Her o es ’ Stru ggle

Overview
Contents
Game Material Page 02
Overview Page 02
Deck Construction Page 02
New Rules Page 03
Short Adventure “Witches’ Dance” Page 05
Short Adventure “A Goblin More or Less” Page 08
Short Adventure “The Skinned Snake” Page 10
Short Adventure “Kibakadabra” Page 13
Short Adventure “The Thorwal Drum” Page 16
This game expansion for the Aventuria Card Game provides
you with a new hero and six short adventures. The Cat Witch
Rowena from the Overwals, who can be used in both the duel
and adventure mode of the game, uses her abilities in a subtle
way to overcome her opponents–a welcome and refreshing
alternative to her companion’s brute force approaches.
The adventure “Witches’ Dance,” “A Goblin More or Less,”
“The Skinned Snake,” “Kibakadabra,” “The Thorwal Drum,”
and “Emperor of Thieves” are all comprised of one act each.
In order to play them you have to switch the game to the
adventure mode (see adventure rules in the basic rulebook,
page 11).

Deck Construction
Short Adventure “Emperor of Thieves” Page 18

Game Material Rowena from the Overwals

The action card deck of BW
1 Hero Deck “Rowena from the Overwals, Bornland Rowena from the Overwals
Cat Witch“ consisting of: may be modified per the Rowena from the Overwals

1 Hero Card same rules as outlined in

the basic rulebook on page Light Close Combat Weapon 4
1 Talent Card
30 Action Cards 9, using the table shown on Medium Close Combat Weapon 2

1 Hero Counter “Rowena from the Overwals” the right. Heavy Close Combat Weapon 0
1 Life Point Counter “Rowena from the Overwals” Important Note: This list is Light Ranged Combat Weapon 4
1 Fate Point not set in stone, but subject Medium Ranged Combat Weapon 2
11 Life Point / Adventure Counters to change! You can find the Heavy Ranged Combat Weapon 0
3 Doom Counters most recent version here: Light Armor 2
7 Adventure Cards “Witches’ Dance” www.ulisses-us.com/ Medium Armor 0
9 Adventure Cards “A Goblin More or Less” games/aventuria- Heavy Armor 0
11 Adventure Cards “The Skinned Snake” adventure-cardgame Item 6
3 Adventure Cards “Kibakadabra”
Advantage 4
6 Adventure Cards “The Thorwal Drum”
Skill 6
5 Adventure Cards “Emperor of Thieves”
19 Henchman Cards Simple Spell 12
16 Stone Snake Cards Complex Spell 8
7 Reward Cards Simple Liturgical Chant 0
5 Demon Ability Cards Complex Liturgical Chant 0
Free Action 6

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 New Rules
With this game expansion we introduce a number of new rule
mechanics.
Environment
The circumstances of a battle can have a large effect on the
way it is fought. This is represented by special rules which
only apply to that specific combat and are therefore listed
on an environment card that comes with that combat. Some
opponents might be harder to hit or cannot be attacked in the
first place, or the heroes may be subject to a specific set of
modifiers to their dice rolls, to name just a few examples.
Environment cards are adventure cards.
If a combat comes with special environment rules, the rele-
vant environment card explaining those rules is placed in the
middle of the table at the start of combat. This is also men-
tioned in the combat’s game instructions. The environment
only applies to this combat and is removed after the combat
is over.
. swarms extremely exhausting. On the upside, most swarms
Environment: Stone Serpent
Stone Serpent cards: At the beginning of
step 2 of each turn, each hero draws a
card from the Stone Serpent draw pile.
The card Drawn opponent cards are placed in
“Environment: the row of villains. Drawn events (cards
with the word “event” in the title) are
Stone Serpent” carried out and then placed in the Event
modifies the discard pile. All remaining cards include
instructions for play.
combat rules.
After you’ve drawn the last Stone Serpent
card, the Event discard pile is shuffled and
made into a new Stone Serpent draw pile.
Grave cards: At the end of each round, a
die is rolled for each grave card in play
and the result is applied.
Kibakadabra
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Swarms
Swarms are a special kind of opponent, marked with the key-
word “Swarm” on their henchman card.
When a swarm comes into play, place a number of on its
card, as indicated on the card. The
the swarm. The more
represent the size of
on the swarm henchman card, the
more dangerous the swarm. For example, many swarms have
a number of attacks equal to their current .
Compared to other opponents a swarm has very few life points.
In return, a swarm is not immediately defeated when its life
points are reduced to 0 or less. Instead one is removed and
the life points are raised back to the starting value. It doesn’t
matter how much damage the swarm has suffered from the
attack—even if its life points sink down to -10 or less due to
a massive hit, only one is removed and the life points are
reset to the starting value.
With a single attack you cannot reduce a swarm’s by more
than 1. Only when the last is removed does the swarm
count as defeated, and only then does the hero who dealt
the final blow receive 1 fate point. This makes fights against
are not shuffled back into the henchman draw pile after their
defeat, but instead are removed from the game.
New Keyword: Animals
This expansion introduces new keywords for henchmen to
the game, which work in the same way as the keywords in the
basic game. An exception is the keyword “Animal,” because
it is followed by one or more sub categories that are listed in
brackets behind it, for example Animal (Underground, Forest).
These sub categories aren’t keywords, but they can restrict
the henchmen selection in a combat. For instance, if a spe-
cific combat states that Animals (Forest) are taking part in it,
then only animals which include the sub category “Forest”
are shuffled into the henchmen draw pile. If an animal has
more than one sub category, then it takes part in all combats
that list at least one of those sub categories. The swarm of bats
(see below) would take part in combats that include Animals
(Forest) as well as combats that include Animals (Underground).
Investigation cards Murder of Crows 4 Keyword
In the adventures “The Skinned Serpent” and “A “Swarm”
Goblin More or Less,” investigation cards are
Swarm, Animal (Forest, Settlement)
Place 3 on this card. Every time the
3
used. An investigation card works like a normal sink to 0 or below, remove 1 after the

hero action, but it consists of several investiga-

attack has been resolved and reset the to
3. If the last was removed, remove the –
swarm from the game. Do not shuffle Number of doom
tive circles, each connected to a skill it back into the henchmen deck.
attack: A random
0 counters
When an investigation card is placed, a prede- 1-2 =
hero suffers 1D6+4 .
termined number of adventure counters ( ) are 3-6 = attack: A hero chosen
placed in the upper-most investigative circle. by the group suffers 1D6+1 .
7-10 = Harass: The starting hero discards 1 The number of actions
The goal is to get all counters to the bottom of if available. If not, then he loses 1 .
is equal to the current
the investigation. For this, the heroes must roll 11-20 = Nothing: Circle and caw.
number of doom
Illustration: Sandra Braun
on the skills indicated at their respective circle. counters.
Each successful skill roll allows you to move one
from the circle above to the circle that the roll
was made for, but only if there is at least one in the circle The effect of a completely resolved investigation card is listed
above! As long as this condition is fulfilled, the skill rolls may at the bottom of the card.
be performed in any order. On the back of each card is a short narrative, which explains
Each hero is allowed a maximum of one successful test per the circumstances of the investigation. It is read when the
investigation card per round, but he is allowed to make as card comes into play.
many attempts as he wants. Each attempt costs 1 endurance.

Uppermost
Pieno, the Murderer Pieno, the Murderer Investigation
The narrative is read to the Circle
At the time Pieno Florigan stabbed his group when the card comes At the start of combat place
teacher Melchior Arenbruch, he had
been a member of the Community into play, to provide the players ( ) on this circle.
of Learning for three months and with a better understanding
had never behaved suspiciously. He of the investigations done by
seemed inspired by Melchior and their heroes. Track down Flow of
full of praise, so his crime remains a (Perception) Adventure
mystery. Counteres
When you find him in Vinsalt, he is
already dead, murdered by Ludolfo Examine diary
in an apparent dispute. (Knowledge)
Required
You can learn more about Pieno and When all are in the bottom- Skill Roll
his motives from his belongings and Afterwards the card is
most Investigation Circle, discard
his diary. flipped. this card and flip over the card
Please flip this card. “Exhibit A.” Bottommost
Investigation
The Molted Serpent The Molted Serpent Circle

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 Witches’ Dance
The small village of Wirselhome, 1038 FB
As you are traveling the countryside, you come upon a small
village community. The town is large enough to have a tavern,
an inn, a mill, and even some shops, but you get the sense that
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much of the area has been abandoned. A few people clearly still
live here, though, as you are approached by a young country
girl. She introduces herself as Alevtia and tells you that she has
an urgent request. Seeing desperation in her eyes, you duck
behind the inn to hear her tale.
Alevtia reveals that Wirselhome is home to a coven of kindly
witches, but the coven has had its power usurped by a tyranni-
cal warlock named Cordax. The witches of Wirselhome cannot
act directly against him, because he has the power to control
them with curses. However, they hope that some outsider may
be able to take advantage of his waning power during tonight’s
new moon to break his hold on the village.
One hero makes a Perception roll. Decide as a group which
of you will make the roll.
Critical Success: You realize that Alevtia knows quite a
bit more than she is letting on. You gently confront her,
and she admits to being one of the witches in the coven.
When you agree to help her, she offers magical artifacts in
support. Draw /2 (round down) Reward cards right now
and divide them as you like among the heroes. Shuffle them
into your decks.
Success: You realize that Alevtia is not as simple as she
is letting on. You suspect that she may be associated with
these witches, and may even be one herself. You agree to
help and ask her to introduce you to them directly. At the
start of the following combat each hero may draw one addi-
tional card into her hand. As a reminder each of you now
draws an action card and places it face down in front of you.
Failure: You agree to help and bid Alevtia farewell. You
head off into the village and its surrounding forest to find
the witches the girl had mentioned.
Critical Failure: You agree to help, but you are too loud in
your enthusiasm. You have alerted Cordax and his agents
of your intentions. Remove a number of equal to the
number of heroes ( ) from the game.
Your journey into the nearby forest brings you to mysterious
place that is clearly the home of someone with an interest in
magic. A short flight of natural stairs formed from root wood
leads to a cave hidden beneath the roots of an old oak. The cozy
cave is filled with witchy wonders – dried herbs hang from the
roof, bats cling upside down to the ceiling, and a cauldron bub-
bles away in one corner.
Seated near the cauldron are two women who must be the
witches Alevtia had mentioned. The older one introduces
herself as Satunya. She then gestures to the other woman and
introduces her as Madayana. The two of them smile knowingly
as you relate what you know so far about their problems. They
tell you that the warlock Cordax has made a pact with a dark
fairy named Wic. Wic empowers Cordax through a ley line that
runs through the forest and encircles the old mill, which is
where Cordax lives. If you can disrupt that ley line, you may be
able to get Wic’s attention and convince him to break the pact.
But first you’ll need to follow where it leads.
They send you back out into the forest with directions for fol-
lowing the signs of magically-large mushrooms to track the ley
line. You come to a huge magical tree known as the Mold Tree
and realize that this is the source of the fairy power. Unfor-
tunately, this area is home to what appears to be a patch of
mushrooms but is actually a group of mushroom beastingers!
These bizarre fairy creatures are very talkative, and you might
be able to get something useful out of them.
Each hero must make a Persuasion roll.
Critical Success: You convince the beastingers that you
are friendly, and they offer advice for tracing and disrupt-
ing the ley line. Gain 1 . benefits already gained from success or critical success. No
Success: : You have a generally friendly conversation with
the beastingers, but they keep getting sidetracked and
talking over each other. You decide to continue on without
their help.
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Failure: The beastingers yell at you in fear and anger,
unsure of your intentions. You back away quickly and trip
and fall. Lose 1 .
Critical Failure: The beastingers yell at you in anger. You
turn to run, only to fall into a patch of predatory mush-
rooms! Lose 1d6+1
You continue along the ley line, tracing its path through the
forest towards the mill. The path winds through a gorge littered
by an increasing number of bones and disturbing fetishes. As
you reach the bottom of the gorge, you see a cave. And in that
cave you see the sleeping form of an ogre!
Each hero must make a Stealth roll. Please note that the
effects of Critical Successes and Successes are nullified if
one or more heroes roll a Critical Failure (see below)!
Critical Success: As you are sneaking by, you realize that
there is something odd about the ogre and his decorations.
His crafts and mannerisms seem almost human! You take a
chance and wake up the ogre and attempt to communicate
with him. You realize through his human-like gestures that
he is indeed a transformed human. After you explain your
purpose, he agrees to help you in your fight. Reduce the
threat value of the upcoming combat by 2.
Success: You quickly sneak past the sleeping ogre. Gain 1
.
Failure: You disturb the ogre’s sleep just as you are passing
the mouth of the cave. Lose 2 as he takes a swipe at you.
Critical Failure: The ogre wakes up in a rage! The result
of the Stealth roll is changed to “Failure” for each hero.
This means that each hero loses 2 and might also reverse
further rolls are made.
Finally you come to the mill where Cordax lives. The very forest
rises up against you, as do the warlock’s ensorcelled servants.
And what’s worse is that time is running out! Midnight is
approaching, and if you do not stop Cordax before then you will
lose your chance!
Meanwhile, the dark fairy Wic is
providing Cordax with the power
that he needs to thwart your
attacks. You can almost see the
power flowing around this place
– if you do not manage to break
the dark fairy’s magical bond,
you will never be able to defeat
the warlock. You may be able to
use your magical knowledge to
disrupt the connection, or you
could persuade the fairy that
you are a threat and convince
him to flee, or maybe you could
use your craft skills to break the
mill’s water wheel, flooding the
mill and washing out the magic circle. After a Defeat:
You were too late! Midnight has come and gone, and Cordax
Assemble all “Witch’s Dance” cards (“Time Scale” (with a has restored his grip over the village of Wirselhome. You’ll have
difficulty of your choice), “Hero Action: Break the Pact,” to move on and hope that some other adventurers will be more
“Cordax,” “Curse: Prey!”, “Curse: Lumbago,” and “Curse: effective when the next opportunity presents itself..
Paralyze Tongue”) and put them in the middle of the table.
Next separate all leader action cards with the keywords Read the effects of a defeat in the Adventure rules, page 16.
“General” and “Supernatural” and shuffle them into a
draw pile. After a Victory:
A combat starts—read the section “Combat” of the Adven-
ture rules. You have done it! You have freed Wirselhome from the thrall
Henchmen: Henchman cards with the keyword “Animal
of the warlock! The three witches, Satunya, Madayana, and
(Forest),” henchman cards with the keyword “Servant,” and Alevtia, rush up to you and thank you profusely for saving
henchman cards with the keyword “Mage” are used in this them from Cordax’s curses. The village soon returns to normal
combat. and you travel onward, knowing that Wirselhome is safe in the
Threat value: x5 hands of a much wiser coven.
Hero Actions: Break the Pact
Protective Amulet: During this combat the action card You have overcome the adventure. Read the effects of
“Protective Amulet” may be used to prevent the effect of your victory in the section “End of an Adventure” in the
a curse. Adventure rules. Each hero receives 1 experience point. In
addtion the players may draw Reward cards equal to the
Defeat: If Cordax is still alive when the last  is removed, number of heroes ( ) and divide them as they like among
you lose the combat. the heroes.
Victory: You are victorious when Cordax is defeated. If
any henchmen remain, they immediately flee.

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 A Goblin
More or Less
Festum, in 1038 FB
Traveling with a captive swampreek is very dangerous, but
after a living specimen fell into your hands during your travels
through northern Aventuria, you remembered that the zoo
of Festum offers high rewards for creatures like these. And as
you are currently out of cash, you undertook the troublesome
journey into the Bornland to sell the animal for good money.
Amazingly, the journey itself took place without any major
incidents, but now that you are standing at the city gate of
Festum, it dawns on you that your problems are just beginning.
The gate guards do not want to take responsibility for the
ominous freight, so they ask you politely but surely to follow
them to the nearby garrison.

Each player makes a Survival roll.

Critical Success: You handle the matter of the penned

animal with confidence. Draw 1 .
Success: You keep calm and manage to convince the
town guards that you have everything under control.
Failure: You are nervous and everyone realizes it. At the
beginning of the next combat, you draw 1 action card less Once you arrive at the garrison, you realize that the guards
than usual. are pretty preoccupied dealing with the day-to-day task of
Critical Failure: You behave very suspiciously and you keeping the city running – even without the problems that your
risk giving your entire group away, so you put your hand captured swampreek adds on top of that. You witness how the
in the cage with the swampreek to prove its harmless-
local sergeant is bawled out by a council man just before he
ness. As a fair penalty to such reckless behavior, lose 1D6
. At the beginning of the next combat you draw 1 action has to deal with you – certainly not his best day. You’re afraid
card less than usual. he’ll throw you straight out of the city without further ado, but
instead he behaves in an exceptionally friendly way.

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Murderer Hunt
One hand washes the other. The sergeant tells you that he
will deal with the swampreek matter unbureaucratically and
in your favor. In return he asks you to work for him as special
investigators and investigate the murder of a certain Albin
Sewerski. After a moment of consideration you agree. The
murder victim was regarded as an ardent man, but also a
respectable and benevolent one, so the city guard is completely
in the dark regarding the perpetrator and his motive. The only
eye witness is the confirmed drunkard Peddar, who claims to
have seen two figures scrambling near Sewerski’s estate.
For the seizure of the perpetrator, the sergeant offers you 30
batzes, and you will also get free food for the duration of the
investigation as well as free lodging in the Norbardian tavern
“Elk’s Palm.” The Goblin boy Groink is to take you to the tavern.
The little Goblin is immediately dotty about you and never
leaves your side.
Assemble the “A Goblin More or Less” cards (“Time Scale”
(with the desired difficulty), “Malwina,” “Red Herring,”
“Bluurz, a Dead Rat Catcher”) and lay them face up on the
playing table. In addition, the cards “Auntie Manriisha” and
“Urmeg’s Testimony” are placed face down. Put the card
“Groink, the Goblin boy” under the card “Auntie Manriisha”
and the card “Stanko Ilmeroff” under the card “Urmeg’s
Testimony” – they are put into play when the card on top
of them is revealed.
A combat starts – read the section “Combat” of the Adven-
ture rules.
Henchmen: Henchman cards with the keyword “Bandit”
and henchman cards with the keyword “Thief.”
Threat value: Number of heroes ( )x4
Defeat: Every time a hero is disabled, you receive a .
When you have a number of equal to the number of
heroes ( ), you lose the combat.
Victory: You are successful as soon as you defeat the leader
“Stanko Ilmeroff.”
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Hunting the Murderer
The investigation is portrayed during the combat
by means of investigation cards. All the technical
information can be found on the cards. At this point we
will explain the connection between the cards and the
plot of the detective story in detail. You can read this text
before or after the game depending on your personal
taste.
• At the beginning you are dealing with the drunkard
Peddar who saw the murderers. He is of no great
help in their identification, as he has grown a habit
of recognizing culprits in every stranger he sees,
because he wants to get the reward money. During
your investigations you also uncover a family drama of
the Sewerskis, which is about a relationship between
Albin’s son Nikol and a disreputable woman that was
not approved by Albin. However, this proves to be a red
herring.
• Albin Sewerski was in fact killed by two hired assassins,
who are now over the hills and far away. Their client,
Vadim Grumperow, is still in the city, however. He
has ordered the murder of Albin because he suspected
him of killing a number of Goblins and has a protection
agreement with the Goblins that he had to fulfill.
• Vadim was in the meantime detained by his gang, the
Moon Children, who in turn have an agreement with
Mantka Riiba that allows her to use him as leverage
in dealing with you. In the role of “Auntie Manriisha”
she orders you to finde the goblin murderer. If you
succeed, she will tell the Moon Children to hand Vadim
Gumperow over to the authorities.
• You can find the Goblin murderer by first discovering
the corpse of the rat catcher Bluurz. Investigating the
circumstances of his death you realize that he was not
the victim of an accident but a murder, and that there
are already six more Goblins of the Earthpelt family
who have suffered a similar fate.
• As soon as you begin to search for the Goblin murderer,
your city guide, the Goblin boy Groink, becomes
more talkative, and after you protect him against an
assassination attempt by the real murderers he leads
you to his uncle Urmeg.
 • Urmeg has witnessed the merchant Stanko Ilmeroff’s
smugglers’ activity and has been hiding since then.
Ilmeroff has seen the Goblin, but can only remember his
dark fur color, so now he and his accomplice Malwina
simply kill all the members of the family Earthpelt and
disguise the murders as accidents.
• Because he is a Goblin, Urmeg’s testimony is not
enough to convict Ilmeroff, so you have to sneak into
the merchant’s house to find some useful evidence.
However the criminals already know that you are after
them and ambush you in the house, leading to struggle
for life and death.
After a defeat:
The hunt for the murderer doesn’t end well for you. The persons
behind the murders send a large number of their minions, and
when you finally confront Stanko Ilmeroff, you suffer a bloody
defeat. This weakens you and leaves you with no useful evidence
so that you have to leave the city.
Read the effects of your defeat in the section “End of
Combat” (Basic Rule Book, page 16).
After a victory:
You succeed in catching the smuggler and Goblin murderer
Stanko Ilmeroff in the act, and in a fierce battle in his estate you
bring him and his henchmen to justice. After you have brought
the murderers to their just punishment, Auntie Manriisha
keeps her promise and hands over the person who ordered
Albin’s assassination – the pickpocket and protection money
presser Vadim Grumperow – to the town guard. You certainly
have the gratitude of the people of Festum – both the humans
and the Goblins.
Read the effects of your victory in the section “End of
Combat” in the Adventure rules. Each hero receives 1
experience point. In addition, you may draw reward
cards and divide them among you.
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The Molted
Serpent
Vinsalt, in 1038 FB
Your journey has led you into the Horas Realm, and you are
stopping off at the “Red Rooster Inn” a few miles outside of
Vinsalt. So have a sip of Limoncello and play Boltan with the
other guests. But wait a moment, what is that odd smell? Is it
burning somewhere?
Place the “Red Rooster” card (with the side “Burning Sta-
ble” facing up) into the center of the table and place (
x 2) adventure markers ( ) on it.
Each hero makes a Perception roll.
Critical success: Before anyone can react, you yell “Fire!
Fire!” and storm out. Everyone else looks on in disbelief
while you are already starting the fire extinguishing.
Remove 2 from the “Burning Stable” card.
Success: A fire has broken out in the neighboring stable!
Luckily, you are quick enough on your feet to fight down
the fire before it gets too big. Remove 1 from the
“Burning Stable” card.
Failure: Something is wrong here! Fire? You’re irritated
and follow the crowd outside.
Critical failure: You’ve probably looked a bit too deeply
into your mug. Most of the guests have already hurried
outside before you realize what is happening here. Place
1 on the “Burning Stable” card.
Afterwards, the events continue outside the inn.

Each hero makes a Craft roll.
Critical success: Boldly you burst into the flames and
extinguish a big fire source before the flames can spread.
Your hero loses 1 . Remove 2 from the “Burning
Stable” card.
Success: You keep your cool and rely on your skill in
fighting the fire. Remove 1 from the “Burning Stable”
card.
Failure: You wade helplessly through the flames and
don’t know what to do. Your hero loses 2 .
Critical failure: You do your best to master the flames,
but instead of doing something useful, you are only
putting yourself in danger unnecessarily. Your hero loses
1D6 .
If there are still on the “Burning Stable” card, each
hero must make a second Craft roll with the consequences
described above. More than a second roll is not allowed.
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If there are still on the “Burning Stable” card after the
second Craft roll, continue with “Murder Hunt.” If instead all
of them were removed from the card, read the following:
By your courageous intervention, you saved the farm hand
Curon and extinguished the fire quickly enough before it could
engulf other houses. For this glorious act you are celebrated by
the citizens of Vinsalt as heroes – at least for the next few days.
The card “Red Rooster” is turned over to the side “Group card:
Good reputation” and ( x 2) are placed on it. Continue
with “Murder Hunt.”
Murder Hunt
Once you have made your contribution to fighting the fire, the
innkeeper offers a round of his best wine to flush the smoke
from the throats and the strain from the bones. Impressed by
your courage, the noble Elysia ya Berîsac comes to you and asks
you to help her investigate a murder. The victim is Melchior
Arenbruch, the founder of the Community of Learning, who was
murdered by his own disciple Pieno Florigan. Pieno then fled
towards Vinsalt, and Elysia was on his heels for justice. But she
feels not ready to deal with this challenge on her own, so she
asks for your help. In return she offers to teach you in her art of
healing, so you agree.
Shortly thereafter, you arrive in Vinsalt, where you find
yourselves in the hornet’s nest of a large-scale intrigue for the
office of the High Master of the Scholarly Hall at the Hesinde
temple in Kuslik. Surrounded by assassins and hired thugs,
you’ll have to try and clear the fog of misinformation and get to
the bottom of this murderous intrigue.
Assemble all remaining “The Molted Serpent” cards (“Time
Scale” (with the desired difficulty), “Pieno, the Murderer,”
“Ludolfo, the Murderer’s Murderer,” “Gurdo, the Assassin,”
and “Visitator Festo”) and place them face up on the
playing table. Put the “Side Quest: Sayodir” card under
the “Visitator Festo” card – it will be used when Festo is
removed from the game. In addition, the cards “Exhibit A,”
“Exhibit B” and “Exhibit C” are placed face down.
A combat starts – read the section “Combat” of the
Adventure rules.
Henchmen: Henchman cards with the keyword “Bandit,”
henchman cards with the keyword “Thief” and henchman
cards with the keyword “Servant.” All henchmen must also
have the keyword “Human.”
Threat value: Number of heroes ( )x4
Defeat: Every time a hero is disabled, you receive a .
When you have a number of equal to the number of
heroes ( ), you lose the combat.
Victory: You are successful as soon as you have obtained
the cards “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit B.” You can still continue
the combat to get the “Exhibit C” card, which is worth 1
bonus experience point. If it gets too tight for you, you can
decide to end the combat at the end of each round.
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Hunting the Murderer
The investigation is portrayed during the combat
by means of investigation cards. All the technical
information can be found on the cards. At this point
we will explain the connection between the cards and
the plot of the detective story in detail. You can read
this text before or after the game depending on your
personal taste.
• Melchior was stabbed by his student Pieno. Pieno
then fled to Vinsalt. To find out who instigated him to
action, you must track him down and examine his
diary. When you do so, you receive Exhibit A.
• When you find Pieno, he is already dead – murdered by
Ludolfo, who looks so similar to one of your group that
you become suspects yourselves. In order to prove your
innocence, you must find, apprehend, and question
Ludolfo. Doing so allows you to get rid of the obtrusive
Visitator Festo, and can now work on the Side Quest.
• Visitator Festo is an investigator on behalf of
the Connetablia Criminalis Capitalae who holds you
accountable for the murder of Pieno and interferes
with your own investigations. As soon as you get him
off your back, he helps you in your investigations,
which makes the henchmen start to run away. In terms
of the adventure’s rules mechanics he therefore counts
as a leader, although he is not, of course, in cahoots
with the henchmen.
• Pieno’s client has sent her servant, the assassin Gurdo,
to get rid of you whilst maintaining a low profile
himself. By surviving his traps and uncovering his
plot, you receive Exhibit B.
• As soon as you have Exhibit A and Exhibit B, you have
solved the murder of Melchior and won the combat.
• The Side Quest allows you to additionally find out that
Ludolfo was incited by the assassin Sayodir, who was
acting on behalf of Comto Thûan. By uncovering and
apprehending Sayodir, you are able to understand the
full extent of the intrigue and earn bonus experience
points.

After a defeat:
The murder chase does not end well for you. Again and again
you become the victims of strange “accidents” or get beaten up
in the dark streets of Vinsalt by shady ruffians. After spending
several debilitating weeks this way, you have to acknowledge to
yourselves that the trail has run cold. You will probably never
find out who really is behind the murder of Melchior Arenbruch.
Read the effects of your defeat in the section “End of
Combat” (Basic Rule Book, page 16).
After a victory:
You succeed in finding Ludolfo, who is behind the murder of the
murderer, and hand him over to the authorities. In addition,
you find that the Vinsalt Temple Superior Arba of Silas was
behind the murder attack on Melchior. Your evidence is not
solid enough to put her behind bars, but her career suffers a
serious blow and she fails to achieve the goals of her intrigue.
Kibakadabra
Jungle of Northern Uthuria, in the year 1037 FB
Far from your Aventurian homeland, your journey has taken
you to a village of the Jucumaqh in the Uthurian jungle. You
learn a lot about the manners of the jungle dwellers, including
the lizard god Uguan, whose wrath has to be kept in check
by sending brave warriors down into the maw of the nearby
serpent head in order to soothe him.
During a secret conversation with the village beauty Hokioi
you learn that recently her lover, the warrior Whakamiharo,
was asked by the shaman of the village to go down the serpent’s
head. She is proud of her lover’s sacrifice, but she is afraid that
the shaman just wanted to get rid of Whakamiharo because he
has laid an eye on her. She therefore asks you to descend into
the maw and look for her lover.

If you also gained Exhibit C:

In addition, Sayodir, an assassin of the Xeledon School, was
apprehended by you. From him you find out that the network of
intrigues is even more far reaching and includes Comto Thûan
della Gribaldi, who used the incidents around the murder of
Melchior Arenbruch to get his opponent Arba from Silas out
of the way. Comto also gets away unscathed, but at least you
managed to gain a deep insight into the intrigues of the Horas
realm.
Read the effects of your victory in the section “End of
Combat” in the Adventure rules. Each hero receives 1
experience point, or 2 experience points if the heroes got a
hold of Exhibit C. In addition, you may take the reward card
“Elysia’s Healing Arts” and draw an additional reward
cards, and divide them among you.

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Bravely you agree to help. A further incentive are the treasures
and magical secrets that await you down there, according to
the legends. Not to mention the honor that you gain when you
volunteer to climb down the serpent’s head. In the course of a
ceremony with wild tribal dances, fire and spectacles, you are
released into the depths. Thus begins a difficult descent.
Each hero makes a Survival roll.
Critical success: Skillful like a chamois you climb down
the narrow tube. However, getting out again through the
same opening will be almost impossible – even for you!
Success: You slip a few times and suffer a couple
scratches, but all in all you make it down safe and sound
to the bottom of the stone tube. Getting out again on the
other hand will be a thing of impossibility. You lose 1 .
Failure: After a short while you lose your grip and slide
down the dark tube, where you have several painful
encounters with protruding boulders. You lose 2 .
Critical Failure: You slip and fall head-first into the
snake’s mouth. This will hurt very much when you arrive
at the bottom... You lose 1D6 .

After you have descended into the interior of the stone serpent
more or less intact, you must admit that a later ascent at this
point would be extremely dangerous, strenuous, and potenti-
ally deadly. So in order to make it out alive, you must not only
find the warrior Whakamiharo, but also an alternative way out
of this labyrinth.
You start exploring the underground cave system and find that
you are in the petrified remains of a two-headed giant snake, a
so-called “Kibakaba.” Besides wild beasts it is inhabited by the
Sadsch’Tarr – a group of undead cultists who worship her like
a goddess.
A snake with two heads would mean that there should be a
second exit down there somewhere – you just have to find it.
And you should do so before the slowly rising water seals your
fate.

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 First place the card “Environment: Stone Serpent” in the
middle of the table and decide on a difficulty level. Pick up
the 16 Stone Serpent Cards and search for the cards “Hero
Action: The Obsidian Shard,” “Hero Action: The Green
Heart,” and “Whakamiharo” – they are put aside and only
later enter the Stone Serpent draw pile. Shuffle a draw pile
from the other 13 Stone Serpent cards.
Pick up all the grave cards (from the Aventuria base
box) and place of them on the table with the side
“Whispering Grave” face-up. In addition you will need a
reward card deck.
A combat starts – read the section “Combat” of the
Adventure rules.
Henchmen: Henchman cards with the keyword “Animal
(Underground),” henchman cards with the keyword
“Animal (Forest),” henchman cards with the keyword
“Cultist,” henchman cards with the keyword “Achaz,” and
henchman cards with the keyword “Amphibian.”
Threat value: Number of heroes ( )x2
Defeat: Every time a hero is disabled, you receive a .
When you have a number of equal to the number of
heroes ( ), you lose the combat.
Victory: You are successful when you have found
Whakamiharo and eliminated the Tuatara Circle with the
Green Heart.
Read the effects of your defeat in the section “End of
Combat” (Basic Rule Book, page 16).
After a victory:
You defeat the Tuatara Circle and the other terrible beasts
inside the stone serpent, free the warrior Whakamiharo, and
together with him find an exit out of the serpent. A long dive
through the former back skull of the snake leads you back into
the jungle.
You return to the village of the Jucumaqh, where you are
celebrated as the heroes who soothed the lizard god Uguan
and returned alive from the stone serpent. Whakamiharo also
returns to the arms of his beloved Hokioi as a celebrated hero.
You did a splendid job!
Read the effects of your victory in the section “End of
Combat” in the Adventure rules. Each hero receives 1
experience point. In addition, you may draw reward
cards and together with the reward cards you obtained
during the adventure divide them among you.

After a defeat:
You are very fierce, but the number of
your opponents does not dwindle, and
after a few bad decisions you end up
with all of your strength exhausted.
You only manage to find a hiding place
where you can barricade yourself and
wait for the next few weeks, until you
are finally rescued by a second Aven-
turian expedition just before you perish
from malnutrition.

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 The Thorwal Drum
Festum, in Phex 1038 FB
There must be order. So you volunteered to act as “Stewards”
during this year’s Atmaskot parade in Festum. And the pay-
ment promised by Elkman Timpski, the chief of the city guard,
is also quite alright.
Your task will be to accompany the Atmaskot procession and to
ensure that it is carried out without major incident. This parade
is held in celebration of the liberation of Festum’s storage island
from the claws of the notorious Thorwaler captain Atmaskot
Blooddrinker, by carrying around a drum that is covered with
his skin. Yes, you heard properly – the drum is covered with
human skin, and the citizens of Festum carry it through their
city.
This year, the controversial parade will lead through the whole
city for the first time. Clashes between the patriotic citizens and
the minority groups of Thorwalians, Goblins, and Norbardians
residing in Festum are feared. So you will have all hands full.
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Each hero makes a Knowledge roll.
Critical success: You explore the route that the parade
will take beforehand and talk with the local people to get
a sense of where and what kind of disturbances can be
expected. Take 2 .
Success: The day before the parade you look at the route
it will take through the city and make yourself familiar
with the places where troubles might occur. Take 1 .
Failure: When the procession begins, you realize it might
have been a good idea to look at the route beforehand.
Well, now it’s too late.
Critical Failure: Delayed and completely unprepared,
you appear a few minutes before the parade starts. At the
beginning of the next combat you draw one card less than
usual.
The procession begins on the warehouse island, where in front
of the harbor master’s office the crowd burns its first straw
doll. It represents one of Atmaskot’s followers: “Borzi Rostbutt,
a filthy goblin pirate who bit three men and a woman so hard
that they were killed by the resulting tetanus spasms.” You feel
the xenophobia in the air and ask yourselves whether you got
yourselves hired by the right side.
Shortly thereafter the procession leads into the city and comes
to the first real tussle. The mob consists of proud patriots,
angry citizens, indignant progressives, insulted minorities, and
drunken troublemakers, who clash with each other with insults
and occasional fist fights. The best thing would be to drive these
people apart and keep them at bay, but that is not in the inte-
rests of your clients. There is nothing left for you but to keep the
mob reasonably under control and to avoid an escalation until
the parade is finally over.
 Assemble all “The Thorwal Drum” cards (“Time Scale” (with
the desired difficulty), “Environment: Street Riot,” “The
Mob,” “Hero Action: Protect the Drum,” and “Hero Action:
Appease the Crowd” and place them face up on the playing
table.
A combat starts – read the section “Combat” of the
Adventure rules.
Leader: There is no leader in this combat.
Henchmen: Henchman cards with the keyword “Human”
and henchman cards with the keyword “Goblin.” You don’t
have to put all humans and goblins into the pile – simply
choose the cards that are the most appealing to you.
Threat value: No henchmen are placed at the beginning
of combat.
Defeat: The hero action “Protect the Drum” comes into play
from  3 onward. You must succeed at it once per round, or
you lose the combat.
Victory: You are successful if at least one of you is on your
feet at  0 and the Thorwal Drum has not fallen into enemy
hands by then.
After a defeat:
You are unable to keep the angry mob under control, and wit-
hin moments a wild street battle breaks out. Captain Elkman
Timpski is surrounded by a bunch of angry citizens, and after
you clear the chaos you realize that the drum was torn from his
hands. The chief is beside himself with anger at your failure
and casts you out of the city.
Read the effects of your defeat in the section “End of
Combat” (Basic Rule Book, page 16).
After a victory:
There are some bad scenes where the hostile parties are going at
each other’s throats, and Chief Timpski playing on the Thorwal
Drum does not help much to relax the situation. You swallow
down your discontent and do what he has ordered you to. With
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a carrot and a stick you protect the order and prevent things
from getting worse.
Read the effects of your victory in the section “End of
Combat” in the Adventure rules. However, the adventure
is not over yet!
After the parade has ended and the people have calmed down,
you receive the promised payment. A few days later, the noble
marshal Jucho of Dallenthin and Persanzig turns to you with
an unusual request. He fears that the drum could permanently
endanger the peace in the city, so he asks you to steal it from
the garrison’s evidence room. It is a chance for you to atone for
your shady actions during the parade, and at the same time to
secure another decent reward, so you gladly agree to do the job.
Each hero makes a Stealth roll.
Critical success: As a master of your art you not only
manage to snatch the Thorwal Drum, but also another
item that could be useful. At the end of the adventure,
you may draw an additional reward card.
Success: You dress up successfully and use a fake
document to get into the evidence room to steal the
Thorwal Drum.
Failure: You blow your cover and have to make for a
hasty flight, but at least you succeed in not directing the
suspicions to your companions.
Critical Failure: You are extremely awkward and
suspicious, so the guardians are alerted and your entire
mission is doomed to fail. You must flee the city in a
hurry. The results of all heroes change to “failure” and no
further rolls are allowed.
If at least one hero has a success or critical success, the
heroes have successfully stolen the Thorwal Drum and get
2 experience points. Otherwise they get only 1 experience
point. In either case, the heroes are allowed to draw
reward cards and divide them among themselves. The
adventure is over.
 Emperor of Thieves
As you approach the gambling hall, the Fox gang prepares to
throw a net over the carrier from a nearby roof.
Phexcaer, 24th of Phex, 1038 FB
Your travels have brought you to the City of Thieves on the
eve of the annual Race of Thieves. This event is a contest of
wits, thievery, and physical prowess between the various thief
gangs of Phexcaer. Whichever gang successfully delivers the
marble head of a statue of Emperor Bodar (also known as the
Idol of Many Hands) to the Altar of Phex from one of five sta-
tions throughout the city is declared the winner. In the fragile
peace that currently exists among the gangs, this is one of
the most important ways to gain prominence. You decided to
participate in the contest to improve your standing in the city.
The race is quite dangerous. Although no weapons are allowed,
there are essentially no other rules. Traps, tricks, spells, and
even outright violence are all permitted and even applauded
by the thronging audience.
The Head
At the beginning of the adventure you come into possession
of the head. Name a hero as the carrier. He gets the starting
player token.
Each hero begins the adventure with 1 and 5 cards from
his action card deck. These cards may be selected freely, but
must then be placed in front of you, so that a player does
not know where her cards are.
At the start of the adventure, there are no in the middle
of the game table. During the adventure, heroes can gain
additional cards and , or lose them.
The heroes have to head to the five stations and then to the
Phex temple.
For all tests in which all heroes participate, the starting
player rolls first, followed by all player in a clockwise order.
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Station 1 – The Silver and Gold gambling hall
Each hero makes a Perception roll.
Critical Success:
If you are the carrier: You catch sight of the trap in plenty
of time. The dice results of all other players are ignored and
no further rolls are necessary. You automatically succeed in
the Body Control roll at this station.
If you are not the carrier: You catch sight of the trap
in plenty of time. The dice results of all other players are
ignored and no further rolls are necessary. The carrier auto-
matically succeeds in the Body Control roll at this station.
Success:
If you are the carrier: You spot the trap at the last second.
Substract 1 from your Body Control roll at this station.
If you are not the carrier: You spot the trap at the last
second and warn the carrier. The carrier subtracts 1 from
her Body Control roll at this station.
Failure:
If you are the carrier: You fail to spot the trap. Add 1 to
your Body Control roll at this station.
If you are not the carrier: You fail to spot the trap. The
carrier adds 1 to her Body Control roll at this station.
Critical Failure:
If you are the carrier: You stumble over your own feet.
Add 3 to your Body Control roll at this station.
If you are not the carrier: You stumble into the carrier
and both of you fall to the ground. The carrier adds 2 to her
Body Control roll at this station. Put one of the cards in
front of you back on top of your action card deck.
 To escape from the net, the carrier must now make a Body
Control roll and apply all modifications from all heroes’
results of the Perception roll. If the carrier succeeds, the
players may put 1 in the middle of the table. In case of a
failure a randomly decided player has to discard 1 . This
is removed from the game–it is not placed in the middle
of the table.
Station 2 – The Temple of Peraine
In the road approaching the Temple of Peraine, the Otter gang
has dug a knee-deep mud pit and disguised it with dry earth.
Each hero makes a Survival roll.
Critical Success:
If you are the carrier: You recognize that the ground is
not as stable as it initially appears. You easily navigate the
trap and find a clear path for everyone. The dice results of
all other players are ignored and no further rolls are neces-
sary. You automatically succeed in the Body Control roll at
this station.
If you are not the carrier: You recognize that the ground
is not as stable as it initially appears. You easily navigate the
trap and find a clear path for everyone. The dice results of
all other players are ignored and no further rolls are neces-
sary. The carrier automatically succeeds in the Body Control
roll at this station.
Success:
If you are the carrier: You recognize that the ground is
not as stable as it initially appears. Substract 1 from your
Body Control roll at this station.
If you are not the carrier: You recognize that the ground
is not as stable as it initially appears. You may become the
carrier if the carrier fails her Body Control roll.
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Failure:
If you are the carrier: You fail to spot the pit and get
stuck in the mud. The head is in danger of slipping away.
If you are not the carrier: You fail to spot the pit and
get stuck in the mud. You cannot help the carrier at this
station and she adds 1 to her Body Control roll.
Critical Failure:
If you are the carrier: You fail to spot the pit and get
stuck in the mud. The head is in danger of slipping away.
Put one of the cards in front of you back on top of your
action card deck.
If you are not the carrier: You fail to spot the pit and get
stuck in the mud. Put one of the cards in front of you back
on top of your action card deck.
If the carrier has rolled a failure or critical failure, but at least
one other hero has rolled a success, then one of these heroes
becomes the new carrier–he receives the starting player
token. If the carrier has rolled a failure or critical failure
and no other hero has rolled a success, then he remains the
carrier, but the Body Control roll at this station automatically
fails.
To overcome the pit, the carrier must now make a Body Con-
trol roll and apply all modifications from all heroes’ results
of the Survival roll. If the carrier succeeds, the players may
put 1 in the middle of the table. In case of a failure a
randomly decided player has to discard 1 . This is
removed from the game–it is not placed in the middle of the
table.
Station 3 – The Palazzo of Pagol Thiron
The Stork gang has built a series of barricades out of hay carts
around the Palazzo. As you pass by, they reach out to trip you.
Each hero makes a Body Control roll.
Critical Success:
If you are the carrier: You nimbly dodge the Storks’
attempts to trip you. Put 1 in the middle of the table.
If you are not the carrier: You nimbly dodge the Storks’
attempts to trip you. Put 1 in the middle of the table.
You may become the carrier if the carrier fails her Body
Control roll.
Success:
If you are the carrier: You manage to dodge the Storks’
attempts to trip you.
If you are not the carrier: You manage to dodge the
Storks’ attempts to trip you. If you are not the carrier, you
may make an additional Body Control roll to become the
carrier if the carrier fails her roll—you receive the starting
player token.
Failure:
If you are the carrier: You are tripped by sticks as you
pass by the hay carts. You lose 1D6 . The head is in danger
of slipping away—if no other hero becomes the new carrier,
you lose an additional 1D6 .
If you are not the carrier: You are tripped by sticks as
you pass by the hay carts. You lose 1D6 .
Critical Failure:
If you are the carrier: You are tripped by sticks as you
pass by the hay carts. You lose 1D6+2 . The head is in
danger of slipping away—if no other hero becomes the new
carrier, you lose an additional 1D6 .
If you are not the carrier: You are tripped by sticks as
you pass by the hay carts. You lose 1D6+2 .
Station 4 – The Seat of the Magistrate
As you approach the townhouse, everything seems to be going
well. Perhaps too well…
One hero makes a Crafts roll. Decide as a group which of you
will make the roll.
Critical Success: It’s a fake! Someone has managed to
build an entire false station just around the corner from
the real one. You sneak past this trap and check in at the
real townhouse. Every player may draw a card from her
action card deck and place it face down in front of her.
Success: This does not look like a real building. Someone
must have built this fake building to trick you into han-
ding over the head. The group slips past and checks in
at the real station. Place 1 in the middle of the table.
Failure: You blithely walk into the station and hand over
the head to the acolyte of Phex. Unfortunately, this entire
station is fake, and the acolyte was just a Cat gang thief
in disguise. A random hero must discard 1 ablegen.
This is removed from the game–it is not placed in the
middle of the table.
Critical Failure: You realize after handing the head to
the acolyte that this entire station is fake, and the acolyte
was just a Cat gang thief in disguise. You have to bribe
the thieves to give the head back to you. Every hero has
to put one of the cards in front of her back on top of her
action card deck.

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Station 5 – The Phex Mead brewhouse Each hero makes a roll on either Body Control, Craft, Percep-
There is quite a crowd outside of the brewhouse. You try to tion or Stealth (his choice).
approach and blend in, but a little girl shouts, “They’ve got the
Critical Success: Draw a card from your action card deck
head!” Your only hope is to try to redirect the crowd’s attentions and place in face down in front of you and place 1 in
elsewhere and hope to sneak through in the ensuing chaos. the middle of the table.
One hero makes a Persuasion roll. Decide as a group which Success: You may either draw a card from your action
of you will make the roll. card deck and place in face down in front of you or place
1 in the middle of the table.
Critical Success: You manage to convince the entire
Failure: You must either put one of the cards in front of
crowd that someone else has the head and that they’re
you back on top of your action card deck or remove 1 of
already getting away. No further rolls are necessary, and
your from the game, in case you have one.
the carrier does not need to make a Body Control roll at this
station. Critical Failure: Put one of the cards in front of you back
on top of your action card deck and remove 1 of your
Success: You get a few people arguing about who has the
from the game, in case you have one.
head. The carrier subtracts 2 from her Body Control roll at
this station.
Failure: Your misdirection is unconvincing, and only
serves to draw further suspicion. The carrier adds 2 to her
Body Control roll to check in at this station.
Critical Failure: Your shouting gets everyone looking at
you. The crowd will not let you through so easily. The car-
rier adds 4 to her Body Control roll at this station.

The carrier must now make a Body Control roll and apply
all modifications from all heroes’ results of the Perception
roll. If the carrier succeeds, the players may put 1 in the
middle of the table. In case of a failure a randomly decided
player has to discard 1 . This is removed from the
game–it is not placed in the middle of the table.

The Temple of Phex

Getting through the crowds around the finish line is going to be
extremely difficult, especially because the crowds are also full
of rival gangs.

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The race is over!
As everyone is celebrating, the Steward Vicar of Phex, Delia
Natjal, approaches you. She indicates quietly that the head that
was brought in is actually a counterfeit. However, she doesn’t
want to cause a panic, so she would like to ask you as outsiders
to help track down the real head and secretly switch the two
during the next day of celebration. You agree, and surrepti-
tiously examine the fake head for clues.
One hero makes a Knowledge roll. Decide as a group which
of you will make the roll.
Critical Success: : It’s worse than you feared! There is a
dark magic about this idol that stinks of demonic energy!
You will need to prepare yourself quickly. Draw a card from
your action card deck and place in face down in front of
you.
Success: There is something mystical about this idol. You
convince Delia that figuring out what is inside is more
urgent than simply replacing a counterfeit.
Failure: You are unable to determine anything about the
statue. You spend some time researching marble workers
in the city and are unprepared when you finally come
upon the conspiracy. Discard the top card of your action
card deck.
Critical Failure: The agents of the Nameless One are aware
of your efforts. Each hero must discard the top card of his
action card deck.

In your research, you discover that the counterfeit itself is not

important, but inside the head is a Void Spider – an artifact that
can dispel the karmic power of the Twelvegods, thus opening
the city up to domination by the Nameless One. You urge Delia
to hide the artifact away from the Temple of Phex while you
hurriedly track its source.
Finally, you come to an abandoned Temple of Efferd that is now
being used as the Temple of the Golden One. Ektor Gremob, the
aged High Blessed One of the Nameless God, sends demons and
ensorcelled citizens to fight you while he casts terrible spells.

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 Assemble all “Emperor of Thieves” cards (“Time Scale” After a Victory:
(with a difficulty of your choice), “Hero Action: Push You slay the dark priest and his demon, freeing all those under
Through the Crowd,” “Hero Action: Blessed Water,” and his thrall. You report back to Delia, and she is extremely grateful
“Ektor Gremob”). Also make a draw pile with the three
event cards with the keyword “Demon Conjuration” from
for your help. Phexcaer is saved!
the Aventuria Basic Box. Draw one opponent card with the Unfortunately she could not destroy the Void Spider, but she
keyword “Demon” at random (or pick one of them of your has hidden it somewhere safe and far away from holy artifacts.
choice) and make a draw pile with all Demon Ability cards Meanwhile one of Ektor’s victims, Isa Werge, has offered to help
whose keywords match with that of the demon.
Delia investigate and root out any remaining willing followers
A combat starts—read the section “Combat” of the Adven-
ture rules. During the combat the following additional rules
of Ektor Gremob and the Nameless One…
come in to play: You have overcome the adventure. Read the effects of
During the combat you may only use the acquired by your victory in the section “End of an Adventure” in the
the heroes during the adventure. No are added to or Adventure rules. Each hero receives 1 experience point. In
removed from this number. addtion the players may draw Reward cards equal to the
Each hero enters the combat with a hand of cards made up number of heroes ( ) and divide them as they like among
from the cards lying face down in front of him. The heroes’ the heroes.
action card draw piles are shuffled before the combat starts.
Henchman: : All Henchman cards with the keywords “Thief”
and “Guard” are used in this combat.
Threat value: x5
Hero Actions: Push Through the Crowd, Blessed Water
Defeat: Every time a hero is disabled, you receive a .
When you have a number of equal to the number of
heroes ( ), you lose the combat.
Victory: You are victorious when both Ektor Gremob and
his demon (if he has managed to summon one) are defeated.
If any henchmen remain, they immediately flee.

After a Defeat:
Ektor Gremob and his mind-slaves drive you out of the Temple
of the Golden One. You flee the city in terror. Hopefully some
other group of heroes will be able to save the City of Thieves
from the Nameless One’s terrible grip…
Read the effects of a defeat in the Adventure rules, page 16.

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 Credits
Aventuria - Heroe’s Struggle
by Lukas Zach and Michael Palm
Card Game Duels and Adventures
in the World of the Dark Eye
Adventures
Christian Lonsing, Eric Simon
Editorial Team
Timo Roth, Christian Lonsing,
Michael Palm, Markus Plötz,
Eric Simon, Lukas Zach
Cover
Nadine Schäkel
Layout & Design
Christian Lonsing, Timo Roth, Nadine Schäkel
Illustrations
Verena Biskup, Annika Maar, Ben Maier,
Nikolai Ostertag, Nathaniel Park,
Luisa Preißler, Nadine Schäkel,
Karin Wittig, Malte Zirbel
A big thank you the Schwentker family for their tireless
playtesting and to Frauke Forster for her quotations.
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Rowena from the Overwals
Rowena’s father was a bondsman ranger from the Bornland, her mother the daughter of the Bronnjar, in
whose service the ranger stood. They had to keep their love a secret, since the Count of Jerenov was strictly
against the improper connection. Since the Count‘s daughter could not keep the child, she gave it to a
hermit who raised Rowena. Count Malik of Jerenov, the Bronnjar, nevertheless learned of the child and his
father, hanged the ranger and put his daughter in a Travia monastery where she was to think about her
crime for the rest of her life.
Meanwhile one had any idea that the woman put in charge of Rowena was a witch who had recognized
the girl’s magic talent and therefore accepted her. For many years, Rowena lived with her foster-mother
and learned the art of magic. It was only when she was old enough that her teacher told her the
secret of her birth and Rowena decided to look for her mother. But she came too late: shortly before
Rowena’s arrival the Count‘s daughter had died from the Blue Wheeze.
Rowena, angered by the treatment of her parents, swore to avenge her
grandfather and managed to make life difficult for him with numerous
curses in the coming months. At times he suffered a terrible lumbago,
at other times while hunting he was attacked by otherwise friendly
animals. But after a while Rowena realized that her revenge did not
satisfy her. So instead she decided to devote her life to fighting
against injustice like the one her grandfather had committed.
Since then, she has been wandering through the lands with
her cat Alvinja, and is working for those who need help. By
now she found pleasure in the urban hustle and bustle,
stealing what she needs or by working as an alchemist. Occasionally
she joins other adventurers, to whom she is a healer and a wilderness
expert. She doesn’t keep the fact secret that she is a witch, as her Witch’s
Strand and her cat Alwinja give it away clearly.
Although she has not seen her grandfather for a long time, she is still
afraid that one day he will do something against her, because Rowena
is sure that the old man’s wickedness knows no boundaries. He still
blames her for the fate of his family and the curses she had sent
him, so she no longer hopes for a peaceful solution to the family
dispute.