Valley of the Snails Where Madness Reigns by W. Jason Peck artwork by Aaron Williams * cartography by Diesel “Valley of the Snails” is a D1D adventure designed for four sst-level player characters. PCs who survive the adventure should amass enough experience points (XPs) to advance to 2nd level. If the party contains more than four characters, individual PCs will earn fewer XPs and might not obtain sufficient experience fo increase in level | Magic tems 2 Monsters Aibventurs Baceeround ‘he vilage of Hulvin was established more than one hundred years ago amid the roling hls and green feds of the Gran March, a few mies from the eastern edge ofthe Dim Forest, Hulvin’s people are primary hunters, rappers, and farmers Many bold or foolhardy hunters and trappers have fallen prey to monsters that infest the woods, and over the yeas the Dim Forest's sinister reputation has discouraged most of Hulvin's current population from plumbing its depts. These days, local hunters and trappers resist the urge to plunder the forest and have made do with safer hurting grounds elsewhere. Common folk shun the forest with superstitious dread, and chen are stil cowed by their parents stories of prowing monsters. Despite the forest's reputation, not all who dwell within are evi The ranger dazzad has Visited Hulvin for close to twenty years and has developed many friendships within the commu- nity. Perhaps the strongest such bond is wit the local herbal- ist, Ryan Tollock. The wo have become friends, sharing many simiar interests and doing a limited business in rare herbs Indeed, it is widely known that Jazzad stays atthe herbalis’s home in early autumn Ryan has recently become worried for Jazza. I is already mid-autumn, and the ranger has stil not arrived, Even consid- ering the whims of a foresters life, Ryan has never known