver chain around the
Amber Golem’s neck, 100 gp
►►Black tourmaline: north sarcopha-
gus [22], 100 gp
►►Diamond: south sarcophagus [22],
500 gp
►►Aquamarine: among trash [39], 200 gp
►►Brownish-green corundum: inside Lady
Jayne’s sarcophagus [15], 300 gp
List of the Fallen (67 names)
Bryn Coreman Anderlecht Balmer
Justine the Red Freeman Nester
Hettore Pastor Ysabel bet Gerraint
Opal Rumskinson Rhain Dreamdust, May he forgive us
Frey Herrenson Phantom, the Raven
Malfex the Unwise Dame Hailwidis the Steadfast
Caprice Tripplehorn Paraclitus, the Hawk
Average Albert Arthur, faithful feline
Qinn Jerrek Rhiannon Dreamdust, may death ap-
Prim Gondart pease her sorrow
Carl Miller Our beloved Lady Jayne, victim of
the vilest treachery
Alena Squire
The Hon. Judge Tsedek
Oona Wiseskin
Harpo, the beekeeper
Samuel Samuels
Barton Noon
Courtney Suits
Logs Bison
Jewol Marxmann
Orphisia Melcor
Millana Millard
Suranna Leaves-Glowing
Deon Van Mim
Vadda Grimmspiel
Bandoneon Smith
Pearl Vimes
Badger Books
Moonbeam Waterspeckles
Remana Goynes
Nyoght Wissen
Cleopha Goldman-Smith
Blake Palmer
Mand Druise
Divanios Glück
Greene Bowman
Melodi Sun-Spinner
Elsius Stormborn
Lorm Strong
Feodor the Mute
Mary Roskobbel
Sturri Gravensohn
Ztan Vorruns
Tussaud Nimbletoes
Craig the Undying
Coolidge Barnes
Patrick Byrd
Pangelina Padoga
Stuart Mann
Clay Fischer
Dashka Dhurt
Holly Krestmire
Paghu Copper-Tongue
Fern Strongbow
Sensius the Untalli...
Uri ban Stamm
Alomea Dreamcaster
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The trial of
Lady Jayne's murderer
Judge Tsedek may ask the PCs to judge
him according to Dwarven Law, once his
own killers have been dealt with.
He will do so if he admits to himself that
he probably killed Jayne, which should
happen if the PCs ask him the right ques-
tions, after talking to the sword Naeglin,
for example.
►►The courtroom [36] is downstairs. If
needed, he asks the PCs to erase the chalk
prayer trapping him in his tomb [19].
►►He needs a judge, a prosecutor, a
defender, and a jury of at least 3 (7 is bet-
ter). He may suggest the PCs enroll the
dungeons inhabitants in the jury: the
Dryad and Amber Golem, mostly. NO!
NO KOBOLDS!
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►►He may request that the PCs call Dame
Hailwidis’ sword (from [11]) as a witness.
►►Unless the PCs are experts in Dwarven
Laws: he will try to backseat-pilot the
entire trial, probably revoke his counsel-
lor and represent himself. He will most
likely end up calling for a mistrial, and
maybe even being exonerated, much to
his dismay.
►►If not convicted, there is a 3-in-6
chance he’ll attack, in an attempted “sui-
cide by the Court”.
►►Only when condemned will he give the
PCs his signet ring.
►►But, if he survives his trial and its after-
math, he would accept to accompany the
PCs to open Lady Jayne’s Tomb. She will
pardon him, granting him eternal rest.
A stout beardy
Lady Justice
brandishing a
blind mammal
in lieu of scales;
a bludgeoning
weapon to light
the way:
Dwarven Justice.
Design notes
™™Classic Dungeoncrawl
This module was designed to be played
using classic Old School dungeon crawl-
ing procedures (see Adventuring in Old
School Essentials), in particular the scru-
pulous tracking of time, encumbrance and
systematic monster reaction and morale
rolls. The treasure assumes the game
uses a gold for XP mechanic. The PCs are
expected to be accompanied by NPC fol-
lowers and retainers.
™™At lower levels?
While it is unlikely that PCs could “solve”
the entire dungeon by way of parlay, the
most dangerous foes in this module can
be reasonned with. Careful, socially-en-
clined players with characters of level 3-4
could theoretically attempt this adventure
(and hope to escape with a good chunk of
the treasure). In this case, the referee may
consider adjusting the undead level drain
capabilities (see below), in particular for
the numerous and unpredictable Broken
Souls.
™™Undead mechanics
If it better fits the referee’s vision, the
undead’s Level Drain abilities may be re-
placed by an Attribute Drain ability, as the
wise Melan once suggested: the Specter
(Lady Jayne) drains 2d4 CON, Wraiths
(Broken Souls) drain 1d6 CON.
Characters reduced to 0 CON die and will
become undead.
The immediate threat will be greater, but
without long-term consequences.
™™Restocking the dungeon
PCs are not expected to clear the whole
dungeon in one run. The referee is en-
couraged to consider sticking to the old
tradition of beginning and ending each
gaming session outside the dungeon, as it
is (with a few possible exceptions) not a
safe place to rest.
PCs may go back to the nearest town to
sell their loot, heal, carouse and resupply.
In this case, the referee is encouraged to
restock the dungeon with new threats; if
word of the PCs newfound wealth goes
around, throwing in a few rival NPC
adventuring parties will also enhance the
dungeoneering experience.
™™Flavour
●●This module assumes all elves originate
from Faërie. If it does not fit the cam-
paign, the referee may choose to reskin
the elves in this module as some elf-adja-
cent folk, for example as Sidhe.
●●Either to restock the dungeon or
because Kobolds are boring, the referee
is encouraged, if so enclined, to replace
them with bandits, goblins, lizard-folk,
rat-folk, or any campaign-appropriate
critters posing a similar challenge.
●●Classical sources use the term Alseid to
describe a grove nymph.
●●While this module keeps in tone with
the Original Game, mixing elements from
various european folklore, the referre may
chose to refocus the flavor towards a more
“nordic” feeling. In this case, Jayne can be
described as a Völva (a kind of Seeress)
rather than a druid. Similarly, the Dryad
may be reskined as a Huldra.
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NEVER MEET FORGOTTEN HEROES! Long ago a half-elf, half deer-centaur named Jayne led
a small guerilla band against the armies of an evil fae witch. They prevailed at terrible cost.
Over centuries, the Church erased all memory of Jayne’s fae nature. Monsters moved into her
hideout-turned-sepulchre, still haunted by Jayne’s ennemies and companions, and a ghost
longing to complete his vengeance...
In this 39-room dungeon, adventurers will discover the fates and true faces of Jayne and her
unremembered companions. Will they get out with forgotten riches, or become the latest victims
of a centuries-old tragedy?