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INTRODUCTION WHATTHIS BOOK CONTAINS
ADVENTURES THE CAMPAIGN
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The comb¡l atd M¿gic section is for consul¡ationDy bo¡h GMs and PIáyers,ind (onuins m¡try invrlulblc l J ^ ú e i l l d k e rP e 4 ' . ¡ i \ ¿ n r n r r l ú i b l cF ¿ m cr i d ¡ u \ ( l l r us P'r c ¡ m . \ m r i c r . r u nc ¡ m p 3 i 8 n 'e \ p l ¡ t n r n 8i n ü r r ¿ i h g J r e iem' i n d f l f l u l d d Droqrer\inLrrccr,lernr\lills A s ; n D l e\ P ( i - p r u t i d e d r \ ¿ n c x r m P( o I h u s P ' dflelo;ment <¿n be used ¡s a spliogboard f(tr rolePLát - Hach Lntt Stay!conttirtsnew ,md revisedcohh'r rules m meke conbit fase¡ and f1of€ realistic,büiLdingend €xpe¡dingupo¡ th e fo¡¡nd¡don alreadyesrablhhedin the - Arcane Mtsteries dertils new Battlc Nfigic spells tor \viz¡lds llnd other sPe.i.lisrs Dtuitlic Magi. Eiees^ legc nnnber of nes spells lor - Encbafltmentsof tbe Eltpite describesscoresot new ¡iagic items for VTBP.
Night of Blood Or the Road Eurekal Rough Night at the Three Feath€rs Affatr of the HtddenJewel The Ritual Th€ HauÍting
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epjsode an'1 E¡ch r¡lven¡ureis acomplete self_contained ca¡ be plál€d as, one offe¡counter This fo'mat ú2kes it eesyiorile cn wno onryv¡rts to €x!¡acrmatrial lor ¿dveorutsesone_ usei¡his owrcúpaigns. RunninS¡tr€sc i¡selfr be snnPlicity offs shoúld Tlrere h one other ldve¡¡u re i¡the gtotp: a|lpes ofvratb wlrile it cx¡ be Dl¡Yed asx o¡e off ¡d\cñture' it is p¡imar y bec;useii is ¡n impora¡f supplefleni k) the inclLrdedh€re Enem! wítbr1 .^nP^i Bn,providing¡ link be¡ece¡ D¿4¡¡ on the Re¡ka^d Poúer Bebind tbe Tbroi' Befo¡eeich ad\€Írlu¡e you vit\'ind^set of cl'ttpaiSflnotes whicherolid€¡plo!outline,andadditiondi¡fo'm:tion on placing t¡e atlvenru¡e w\rhir' :J,7eEnen)' Withi'1 ^"r1 R.st/¿ssre.r¿ campaiSns
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The abov€ mep, ¿sw€ll is showing th€ genenl a.ea in which Tbe Resuess Dsad carnpáign t¡k$ pl¿ce,also shows you the ex1ct locarions for ¿ll of the adventures. Briefly, thes€ a¡e 1s Night of Blood: The Hooded man public housc on the Road:The ro¡d just nonh of the Eurekai The town of volgen. Rough Niirh! at the Ttfte Fé2the¡s:The ThrEe Feethe$ public housc Aff¡ir of th€ Hidden Jew€l: The crossed Lan.es public hous€ fd rhe Black ArroFt C¡stle. The Ritual: The town of Delberz. The H¡u¡ting Hor.o.: The town of
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As you can see,this meansthepartywill mov€ westwards ¿¡ the campaign contidues- A¡d from D€lberz it is an eesy ñarref ro convince the parry ro rmv€l ro Ahdorf, Fhere yoü cm begir rhe ¡renl Withín Campaign if yo|l wtsll to continue with the same gro¡¡p of cltar¡c¡es in rh¡t ser
wirhi¡ the ruins - where the Mantico¡€ is it's own rurf and can €asily ambush the p{ty.
The Barrows, the bu¡ial chambe.s in ihe Barretr Hills, rr€ - quite obviously- tull ofghosts. This idez fiis ir vefy well with the theme of 7r¿ R¿rt,essDearl Cernpaign. Pethaps Joh¡nn sugSeststhai rhe Chrr¡cie.s might find his body Also shovn on rhe map ar€ a number of orher locarions bu¡ied there, md that they ¡€¡lly ouShr io investigate. Of which, ¡lthough u¡related to Tbe ResttessDead. úe cours€, r¡ben the par.y reachesthe B2r¡ows rh¿y find that neverthel€ssideál for áddirion¡l plot linesi you will of the tombs haveb€en broken open. \vh€n they enre. (if rhev course have to make these scenrrios up yourself, but the enter?) they stumbl€ 2ffoss 2 Nec.oma¡ce.. who is in the follov¡ing are a fs suggesrions. middle of r¡ising an Urdead amy ard is none ioo plerred The ruins, south of Suderheim,makesrn id€at lat fo! a to ree rhem: ¡he oártv have ro defe¡r the skele.ons who huge, fearsomecreaturewhich has been sysrematic¡Uy are breaking th¿uli the soil ar rhei¡ f€e¡, while rhe slaughtering re¡rby villaaers - a Mantico¡e is ideal. This Necrom¡ncer átt€mpts¡o esc¡pe. so¡t of ¡dventu.e should start off wirh rhe mysrerious The otlre¡ lo.¡tions, sucb ¡s rb€ Crcmlech (rhe S¡onehenge disappearanceof some local fr.meñ. Sübtle hiffs, such !s type structürenorih ofTbe CiossedLanceo¡nd ¡h€ !¡ke, sñatl puncturem¿rkson rhevi.rims'bodies, m*e it cleú can be used in much the semer'?y. It should be quire a to the chdcteri thet something is d¡edtully amiss.As rbe simple task to ¡hinkup dozensofthese ñini¡dv€nturesi P2f¡y d€lve deeper i¡to the m'sre.i€s suround'ng the fuins a¡d like everythjng in tbis book they can b€ used as so rhe disappear¡nc€s sholld becomemole coomon, and interlud€s in your ow¡ canpaign, as patr of The Restles the vtc¡iml rem¿insfou¡d in a mor€ mutilated state Fin¿th Dea¿l or Enemj, Vlthifi campaiSns, or flen as sepante t h e p r r r y d i r c o v e r h er r u r h .a n d h a v er o l ¡ ( e r h r m n r \ r ; r adv€nturesir¡ thei. own ¡igh¡, ir's up to yoo.
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THE EXPANDINC ENEMYWITHINCAMPAIGN. For GMswho wish to sersome,or aU of ú€s€ ¡rdventu€s ¡r rtteEneñy lvltbin caflpai8n. the c¿mpxiSnnot€s whicb are include¡ before ea.h advefture g¡ve ¿ s€l€criotrof .l'fferedLolácemmI oDtions Ther choicerh2v' beeng¡v'n '" -.,onimo,l¡re r, iris who find them\.lves 3¡ dili.rent points in the camp¡i8n, enabling th.Ú to cere' for the iat ntur"o gto*i"g op.rjence and comPerencq ¡nd also the va¡ious;vel róu¡esthe PCs m¿v t?k€ ¡s thel follow ¡hc le¡ds of the plor. Th€ l¡tter is quite imPor¡ant' o¿.¡icularl! rorpl¿ye¡sofDe4¡hon lbe Rtih ^n ¿d\erturc '"n¡"tÚlto*. piry"" C,e¡t fredom of movcmrnt - and which necessiiaÉsa fuu ranS€ofplacement possibilf¡es for the adventu¡escontained in this book Grap¿sa.l\wat b is ^ rpecialc¿eeThb t enSrh)Jod de¡¡ilrd r ¡ l v c n r u r i 5 s D e ( i f i c ¿ l lsve rs o u l h o l M i d d e n h r i m l o h e ol^led.lter Deatb on the R¿i¿ ¿nd immediatelv prio¡ to 'Po;oer Behin.l tbe Tbrone, ¡ltho uah it c,n be squeezedin €lsNheie with a lirrle inSe¡uitY A Doidt of con.d¡ for m¡nv GM s will be rh€ ar:r'ding of Eioerie¡ce Poiots (EPs)for rhesedin adventures The GM mtv be worried th¡t if PCs plty áll or most of tbese adventures, thev will become too Powerful ro zd¡¡ioffl DIsv¡hc DubüshedÉr.uJr lt' ¡l¡i¿ ¿dvcn¡ure5There ¡r nrlr uvs in s ¡¡ch rou czn be dell wjth this problcm neré areiorne suggestions, - Minor'en.ounters (with Iorest B€6.me¡, bandits,et') can be selectivelv removed f.om rh€ adve¡tu¡es here ¿nd nroñ.be Efenti Vitbifl tf thcv ¡re no. esseffial to ihe storyline. This h;s ihe effed of reducing EP¿va¡ls tirtrtill maint¡inirg the .icbÍess of the plot. ' EP awards c¡n be slightly reduc€d Out only slighdv _bv no more th;rn 20% at rhe moso
. RI,JNNING DEAD THERESTI..ESS . AS A CAMPAIGN lfvou whh rouse ¡U rhe adve uresas a linked seri€s.rhis ro tlle É¡en,1 volume orovidcs an excellent ,lteñrtile pr€face ro ¡h¡¡ l¡rger pt¡yed ¡¡r, ¡ho be w¡rr¡, l¡ crn c a r n p a i 8 ns. i n L €i r i ¡ d e s i g ñ e d¡ o c o n r € v ( h e P c s i n ¿ s e ' ó r l t d k e c t i o nt o m r d \ r h e e v € n t ü ¡ lJ e n o u e ñ e n ri n Delb.t ; - and rheEn emy Wir¿r, camp¿i8nsta.rs just down rhe road-.. ho* ve¡I convenientl
Background suú.mary T]ne Restl¿ssDe1d c^mpaign begins with novice PCs sftlrns ¡ heir sdtenl u rir\e crer¡ The) rr€ tm!'elUn8from r h e i r i ; o ñ e s , a ' s u ñ e d i o b e v i l l a s e so f n o n o l e i n ¡ h e Reikla¡d. west towards VolSen, , sm¿ll toín on th€ River ^rhe Cañpaian ¡tap shoss volgen ¡nd the h.rabe.. locatioosof imporiaDcein this cadpaign.with subsequ€nt tbe f& brass 2nd silver coins in ihet. pockets' our imDoreñshedheroes¿pproachhoPingIoSc¡abedforrbe t u ; h re n df i n d . o m e e m p l o y m e n¡rn v o l S e nt h e n d r d á ) Bul iho at overt*en bv events,and soon find thems€lv€s Desierá by m amesiac Ghost, desPer¡te to fi¡d out who Lc w$, who killed him a¡d wher€ his bodv isl The PCs . nd h ¿ \ e¡ h . o o D o í u r u 1 1I o x c c u m ú t x em o n € ) . l r e s u r e a q p(ñon resrles\ dc¡d i¡h this rmret is r¡ev etpcnencé qúesr e lcrifviog is s¡oserhe ¡ The denoüemen(óf th€ir tes¡ of cousge anctwillpover. md th€y will need to fiSr¡t hard to pres€re thcir lives and theú sanity
To b€sin with, üse the s$nd¡d rul€s for ge¡er¡dng rcvice - Remember that dead PCs (rnd rher€ is bound to be the cham;¡€rs. You sho¡rld feel free ro rüle ou¡ possibiliti€s odd accide¡t in such:¡dangerousworld) can'r€¡rn more *hich do not seeñ 2pprcpri2te (eg a Noble). add 6k plav€s ro .e{oü such ch¡Écte.s. Backgrounds, equipm€rt, skills' EPs... and tull prcfiles (not forgetting lhe ¡niti¿t adr2nce) shoúld - Carefully restrict the availábility of magic¿l 'esids' be filled in, prefera¡ly trsi¡g the ch¡€cter sbeersiñ the --Itisiihporlr¡ttfor.hep'riy ¡ncoumge PCsio choosecaieeF whi.h rced majorEP varhriiimerCruractéiPack be¡ngan As\?'(rn rs ¿ ro be composeatof ¡ minimum of four people'though six awúds !o complete For effple rorJl¡. oDtion for ¡ tutlv teined-úp BountyH unrer I t o¡ y would bta bett€r trumber, aÍd at least t¡¡¡o should be need\ r;cre a,oO0FPsor\o to complererhe czrcerp¡th! vrrrioñ or Rañ8r6. A wúüd s Apprenticeh inv¡lu¡ble This rvDeol oDtionDrwdrrsthe problemofPC' overlo¡ded á d d ! R o s u el n d a s e . o n d ^ c a d e m l c w i l l c o m P l r t e ¡ rid Iyp'5 wirh EPsbecominÁEoar@n_Phylician-Dfl bel¿nced party niceu lt is up to you whether voü allow the PCsio have known e¡ch orhe¡ before their ¿dve¡tures Wítbin t¡'e Eremf - Incre?se the strEngth of enemies in but for the fitst a.tvenü¡e. NiAht ofBloo.t. it is e^slesr adw ures to better m.tch the strength of the PcS You st2rt. if th€ PCs ¡ll a¡rive at the Hooded Man. the t3Érn where increase or ther€' coulctrdd a couPle of e
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NOTES * # CAMPAIGN NIGHT OF BLOOD Adventure Summary The PCs stop at a ¡iveEide (or rodside) inn, wher€ the st¿ff hive been sla¡n by ¡ Eroup of cultists led by a m¡n c¡led HansJioterst. The cultists pose ¡s the oí'n€r and staff of the Hooded Mm, and t¡y to poison the PCsto keep them out of the way wbile they enact a ceremony of Daemon surnmoüi¡g in ¿ sb¡irc. Tbe Pcs may staybüsstully uDaw¡re of ¡ll this, or 8et viol€rdy involved in I conflict
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As a purely incidental €dcounte.. the Hooded M¡n crn be set along the tratl from veissb¡uck to Bógenh¡fen in Sbadoos oter Bó8eflbaf$. In th. extensi,aeDeatb on tbe R¿l¿adv€ntu¡€ it ca¡ b€ placed ahnost an)'wher€, although the strerch be¡ree¡ ¡ltdod arld K€mperbad is panicularly If yoü do play ¡ftArt of Bloolbetore Denth on -r¿suitable. Reí&. yof;hould coníir€r fimitinS-h¿ sum of moTey i¡ rhe sh.ire if yo¡¡ ¡v¡nt to keep th€ PCs impove¡ishedrnÍbuer Beblrúltbe lhtuns, rhe loDajoumeyfrom Altdorf ¡o Midde¡heim pr€s€r¡ls many su¡i¡ble locations for the im. It is easiest not to li¡l ¡his ocoutner to certr¡l plot d€velopmerts within the campaign. If you w¡nt to €oúpüc2te mattefs you c¿n h¡E some secret si8¡s or sigls of one ofthe Enen,t Vltbin Chaos cülts daubed inside the shrine to worry tbe Pcs (or cr€a.e a red he.ridg). ¡or a moderately experietrced p¡ny, you may súergtheo the p¡ofile of th€ cultist lead€r Hans Jinkerst.
D@ling with rhe endinS of Niüt oÍAbod rcqúires some dight modilicatioos, erd this is tully d€tailed m the linking text followlog this adrenture and precedidg the fouoFtnS one. O, tbe Roarl. Yoú should .qd rhat tqt also b€foÉ tuDniÍg N{ght of Blood.
Comple1lúg Night of Blood It,rsedinthe RestlessDead campaign the endi,rgof Nígbt of Blood mtútbeh?Jldledcar€fr.¡lly- The RoadV'3rde¡s t'n úp ,t ttre ttoooed l,tan as the scripr sugg€sti. but thcy can be mor€ re$on¡bl€ about m¡tters. Ifthe Pcs h¡v€ the body of eve¡ one mut¡nt (which is quite likely), the Ro¿d 'Wardens vtll tate st¡rements ¡nd allo!¡ them to 80 on their w¡y west. ¡f lhe PCsha]€ no phys¡cal sid€nce of the truth of the¡r slory, the leader of ihe Ro¡d rwhidens will suggest rhár tlle speditious pmsecutio¡ of iustlce depends on having enougb people arou¡d to de¡l ¡¡ith such Prcblemq and udertlmately t¡€r€ ar€o'i enoüe¡ becausesrltries ,r€ low and ¿Road Ward€n s ¡ob is hard... Make tt obvioüs tbar the lbad warden iusr r,ldts a h¡ndñ¡l of Sold to for8& the Pcs were everth€É ¡r all Ten Gcs w ldodcelf but the Road whrden will settl€ for 6c'cs if ¡ successru aaraaltt resr ls m¡d€. This resolu¡ion allows the PCs to continue on rheir w¿y unhinder€d, which is necessaryfor the followi¡a encour¡ters. If you wish, the l€ad€r of th€ Rold W¡rder group cán ask th€ PCs to tr¿vet to VolS€n to mzke a formal st¡tement to a m2Sistr¡te there. The PCs vere h€¡dina for volgen in a¡y €v€rt, but this wiu now gve ihen a concrete reason for doing so
Restless Dead Camp¿igr Notes The locltion of the Hooded M¿n is shovn on th€ cañpargn Map. Niqbt ofalood can be run moÉ or less asit stnds, with very ltttle modification.It 1till certairly make life €as¡er if the Pcs tr¡vel here by road r¿the¡ than by bárg€, otherwise you h¡ve thei¡ fellow-travell€rs to coffider, which would be 1fl ,Moyitrg complication in a lirst adr€nture. Th€ tre¡sure box i¡ the shrine shoüld have only on€-nfth of the mories stat€d ¡n the rext (ie it should contain; 42GC, 73 shilinSs a¡d 5 peñies). You may well have problems with ihe adv€ntures flili¡g to re¡ljse that soñething is badly wrooS in ihe Hooded Matr and backing up their questions with vioterce. Althoügh the script assümesthar th€ adventufeñ e1t their meals, it is possible that they will issue chdl€nges to Hans and his associates. forcing á combat eárlier or. This is inq but there are two points of impoftanc€. First. when rh€ combat occurs, rig thinSs to thar Hans Jink€rsr g€ts as,ay. He will fle€ eway inro rhe oight vhile rhe mützfts sray to fight the PCs,blocking ¡ny woüld-be pu¡su€rs. It w¡ll help the continuity of the cañp¡i8n plot ifjtnkerst is slightly wound€d b€fore he escrPes.A sliSl¡r blood spoor w l m¡ke the posstbility oftr¡cking him 5€m moÉ feasible, ¡n import2¡t fact in the adve¡türes to com€. Secondlr th€ PCsshould b€ discouEAed from leavlng the intr at night ifth€y have killed the rDutants. Aft€. atl, they h¡ve been rloS8i.g through an appdling dey of |¡i¡ ¡nd storm, ard thry should be too tired (úd shocked!) to carry on. They should w¡it unlil mo¡nin8 wher the Road Wa¡dens turn up. ffall you¡ ¡ttempts to m¿*e theÍ! spend the night at th€ im fail, h¡v€ the Roedwddens ,rrive ea¡lyl
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NIGHT OT BIOOD The iirst Beastma¡ has a l¿rgebovine head ¿nd ¡ough sca¡vskio (2 AP on c¡ch p¡rt of its body).lt is alsorrá_ ie(! to lrenzr lr rdd. I to el¡ d¿m¡8e'r rnnj(r\ rnd 'úb i ¿ c t ' I r r o m c r . h s u u n J i r , . t c i l e r . v h e ñ r h el t ¡ ¡ c k bcsins i! le¡s our a bellowin8 sh¡iek and .harg€s into co;bat. oblivious for irs owr s¡fett It is armed wiú a ssord and fights d¡ril slain or i¡cap.ciÉre.¡. ahe otber Be¡s¡man h25 loDg, dog'like legs (M 6). It oresentsa mockery ofhumanfórm. wnh a t.llemrci*ed body su.mounte.lby an ov€6izedoSs he¿d.The cre2ture usesno veapons, ¿rrackingwfh irs sh¡rp le€ú.
A¡ Adlcnturcfor W¡rfi¡mme¡FantasyRolcplay by lirn Bambn Ntgbt of Blooal is an adtenture Jor warh.tu.r Roteptay suttabte for ptatel-cbancters beglnring tbeir arltenturíng careels.
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ThG adveffr¡¡e can take pl¿ce ¡t any roadsideor riverside lo(r¡ion ¡wa! from rhe l¡¡se.irie'. lt üq be u\ed ro ¡dd c o l o u ¡ r o e i r h . r ¿ r o , d o r i i v e r r o u r n e yT h e j o u r n ( ) shoúld hav€ b€en Dneven¡ful.bur ¡s dusk aPpro2ch€s,a srom suddenly br€aks.Soo¡ dre adrentures are we¡ rhrcusb and thei¡ coach o. barge is bein8 buff€redby r ¡ o n q s i n d s . m ¡ k i n q i r v f f y h a z a r d o u r5o c o t t i n u r ' U n _ f o r ¡ u ñ a r e l yr .h i r b c i n ST h € E m n i r c .i r i s n o t r r f € s i m P l y ro \¡oD¡nd lvrir ior rhc.rorm to p¡s. Msry stmr8. cr€atureslive i¡ the forest, aod few of these a¡e likeiy to be sheltcringf¡om th€ storm. Ihe min fells in torr€nts f¡om the dark. .oilin8 cloudt. O v e r h € ¡ d .h g h r n i n gf l ¡ s h e \ ¿ c r o s \l h € s k ) . I n t h e d i . r ¡ n ! e r h e f m n g l € J ( n o r s o r c s r c n g et r e r r u r . c a ñ he he2rd. Ii is a nisht to be irdoo¡s. for ¡tho koowr wh lurks und€¡ da¡k trees ,n Th€ EmPire'sfor€sts
.THEHUNT. Audible berween th€ rumbles of thunder is a stmngled b d i n s . A r t i r s rr h i $ e e m s I o b ( i n l h e d i \ r ¡ n c c b u ¡ s o o n i r b . , ; m e . e o p . r c n r¡ h 3 r ¡ h e s o u n d i ( h e r d i n Br u $ r r d 5 , l , r r , l v e n r u r ¡ ; . A g r o u po f b r a r m € n a n d m u r a n r s i r c hunring a .t¡g in th¡ p2.r of the lorer' lf th€ advenrure¡s decide ro halt their iournev, the cries ot rhe bra.rmen switg \rnight towrrd\ rhrm ¡Jte. aboul half ¡n hou. rnd rpp¡u¡ch at e fasl mre. The cries \lop suddenly before they reach ¡hc ¡dventurers¡s the b e N m e ; p u l l d o s r i r h e i r p r e y .a n d t h e f o r e 5 rÍ i l l \ s i l e n ' b u ¡ l o r r h ¿ < o ú n do t r h r s t o r m .i r i \ o n l ' a m ¡ ¡ r r . ú t dme before the be¡stmen become awre of the adven_ Sensiblead\rnture$ will continue th€a ioorney a¡ rhis point. Those who stay oorice str¡nge shzPeslurking ar the €dce of their vision. The be¡stmen ¡nd mui2nrs obseré the ch¡racte6 for ¡ few minutes rnd t¡ke the op' Donunity to su.rouDd them if this is possibie They rhen iush idto the att¿ck. If the ádventurer¡ de.ide to ret.eat h^!e r}]em rÍake Ríde Drlre Cart or RiteÍ Lote rests (as aoDrooriate)to es(¡Dc. Failu.e of thrse les¡sÉsultr in r h;;,1€ whh rhe h€¡\is of Lh¡oi. Unle5r rhr rdvenrurc6 move on similaf 2rúcks occur th.ouShoüt rh€ nighf The chaos hunters (two bees(men¡nd four mutants)at_ rempt ro ovefpower the adventure6 and ihen disposc ol theñ ir rhei.'ow¡ inimit?ble feshioo. The mutmis flee if both rhe bealtmen are slain or incap¡cittt€d unlessthey succeedin ¡ successfulId rest.
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4 CHAOSMUTANTS 'r!eo of the ¡Iu¡2nts are ¡rmed wirh dagge¡s,and ¡he other two with clubs. The four müt¡nts resemblerorm¿l hum¡ns, bur each bear¡somem¿rk ofChaos. one haseyesnikswhich bob arou¡d i¡s heád rather than e}'es,2nother has is'o ren_ r2clesñhich sprout froñ its h¡nds. The remainiñgtwo mu¡?nts ar€ cole¡ed in thi.k fur which povides tbem with i AP o¡ their bodies atd a.ms.
.MOVINC ON. whether thev a¡e att2ckedor not. the rdventure6 a¡e a b l e¡ o m a k er e r ¡ ó n r b l ep r o x r e \ \f o r a b o u rh d i ¡ n h o u r Afle¡ thal ¡he road b 'o b¡div qak¡logged o¡ lhe ri{er so d2nseroudv swollen tha¡ tr¡vel is reduced to a cr¿wl On ¿he-rive¡sifore crossw¡nds md floating debris m*e ir very haz2rdous ó conrirrc. R¡de, Drí1,e Cart ot R¡tjer /o¡? icsr\ a¡e rcquir€d ro alo d a mi\hap of 'ome sofl R o i d r m t e l l e r sl i n d r h e i ¡ h o r r e ss l i p p i n gi n r h e m u J r n d g o i n BI ¡ m ( o r t c h i c l e \ b e ( o m i n Sb o g g e dd o w n i n r h e m i r e -R i v e r \ e s s e l \J r c . s e D l o u ¡ o l ' : o ñ l . o l¡ n d . r a s ¡ i ñ r o r h
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NIGHT OF BIOOD Iig¡ts c¡n be seen burning in the widdows. This is rh€ Hooded Man, a corching/rive$ide irn, a welcome sight ro 2ny w€¡th€fvorn tmveller,especiallyo! such a foul úi8ht. The m¡in gaiesrre .losed eod securelylo.ked. Ktrocki¡8 the gatesb¡ings no ¡esponse,le¡vin8 the idve¡turers ¡he choice of climbing over the wall or findin8 another me¡ns of ent.y. ¡ortunatclf rcccss is possiblef¡om rbe nearby fe¡ry whe¡e a pathway l.ads to the ¡nn itselt
.THEFERRY . This is ¡ s ¿11building ndt ¡o the rive¡ b¡nk. Tbe fer¡t iÉeif consirs of ¡ ruft wbicb cá¡ be win.hed acrossthe r i r e . h ! ñ e r n \ o f r o p e \ .V h r n r h r t c r r ) i s n o ¡ i u . . . úese ropes lie belov th€ surfaceof rhe warer The raft is o n l h e ¡ d ! r n L u r c h . i d c o f r h e L i L e ¡b u r ¡ ¡ ) ¡ r L e m p ¡ rso R i o c h i u c r u ¡ . r o r h e u r h ( ¡ n d e ¡ r e i u r i l €r \ r h e r o p e \
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b¡sr of his ba.k wheft rhe orieinal ow¡er vas stabbed. lf this is noticed by tbe adventurers(r successful O¿s¿lr¿test h ¡equled by someon€in a posi¡ion to notice ii) H¡ns m¡iniains thar ir happenedearlle¡ rhis evenin8 when he was ar¡acked by two bandits. On no ¡..ount will he ¡lloiv a¡yooe to €'mine his
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Equipoent Da88e. Svord Mail Shi¡t {1 AP or bodl) a4 GC A gl¡s phisl Lon¡¡inin8 18 dosesof kur$ (se€below)
Pub¡¡cSpeaking tf they check out lhe fer¡v building, the advenru¡€Ffiod that the door is open znd thele are sigü of ¡ sÍuggle itride. The büilding\ furniture is ove¡ru¡ncd add rhere is no sign of a ferry kccpcr A close searchturfls up a bag containing 12 GC, 42 shillings and 15 pennies.A t¡¡il of f.esh blood leads from thc doolr anl ch¿ncrer Mining this who su.ce€dsin an lrt r€sr realisesthat i bodv has been dragged out of the building. Hos'o€4 no sign of a ¡Éil can be fouod ouisid€ ¡l¡anks to tbe heary rai¡ ancl
THEMUTAÑIS All o{ th€ mutarts ha1.ethe following p¡ofile- alúough thel ha\€ individurl mutetons. Shoulda fight startthey h¡ve access¡o swo¡ds and clubs, or rhey carry thcm at
.TI{EINN. The Hood€d Mán is a small inn along r rozd lhat crosses ah€ .iv€r he.e at the feÍy. It is simila. to the one ir the Wafhatúm€¡ fulebook, but is ror 6 8nnd. Seethe VTRP rulebook for b¡sic details ¡eg{di¡8 inns.
Cra, is initiauy in the st¿bleseati8g tbe ¡emainsof rh€ slrble bo} If he is s¡ill alive, he joins the othe¡ mut?nts düri¡8 ilre ccrcmonl to summoñ the sh¡inc s gúardian. He hes sucke.son tlte ends ofhis spiderlik€ legs whicb allov him ro clillg ro atry surface wifh €rse.
At one time the idn's site was ! meeri¡A place for .uldsrs, but thcy wc¡€ driven from the area orer one hutrdred yeais ¡8o. Howev€¡ the aurho¡ities fxiled rc find ¡ s€cret sh¡ine io the Chros God Tzeentchwhicb was hidden u¡der tlre cellar. Si¡ce then the in¡'s hisrorv hás b e e nf o r 8 o n e nb ) " l l b u r r h ( W f l r h . ñ i n r h c . D ¿ r l . J Chaos cuh soshipping tcen¡ch. Unt¡ovn ro rhe current latrdlord. ¡he ruins of rhe Chaos shrine a.e still
Orto the l¿ndlord is fat ¡o sr¡chan extremedegreeth¡t he is as wide ¡s he is tall. He seemsto roll along rather than $álk, but he is passóle $ a hum¡n being. Bec¡use he h¡s no othe¡ noticeablemutl¡tiofl - and al¡ Iandlords 2re 2 bit on the portly side - Ot¡o sdopis the role of landlord whcn rhe xdvcoru.ema¡rire
ToniSht the Hooded Man has be€n suec.ssfull_v atracked by a 8.oup of mltants workioS i¡ concelr $irh Hans Jinke6r. a Chaos cultist. He has been s€trrro rhe ar€¡ bI the Wri¡he6 i¡ the D¡rk to recons€cereüe shrift. Disguised.s ¡ Roadwardeo,Hans entered the intr rod ar an opporiune momen¡ slipped kurrs (a sleepinducinS d¡ug, see belor, into dre €ve¡ingrs food. Once úe i¡n\ 5taff and visfo¡s fell adeep o. wefe too drowsy to resisr he opene.l the main gatesfo! rhe ñurants. All hrs sone sell for the murarrs. The inn an¡Irhe .djaceni ferry sere quickly capru¡edand rhe defenders The suñivors ¡re ¡ow locked i¡ rhe cellff. awaitins the noment shen ther will be sacrificed to Tzeentch Hms and the muÉdrs ard now celebr¿ti.s ¡hei¡ vicrory and p¡epali¡8 for 2 ce.emont to summon the shrine's guardian-The mutants are, hopq€¡ u n p r e p r r e i 'j o ¡ J n ) v , \ i r . 1 . r ñ d r h c y r r e \ u . p r i s e üb ) r l l e l d v c n r u r e ñ e ¡ n e J ü n ( e T h e i r r t u l r e l¡ e r L r r o ni s r o masqucnd€ rs ihe inn s inhabierntsand wait fo. an opporh¡ity ¡o offe. the the advetuurec ¡ d¡ugg€d meal.
HÁNS IINKf,RST CULI1ST Hms is ¡ Ch..lai"n ¡nd a mas¡e¡ of deceprion- He .an easily c¡rry offhis parr ofr Roadw2rden. U¡foftunarely forhim, howeve¡, his uniform has ¡ bloodst2in at ¡he
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trllrem is th€ most repulsive atrd groiesqueof all the mulants.He doesn'i haverproperface, merelyaskull. As a resulr,a¡yone visinE wilhcm fo¡ the fi6t ti¡ne ñusr rn¿ke¡ ¿bol tesr or become snbjec.to ¡¿4r Ou¡er w¿I¡ The inn is suroünded by a l2-fool h'gh \rooden wall. The najn Sareis locked and barred i¡om rhe i¡side. rhe s allcr gareleading to úe ferrl is. I¡¡€ S.á¿r.ler' App¡oach'ng the st¡blcs, the adrenlulcrs will be añare th¡t the bo6es ¡re ¡es¡less.Loud neighs and kicks can be he¿.d coming f¡om tbe st¡bles. Gr"¿t,one of the mutants Gee belos for si¡risiict, is in ¡he h!¡ylofr. He is feasringon the body or one of tbe st2blebo_vsand will nor hca. th€ adve¡rur.r appro¡ch H€ oodces thc¡. p.esenceas soon as rhe door is opened. The six ho¡sesin the siables¿re terr'fied by G¡at's pfesence¡nd flee from the stables¡s soon 2s rhe doo. is opetred.A charac¡e.making t s$cessf\l Aniñal Care ref will be abl€ ro prevent this happening,but any orhe. cha¡:r.t€r runs the .isk of beinS tEmpted by drc l€lding ho6e A successfulr ¡est allows the cbar¿cterto leap ou¡ of the v¡}1 An,vonewho is Í¡mpled takesone S 3 hit jo
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fireDl¿ceand sitiinS nexi to i¡ i5 Hans, dressedin his fstc,ien) Roadw¡rden's uriform A loud rh¡rmp directs all cves to the back of the bar -t"* r oan w¡¡¡ protuU¿mnt.ve5 ,pPC¿s md beginr r o m o p u o s o m e r h i n go n t h e f l o o r ' r h i s i ¡ f J S o r 's n o r... rh"eceuar ro mop uP rhe blood from i.,i.í-i'r"
at iiii nóói ui'r.*,¡. "¿".Drurcñgó ¡o h¡vr r rook án'l ;l,ar he i" doine, he frnishesal.er r lew ntinL'rc\ ¡ h r d r ¡ k e r h i s b i o o d n a n e dm ú p r n d b u c k c li ¡ t o r h e
Orrorhe hndlord is ñ.óo!\ iboü¡ rhe rdrcnrureb ore".nce reivcn s h¿l is to h¿pp(n laL(r| ¿nd lhi' \hoes ne corouiitv iro8e6 rhe hñrrr'ñ of ;".ñ..''-'. i;;i' iiil"Án. r " ¡ ¡ ¡ n s , n ¿ t u r n ¡ n si r s ¡ r h s u P p r e \ c d " e n d t h e ¡ d r e n r u r e ño n t h e ¡ r ii"'ló.. tt. *".ó^. M v t r \ o u n k l \ r s e o r r i b l eb t c h i m i n St h , l r h e I n n ' s r'ií óLó -"te' "i, eri.'r ro maLc rhc ¿d\'r¡ureñ reer ;¿lco'ne. He has a coach partv itr residence'who b¿ve
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of the ¡dvenrur€skind ronisht,thank ,, ...,- : r ' . -:.;:,.i..'rs ; : . : ¡ 1 . : ' , : : , ' - 1 1 . r . : .i i i i ¿ ! r ' . : 1 . i:, ia..:' : . : : : . ; . : | ¿ i ,r .f ,: : r . . f i f : . . . . . . tf rherdr(nrurc..¡nsisro;;uyins ¡drüe$¡hq w¡shro or¡o die r¡ ¡he h¡ndj oÍ wh¡reverlurk\ ir the fore{) 'o He iuinruarty1,n,1 s-ug'ng) | al¡o$:- rhemro do rñy drint\' for i""Linu.i Lo¡.tr]¡* i"s*¡rou\ly ex¿mple,are s€ñed ir unwashedtank¡rds ¡he let¿(ñodjfkd by Iorarr?sr rnd ¡mour) a5 rhe ¡r" it¡e vnd rhe hoaci c2n onr\ be iionitii-p. to re_en¡erlhe 5ubl6 rl lnry rre iorced ót De6uaded (atu skju t."o uy " .t'" ñcLer w|.t. An¡nat !¡ÁiJln¿
E \ e n t u i l l y O t ¡ o h e a d si n ¡ o t l ¡ e ( i t c h e n s i l h ¡ m r r r e r e d ; t , u o p o J er o u s ¡ n r f e e d i n gr i q e l l He i\ acturuv leaviii to oqani'e rhc resr ól rhe úuuots ehile Han\ keeps the adventúr€6 occupreo
As soon as he is ¡waJe lh¡t somebody etse i\ in the 'i,¡-ü.'cái ili-u, "*o Lhe mor s¿ hides or rhe orheI s i d e o f r h e r o o l r i d a e C h a r ¡ c l e 6r l i m b i n g i n r o I n e l"rroli nno tt'. o¡i.p corPse of the rtable bov Heh¡\ ¡.i" tiU.¡ ¡v " s*oi¿ Oló$ to rhe he¡d and hi' ri8¡' ¡rm be¡rs th¿ marks of Gr¡Cs teeth.
Hans. 'n hi5 quiie Js ¡ Ro¡dqrden. qu'{ions rhe ",i'."i"-^ '-" a',r.mor ro find our who rnd whrr rhe) te. Hrns¿.kr hisque{lonsin his oflicirl capa(irv. u5ins lhe do.e ¡hal he beli€ve! rhe ¿d\enIUrF ro be b;n'l_r!s.Il the rdrrnturN menrion rhc rerry' H¡n\ cllims (md rhe ferman sÍ¡ed o'0 bv bandir' ia;;;¡ncked ihis he exDlai; ts rvhy the inn is so securely locked
\fht€r it .biDDif,s froú the lmpüoor I.ád¡ñ8 up lo 'tle rool. ¡nd lrie l¿¿der benearhrr wer and sfDeareds ith blood. Onc( the tmpdoor is open rhe rdvenlÚFF ¡r ciiire¿ bv torrenri¡j ra¡n Thitha! mJde úe roor v'r) íri-"iiu ino .'von. ".n'Lrrins on(o i¡ mur m?ke ¡ ."[ó-srrt p* G* ". 'tip A "dcccssfLrlt telt allows ¿ ot rhe cdse of hold to carch 't'pp.a -¡o ¡"" .r,ráiiii rhe Lnodoor úd nor slide oÍf (he rco¡ rwhrch re\uns In t¡lung 5 t?rdsr ro lhr ground below
n e a r ' o m a n a g c st o i m p r y I h ¡ ¡ r h e e d \ r r r u r € $ "lr r e i n thtnk i.,s,¡e *i!¡ 'ñ.se s¿-i t;on dren¡, brndit\: ióür iuooen ¡ppe¡nnce ¡Á unnened rhe Irndlo¡d ilin¿ vou. tre iór¡¿ ¡e r¡ght who el'e would be our Hsn\ iRlfler enou$¡tor ro on a ikht su(h as tw roo ral ánd he seemi ro be ot ¡rqument t¡ne oiiss it¡Í" iái fied bv úv rersonabrelrorv lhe adrenLurerscire to tell him.
It c.¡t i! discorerd uo on the roof Oy a su'ce'sful re-t), he will i¡8ht unril drin His suckeñ ¡lrow ó/;;t .¡o., "^ óe rcot {ith no danser or f2uing ñ"i'ii'.ó* off tf lbe edtenlucrs lervr Lher¿bles wirhorrl discol€rirs htm. cmt returns lo hir tea\¡ un¡il suñmored by Otto (s€e belov)
lf the ¡dventure.s mention the mutant in the stables Hans is surDri\ed He beliñes all tbe mur¡n6 ro De i'idii. ¡. 'É. ¡n" He appeañ iurpri\ed shen lo¡d or rhe la¡¿roro a.,i¡red me ahir rhe srabtebo) hrd 6ooi.ir¡e run;ff. ro on€ bothered checkjng for him up therc' \vell. he (¿n wn r¡lt flornin8 to be bur¡edl
i\ Iockrd ?tr€ Co¡crr House _ The door lo lhis buildjng (CR Jo). Inside ther ¡s a .orch belongirS ro (:Úr¡K Lincs of Ahdor¿ I hi\ coách arr¡vrd belore lhe mu6rs "ii""Léá r'" or'"..s.,* -d crew s'er€ drussed ¡ñd are now either d¿2d or t¡ed up in the celhc
lf úe ¿dvenrureh menrion ei¡her the bodv or Cm| ro ó'iá-¡iloórri *'r eo.ried dd shocred Hi\ rea.lreer' ¡ó*á".. 's r¡"¡ rúe,dr€nlu.e6 ha\e u¡covercd rhe -"á"J ¡ut¡"." t'.- He chanE€srhe rubi4t and look\ bail him out, H1trs to to
The nt11& B^" BootB ' The main door ro the Hooded 'iiii"i.i'i Mar is bolled md lhe cu.lllns re dnwn Soundsol ."n ¡. n*.0 (omin8 from inride sivins rhr imDrersion lhat ¡U is w.ll As soon rs rhere 's ¡ '6ocl( ¡( rh¿ door. howevcr, the laushter dier aw¿l ard rhere are ióu.¿' ór."".-i"t t""-ñtn8 cháiF md rhe Iiker' Afte' or "" tt. o"lt, "ie d:mwn,nd rhe door op,ened i-,¡""" bv ¡ hoúendouslv fat chám.tei This is Otto one o¡ me oiut¡nts, who is masquer¡ding ¡s the l¿ndlord' Orto is surprised to see the ¡dvenrurA 35 he bellfled lhe in¡ to be seore á8¡itst otrrsid€r v¡k¡ng rn ill conce¿led3lt.mp( Io h¡de his surpñ5e.Orto inviles tne ádvertr¡rers i¡to the b¡r room A fite burns t¡ the
Bv now the adv€¡nure¡s should be suspicious and be t ine to hnd out whri ¡s goin8 on A chrÉcter srooo al o¡ro in ihe kirchen tt¡'iúd ¡L c,. *.t'*, it"i 'Don\ D¡nic, orto. Thev are only lmvelreñ lzeenrcn wiu be;leased ro h¿w ihor souh ¿s well ure rhe kur' in rhei¡ foo¡l úd setl deál w¡rh rhcm lr¡rr. H'n5 then
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NIGHT OF BI,OOD * pr5\€\ Orrc lhe phi¡l coñtinin8 lhe kuru {fte. ¡hi\ ol¡' h¡s th€ phjzl in hi5 posscssion. rf H¡ns hears ¿nyone ¿iiernpting to sn€¿k into the kir.ben he comes back into th€ ba¿ He clos€sthe door inio rh€ kitchen with a¡ ai. of finality. máiing ir ve¡y awkward fo¡ anyone to Push p¡st wiihout a very good A shorr while l2ter otto r€turns bea¡ing bowls of hot sis. Eách bowl contains two doses of kurts chanc(€s h¡ve a b¡se 10o/.chanceof noticing the dru8 ir¡ the food. This l0% is ave.¿gedwith a ch@cter's I¡¡ to see if rhey notic€ its tste in the food. Characer¡ wilh dooÉ ski[ Éavea 10% bonus to their chance of noti.inS thc d¡ug.
KURTS Kuns i6 a drug made from the Gortsiete PImt It begins ro teke effect aft€r half an hour One dos€ itduces drosiness: trvo dosesc1üsesutconsciousness- Char¡cters may-overcome its effect! by makira succesful rot grr¿ss resfslat +20) for €1ch dose they consume.
' .COOD NICHT,LADIESAND CENILEMEN After the adventure¡! hsve fidshed €ati¡8, but before the kurrs t¡kes effect, Otto offe¡s to show the adventuren Io the conrmon loom lpst¡i$ He cl¡ims ¡h1t the orher oóm\ úc occlpicd b) Ihe-rñr.h PaflÉ 'ih. h a l l q r y i . q e l , n d u n ( r r p e r e d a l t h o u S há . l o \ c insDecdonieveJs lhrl there used ro be a cr¡Pcr in here b i r ; o i . l u ¡ h ' r i l l c l i D sr o L h eu ( k " i n t h e f l o o r T h e crrpfl hr< b€en remo\e¡l ¡ñd rhe noor múPped b) F¡gut to remov€ bloodst¿irt . - j . . . , . . . i . ) r . . . r : 'a" '.1 : . , : . i j . . : . . 1 . : . .. . ,. ' : , : . : . . i , . i : . 1 : : i i r j . : . I . r .if., j. i l - R . : ' . ; ' . The conrmon room is dirty and the beddinS is soil€d. if the adventuretscomm€nr on tbis. Otto is unsymP¡thetic as this G the best be co do" He then exiis, lookinS tike a man x\ kre. ¡o qer a$.v a' rúoñ 2s pur'ibl. Thr \ounJ ol o¡to lurnjnglhe ke) in lhe doo¡ locL lcR ¿0' Irom tbe commóo room lhe 2dventurer¡can hear the ho6es in the strble if Gr¿t is srill present The Bedrcottts "therc ^re only fou¡ bedrooms trpsr¡i's án¡lall the doo6 are locked (CIi 20) The lúdlord\ room and t*o of thc bedfooms lre empiv and unremarkable. Howeve¡ the two beds in one room are bloodsr2inedand the bedciothesüe scatteredabout thc rcom. The bedl occupantswere obtioúl-v stabbedand rhen dmqqed l¡oñ ¡he¡r beds Tr¡il ñ8 \u¡n' leJd ou t h r o ú 8 hr b c d o o . b u r d i r ¿ p P e r ra t t h e s ü T¡c Kiac¡e, - The kitchen is obviousl-vdesignedfor the i o n ! h 2 l n r n s( o o k . F ¡ q o r i \ r n h ( t e u d r s ' r h e t e r ( m ú n ' ¡ s c cb e l o s r l . i r D r o q ¿ r . T h . b u ( h e ru 5 . d b ) h r m $ h ( n r ¡ o D p ' n qu p r h . ü r i ó u . b l o o d s B i n \: s " l ' u i n h r r e T \ ' búck'etr trill full of blood_tainrcdwrre. The door le¿ding ¡o rhe y¡rd is unlock€d ?'¡e Ce.llar - Th. celláf co.tains b2r.els of beer ¿nd bottles of wines ¡nd spirits There is a rÉil of blood stainso¡ the floor (un'lessFagor h¡s had the wit to mop th€m up as well - this depenAson hoF much he¡p th€ ol¡ve6 rre soins lo netd in work'ng oul qhrl ¡\ So'nF bni whi.h rerd\ ro rh< loo\epa\in8 5l¡b rhis hrr b(en lifíed to q¡ve ..cess to rhe hidden sh¡ine bDill belo* dre l e v e lo , I h e t c U a r D , p c n ü i n 8o n t h e c i r c u m \ É n t e ' r h e s l ¡ b i l e i l h e rE i r e d o r t o q e r c d w h e n l h e s d r e n l r r r c " \ first ar¡ive. it is closed, tJut iI Eill be oPened du¡ing the ceftmonv. The closed slab máy be dis. o{eÉd wirh ¡ 'ucceslJl Oúseñe t..r or bv iollowing (he hlood'r¿'n!
túe Sü.ln€ - The rcrl landlord, his wife, two servanrs and one of the coachm€fl are still ativq although they ¡re r¡shrly hound in rhe shrine. The] ¡re \rill \uftr.¡n8 l r c m i h e - e l f . c r so l t h e d o \ e i o l h u r r sr h r ) s e t e S i n e n earlier in the everinq. The bodies of rhe mutants other vi.titr are heap€d ñ ooe corne.: a coachman.his tbr€e ¡irisan p1!5en8¿rs¡nd rhe iÍIn s halfling cook j : j . i. i : : ::!:j ir :j. j: . .- j:.]..-: ., ri ':.:. .: . . t r - , , t . 1 : . i . j: rrj :r ". , . i :,1. ,. r.jj' , :1 : : : i : ,: I , . -w1.r..4 A magicd, two foot-hi8h srarue of Tzr€n¡(h stffids in the middle of rhe shrin€ in the centre oi a str¿ogemovrDg p¡tteln. The parte¡n consl¿ntly shifrs between a symbol of Chaos and arl octasoD The statue ¡ made f¡om ¡ pi¡kish s¡oDe which seem to flow and move when obsesed. Arv char¿ct€¡ observing this ¿trd the shiftina ftoor p¡ttem must m¿ke a VP t€st or reci€v€ D6 ins¡nity points. The image of tee4tch c¡n be snashed lit h¡s Tt ¡nd W5i. Howser, '¡nl€ss it is d€srro'€d in 3 sinSre rou¡d the shri¡e s guerdia¡ daemo¡ ' a Pink Horror ' aPP.a¡s to deferd the s¡¡rue Onc€ the daeñon is d€stroved, the statüe can be brcken eaJilv and the lines on the noor wiü fade and ünish Asains¡ tbe wall is a lock€d (CR 30) wooden bo¡ c¡ft¡ini¡s 212 GC, 365 shillings and 26 petrd€s. A successfui search of the rcom reveels ¡ loose stooe behind whicb is hidden a pouch containinSapoflo, o/ sÚen8tb. The murant Wilhem will be in heie either prnicip¡titrg at-ri.e foor of thesl]rirs. in th.r€remony¡rlurkiÍg
.THECEREMONY. sholtlv álier the Otto has shown the ad\€nturcF to tDerr room rhe doses of kurts beAin !o .ake effec¡ Half an hour ¿fter the d¡ug should h¿v€ talen effect (thc mut'¡nts know when dris s6ould be) otto coll€cts Gmt from the sr2bles.Anvon€ looking oüt of the common ¡oom ¡rindor'¡ithis rime seesO$o going out ¡o stablc add returninS wittr a muÉnt (if GüI is fiu dive.) Hans ¡nd the ñutants 2ssemble¡n úe cellaf to conduct r cereñon}urng rhe m¡g,c¡lefl.rg) ot rhe {rrue ro 5 u f m o n , d e ú o n . 5 h ú r l ¡ ) ¡ f i . F r t d ! r ¡ ' ec e t ( m o n f bcsins. and fairt. discordant chanting fills the in¡ This co;tinües for half an hout while Hans ritu¡llv saúiticcs two hunaff as the strmmoninSrcquires
NIGHT OF BIOOD as lhe ceremony be8¡n5Fr8o. sner.kruP rc Lhe adRmurers ¡oom and listeos at lhe doo¡ chan.le6 not suffqinc from the effects of kurrs who make a successful ¿Ate, t¿sr he¡r hiú ¿ppro¿ch .h€ door If ¡agor becomes susDi.ious that the ¡dventureñ :re not unconscious or' for-€rnmDle. the coúmon room door is ope¡r he r€¡uff to the ceili and sTns th€ other mutants vho close th€ t¡¡D(loor and continue the ceremony- lf given the oo;orrunjrv. F¡qor hides somewhereir the inn Ád ait¿mp¡. Lo Ír¡¿k a tone ¡dtentü.rr trom beh¡nd lr all appeárswell, he imedirrely rcrums !o the cellar úd ioins rhe orher nur]nts iñ the chriit Unless the adventurers lnterv€n€ the st ttu€ r¡nsforms ¡nto ¡ Pink Hoüoi It is about 3' tall, and has iti hcad set into its chest. trts:rms are very lona, and its huge hard! ¡G tiDDedw¡lh sücke6 ¡nd ¡ vic¡ous cl¡$ Ch¡ncters muí ;at€ e coo¡ te$ or become roorcd to the spor with f¿¿r U¡{onuna¡€ly, tl¡ns is unzware of the bhding rttual' and the Daemon immediately attacks hir¡r ¡nd th€ mut1nts, It i5 set i¡pon sl¿ying all it sees ¡nd puñü€s ¿ny fleeing char'¿cters¡fter fiñt slalanS anyon€ n€¡r it.
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oiic€ rhe Daemon leav€s ¡he shrin€ it becoúes subi€cr ¡o lrstablltt!. Fot anery loo yaids th¡t th¿ Daemor moves al^av from th€ shflnc, sübt¡¿ct I fmm th€ instabilw ¿ic€ ¡ol (t¡eat rols of less than r as 1) If the Da€mon reaches O Yorrdr i¡ does not die' sDtl¡tioqinsre¡d into tso Bluc Horrors. Alue HoÍo¡s ai,es¡mit r ¡o appea.a"ceto tbeir cous¡ns,encept sú¡rkr ¡nd blue in colot[ lf ¡ Blt¡c Horror is kilted ¡t r€marns dead.
.THEROADWARDENS. As d¿w¡ br€aks, a party of four Roadre¡dens apProlch the Hooded Man. Th€ir r€¿ction to the adv€otúers or anyoneeh( drpcnds on purtinS rhe worsr Posrible in¡er Dr¡¡arion on rhe \crnc rhey find. I rüess.ior wmple ü. idEnturers ca¡r Drodüce muta¡n bodies or captives - or some other poo] of whát re3lly hrpped€d _ the Road' M..tens choore to belidr Lh¡t úe ¡dvenrurerswrre mi¡_ ed ¡D ¡n wh¿Ieverh¡s been Aolñs on. A¡ ¡he ver) le3s¡ .h¡rees of murd€¡r¡q the lú-dlur¿ and rhe oLhe$ m likelt ro be p¡efer,e¿. ¡oñ8 wirh rny orher charAerlhár solvr open czsesin the Ro¡dMdens pr(.ol ¡rea Even if they are conv¡ncd of the adv€rtürcrs' imocence' the matref óf wh¡t has occurred at rhe iÍn still has to be Llearedup. The Ro¡d$rden\ dp..t and insi$ rhat lhe &r\enruÉ¡5 ac(omDúr them to ih€ reare\t rom so th2¡ rhe whole aff¡ir can b¿ dealt with a in pcoPer m¡nn€r.
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* NOTES * CAMPAIGN ON THE ROAD Adventure suolnary
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The folldi¡g pi€ce debils ttu cncoDnies with u¡üsÜalNPcs, neirher of whom ¡re pr*entcd ro be foueht! Borh ca¡ set up int€Ést¡¡8 rol€'p¡¡yiog situarioü, and te .speciallv suioble fo. inregorion inro 2n onSo¡ngc¡mpá€n yoún¡ womad, a We.ecar' who elwys Eññdretta is ar úr$vl rÉvels wirh b€r fcli!. fri€nds nev€r fái aw4f and who m4v accoñDoy thc PCs (withour hosrile i¡renl) lor 2 wbn€ If th.v .eac¡ mn to he¡. sh€ as¡s lor help in fr.eing her love¡ Klaus, cu.É¡dv h.ld by the .uihoririet fo. a triYiál criúe rn A Frie¡d la Neert ló¡,^r¡ rhe Ghor apProe.hes tb. PCs dd ük5 for he¡p, Dependi¡g oo how the e¡coutuc. is used ihis cd 'hk€ ¿ dlffere¡¡ turñ, as rhe notes below 4pr!n
E¡emy Wtthtn CarEpaigfr Notes A Frtend in N@,t carbe s.r r¡rturuv aóvwhere dong the road, during ant joorn€y rhe PCs bare .o ñake. r¡ tlistdhe4 ldenríry' vo! can havc this encou¡te. take pl¿c. betwéen Altdorfand Veirsbruck, w¡th Johan¡'s fmiit €s¡d.nr id Bógenh.feo An arr€rú¡ttc tt o¡ .h€ ro¡d .o M,idú.nbdm in Pouer Behiñd tte 7rlor€, wiih Joh2nú having rclat¡ves iher€ who re ácqüainled rn Dedtb o4 tbe with ar l.!$ on of the úejo| NPCi in.fúr.irv R¿r¿Johsnns Choir could,ppezr ¡t nighl when the P(5 2F1r ,nchor - alon¿th. b¡nt3 of ¡hr tuFr S(úon úe Mv ro Unrr¡b2m (wheÉ Joh;n Íved), is á good oPrior' !dm2¡dt¡'s best r.tu€ can r@lised outside ¡ówr sctlidgs shewitl tend the PCs he. aid in relun for.hetr help, dthough PrcYiding such sbu4ce will Pror. dificult ifth. adEn.uÉ i5 serirAltdorf or Middcnh.iú, espec¡auyiIyou wish het b 5t the Pcs to res.uc Klrus frcm lail. fh¡s .ncoudter is bcst sq ir Dedtb on tbe Relh' ouBidc ooe of the óey co2chtng vi!lá86 dd smsll to{c the Pca wi¡l @me ercss. The urnaDed có¡chi¡8 5roF dd villaS€s betw.etr cftl€ wttig€ostcin and Cr¡slmwlld off@anv ceu bv a locJ n¡]or Do$ibiütier, q¡th Kl¡us bei¡g held j ¡r¡ ¡inc ¡h. üñul oa¡ Crts.enÁ¿Jdñegirrate t^ PouÚ B.blrd G.dpes otrvl4t¿ adrenture t"r€r h this the 7brc¡e, íÍrotvert¡. could b.
[email protected] foi Prit^tock a¡d oeer the voluúE Eúúdrtl PCs on the Altdorf-M¡ddenheio road. This would 4llow vou ¡o lu.e the PC5to Prirzsbck wherc rhe ú¡vor wll ¡elese Kl2us on b¡l if rhe PCs (md Emmmta) rc pl.sant €nougt' to him
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Th€seRo encoDrte6 t ed sigdnc¡rn s¡sior&foE vou u* üem ro foll@ Nlgb¡ óÍ Blood, ed ddelop tbe stúnds of the ccnÍ?r ploúiné ¡n lhis .dPate¡r. \lsc rt.e Itrtdd ln Need .n onnter shordv aJter rhé PCslet ¡he Hooded Mat, headinS wsi ¡looa the dd for volge!. Alter the 'omrJ0)€a^ trll 2 D D e ¡ d n coc f l o h a t n h r l p p ( ' b s ¡ n ¡ n o f , ; ¡ m u r ( u l ¡ r . q í h d r r k h ; i r , $ e ¡ t l n a . h e u n , r o r Do i ' R o ' d r¡¡r
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forest, md will ¡ttack if she is ür€a¡en€d ir rny w¿y' Sh€ is anxious to avoid trouble, and will cdl them off ¡lmos¡ im' mediatelf waming the adventurers tb4t it would b€ best to le¿vr he; alone and ao m their wry. If she is hard Prcs\cd. shc wül adoDr he¡ car form and ruñ off ¡nto rhe lorsr with he. rwo ¡mvelüns companions.She wiu only st2nd 6d fighl if the money she is cirrying is stoleD; sh€ needs it for Klaüs bail, ¡rd wilt use any mans ¿t her dispos¡l to get it b3ck.
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The tr'o sho¡t encounters lrere c n be ised lÍ Walhaññe, Fanta$r Rolepta! vhen the ¿dventure.s 2re rEveui¡g by mad. They are more easily s¡agedif th€ PCs are on foot, o. on hors€back, r¡ther rh¿n t¡avelling by coach. Both a¡e rote-play cn.ountes requiring tbouShr ard obseNarion,ard discouÉ8e hack and-slal, m€ntatities I
EMMAREfiA Emmde$a is an NPC who ctn be encoúntered on 1rly i;urne] b) nr¿d in The ltDPire. Ar lhe 1dvef,rffils mJJtetheú q¡) 3lon8 rhe rord. tbq, P¡r( a yoúg Human wom¿n aoóarendt in her crrly rwentier. rBrüng in rhe s2me d¡¡Ectioh she ir of mcdiuo heiSh¡.¡nd \liml) buflt. wiú short Iichr brown h¡ir 3nd liShr brown eyes ¡nd is rrdrrui¡g ¡lone unusurl to.6y tr¿v€ller since the lorcrr can be dú8crous. H€r ortr Doss€saionsare a set of oütdoor cloüing, a sm¡ll b¡q of drild fn€at, a shon bow with a quive¡ of ffrows slung oñr her back, .nd a pair ol daSSershánging trom her bel¡. ¡f er of rhe ¿dventure6 soefk ro her, 5he wül ¡nsq€r col.¡eouslr aiving he¡ iamq sayirg that she is a Hunter and tetlins thdr ihar she ¡ beadirg for the nea.esr rwr, $hich may ;lso b€ rhe adventur€¡s destination She s¡ys that ¡ f¡i¿rd of he¡s has got into trouble, and dre is t king some money ro bail him out. EmarerLr will aui(e haDDilvtnvel with the advmLureN rnd will be cmreful ú lhsy dfer h.r a ütt She cúnot pay for a .oa.h ri.te 4 she needr rl the money rhrr \hf h¡r for rhe b¿il If the 2drertürers att€mpt to dr¡w het i¡ro converserion durinc ¡he course of rhe iourney, rnd ¡f she dec'de\ that she c¿n r¡-usrrhern. she rül qDlain rhrr ir i\ her lover who h¡s . nd shc eiI 5a) rh¡t \hc . i s n r m ¿ ¡ K , a u 5e b e e ni m p r i s o n e d H ne(dr to batl him out belore, ceruin d¡tei if á1y rdvenlurer wirt, Astronoltt skjll ttunks .o work it out, it will be realised il¡rr rhis date is úe rext tull moo¡. Above the soft hiss of the Éin can be he{d the nolses of the forcsCs noc.umrl de¡iz€ns Aoing abour their business.Somewherein the da¡knessan owl screams, and ¡ 3¡swered by rhe snarlinS wail of a rvild Car. what she telts the ádv€tnurers¡bou¡ be. ioumey is true, bur she necl€ctsro mention thlt both shc aod her lover are wer€c¡1s: he has not vet learned to coDtúI his condition, atrd if be is srill in iáil wh¿n rhe moon b€cones tull he üill change form iri his cell a¡d vill almost cenainly be killed by EmmÍetra is travellin8 in rhe company of two of the 8.€.t wild C¡ts of the Old vtrrld. Th€y t rGiling he¡ frcm th€
Lightning Refl€xes Secret LmSuage ' RarSe¡ Sec¡et Sicns - Woodsma¡s
slinq B¿q w¡rh 12 p'€ies ór dried mea! 2 rh.owing cllg,ge6 Purse with 12 GC Quiver with 12 arrows
' The nuñber b€fore ¡he slash ¡s ¡he value for Emmtretta in SDccial Rules: Attatk- with 2 clAt^ úd L b¡re. rt arijckjng from cover, I +20 for fist ¡ound ordy' If Cát ga¡ns the first ¡rracl( in rhe /i6t rourd ol comb¡r. it ma) ¡?ap on ¡ts oppo' nenr, make oile ¡tuck roll. if su.ce$ful lhe C¡I hit( wirh 4 c[au;s ^nd 1 bíte. Nigbt v/slon 20 ,'ards. lf Emmaret¡! decides to tr¿lel with tbe ?dventures, h€r two Cars will continue to tnil her from the fo.est; tlrey move stealahily. so that ¡nY cbrncter rnust m¡ke ¿n Orset¡re test qirh ¡ óenalrv of -2b to sDor rhem _ and flen lhen, ell rh¡t wi-llbeieeD $iu br a moiemenr in lhe undergm'lh Th. cats will Mit iD th€ fof6t while she Soes into the town, and once she ha bailed Khu out, the tm of them will he¡d for rhe forest, a-rsumeC form, ¡nd tEr€l back to their home wirh their two compmions. This €ncouffer can be us€d to idd to ú advetrtur€ in a oumb€r of wys. rvher sh€ rrives Í th€ ¡owr, a corrupt Wflrbman ftsht tate hef mon€y and then deny having received lr. k;dirs ro her akinc the advenrurcF ro get Kl¡us our o' jrii s a r¿vóur The part might b€ aruckd by ban dfl\, in q hiú care rhe will fi8hr along\ide rhe advenrure^ aod her two cats will come tó the pafty's aid, melti¡g back into th€ fo¡est when the fiSltt is ov€r ü she is qEsrioned abour rh. Carr, rhe wiu ansqe¡ siñply: I gcew up ¡n rhe forest l suooore i ve made somr unusualfriendll One or the other N?a travclles Ílisht fatl foul of ihe cats by pere. in8 her or tryira ro neal her monty. You shoulJ use vour im' rSinarion to ger thr mo.t oul or Ine encounFr
A FRIEND IN NEED This ercounrer t¡trvplace ar niSht on a lonely dd deseíed shfth óf ro¡d. For sore reason.the rdventuffs h¡!€ found ir neces.2ryro rmvet at ni8ht. derpit€ rhe wamútgs of the slaff ár rh. I6t coachinc ¡m lhey pa.ed. The ro3d ah.ad is a teüible placq s¡varÍtlng vith briSands úd vors€i it is even seid to be haurted. Some of this mav be true, th€ 2dverture.s to stay corclude, but th€ fect rtiat th€ in¡kaper v'ants üd bec¡use (hey will p¡y lo¡ room añd borrd may h4€ a grer dr¿l to do with ¡t. Howe\e. rhe advenrurersdecide m prsr on desD¡tehi\ wárninsr P.rhap5 it is viral rh¡t rhey rcach rhr niexrrolen b' drybreai, or perhrps r EmuP of Rmdwúdens 3r€ ¡pproachrng the inn ¡nd the ¿dvmture¡s áre .d¡ous ro
Wb:rtever th€ rcason. th€ edventurers leirve the irm dter a ho¡ meal. and ca¡ry o¡ down rhe ro¡d. The fi¡st few rniles pass ea\il! enouBh the¡e i\ srill ¡ lrdrng l¡8hr ¡n rhe qtsre¡n sliv ¡nd ihey rl. only on rh. edge of rhe forer. As the ro¿d Soes deeDerin¡o úe roresl, h@fler. rhiñF b€gn to ür¡8r' The drrine\\ decp(ns, dd cl') only be p€ñeLr¡tedby \íght Vi' r l o r . l ¡ b e g , Á I o m ¡ n , a f ¡ n e P e n e r m r i ndgr j z ? l er h a r . o a \ r throush ev€o Lhc srour€\rc¡uthing and 5oakseveryone ro Ihe skin. ¡t is impossibleto liShl ¡ torch, and l¡8b¡ing á l¡ntern reonirésá successfulDex tesr. ai the adventu.eB tind€¡ is v€ry clamo. Above the sofr hiss of the r¡in catr be h€ard ¡he noi;€s of ihe forest\ noctu.nal deni?€n. going about their business.soñewhet€ in rhe darkness2n owl screñs, and is ¿ n s w . r e db r ¡ h e ' n l r l t n s q ¡ i l o i ¡ q 4 l d C i L . T h € , d \ e ñ ¡ ú F r m.r1 reqrerihci. bÉv¡do now. bur thq hr\e no rhoi.e bur to pÁ' on, il is r. f¡r ro 8o brcL ai it i. ro 80 forMrd Blood oozes from dozens of sm2ll cuts rll over l¡rs bodl H€ nises his head to mee¡ rhe adventurers' saze,and a slaih a.ross h¡s rhroat opens like a aecord mouth, sendins blood c$cading down his .hest. On€ ¡rm re¡.hes out implo¡ingly, and despi(erhr lact rh4 his legs have sropped moving he €ontidües to dnw closer
munc to oo'-magcal v€apons. To¡rch ceuG/¿di o¡ -10 p€nalry or fi€e). M¡y p¿ssü.oush solid obieds.
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If rh€ adven¡ulers do not flee from ¡he Ghost, it will ¡o¡ m¡te anr Jrremprto aLt¿ckrhem ¡n a mo¡ning \oice ir eix lell Lhem rh¡r it was once Johaú Gespenst.r Merchant frcm the nearest town. wh¡le srsyiDg at the inr¡ which the ¡dv€n' turers hav€ just left, Johann w¡s murd€red a¡d .obbed, and hi\ body wa brouqht inro rhe forest on t (a and dumped tv rbe;o¡dnd€ oor frr ftoñ the shrin€ The ¡dKntu¡er( (rn fiee loh¡nn !.om his mis.mble condition by coüecttng hi\ honé\ ánd eldns úem lo ¡he rown for decent buriat He qill show the ldventr¡rers where his body qzs dumped; th€ bones hav€ beetr oicked clea¡ by wild anim2ls, dd ar€ scatte¡ed ovef ¿n area about ¡€f yr¡ds in diamet€r The reúeir toqn w¡ll h¡le 3 8ravelEd. tended by ¡ Cleric of Morri dependins on i¡s siz€. iI m¡' ¡lso hav€ e MourneF. cuild, $ho undtr$te ¿I arr¿nSement\ro do wirh tune¡2ls An individual sl:rve a¡d m¡rker will cost 30GC, while DauDert büiai in the unmarked r¡ass grav€ win be free On itre niet¡r ¡re¡ r¡e ¡u¡i¡1, Johr¡¡ r Chost wü apPearlo rhe .dvrniur€rsi srill rn ¡ppalting s¡8ht. bur free of rh€ p¡n ¿nd d€sper¡tion of his earlie. .ppear¡nce ''Th3¡-l( yor¡l' he says, May you lever suffer ¿s I have.
Abour midrish¡. the rdvcnru¡er¡ come ro 2 ¡|lr¡ü \hr¡ne: ¡f the adventurers bave h3d his rehai¡s buried in .he iledic¡(ed. ,;rcD¡iat€lv .noush, Io Taal, rhe Cod of wild p a u D e F a ü k , J o h á n nw i l l q n i s h . s r y i n Sn o t h l n gm o r e l t P L , ( e 5T. h e l É r i n e t 3 L e it h e f o r m o f r c i r c u l r r ' r o n e h u t ihet hlve Drd io¡ ¡ burill plol Jnd herd5lofle lor him he them aboür Én fcet in diam€t€r,with a .onicd thatched roof. An wili reU th¡fn rbat it is rill_in h'5 pcñ,|erto recorDpeñee .lk skDll hdes over the doorwar ¡nd inside is a crud€ for what they h¿ve done fo¡ hiú. He will instfl¡ct them to wood(n .mrue of lh€ 8od. \t3nding ¡bout fiv. feel high conuct bis family in the towr. Ihere ! room for úp ó l¡te chrnc¡ers ro lhelLer in the ''Tel1 theo rhat you have helped ne," he sa)5. '!tsk for mv 'h.ine wrLh roñc d,nomfont rhe roof lc¡k\, bur ¡he \hrine kreD!rhe $obl nr ¡he serrhcr uut.2nd lhe ¡drenlurer c¡n siste. G¡eta, and tell her that I \rent her to give 'eu 2 ( r ; d p ( r h ¡ p ' ' n J r c b ¡ c o u P l eo f h o u F s l e e p l r ¡ t m p o s s i _ o¡ckase, vbich sbe wiü find in a hidden comP¡nñent ble ro lehr a tirc in lhe sh.ite. rince lhe trnoer rn rne aolen_ behi¡A the s€cond d¡¿wer on the .1gbt_hand side of ñy desk tur€rs t"ind€rboxes, ¡nd any kindling they might have with If she oüestionsvou, mótion ihe lime when sh€ Ms sú them, has b€en rhoroü8hly soak€dby úe r¡in. vears old. and I ;aved her when h€r hoñe had bolted Then ;he lrill know that the messagecomes from mel'With that, vheiher or not rhe adr€ntu¡e¡! decid€ to shelte. in the s h r i n e .¿ r r É n 8 . r h r n g$ i l l h a p P e nr i € w m i n u t € s3 f t e rr h e ) ¡ . ¡ n e . l o m e w ñ e r ei n - r h ed i ' t 3 n L e ,¡ h u m á n \ o i \ e Ñ f ¡ i n r l ) If the ¡dvertureñ foltow his instructiom, the fa¡nilv will be h€arcl:the words cannor be made our, bul th€ \oi.e is hea\T puzzled, but will comply ln the pack¡ge is a v€lver pouch with rxin and miserv. If th€ adeenturershave ho¡ses or anv ¡onrairing faur rubies, ñorth 50GC each. o r h € r ' r n r m ¡ Lw \ i ¡ h L h e m .t h e y w i l l b e L o m rn e r u o u '¡ n d \ k i t _ ¡s¡ r¡e roici ¿mo'.loser, 4d afrer.e\eÉl minui6 ¡he adv€n¡urers make out a niSu¡e dragging ilself dong the road r h e f , s u r ei \ i n d i 5 L i n ( !ü. d d ú l r c u l rt o m ¿ k r ú u r r h , o u 8 hL h e dri/zlr, bll it ir humano¡d lr limp' aj)d st¡8grr. $ Ú on the vcrae ol e{hausrion, ¡nd ye¡ i¡ apP¡oache\.urpr¡inglv qu¡ck_ lv. When thc !isurc is wirhi¡ ren t ¡rds of lhe ad\eñruren ¡t . ' , n ¡ e s e e oL ob e ¿ m r l c H u m r n . H i . c l o t h e sq e É o n ( e t i ( h bur ¡re now trrrered, ¡nd he ipperF ro be sser€ly wounded Blood oo/e' frcñ dozero of sm¡ll cu¡5 all over his body He úis€! hb he¡d ro m.rt lhe advenlurdr' '¡aze,Jnd a sla\h r.rns. hb rhro2r open( Lil{e¿ \econd mouth. s€ñd'ng blood casc¡dine down hi¡ chest. One a.m reachesout imploringly, ¡nd desp,-itethe fa.r lhat his legs hz\t stopped moving, he co¡rinues to daw closet 'Ilelp mel he mo¡ns, Help m€-' As he approachs, the edvennre¡ reálisewiih ¡ shock thar th€ tr€es¡rd the ro¡d c¿n stiu be seenthrough his insubsr.nrialbody. Ar rhis point. ihe adventurerssholld mak€ a ¡e¿t test They have encoüntered¡ Ghost. GHOST
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NOTES * * CAMPAIGN EUREKA Adv€¡rfure su¡¡mafy ln Eurehal the PCs ar€ offered employmen! by KuAetschr€ibe! a higbly eccentric invetrtor ¡Ie wants t¡lem ¡o de¿lwith a group of thugs who are €5(to¡tingmoDeyf¡om him. However, tbese thugs tum out to be úeúbe¡s of the local Watch! Even rhough tbey 8et the chance to look at some weird ¡nvenrions, the PCsmay h¿veto make a highly ba¿:rdous and speedy exit usinA ¿ heng glider!
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E reka! is ^ fai,tly lighr-h€¿rred adverture ¡rhich cen b€ set in any small town (but noi vilz8e) in the Reiklánd. The most suitebl€ setting for this adver.ure is in Kemp€rbd 2s patr of fhe Dea,b an tb¿ R¿l*, in Fhich cas€LuiSi Beledo¡u c¡n be respo¡sible for hiring the heaviespüiti¡g the squeezeon the u¡Jo¡tunrte inventor KuSels.¡reiber As fa¡ ai the Pcs are concemed, Kemp€rb¡d holds no special inter€st, being just a locatior on the riv€r to crissenwatd. or lomewhere where you c¡n t.ánsf€¡ to the River stif, To entice them towe¡ds the town you crn have their bargereqüir runntn8 repai¡sfo¡ some minor problem. or a spell of b¿d weathe¡ u¡sui¡¿blefor river tr¿!€I. lor
vtl,ages,yes;úajor locations.no. The W¡tch wont be ¿ble to see the háng glide. land b€yond rhe ci¡y' allowing the Pcs to sne¿k back to their (r€pal.ed) barge at niSht- You .¿n hive th€ Vatch cha[erge (?nd f¡ighren) thefl at the docks, but let th€m pass,so afrer a few h€a.t sroppirg moments rhey are able to continue on theif way....
Restless Dead Campaign Notes Set-arre&¿./in votgen, but not just yet. There is quite a lot of .€sidual bustnesswith Emmaretta the rve¡ec¿t and Johann ¡he Ghost to be att€nded to first.
¡n volgen, Emm¡retta will go off to 8et bail for her love¡ Kl¡us, a¡djohano will pop up in ptiv¡t€ io have a word w¡th rhe Pcs. He will be most ht€fested to leafn that he s¡as odce 2 Bounty Hu¡te¡ 6 he ha5oo reeo[eciior ofthis, That he c1m€ from a wealthy fámily does seem to úng á bell... (false rccottection, alas, but it keeps PCs itre¡ested and hopetul). This conv€sation se€mssimple enough qntil you fememb€r rh¡r yoü have to m¡ke ¡¿4,'t€sts fo. Pcs wherJohann aülves (wiü a +5 bodus rhis time). As h€ rries ro h2vea quiet word with them in a shadedcÓ¡¡ef of tor¡n, some of them $¡lll bc rooted io the sPor, p¡le as the shrotrd (6 it were). This may caüs€ h€¡ds ro tutn ánd Alrern¡rivelf you can r€loc{e rhis adventur€ ln Weissbruck €yesto look, so towrsfolk máy be dfected byleal 1s well and us€ ir in the link bers.et Mistaken Identü! znd - it's not so easyhaving a Ghost óoutl Sba.lous owr Bógenbafen. Johinn ¡rill immediltely fade arv?yafter learning whet the The endin8 of this adventure may well require changiag Pcs have discoveied, Ar this point Emt¡arelta returns, to mak€ sure that the PCs do not end up ¡s outlaws. It is sDarling tn tury The mrgistrate took her mon€y and then not good for ¡ camp¡tgn if key .iries and tovns such ás r€tused to Iet Ktaus f¡ee on batl, sayi¡8 that the Sold woDld Nuln (in the original script 8iv€r here), Kemperbad or pay fo¡ his food and rrtnsport, which is transprrent nonsdrse Emmarettah6 b€en ripp€d off 'frd she is turtous W€issbiuck (assuggestedarrctutj,ies ñ the Enen! Vítbin campaign) are effectiv€ly offlimits. One'horse toús ánd she now Eánts ¡he Pcs !o h€lp free Klzus from jail!
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ThcPcsm¡v wellbaulkar thh. Állowthem rime ro.efuse and thenJobann rspPezs. Emmaret¡ais lot afr¡id, and snarls he. h¿rred ofJoh¡nn, who looks back át h€r in surrrise. He asksifshe kno*s him. Emmlretta confirms h;ea¡lie¡ sto.y,¡nd b€ratesJoh¿nnwith the srory or ner ir¡p¡isoned lover vho is being held uniusdy Johann conside¡sd¡e problem fo! a mom€nto¡ two, alloqingtbe PCstime to think 2bout ho$ to rescueKlai¡s.
plan¡ing to consid€r that it miShr be!Johannwill appear ¡¡ more or tess th€ !i8ht time, the jailo.s will em€rge gallopinS down the str€et too scaredq€n to shoul, and rhePCscan getinthrouSh the front door The 8u¿rdshale lef¡ tbe keysbebind, add Er¡n¡retta can locale Klaus bl: sme[. ThePCsc¡sbetn, out, ¡¡rdgonein lcssthaoa núoure, before aryo¡e seestbeú. Phsl Use ¡he m¡P to 8irc tbe encoun¡era d.gree of autbeúticiry and build up r€¡slon
Ooe obvious posstbility is ¡hatJohann could causeFa,' amongthejlilo6, makinSlhem fle€ in pa¡¡c, and auowing ihe ?Cs to ger in and rescueKlaus.A qui.k reconnoit¡eof the milid¡house whcre rheprison eellsareshovs.he PCs lhft rhis is a very feasiblepossibiliry. Give them every ch¡nce to thinkofthispl¡n fo¡ themseh€s,rtd only h3ve J o h a n n s u S g e s ri t i f t h e y d o n o t . H € f e e l s s o r . y r o ¡ Emmar€ti¡¡nd is annoyedrha¡ shehrsbecn defqud€d by
The rwo V€recalswill now leaverown. headiú8eastalong the rord. back iowardsthe Hooded Man.Joharnwill fadt ¡w¡y, giying the PCs¡final t¡ve. rhe PCsw¡llbe quiresafe r m v e l l i n gb ) n i g h t w r L hr h e l o u r k l i n e ' a c c o m P ¡ n l i n g rhem. The werecatswil¡ be back at úe Hooded Man by d . w n , i n d s i l l p i L ku p t h e . c e n t .j n s t r ¡ ( k i r a n i r e S u l a r p¡th. geneÉlly.liShrl) no{h of w6¡. and thel comr ¡crcs ¡ , r m D r i t e , s o m r I m i l e 5r w r l f ¡ o m r h e H o o d c dV ¡ n B y now, the) !¡iUbe in w€reforñ. They sna.l md sPit ar rhe loh¿nn will agreero scareoff ¡he iailors so that the Pcs ólace.which is a burned-out ci..le of¡sh f¡om 2n cxtioct fo.Johan¡, feels sorry can rescüeKl¡us. Now EmmarerÉ iire in a small.learing wfbin the fores¡.Impaledora rree ir can t be much fun ro be de¡d i¡d not know who you is ¡ sqered ¡i8bt h¿nd *ilb a h€aey a¡¡oF pinni¡8 1i to a srate? Perbaps ever rest in such were.How could antooe úe wood. The hmd hasa ¡argebronze ¡ing on the index she coüld reciprocaterh€ f¡vol¡r.. finger This is the sameha¡dmissing fromJoham s Gbor, The cruci¿l rhing her€ is rh¡r Werecatsare excelleft natu.¡l of coüsq which should be quiie ¿ giveawz¡ rmcke6. The PCsmay not know th¡t Ema¡et¡a is a rvereca¡ Th¿ we¡ecars,changingbackto Hum4n form for a vhile, ltt, and even ¡f ¡hey do, s1¡ch¡ tal€nt rn¡y not have ocur¡ed sayth3t they cmrot pick uP the tmil of th€ culdsrbeyond to rhem. The vital thing is that sorr¿ore should bave rhis area.Hoi'¡oer, the Pcs should not be too boüered mendoned ¡he escaped cultisr (md his Road v¡rdeo abour thissince rh€)'havesomepbysical4idenc€ at lzrt udfo¡m) to Elm&ct¿r. If this ¡sdone, shewil off€. ro rnck The ring has a chancreristic design on i¡s su¡f¡ce ' three him if ¡h€ PCsatrdJohandh€lp he¡ get Klaus out of iail jet inlaid ioto silve¡ lf necess¡ry,yor will h¡ve ro useJohannadd Emfn¡retta b?rs ofblack to e\tnct from the PCs ¿ll the det¡ils ¡hey know r'hich As Emmxr€tÉ, Klaüs, ard rhei¡ Great Car friends bid mighr be relevantroJoha¡n's d€athuntit thh key element fafew€U,Johann pops úp 28anr.He recoSnizesthe hand comes to lighr, if ir hrsn't al.eadl immedi¡tely, and the .in8's appear2nce s.iñllates ¡ memo¡yinhim. "Openit uP", he sa)s,scitedl). The lop look oi€r giv€ toc¡l ¡ the Allow rhe PCs¡o Ao out and iatl to reveal¡n It clcxrly isn't up to müchr th€ guafdsatrd j¡ilor are half' ofrheringis hinged md cdbeflipped oPen o¡t tnd drice telescoPes inrricate dqic€. Thc mazingly general in of a stale d¡unk, rhe building is small and it on capxble Ézor blade mouúred hrs ¿slim, ¡lt.?'sh2ry disrepair Howq€r, 't is imPort¿ntth¡t th€ PCsdor't get can be 2leos which ropeThere is also of cutring through right_time mid seendulingtheir libe¡ation of Klals, so a Quirc ¡ t r c e s $ e r r i n g used fo¡ focussingli8hi ioto 3 burning hot spot."\Mf8nB asblacking i r : u 9 8 . { e d . < m a r rm o v c s s u c h useful dqice! Writtcn along the razor blade 's disguises.and the like oÍ th€ pan ofPCs w'U 8!in extn of EP;wards.Ifro one in the p2riy has rhe Pl.e ¿ocÉsskill, Kglschrbr, VOLGEN (ir amazingly small letterinS, \ l i g n g r n d h r l r t o E ¡ u r n ü n d P G l , j l l c o u L e r ) o , h e !¡d hire a ttli¿f ahevcould scout lhe lowlif"r3ve¡ns to ftnd pretty probably be is. They will Kglschrb. whoeve¡ he Ev¿n ihoush this skill wor't b€ n€eded; it is intelliSent appreh€nsiveabout this, thaCsth€ Sener¡l idea, afr€ralll IiraUf b€for€ h€ fades away againjoham pronounc€s that OFFTCE/GUARDROOM he would like the PCsto l.ke his hmd v¡ith them. He hopes rhat his body isn't too far aF¡y ¡nd rould like the whole body bu¡ied together if possiblel \ \ h r n r h e P C ' r e r u r n r h e y w i l l g e r d i r e c r e dr o r h e Misthaufen trvern in ihe Reiksplatz asx good pl|rc€ to stat: The PCsca¡ thus begin the edv€n¡urefor themselvesby ' askingabourr¡yonewith ihen¡úeof WfgngKglschrbr', whom Uve rhe b¡rúao v'll recognise immediarcly xs WolfgangKugelsch.eiber,1neccentriclocal inveotor'The PCs can th€n Bo to Kugelschreib€.3house and cnquile ebout the .in8. Joh¡nn won't turn up du¡ing ihis rime KDg€lscbr€iberwiu agreeto tell rhem what he k¡oss about the riog aDd the purch¡ser if they will do a litde iob Ttris sersup the adventúre,but the endi¡g n€edscáreful for the endirg in th€ considemrio¡.Checktbe sugAestions Enen! Wítbín carnp,'ign setting ¡bove, and try to 8et rhe PCsour w¡hout their b€comin8 outlaws. Most imporl2¡d¡ KuAelschreiberwill t€ll the PCs ¡hat h€ senr the ¡ing by mess€nqe. to ¡ mm iden:iñedrs lohamOstenwald , c¡¡e of ihe Three Fe¿rhe¡slnn. Tb€ inn s locadon is shown on t¡,e C..npaígn Mep, andvdfgena will teU th€ Pcs whei€ it is. He doesnot know any more,butat leartthe Pcs krow where ro go next. Of course,Kugelschrciberwzn¡s the egred job done befo¡e he parts with the informationl
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The halflidg is Fatboysñ¡llnose: úe a$isanr, cook and ho¡sek€€perol rne grcar i.ven¡o. and re¡@ted 8en¡trs' wolfgloe Kug€lsch¡eibÉr Jn rureh.hrerbcr $ unduubrdl) I geniu\ md unrodunt'\ ú!enirvr oncJ. srll. h hr.'e. ¡e!.rll"r sorlshop he hÁ in\cñied ú¡ny amaTrn8rhiogs mo! of 4hi.h don I *ork bur ne\e. mnd .. He h¡' ür v baen 'r4d lron de\n@in8 hÉ hou"e L nt ¿ n o u \ u r ( o n t r o l l ( dr i p l o ' r o n r b t h n f ¡ r h t u l 3 ' r i < u n ' ¡¡¡Esy Rolepl¿y i' ('t in thi5 ¡dventure ¡or warh¡Jú.r srnred Ñ , l r r r r , . - o r u r i . n- a i r v o l r c ¡ h e P ' 5 b e c o ñ ' n B ""¿ *.t'ng ¡"io ,,"ublr q nh rhe w¡t' \' " rhe cM .'iii.¡rl ¡rl .houtd re¡d ¡h;ush ihi' rd'enrure c¡refÚll, orior ro runninS
is The adv€nturos shoold b€ un mplotcd at ¡hc stut ol wh2t ;u{ rouu¡ ro unrold. c(hcr bdsfen maior ¡drfnrur'\ or 'u'h ¡hc h¡ados Pro'c'sion {s irro *itr te tmking ror iot' or '.mc ¡drflturing Lrrd rd rrr .e; ró lind ,u!h s;rk in \tttn n o 8o to rhe Reil \ Ptarz l¡boureb rne ne¡l " pt¡tz is c¡os¿o¡ q irh mrrl'úh pte<' g¡n8(l lr i5 rhe hbtl' rnd bu! e ^ üi.". *i1.", -a.." iob' +o"l'l he "eñ eue+ ¿av l¡. All rhe ei¡blc o, "t¿¡o. $ tcdions a¡d bori¡g by the 2dvemuds. ¡he Deu¿ tlm bolds ¡hc ¡n'ser ATone{ 'he m'n) Ho*vri (hat rhe 'drFn'ur'^ ne$¡ef5 uiled 'o Lh. l$ae Úurk F one (tpabte fc^Óú n¡Pd?dto .s tt-tdd': ri"¿ ,".*" ,¡",ií 'iÁiia uouoap' ü?7tpa\c Jao.t a'rt board s"pphPd '¡ntaLt 'ttú. at tbe Mlth4uJe¡ Tae/4' the Baffin
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r 6 ¡ b o u r l ¡ . r f t e - n m n w r e n r f r a d ! c n ¡ u r e ñr r ñ t r r ' \ e i , . ñ " e . | . ¡ r i h . * . . l o - d ' r É b e a i n n ' n Í¡ o g r l ' ñ ñ e r f e ¡ J r n d ii l.oks lik€ ¡ sro¡ñ is on ns Mt: ir) ¿n' l l ' . h o u < rn ¡ ¡ r i r l J l r . g e o n e o n r h r o u F k ' í ' u ' rrl r' eñ !m rhe r - o b v r ; u ' r n d \ e i \ u r u s u r lr e r u r e ' " h,.r.." *¿rd' "rd ¡no \er orr ol rie ioot r lJac irur pol. l'roje'B 5l) '\ be s^orr 'r \1'u \"ir' 'nro i""r i, n.i o rr'i " i -i¿ a I droF r h e r o o l ¡ \ r ( ¡ 1, w o ú d e nr o w e rh r e ' r r ' ' ' u e : u ¡ p o ¡ r r n R pl¡rrom Thk r\ rerl\ ¡r L¿U15 rhe irun porc doublc dour l'¡. r LA( rope hrngrnSdoqn J one
fhe l¡mr ¡rrr" rr tt¡ "¡iáiii.-i.¡c^ *. -'t'. r.perrd' Purrrh' ,a*.i.i.^ "i'.'¡.,¿' ¡' .r ih. r8o eri$orbcl''q ilrer¡\ a mer.y lii¡le tune or¡ and oYer r8¡in
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The re6o¡ wht ¡¡blfgr¡8 Kugelshreiber h2s l!'€'r rh€ ,arenu¡e¡ " ro proeci'onc vJuble< rome rúv \allrble r ¡ l u ¡ b l . s , r o r h e i r r Ü e . ' n l o l v c d , f h e o b J e L ti5n q u c * i o n r r c himself ¿r',j his tsisbni, Fatbor while sliShdv p¡nno'd, Kucelschreiber does n€ed prcte.iion f.om somc ñDgs *no ar' ru;nrnr ¿ pr.scdon dcke¡ o\er ¡he P¡\L srrk m"(r€d m€n hrve Lllt¿ ¡ ¡he 'n\.nror's hoú5c md h¡\e tried ro cvo( money fro¡ hiñ. Kngeh.h.ober *n¡s to hia lhe plave6 ¡o do soúethiflg abour thtu problem
l r ¡ b o 1 s , l u k e r h e¡ d r e n t u . r F t n o t h e r e r \ n e a a r d ¡ ' d y ho!:; bui hc c¡nno¡ find the invedot vukrin8 ro hiñ5elr ;bo;i The otd fool s down ther€ 1s¡it, l'll bc boünd he *lu tak€ rhe ¡dveflturcrs oui to ¡ sh€d behind rh. hoÚe lnside anil ¿"*.n some st¡ia is t¡rc entnnce ro ihe se.rer *orkshop of v'olfga¡8 Kugelsch¡eib.. Isid€ and dd¡, the wollshop (urnike rhe hous') k 2 ñcss' t"ror. i. tong. \¡F i.d bo¡¡lñ. md Eursle throush .iiÁi,r" deri.es ii¡rer rhc 'loo¡ in o¡
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Vith a f¡oürisb, the inventor pu¡h the sh.d olf the hrge object i¡ the middle ofhis wor*shop. B.neath is Kugehchr.iber's l2restinv.nrion; a submeGiblerlt is a large, butbous,b65,¡d bronE ¿¡d iron .ostruciiod. lr obviousty r¡kes much ofirs desig¡ rrcm th€ rppea¿nce of¡ flsh. P¡ddlcs on either sid€ ofthe subn€sible take the Dla.e ofri6s and it h¡ gla$ porlholes ln place of eyés
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Kug.lli túeibct lisure rurhes bY them ¡nd rur up the qrib -5rop hc ¿¡ ñ'ñ' ñ¡ñ: tI nc rldy ¿nd ¿nd 5hou6 shou6 Srop ¿r rhc door door ur ufh's his rldy ¡p-pe6 ¡' ¡ppe6 ¡r rhc
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If rh¡ plan d@sn i o.cur ¡o the plaltb thc CM cañ suggesi ir rhrough Ku8€lschr€ib€r Aftd i¡l, he is 2 8siú dd follwing lhe criñlo4l5 is €$td¡i¡l to rh€ Plor... vellr va¡ aÉ toú ú¡ting for? Gct afte. zml A.hi Hzf I cmployeddumPkob?Zñallnoscl zmallnose!Bring me d¡inl ú.d zuPpe.!Go ofl, d,.vou. AFT.€R zDMt!l
Th. c.iniMts will ute th¿ mooel 05GCs) 4od mish ido th€ ni¡hr lhey hdc.evcBl moE <¡ll' lo ñ¡Jc 'onighr ¡nd loilosine ¡hrm coúld b€ db8rrou! slills !u!h b J¡¿¡?@ ¡,4 \¡lent Mote L)tuan (útedlmdt U¡bar ld ^eo NlSb¡ v¡s¡oí wiu ione io useful Ii will be esier for thc criñimls b spot th. a
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Vhen th. ¡de6rure6 retur¡ to úe tiouse ard irtorñ Ko8elschreiber of what is h¡pp€nin8 h€ will get very qci.cd tle will shour aU kinds of thi¡cs 2bout th. ned ror f*t $c2pq bur will
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A .hase is always ¡ g@d way of inórcing Sood rolephtine ¿nd rr\pired rhiúir8 rn ph)eÉ. ¡hanl\ to 'he pc
TtcF rr iewr¡l ¡lrdn,nves for thc pl¿yeñ 'o rcn.ider ¡ ¡hn ooinr . thn F. ¡púl lroñ ¿ b¡ule ¡o the de¿thaSainr th. rn¡ire cir] ur_(h 8¡rnonr F.c¡pe l\ a dirtlnc¡ trd inl.rs¡i48 Do'i'bility. EreDe out of the b¡r! Joor h unlüely ¡o ruc(e.d t¡e srms ¡e p*rcUed i.d ¡.o Lhes¡rchñ.t will rd br¡.e to get in !h.oug¡! the ba.td@. s hcr they úive Ir h6 lougbí5s \, l)añaAe PoinÉ 6 Ano¡hc., and fü Dorc inr€rcatin8 escáp. Úutc, is over thé erc del.y€d by loclcd (k 06 dd other rooftoDs. Il ihe v3tchftn barricdes the ¡dr€ntue6 *tU b¡le ¿ good srzn in ¡nv etrulng ¡lo*dd, !hc.€ G 2 !ób¡@; the N¡¡ln .iiv wan rooftop.hse Thcre i. ro corceiqble qt th. adfniureñ czn gd o\e¡ thc c ¡y q¡U wirhour " gta¡ d¿t o' ll8\in8. rhn úlght b. fer'ible iJ ihe rdrenru¡cE r; a¡rrienccd. rrc¡8 n8l¡kñard '[8h¡lv n,¡ne Brr to.¡r rhr .r,"tr¡eE from ¿nv (utri&l pirched battles¡he.e is ¡ thiÍl opdo¡... or too of ih€ EU lowdlik elaiform on Kúgelscheibú s hous€ ¡ie sotr esci¡arini deYices thar he hs do€lopcd: hang etide6' The.e r_mirive,;d gorerri,I) ldhrl invenuon\ ol i-Erl..hJeibr;provjde somCJnu.u¡l possibilir ie. ,o' a¡v sould he Dilóa monar ¡lr ¡dvcnture6
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Th€ PCs st¿y fo¡ e right at the Three F€aú€rs Inn, wh€re the Gr¡vin. a minor noble, fd her Étinu€ arestaying Other not¡ble auestsinclud€ the Bou¡ty Hunt€r Ursul¡ KoPfgeld, som€ 'itrlti¡tes' who af€ ¡c1u3lly sltjsts, a couPle indl¡lgrng in a secret affair and still Do¡e- Th€ complicated s€t-up and multipl€ plotlines of this ¡dv€nrure can t be done jüsüce ir ¡ short sumnary. Playe¡! will lov€ rrying to fiSure our wháfs going o¡ he.€!
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Fi¡st. you should not have the Gnvin inslst th2t my PC accomp¡nyher to Altdorf, althouShstayingwith her until sbe reachesSchoppendorf is fine sitce the PCs will wa¡n ro go this way in ány 4ent. This also allows the Pcs to acquire ¿ srnall sum of mon€y fot helpirg her.
second. the PCs have to find out more itformation about lob¡nn here.The €a¡iestwv for üem to find out about ihis is for rhe lddlord to discove. from ursula ¡l¡at she has seen the .in8 atrd knows of its o wne. u¡sula. 35 a Bounty Hunte4 knq Joharn ed indeed wo.ked wt¡h him on a couple of cdes in the P4t. As sheis only p¿5sitathmugh, EneÉy w'ltblq Campalgn Notes the following túforMrio¡ wiu be Pass€don !o the PCsbv lf you are preyina Pot ?t Bebind tbe Throne ser the the lardlo¡d the next d¡y after all th€ trouble has died úd m¡re ¡oad, .f,cóunter rtone the Aldo¡f to Mtddenbeim aloso. This is again perfecr, sir¡ce(he PCs dor't get to the Gnvin a m¡nor noble of a¡ a¡e¡ clos€ ro the city of i¡formatto¡, a¡d pror€ a us€tuI int€r.o8ate rhe prim¡ry soütce of thei! the while volf. where she i5 bound- Shewill questions. ¿vkward can t ark overly so contá.r tothePCs, both ¡s á ftie¡d ¡nd someonevtho can a Bountv intmduce them ro th€ h¡ah Lüe in Midde¡l¡eim. She wiü Ursul¡ co¡firms thtt the riDg was bought by 'Johann". be too buly and distr¡cted (the legal rutter) to help rhem Hunre¡, whom she knew o¡ly by his firsr flamq ctirecttr so m¡kes ¿t ide¡l NPC. By making her ¿ f¡iend Shewill giv€ a b.iefdscription of him which ¡alies clos€lv of a nóble. büt fairlv uselesschar¿cte¡like the K¡ight wirh th€ appeamce ofthe Ghosr. Shewill s¿ythatjohann Et€rnal, you c¡n ¡nt.oduce the PCs to uppe.-crust so€iety ws careful, accoúplished, and sometimes opented from w i r h o u ( p ¡ r t r i n gt b e m d i r e c t l y i n c o n t r . r w h h x n v o r e ihe Three Feathers, ¿lthough he bad no close fri€¡ds in innuendrl or helotul: 3 desir¿ble\t2re ot ¡fh¡rs the área. She doesn't knoF wbo he worked for She says th¿the wai hunting a fdous oudaw l¡st time shes¡whim' be ser cán €ither tn Deattt on tbe Reík, ttris adv€nture workinS ir disguise somewhe¡ebetr,,€enGrissemrztd xfd Kempefbad, of along which wrs two w€€k ago, and,ws of á Ro¿d w¡rclen at udform that he used the Sh€ thinks Castl¿ Reik b€tween the l€nethv sourhern srrelch oI rt¡e Fi¡¿llr she ¡lso gives put people the sc€nr' to off the time soü ir..ir¡ úe e"co"nter a5 ;:,ñil;j¿;;il. not ¡ r€etor¡ller, wrs sidsle, i¡fofmation rhár the Joha¡n rhe cr¡vir\destination. winbe *¡iIÁ, _Á"ilc-i,..oro one ro spendünl€ wirh radies ofdoubttul viftu€. and. aü i¿."nry)ou carhal€ th¡s rffti¿ íi'ili*¡Á[ün¡sí"iá in ¡ll, quite ¡ decenr bloke. Ursuladoesnt s¡y arythinS * the firs! s!o; berween A¡dorf ¡nd "ir¡. ¡"rr"" wi¡..0-iü, t.e"i"g"¡igh le{É];fleos¡on iarhe Pc p,nv - abourjoh@ sb,'ck8¡oud f¡mil}- oúp¿st sorhlsP!:rure isn't lotarrv s¡tisfv ing m !h€ PCso¡Joha¡n' but tt's nor bzd' ¡s rhev fl€e froñ Altdori! Jobún will appear shortly ¡fter this tiñe ¡nd co¡fer vith th€ PCs.He perks r¡p at ¡he úútion of o imponant cáse, Restless Dead Campeign Notes potnün8 oüt that there could be good mon€y i¡ it tor the or tne The locátior of the Three Feath€.s is shovr'n v h i l e h e d i s c u s s e ss o m e m i n o r p o i n i o f t h e P C s . campaigfl Map, berwee¡ volgeq atrd schopPendort infom¡tion Siven ¡bove, he suddenly winc€s lrd @ves The PCs aft likely to mak€ oqui¡ies about the ririg (aod his stump about. 'A re¡l twinge there ', h€ says,"I suppose ', show it to the landlord) and ask abour rhe mar cdted ir's wh¡t they call phd.om UmbP¡ir smilirg sadly at this is t¡ndlo{d cou6e, the it s6 sent. Of to whom cr¡wls or¡t frcm the hánd pün. How@e4 ¡t this stage Johann dodgy n^zingry büsy wiÚr a noble visiting, and he can baf€lv whe¡€ver th€ Pcs h¡ve put it Oackpack. bag, etc), dr¡8gi¡g sloD m help the PCs.rvhen he does get a l¡tle lime he irser ¡long by livid blue fing€6. The tnd€x fi¡gei slowlf wiú sDlai; thar be has only just takeno{er lhe pr€mi'es teffibly slowv describes ¡ ctcle in the air: vt€weñ must stnce the old la¡dlo.d died of sPored Gr€en Bninpor 2 máke a ¡¿ar rest or be coDpell€d to te€r.h it paralvzd bv monrh ago (¡fter the ring *es delivered). However, the ho¡ror. The¡r the finger points west, mak€s sr¿bbing Iandlorct sars th¡t he does have ¡egulars, ¡nd he will show movemefts, and the h¡nd f¡lls inert ag¡ln. Aryone still the dng to them ,nd ask if ?ny of them know ebout it. If aff€cted by ¡e4r will r€covet at .his time. W¡en th€ hand the PCs do'this themsetv€s, thcy wont 8et ú)vhere as animates ed Epets this in tuture, you .¡n hav€ PCsrEke ¡one of rhe NPCShe.e will dmit th¿t rhev know of tbe lós¿l t€sts with ¡ cumulttive + t bonus 6 in the case of ring. They h¡w to lezve ir up to the landlord {hite they iusr have a drink or two with the folk íd the b¡.-. The h¿rd ofjoham h¡s now crttm on life of its own The This leavesyou f¡ee to run the complicated adventu.€ here eson for this is explained fully in th€ camP¡i8n rotes fo. assc¡ipted, ¡ndjohann won't turn up to sPoil the tur' Tlie 7'b¿RltuaLbüt tt,. effe.r i¡ SameterG is th¡t the h¡nd cr¡vin rill be on ber way to Alrdo¡f, ¡nd will stop ¡t nos, points unerrlnSly to the town of Delber¿. V¡heser Schoppendorf to carch a r¡!er borr lhe.e. The prec¡se the PCst€vel (and it will be mosdy strilShr rN¿rd! Delberz backcrounds and hoñes of tb€ oth€. NPCs are not fmm now on). the hmd vil Perio¡trcaÍy ¡nim¡te and Point impofont, and so do Íot ni€d cha¡ging, the Pcs will be rowa¡ds the same plac€. It i5 poioti¡g to Joh¡m s body, ve¡r uúlikely to find out where they h¡il f¡om in any eveni alrhough the PCs wi¡l ¡lmost certainly not ¡ealize this Th. ending nfrdr car€fúl Rision tol€eP thr campeiSn inm€d¡at€lr The h¡nd is th€ Suiding liShr from berc on, rhir will be DicLed uD In rhe nqt \er of note.
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9:l0pm Thrce.Évcll.s comc in our of¡hc Éio. Th.y t¡l¡c otf th.ir bc¡ta clo¡ks ¡¡d h¡E and har8 thd ü9 by th. 8re to dry, rhd book. doübl. ¡oom 60r the Ituce ol úeú úd ord.. three hor m€¡ls. Thcy Bo ¡¡d sir Í dble., Íld keep to thec.¡ves, rryiry roi to br.ome involEd in .onvesfion wirh [}úne Thes¿ e th. curriss of¡heOrdo ti¡tima (seePIot 3 abú.).
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9:2Opm A sednt in ¡hc C¡-in s liv€ry cdes downst¡iñ ,nd sp€.ks to B.úno, relli¡g him rher .hc Ge'iú *rnis him to srop rhe 2mwr*rlirg in cac h. iniúÉs hitr€lf. ^ntoÉ ¡t thc aúc ablc o. ñ adioinlnSú¡Ic.an ov€rfi.ü sh¡t hc ts sáyln8,2nd.¡dde6 wirh Ltp Aedt'lrg sti\l znd ^ cled line or siSht c¡fl ¡lso derhcd . B.unó sands up rbr¡pdy' tñ€rin8 oEr tlr s.mnt, ard Llls hlm i{r no un.€rd¡r !r.Ds to m¡rxl his @n blnness The semnt
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AFEAIROF THE HIDDEN aUow you ro¡plmxim¿re wh€E this is lf lh€ PCsso over Spñtñ.ry Mventufc ¡Ppreh€od the chasm D;id8e ü€v--will The Pcn find pos¡cs adkrtising-cxc€llcnr res¿rds for t¡ucn8r¡rn unl€s thev s€t off ¡r-¡,utom¡tic¡llv '0 minutd l¡ter thÚ lealt to "t (-'-ii't:;l"cDturinR b.iqaoG which dÍÉc¡ "* uir. rrri¡c rhcv mee¡ l"¡ucn8nm. ¡8€ot of coun ''i¿ o; c'"ot hiñsclr' ihev ar off€rcd rh€ latcr' r'hcn thc Pcs ¡r' in the 'losc vtcinitv or thc ca¡tl€ ó-L'il¡.'i. ¡*t, o-d or ¡l¡v€, rhc inJ¡mous viltain of thc Bl¡ck ^rrcws, Joh¡nns h¡nd (from whi'h 3m¡ll r.Jrio¡rñr* w'll x.Jsle r). Howeer this ftqüifls ii.irrckl;;t¡'á¡, sobbds ot f¡csh ¿r€ b€8innin8 to fl¡tc eMv bv now) i.rilir'ii^,ü.r.n.shck^ffows,¡¡dthcbrisDc'a'imate..mer¡e,,n¿p.-ointtow2rd!Dclbce-butnowot couÉc, Delbctz is ¡tmor south_west15oppos€d lo dmost could bc focq¡mcd, sioce L¡u€ng¡¡rn ir ihetr ¡8ent ¡nd duc lvcsr bcfoc lt rhould b€ cle¡r rhat Delber¿B rhe t¡¿t" ""tt to ""tn t¡tt of the Pcs imminetr ¡rrlEl of somc ¡¡! drspcndocs ¡nd brtdScs, iusr dodsy toc¡i¡on r¡c pcs seek ¿rter thcv h¡Ye concluded üeir ¡ombs, bushes! lo the prcscnt dv.nturc' thc pertls rh€ PCs hatt to face!
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A¡ Addltlonal Mee¡1118 ^Íi€r this ¡dvmtute hasb€en concluded )gu may 'oÑidcr h.vrn* rhc Pca me€t someonÉrhey h¡ve se6¡ before on rreOtng west, U¡sül¡ KoPí8.td. th' Bounry HuntÉr rhc rc_aO i¡om r¡c inn oirne rtrree Fcarhersshe will b€ Polltc' ¡ iinle cool. bu¡ will askrhc PCsif lhev ar! riu looking for lob¡n¡ - sh€ h*t ¡ slishr 3o[¡ Eporfor him. thcv did oncc ;ork rccethe¡ ú.r atl shc h¡s h€?rd ¡n odd srory rrom ¡ b.dd¡t;he fotDd tvirg deltrios ¡nd dylnS brythr Ótdsidr a f€w m¡lcstunh.raloñsftlsbodywillhwebc€n rmovco bv ¡he titne rh€ PCs8el io th€ Pl¡ce) Thc d€ürtousfcl¡o* "nt me¡' and ctdmed th¡t ¡ smalt group rjmUc¿ a¡our of rhem werÉ cárrYins ¡ corPse ,Iong rhe m¡d Th'v sc¡ uDonr he bandit vi¿ldslv th.n suddenlvÉn otr 'fter the¡r iáae¡ rcw¡¡¿s octben, le1vina the bandir for de¿d, 2¡¡d r¿toñctbc bodv with lh.m The b¡nd¡¡ Íoriccd th¡t th' *tto had dicd soE|f r¡me ¡go h¡d ¡"¿"_"r" "¡ "ot-n" rttt¡ ther€ w¡5 I ma¡Led foE¡rm -¿ *t"t¡¡e. o*i"n¿ *hich l! whar m¡d' ursül¡ thin¡ "c"r ii*t rü.lortánnt "f hti¡. The ito.v puzztca U.sul¡. but it sccms lo h" 2! lrlo¡ann ¡s¿ez¿.iá¿ ¡tre do.s not much t¡ncv followln8 f¡í'tn.n. ,rtw*ry, ttt" to worl wh¡ch ¡i i*ina hcr b¡ct q'tu á¡. ¡n¿ .dn"t ¡ccomp¡nv the Pcs. but sbhcs rhd
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The bar zt rbis hour wil hold rh€ usud mix of custome6 for ¿ coachinginn - traaelters,.ozchmen ¡nd reamste.s,¡ Roads"¡rdcn or ts,o. perh¡ps a 83mbler o. ¡ R.lconteur, ¡nd rrrybe a Plckpockerif you f(el m.¡n.
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lh¡.c hündrcd crorr¡r to *hoc{cr aan bdnS thc hc¡d of th. d¡3t¡rdly b¡lt¡¡rd líown ¡r thc tl¡ct A'tov to Hb Gr¡cc thc Coünt An.dcu3 yon Dralchrbarg. Hlr Gr¡.. har mc!¡ns ol dct..tln8 sübrtltr¡tcs' Any PC p¡ssin8 ar 1rr check will rcmcmb€rth¡t tlt€ Bllck Arror's ¡.€ a band of outl¡ws who háveb€cn pl¡guing the counrrysid€ fo. someye¡6; so c¡Ied due to thetr hablt of usin8 only bla.k ar.ows.The Al¡ck Arrow h thcir lcad€r.If¡h€ tcst is p¡ssedby 20 or morc (10ifthe PCtsnoblc)the PCwill dso ¡ec¡ll tharCountvonDdk€nsbeBt holdingsrR far frcm the Armws' ff€a of depr€dat¡o¡. Tbe secan.t notlce ls llkeulv
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lances atth€ stqno[ th€ cRosseo If the PCswtsh ¡o Boro üe CrcssedLancesif|rl (and ¡hcy ou8h¡ to), ¡hqv can get therc e tly enouS¡ by ro¡d. Tbey should hev€ an €vedtul joumer (you may C¡¡c to ¡hrow id the odd ho¡de ofBe¡rmen or coblinoidi if thingr get too qotct, bür do hulr¡n r€¡rr¡s - the PCs m¡y thtrk th¡t ¡hcy ¡re A¡o% ¡nd E€t ¡idernckcd)- They wül ño3t Frob.bly a.rtvc tn thc q€nin8. UsÉtbe pl¡n Dd ¡ot s at úelnd of th. edv€ urc ¡o descrit'. tbe plac€ ro the PCs.
Iñ lddition, rhere¡re ¡ bunch of h¿rdlookiñg mcn-¡¡Íms s . l t c d t n o n c c o r n e . T h c s c e . c r e t a t n c r so f c o u n t Y o n Drrlensb€rg, who is sr¡ylng h€re tnco8n¡¡o: h€ will Ém¡in mhjrroom. l h( Gosslpin rhebar ir rh¡t ¡hevdm(¡crn¡rer ¡¡nd the counr rhcl. c¡pr¡ln.
lflhr PCi isk thc b2rsuff for VoifganSK€llcrmann,theywlll bc lold rhar b. is rhe owrer ed reke¡ to his room. At rhcir knock, the door is openedby ¡ leú, scrf¡ced meñ wirh a and s¡ys, dr¡wn swordid bis hed. He eyesrhemsuspiciously "well?" lfrh. Pcs.apl¡tn ihar lhey c¡me ¡boür the job, I voicc wil¡ call from behtndhlm. 'l{ll.l8ht, Lzuen8r¡m,letth.n¡ in - bur kecp m ct€ on ü€m." Th€ scerf¡..d mr¡ s¡epsaside,ñc¡ling 2 $ble phccd i¡ the ce¡¡¡e of ¡hc @m. B.hldd this ¡c sirting two m€o. one fat ¡¡d bearded¡¡d rhc orhcr muscula¡and with m ¡ir of command - and ¡ woodcn pc8 whcrt on. fooi should be. The room s shutt€¡i r closed ¡nd bokcd.
THN AFFATROT THE HIDDBN JEWEL
Lauengf?ñshursrhc doo¡ afrc¡ rhc PCsand Búnds behlnd them.Then the one'foc'tedrnansp€aks ¡g¡in. I am Wolfg¡¡g K e l l e r m a o r ¡h,e b e g i f f . ' I h a v e á i o b f o r y o u . B u l a s y o u m ¡ y havr gu
is ¿nold cas¡c,deepin rhc fo.cs¡;nobody knows ufir5.dsx.n.e cxc(prrqy.eLf¡ndrh( lrt¡.k Arrow\. 8ur q hrr n¿o Oreydo r9r linow is rh¡r the( ¡ ¡ fffe¡ fi¿sug( into ¡hr ke(p from rhe uurilde whn h )ou, my fri.;ds, s iU use r o S a l D c n t r yo ñ c e i D i d e ) o u w i ¡ l f i n d o u r Í ¡ o mt h c K c a . t e ¡ grilwhfrethe BlueFlardri5 sheprobablyk..ps ir someshrr 'n ihr carrlc Yoú s ill Lhrn rccovcr rhe jryrl ¡nd brtnS¡r Lo ¡trr'hete. whe¡ j w+rjf y you ' r6c c¡¡r le l¡e. r nirrylrivemile5norh of h€re.r h(re isan old itrctcholroad lcrdiog !o ir. q hi.h h(gn.a itrctchofroad h(gln.a ie milesbefore lou 8el rhfrc. Ibe eñrr¡rce ru rhc f.fr-l pa5¡8c is ¡n ¡houow o¿l a hrndrd y¡¡ds from ¡he glres. ¡nd ir cmcryeron (he dunSÉdnsYod.ún¡vea.oom herc¡on¡Shr.lwhh you evcry Unlc$ the PCs h¡ve anyrhing io s¡y noq L¡ueng¡¡m shows rh€m to rh€i. .oom,
th€ ptor rhtck€ns vhar kllc.mlnn doesot l$ow is th2¡ B.unodid not d(fe(t f.om hi$ m;¡stcr.ll( w¡sscni Vi)nDñrkcosbcrylnli(r h¡d rll th€ lnformation1tutuotto Kcslc. s c6rwhilc cru¡tl ¡ncluding rhe someh¡i bi?jlr¡emethod ih¡¡ Otlo us€dto prss oo th. lo.¿tion of rhe Blue Fl¡'f\e 'l his was to rr¡too i¡ on his d¡ughtets scalpwhcñslr ws ¡ b¡by,wiúour tc¡linghcr¡b,,¡r jl l¡ter He woüld iusl ¡ell h.r ro useh¿rh.ad when úc askrd Odd, yes?Dut funl
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SotheCounthadaproblem.fle didn t know wber€rhr Black Arrcw e?s, of hoq to c¿tchher ¡te tri€d pos¡in8a bouñr), (thusú€ noricerhe PCss.w ' eaach€dto one ofthe bou¡ry hurlrers).Sohe decidedro ler K.lle.mannbrliele lhat sheh¡d the loc¡tion of the 8em - h. w¡s sure to come up with Brunorepo.tsto theCoun¡soonaft€rür PCslcr!€ rhe.oool Th€ wily Cou¡t, perhapsa bi¡ ioo fond of¡.unn¡n8 schemc for his own good,dccidesto ler the PCsgo ahead.vhen ¡ hey find rh Annalis¡ do€sn t hev€ ihe fáinr€st ehe.e the gem is, thcy l decideio m¡ke lhe be$ of a brd ,ob úd b.ing the head to hirn td get the bounry.Hows€r, ¡r miShrbe r Sood ide¡ to r€mind them lbour th¡r bounty ...
The Coünt Step6 I¡¡ An boufo.so ¡ft€r rhen inteni€w ¡virh Kellem¡nn, rhe PCs ' who saysrhai are 2ppfo2chedby one of ¡he "mercenaries, hi5m¡sie. world like¡wo.dr.hh rhemin h¡sroom.Assunins they agree,he t3k€slhem up. In rhe Counr: rcom. JnorhcrfuuI m(n-rr-a¡fn\ aE pu\rriotr.d ¡ourd the Mlts, while the Counr lc¡ns agi¡ns¡ the fo¡r of He looks rhe Pcs over coolly, and rhetrsp€aks. Permirme to introduc€m'self," h€ s¡ys,bowing with ¡ flourish. I ifn Count Amideus vo¡ Dnkensberg;I m tr¡vellinS incoSnno. but I rn sure you eon\ ¡buse my co¡fiden.e. He smilcs wlnninS¡y. ''The r€¡son ¡ askedyou ¿ll up h.r.,' he 8o€son, was rbar you look like ¡ c¡pabl€ cÉw, ánd I thouAht I d ¡quainr ypu with ,¡ opportuntty ro ú¡kc some money. There'san oürl4w bmd in this a.€aknop¡ asthe BlackAr.owr, ¡nd ¡hck leÁdr( ¿rh€r unorigin¡lly I tbouglr, is know6 ¡s tb€ Bl¡ck AúoF.
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Af¡€rthishewiü abscildow¡ (beropeonrohishorsetn¡1Salop oft. Notethat rhc GII drould ¡he¡ ¡hi¡iplanjffor $omcre.r)n ¡nc ¡'t. hrre r frrr l.ur inS '1hc shour is ¡ Loud ooisc rnd rhus has a ba¡t 80% chancc m i s s eh sh Hirroll r o ? w ¡ k e nc a c h s l e e p i nPgC . l f l . s u c n S o m usc !h< no.mal rul€s for misstd bombs,but ¡f thc die rol¡ iódicatesrhat ú€ bomb mor€s through the w¡ll it rcm¡¡ns in rhc fi¡eplxcc.Thc bomb is fused to 8o or 1 round frcm when it hils rh€ fifeplxce. The PCsrr€ likely lo b€ in a sr¡teof confusion,bül cven ir th€ room h completelyd¡rkthel \rill be ¿blero seethebomb due ro d. 'putlerinS tusr.ll will requ'rr an lrl¡/¿tlr?¡.\l tor ¿ Pc ro re¡Lh rh€ homb beforei¡ 8o.s offt. t0 it rhe Pc war nor 6leep)r what the PCdoesd¡€n is up to her or tum Pinchi¡8 rhc fusebur wil¡ reqúir. a iesr agafst Dq +20i ¡h.owio8 its is hendledás¡hou¡h the PChtd Bornbsktll but witb a -20 ¡o BS unl€ssthc PC ¡oes havethar skill. ¡8ñoremisfiresrtf üar didn\ occu. wh€r Lruengnm foUed,il won't noq lf rhe bomb Soesoff ¡|nd blows uP the PCs,.emembertb¡t useof a F¡¡ePoint allowsa PC ro escapeunh¡rmed lf all th€ PCseilhin th.bl$t r¡diüs useF¡te Poinls,the bomb doesn't ro ofli orhemite suchPCswill s¡ard uP ¡mid the w.€ck¡8e unhzmed, ortind ;fr.r rhedplos¡on¡nddustth€mselvesoff, rhem$€hcsdmped oyer the Ino si8n, eqüally D¡sca¡hed. Th€ iún qill be somshatden¡ed if ¡h€bomb go€sofflnslde Thr plác. should not bo¡o down, howqeri the m¡in effect w¡ll b. the wr.ckin8 of rhc .oom the PCsveÉ ¡n
the pupsu€Rs? O.e w¡y o.úorhe., úc PCssillñowbe he3d.d tor rheBla'k a r . o s s r . ¡ s ! l e . T h . v ñ 1 r * e l l b c p u r s u i n gL ¡ u e n 8 r ¡ m D ¿ ¡ ¡ nu l r r h ú t h e y h j v e ¡ o ¡ r o r ? ' ¿ l ¡ ' k i l ¡ u t s P r eq u , c kÓ r l i h r m ¡ ¡ k I i t h c v¡ ; , r o { b e h i n d h i ñ o r r ! r h d c h e c \ e d N h ü he¡1left thc in;. lbev rDrv know ¡o hc is L¡urngr¡m will ¡ o t e r o t , ¡ ¡ u s u e n i r n l e s t h c b ú m bf ¡ i l e dr o 8 0 o l l n t h a r .,.e h: siit be aler¡ H( $ill hurl bomb' fr.rl\ ru hinder Th€ woods throuch rhich tht PCss¡ll be tr¡leui¡tg coun¡ ,c D'fficúh Groun.tfo¡ mounltd tnrclle.s bot not tor those on iün (thouch th€r€ are Obrlclcs if s¡ch ntk Run) l bev e.c impissebl¿ro whetlcd t|Jffi( Thev also gi\'t $ft coYtr romisiile-firetargetsat nea.lyxn-!6t\ge,atrlsom.rimeshfd cover (xs when llidnrg behind r.ec t.unks). t h r r l \ m i l c . ¡ u r l h ! r ¡ l r ct n n ¿ * k r l i h ¡ ' m . n a r c \ l h ' P ( ' .oule:carvcd bv thc .hcr flowins ¡long ¡s bortom ¡1is 50 s i d ( .r n J b n J 8 ( dh ) r \ r ' \ ' l L ln " , ¡ l ¡ \ x . d . d c ( pJ n . li 2 y ¿ r d w : r , h c d . r J n e r ' ¡ i d i eb u ' l lh y w h o I n . r w ' w h " m \ n ' n ' l l r \ r ( l rod lc2dsfrom htre lo Ihe (lasde Th. brid*ewill úke ttteqeight ofup to thtechr¿clcÑ rfool h ú r h x s ; 5 0 % c h ¡ n c e r o c o l l a p s €c a c hI i m c l l t i r h e a r i e r w r i s h t s i s u c h¡ s a h o s e l n d . i d e , i r c P l ¡ c c dÚ f o n i l l l w i l l uk¡'l ro;nd n) do so,ard so thosewho wcnr r.()$ xr sp'cd. or rrilssed,¡rillr¡lr¿ ¡ts¡s shtn i¡ bt8¡n to ..umblc. 8tt oll ir i; time. Norethar rhereis suffic¡er( $om kx a Rrr¡!p ¡o ¡1r€mptLc2Pingthe chlsm on horseb¡ck l r i \ D u \ r i b l el o s u a t o u n d¡ h
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at th€ castl€ Wherhe. the PCscztch I-aü€n8¡amor not, they si]l rerrDaly 'rhey wind up ¡t dÉ cafle. wi¡l presumablytry to cnter lhe pl¡ce 'n order ro \perk ¡o Annrljs¡ Ke$¡er.but rhei.succes will dep€ndi good ded on what has alre¡dy bryp€n€d. lf l.2úeng.amre2cbedihe cr$rl€ b€forc ¡hem, he will have wmcd rh€ ¡J¡ows abodt rhe sec.€tpassage, and they will havediscorcred the edt úd setup m mbush in the d!¡geons. If th. PG found our d¡rt ¡h€ bomh€. r'"5 Lauengr¡'ff¡,bowfler, ¡hcy will hopefully not br silly enoughto us the pass¡8ewhar h¡ppe¡s *ill dep€ndon ivh¡r thE- do do. lf thry ger.¿üFht, thcy ¡villprobably be seizedby rhe outl¡ws Ifdot, rhcy wil¡ p.obablXseizeAnn¡li5¡.I n €ilh€¡ cascAnn¡lis¡ sbould.€veal io ibem ihai she doesn'tknow where the Blu€ flame isi all her f¡r}¡e¡vould sayMs rhat if sheúsedher headshecould
Howser, if ihe PCs 80 to Kellerm¡nn s room rhey find rhc door unlocked add óc occupier lyin8 dead o¡ rhe n@r llomenñ lak¡, th€ Coun¡, ¡long with his m€n 212rms.will The Counts e¡d his boys will 2lso ippe¡¡ drem¡rically if rh€ PCa8o ro get the 8cm w¡¡hou¡ bcing sultablycircumspcc¡, stcppinSoll ofrhc sh¡dowsw¡rh appropriarecommrnlsiusr as úe PCsune¡rth rhei¡ Drize.
wRapprnqup A*¡rd rhe fdlowir8 expc.i.n.. poinrs ro the PCs:
Thc PCsw¡ll cventqalllbeflunginto thedmS.onsifcapru.€d, p€ndiDga drdsion by rhcorthwi abourwhar&dowirh theml if rbqvseemto b€ siuck h.re (zhhoughmost pa.ties will lre resourcef!lenouSnIo escape5om€how)the oudaws'capdve halfiing cook, Sleqes,will f¡ee (hem.As he w¡ll haveto tell thc 8uúds rh rh€Arow wish€! to speákto thcm wheo she doesn\, lhe ala.m will soon be.aised.funhermo¡e, the GM m¡y €a¡e to redtrce the PCs EP a¡'rr& tf this becomcs
The Pu¡sücd? P.esumlblythe PCswill eventuallyle¡ve rheceslleandmake fo¡ th€ ¡nn. Thcy may havediscovercdwhe¡ethe BlueFlame l i € s , r h e y m a y b e b r i n g i n g t h € A ¡ r o w ' s h e ¡ r dt o v o n Dmk.ribc.8, o.thcy maystmplybc nrnningrwry. Thc Al¡ck Arrcws pusüc irnecessarybut glve up the ch¡see few d¡les from úe inn. ¡f thev ¡re sttll with the PCsbv rhen.
20 po¡nts for añ!,PC ropping ¡he bomb going ofti 20 points crch for ropping l-2um8dfn rcrchin8 (hr C$rl.: .r0 pointi each tor c¡p¡uri¡tg Annalisat 20poinrs.¡.h rordiscoveringthe¡ocationofrhe Blu. Fl¡m(: 20 poinrs c¡ch for 8€¡tlnSrhe bounty fiom rhc Coun¡i 2O-4opoints pe¡ Pc ror good ftfe-p¡2ying. T.e¡t th€se¿wards¡s maimúms. lflhe PCs¡¡E c¿prurcdby th€ b¡ndits ánd h2ve ro be .cle¡sed. EP ¡wards sho{ld bc .educedby amund 25%. Nore:Ifrhe PCsm¡Mge ¡o 8e¡ their pawson rhe 8¡ue FI¡m.. you miSht dec¡d€to m2k. ¡ furrher EP ¡w¡rd, sidcc rhh h no easyt¡sk.Ils v¡lu€ is some{00GoldC¡ow¡spc.su.viving PC, but they w¡ll pmbrbll gcl no mo¡e ¡ban ¡ rhird olrhisl sincethe lt€m b hof ¡nd wi¡l h¡v. to bc ltnccd. Elen fl¡jd,n8 a fencereadytobüyth€ femcouldb€ m ¡dvcmure in ns(lf. In shoí, th€ PCsreelly afe b€r¡eroff iusr relling dle Counr wh.re rhc rhlnS h ¿nd collccring¡hfi. bouflry.
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sq count,w€ m€€tacarn B¡ck ir ¡he itrr howcve4things havebeengoin8 on. Count von Dr¡kensbc¡gdccidedrhar Kellermann'suletulrcss is 2¡ an end, rod had him kill€d by B.unq *ho then departed. Th€ i']r st¿ffa.€ ¡s y.r unaw¡rcofrhe mu¡dcr The Coüol is now wlirirSfo. thc PCs¡o arrlve Unlessthey.ome steahhtlf he rvill know of thei. a..iv¡l ¡nd be r'¡tch¡ng ú€m. If ib€y com€ ¡o his room, ¡vjth a heid fo¡ hir , h€ sill ¡sk ¡hem to waii ou$idc whil€ he checksir. A bricf ¡h¡vc, and 'f rh( hr¡d ha dircrion. t2rrooedon ir. hr let. rhcm ¡n. p¡)\ them m¡l lends rhem on rh€i. wty.
Thc Dl¡ck Arro*5 c¡srles¡2ndsin a muShlycircularclea.inS yh¡blc approrimaÉly l0Oyzrdsac.oss.Thtsenr¡reclea¡ingis rotheoutlaw lookoursdürlngthcd¡y md onnoorli¡ óigh¡s. A ¡oad runs slr¡ight out f()m thc 8zles. Onehund¡edl"rds from rhec¡rl€bv d¡3c¡srsidcof rherord st1¡ds ¡ hollow o¡k whose tru¡k is a ah:¡f¡lcading ro rhe secrcr tuñdcl inro the casrlcGce No 4 below). S¡¡nd¡¡d doo6 (¡! shown on ¡he map of the ctstl.) hale Tougbne$ 5, Dañ¿sc 12^íd (if lockedl LochRa¡lrg 20. Non-s¡andard doors have Touünest B,&tnage 22 and a¡. alwaysbol¡cd. V4rrhlR rtld slone.Th€ chand€ti€rsfi¡rked on rhe mlp ar€w¡gon-whcbl typc¡ff¡i.se¡ch mouÍring 15or.oc¡ndles, which c¡sr l¡8h1 as a Tor.h. The.e are 5 r¿¡ds b€rwc.n floors.
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THE AFFAIR OF THE HIDDEN JÉWtrL 4 THN DUNGEONS This.oom isequippedwilh sixbar.edcellsO.ndin8ú€ ba6 is t -20 Stre|gtb fe ¡, and thc locks re Valu. 30) inro which our bero€s mav w€ll be rhowli. bound hand an¡t fool and disamed. If rhis h¡pp€nsthcy wiu h2v€t*o ou¡lae-Suards siftin8 ar rhe ¡ableoutslde¡he ccllsi othcsh. rhc pl¡cc is unoccupied,exceptfo. ¿ hu¡8¡y C¡¡niyorousSnappe.Thh livesin ¿d 8 dc€p pit set in the floor, wilb ¡ hinS€d8útin8 1.)¡ chtmct.. inthe Pit, ove. it (hegElirgtbolt tsacccssible pi( \ and ir is e6ily lifted).Oneof the 2 x2 fl¡gsroncsof rh€ 'tunncl floor can b€ pushed/liftcd up, to r€veil rhe Sec.et
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5 THE STAIRCASES Thcse¡R rcgul2rsl¡¡rc¡s.s,dcepi for one lhinS; thq h.re red st¡ir-carperson ¡hcm. swshbuckl€Fmay wish topull thcc2rpeis¡r o.dc.toupsc¡ enemleswho¡r. on lhemi rh¡s.€quires2 check2Saiosttwice rbe chimctecs sterSlr, minus l0pcrperson on the.rt¡. All thoseoD th€ rug müsrrheo .heck ¡gai¡sr /r¡l¡la¡fle or be Íeucd and orly able ¡o p¡fry for D.l .oünds.
6 DORMITORIES These long bar¡ck rooms c¡ch hold six beds,disr.ibúrcd mo¡g which ! ilt b€ fourd 12sl..pin8oud.ws. weaponsand €quipm.nt lying rcady ro hand.
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7 THE GREATHALL This vlst .hamber, Ih bI . .oa.ing bl¿e, w¡ll tor.hcs znd c h a n d e l i € . sw . i l l ¡ y p l c a ¡ l yc o ¡ ¡ a i n 1 2 o f f - d u t y o u ¡ l a w s , Kellin8.oundrhc lon8 Lrble 1\{o of thosemay be posted ro guad (he PCsin the¡¡ dung€on.Thr room s pilhN and e¡ll€n c¡eateuleful shadows.
I TIIE GAIEHOUS! This a¡e, of rhe c¡-sdei3 devore.lto the secüriryo{ihe m¡in 8¡t.s. I\^o gua.d¡oomsfl.ñl the ma¡n8¡tcs,¿nd €achholds 2 oudaw guárds.Th€ roonl abovethe gatescootains rb€ sinch conlrolling lhe porrculljs (which is no¡m¡lly misedbu¡ can 8 ¡JIAICH TLIRRETS be Iovered wilh a crashfrorn hr¡€). aswell:s ¡murder hol€ (a hpdoor) usetul for droppinS rhirSs ¡¡ro the sp¡ce between M¿nnedbt a¡chcñ in the elent of¡o attacl, nofmall_vmosr ¡h€fiñt ¡nd *cond g¡tes.on thc n.i¡tr.v!¡bleD8 fncendirries ofdtes. sm¡ll, ¡rrow{lirted tow€6 areempty.l he uppcrfou¡, howqer als?vs contaiÍ 3olit1rvoüdaw lookouG. 2 THE STAALIS !¿.h of theserooms is furnhhed wirh 6 hoB.boxer. and a loft aboveholding ¡ good supply offodde. Normally each st¡ble hc'¡ds4 Riding ho¡seswhi.h 2.e occ¡sionatlyus€dby ¡he oudaws l-lueng¡¡m s hose will be hereaswcll ifhe h¡r nr¡rcd. Also keft here a.e saddles.b¡idles erc.
9 THE ARRO\V'STOWIR Acce$ibte frcm the fl¡ll (No 7), this ¡ower is tsc.nded by clockwise spir¡ srai.s(Í drÉ l0 ro WS for righ¡ h¡nded fi8bte6 b¡rtlin8 someonch¡8berup th. sl2i6 thenrh€yidirro fo. lef!-h¡nde6 fiShri¡8 down). 'fi¡ o gu¡.ds ¡.e posted at rhe borom of thesesiet¡s.Th€ locked ¡oom ar rbe rop is the reedcn(e of Annal¡e¡Kessler rhe Bl¡ck Arrow lr¡utds ¡ doubl. bcd with 1 f€arhcr m¿u.ess(x2 cost md €ncumbcince) 3 THE KIICIIEN ARTA ¡nda t¡ble Unde!¡be r2bl. is 2 ch.srholdln8 rhecqui!¡l€or trcarurc of a targ€ Ho¡.din8 Mo¡sre¡ (se. W¡RP p¡8e ll0). The three rcoms in thh setion ofthe cstl. ar€ ihe p¡útri ti¡chen andr'cll. Thepmtry ¡n
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THE RITUAL Adr¡eltui'e Snñña¡.y Thc PCs wirness ¿ cuhisr, Pet€r Tavelli, ch¡sing ¡nd secminglyrrting to kju a younS m¡n, who b€gsfo! ¡h.ir hclp. PursuinS T¡velli lc2ds ¡be PCs ro ¡ d¡ngcrous undcrSround complc¡ ah€r. ¡ b¡nd of sk2vcn, led by skFr¡h - .n unüsu¡l¡y d¡¡geous specimcn - h¡ve join€d forces with ¡ Sroup of hum¡¡ culüsts. C¡n rhe PCsprevent ¡be t.rrible ritu¡l rhesc a¡oups ¡¡€ pl¡nn¡ng, end saye themsclvcs lnto th€ ba¡gdn?
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Reuiring this adr€ntur€ in Dclb€r¿, ¡s writ¡en, arloss ir ro b€ pley€d €6ily in D?at¿ or ,¿¿ ¡¿l¿ whilc thc PCsarc looki¡g for H.ircnymous Blilz€n, |Vend¡ weltschmerz s tulor. ¡c can b€ out of ¡own fo! ¡ couple of d¡ys, leavi¡E rhe PCs ¡iE€ ro ger embmiled in this adventure. In tuúa' Bebind tbe Tbmne, Delbcrz c2n ¡g¡tn bc uscd ai thc s€tting if ibe PCs a¡€ Bivco somc definite rEason for aoing thea. Sinc€ rhey c he?ding for Midd€nlreim ther€ mus¡ bc ¡) ¡ good r€aon for rhc detour ¡rd b) no timc pressurt fot rhem .o 8€t ro ldlddeoheim quicklt A Sood rE?ion ror rhe derour could be somctl¡in8 a! simpl€ ¡s ¡ rumour that old Bli¡zn is ddd. which will ¡n¡ke lvinda s,¡nt to find oüt if this ts trüc (it i5nt, he iust had z spo¡ of Suming Purple Puccpox a¡d rr now ñ¡ll.y recú!.fadr. lr sbarlotB ouer Bajgatbafen, thc ^d\Efrñrc *ould ber b€ sa in Weissbn¡ck as th€ PCs ¡rc hc¡ding for Bóg.nhden.
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Arrhou8h ¡h€ PCsw l b€ led relcndesdy to Delber¿ by rhe hand, it is not openriv€ all the ttme, vhen rh.y 8er ¡o Delbcz, it will b.come i¡eñ for a while, ¡chich ¡Uop¡ you io spring Emest Dr¡lsCs app€a¡'¿nccand Bvelli's at¡ack on úcm wh¡l€ they er€ E€lkirg b¿ck frorn a swift snorter in Thc h¡nd wiU become vcry agrlared r,hen ¡hc PCs cnt€. th€ hou¡€. ¿¡d qill diet rberD to tbe secr€! rr¡pdoor in thc basemcnt once T¡velli h¡s b€en orErcoEc (s¡ving ¡ime lookira for n), ¡¡thougjr you c¡n allow the PCa¡hc ch¡n.c to look for ¡heñs€lv€s befo¡e the ha¡d points un¿mbiguously ro th€ tr¡pdoor. Thcr€ ar. ¡lso v¡rious modiflc¡tio¡s you miSh¡ corsid€t m*ing to this scen¡rta
Joham ¡pp€¡ñ (infuriiting how h. ¡sn€v€t ¡round to help ou. w¡rh th. fithrtfrS!) ¿nd is absolur€ly d€li8Ju€d rh:r ¡he PCsbav€ found his body. ¡¡€ arks rh.m to tat. tr {ánd h¡s bud, now finally ¡t rest) to the ndrby cerncrcry. He s¡ys rh¡r he will 80 and h¡r'€ l word etth thc Cleric of Mórr pcrsonally, so rhe PCs wiU not hav. th€ probleñ of cxpl¡ini¡8 how thcy hzvc comc to bc ¡n possssion of án old. onc-h¡nded co¡psc whcn rhey visit ¡h€ Pri€r. Joha¡n ¡lso ¡ler¡s rhe Pcs lo th€ e3.ist€nccof ¡ secct door loc¡t€d ¡n the rn¡ddle of th. m¡tb qzll of ¡rca 12.Johen rnd cold on the saysth¡t thcft b somcthi.8 u¡pl6inl oth€r sldc ofil, ¡ cevecordpld which €ont¿¡nsprescnces, but also ñz8ic (or so Job¡nn !hink5, ¿ll ü€ c¡n say is ir feeh m¡g¡c¡l in rh.re"), dd trezsu¡€.Joh¡¡n c¡n\ s.y .ny mor€'hc h?s.! beenbehird thc door a¡d he do€snt know eractly wh¡t the presenc€ is. tu rhis s¡1g€,rhough, the Pcs will almost ccn¡inly h¡ve orhe¡ business to aÍend ro. lr ¡s virtudly ce¡¡¡ln tb¡t on€ o. mor€ of üem vill h¡r€ co¡t¡¡cted Tomb Roaor lnfec¡e.l uounds, or úay q.rh¡'/e both. Fo¡ thts r€:son, ¡ srmtegic r€tr€¡t is 1¡ o.de¿ A¡ the local Temple of sh¡ll]¡, PCswho have conrncr€d rhcse disordcF c¡¡r hzv€ tbem curcd- Of coü¡s€ donaiions lo ihe Temple will bc €apectedi 2 rul€ of ¡¡umb i¡ 5 Gold Cmwns tot C!rc LlSbt hjury ard rO fot lwat lllnest. Donzrions mede in e*cess ot thcl€ sums will pur rhe PC i¡ good srandlng ¡rith thc T€mple in tuture - nor somcthing lo bc u.atcd liglttlyl The PCaca¡ also Bo to rhe ¡ernpl€ of Mórr wir¡ Joh¿ú s body ¡nd hde it buri.d, rhe ¡esidcnt Pricst will ch¡rae I Cold Crohs for the scNic. Shonly aÍtcrwrd¡ Johan¡ will ¡ppe¿r ;or the l¡st tiEc t¡. wil say th.t hc cnioyed h¡s own tuner¡l ánd found ir r¿¡h€r ¿moving occ¡sion. H€ is not ne¿¡ly so wo¡fted ¡bout who hc lras no¡r he is at pe¡ce, w¡ü ¡he l¿s¡ c¡se be was $,orkin8 on resotEd. Hc is Soiog to rest now' and do€snl spect to bc back fo¡ 2 while. He thanls .hc PCsfor all ¡heil klnd¡ess to him, a¡d for pryitrg fo. his bu¡i¡l- H€ wishcs th€m f¡lwell, ¡nd siys he hop€s ¡o se€ úem ¡gain sometimc. After ¡his, with Johanr buri€d ¡¡d ¡t petcq you car e*'2Jd e¡ch PC I ¡ e Point for th€r¡ effons. Howse4 if thcy thint ¡h¡! Joh¿ffi nistheor y mcnb€¡ of th. ¡asdessD€3d arü8d th€y h4.e anorherüinL cominB....
wbú¡ Dld E4pten ,oJobann? If rh€ PCs ¡¡. un"blc ro use the bombs, you m.y choose The PCs múht posstbly n¡d our somethinS about this in to reótc€ thc sE€n8¡h ofrhe opporcnt,' i¡r the sewers,$¡e¡n. Tbe HoLtt lng Ho¡roa b\tt ¡f they don\ relurn fot thtt Th. nuÍibü of cultist! in aree 4 shoüld b€ r€düccd to l, ¡dvcntu¡r ¡hcy'¡l prob¡bly ncl!. know;Joh¡fm *Es huntinS and th€ numb€r of Sk¡!€n prcs€¡t is 2, fouos: ts,o in arcl Hans J¡¡!c$r, thc cülti!. ¡t thc Hooded Man. As Jtnkerst 7, two in ar€, 9, on€ ln .rEr 12, 2¡rd Sk¡lt¡h hirDsclf in ¿É cr.¡pcd, Job¡on pursu€d his, büt l lucl-y bowshot pinned 9, for a toEl of six. r the ¡ituel is in pmgr€ss, all thc Sk¿vcn Johano's h¡nd to a tree Jinkcnt fled, lezvingJoh¡nn to thc will bc tn ¡rea 12wheo the PCscnt€r Theic charges allov me¡cy of s¡t€¡rh úd his baf¡d of Sk¡vm who wc.c close rhe PCs ¡ berter chmce of overcomtngthctr oppor€nts. by fo¡¡g¡n8. The sk¡ven ¡ttacked tbc def€nselcssJohnn, Ako, you should not h¡\"e ¡ny of lhe Sk¡ren ¡noint thcir killi¡8 htm and cuttlng off his h2od ro m*É bkiDg his we.rDoñvirh Black Loü.s - th€tr own s¡üia ls b¡d eoouSh! corpsc ¡v¡y car¡er - Sk¡Étth rv¡nt€d Johann's body for on thc othe¡ h¡od, skr€rth should be giv.n ¡ m¡gic¡l an¡madon s . Zombi€. Th€ hznd bec¡rnc Í mated fmm we¡por-esimp¡eSwo¡d + lO e¡tll do (addiog +lO to ¡hc the €ff.cts of proxlmity to Skrctth'! lesr fr¡8rü€r¡t of VS of thc sword usÉr bur nothing to d¡ma8c c¡uscd). warpston., add somcthlng of Joh¡¡!'s det€¡mln.t¡on Ag¿in, ¡ rccond mag¡carwe¡po¡ t,5going to bc v€ry usetul infts€d thc ¡ul¡nzted body p¡n ' expl¡lnlng its polnd¡8 irdced fo¡ the PCs fatrly sbonh
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DAMB DARK A¡¡D DEADLY IOCATIONS throudr 1.hEarceD TheSeq,Es.Thes€q€tdoorin thev¡¿Ileads i¡lo lhe s6¡,ersproper.Thel¡"Is aremad€ol ddl gft.ysronca.nd gliskn w¡th moi$ure(alihoughther€is no sljrne).Rulesfor ad!€nn¡ringin sev¡esarcgiw¡ i\Shad@tsster Wenhaftn, h)t a Mef emn¡ary of th€mis n€cesa¡yh€re Thesí¡,trs, fl€ the conidorthatleadsúoihem.arcDfchdark ande\Enaharadars with NtE¡¡ r4rb¡¡ (eaept Efuesan¿ü¡,ar6) c¿¡nots€er¡fess some soürcf,ofligtu is crnied. TheponionoftlF s€stf mtu¡orkbeing exploredby th€ PCsi5 classedas a MajorSeiu€r,a¡d ár 6uch, passacEs afEfougbv 10Eer¡¡tdein úeif endfety,inchrd¡ngná¡row stone*rl$ays aboú 2'É feetwide on eachsideof the efiluent channel,wlich ls 5 feetdeep,andfilad to a d€pthof Dl Éet.
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of thc A$ardthefolowingeQertÉnc.pol¡lJ aff€rthecompl€don ro. Iioblng cbárbcr. sketth uscsthjs roomio pr€parehimself for üe nn¡als.n"o rob€sh¡ng ftompegswhichhaw be€ndriwn 20 pointr eachfor cbaslng/owrcorning T¿veül inio thesronel¡,alls.on. is black*tü redlining.Tlü5ls ¡he.ob€ 20 poinrseachfor s€a¡€hing hotlséca¡cfi¡lly; ¡he h¡ fudlewá¡psloncedaction uom by sket¡h whenhecondüc¡s poinrs€¿chtor d€alingwith th€ cr¡ldsrs¡ Victinsarcdressed 30 polnts rt!¡al. Th€oth€ris wNte tomandbloods6ined. 40 eachfor d4!¡g wiih üc Staltn, one$ay or aíotherr ln this¡$t priorto th. cer.mny. A sacriffcialdaggBr b left on a datur¿lsheüIn th€ catr \\aI (urlessa cere¡¡onyb unden¡4l. 20 poinrsea(hif a¡y Zombieshalr to b. oltrcomc; 30 Doh$ cachlf tgftlss i5 res{u!d: 1r. Eodof TheT¡nnel. Tte ñ.¡¡¡ele¡ldsar t¡ls point,dropping 20 poinrs€achfor re¡delinglohan¡s bodyandtaklngit for burial a$ry to thes6¡,€rrowhly 7 )"rds b€low.A rop€bridgespansthe (se€foüowingc2npalgnNoi€s); ch¿sm,endingin anothern!úel mou¡h*ijich leadsa,eryintothe lO'30 polnlsea.h to¡ genenlrole-pl¡ying. hasbeenca¡!€dinto th€rockon !h. darkEss.A roudl stal¡case char¿ders afecarefrn ands€nsiblelou shouldÍ¡ale surEüey southemsideof thegap.0oallo$,úe Skar€nto gElintolhe sewEr lfthe b€fore th! reach füuss ceremo¡ry is duelo tale plaae.Ihls g¡,ts (o A$em by rh€iro$n roüe (üey p¡rf€r a\Eidcor¡taciwiü the tll€n aR¿sonable oDDortunitv üo eel h¡fiiou¡safeMReffmlJerth¡l hulná¡lswhene!€rthry can). sklen¡ ¡san hcohe'r¿!¡mar;c;ho couldb€a É¡rmorcpo*trfr¡l (Bláckt¡tus). lf üe patw vllr€ it not for hiswEakness ¡2. ThcSaÁndal €báEber.Ttis hEE na$r¿lca\Emls dorhinatld adwrsary blindly into conbat in e!€ry encou¡aer, theyd€s&r'cto find rush bya c¡rvingofth€ visagE ofd¡€r'tomedRa!¡hathasbeenchisel€d th€going\Éry loughind€ed. outofthe slonein thenorlhr,|all.Al thenoÍhem€ndo¡ú€ car€m ir a solidgrd¡ir€,blooGtainedblockwith an ton rhg setú!o i¡,- fr¡e advenúe¡ssuf€casñlly-corpleted, ülechar¿dars canproeed Thesoúhemponiooof ihechamberis bare,eaed fo¡ r*e pilla$ !o Altdorf(serfEw) orr!'h€rci4r o.¡,ncanpaiS¡mryI€¡dñen. Jt'la slpponingth€€nr¿¡cefrom¡heul¡uel.Thisiswh€r€alltheSlaltn Theyshouldnot be encouraged ¡o gFtsidelrack€dby another atter¡dingthe rin¡al assemble.lbrchesln $dl bracketsproüde eó€dirionro rh€ru¡Ilels. aI those eolosions arEboündlo result ' Íluñhadon. in crnsidErable sFuctür¿ldanage... when everlooeis h pla.€ (alltll€ Ska!€naq€nd¡itr¡als),Skenh Sl6\Enn€adnot be a oroblem,lf thq reEealinlo ¡h€ stads at úe headof dte blocka¡d leadsúe goup into a ch3¡t EscaDlns witl nevtr bolherthe ch¡r¿.ÉIsagain(skeÍh i5 tún¿Ls. rhcy (anois€soIor¡d canüeheardashJ av¡ryasroom3). Thislasts ary'$ar. ¡f iheyacEülv r¡¿¡ag¿úoreachthe efrec¡ir€ly finished in iDlum€andsp€€du¡til th€skav€n fora¡outa minute,incrEasing üe ualch will beall€ to tak c¡¡eofthem.The srfeeB ofDelberz, point. frenzy. victims killed at this are workedup intó a ¡r€ alelikdy !oeilirer Clawoilt'¡sts.shouldañyofth€mescape. l¡¡'nediateváftErirards,the ska!€nhll inio silencqw¿idng¡or bison oú6t andha\€ üe ioi{n. Thry t¡tre orly a sú3ll d¡band, o¡ Bee som€thlng(úey're no! quitesurewhar)lo bappen.|Iñ"¡iably,it nocoíraci! to helpüem re-o¡tgantse ln D€lberz.Al best,úey l¡11 (the alrry to a com€r six most do€snt, andltle bodyis d¡aggEd in rhe EmpÚe. se€kro ioin sl¡tlaLrgoups els€where recenrüc¡ms of sketrh's horrificritualsstil lie here). Klausswill aisorepayhis rescllerswith 80 Gcsp€rPC0oo c,cs fth€ adventrsers ar¡i¡,ta¡thechamb€r beforeth€ri!¡al h¡s t¡€erm if ¡hey¡ragi€, whi.h ls prettyshamefrdl) . (at Eddnigh0 , t(laússwütbeboundlo tle blo(kb a pie(. of rope tiedaroündh¡s$r'tstsat oneend,andto üe ring at theodrer,He will be &essedoily l¡ the white ¡obeftom room 10. and too dl¡austedto cry for help.Hewin b€ u¡g¡¡ard.d. tf th€Pcshal,ero tnem¡paa ¡idal lo sat€úauss,thcy arelikely to ffndtheoddsse!a8¡instüem. ¡irst of all, ther€maytJeas¡rany asa ¡lozÉnSka!€nin thecá!€m,rnorethane¡¡ough¡o o!€rpo\r€r the characters. If thepartyhai¡eaod€alwirh ha.lfa dozenzoñb¡es (andpossiblypü¡suingcr¡hists)as v,€ll,theyfac€€e¡taindefeaa. unless...nenemler dl€ bombs,? Exaadyhow the Pcsus€thes€ devices isup!oth€m!o fuule outa¡d )ru toad¡¡dicaÉ.Thrycould €ndup kiling errrrüing and everlonein the calrm, lncludi¡g tl¡e¡iselr€s,Aa¡herery leas¡,sensrble charac¡ers shouldbeable (oüs€th€expbsi\¡e da,Íc€sio aidilEir ret¡€atifilley findthemt]!es
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Restless Dead Canpalgn Notes
Th€ Pcs enter'2 str¡.8. disturbt¡8 hoüq occupi€d by Undeid add bcwildering en.h¡nted obiects Thev gáln inform¡tion about th€ history of thc hous€(¡nd possiblv other ¿dventuring conc.tns¡ ffom w.¡itcn soÚr'es 'nd conversiflcarth ¡ Gho5¡,thc scrl,'nl of the lrst owner or the olacc,ihc wiz¡d Ludovicus Hanikc H:nü€ dabbl€d in ci¡os, ¡nd rhe Haun¡in8 Horror ofthe iitle st¡lks ihe house. havinq kiu€d rh. Wtz¡ld who sunmon€d it. Th€ PCsh¡vr ro nqbr úd dcfc¿¡rhisenti¡votCh¡os Even2J¡er rhe cÉrrure;detc¡r, rhe Chtot forces which inf.{r rhe builctirS hr< one linrl sutpri* for ü.m _rh.Pcr q il I h|e b fie¡t muBted version3of rt¡emelr'Éskror€ in
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The e$lest w¡v lo run .his ¡dlmtuÉ ¡5to pl¡y ir in Delb€r¿ iomed¡arelv ¡ft€r Iáe,Rir@1, ánd h1ve th€ s€cr€r door ¡ccessf¡om-the cercmodia.lchambe¡ thec Thüs it is easi€sr rc make ahis oart of the Deatb otl tbe RelE tí\¡enr\tre sessions.A¡ ;ltenetive plan is to Pt¡ce the house i¡ Mlddsnheiñíln tuwer Beurrd t ¿ I¿IPE w¡th rhe loc¡don rccessed from ¡ 5.cftt door i¡ the housc occupied bv the culrist s€nánt5 of Il¡smeier This wil bc a td hcning' so it should onlY be us.d if ]Du f€cl th¡i th€ ptayers ¡¡e Sooo erouqh !o h¿ndle rhe complicdon Howevcr'sioc€ ¡he Hau;ttnp Horflr advcntuE does not ác¡u.lly cotuume anv t¡meln r¡e ¡ame wo¡ld for ¡easonse¡pl¿jted ir the 'cÉna¡io.vou Oo nor ¡¡ve to worry abuur i¡ ld(ünSto lhc tirne pressure €lement in ¡buer Beblnd tbe Tbrore Not€ that lre HauittnS lror¡or h^s been w.itt€n sDecifi{¡lly lo¡ rhe f¿rr¡?srDe¿d cúPd8r' ¡nd vou ruv ;€ll wish to excise the ref€r€dces to Chao3 cults' or er.ch:n*e them fo¡ r.fñnccs to othcr cults which h¡ve a roirc it úe E tetnl Vttbtt czmp¡i8n. Such referer¡cet sho¡¡ld be madc Slobal, a¡¡d nor inc¡ud€ c¡t2¡ion ofsp€cinc namcs end plac€s, unle$ vo! h^ve tlle hrc'4' wí¡bl'1 c¡mpatSn úck folloe¡ing the onc you sct ¡he ¡¡¿¡¡ttl'& ,lo¡tot ¿dv€ntur€ in. If yoü do then )ou c¿n were rd r€fe¡cnc€s to ¡dÉnc€ thc Plotlines of ht€t c"mp¡¡gn pl¡yTbe Haun¡tng Honer as 4 At e'OJJ Thi¡ ¡ctvcntur€ h¿! bcefl sp€ci¡tly r¡ritteo ai 1 culmin*lon fot thc RestlessDead ca'rpalgn, a¡d thus i3 r}rtten in this ford- Howlver, it co bc used ¡5 2 one_off is tt sta¡&, ¡tlhoueh the.ndin8 m¡y ne€{talteringrosuit ForesñPle vor¡ m'¡v wish to cui out .efereñ.es ro Ch¡os cults ^dteíÑÍÁ irwiousiy encounteta in earlict R.stles! Dead Ii b farrly e2syto sct th€ ¿dvcntur€ ¡lmost ioywhcr€ Th€ ¡ousc có ¡c in a ¡ow¡, o¡ ln ¡ sm¡ll vill4c. rt d|ay:ctually slst outsidc of ¡nv norm¡l seltlcmcnt ¡¡rd bc a Pltcc un@ Itself. dk y dimósed throuAh thc rdist! ¡nd fogs whtch .wlrl ln sorn€ llot¡tcd fof€st Í€¡.,, ¡n ¡he latte. caic' me Pcs wtll p¡ob¡bly gct io thrcugh tb. ftont door a! oPposcd to th€ b;emenB (whicb thc scenarioPresumes)'bllt this makes litde diff€rence.
.r}le Hauntlng Eorror s.en2rlo has bccn specificall-r w r i t r e n f o . ¡ h i s c ¿ ñ p ¡ i 8 n . T h c ¡ € ¡ r e r c r e . e f , ' e st o DKtously€ncouffe(edCháosculls' ev€nthoughPCsm¿-r ;ot bc fully ¡werc of thcñ. Th€ sccn¡rio :lso PrcYid's s e v f r ¡ ¡ s u 8 8 e 3 ¡ i o ñfro f l . 2 d - o n s r o e i t h e r t o Ú f o q n ¡dvenfuRs o¡ ¡nro rhe ¿reñv lvlthin campaiAn Tbe Harnrtf,S Hoñr lrowev€¡ rhis scen¡rioisused, there 2J€c€iain points of imDo.t¡nc€ fo¡ vou to bear tn mind which ¡rrect pÉiaratioÍ and the su¡t¡biüty of ihc sceúio fo¡ PCpa¡ti6' FiBr¡r i¡ ¡i lrirlv ersenti¡l th¡r rhe PCsa5a Soup Posses' ar le2;r 3 couDteof masic¡l wc¡Pons since thev ¡re th< onlr thirg which can h¿rm ¡h€ H¡unt¡¡8 Horrcr Thcsr weáoom áo not need to be f,owertul ones: t humble 5'lo'l . 5 . ¡ d d ' n A - 5 t o W S á n d l ¿ c k i n g¡ n y o r h € r m a S i c ¡ l bónuss in ¿ombatwould be ¡dequff On. m,8ic we¡pon h o w f l e r .i 5 n t l i l c l y ! o b e e n o ü 8 h . s o i tf h r P C P ¡ ñ ) o n r v onc, you should ensurc(h.t ther' is ¡ scrou ot Dosscsses ihe Lflel Fou¡ Battle Magic sPelrEncbaflt veapoa in ttÉ house. Pl¡ce this som€!¡he¡€ wh€r€ th. PCs aF going to find it e2rly or, withoür being too obvious (ca in ¡ bucket in the kitcúen).Ifthe PCshlve no mtgic¡l wetPons tben this scen¡no is not ftdly suitable for them You canp€rh¡Ps corsider te¡vtnBa Pot of ma8¡c¡l oil wb¡ch ¡emPor¡rilv €nchánlsweaponss;mRhcr€ in üchousew¡rh süJficient tobücatiois fór coat&lgrwo vc.pons Any Pc gtoup which i;oincto undefttk.Ió? Hau ¡tng Hoñl oúghtro tl e orive¿ sevent ¡¿vcnru¡esbcfore a¡d should have one ;Msi€ we1pon ar leaitl Secondlv.the hous€ vher. the action t¡kes place ¡s a r r¡n8.. ;n¿8ic¡lpl¡ce lf the Pcr rry to rrPotr ¡hegoin8r_ ro ¡¡e ^lt|.orties, tbe ho$e stñpl! on. oi r¡e loacarllon, Th( tmp doo.which led ro ¡r isno ¡onger b.loun¿ cannot rherE.¡ tripdown the rreet Ih. windo*,' looked out onro i¡owi ¡hai tt¡e ¡ouse is not there, no'on€ in the arer h¡s de. s€eo the place, and so on lf th€ PCaleturn to it' m¿ú¡ingrsom;how) ¡o 8et oLltotlt md (h.n b3cklg¡in rhd;i[be ¡ble !o ftnd it - but nor ilthcre is dvone e|se w¡r'hrhem.l hit\ iust the w¡y ¡he pl¡ce workr' ltPCs (o¡ .l¡ve6!, ccl D¡r¿¡oid ¡tour !his. th¡r! fin' Th¡3Pl¡ce ú i"ún¡.¿ lni "..v rrrenges'¡v and ¡here isn r ¡nv .onve ional loci( ¡bour it Bec¡us! of the¡t ¡on8 ¡¡roc¡¡¡lon withJóh¡nn tll€ Ghosr' th€ Pcs h2vebuill up ú dfmirv wi¡¡ tlfc bevoñd rhc 8¡¡v( Tlr¡3 h¡s \omehw brotnht tfiem tnlo thewortd ofma8¡'d' suP€mrur¡ ¡nd ¡€üc"r¡¡l energy inh¡bfcd bv th. HaunrinSHorror Now rhcv h¡rt to ñefi llrd orrÑome ¡r' or nfler b' ¡hL lo Érum to rh€i¡ own Ímc ¡nd hoñes
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. INTRODUCTION. This 2dtÚtur€ b€Biñ wi.h ih€ discovery of th€ secÉl doo. in lhc S¡ai€¡ l2ir i¡ Ib? ¡n /¿¿ ^lthouS¡ rhe door is locted whcn rh€ ¡dventurcrs drtcd!¡ ir, ir should pmv€ qui¡€ e.sy to bGtt¡kit down (Cozpleflry Ra,l¡tg 25.T4 2id D4ñ4ae r4)- vhen open€d, ¡ pa-rsagcls re!€aled, st.etchinS off into th€ g¡oom. lI h I ]ard w¡d€,¡¡d co¡rinD.s fo¡ quite some disonc€ (80 yards). Howq.r, á5 rhc playcrs p.o8.ess, rhe p¿.s¡gc .¡pitüy tEcofÍcs !€fy misty, rÉduclnSrhe visiblliry whil. thc ¡¡r surs ¡o rum d¡nk ard mustf Th€re are f¡in¡ sounds of r¡.! scurling and some unkdowo creature scr¡rchina ch¡tinous cl2ws on h¡rd s¡onc- The mist 8mr€ thicker, devclopinS m ilmost deñnabl€ P.€sence. vhen thc Pcs bcain to 8et r€¡lly iumpy, thc mist suddenly cl€¡rs aheadof¡hem, Re¡ltn8 that th€ p¡ssaEerrrminaresin a smoofh sroncshdr wirh 1d ior-run8ladd€r sct into ir. Ar tha top of rhe r2-y2rd sh¡lt ¡s ¡ wooden ¡r¡pd9or wl¡en ¡h€ PCsr'y lo open it, they wil find i( is ünlocked, op€d¡ng into room I of ¡hc house ábove.
. SPEC¡AL RULESAND NOTES FONTHE GM . Thcrc 2É somc sp€ci¡l poin¡5 of imPoí¡nce wbich thc GM necds to keep in mind while running th¡s adveniure.
l¡¡stab¡lity Nofic of ¡hc c¡ea¡ur€sor €nüt¡cs wi¡hin the hous. normally stbiecr ro lfls¡4btttt! ñ subtect to ¡t ber€. Thir srmae butldinS i3 ¡hcir 'home'. Zombics :$d Sk€l€to¡s wiu áttack no¡m¡lly ¡¡d rheir bctog subject to stuPrdit, has no signÍicer¡t cons.qt¡enc€s, sav€that úcy do ¡ot pursue PCs oüt of t¡e chúb€¡s thcy at€ encounteEd in.
Atmosphere ConveyinStbe correc¡ ¡tmosphere in ¡his ¡dvenlurc is cr¡¡cial.Th€ locirion is e houseoDr of rime, ¡ .cll ü¡ch.onhm. ltsdeco. is ¡ntique, cobwebbcd¡nd dus¡y, sin¡stcr¡nd Gothic iú orrirment¡tioú. When rhe PCslook out of the wirdo*s, lhey sce misrs iorenpefsed with glimpsesofD€lberz - but a differen¡D€lberz,sm¡U€rand older The pcoplewa old fshioned clothing,thevehicles N mo.€ p.iñirive rhecoloursf¡d€d andwe¡k... The mos. df.üive ploy of ¡U is 1o have rhc PCs glirnpsc Delber¿ 15 rhey know it ¡t fi.sr but, on ¡ second Iook ihrougb a windoq see ii slipping ba.k in timc outside,ai it wcre! MoÉ imoonaorlv. tbe PCscan see¡nd he2r ¡h€ D.lbee ou¡sidebut rhey rhemselvesc¿nnorb€ seedor h€¡rd by thc ¡nh1bitinrs of the to*n. Add imp¡oviseddelaih¡o lhed.sc.¡prionsofmoms below - sudden chir¡erin8s or s.ntchin8s in the d¡E¡cq cbill 8ü5ts €f wiñd, a f¡int ñoani3much se¡$d ¡s h.¡¡d, ¡nd so on Don'r derdo it, but ¿ lüde uoqpectrd É.tr¡ det¡il cm kceP rbe Pcs friShtened¡nd re¡scduring rh€ ¡dveffure, vhich
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'oPen ¡his door, check Do nor állos ¿hcPCs¡o get into án rhis foom..esr, ope¡ ¡nolherdoor,.. rouri¡c.ln the text ,-ou s¡ll find nu¡ne¡ousillusionsa¡d stEngc €ff€cts.Us. these6 a bdis for oth€¡ h¡¡rü.ss, 4erts which wil wo¡ry rh€ PCs - scuttlina tu.ri¡ure. something haü.seen ¡rcund ¡ come¡, ¡r¡d so on. lf th€ PC5¡¡ke ¿.idiculously loog tlfn€ over everything you mey heve ¡ suit¡ble w¡ndering monster" appe¡! ro menaccücm. skel€tons,zombiesor a Sp€c¡r€sould be possibili¡ies rery m¡¡ch in k€cpin8 wiú
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Yoü ca¡ pl¡y this two w¡ys. The timple ¡riy is to deremite It¡fected wou¡ds tha¡ rhe PCs €¡¡¡not le¡ve at ¡ll unti¡ they h¡ve destroyed Mcrciñrlly, rhis ts ¡ coúplic1tion lhe PCs do no¡ have ro rhe H¡ur¡tir8Hodornse[ windors ¡nd dooÉcúno¡be put up wtrh du¡i¡8 rh€ rdventur.. The wePods of zombies, opened or broken down, ¡nd the pas$8c wh€re they got wounds ¡s normd but these in o¡ly ,erds rhem back to .he house¿8airSkelerors.etc-.c¡usc ir¡Jec¡€d only i?tc effect alier the PCshar€ left the house.This allows Th. sccond possibili¡y ¡s to l€t rhe PCsleaw the houseon€c. ¡hefll plmty of timc to b2ve rhei¡ wounds attended ro tfte¡ Ir is be$ to allo* them ro leáve througb rhe f¡ont door, so rh€ystepou¡ inro ¡ Delberzs¡re€t.lt is fog$ and m¡sty outs¡de,aod as the mist clearstbc hous€behind is Sod€. They cf find ¡t again by aoin8 beck to thc Sk¿ver den, Ltghtt¡g alrd Iocks bur thes€cond ¡ime lrouild they ¡rill b€ sruckv/tthit ¡h€ Unl€ss rhe rqt sp€c¡f¡ei otherwis€, ¡ooms arc li¡ house un¡il rbey havc desroyed the gauntiry Ho¡¡or wl¡-mount€d lámps. These ¡ook wirh small This op¡ion ¡Uorr¡ a str¡egic retr€¡t ¡nd like oil lañps but they do r¡ot, in f2ct, a rüsh fof extr¡ equipm€n¡ a¡d no¡m¡lly ¡ny oil. Thcy bu¡n oil co¡¡5um€ supplies. Tbe Pcs will cme¡ge outitdc ttie l¡ous€. should thc PCr ok€ in¡o historic Dclber, at first, a¡f Doors iñ ¡h€ hoü5€ ¡r€ urlocked ¡nd only áfrer ¡ minute lnless rbe texr saw o$rcrw¡i€.
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Armchdr¡ wirh dust covcrs, cloth{ol€rcd t¡bles, ¡nd dusrv ¡üasnll th¡s mom- Id th. diddl€ ofthe e$t w¡ll is a larE€ oe;nr¡nc with ¡ hr¡vy 8¡lr tr¡me. The p¡inung \hows ¿ ¿ ¡ s r r c s s ¡ ns¡ c c n eo f ¡ t o u l l y m u t ¡ ¡ e dC h á o sB e a s r m ¡ n qÚ'io6 rEnd¡nc;ver rhc btoodied bod¡cÉof two sl¡in ¡roD ¡ bjackenedhilttoP The Bc¡srm¡n h¡! a 8o2is heid. th;lecs of¡r or. and Íi€lds t huse rwo'hand€d seord w¡cn-ü¡c rCs entc¡ ttris room, ther. is ¡ homid gurglidS sou¡d from lhc diEclio¡r of rhc paitrdng. Blood gout5 from , the bodi.s tr ú. picru¡e ¿rd hits the two n@rcst FCsviih l€ts of iich, wifm blood (cach PC must ma¡c 2n /,/,t¿tt,¿ ies. or c.t btt in ¡he f¡.c, suffcdnS ¡ -20 Penaltv to ¡ for the nqt 2 .ounds due to P¡rri¡l blinding). Thc Ch¿os Be¿s6¡n thcn srcPs ou¡ of ¡hS picture, lsving the two 3. Gücst Room bodi6 behiod him i¡¡ tbe scc¡€; their h¡cked bodies seem Cornjon2bly d€coa€d, but ve.y dirtJ úd dustv' this rcom to w¡th€, ¿nd fresh blood Putses from them dovn to th€ hasnothinc to i¡iterÉstthe PCsaP¡n ftom ¡ süver cákc stand on ¡ m2ho"qanvtlble Thc cal
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The door rc rhis ünlit room íslocked (coñplet{tJ lb¡lng 2cü,T3,D¿r4.18elOl. Th. rooñ itself ha ¡ b:F wÓodeo nóor. iable ¡ná chairs, B¡rd.obq commodq ¡nd bed' Besid€ the bcd is a small b€clsidc t?ble wtth e br¡ss cmdtesri.L. whi€h holds ¡ ve[owcd tallow c¡ndleWtren tbe PCs cnter. ü€ c1¡¡dle sudderdy sPluttcÑ into llame. A bonYfiqurc, which could not be scenb'for'. slrt boh uDrieht ¡n ahcbcd lt sta¡.s ¡r the PCa.its i¡sbone droDDin;oDen ¡nd ¡ d¡mbtue glow issutÍ8 from the ev' .".i.irs r¡i pcs n¡ve ro m¡le a 6P¿' ter r thc tiSh¡ of rhis The crearurc in the bed is ¡ skelcion, but one ¡vhich chaínels cer¡atn ruPicri pwers rE5idcntin thc hous' Each rcundolcomb3r ¡t;itl creat€lhe ill sion of sk'let3lh¡nds wr¡or.d¡rouod rh.lhrc¡t ofone ofrhe PCs:e ¿f48'?rc\l isn¿;ded ü) reil¿€ th¡s¡! an iIus¡on lfth' restis lailed' rhe iuusory h¡n(ts wiu ttowlv slringlc thÉ lif( ou¡ olthc PC.d':iiñ;E I wornd p.troLrnd. Th¡5.ffe Pcrsts¡suntll rhe sketrloñ i5 destrov¿d. The skeldon w ill fi8hl oorm¡llv i¡ zddÍioo ro g€ncalin8 ¡hc illusoly haíds Th€ candle w¡ll 2dd fur¡her lo the ptoblems of thc PCs RollID6€uchround Oñ ¡ mll of l-3, ah. €¡tdl€ will fl¡¡c vc¡v br¡chrlv and qcn.r¡¡c ¡n ¡ltusory skcldon 'ttackin8 orc or tihe ¡cs. rñc rC affcc-ted musr ma*' ¡ ¿la8l¿ ler o¡ bclievc ¡hi¡ to bc ¡e¡I, ¿nd t¡8ck thc ll¡usion ¡n ¡lt c¡se5, sclcct th€ PC vtcdtni of sPell-l¡k' éff'€rs randos y from thc 8¡oup
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6,7. Stores Th€se sto.¡8. chdb€6 conr2tn s:cks, rlns, box€s, ia6 ¡nd borrl.s of foodsruffs, mosrly ¡u.o€d ¡o durt by ¡ac. Soñe of th. i¡m ja¡i bea¡ l¡bels: '\ym. X¡pp€tdullc¡ & Son, D€rbcr¿,2lr5 - somc 20o yezrsin rhc p¡st.
8. Dlúlng Rood This l¡tBe ch¡mb€r conúins ¡ tcak diolng rable whh lO ch¿irs 2foünd ir, ¡nd ¡ pa¡r ofsidet¡blcs v¡th sth€r scdtnS dishcs,¡ tih€r soup tur€€¡, €tc (süvcr pl2rconln ala3).Therc ¡rl si¡vcr crysr¡l ¡nd cbiM pl¡cc,s€¡ridBs on ¡he rabl€,¡nd bÉ¡s c¡ndlesricks, whlch ¡rÉ cobwebbcd l¡d dus¡y. Nothin8 wü h¡pp€n ¡¡¡mcdiaÉly when rhc PCs.nrer Lun thcm ir by rEferring to thc crysrrl, chin¡ end llvcr in rh. p!¡ce \vhcn mosr of the PCs¡e in rhc raom ¡hey witl bc subjccted to zt¡acks by rhc two la¡8e carving kniv€s on the serYtng pl¡ttc¡6, a¡d the c¡ndlcsricti. As thcsc anim¡rcd objccts fly throuSh thc ¡tr ro att¡ck, üc dininS room door sl¡r¡s shut (so ¡ny PCs ourside cannol help rhosc iffidc).
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If thc PCs h2ve som€one w¡ih tr¿¡l¿t¿ skill, rhey cin de¡€rm¡n. ü¿i two of thc crtslal eat€r jugs ¡r! ¡bc only lzlu¡bL jtcms, vonh 15 ccs cach. Orhe¡wise, thcy will €od up with l¡.gely infcrtor m¡reri¡l which ts both encumbcring and vonhl.ss.
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5. Kttcheo Th€ smell of rosring m€ar comes from rhis room, and ¿ succ€sstul¿lst¿r, r€sr ar ¡}|c doo¡ (60 Zochadce) witl reveal tbe sound of ¡ rcgul.r squ€aL-scre.ch doise from wirhin, like tha. of r¡etal g¡l¡din8 o. m€¡21. Ituid€ thc mom rE wo.k rabl€sa¡d uÉnsils of ¡l@y kinds. Th. rcom bdominakd by ¡ hugeeood.burningsro!€and a la¡geiE b€sidcl¡, where I meratsp¡ris bejnSrJ¡Dcdby onc of rhe two Zombrer presenr.The.e is a lar8r. amorphous, w.irhlng mars of m€at o¡t .he spi¡. Pmt¡udin3 fmm the su.facc of the mear, look¡nc like f¡cial fearures unde¡n€¡rh st¡€tched vi¡yl, a¡e silenily scre¡min8 f¡ces. Hands¡nd fin8e¡Éw¡rhin rh€ cotumn of m€¡t secm m be scnbblinS.t its sú.face, despentcly rrying ro escape pcs seeing rhis m¡¡tt makc u coo¿ .e$ or 8¡in I Ins¡niry poi¡t. There is norh¡ng rbey can do ro help whatcv.r is q¡irhin rhc m.at, ¿nd will h.vc ro de2l wtth ¡he Zombies firsr.
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dilep¡d2.cd l€ath€! :n¡chai¡s, ¡ Ídnut driits c¡bi¡e! and , v{i.in8 desk. Along on€ w¡ll the¡! is ¡ she|f l¡dcn with jars of tobacco (lab€ll€d As H¡lflyngc v€€de', 'Arabte Bl¡ck€ , ¡nd ro on), plus z rr¡y of ptpes. Therc is no hinr of p€ril or d¡oger ¿5 the PCs enter Tnerc ar€ somc lalu.blc ¡¡e!n! heft which the PCsc¡rl rake: ¡ silv€¡ cig¡r€lt€ c¿s€worth rOGC!, a s¡ndalwood robacco box ¡r,ith inl¡id morher-of-pearl wonh 8 ccs, ¡¡d, tn the d¡inks cabin€t, ó silvcr goblets e¡ch wofih a ccs. The drints cabinet, how€ver, also holds thc onc biz2¡r€ d¡nqe¡ When th€ door to eirher half of rhe cabi¡er is oD€rcd. a wood€n o¡trikin slid€s our on ¡ wood(n rr¡y. Th¡s ts rn ¡utofil¡ton, made h rbc form of a yourS r{f¡by boy wtrh ¡ hooL¡h pip€. I. ts ¡tt¿ch€d ro eo op¡que beu iar wbich swi.ls with smok€ ¡nd sp¡¡ks of blue fl¡m€. Th€ boy¿ulobaton puffi a smoke rin8 whtch ¡ar€s b¡lghtly ind tr¡nsforms lnto ¡ Flr Elemeot I, whicb rheo ¿c¡ct¡ ih€ PCs.
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Th€ Zomblcs ¡tsck wirh mear clcavcrs Grc¡r 1s hand werpons), end when thcy m@e e*?y f¡om thc spit it keeps on tuminc of its own ¡cco¡d,., TheÉ is .othin8 raluatrle, or of ¡¡y rc¡l intcrest, in rhe k¡tch€n. Th. fircs in the 8r¡te and the srovc ¡É me8ical, ed do not consume¡ny wood. lfa¡yrht¡a tslit fmm rhesc fics, it will 80 out aesoon a¡ it is re¡norcd fom rh. kir.hen.
Spccf¿l rulca: inmmun€¡op$xhologlcalcffr.cts.rt rl:.e El€mental süffe¡s ¡O o! morc yo¡rzdr. halvc ¿ll rh€ oth€r char¿cterbt¡cs shown. E¿chblow from rhe FirE EIemcf¡Bl c¡user D6 potr¡ts of J7"e dz¡¡,3e. The ¡utom¡to¡ only produc€s one ruch Dlcúcnt¡1, arthough lt con.t¡uer to blow smohc dngs, thc s6ok€ tn the belliar slowly thinnina oür. Vh.n !h. PCs bavc d€'!rc¡/ld ¡h€ Elcm€otrl, thc smokc wlll bc almo$ zll gon€, ,nd inside the beuia. ca¡ b. sccn rhe scvered, h¡lfmummtfled head ofa young r'om¡n. He.ltp! mow s€v€nl
THE HAUNTING HORROR infÉtted wi¡h ¡ m¡licioÚs 7b¡tufts o¡A¡aryh¡s¡€come rimes b€fofe rhc pc nearcr to the ¡urom¡ron b¿¡6 het ü wnl ns into thc ¡i'' 'tte €h¡o'itéPi¡ir'-eh€Ñ¡héPc56te¡ sÉtatt ,he uorm¡ tte bdunttñg boñ.tt iiioci. will b.ain to i one lorc€ in ¿ sonorcus op€n itserf. ¡nd u*yint" ""trring"*s rnd il.ii"ol";r"Jes "-*".i,: tqt: follorlda rhe Pcs op€n trrc¡utom¡tonsfl¿cs¡¡c¡<¡nto ihcc;bin.r- lfthc rhe c¡bina a*¡in, thry witl h2vr lo 80 lhmu8h thr same " SL4MI The doot sealed tbe uretcbet ln to ñe?t tbel¡l?tE murtne incb-aingttgltting¡norher Fim Elemenúl ¡llovcr 0). Tbe brands uep bo¡ asd saared tbeletb(2) ,be tslrL t"eaherr glrpped ¡betrlanet(r, tbe lcg+eabrt rna¿¿thñ on ¡be lach th. sdYañ greü toud¿t t;;g¿ryé) Th.w.itin¡deskh¡5¡llno$norhinEof intcrsr on it' on¡y scrcqm ;be ibtgb bone popqed f, oñ ¡tsso'bc' and tbe bedd' somcold;orthless sheetsofvellum ¡nd ¿ Primitive quill ü Aloo.tÍotb?don tt'e lps torc aiddppedapa rcndons " een. Th€ ink i¡ ihc inl(wcl h$ dtied long a8o. The rest ,lcttñs.. .ont'uLtlng tbe o¡ 2nd two ¡*y' clered ;f th€ dcsk appcais to h¡v€ becn of rh€ thrÉc dr¡¡r€6 on the !i8ht h¡nd sld€ or r ¡re emPtv' vdiousetfects happen5 rhtt ¡4r is rfc¡tfd: (l) end (2) on rhe li¡sr round, rit ¡nd (4) on th. srcood mund Thete ráve for dust. tn ¡he middle d.¡v€r is ¡ lev, *htch lits the it is from bo¡e; is craft€d key 12 This locatiod ¿r doors ¡ sk€le¡on K€Y. (r\ -Íh. doot (complezttr Rattng 30' T4, Datnzg' 20) sl.ms, Iockirg tbe PCs in 10. Cloak¡oom 12) Ilvo hot metel br¡ndtn8 troñ tÍ¡teriali2c vtilhiÍ 'h€ ThG ünlir mom contlis ffve cloaks (ofno rduc' being aged ó'om ¡n¡ "tt¡cl¡ t*" (ran¿olnlv scLcred) Pcs. The effeclive ¡nd moth'c cn) hung or¡ P€8s,sp¡r boots (¡lso in poor srats for thesc br¡ndtn8 iroff ¡re: conditioo),2 moP ¡nd buckel, a¡d si¡nth¡ ncms. O'€ of t. ihe robcsht! ¡ Pouchin ¡n initde Poct.t which conBins wt¡ E! s ' T 14ccs dzted2i29¿nd which bo th( f¡ce orM¿8r¡usthe 4 t 43
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TtÍs har ¡ cornfy ¡¡mchaii ¡ r€ading tablc with two chai6' :nd 2 ¡m¡ll bookcas€.Ther€ at sevcr¡I copies of th€ D€lb€n¿!¿wl€r¡' ¡nd sc.ibes Ndsletlcr (for Jürdrung ümüch sofuncÉit 2308) lyioS zrcünd' ¡nd seEal s'oÉ le¡the-r-boünd bool.s. Tlter€ i5 ¡ book oPen on th€ r€¡dinA úble. and. nthcr uf,usü¡lly, ¡n om2ment¡1, eE¡n€lled suit of platc m¡il a¡mou¡ mount€d on ¿ srand in th€ north-etst Th¿ PCawil obvioüdy Étpect th€ suit of amor¡r to arimare an.l ftack thcm (pl¡yers ¡¡E pat-¿¡oid about süch thinSs) sü of cou¡$e,it is ¡ctü¡llv totdly h¡rml€ss. Howev€r' one ofth€ books h.r€, DoÉto? Itausk tecbt't M4nual of
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Spccl¡l ¡utca. llnJnunc topt-r¿o¡oglc¿¡ €ff€cls, c¡us€s /¿ar i¡ livtng cr€¿rurcs. If the PCs ün ov€rcom¿ rhe creetur., thc io¡¡ur. mr¡urt will drop ro rhc Bmund. l¡f.tess: rhe ongoing Our nor accumulated)spell eff€c¡swill s¡op ar rhe smc rim€. ^U books herE 2fe ai te6l t70 yca6 old, a¡¡d mo$ 2¡€ of miaor tn¡e.cs! (nonc zre old cnough to bc v¡ruzble). Howcve4 sorú€ ¡¡E of nore. One very ellm volumehff scEnl blúk pagcsrd e scrcU b€aitng rhe sp€ü Crrr?¿/8á, ,r"/rrr. rosrrh.r wirh ¡ *cond scroU bca¡in8 lh. rpcll FlrE A¿¡t. ^ second volume is ¡¡ ¡.coünl oi rhc.i¡rosu¡t of ! coven ofrhe Wrirh.rs in rhc D¡¡k cuh in rhc ¿iry ofUb€6¡€ik, in vhlch rhe le¡dc. $?s one Hos,Frted¡ichJinkcnr. in ¡hc yez¡ 2224 (thls ftro s?.r e disr¡tu anc€srorof HansJinkenr rrcm Ntüt of Btood). A thlrd volmc givcs ¡n ¡ccounr of (he sprcadtngofrhe sk¡ven-worshippin8PoisonCl¡w culr rmm sk¡rrnbtichi thrcugh rhe nonhem Tilean Ciry St¡¡es,acrcssrhe Bl;ck Moünreids and lnro th€ Empirc, the work of rhe T¡vc¡li fam¡ly b€irg i¡s¡¡lment¡l in rhis. A fourth volume b a his.ory of ¡ nobl€ Midd€nheim fimity. rhe Gcspcnsts.¡tüsrs.h€ longbd disrtnguish€dc¡ree¡of n¡anyf!¡l€r ofthe f¿Jnily ,s Doünty flunrer¡, Wüch Hun¡eri ¡nd Teñpl¡¡6. Tbe nar¡€s Johann (2ró5-2203), Ju¡aen Q taa-22 39), I ozchim (22ra -21,a2),tobsncs (22 32.2 i7 1), bd Joh¡nn (¿E¡¡n,2255-230?)¿re lisred, and rhc rhi.d Joha¡nofthelis¡, bom 22a4, is alsonotede5h¡vinc ¡ fine The PCs may uk rh€ v¡ee rhar som€rhingvery árÉnge is 8o¡n8 on hcrti rhar's rhe Aen€r¡l ¡dr¡ you w¡nr them
12. The Dooas atrd the Gre¿t Stal¡s The doors ¡r3 mide of imn,shod bl¡ck wood, with lee.¡nc Sarsoyle t¡ces c¡ned on rhe p¡n.ls. Thry .¡n ontr b¿ op€n.d wirh rhc skel.ton Key from i¡E¡ 9. B€hiod the d@r! [€s a Ai8ht of wid€ woode. s¡a¡ñ. A los sr!€¡m of misr from thc lrndinS ¡bovc casc¡dcs doq¡n thcm, f¡din¡ inro nothtnS.r rhcborrom. Climbin8uprhrough rhelwilttng lzpours b hafd work, lik€ walkina ¡lr¡ough rar.r, ¡nd rhc PCs footstcF will m¡ke mufflcd €choes. O¡ rhc trrding, faclng th€ top of rhc s¡etrs, sr2nds a 8t¡nr hourglss (úe glN c¡fuor b. brok€n). Fid. aold€n s¡nd rrickl€s slo¡cly down fmm úe upp.r h¡ll ^bove it hanAsa clocl. It shows I I o clock ¡! rhe PCs¡ppm2cb i¡, ¿nde¡ch r¡ck is followed by ¡ low s.pulchr¡l moan.
13. Rltual Ch¿t¡ber This rcom is decor¡l€d itr violen¡ly opposingcoloB: r€d ¡nd brcm on onc sidc, p15¡elblu€ ¡nd yct¡ow on ¡ s€cond, bl¡ck md silYcr on ¡.hnd- lnrerlocking p€nu8¡us 2nd pent¡cles dccor¿.c the floor. Thc genenl apper¡¡ce is of ¡ jurüI. of contusedriru¡l p¿nphem¡lia. *hich is er(1ctlv Dcsplt ¡be slnistcr ¡ppeára¡cci thcr. is no dañ8.r i. eúcr¡ng he¡!, ¡nd rcirh€r úc ¡oom nor its conrents ¡¡c n¡a¡cal in ¡¡y *?y. Thi! should, howevrr, s€rvero umcnr lhe pl¡'€rs, dd offer rhem somc cluesai ¡o whar sor¡ of thin8 úet ¡r€ up againsr.
14. Tt¡e chost of Bernha¡dt Sleberr This roo¡n l@k¡ l¡ke i larye s¡rting ooD cuñ b€droom, wilt¡ some ubles, d€sk, chaiñ, ¡r¡d a la¡8e fou.posrer bed. A smoLing j¡cket ¡¡d a mbe ar! hung up togerher wirh a ¡org oulti
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15. Guest Bedrooe Thi! sm¡ltbedroom usedto b€ Bernh¡rdfs mom, ¡nd is extremelyn.¡¡ andtidy, ¡lthoughdust-v Th€rc is nothiog v¡luabl., or of lny inr.rest here. Thc door is locked (Coñplzslt! Ba.ing 15,f3, Ddñaee a).
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This rcom, ¡nd th€ oíe b€yond rhe open doo., con¡ain fnany wc¡pons 2nd trophies from th€ huotina days of Ludovicus H¡niL€ (befor€ h€ bec¡me ¿ Viz.rd) a¡d his f¡icdds. Mounted spe¡rsw¡th Peú¿nts, a pdr of lmc€s, swords. ,.d o¡ne$ent2l thields, shares€lt md t¡ble spac€ wiü sruffed birds, bears' heads,s¡¡8J heads,stuffed foxes. ¡ hugc grcy Íolls h€ad, and other similai erhibirs The dfaeror¡s mcmb€r of this ¡sscmbl4e i5 the s¡uffed bear lurking in the south-wer come.. which will ¡ttack a¡¡.vonc coming wfhin e )l¡rd or it. Stuffed Bcar E5
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Th€ PCs ¡re in fo¡ ¿ touSh rimc here. Af¡e. I ¡ound of combat with thc be¡r, a suit of plate mail afmour comes rrundling in f¡om th€ adioirinS foom lyin8 beyond lhe h:r' oocn dooi Ner€ th¡t th¡s sdin¡Éd ¡lmour do€sno¡ ¡¡t¡cL un¡il rhe bezr bcglnt to nghr' Thc ¡tmour u*s ¡ norm.l
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If.he PCs .rd m¡na8€ to d€al witb thcse two, in tbe stone statueof acljoiningmom they wiU fiod a sPlendid "Geo¡AiGurstuffe4 aHalfl ing, Eithapl¿quewhich ¡€¡ds. lai¡htulScd¡nr." The model s.iPs ¡n ¡ts ston€h¡nd á ¡ed Daggel oÍ HalJIinAs. which can b€ e2sily extr¡ci.d rroú the s¡¡$€\ grip This counrs.s tnúqícal uieapon 6útñtth nospeci¡l proPe¡tiet when üsedb-Yary no¡'HalflinS ln rhe handr of a H2lfl¡n8.rhe da8aerrea¡ise.itl trur v¡lu€ SeeEncbantnents of Tbe Eñpire fot fúll detaiJs
It, Llnen Cupboard Thc shetvcshere hold moth'cÍ€n roweb, sb.ets,piuovc6es, a¡rd.h€ like. Alt ¡re dusr', spoilcd znd quite useless-
19. Household Store Thissmil¡ sror€holG flalk¡ oftuel oil, sñall lamps,boxes of iallow c¡ddles, dr¡ste6, I mop úd b¡¡ck€t, snal o¡he¡ similar houshold lted. You can aüow PC! to takeany such item fmm het€, if th€y w¡¡r to. If rhe PC wiú th€ highest I tn¡kes a successtul Oárerl¿ tesr h€re.h. wilt nod.e thre€ dusty vlals of Sreenliquid $cked to the b¡ck of a shelf oftuel oil fldks. Useof a pe.ect n aAlc sp€ll (or exercit€ of \c Magícat sense skiJt) witl rev€al ¡h¡t the left'húd vt¡l of thc thrÉe r¡di¡t s m¡gic. Thc liquid inside th€ well-s€aledvial sm€llsofcar urine. ¡¡d th¿ bcky dliflke¡ ftnds th¡i it t¡st€s of it too lt is, r\(wevet, e fbtlon of Eearl¿g. D¡inkhg n restores 2D6 rdrrdr and may have oth.r helPtul effects ' s.e the VFRP rulebook.,{¡ your option, two Pcs could drink half €¡ch, reE ininl rD6 wóu¡ds^piece, but ln this c¡s€ncither will g¡in any of the olh€r mlSical ben€firsof tbis potio¡
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H¡nn¡ ¡rd Theodo¡¡, thc household maids, ¡¡E long d€ad but thc¡¡ souls ¡nd bodie¡ srill rem¡ifl. Ahhot¡gh rh€y ar€ (.ffec¡iv€ly) zombi€s, thcir bodics h¡ve do( d€Sencnted ¡i ycr. Itann¡ si$ in ¡r armch¡ir in tbeir silting rootn and Thcodoi¡ sitr in a mcL¡na cbair, sourdl€ssly rccking over eod oryer Bo¡h hold the¡r faces in th.ir há¡ds, and wez¡ Íaid'3 un¡forms. Th.y do oo¡ spe¡k, or otherwise ¡cLnogl.dge the entmce ofthe Pcs.ooly iftouchedwill thcv rEect, thmwing rher¡¡s€l1€sat the PC who touches th€m in ¡ p¡roxysm of hatred ¡nd fury only a¡ this sú8e docs rhe /¿ar eff€cr of thc Unde¡d r2ke effec¡.
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21. Guards This is ¡ l¡rAe, cer.moni¿l chimber, ¡nd the doo¡ to tt ¡s loctcd (Conplexlt! RattnS2O,Tt, Dañdqe rO) rf ithú ¡obcbroken;Pe¡, then obviously¡be 8u¡¡ds wi¡htn will h¡ve tuü w¿mi¡tg lh¡r rhe PCs¡re about to edter ¡nd c¿nnot polsibly be surp¡ised.
All in ¡ll, e,hile these two SpNn look v€¡y str¡dge and ¡re ind.cd qutre terify¡n8. thrs fl8ht i5 frrn|lly verv €¡sv ro he Pca The id.a is to lur€ ¡hem inro ¡ trhe srnsc of s€curhy. ro softcn tbem up for what is to corné.
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The pent¡cle, h¡lf in rh¡s room :nd h¡lf in .oom 21, is drñm.lv omer€ and inl¡id with c¡fved fünes¡nd sll!e.. ¡¡ is ¡lmost impossible to open the door ¡nd enier ¡his rcom wirhoui .me.i¡8 th€ circle, PCawill .ert¡¡nly .onro.t tbcmselves bor.ibly s rhey ¡ry ro vo.k oul v€ry comple¡ merhoctsfor Settins ¡crcss rhe peñtacle;ye¡ ¡ll ¡hi! is ¡ll qui¡c un¡€cessary. since the pcntacle is quite h¡.mless and c¡n b€ *¡lkcd on wnhour cominS to h¡rm.
Th¡s room hes ¡ roe of rh..c th.one-likc ch¡i.s, set unde.neath¡ slopingceilinSon ¡h.€¡sr sid€ oflhe roor¡r, On eachctur. ¡spl¡ced ¿pbir g¡cy rot€, 2¡d b€t*Én thqn lie rwo sm¡ll t2b¡€se¡ch bcúid8 z pl¡n Eo¡d bosl Got¿l idoe of bo¡h bowls is 40 GCs), ¡ s€¡l€d vi¡l of Gc*¿te¡, ¡nd ¡ whit€ lineo h¡nd tow.l. These fems ¡fc of ritu2,l signif¡cencc only, ¡nd h¡vc r¡o spcci¡l rdues or prop.nics other*ts€. The PCsc¡n bc allo$rcd to plzy wirh th6c it€r¡s, d6s up in tbe ¡obes, stcal the gold bo\rls. €tc, bcfoE ¡hc owde¡ of fhe bous. ?.rives. s¡lge Ludovtcl¡s ¿Ppc.¡¡nc€ sben th.y ¡r S.rring lnsuÉ of vh¡t to do, ¿nd bcforc rhd te¡d for rte doo¡ on rhe f¡r sld€ of thc ñom.
The room is quit. bñ, úe onlyf€¡rurebein8 th.sooden spiñl sreirc¿sele¡ding up. Looldng up the stairc¡se shows th3¡ it ¡5c€nds.i¡ro i6ky da¡krcssod, i¡respeclive of the n¡tü.E of tb€ light sourc€ used, ¡sce¡ding PCswill nmr b€ eble to s.e moÉ th¡n e f* p¿ces ¡head of rheñ on
Lüdovicüs Hanikc mar.¡ializes a ¡ Ghost (cd5¡n8/¿¿r a5 norm¡l for ¡n U¡ded of rhis type). Hc rpp€¡¡s 25 ¡ n:¡ in bls cdly 3O'!, wirh lorg bl¿ck hzir 2nd dark cFs, dt6s€d Th€ staiñ 80 up inro ¡r are¡ which, like rhe resr of ú. in l¡ght colou.€d robes and wiih his h¡nds held foldcd hous€, qisrs ours¡despaccrnd time. but not ¿ctü¿lly linled befoÉ him. Thc ghostly figur€'s lips mov€, but no sound with ¡t in thc nofftt2l ios€. lt Ekes ro minuGs of c¡imbina e¡nergesfrom then (¡ PC Fith úr. LIP lleadtng sktll a¡ill ro rs¡ch rhc hding ¿r rh. top, duri¡g which ¡ime it grom figurc out thá thc Ghor b risuing ¡ w¡ning on a süccesstur cold €noü8h for thc PCs brc¡¡h to f¡ost in rh€ ¿ir Thele lot t€st. orfy fr-¡gmcnts of spcech 2¡¡d indtr'¡düd Í'ord¡ is u ¡bnormal s¡l€ncc ¡¡ thcy ¡¡c€nd, úd then, 6 rh. PCs can be picked up - 'tte¡le¡", "hoftor", "cor5uoin8", rÉ¡ch rhe lendina ¡nd the door beforc them, a b.i€f snatch "da¡kness" ¡¡d the like). slovly, rhc voicc b€com€s of ¿ hor¡id, thú¡tf glo2tina chuckte.lf ¿ny of the PCs discemible, bur at the sam€r¡mc o¡b€r ¡hings h¡ppcn. Thc at eÍ¡pts to ofEn rhe doof, ir will swinS lw¡y fiom th€rf sound of e swi.ling wlnd grcws in th€ mom, ,l¡d i. b€8rs of ¡¡! own ¿ccord wi¡h a loud cr¡sh, ren¡ining open unril to koock objccrs ¡bout. Anyü¡ngioosc Ítll b€ affcc¡€d, all of rhe PCs h2ve entered- when it w¡ll silently close wh€reas h€ld or s€cu¡cd neD,s,such ¡5 p¡ck or *€¿por¡s, will not. The room gro'¡r.sr€ry cold, a¡d th. fi$r¡! of thc Ghost appears progr€ssiv€ly oudiocd ir tiny fl€cks ánd Ai thc door clo.cs ¡ny liShr sources rhe PCs ¡re carrying e úrinAuishcd. ptunging ¡hem in|o d¡lkoÉss. This lasrs but foi a b¡ief doñmt hñqe¡, as the mom is südd€nly The Ghosfs voice finally bccom€s ¡udiblc. ehcezing painfu¡lt as ¡ts chest heav€s wi¡h the €ffolr of spe¡kin8. tit by thc rorch.s dorS th€ wdls b¡¡¡srin8 inro life.
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24. The Har¡nllng Horror This ch¡mt'e. appe26¡s a long corridortik€ mom. with rñs ofp¡intings on th€ long w2lk- ThePCswiu not h¡vc very much ¡imc to lool ¡r theñ immedi¡tcll hov4er, 50 th€ir d.sc.ip¡ion is deferred hcre. The 'occupeír' of rhis !@m is ¡Gho¡t, butoncwhich.d ful¡y m¡tcrl¡lizc from rhc ¡.th€.. ^ stodÍd ¡€4r tca¡ must b€ didc when i¡ is's.cd. How4er, it 15not h!ñ¡n, ¡nd ha! no r€señbl¡nc€ to human form. I¡s 'body' ls ¡ larSc SfEcn-8fly sac covered s,¡ih ropc-like bluc v€ins, ¡nd h¡s ¡ viciout kcr¡¡ini¿ed be¡l protrudinS fmm ¡he centre, dmlina {id. Bclow tbc s¡c i-s¡ frinSc of c¡ltnson i¡r6iin.likc structur€s which drip sliEe on th€ Sround a5 the moffter movcr. on top of thc s¡c i5 a pai! of et€!o!(s, c¿ch b€ina ¡ $i¡gle bugc unbürling ct€ which protfrdcs fmm ..oorhlcss mouih surround€dby th¡ck bl¡ck fui lnside rh. inrestines, v¡guely fmiliT f¿c.s c¿r b€ sccn pushed ¡gainst the oüter m€mbr¡ncí thcir moüthr frozn in silent scr€¡ms. Thc f¡c€s ¡rc ¡hosc ofJinL€rst, Tav€[i, ¡nd othcr chaoscul¡is¡sthe Pcs h¡v€.¡cou¡t.Gd o. ¡hen t.¡v€ls.
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Th€ Ghost contiNes, and nov, a¡ it spe¿ks.it3 app€¡Énce ch¡¡g€s. It sra¡¡s to age tts hair¡ine slowly receding and i.s skin bccominS {.inkl€d ¡nd old. lis postur€ 8ro¡rs sroopede¡d irs h¡¡ds gnarled.^s it re¡chesthc cnd of its urre¡¡nccs, its h¡nds p2n ¡n ¡ Sestur. of b€sc€chrnenra¡d 1 thin tr¿il of gr'¡vc dust se€ps from thern to the gmund. "I ñeralerl ottt ofrlne, tn tbe ruu nxÍofchaos. It stalted me lt bas be@ñe befl trltll nott, ít coñes to ttertnt!. Tbe Haurtlng Horror has ttte l lts Brtp". Now rhe ghos.l'f fi8urc's skin ' be8¡n5 ro p€€l ¡My, ¡nd writbing vor¡n¡ protn¡de frcm dus¡-dry g¿ps in the flesh of th€ figure. ? 4n {n lasclutches, lt u l tabe tetrt souls too; {t Srasps soule and squeáes ¡bm to ñptíre$ 1¡nd lh€n the li8trt scrÉams.The screamis silent, hm8in8 ¡n the ¡i¡, ¡ cone of misery froze¡ tn sp¡c€,r¡dia¡iry Íumbn€ss¡nd ho.¡or An ic€'taloned black ct¡w app€irs ¡nd wr¡ps about the Ghost, c.ushing ir with the soünd of p2pcr c.inklitr8, d€strDyingludovicüs soul. After rhis ¡pp¡lling €xh¡bltion, ú€ doors ro the loom beyond fly open end the Pcs ¿¡e sucked th¡ough by ¡ howli¡a 8üsr of wind. E¡clr PC mnst rn ke ú Inttlatlee tesr or clse fall over úd l¡dd in rhe rcom on the noo. Prcne chancte6 have¡ -20 p.nahyto adyVS testsmad¿in tbe
Thc Hor¡or'8 thrle etEcks ¡r€ its tent2.lcs and its aciddrippinS be¡k. If 1 PC is hi¡ by ¡h. belv, ^ Derte"lal t6r müsr be madc or elsc + 2 is added to the dam¡se caused du€ ¡o fhc effcct of th€ ¡cid, wh€n rb€ Horror is killed (or ruffeE 2 scriously disabltnS crirical lü¡ which wif ,noünt to the s¡rne thing), tt $r'¡5hcr about, spr:ying.cid, blood a¡d diDe ¡U over thc pt¡c€. Roll som€ dic€ ¡nd tell the PCs th* they maÍagc to ¡vo¡d this stofm of fil¡h. As they iÉ ¡bout ¡o coll2Pse with relief ,s the Hor¡r cnte6 rhe find fli¡8 of its d€¡th thro€s, thc Pcs will look up mom€nq¡ily ¡nd notlce the Pidtr.¿s E¡ch PC must mik€ ¡ sta¡d¡rd r1a8lc Ést o¡ sc€ ht¡self in .ornc of the ptctu¡es. Od€ ov ippcars .o b. of thc PC, e se¡ies of ponr¡ils from cerly chtlalhood to tbeir pftsen¡ lge, wi¡h one addirio¡d poñf¿it. This 15ofth. Pc, rflth lD3 ch¡os ¡ri.ibu!6! If you h¡ve rLa¡n of ch¿o3 you c¡r rotl.hesc ¡¡¡domly' If you do not h¿v€ thls book mü 1Dl0 for €ach att.rbut. (ig¡roring doublc8) ard coosul th€ PCs c¿n cach see following tabte. Not€ tbat dlffüc ¡h€mselves in the s?m. rcw of pictures at thc amc úme !
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Hu;e Hea.t. 20% of bod) hirs on thF mutant ¡R ¡d;dtv h.¡d hib: no h.ttn.t/co¡f w..nblc. Mane ¿fHa¡r: ri1< rh2r ofa lion, ro Gff.c¡ ó¡ poftl€ Pkteue aedñ - GÉn A¡: bodv of ¡h. muum is
¡.duce nb¿t¿r co;Edw¡rh8ñnspots¡ddso; by 20%, óuóding foc¡ions uPwrds hhú.l Hea4: -lO to I of fltrzíi w'r¿ii thesc wlu tÉ ves.iSi¡l end do úot P.mir flilh¡, IzAs):¡hc mutenis l€8saÉ thos. Z;ologk4l6p¡dq of 2 hugespid.r
S¡i€ fo¡ thosc mut{ions whi.h ¡rE ¡tDrd as_chmging 1 Drofile the murant doubt€.' in the Piclür€s h¡ve ¡he s¡me ¡h2r¿aeristtcs ¡5 thc Pcs. They step out of lbe pic¡u.ts a soon 6 the H2unting Hoffor is dc¡d, 2nd ar¡.ck their doub¡cs within thc PC P¡rty. Thcy háv€ thc s¡mc ztmour and sE¡pons ¡s lhci¡ PC ¡ltÉrt8o, but no other cquiPme a5 ¡nd no m¿c¡cal it€m5. They h¡r"c no spcctzl skills (such 'inna¡€' S,tih¿ Mlpity Bllru md o¡ltet cornb¡t skilbl s¡E for ones sucÉ A verf SttDta, ¿tgbtring R.Jlezs alr.dthc like They wiu hav€ ar¡y Spe./¿r6f Wt¿pot skill necded ro use üe duol¡c¡te wÉaDonthcv hold Murant-doublcsc¡rno¡ us< m;cic¡l spell;¡¡d do not h¡w M¡8jc Poinis or F¡te PotnG. óther ics c.n help rheir comp2nions dcstrcy thesc murztfd doubles- 1f 2¡y PC is Elain by his own muta¡t' doub¡c rotucthiña qutrc Ndeous t¡¿pfrN. Thc muBr' doublc cr¡bs thc soul ¡5 it €ñerBes frcm the PC s bodv. crushesamd d€st¡o)5!) tt, a¡d Í¡en djiapp€a¡s' ftding ¡s¡ay in e fit of cruel, Sloating l¡ugbler. This soül d€irrudion cmot bc ¡voided bv the üse of a Fate Poinr' Just b€fort rhe double f¡d€s. i¡ seems to be dr¡c¡n back into somc a€rh€r¡l rE¡lm by a tcnt cle of thc overcomc Heunting
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The PCs h¡ve some books from room U which der¡il old Chaos olts. end the namcs znd lio€¡get .hcrein could D¡ovide th€m vith the chncc to 8o Ch¡os tackinS. HerE is ¡ arcar st¡n for sDim vich Hunr.n. AlFmrtivelr yo¡r cú"drcide ¡hat th¿e bool.s bclons to a diffeÉn¡ rfd¡tv The cults h¿ve di€d out, or th€ booLs fall to düst outsidc
The PCs h¡vc iust survivcd ¡ very t¡¡umatic combat of tiDrncís€ d¡¡sét Thos€ who surviE might wel appr€cia¡€ ¡ chá$cc of;yle ¡nd you could ealily Procced¡¡to th. Enen; wl¡btn c^Irpatln, s¡nce¡hit lregini w¡th Pcs on rhe ro¿d f¡oú Dclbez to Altdorl A¡d l^'h€re mor. lo8ical háw rhe When thc l¡st Pc-doubl€ has becn dcsr.oyed or h¿s ro 8o rhar the c¿P¡ral.eep.ciallyif voü dec¡dcto of b. ¡nto.m€d car io th¡r ¡hey familtthcre The house Ge-soens¡ over' dis¡DD€¡Rd, lhis d.spe¡-¡. fiSht ts át lat pl¡ce otbrriú r¡,e Eñe,n! Wltbl'1 emü insubst¡nti¡I, znd be*rns to f¡de ¡way ¡n¡o th€ m¡st loúnn'6 demisc a¡Id s€b of lntrigue and ;d so!r ugh( which bc8¡ns to gBlher eround lhc PCs.They czmpaiSn slowly dr¡ws the PCsinto ¡ counlcrpoinr3Inc and soci.rv, secz¡ledhl*h gro88v evildoinqin sict ¡rd comln8 round f,nd ¡h€¡nsclvcs f¡ifl,4d ot rhc R?s¡rtrsD?ar' climá{ comb¡r ¡ñd ler¡ifying v¡olcñr is whotlv ln 1 back ¡lley ¡o Delberz Their s¡ory ¡d!€rtüf€ vcry ¡g¡€eably. unbellciable. of coutsq eÍd no t¡¡ce of rhe hous€' nor Ludovicüs ¡te¡ike c¡n bc found... ¡f vour o!¡v€rs rün VFRP PCswho ,rcn t 2ct¡ve¡n the E;eny ív¡ibta ca'¡paig ,howfler you will nc€d h write vouf owñ ¡dEn¡ufEs fot ¡h€m sboÍ, epl5od¡c Í¡rlotufes PC Rer"rds wiU Drobeblvb. fairlY suiubte afler thÉ c¡mp¡i8n pl¡y Th9 follow¡ng EP uwatd! ¡f. ¡€corimcnd.d: wr¡icir trasiui¡ ¡ecn coinp¡er€d, ¡nd Í 15quire possible ñat rh€¡E witl bc somc qc¡ncies ¡n ú€ PC p¿¡ty ¡ft r thc for ovcrcominc thc enerdc! üp to Out not includrnS) Hautltlnc Hotmr md thc mut¡ítált ¡-ego3b¡llc dlft their .l0OEPspcrPC t n c H a ü n ¡ t n ;H o r r o r. . . . . . . b€sr ro ¿esúov ¡he PCs is th¿t fl¡21climac¡ic €omb¡t. If for ¡ol€-Dlav¡nc thc c[colrntcr znd secofd'cafEc! Pcs on ' . 20 EPt fEr Pc voü h¿vc a münrrc of novtcc w¡tt¡ Ác¡ir¡a¿r sciiÉ onc or two sho!. ldv€ntuÉs to hmat$ t¡ It bcst i,our -of'tttD. combrt for trvilc to ftold r¡¡st memb€rs.in lhc neq Éo lhzi ior thc lrouD B3inrhelr6puñ (Zoinbies ln thc k¡lchcn, etc). 2t FPsP€r PC wr¡r¡nsa s.ri€5ofadv.nturs to form ¿onsider bcfor€ io', for ovcrcoming tbc Haunting Hoúo. gfouP is ¡ whote . . - IOO EPs p€r PC ¡ new c¡¡npii8¡ fo. th€ ¡nd the mut¡n¡lrllt€r-c8o PCs. end ! ratc Point A^d, of .otúse, The Eolnung Horror lc vcs(t\gm'¡rc el€metus un¡€solvcd- Wbar wes th€ Horm¡ lts€ll? Wh¡l lf ¡ll Pcs mmage !o get oul ¡liw, 'ou shoü¡d 8i1c ¡ sas ils hisiory 3s¡ servito. of Chzos?Wha¡ rc!€¡Rhd did bonüs 50 EIt ¡nd I ¡ddidor2l Falc Point to !¡ch PC. Ludor.lc$ condu.t úd might th. PC3com. ¡cross otner Fo¡ evldc¡rce of thco? Aisvc6 to thcse m¡t¡cr¡ h¡ve been adwdtur€. vcfy d¡ng€mü. but this ls e ewüdi, Hcfty h¡Dillal dcliber¡¡€ly left out of thc advcftürÉ, bcc¡usc thi. l€av€s Íw iC who 3D€ctfl6 thz¡ h. ot she will do lome rou frcc to dcclde if voü qrnt thes€ m¡ttcrs resolvcd lf (bu¡ sce bclow) r¡milt rhe Gc¡pcff¡ iocat ¡qd rc;zrch a bo¡rus ;ou do, th€.c deta¡t¡ cú be added .o suit the sc¡le, ¡nd to se€if their ftiendJohrnn ssJoh¡n¡ GesP€ns¡' numbe¡. of ¡dv.ntures vou wish to ¡un next EPs. 30
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INTRODUCTION The c(aDesof wtath is a scenariofor 5_7r¡arhammer Fant¡¡syRole-PlaycharacÉId'who should ofexpetiencelfyou ua¡t !o bea ¡e iusiÉeinniner¡eir Adwncedcáleercor have¿ siÍrilardegree is for the cu's eyesor y t¡at prri,ii in ¡"t'ris"¿"uenn"e,do not reada¡y frrther the foüowing of the Oldworld, andthe actiontakesplacein the vine-Srowing is setin TheEmpire Tte adventüre -commr¡niry (formoredetaiisof which' see nearthe Cityof Middenheim villaeePriusto€k,a flourishinq ho$8et youcouldreain the you playinS within C:.I¡.paig¡.. fl¡e E¡eml lf are-not war'h¿mmer Clrg. withinlheOld\rtbrldIn a¡y elsewhere thelocalion andplayit ¿sa one-oflor lranspose set¡inq Placeduri¡g lhe oenLian imporuntasperlto (headwnn¡reis lhe timeof )tar' wiú eventst¡ldng 'Hatlest-Tide Emt€zeit or month of duringthe al l.itzstock (sometime ). annualgrape-hanest
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¡csrltsii rhedrarad¡rrdi-irgI hú atS ¡ (iproringünDun rdillr. nea¡s lhat ¡he characte¡is flung dear - to lall 4 FrrLs. drak HavinShadno real\rarnirg,¡llrhoscwithi¡ lhecoachon|.sr an/n¡¡ratle ter (at- l0) t, avoidl¡lin8 I hl ar s 3 (igr¡o( .únurl o¡c ol thr¡¡ As the parse¡#rs beginto disendngk(hemsclr'es. (dros$ ¡t ranilonr)sccstheskrll pecrifl!i¡norlr0i¡l(h. ^lrer ¡ norsrillirr c couplcol*condsrhesktülli¡s oll bur¿llychnrac¡.¡ the wrrck will seeit headingwcs!ove!the t¡ees For¡ iurhcr descfiptlonof lhe slq¡U,co¡sult lhe Ber¡r¡,Tat 'hr .nd of the Thecoachis bEond repú i only ¡wowherl.s¡emainúrtact,tu1db¡r h ¿{lesare smashed.Hedric,drecoachma¡is lyi¡g in dre road batr¡reda¡d bruised.burothenv¡se unhu¡. cu¡der,¿las.sr'Íftrtd latal injuri€s during the crash, when a t un¡ conl¿inlnt ulrik¡! balgownsfel ftam rhc luggage¡ackandb¡okeh¡sneck lvo horscs haverun ofl, a third hai a bad]yfac¡ued leg, ed the o.her srdds shiveringnearby.The 1wogirls ¿re\try upsei büt will bt c.rlmcd by ¡eassuringwods The"vwill ,¿¡ b€c.lmedby Hedri. s wide Ard babblea¡out fte '...s$mpirg, ¡ed Sd nronsle¡lronrt¡e pitsot hell l
A CHOICE OF ACTIONS ,l:rp r shoosrhcrruclayoL¡r ol villages sourhwestoi Middenheim. Ar rhest¿rlolrhc advc hre, drePcsa¡eassu¡¡ed !¡rb€l¡¡vclling t}e p¿útyhavea numberófóptions a\ajl¡blc.Thcy.oüidsriy F(t, lry coachloe€rdsñtiddenheimalongthe AltdorÍ;¡'liddcnhcimroad. butrhiswouldmedanightin¡hc lorest.Heüi. wiil pointourthir Thewoodsrh¡Lrug¡ whicildreroadn¡nsarekrown tcharbour€\'il no othercoachis dueroday.and ¡r an)'.¿r5c, wor¡ldnot silp l¡r and cvtn 'Ihe chaoticcre¡lures.so coachcstravelquicklywitlrout fearrhEJwerehiglNl]}n¡enThegroLrp couldhe¿d for then&uer stirpping Pcs coachhasrlÍee olh€rpa5senge¡s, Ukikr and coachinginn, Tle MuLrnfsllead,butsinceitisolr¡ 20 nilcs¡sr¡y, Bmhalung,andlherJhody8rard, ound€¡.Bothwomenareyoung, i! couldnot k reached befo¡eniehtfall(s¿ne3 holrs aw¡)). nx! (I9and 17¡espec¡ilely), blueE d blondes ofgoodb¡eeding, bei¡g thirddrcice,Md theoneiavouedby Ulrik€andBcrha, wo¡l¡ltr Alt¡lo¡le¡woolmerchan!.cunderis ¿ t, se!ofl b$tuds the villaSeof crutEnt¡eich.Thcgirls halc ¡cl¡rivcs dáught¡rsofa Jrrosperous gran!of a ma¡ {s¡¡erA¡¡ ¿ndft"g¡¡esr - 5) , if not s¡.tly bn8hl thereNho wouldput ¡h€ Pcr up fü rhenightmd lend¡¡¡nspo.t = 22). rl's b¡owis drickard slopinga¡dhis maissilc lo¡ frcir retu¡r jourrry tr a coachinginn. Fulhernrore, (lr¡¿r'¡S?r.e the girls jes s€en¡-s to ¡ü hL'1herfbs'ud üaI hi5twired ¿ndflanenednose aresLrrethe adventurers will be rewúLledIor lhct saleelco.t Hc is dad i¡ a lcarbc¡jerid¡ and¡Jncd with huge.woodcltle¡s .q rh i h r- lrd'ci ng !o ¡¡rdd.nhcr L. !r5.r 'h, r . ún. ll b abourl0 ¡nilesr¡ crub€nüe¡.ha¡d. walkngar tficg,r¡lspa.c . : L n L: f. I L.dr.. c¡L.r ro a di BoI 1c,rbn¡g .nd, , l of5 mph,.ouldb,!reached soonaiie¡duk. Giltn thegi¡ls reli's¡l ¡li(jdr¡ hcimr. ftLf aic \, cli ¡na¡ncr.landa¡. u-*drob.in8lrL¡ltti to cvenconsidc¡any othcrplü lhjJ is lhe b{st .oL¡rsc ol¡.tion. p¡hd] {€specially whe oun(leris i¡ n er:d¡¡ce). Hed¡i., a brav. iello$ vrhorak¡shis rasponsibilfies Süionsly $de.¡akrsro¡idcrheoncf(JnaÍú,i1g horse¡o thecoaching úr¡r¡nd infün thc F¡ad$udens. TIIE CR-{SH lhejoumeyis irithouti¡cidenlnnrilúe coachhasjui crossed !!!e jmc¡ion 1fih theCrubenÍeich¡oad,a fl'w hoLlsb.iorc s,¡1l.t . ftom ourof üe reesaheadúd da!€Uing aboutl5 l¡e¡aborethegrourd. an cvii boki¡g sk¡ l wirhglowi¡grycscomcshufling l¡i!üds ¡he
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Al a young ma¡ tlirder r¡ts in¡erest€din the nt¡noursconcernine a batrlesilf, in üe area. He spenl hourssear(hinglhe lorest dn¿ b) ch¿ncecane afross lhe caveLonraininqúe s"rDsbne ,and Det¡ils on someof lhes¿üllage¡s are given belo¡d: sh sl . vt¡der beg¿¡!o dig wherehe slqr[s I¡y. hopil8 üoffndóme lea5ure All he lornd wasd D[ of ' ocl dnd wouldhaw dugdeeper S€elDaldurlch had nor one of rheskülls moved'He fled. tur!hing ú€ ' oc[. wÉch % w¿s r€pt ¿s a ruckycharm. He now usesi¡ i¡ Dlacf of hjs leet¡ Seelrs a qujteobnoxious, snotry.nos4d lo help chew iough birs of food youngboy.Hewaspla}1ígir üe woods $árp)ronedo€snormal{ftora lurlv charma¡d wtuder'sbr¡in began to sufer as d resulr. ¿nd hji sp€€.h begtn ro úctude elemenl; oÍ D¿A lbngue. HMeeet. \^¡.f/e¡s body b€neffkd ftom the Chaos soüfce,gening inc¡easinSlyloughe(as the yeafshavepass€d.His íO@d lo¡al i¡c¡easedand in addiiion ro b€mr¡tns iesisran¡ ¡,0 D¿reáreand ¡!¿so¡, W,i¡d¿rhas also beco¡neimmuneto normar s,!¿pons.Wiú his bralndlnosr gone$trdfr is |'¡ü¡unelo lhe effe.ús or F¿r and no longr¡ leelr a¡y patn. A¡ ú€s€ aÍrilut4s *,iI b€ ¡osr pern¡nenrly_if $rde' É sep€rar.d&om hjs bn ot w¿rpsrone fo' more¡¡an a day.beconunF¡n all resD€{r.s a nornal idiot. He ca.n¡o¡b€ cued of his ins¿niryty a¡y io¡¿¿¡¿ me¡r,s. ü wirder loseshis lü(|ry charm (andhe eon t gt\,r I ro arüone '"riho_!_t r lrrusge) , he wit Brr wry ups€r. soonahrwards ñ wdl sfl on Dachúotlle c¡w !o obr¿¡¡ ¿¡ol¡e¡ pie{e, BeLlgso ardned
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Thjssnobbish couple.m úe or y sbre in üe village.lÉms commonly needed by ldrmingfoll aresio(kedat nonn¡l prices and,sinc€tfu ltl¡ge Isqultéprope¡oust ú¡ey alsostocksom€Íá¡cygoo¡lsasvr€ll.'Ih€s€ a¡eiñriably useless;foldingcardlables, loas¡r¿lkt gaÍlengnomes andsoon,Ír€se ttemsaresold25%mor€thanthe normal IVFRPpd€e. Ma¡hndais ¡hevülagegosripandknows ma¡y lrüths abou peoplein andaround Stgbnünd Halrbrc! Hcnri'Ph¡lppe hasamislr€ss h Aftdorfa¡d One of th€ wirnessesto Siqhtlne3, Middenleim. Sieismund h¿s51¡crdecided lo ú(k uD-a¡d (ralse: he only has a mistressin p. He$orlad al ¡h. Rrürerhous€holA and Mldd€rhetn). inspectlon ofhis room{a co¡n€rof the ha,,loft),win re!€alrhataühisclorhesand As{hatrenberg hasb€€ndi.sow¡ed for a¡ 'indiscr€rion'. few belonglngshave ¡lso Bone.His ('F¿is€, gsr girl pregnanq bu¡ he did a s€ñ"nr emplo)'eF constd.ied hilnaLaa/$orl€r¡nd ar€ not too distressedabout his f,nudC¡openfott€uris *"nr¿d lor msder in Midd€¡heim. (Fals€,KJludhasn€tr¡ b€€nio Mtddenl¡etn) ElisabetRocheteau flauntslowrs beforcher husband. {Fhis€) GunterSemílehNpiss sD€nds a lot o[ dmeIn rheDic-shed (Ihf: hes a mis€randhoardsmoneyin üe p¡gipán). lso¡deCud€ri¡ngot hergoldbroo{hby beingnlcd. (Fdls€) Lnud i5 üe odRr wihess lo Sidrrins 3. tte eork5 for rhet(alllun larmd¡d js somel¡Jhat stupjd,n¿dhÉ !o br prompcdotun lr¡ord.r
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Maüll& hasno dmelor lesends. mÍlls a¡d soon. tfaskedabour StefanI'lar¿¡aeurtu¡tilclt, shew¡t recanhirnasagoodtooking winemerchant ftomAldorf. ...andúry dosry heh;d a qoma; h errtrypl¿c€ hedidbudrss. úsru.kfor¿EuebftofgcssipMalhilda Knudcarriesl|l3 sho\€lelerywhereand€lrn takestt robed.Hls wúlirMriablym¡l(¡soÍEthlngup(ofarn¡c¡ly uÍs:!.turynature) mainusetulness a¡oundthevillagedeñts ff.oma SaferBrt¡ \,"Iu€ ofó.burwüa $,Srari¡sof22Sanda¡ | radnsof¡2%his.omb¡l potendalis limitld. Edett¿Surha¡dt
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This young woman cürreoalylies unconscior¡s in theRocheteau houseiended byhermoüerandEltsabe¡ Roch€ieau. She will r€co\¡er co¡s.iousness ln about2 dals but r'ül sr be úeak Íiom bloodloss.-A successfulHea.ltfloürds will result in mrscloüsness onehalf-hour late¡,No&tha! h€r mothe¡or Élisah€tnill not allo{rany g/ü¡by ürdeadwnrurerlo gropeEri€ftab bodyard mllsrbecorMnced elüer of úe Thenilitia, Iedby?a¡¿i!"l,arearthePci' disposal. Hoi|,errf,ües€ indiüdual"s rn¿dical trainlng,ort¡e needto arellttle morethannormai$rmersand,üú*. r¡eb l€ade¡,wil discoverinfonnationaboutthe attack. harbonrnodesia0ogoshil'huntlng.hrrial wil rherefneüú¡ll.l them¡onaintalna watchalonsúe dllae Íár¿r¿l wil ' boundarv. Examinadon of EdenaMll rercált¡at she beall rooe¿gerb engEethe'shllls. sasbit¡en¡¡,lceand.iftheErsonhásether OIe Diseasa or Healvlbúiids,If6d¡oneol Theadventurers will probablyformrhreeob¡ecrrves: Baning ttr Doundssholvsslgnof inftrdon. Thjs lnformadon aboutar¡atl$(dfáiíUrfr prcUoustg, n¡lng o caprure infeflionis nonn¿Iandwil slbsldeIn a daybut mry beEear€d a shú. andaflrmpringroioc¡n wleie rtreyar?coririnfnornlme tV a succ€ssÍi¡l Cu¡eD¿rease roll. lasl t!¡o are de"h wiú tFld
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T¡e lai is narled ¡ocaironB on rlap 2. The sk¡urn also kccp ¡ war.h on the wiard s cá!'efrorna !?nt¡ge poi 200 Frds nonhall brawna¡d wesl of locarionA during the day,and 30 )ar.Lsa!?y durinS the fün is a rwical m€rcenary, nobrain,whowil gowherethemoney¡s. tugnr.
HiscousinAlbrechi5awbd sapp¡ent¡ce whicbis howDielercame Thc laü is sinply a u,el-lidden glade.closeio a rna! spnnS A in Middenheirn. Dierr full searcbof the areawiil revealth€ gladebu! simply R"lkit rgpas! hissewices. b h€¿rolñrt a¡dengagr haspaidr,¡¡rtandalsogiltn hifl hisspel./ will nor. The ska\.€nall belongio CI¡r Scruren,a seña¡t Clanot ,?p {str b€Iotr1in retumforwhichturhas lhe Greys.r¡s. Theyhavebeensenfro $e afeato locate$'arpslone findfoodandgener¿Llyandass€ssdry-problemsinvoh€din bringiry il back HoEwr n ch lo¡rolectDieter, Kui, regardsDieteras a bit ol a ouÉase. whibr iieknowslir eofthewizardsgudge aÉinstfti¿sürk, hisevilnatureme¿¡sdul h; drsn t cde. Healsodoesnl caremuch are t r lheideaof dJ'ing,andifie andDie!,er
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á¡d dresk¡!€n imDoriance is atüchcdúothe recowryof warpstrone Ied by nrsik¡, wil endea\ou lo obhin it ifa! all possiblf Thc Sk?lrn baveb.'en in üe aJeaio¡ irst wer a week. Thty arc unw¡ünqLoent'r rh€ ravein rohesircetheydo nor Lno$ hüt po{e; ft¡l-rhe slqrllr dle Howñ er. dy ccutaty bl ¿dvarrurrrr will lorce (he skáv€ns ha¡Li At any one rime the deploymentof sk¡vcn will be as iollows: (dó ¡oü) l-¡ - s Skarern lail I at rl¡er¡¡le-wal.h I 5 . 4 s k ¿ v : n¡ i ¿ j r I d r r l , r . d v e - w r r . hI. r L l h L ' l n t " - l ih-]\4 ir lair 2 ar :he rcle s¿L(" I oll hJnl¡¡L
lf askedabúu¡ ¡he wizard, rüñ lvill sry ftat he cnn only conlrol 4 slqlllsin total and oftenspcndstitn€in a trancc.Any othe¡ Rllslki5a¡d St¡enar (¡hcsergeant)will ajw¿ysbefoúrd in tu 8l¿de. actrvl|eswilrlso Du¡i¡g the nig¡!, oneof the Ska!€np¡esentin the ¡'Jade In¡rmarionrlül doe'n r implcdteI"rr in Lhegal will be ofrhe fi¡Lr po$l' awatP, krcpira watch. be hcelyre!eded hun h3sno.omorehrnslon tl InErrogated rüft ¡].'áye¡eal the follot ,tg fác6: Ihe wizard has a grxdge ag¡inst Pritzsi,ock. Ilc has a biggcrgn¡dge¿8¡i|sr thc Ma!!r. Het usingthe slqllk lo klll lhe [ ¡yor Io do sith hr: btolher's,ledrh rhe sudpe ha
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sldlls a5witnessesmay be soone¡or laer a€cordi¡gtc rh| CNls drsi¡r. ConcealnBnt Rural, Silcnt^4ovc tural,GancHunÍng{Sktvcnl), Fo tr Itail (Sk"venz),Sca-le SheerSurlacc(Ska!"n3),sÉl Ttap A! theendof t¡e ad\tnúre úe PCsnrayha!€42 piecesof sarpstrne. (skavenl) Jr¡srwhat happ€rswhen all the lflle bits are broügit logerheris Belongings sword,Normal Bow(24148/250, J Es),Quive¡ with30 ar¡o$ CLAN SCRUTEN --.t= Members of ClanScruten('scru{s')areall sklled in ihe artsof conceal,neft andi¡-li-lÍafon-ThEráIedire.t d by theGreySeers wle.esecrecy lor¿rDaurmb:rons b ofprime impon¡nce andthe D¡e*n'e ofSlrwn uJUlddrr¿(rLl1wanted atr.nüonegncd or
lefr up ¡o,ou. They may nor guesstha¡ rhe splintersot rock ¡Je sE¡psione,in which case¡r may comeas a nasrysurp¡iseto lmd a sk¡ven raidir¡gpa.ty on rhejr trail a lew months later (o¡ alte¡natively,when individuali srar¡ gowing a third rye. bcgü sproüing ext¡a limbs erc).
Ihe end oi the advenruremay ¡lso ñnd a few PCssuiTerlngftom 'fte l"Iious inle.¡ed"ou¡¿s o¡ dis¿ascs. Pcsshouldb€madea$¿r€ drar cures¡nayb€ foud in ¡'liddenh€iñ at ¡he ltmple ot Shalll".
Ilyou are rL¡r¡ingthe scenarioas part ofThe Eneny withir rampaign,¡he PCsshouldbe directedt¡ru,ards ¡ltddenheimin preparationlor thc for¡hcomingPow€rBehl¡d th€ Throne. Ii one ,4r a clanüey pndeúemielvesin lheirabiliry¡oliveo1Iüe la¡d oft¡e PCshadgoodreÍoÍ¡s¡ip andgot on \¡Ellwirh dle luxg sbre¡s. ior longp€riodsof time,all fte whileleepinaa closewa¡chon the you nay like to have a lett€r deliveredinviting him/he. to area/i¡dividual unde¡invesüg¡tion. Iheir tull motiotra¡slalesas: Middenheim.Mth a hin¡ that an inr¡odu.tion could be m¿det
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I¡ üis stat€a slq¡ll$ill s€ekto re¡umto dle th¿os{á\€ iftn€diat€ly Thc shrll srll .únrlv oient¡É i|sef tl) la. e I hecaveif it i5preltntFd t¡om ¡erurue rlieie for sone reason The acnul rot¿tion lif nol ¡he caus¿)is obious iI the skull is observedwhile movingit abou¡. An oáseÁr ro[ is needed!o no¡icethe efTecrif üe sl ]l is movcd wiüout belng \aakhed.
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This orientauon€fe.t will beo€nidden ifa localisedsourc€ofchaos \sd).d sm¿j]fi'¡grncnlol warpstone',is brouS¡rwüi1 5 )atds of a dorm¿nrshlt. ln ül5 !¿s€ the shil wil trv lo trt to rhe nearer piecefor as long as it remainswirhin ¡he srted range D€¿d, when the slq¡l re¿cheso ltblrdJ or has b€€nar¡áy fton a sourceof chaos lof mofeüa¡ 24 houfs.Fromthis point ¡he slqrll becomesqüle no¡ftaj .
3. Deallng *ith Dle¡er atrd Yürt, 5'40 poin6 Rrshinelhe caw a5soonas üry ariw Lsnot úe bes $,Eyafe¿rning FPr ru;kss of courseúe PCshave de¿lt wirh the slorls Üú are ajming Íor supri5er. c¿prwi¡8 Dieter.Iü¡n or boü)shouldeam more Doind as shódd any t¡cdr iha¡ makrs úem suÍender wilho a sword b€ing drawn.
A slqil3 usüal cond¡nonis dolmant. Toachie!?conaol a \¡¡P roll is neededplus lhe expendrrureof I magic point. Tt€ individual ano D€ conBolmtrstsoendI rou¡d in conce¡¡rduon at¡emDline wiüd I iard ofüe slodl. ^ fdled w? roll m€.ns llul the slqil 'dies. f ¿onhl is es¡?bLEhed. üc shll be(omesarrued n lhe speücastfr.I¡ can lhen be ñade passiw W giving ¡r instr'rc¡ons ó lotuq or aco'r€ by con!¡nu¡nsdnect com¡na-nd.A¡ ¡ndividuai mav have uDr,o4 shils folowins Dassilt insEuldons dr dy one ¡m; A,.tiw ónÍol of rnv oÍ úese ¡ (¿¡ beache!€d¿tut anelound a spencaserm¡y üerelorefljr betlv€en h¿sbeensp€n¡conc€nE¿iting; D¿ssi!€shils máldng each one acE\€ as he do€sso a! will
4. Dealing $'lth th€ stav€n: Io'Jo po¡nts. This will probabtymean a ffght. No points should b€ aw?¡dedif rhe Skavenescapewü úe $/arpslone 5. Savlig th€ Ha¡vesri 5 pom6 per tull dry saved (nax 35). No hte poin¡s a¡e aw¡rd€d for this ad\enru¡e
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CAREEB GUTDANCEfOR \VARHAMMf,R FANTASY ROLEPLAY by .lim B¡nrbE ¡nd Phil Gallagbcr
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Alt chas.teF súrr their ¡.tleniüring lives by follosing a b¡sic c¡reer This pre'¡dreñtu.in8 caree¡piovides chamcre8 wirh thei. ini¡ial skills ánd a fi.st, free adyancc.This is rhe clre€r $hich the ch¡r¡cter eas foltowing immedieÉly prio¡ ro r¡king up the lit€ of añ adrcn¡urc.. ¡nd so aU rhe skilb lis¡ed unde. the carcer afc ¡ssumed fo h¡\f beeñ le¡mr beforc p¡a.!slr$.
Although.h¡n8fg carea in 8.ame¡emi is relarirely simr¡le ¡r.mprs ¡o r¡riorels. sh¡r ú aclu¡l¡y hapPening in ¡ rol.ptrying gtme my Prcle some*n2t úoÉ dill¡cuh. Oo. Bo¡¡min. accordirS to thr rules. mty adoor an\ of rhe louoqinc c2ffi exits _ Outlaw, Seman or Smusdler,altemadvelv,she Íür op( ror ¡ tudom roll on one ó¡ ¡tre ¡c¡¡emcs, waÍioñ, ot Rogues ca¡t€r (hads (\ee VFRP, p¡?1, or sh. can rcluálly choose ,norhd B¡r. R¡nc¿. ca¡eer ln orher words. rhe rules nake júsr about etery caree. open to ev.ry ch¿r¡cler. Id ao abstnct game,of couñe, this poses¡o Prcblems- the cM simply zpplies rhe rule\. the chaflckr exP€nds¡he requisi¡cnumbr¡ of ExPcri.ncc Points, and the 8¡me conrinu€r. Howcr€r. th.E wiU tnev¡¡¡blv bc lhose who s2nr to know the mswñ to questions such a5, how
A¡ qcep¡ion to this are those skiUsña.ked ¡s being q¡rned on a pcrcent¿s(chen(c For rumple. a neely iencnled uria¡m¡n a;tom¡¡icauy s¡¡nr ¡¡ar. o entd¡roñ. kíúd Lore- and Rou. Th,e chaÉct€r also has a 50% chance ot being uery 'ttunq. t 2\"" ch¿nceof h¡\'iñ8 Consume Abobot.2nd ^ 2r"; chtnce ol Boat'buil.lina some Bolrmcn will be lücky and h¡ve Picked üp ¡h€se
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thry h¡ve lo¡s of menial work for ¡n zPPrcnt¡c.. mavb€ 'pc.lraps lhey r'¡n¡ to hift some muscl€ fo. milibry or A .rnrn¡isn s rlt al\u benent if romr (¡reeñ Fm¡iñ closed to chlr¡.tes until cert¡in Points id ¡he Plo( or ¡dventure h¡ve been r€3ched.You m¡y decid. ih ]ou. ad!.nfures afe goina to b€ set in ¡ numba. or ro$ns 'n shi.b rou. .hld.te6 sÉnd their lime as nom¡l .ilizeni roorinc oüt Chuos cutts rh¿t h2!e womed th.ir sav into Dosnions of influence. Adver¡tur€s or this sor¡ sork besawi.h sm¡ll nufnbes of .hr¡c1ea, who also h2!e t¡nks wüh 2 tosns orsanis¿.io¡! _ guilds, tr¡de 6socúrioos,.¡nd so.onl A M.¡cena.y c¡pi¡in le¡ding ¡ force of 20 b¡tile-hard€ned veleE¡s is nor re¡lly suired ro such rdventuRs. L¡ter, howeÉr, the c2mPargn may involr€ !h€ .h¡ncrers in ¡h. d.f.nc€ of I barcny ¡g¡ins¡ añn.sinE mur¡nls .¡nd Berstmcn, end h.rc chár¡ct.r srri milii2rl .xp.ri€n(r rnd trun,nB would undoubredl) corne irro rheir own. A Phlsicians s¡udcn¡, on the o¡her hend. ¡s :ikelv ei¡he. to mee. ¡ horribl. d€¡th' o. to 8ei b o r c d ' e r r a ú i c k t v .A s ( ' ! 1 , Y o u c o u l d I n l r o d u c e¡ h e Dl¡ter (hjm¿r.F to su.h ¡n advenruñ bt havinS then ' lre'nori.ñ D¡ocláiñinq Recru'r( o¡fi.e6 Ncos. ¡rd R€cuUF - $;nted for Br¡on or¡os Comparv of loor- or b! h¡rin8 an ¿8en¡of the Brons aPPro¡ch2 PC Mercenrn Cagain. Bv not m2king ev.ry J'n¡le cireer oDlron ¡ti¡ Jblc ¡o th< PCs a¡ dl t¡mes.n ¡s Pos5ibl. to s¿¿r chan8rs to dfleloPmenrs sirhiñ rhe cmP¿i8n d(lf. In Tl¡e Ed.Ey w¡rhi! campaig¡. we havr pó!¡d.d tl€Dits ol Drcsóe(ive emDtoves and r.2cheÉ for c¡reers ¡DDrcDriare(o'¡he \uce ñached by rh. ctmP¡iSn The$ a; rn¿¿nrto be lully deBrled NPCSw¡th Fnonáliries. and bel¡nable ño¡iie5 ior r¡ining or emPlov¡n8thr ol¡le¡ (h¡mcte6. ln this way. wc h¿ve lried ro creale a ¡áápaisn where ¡hc ¡ctio¡ nd the ch¡ncters develop in Ineitabtl. howfle¡. some char¡ct.6 wil {¡nt to fouow a €aree. ih¡r is not made a\¿ilóle in the campargÉ Fo¡ sof¡re c¡fces. rhh should no¡ be roo difnoft to coPe
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As men¡ioned ¡bove. fiDdins r c¡reer parh cm gencr¡re an_rnumbc. of ¡drcn¡ures - a wiz¡fd may reqür.r crr¡ara books or spell insred¡cntsro be locaredfor b¡rl c¡ ¡cte6 enter¡ngmilirary se.v¡cecan be s€ñ¡ on missionssuch as rakin8 e p rol ¡o .he.k on a rcnrorr v¡U¡8e,o. delivr¡in8 a m€ss¡geto an officer somc milcs a\'ry. Theseand simila. advenrurescould i¡vol!e ¡be p l a ) c 6 i n , i A h t i n F' h e i r s r v l , t r o u 8 hh ñ \ ¡ r ¡ ( r e r h ¡ o r \ u J¡(o!rrinq rh¡¡ one oI ¡hcirpa(r L J \py.r -.rr.rin
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LEARNINCNEW SKILLS First oi all. by s¡) of clar¡ii.rtion, yoü should no¡e rlr¡r .haúc¡eñ cnter¡rg ¡ blsic carcer shich has onc or ñorc s k i l h p r c . e d e db y ¡ h c p h m s e x l i % c h ¡ n c e o r . . , r . ¡ r búy en) ol lhcsc skills as no.mal, unlessihe skill is ao nr¡4¡e onc Thc percc¡u8€ cbxn.€ only applies to cham.tcñ lbr whon this is thc fi6I career Rut what brppe¡s l¡te( ¡f ¡ ch¡Ecrc. ch¡n8cs c¡rr€6 end ¡hen de.idcs dr¡t h. or shc s¡nrs Io lc¡.n one or o¡o.c of the skilh rh¡r \rre prfl¡ousll a$ilabl. under á fo¡mcr c¡rccr. but no¡ boughr rt th. ¡imc? Obyiously,if tbe sliiUsin qucsl¡on .É list.d under the ¡e\r crre€¡, rhen rhq can be ¡cquired i¡ ¡he normxl manne. lr ¡he skius m no( lisrcd. ihen rhe ch¡Éc¡e¡ hrs to decide to pur in somc speci¡|, ex¡r¡ frr-rc¡ic'e in ordc. to 8¡in them. Similarl), I ch¡m.tcr m¡,r lrish ro acqnke a p¡r¡icular ski¡l rh¡r is not pa¡r ol his or ber curren¡ or pxst careí 1h( rules ourlincd here erphin hos rhis c¡tr b. donc. The basic pÉmiss of ¡his s!$¡eú is ¡h¡t whcn r chamcter .h¿nges carecr,if he o. sh. urde¡Tics sonretminnrg, rhs ¡he chaEctq ¡.qu¡cs a rudimenlz._vkno edSeof a1l tl¡c skills listcd unde. rh¡r car€er'¡his does ¡ot me¿n ¡ha¡ rhe chlFcre. lcquiftr rhe rkills. bur nrher that be or she is i¡u8ht $h1t to do in o.d€¡ ro develop rhe skills over ¡ime This is rel'lec¡cdby ¡he 8áinin8 xnd spendinS of cxpe¡iencc poiots. v hen ¡he chlmcte. hxs ácqui¡ed 100 EPs,he or she is dc€med to be $perienced enouSh so rh¡i rhe ¡udimcnnry tnowledSe of ¡Dy one skill c¡n be converredinro fLrll knosledge, ¡nd ¡he pla]
.CAININGSKILLSFROM OLD CAREERS. llowerer, ir i5 assumedthá¡, havinS€nie¡ed a flN career, the ch¡actt. ¡s nor i¡ a pos¡rjon ¡o bujld on the fl¡.liñedr3ry knowledSeacquiftd during üe old c¡¡ee¡, and rhus cxnnot no.mllll ari¡ previously ¡r"¡'llble skills. H}in! molcd on from the old .areer. the cha.¡cte! h2s lorfened ¡hc meansof gaining them easilf Howeve4 if ch¡.¡creN are ab¡e ro deYo¡e¡ few hotr6 each wek to rhe p¡¡ctice of súch skills. they may stil¡ 8¡in ihe skill bl expending loo EPs(¿s no¡mal) dd then mák¡ng an ¡ñtettigen.e resr.If rhe res¡ is failed, rhe char¡cre¡ toses ¡he l0o EPsand fails to l€¡rn the skill, This does no. prev.nt the char¡c¡e. from h¡ving 2norher Ao larer, bur rh¿ 1oo EPs¡c irnoc¡blv lost. The amoünt of time to be spen¡ in pücrising sucli skius, and the p€r¡od over wbich rhe practisemust b€ conducted,will v3ry from tki¡l ¡o skill. Howe!.t s ! rough 8uide, we have divided alt rhc skills inro rhe foúr c¡tesories as listed belor':
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OF EXPLANATION CATECORIES Pr¡ctl€al: rhose skilts Ir which it s not so much the theorv rhrr coun¡s as rhe or¡ctic€. These skills mav be i.qu¡;ed by hard-wo¡|. seiiai'ciptine ¡nd dedicarlon Th¿se 5kilú toUo$eü bv t .attor b. learned $lthout $irion from ¡n expcn. Int€llectüel: those sk¡lls wb€re útory md book_ te¡¡ning ere ¡ll imPortan¡. ln 8ene.¡1,these skills canno¡ be setf-taucht,In ¡ddi¡ion, somc áIso req¡¡lrea I ¡ ¿¡nounroipr¡cri.al work ' it's all terv well knowing the tt ¿orl, of anim¡l traininS,bur unl€ssvou've pEct$ed or
Pr¿.¡L4l 'krl¡s Fquirc ,¿houñ poctict e¡ch ürr lbr {D(r weeks bctotr ¡he (h¡m.ter c¡n mlke ¡ñ ¡¡' ¡e{ lo A l i n t h r m . I l o r e o r e ' r f a ' l i l l r e q u i r c sl u i ¡ i o - nl.h E ¡ h ¡ É ( t e r m u s t b r ' u p € r t i \ . d r o . 3 r l < r s rh ¡ ¡ r r h r r r n v Intellectüal skills r'Jqti.e 2 hours study p'r d3), plus 2 h o u 6 D e rs e € t $ i l h r l ú t o r l o r 6 - ] D o s c e k s b r f u r e ¡n /4¡ ¡e\r m¿I be made to Srin rhcm. skrlh whrrh I rll lor ¡dd¡Íñn¡l pr¡flrc¡t work will .€qurr ¡he rudent lo spend . further 2 hou6 Per w€eti oñ ¡n¡t Persor4l skills ¡re much hatde. ro pin dowfl in ie'ms or irre amount of pncticerstudy ¡equned. Given ¡ p¡r¡icolar \kill soñe Deo;¡e sill be ¡ble to prck ir un qu¡cllr' "rhe¡s c¡n i¡ru:g8te¡n wrn lor ages Ba\ic¡llv. ch¡mc¡eA ¡tremor¡ne l|';cqurre ¡nv of thfse lkrlls nust pr¡nice lor ¿ ¡orin oi' ¿¿v ior ¡ num¡cr o¡ davs(qLr¡l ro 100 minu' ihe chráck¡ s r?ao!,sr,p score Ar the end or rhis prriod ¿n lr¡ tesr ¡\ akrn Lo see 'f the chrEckr hr' i r i n € d r h e s k r l l .I f ¿ s k i l l i 5 l ¡ e ¡ e da r r s q u i r ¡ n st u ' r i Ó n t h t ;hrracr€r ñeed\ ro be supeñ isrd tor a min'mum ol 2
These will obviouslYvarr_lccording ro the NPC land mry wetl be influen¿edb-vsuch frc¡ore ¡s wb€rher vou ".,i¡" wa¡¡ ¡ cerrai¡ ch¡ác¡er ro acquile a 'e¡¡ain ski¡l' or ni¡l ¡s ¡ rough gu'd( hosel.r tou 'houl'l 'onrider rh¡t tu¡oñ of p¡is¡.;/ ¿od re,sodl \kilh $rll 'h¡r8e ior, cc. p.. lt"i,. whil. turor of tt¡elr¿'¡@r *kru' will ch¡lg€ 1DI0+ I GCs Per bour comprcsslna Tnln¡ng a ch;dcte¡ r;rv Drefer ¡o rake a cd\h couBe r¡ther (hm r r v i n et o l € ú n ; . k i l l t r h i \ o r h e ¡ l p r r E f i m e T h B i s oi¡ferrlv ¡ccepo¡le, oro!¡ded rhrt ir the ch¡mcrcr doei iái i." i" 'oik r"' ló's'¡ rhln ro hotr' per davr ¡ir Ih' s u o e i i r ¡ n q r u l o ¡ r ¡ f ¡ n ! l i t 2 8 r € e ! b l er r d l ¡ i ) ¡ h e r o r ¿ l n u m b e ro i h o . * s p e n re q ú r t st h e r q u i f f d n u ñ h e r '
.A SAMPLE TUTOR. Presentd below is a deailed NPC fo. us. ¡n any \%varhamerc¡mD¡isn. A¡thouShdergned ro fn 'ñddthlv imo th¿ A¡tdúrf sect¡onof Dcaú o¡ Thc Re¡¡¡. Heinz von \lp¡¡rmp ( 4 eá\¡ly b( uscd in úther tóc¡r¡oñs. \lmPty bf ch¡n8¡ng obv¡ous d.utls Heil/ shows bow ¡nte€stinc NPcs cán be used to P.ovide n l ¡ v r F $ n h s k ¡ ¡ l { ,c a ¿ c r ( h J n S e sr n d a ¡ s o u r c o t iofórm¡tion ¡nd future NPc co.rác¡s
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DaSger,sri¡ing c{tuipmenr,¡¡ico.ne hrr, powde.ed whir€ *i8, th¡ch pcbble gl¡sses,b.osn foodsrainedsuir. Heinz can bt irrroduccd io the a¡1ven¡ure6in a numbe. of ways. He coutd simply bc encou¡¡eredin a .iv€6idÉ inn or strolling along rhe docks. ¡f he se€srhe ¡dvent!reB, h. m¡y ¡riemp¡ ¡o strikc up ¡ conve62i¡oñ about üe River Reik, ooe of ¡h€ B.eat lovcr ol his life. O. tbcy .oüld r6.¡re him froñ mu88e6 one d.¡k ¡nd a¡rggl oiabt. Altern iv€lf rh€ advemure.s.ould hear oi h'm from a pub landlo.d, Tb.res ¡his educ¡red gcczc. *ho of¡en comcs in he¡e, ¡lways asking qles¡ioDsoi folk ¡bout (he .¡ver, wr¡¡es ¡ lo¡ of it down, he docs, ¡nd always pays for info¡m¡rion. Tbe dvenrurers could enber see* hi¡¡l out or Mir unril he ¡..ires. Ano(her wq him is fo. the adventure6 ro seea norice ro inrroduce askinSfor 'Hones¡ rive¡folk to mzp the Reik. good mon.v p¡id fo. impo¡t2nt scienlific work. No marte¡ how ¡he dventurenr encoun¡erhim, Heinz i! inte¡csredin r¡nding 2 ¡eam ot people ro mak€ maps ol the Reik fo. him. Hr is lvilling to pay 25 cC for ¡..ur¡ic m.ps bd wir¡ terch ¡ny chtr¡cret th. cdrtqrapby skill f,r trec A /¿/ t.'r i\ rcqu'rd ru ¡(rrn rt trcm him
fr addn¡on to tr¡.hin8 C¿rtograDbf, H.inz .^n be a yery uscful soü¡.c or iDfo.ma¡ion oo The Empi.e s geogr¡phy ¡nd his¡o¡\' Oncc úr advenrurcs re¡urn wirh ihei. charts. h. will 2ct ¡s ¡ par.on to xny.hffacrer wishing ¡o b€cooe ¡ rude¡¡ or scholar at rhe Unive6ity, rd he prolidc letters of infoductioó to other rc¡demics úd unive.sitics in Th€ Empire. l¡ ¡d¡lirbn, Hcinz is willing ro gv. priv¡¡c ruirion in Nu,nismallcs ^nd Hlstol!. He refus€s to teach Redr Wrít¿, how.\cr, ^s hc .onsides it to be ben.¡rh his i l , g n ¡ r ) .H c ' n / . t r m r l ' r n d u n r v e ^ ¡ r yc o n n e . r i o n s( J n conr in uscful ¿s w.l¡, sio.e hr will be able ro inreñe¡c on rhe advenrurersheh¡lf if lhey Ac¡ imo any huble with rhe au¡hornies How su.cesslul his inrerveniion is, dcpcnds on ¡he exrrni oi the advedru¡eG'c¡¡m€s,bu! he should bc ¡ble to deal witlr mi¡(¡r ¡r¡ns8¡ess Jim Batubra {' Pbil GaUagher
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Note finally rh?t e¡treme d¡fferenccs in I w¡ r€m¡¡n P.oledcd q r¡h rhN.y\¡em. fo¡ ey"únple, ou¡ I hen asa5srn wr¡t st¡t¡ l¡nd atl thrÉe of hrr blows berore¿ (Jianr(I 20, could lá¡d 5y ofhi5 frre Th¡5i5nor unresor¡able,D€c¡us. ln. dr efence in I b tery tergf ind€ed.¡nd rhe re.crton rmeor thecmrum i\ so drfferm¡ a5ro m¿Lerhispt.ustble. (n cours(. shen the Ci¡nr getsgo¡ng it dosn r h¡u r¡¡n down, rorenr orviohnce. bu¡ r {¡nd El¡¡scssenrial¡yrh€ ab'rrry ¡o rercr qukkty. no¡ ro srrikr m¡fly btowr 0h¡¡ 6 G e n e r a l l y ,¡ r i s p o s s i b l c r o s v i t c h ¡ r r a c k s t € ¡ w e e n d€te¡m¡nedby rhe c¡eatu.€'s,4rr¿.¿ ch¡r¡cre.isucl. oppone¡rs ¡n h¡nd,ro-h¡nd combst in one rcund, but a¡ least odc,ala?.É is losr per .swircb', o. more if rbe cM rules thar seveml yards.o¡ mo¡€, .núsr be tnvelled. Fo¡ ffimDle. A Stñp¡tñed System . ¡ hanc¡erwr¡h rhree ,tr¡acÉrfigh¡¡n8r wo c obhnsco;i d A f¡s¡cr, 2lben lcss r€alisric va¡ianr on these ru¡es for multipl€ atr.cks h ro use th€ s¡me b¡sic I ¡nd ord€. of sr.rke o¡ce ¡t onq ¡u.o or move ro fiShr the oth€f (losinS lttacks ¿¡ above,.burepply modiners for wif|ning, ch¡¡8ing, one ¡rr4.¡), ¡nd ther ger o¡€ blow at the second enemy. Chegtn8 r,r¿c¿r do€snt have ro bc dccl¡rcd in adwnc¿ surpris€, erc ro th€ individuat ¡¡r¡cks ¡nd not ro rhc I sco¿ !o¡ c\rmplc, if ¡ \Ihúior ür€xpcc¡€dly infticts a m¡ssive locFatean Er e¡ch comb2¡mund. t h¡sw¡y, the GM a¡d c.¡t¡cd hk on one enemy, h€ c¡n then chengc his inten.ted p ¡ ¡ y . 6 d o o o t h e v e t o c h ¡ g e i h e E t r c u n d b yr o u n d .T h ¡ ! rcdon (ro,rrjkr aSeinar rhe s¡mecn€my) ¡Dd ¡nsr€¡drr) option is¡ ¡s nored, fasre¡,bu¡ it rendsro biv€ a sr.onSly ro hir anorhe. ter8etwirh ¡ny,,ta¡a.*s h. hal rrm¿tnjn8 negariveeffecl on char¡creG o. crc.rur€s with dutript¡ Howffi, le¡ring Ry missitG a¡ diffe¡ent aimed-aropponmls artackswho have ¡¡ ¡ndiffe.e.r r s.o.e ro beqi¡¡wtrn. ¡n missilc comb¡¡ ls noi Dossible!
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Mlsglle Weapons ln Hand-to-hand Coúbat
Th..2si.sr rüle ro€mplo_y heE is ú¡t mis.ilcm¡pons c¡n This is a p¡nicula¡ly impon¡nr rut.s dision! A ch¡nc¡er be used in mrlcc. bur ch¡r¡cr.6 canrot re¡o.d them. It with th€ .tpe.¡al6t tyeapon - Pa¡nnng Vbapo,Lt skitl is s¡mply isn'rposibl.¡o slip¡bol¡ i¡to ¡ crossbowand dnw ooq permitled to mak on. fre€ pafty w¡¡h a spec¡¡lisr rhesrin8 t¡u¡ fo¡ fi¡in8 $,h.ñ a srink¡n8o8r€ ¡s (rying ro p¡.ryina w.¿pon in eddirion ro his norm¡l a¡¡acks.On¡v sm¡sh yoú. bñin5 ou¡ ¡¡l over ¡hc floor wi¡b a wh¡cki¡a on. such parfy ¡s possibl., elrhouShonc or moft ¡rr2.ks Sreer.lub. lnsrinc¡ive¡rr.mors ro fl¡de sucha f¡tc rn¡ke m¡y ¡lso b€ uscd ¡s addir¡on¡l p¡rries if ¡h€ ch¡r¡cier rhc conccntñtion ¡nd disciptinencededfor r€lo¡dtng a $ishrs. Thc fi€c p¡rry musr b€ m¡de wirh ¡ spect¿thl missilc sepon imposs¡blcto sustain.Veapon! such es ¡ p¡¡ryin8 w.apon - ¡ l.fr.b2¡d dagSÉ( ¡ sNord.b.€¡ker, or rhrowing knif. or throwing ¡x€ may be used, bur ¡r ts a bucklcr. Thc fre. pdry ca¡ nor b€ dcha¡ged for ¡n srm lnlik€ly ¡ny chand.r Eonld oad or *ish ro do this, for ¡h¡5could slrikc ¡ f.imd try ñistlk ls.c FinnAíf,to a Ha/üThis .ulca evision m¿k6 a svo¡d-bdker ¡ fr ñor€ lsetul wcapon ¡o cary rh¡n pBiously. ¡nd ro compcns¡refot Flrhg loto ¡ Hend-to.Hr¡d Cor¡b¿t this ¡ second rsisio. düsr be m¡de: rh. possible ecaponIt ts assumedhcre thÍ rhe nú w¡h6 ro hir a specific tar8.t brc¿ki¡8 tunc¡on ofrhis spcc¡alist wc¡pon wiu nor opcr¡rc (o¡ ar re¡st ro avoid on€!); if rhis is nor so, us€ rhe rulcs o¡ this fflc paÍy'. tf ¿r ¡Í¡ck is sac¡ificed for an addi¡iond p¡rry w¡th the swo.d,breaker,the addnion¡l palry can for Fldng a¡ a Grct/p. brc¡t thc we¡pon, a ¡n vFBP sund¡rd rul.s FkinS in¡o ¡ hand-ro-h¿ñdromUr É obviouny po5siblc. bu¡ lh€ ch¡ncrer mry haveprcbt.ms hrrrrnghis¡nrended r2.Ec¡.Thech¡nc€ ofsucb ¡ mir¡ke GdrinS is 5% pe. addirion2l cre¡rur within ¡hc E¡oup fghrinS. Th€ cM dete.mincsr¡ndoñly wbich c¡É2ruc C hir in sucb caes. ¡f thc fi¡ert BS ¡s nor vcry h¡gh, no srn ¡oU shoutd b€ To IIlt Modlflers n edcd tonnd whe¡her¡n unin¡end€dr¡rae!washir. Ore Thc followinS ublc should b€ us€d ¡o r€pl¡ce rhar gi!€n c¡n simply add ¡hc ¡ppropriai€ numberro rh. uppcr end in the VFRP rul€book.
. MSSILE FIRE.
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G.ocally, .nything udder 1' hiSh¡nd long is a sm¡U arllcr
+¡0 Genenut ¿nyrhing zbov€8'r.¡l(ci¡ni, Ogr, TóU, erc.) Firing froú ¡ ¡¡ov¡d8 -10 Su.h $ á hor5eo. frcm
Thrc*trg
-10
MovinSa¡ ldl ru¡ni¡8
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Talaer is ar long ¿nge for thc k¡pon b.ing us.d, as defincd on ¡h€ Misile wedpons Char¡
20
T¡rgr ¡s¡t exlcmc Énge ro. rhe w.¡pon bcinSu*d, 6 delined on rhe Miss¡l¿ Wapo4s
Once it hasb€endet€rminedth¡t a rargethasbeenhir. rhe no.mrl procedlre for hit loc¡tion and dam¡ge is followed. Fo. thc purpose ofthese rules.á group ¡s defiÍed in the no.mal way; ie a separ¿tionof.t t?rds codstituresanothe¡ gmup.
i¡npovised -1O
Such 6 ston6, portery,
Flrlng at a croup
.10
'2O
T¡.8€¡ ¡5 p¡ni¡lly hiddct by Eget¿tion, soo(I!, or arees "¡Acl ¡5 p¡r¡i¿lly hidde¡ by .tor€ or bri.l woik, wlls or
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The old rule, ther BS is doubled wb€n firiDa ¡t ¡ group if rhc li.€r does not specify an i¡rdividual .a¡get wiihir ir, is ch¡o8€d hü€. Th€ bonus to BS becomes +5% p€. ¡ddir¡onal creaúre ¡n the g¡oup ¡bove onc Thus, if tbe Sror¡p is of three crc¡tu¡es úe fire. gets a +lO bo.us to BS, if of fou¡ i¡ is +15, and so on.
Note ih¡t th. maio¡ diff€r€nc€ betw.en these tso cases ¡nay cirhcr b€ specifylna ¡ positir,€ targei (ie Iwenrto fir. ¡t ¡he big Gob¡ln wlth the r€d bandm¡ ) o. a negariv€ ''I *3nr ro firE ¡r ¡h! goup wirhour hi¡ting ñy fiiend in rhe rhickof ir': lt isofteneasie.rohand¡erheDecative case by specifylng an állernativet¡rg€r in rhe g¡oupt
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HACK AND SLAY
Placing Bombs
!ñ'fie &6 ¡¡,lRllrglcbrx¡k is €o.e.t ¡r s¡Jin8 th2¡ tx)mbs sbich üc pl¿ced¡rd leíl ¡o qp¡ode don r rqÚire m2rúc\ mll m be ;¡de, tomc dice rol¡sstill ú€ed¡o be m¿d'. lo¡ rhe folloqinS .e¡sons. Th€ (h2n(¡cr pl¡(in8 thebomb ñu\t dflr¡rÚoe how lonq rhc lúre $ ilt r;kr to búrn A fu\c m¡v b' of ¡nv ru'Bhl' tenpth from I round up ro rtheo¡rtl'allI' ¡n tndcfioite oer_odrr¡e rr¿¡l ofcunpowde¡ leadin8up ¡o thc b¡rrelr) ,{fte. ir is lir, for lhe first round rh€ fusewillbümno¡mall-v Hora*e( on e2chsubsequerr ¡oDnd the ch¡¡¡de¡ ñust rcu Dloo. ind on a rou of 96+ rhe fuse splur¡es our ¡no rs u s e l e s(sb u t m ¡ y b e r e l r r Y o u m a v $ ¡ ñ r t o m a k e ¡ \ e c r ( l Lr ¡netuseto ñ_i8dr4isPeciállv ¡i.. -Lr. "-r1""".tt-* .ich¡ ir rhc end ofthe ius( $ lh2t wh(n lhe ch¡B(ter8oe' u ; r o É t i e h ln t h e b o m b h l o s t u p i nh i s f l c e l a l 0 % c h T c r r i n ¡ l l v . e h . n t h e t u s . b u r ñ sd o u n ( o n s e n dt h ' r c h r i U *isnR: on a D¡oo ¡ou ¡nvn¡tur¡l ,¡f 'ün¡".¡.¡**"r" doublc (ll. 22. €¡c.) indic¡tes ¡ misfi'c (seethe VFRP You ¡ñ .l.o ¡t I'br¡tv to allow ¿Al?t lest\ for cte2lurcs o¡ ¡ burnins rus4isálM)5 rot ".*io tt'. uo-u,,r,.i'"¡. \lodifieF shouldtx 8¡venror cti\¡2nceirvolEd andde'¡rr ol ünbient noisc(egihou¡rnSdrunltrn Goblnr wouldh¡vt r€ñ littlc ch¡nc€ of h.ring ¡ f¡zz¡rg tus€)
HIT IOC,{NONSAND BLQ'\PS-J TARGETTED Th( rul. heR 2pPliesboth !o ¿im'd hand to h¡nd blos\ ¡¡i tosn¡¡ps¡oiiingtre rhe VFRP rulebookrs irh masile t p . c r r i € 5a b o d v t o c e t r o nw h j c h *i"p"n. ir,¡".ü.t* ¡ i ¡ i s p e c i f i c ¡ t l y ¡ r r e m p r i n teo h i t t h e r fB ' p e n i l t vt o L h e BS or wS roll as ¡ppropri¡rei thrs ¡s
ANDINCJNDIASIE! BOMBS
TARGETTED BLOWS Modinc¡ lrc¡tlon '2o He¡d '20 Arm -¡0 Bod_l_ '10 lcgs
of lO y'rd! Sincethrsc we¡poro h¿vc¿n earrcme nnge li mf ;nd abuÉ¡ mdi;s ot 8 verdr.it i( cle¡r th¡t thev 3reorvrr) tirde use indeed es mi\s¡le traPon\' Thc mhfir' chsncr will The at¡ackerñust specilywhich a'm he is tryingto hr¡ iitri c¡ e""ush 'o t eeprt'e'. we¡poñi cl$8erou\' so ir rorthe n " r " ¿ ¡ " r u r Uq r ¡ n . ¡ r t . n . . i t s . ¿ n o u n c el h ¡ t d u e ¡ o Iti'n"ioo*'ureroti.citl arñ'wirhoutchoorinS ¡nd bod) upPer ol ¡he . ";"pr¡sed ÉngÉs r'.it lh' t iretu u.,'*"* "*. iñDrorrmcn¡; m ¡he m¿nuf¡(tur oflhese árel for single as e t¡ke¡ ,rr. "r-t ,og.,¡.t ."n".abe fo; both thesc missiles¡¡e now ext€dded to: sho¡¡ r¿dge: 5 Y¡¡ds ' Lon8 r¿¡8.: 12 Yard¡ Ex¡ÉmG .¡ng€: 20 Yardr Us€the rormd Da ro[ Iodet rmine th€ di¡ecion of ñbsts' add Íh€r! thes. missilcsland, bu¡ thc disi¡nce betw€en ihc tlrsel and theplac€wheÉ th. bomb/incend¡¡¡ylends derrnái on lh. dirBn.e lhc missile has becn thown
t¡rget¡ing. ¡f rhe urBett€dblow miss€s.ir do€stto' str¡kc ¡ny orbc¡
shorr nngc (5 )E d5) lDl y¡¡ds Lodq r¡nce (¡2 Y¡rd!): lD6 Y¡¡d5 Exrñne r¡nsc (20 )"¡dsl: lD6r IDJ }€rdi Tbe Denalti.snord abovc¡rc ne8'!ed¡frhc ¡ttt'ker can t.l.li*"race"f sum¡r, ¡nd ¡lsoif ¡heatrácker¡sstrikrng which ^ fln¡l Doir¡rof nore it rh,¡t ¡hc r€duced d¡maae "ñ.t toprion ltv. aln enunSl€dt¡r8rl lfsrrildnS " "oolie"'a¡ t""r ¡nO e¡t.me nnges do€! to' involv€ rhe ., o*. uóuv l"c¡t¡on ) Thc brac p€ndtt's for ám .nm¿"ea ai iri. il Insr'¡d ¿liI¡¡ce thc ¡omb or ¡ncendiar,' is thrown ¡ii', t'i,á *.*,é.,t"r ¡hos.s'hichu\u'llv 2Pplvfor ¿ c o e n ¿ so n r t r e ¿ ¡ s r ¡ n c ( b . l w c e n l h ' c e n t r ' o f t h e ."i thr f¡c¡ rh,r c¡eatürt'P'o¡'c¡ rhel' ¿flect t'rce¡s, small Dam¡8e adrue eótosion rnd rny urgcrswi¡h¡n lhe 8 F¡d "singupPerlimtsbv rcnfl and -¿ *.,p"" i'",¿r "r?,¡.¡. i' [¿uc.¡ ov t ior inv t¡rea 2-¡ va¡¿r ¡ñav ¡nd bv rhem.sPe'irlll htrd to ur8et ¡ri¡r¡n8 acrron., consc¡oLrs 8 th¡n lrrds "n"t .-e y..d' "s;l Tlrger\ more i"i,* awav do not sufl€r dañ¡ge
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' ARCANE MYSTERIES Addltional Spells for Wlzards, Clerlcs, and Dru¡ds The nrí p¡rt ofrhh chapterd.rails 16 nw Bard. M¡8¡c spells for W¡rhadoc. F¿¡rrasy Rot€ptay. Viards ¡nd sp€c¡alists h¡ve nomal acc€ss¡o thesenN spelts.Cl€rics of variousd.¡ti€s2É de¡ll wirh áfrerthe speUdesc.ipiions Druids, and ns specialisld.uid¡c spetls,¡re dedr qirh exren3¡veryio ¡he sccond hdf of rhis chaprer The new spells¡rc lisr€d in tralics.
. BATTLE MACICSPELLS.
CUE Li8h. Injury
CaDs€Harcd Hold FliShr Li8hrninS Boh
rir€ A¡ll Fligh¡
Mystic Mist &abr
Inmunity f¡om Poisod Steal Magical tttuter Zone of Steidrashcss
A¡mw rnrl¡hcr¡bility Cause Cow¡rdly Flight
AuÉ of rnvul¡cr¿bility Bl¡s¡ Cure Severevound
Curs€ of Anow Att.actlon
DISPIRIT SÍEU Ldeli t M¡8ic Poinis: 2 DlErion: Seeb€¡ow Ingr€di€¡rs: A c¡¡v€d mini2tu.€ E@den he¡.r, which is sn¡pped in rwo ¡s rhc spell h car This spe¡lñry b€ c¡st on ¡ny one c@¡ur€ orgoup, and ¡ successtuiM48t tesr will neg¡¡. itl .ffeds. Thc sf,€ll pürs f€clings of d6p¡ir rd goom inro rhe mind of ¡try ¡ffect€d c¡€aturc. who wiu iben suffer a -10 p€nzl¡y to ¡U Ld and Cl ¡€s(sunt¡l the fouowingsun.is.. The spcllc¡nnot áffect n¡tur¡l a¡i¡¡ds, ccatur€s eilh lrt lO o¡ below, o. ccaruñs \tuñttt\c to pqcbologlcat eff€cls (eg Undead). Furrhe. casrinSsof the spctl o¡ ¡he samen¡Bc(t do nol edd ¡o th€ penal.iesgiven-
ENTHUSE Spell LeEl: r Maglc Poinrs: 2 Rag€: 48 'árds Dur¡tioni Seebelow lngf€di€nrs: ^ mi¡riarure casr-lrcn h€an T¡is spell m¡y b€ c6¡ od oy.onc crlaturc o¡ 8rcup úd ¡ succcssfd üa8t6lesr vill ú€8¿re irs effec¡s. Ir fills a¡y affedfd c¡ruÉ wirb hope r¡rd enrhuaiiasm, giünA¿ + 10 bonus to al¡ Ld and Cl t sts u.ril ¡lt€ nÉ{r sun¡ise The spel hai no cffec1 on narür¿l anim2b, ccarur€s w¡th lt¡t 10 or berow, or those im¡nune ro psr.holog¡cal .ffecÉ (eg U¡ded)- Funhc! casiings of rhe spcü on rhe sam. r2¡8.(s) do not ¿dd to ¡hc bonüscsgiven.
Stand Stiil Str€ngrhof Mind
Migic Bridge Note: r¡ldy spe¡ls mit bc r¿rSetred ¡r onc cr€¡ture, o. a g¡oup of cr€2¡ures; a group is defined i¡ thc WrRP
IGNITE MISS¡LES
. BAITTEMAGICSPELIS. TEVELONE .
sp€ll Levcl: t M2aic Poin¡s: I pcr dissil. ErnAc: 24 )zrds Du.adori: Sec b€low ¡ngEdien¡s: I drop of oil ed a pinch of sulphur
Thls sp€ll m¡y b€ .6r upon ¡rom, c.ossbN bolts, or orhcr m i s s i l € so r t b ¡ o w n w e a p o n s .I r ú a y n o t b € c ¡ s t o n ammünit¡on for gunpowd€r weapo¡s, bombs, or incendi¡ries. One M¡gc Poin¡ is dpmdcd fo¡ e¡ch missile Irngc: 48 y¡rds affec¡ed, 2nd no mo¡€ than four separ¿.€missiles may be €nchanted tn ¡ny or¡e rouod. \vh€n the ñhsil€ ts ñred o. prop€Ucd ¡¡ a rar8et, ir bu6r5 iño n¡mes in mid,fight, caüslng I addit¡onal point of dam¿gcwhcn ir hirs, ¡nd By cas¡¡ngthts spell, the spclc¡srer ls ¡ble ro percc¡i,E rll iani¡i¡g .ry flúún¡blc objc(-t s¡r¡¡ck. m¡8ical itcms ¡¡d obj€crs wirhin hts f¡eld of vision up to rh. maximum r¡ng€ of the sp€ll. In rhis w.y ir is simila. Notc th¡¡ ¡ rvizard m¡y casr th¡s ccb¡nrme¡¡ on ñissil.s to Maglcal Sens¿,btr vi,rh ¡ Ire¡dy crtcndcd r¡n8e. Note p.ior to comlFr, bur rh€ lpell o¡ly t¡srs for I hou. ¡f rhey thát ihls speu wlll r¡ot r€vel rb€ idc¡ttry of spellca3r€rs, arc nor fi€d immcd¡ateu Missiles can be ¡ffccted in midrbe Mag¡cal Auareness 6k¡ll ¡ nccc$ery fo. this. nighr using rhis spell. DETECT
MAG¡C
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ARCANA MAGIC
RAZE
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DuÉrion: Inr¡nt¡neous In8Édien¡s: ,{ mini¡¡úE iron b¡ll on :¡ cttein Tbis spell.¿¡ b€ c¡st o¡ro e d(Er' sall oroth€rin¡niñlre surfrc; o¡ obi.cr. It do€s rot work on a ccatür€' living o. undc:d. Tbe q$er musr toucb ihc surfecero b< ¡ffecl€d' Tbf soell del¡versü. equ¡valentof IDJ hirs ¡r.t¡¡e,{¡¡ fo on;ny sed'on ofw¡lt tseeDestúYng BuiAhSs in the 'WFRP rulebook).
STEAL MAGICAT PO¡VER sPell Ln.t: 2
. BATTTEMACICSPELLS, I.¡VEL TWO . MtrNTAI, DUEL Sp€ll Lcr'.1, 2 Magtc Points: 3 (but see bclow) R¡ng€: 96 'u¡ds Dundon: Sc. b€tow h8¡Edr€nrs: ftvo oiniatufE swords. onc of Sold' on. of t€. This sp€übrlnSsrh. speucste¡ into immedit¡c opPosit¡on wirhir meñy speücstrr(who may not eÉde the meo¡¿r co rcl ¡¡d dü€lling). If th€ sPeUis misBkenly c?si et a ¡on-sp€lcat€r. th€ M4lc Poir¡¡' d still €lPended md the
R.nge: 4a ):rds Dur¡t¡o¡: Ist1nt¡¡rcols lngEdie¡ts. ^ sú¡ll emb€r i¡r, plus ¡ny mrgi' item 'This !Dell Í¡avb( Ér ¿F¡rn$4v oñr spellcat¡nECÉaturc ¡ if 'n;r+Gn6rd i5 so;.how misu¡crüv I'ra.tlfd M¡Úc but úe spcu hal no €lfecl ). If úe t¡rgf Po¡ntsm'qe€rd.d M¡sic Points q hich failse M¿?i;r6t. h. is mbbrd of 2DÓ'S.ol!n' Mag¡cPotnts ar then t¡¡nsfcrÉd ro Ó€ sPeücasrer a spcllcritcr's Magic Point romr c¡n tcmPodily incfte rbove bis norñet mzximum Power Level' but th€se addition¡l M¿aic Poifi5 must t e us€d within I bÓúr or else MaSicPo¡n¡5areÉdu'ed thfl aft lo5¡. A sDcu6tcr*hos rc ;(rc or belo; bv thÉ sp€ll falls unconsciourfor 2Dlo hours ánd Aai¡s I lffi¡nirY Poi¡t.
On rhc fi¡st round of the Dcnút duel, eachspe[c¡st rmls D6 ánd ¡dds his M¡8ic Lev€1.lf th€ crstcr's mral score is hisher tha¡ ü¡t of his €n€my, Úrc enemy loses 3 M28ic Poin s; ¡f lowc¡ o. equal. tlt€ c¿stÉrlos€s I M¿8ic Points. This sDcUis clance.ous,foroncc ¡ Mcnrd Duel lsbcSun nenh;combatenr may roP u¡rilonr or other i5 cduced ro zcro M¿cic Points or below, o¡ until on€ spellcaltcr w¡shini to ev:d€ the dncl makes a succ€ssful ¡ta8lc t€si' No oth¿r soells may b€ c¡st dürina ¡ Mental Duel ¡nd no combar ¡áions o. ñov€men¡ ¡re possible c¡lh€¡. Th€ duel¡rsIs irÉ who y absorbed tñ thcir duel ¡¡d oblivious to orhe¡ haoDen¡nc!.Howev.r,adueU¡ststruckby ¡melre oDponeor ¿ dtowd ¡ ,'ltastc rest to $c¿p€ the MGn¡¡l Duel (tiich may pcrmit lwo such rcstt in one round tt rhe spctlcásleri! alrEádytrying Io ewde the du6l; ^ sD€llcdt€r r€duced to zclt} M2gic Points or belor' by tttrs soellwill f¡l! unconsciousfo¡ 2D10hou¡s,g¡inI lnsa¡l¡v P;ini, ard ñust mste ¡ 1¿8ic tcst or have bis Po*c¡ permz¡mtly frduc€d by '3. RALLY spcu Lcvel: 2 M¡aic Poirts: { D¡¡r¡tion: Insr:¡nun.oüs I¡Sredtmts; A vial of blood from thc h€¡rt of 2 l¡on This sDellruy bc crst od úy cre¡turc or 8roüp which h¡3 ¡"q r¡ie¿ a ¡eáo¡ ¡¿¡¡¿¡r(l;t.The etteútoÍ rheleaflr?tu ; túnediately canc€Icd,3¡d the crc¡tuÉs can mow ánd act normellt Howscr, ¡ny tnsaoity Potn¡s from fail€d t€sts reñ¡in \tith th€m. Th€ tp€ll c¡nnot ¡ffect ?m/ ¡arur¡l a¡irnáls. cre¡tures vtth lrt lo ot beloq o. those imm!¡. ro pstrhologtcal effects (€8 unde:d)
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. BAITLEMAGICSPELLS. I.EVELTHREE.
Thcspellc¡s¡e.may aü¡omÍic.rl-r disp€lany spcllsh€b¡s '.6r¡im6c!{ by Kaf .t¡¡i3.pctl. F¡n¡lly, oorc rh¡! rh. ñ28i. ir@ u h¡ch ¡ ¡n ingrÉdicot fo. thh spell is no¡ eff€cted by rh. sp
CI,OAK OF DARKNESS ENFEEBLE
Sp€l¡Lc!€l: 3 RanSe:P€rsod¿l8rcup Dur¡don, D3+ I tu.ns InSr€dicnrs:A pinch of soor ¡nd rhe wings of a b¡t Whcn thls spcll is c¡s¡, th€ casr€..nd any gror¡p ¡ccomp¡oyin8 hiñ ¡E clo¡ted in ¡ zo¡¡e of magtcal d¡Jkn.ss, the pdius ofwhich is€qual to the dispeF¡onof th. Amup. No(e ú¡r 6y arcup rnember movtng mo¡€ rhú ¿1t?¡ds ew¡y frc¡n ¡ny other 8¡oup memb€r will no lonSet rem2i¡ ir the ¡re¿ ot effect of thc sp.ll.
SpcU Lcv.t: 3 M4ic Potñts: 5 R¡n8c: {8 }u¡ds Duslioo: S€c b€low tnSrdients: A drop of douse blood
This spcll m¡y be c¡st ¡t any c¡e¿¡ü!! o. groüp All tar8et cñNrE(r) whtch f¿¡1l norm¡l ¡l¿8tc Lst losc t Poi¡r €ich of S,ten&tb ^ndTorgbness. This b¡s rhc followirg eff.crs: - encumbr¡ncc allow¡nce is h¡lvcd - all mol€ment pcnalti6 for obst2.lcs, diíÍio¡lt 8münd, md cr€¡¡üres outsidc ¡he ¡rr¡ of cffect cannoa scc a¡ything ov.r-crcumb!¡nce .rc doubled for .h€ dur¡¡ion of insidc th€ d¡rk¡cs5, but lhos€ inslde¡t can seeout, Missile spell. ¡he fi¡c i¡ro rhe zone is subicct ro a -20 peo¡lty, and i¡ is Th€ sp€l eff€ct l6ts ünt¡l ih. oo
. MTTIE MACICLEVELFOUN.
CONRODE sp€uLcvcl:3
ACCELERATE TIME
Magc Poi¡¡s: 9 R¿n8c: 24 F¡ds DuÉrioo: Irst¡f, t¡neoüs ¡ngEdi.n¡s: ^ pi€c€ of tro¡ ¡nd 2-dmP of *¡t€t This sp€U m¡y be c¡st ¿t a crc¡¡ur€ or g¡oup Every nonrD¡aic¿l it m of lto¡, !!€€l or boü¡ po$€ssed by thc orSet crsr¡¡¡
DISPEL MAGIC sp€ll Level'3 M¡gic Points: 6 Rrnge: 4a yards Dun¡ion: lnstanta¡Gous lnSrcdien6: A sma¡l maSn€t:rd ¡ pinch of dust from the fo¡ th€ bone of ¡ Vizardt skeleton) lpcll E¡y t'c calt ¡t ¡ny c¡e¡ture or 8rouP.
b¡lows: ^rc
Sp€ll Ler€l: 4 RanSe:Craru¡€ ¡ouchecl Duntion: 3DlO roundt rngEdi.nts: A minutc Bl¡5s fiUed wi.h di¡mond dust This spcll 2ffecrs onc crc¿turt, ¡ücrtita it ro mor'. and p€rform ¡6ions twice ¡s qüic¡ly a5oodnal. Thc aff€cted ..cl¡rfés Moterreñt, Inl,latl¡,e u¡d nü¡nbct of ¿ttzcks ¿re doublcd whilc th€ spcll it in effcct (subjcct to norm¡l lOO,,4¡r4c¡tcan¡ot n¡,t,jÍt|'mú, le InltlaULe.armlt *!!d rimctop€rfo¡m sceed l0). All ¡cltoni t¡keh¡üthc¡oro¡l wbile úte sp€l is in eff€<-t(ea dr¡witrg 1 ¡¡c:po¡, larieving ¡n ttem frc¡¡ a peck, ¡nd so on). Cr€z¡¡res affccted by ¡his powertut spell may not rhems€lrcs crsr sp€ls, dthouSh rhey ñ¡y use magtca¡ i&rns ¿nd/or alrink m28ic¡l potion..
DRAIN MAG¡C Spell Level: 4 Magic Points, l2 R.nge:24" DuÉrion: Ins¡antz¡€ous Idgrcdients: A.ny ma8¡c¡l w¡¡d, sBpped
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This sp€ü ¡llows thc castü to d¡¡¡¡¡ 2ll thc magical €rergy frcm on€ t2r8et crc2¡ur€. Tb€ targ€i 15¡llowed. stand{d ofh¡glc w€apon5, ¡rmour, w¡nds, ,l48tc t€s¡ to negttc th€ cffe€ts of tb€ sp€ll. If th€ tesr is c€2s€to functron for thá¡ foufd, f¡itedthc effeds ¿E: !.¡6 ¡ sücc€ssful¡l¿8tc rcr. Sp€lli¡dnsar€,howcr only ¡nte.rupted Soellcs¡es ¿re reduc.d to z€m l¡r¡ic Poüns. vlzardt rÁd no m¡8lc it€m is Pe¡m¡¡entlY (iircluding sp€ci¡listÉ) ¿re sttück úconsctoüs for 2DrO l¡ü spclt¡rns, although Clerics ¡nd D¡uids ¡€m¡ill conscto$ enge of ¡he m¡¡imum wkhin the unde¡d ¡nd Ethereal ü€zru6 ¿¡€ destmvcd: (qzMaglc BdAEe,n ^Éaot Mis¡lc D¡€mons a¡d Elem€nEls ere b¿rish€d Sú¿n¡, etc). If th€ sPellcast€r \a,ho ¡l¡bin t2 )Érds of lt wh€n the D&Pe, This spcll i¡ h¡zrdous, for lfthc sFll is successfullycast o¡t€ 2,la8t¿ a€srto prÉv€nt¡t b€ina rhe spellc¡fte¡ must m¡kÉ ¡ ü4glc test, If h€ do.s not succeed,he f¡üs ro contlol rhe ra$ tn2gicel energtesdr¡wn thc spell ¡nd loses a nuDbe. of wbrrd Pointt €qu¡l offby successtul by th. sp€Um$t mak€ ¡ to the number of Vorrd poir¡ts of ¡he crcatuc ¿ffecacd cüíútly matnt¡i¡€d (eg Itrt¡slot, by rhe spel¡. Th. spellcrstet s Wb¿t¿ ch¡Bcteristtc carnot d¡p.lhd. tnrddttlon, tf thc¡t4glc m¡y nor c¡st anyturher sP€lls be r€duced below zcrc by thh side-cff€cr of casdr¡8Dt¿tn o rbich úe D&Pel ¡ta8lc is c¿si. bcdiz¡ely.
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Sren L€\'el:4 Duflion: U¡rrtl disPell.d lnprdirnts: Thr e;rnih of ¡ skunk ¡nd ¿ c,bb¡8c l€¡f T;ir sorll ts cs\ent¡¡llv ¡ 8É¡tlv €nh¡nc€d vcrslon or¡h' Ldel i\vo B¡rrlc M¡8ic sp.ll ¡tF¡l. ¡ltr'. c¡E¡tln8¡cloud 2Db wrds in di¡me¡er wilhin thc muimum r¡n8c ofthc ro(ll. Thc ctoüd ¡cts in the sam. q¡¡y 5 ¡ ¡t'tJx'r ¡llst (k' ri. VFRP rul€bñk). bul it ¡selso potsonous2nd colMiE L¡vinr cE¡tures w¡thin the !8. of €ff€ct musr makc ¡ süc.e:sful tu/so, tcsr c¡ch oÜnd thev r€fflr¡ wnhin thc Foe¡¡d ctoud ot süffe¡ 7¡ ¡utomztic 3 5 hit' !!8¡rdless or ¡rmour TioUs and o.her cre¡turcs vhlch rc8cfl€r'¡tc d¡v nor receneñf damá¡e sutreftd ¡.om 2 Foe¡td c'oud *en whenlhev le¡ve tha¡Éa of cffecr: h mun b€ hc¡led by T h e s D e l td o e s n o r ¡ I f e c t . r h c r . ¡ l c t e r t u r e s o r F i r ' Ekme;ds. other Elemcnrds,Unde¡d.¡nd Dzcmonsonrv suffer a¡ S 5 hit {itht¡ tl¡. Foef.l Ctoult orrci pct 'úttr (fi6t ¡ound of rhc tum) Th. cloud pcGists unril thc cast€. is bf' mo!'cs' cas¡s dotbersD(ll. orotherwtse ce5es to (on.crtntr upon tr' ¡c thar ¡ FirE Elemcnrzl c?¡ destrov The onrv;ccDtioñ úe t oeid cto;ld viúia 4 + rDl ro].dn.&'a\d Dspet aStc wiltcl¡sDeli!. Atyoür discdton hiSh winds wiudisp€tsc r]neFo¿id aouA ¡ lD4 lor morc. dep€rding on wind
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spcn LiMl, { Mágic Points: 6 R¡nB€: 12 y¡rds d¡mctcr Dur¡rion: Until dbpcücd tn8¡dierÍs: A sPhcr€ot glrlt encrociru 3 dtoP! of D¡Elnoo This sD.Uc¡E¿tcsa lz-'?rd d¡zdet r zor€, ccÚcr€d oo thc c¡rc;whicb f5in nma¡yw¿y! dútJ,t 6r?n ,e oÍSa"cü¿a¡l rsée rh€ r¡ÍFBP rul€tlook). In dd¡tion to rhe pro!€crioos ;tfo¡d.d by ^ zon. of san tuary, the zow of Magk"t lrnmunrn'ls itnp.Ni¿!Ñ @ fr¡8icd sp€lls ind cffecls of ¡l¡ k¡nds is¡ve tftpel ¡{aScú spell5) Th¡s includes spcll' like eff.crs crÉ¡trd from má8ic¡l ltems. Und€nl c¡.aturcs, Elcmer¡tds, D2cmons, ef¡d Eth're¡l cr€aru¡€rcmnot €nE¡rfth€ zone ofuagk zl lñ,nu,. t'sa'rl thc ccatür€s which are within ¡hc lz'ytrddi¡mctcrwhco b|l¡ lfjmcü^'cly, t tstablvb' fot must Glest so.lt is c¡sr ;hether th€v mak€ !h'5 tcst or oot .hc Írlt¡lnr¡m cffecl b ro c2us€ th;m to flc€ o]oÉld..hc zone of Lteglcal zt ra xiúwlt r2rE. Iñrntlnltl will pcrstst untll tbc L Zone ol Mdztc|l lrnñrtrtt .Éll6rc; ocrr;rm5 ¡nv ectlon (!uch ,r mo14tl8 c¡5ting ¡norhcr sócll, crc) o; unt¡l ¡ Drspar ü¿a'c spcu ¡s successtuUvc¡5t uDon i¡. Th. hn of,tagtt4l Inmu¡tl't ¡ not ¿cstóve¿ Ui contzc wt¡h othcr Z¿'er. buI r¡ther ttre oücr i5 a; lonzlic¡llv diópc[.d, unless it is tlso ¡ zotr" iÚ¡.wh¡chcrác lhe ovr¡lapPl¡a Zott¿s of MaAkat lnñtmltf, w¡ll hRe no effect on €¡cl| rnh€r
. CLERICALUSEOF BATTLEM4GIC SPETLS' Th€ rPFRP ñ¡lebook gives .te¡! ¡¡strucrions a5.o wbich deides pcrmit eccessto E¡ttle M¿gic by thcir Cl€ri.s' a¡¡d rheseapply equ¡lty to thote sPellslts¡cdzbove ThéÉ ¡c ¡lso a fd sD€.iál cases worthv of note. Fi¡st' áll d€ltl€s allow rheh Clerics ro us. tb e Ikrect ¡naStcurd DíspelMaglc
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. USTINCOF DRUID1CSPELLS.
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IngrÉdi€ots:I d¡op of M¡er By c¡sri¡8 ¡his spell,the Druid cr€¡res¡ cloud of misl 12 ya¡ds in dimerer wi¡hin the m¡rimum r¡ng€ ofeff€ct. This . cloEd t€r¡tly obscuEs the vision ofthosc s/ithin it, halving rhci¡ movcm€nt ¡¡t€. Thc Druid a¡d any friendy gmup with him see ¡nd mov. m¡y norrE2lly wirhir ih. tttit C/ord Gh€ Druid's fúili¡r r¡so Do!,E oorm2üt wnhin thc clor¡d cv.n if turher th¡d ¡ t rd5 :r¡y fton l¡¡n bü. *'tthl¡ thc 2g of eff.cl¡.
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Sp€U kv.l: r M.Bic Points: I ¡{r8F: 96 }árdr I¡¡gr€d¡cntsi A sp.ig of ¡¡y n¡tuel h€rb 1od á ha¡r frorn By casting rhis spell, th€ Druid is ablc to survey the ár€¡ befo.€ hiD up ¡he oaxii¡um r¡ng€ of th€ sp.ll ¡nd dete¡minc wh€ther the flor¡ ¡nd f¡ün' within ¡t a¡e n¡rünl or not. 'U¡n¿tu¡"¿l predato¡y plants such ns d¡maging moulds 6d fungi, Uusioti¡.y vbods, Lyc¡rth¡op€s, ¡nd simila! illusions wilt be sÉcnfor Fhat they ¡e¡Uy ¡re. Thc pr€sence of Elemertals b alw¡r¡s det€ct€d. The spell does not co.rfcr upon th€ D.uid any ¡bility ¡o det€ct traps such 2ssr"tt! ¿nd pits, o. deuil¡ of ¡¡tur¡l fior¡ ¡nd f1uru which ¡r€ u¡f¡mili¿. ro him.
. DRT.NDIC PRIEST SPELLS, LEVELTWO . CURE DISEASE Spell Level: 2 M¡8ic Points: , R¡ngc: Crc¡tur€ touchcd Dur'¿don: lns¡anaaneoüs I¡Eredients: A sprig of mis¡letoe Us¡ngthis spel, rhc Ddid c¡fl iuromatic¡Uy cürÉ ¡ny on€ disca5c ¡fflicting the t¿¡g€l cre¿tur€, urú€ss üe diseascs description sp€cif¡caÍy str¡6 ú¡¡ sFüs hrv€ ¡o etrect on it. No form of t€s¡ is requir€d for the successof thts spel, which is wh¡r ¡r¡ák€sir sign¡J¡c¿r¡dydiffeEnt from tbe skill
STAMPEDE Magic Po¡nrs:4 R¡ngc: 48 )z¡dr Duntion: Secbclow lngr€dl€nts: Thc ja¡rbon€ of ¡ €nalc or the rkull of e wolf This sp.ll may be employcd ¿gai¡st ¡¡y sinSl€, or Bmup or, n¡tuf¡l a¡imal(s), l¡cluding moudts. A $ccessñ¡l iraglc ¡csr is pcm¡t¡cd to neglie th€ effecls of th€ spell. Affect€d cr.¡¡uEs ¡re forced ro fle€ urcontrolhbly (¡s if 2tf.cred W f¿ar, ^vry trcm th€ Druid et ih€i¡ maxlrnum mde¡nent r¡le ln thc cascof mouft!. ¡hc ridct is o€mitted ¡ Id ¡.st e¡ch muod ¡ft€r ¡¡e ¡irst to brtng ahe.nün¡l und€r comrol Chis test ls Brrcn 1 + to bonus if rh. ¡ider hai €irhe. of rhc Arlmal Care or Ariñel baher skills'). Thc maxlmurr dur¡tion of rhc spell is 6 ¡our¡da ¿rthough a crc¡tuE f¿iling the ¡t48lc test will rot eppmich w¡thln 4a y¡rds of the Druld unr¡l thc ncx. s|tnr¡s€ in ¡ny ctcú. Thb sp€ll docs rcr ¿fff€crooútrtlñ.t ropt¡tbologlca, eff€cts. nor doc! ir allcclt cr€¡turE! such ¡! Und€¡d moun s ,¡d D¡cmoric serrznts app€¡ri¡g in o¡tur¡l fo!d¡, rirce thcse ¡r€ not n¡¡ui¡¡ cr€a¡ures,
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. DRUIDICPRIEST .LEVELTHREE SPELLS, STEAM
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Sp€ll Lcv€l: 3 M¿8ic Potn$: 5 R¡nge: 4E )ads Dudion: Seebeloq/ hg¡€dieÍri: ^ drop of wrer ¡nd ¡ burninS torch wfhin 12 yards Bycdtng !hi$p€U, thc Drü¡óitrirBi in¡s(sislmc ¡ cloBd of rup€rhÉ¡ted steam r2 '"ids in diamctd Cre¡tur6 süffet I túto',nltlc Wund erch ¡ound thev rem¡tr¡ wiüin th€ Steaot Cloud, irr*pe.rlvc of ¡ny proriecrio¡s, magicat or o¡heñisc Fünh€4 cÉ¡¡u6 witlli'n the Steem Cloud at disortcnta&d, !¡¡d if lhey fail ¡n I test lhey will movc only ln e r¡ndom directio¡. n¡ndom ñowment is h¡ndled ¡5 follows; roll a Dl2 oo ¡ clocK¡cc char (12 o'clock be¡ng . the dircctloo the c¡eature is facing to dctcrmine th€ dif!.1ion of mo¡cm€nt. The dls¡:nc€ miÑd is found üsing ¿ suit¡bt€ dtc€, dcp€ndiDg on the valü€ of thc cre¡turÉ't MoEme t eha.¡.reriÉtic, Cr€¿rus successñ¡lly m¡Lr¡ry rhe I test (which must be r¡ad€ €ach .ound) c¡n ñovc tow¡¡d¡ the ne¡Ésr €dge of thc cloud ¡o €sc¡pc its h¡rmful cffcc¡s.
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sp€ll Levet: 3 M"glc Poinrs: 8 pe¡ hoür Rang€: 4a y¡!¡ls DuErion. See b€lo$¡ lngledien¡!: A p¡ese¡ved part of the type of cre¡rür€ This spcll ¡lo¡vs th. D.uid to com¡¡ind n¡tur¡l cte¡turcs. Tb€ Drüid c¡n sumúon 3 Ss/¿rm of €ithcr be€d.s, sn¡kes i¡¡d liz¡rds, spideñ, r¡ts, f¡o8s ¿nd toads, ¡nls, ticks, scorpioos or bzts (s€eñe A¿stlrrl in ¡h€ VIRP Nlebook) Th€ swa¡m app.¡F within 48 yards of the suñmoner and will foüow simple ir6trüctio¡5. The Sw¡m rem¡ins for I hoür bur m¡y be kep. beyond tl¡¡t tim€ by thc dpendituE of 8 m"8i. points p€r hou.
. DRUIDICPRIEST SPEIIS. LEVELFOUN DRAWING DOVN THE MOON sp€I LseL { M¡gtc Points: 12 Rangc: 9ó )¡rds lngrcdienrs: tb'o moonston€3 (v¡lue logp €¡ch) In cas¡ing this sp€ll, the Druid ciils do$,¡ a form of moon rnadncssupon th€ cr€atürcsin the Íc¡ of €ffcc¡. One crEaruf€, or r 8!oup, oay be ¿ffectcd. The 6p€u m¡y of¡ry bc clsr wb€¡ moonltght is prÉs€ot, ro rhe D.üid muat bc ouldoors or¡ ¡ niSht which dos not h¡ve tot2l cloud coEr - €r€n a wak 8límcr of light from a ncw mooo is $fñcient for rhe spetl to bc ca!.. Assum€th¡t ú€ft is ¡ 90 Zochmc€ of such moonrighr being ¡v¡il¡blc dur¡ng daikness tIoü6. or lO% if it is r¡ining ¡rhen th€ sPeUis crst.
The targetcr€atur(s)are su¡roundedbyElowinginotesof moonligb¡ whi(h rcaker¡ then resolv. aod v€ry qui.kly dr¡E rhem ins¡ne. Affe.red (rarures lose 'l from both S rnd T (wiú no ¡t48rc r.sr pe¡mirted ro ne8¡t€ the.ffec¡s). Fufthc¡. thcy exp€rienc.hdlucinations.3nd sutfer¡ -20 pe¡¡Ity to ws md Bs. Affec¡ed .Garures mur also m¡ke ¡ tla8lc t€st e¡ch .ound, f¡ilur€ indicating ¡h€y mus¡ move .andomlyi ran¡tom rnovemen¡i5 ca¡ried our using ¡ D 12clockf¡ce for diÉcrion - disranccis deremi¡ed using ¡ suil¡ble d¡ce,deP€nding on rlr. crelrire's Moaeñdr ch¡nciefistic. ,{ ¡r48lc tes¡ mst b€ made ¡o permir successfulspellc¡stin8 by ¡n Fin¿lly, ¡t rh. .rd of rh. sp€ll dur¡rion, aff€cl€d c@rür€(s) mus¡ meke ¿ ¡ta8lc test or gain lD4 lnsaniiy Points This sp€ll can¡or affecr cre¡trres wi¡h ¡Ít ¡€ss than 6, or cre¡rufes which .fe immun. to ps|tboloStcal elf..rs, sn h es Unde¡d ¿¡d D2€mons.
ENTANGLEMENT SpeUl-del: ,f Dur¡t¡on: D6+1 n¡¡ns IngEdienis: A pinch of du¡8 ¡¡d a sprig of Bloodsedge This spell may bc ccr¡rered on ¡ny point wfhin 9ó )ards ofthe Dru¡d. vcgeÉdon will erüpt fromrhechosenpoint, irr€sp€ctive of thc ter¡aid typc. insrzr¡Én€oüsly cove¡ing an ¡rea 24 F¡d5 In diderer ¡nd ruming the terr¡in into difftctlt Eroúd, with tnovem€nt bcin8 ¡ffect€d ¡cco¡dingly. Cr€aúrcs .¿u8ht within thc ¡rez of eff€ct áre enÉ¡g€d for thc fist ound, znd for c¡ch rcund thcrl¿ft€¡ tha¡ th€y f¡il 1| S Ést with a ¡0 pcdslty. Enta¡gcd ccltürÉs may no¡ move, suffe¡ ¡ '20 pe¡¡lty ú mtssil€ fi¡e, ¡ lo penal¡y rc melee comb¡t, md may nol casl spells or üse magic items rc cre*e spclls o¡ spell-like €ffects. Th€ sPell dur¿rion is unaffec¡cd by subs€quenl act¡onsby tbe Drü¡d
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Rl¡gc: Spccial In8.!dic¡ts: A wooden mi¡i¿rw sculptured bridSc,paini€d vrith rhc colours of the .¡inbow Ttris spell mty odly be c¡st if ¡ Éirbow "pp€.rs virhin úe vision of rh€ Druid. As 2 nte of thumb, ifthcr€ b Éinfatl insig¡r, there¡sa royo ch¡ncethat á r¡i¡bow l'ill occur. when the spell ls cast, the Dru¡d ¡nd any gror¡p (of up to I ch¡!¡cre6 ud.lor ¡r¡uril 1¡tim¡ls) accomparying him may slep on to thc ¡¡inbow ¡nd be ú¡r5po¡r€d by úe &alr¡ro, Arüg¿ Ir taLes 1 roünd for th€ Drutd to bring th€ ninbovt to hb f€cr, 1¡d r round (minimüm) for his frier¡ds to s¡ep otuo lr. ¡*/b€n ¡ll a!€ on the Rainbou Bridge, the grorp rnvels ¡r ¡ r¿te of I mil€ per münd. Tbey can be conveyed a m2¡iñum dis¡¡nce of D lO + 20 miles, in any dir€ction h. d€sircs. Thc Drutd mzy hev€ hir¡scrf (¿nd his gm¡¡p) set do$¡n ¡t ¡$y point ¡long th€ m¡ilmum dirt nce of th€ bridA€. If a grcup ls ¡ccornpznying the D¡üid, lhey must all l€¿w ¡r rhe rañ€ phc€ hc docs. Crs¡ures hostll€ to the Drutd mu8t m¡ke a successful M¿grc tcs¡ *'t¡en they step on to the br¡dgc, and for cvery iucce.dlry rou¡d they r€mrtn on tr, or hI to rhclr deáth. How€t'!r, they !t?¡ysaJe¡y diseñbúk at the loc¡tio¡ that $€ Drüid h¡s disetnbük€d. Anyoile who rematff on the brtdge ¿¡ tbc end of 4 turns viu f¡ll ro his de¡th. The Ralnbolt E¡l.lge ls ñor ^fte.red by th. DkFel Magtc Epell.
wüed c¡sting ttris spell, the Drüld .?Us dovn a roa¡ing colüfnr of f¡!. from thc h€ens which ¡ffeds all cre?¡ur€s wirhid ¡n 8-y¡rd diameter c-trcl€.The spell mry orly be cffr if sunltght ts pr€s€n¡. Th€ ch!¡c€ of this ocurring duiing dayl¡ght hou.s is es follos:
CIIANCE OF DAYLIGHT Seaso¡ Sp¡ing summer ¡r¡tumn vidrei
Gha¡c. 50% 75% 50% Zt%
InoaÍn¡¿bl€ cr€a¡ules ruff€. 2Dó Vbrr¿r at Sa. while flamm¡blc t¡raets suffer 4D6 Woündt * SA. F|¡mmzble ob¡e.ls will be set ¡ltght. Thc sp€l¡ abo h¡s gre¡t power agai$t Udd€¡d, which iE blirded fo. 1D4rounds ¡nd must rraLe ^ñ Instabll¡t! test bntnediarely (if ¡pplicabl€). Any cont¡ol €*@ised over rhe U¡dead ts immedi¡icly boken and mus¡ be re'es¡rblishcd by the controller Note th¡t this mry ¡€sr¡ltir othe¡ tcstsh¡vi¡8 to be nade (eg ur¡controllcd Sk€lc¡ons ar€ $¡bject rc rt¿prdltt ).
. CLERICAL SPELLS USEOF DRUIDICPRIEST Thc m¡in purpose of th€ new spells ¡boyc ls to 8¡v. tbe Drüid extr¡ scope ¡nd power bur you m¡y permit Clerica not of the Old F2irh accessro a few of these sp€Ustoo. It is sugSesredrhat Cler¡cs of Shallya mal employ Crre
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This hiShly_p¡ized ¡mulei is Aou¡ct of v¿tchfulncat: qhile ¡s sleepinS lf ¡ny hostile ae¿¡er irs acrive only q cñaruR in;nr on causiñ8phvs¡calh¿m lpPsx'he\ ithin i¿ r¡r¿s. trre¡muler ¡r omr q?kei thesleeper ¡¡ '¡n gl\€ "o'""^'ng "r t.p.tOt"e m.8nal or missile_fir rt¡ck\ from beyo;d thi' r¡ngr' however' and would-nol rror e!{zmok;der th. steepcrro Ih. PÉsenceof r lhief pilre'ing his balonsings!
SpeUs aad Spell-l¡k€ Effects From Mag¡c ltems
Many of th. magic¡t heñs bclow duplicÍe speu effecrs in rzrióss wlB. Somegivecont¡nuouspro¡ectionstrcha the Robeof F¡; Resis¿n.e.2 d obvioud v t here is no M¡gic Poinr c;rt. orhe¡s c¡n br usedloc.earc ¡ sP'll eft€cl on'e Der d¡r (24 hour period). Uol.ss othcÑ¡sc sutcd rhh iEouir.s no M4ic Point cost from thr userofthe ¡tem ¡s rh¡ irrm i6ell i; asur¡ed to h2veenouFhM¡8ic Poiñtsto ¡llow the casdng of rhe sP.tl Though these ¡re dháüst€d zJrerrhe sec¡l h2sbccn ca5l thr) ar slowlv ¡e'owred 'n tn so$e cases(€g the Ro'e o/ üe rimcs ütwecncatins ions m¿y nerd to be met bcror cond¡I sq
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A¡mout nT€ Affiour oI Cofrosio,l Mithr¡l; +1,20% normalEncumL'nn'r Añout oÍ vbodbaie +l +2 +3 The 2rmourts engr¡vedwlrh D3 runes (seeR"'¿s)
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; Magic¿t mct2l \¡reepong ¡re oot aff€ctcd bY this typ€ of ¡rmour, ?nd ' obvioüsly - neith€r ar€ oon-me¡2l w€¡Pons
Armou. of Wooalbare. This ls simrl^r to Añnotlr oI co¡rrs¿or. slve that non_magic¿l wooden ¡¡'e¡pons {nor¡blv sláv€sand clubt árc rurnÉd to sawdust Dy t .".ce¡siul ¡itontte ¡¡mour, ¡8rin c¡uting no dimage to ¡n both ctses, ir ¡ ¡h€ pan of the we¡Pon s'htch tr¡lk's 'has *¡r.t' ¡r tÁp"rl,ot For ex,Jnple,!o i¡" *-"u. ;;ooden shaft, bu' n l; ñor thls which rrtkrr lhe blow rna áses aamage uúr rhe stone o! menl h€¡rl soch a *.."on wout¿ nor ¡e ¡ffe c.edbv Arñou¡ oI Wodbane
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. A R R O W S. RoU¡ Da on ¡he r¡bl€ b.loq' ro de¡€.mine the na¡ure or 'I\ pic¡rl-v, ID6 aróm ofih€ smF the rt¡Eic¡r a.rcss found r_vp€Iill b€ found ro8erh.. Th€re is a 20olochañcc thal rher ¿rc crossboR bol¡s.
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MAG¡CAL ARROWS D6 Arrow Typ. ^r.ow TtTc Graqolina Ban¿Jutnes 5 Potency Btee.l¡ng 6 Díutsion 7 Sar?Striañg TrueFliShr Doort I
NoEre ¡l¡2¡ ¡f1lffig¡c¡l ¡lms, szvefor rbe Amu oIBIeedtñA, are dcsrored when the-vst.ikÉ¡ t ¡8e¡.If ¿ ml8ic¡l ¡r¡ow is fiftd ¡nd doesnot srike 1¡¡¡Eer, it may be Poss¡blero usen asain.Theb¿sechanceforihisis90%. bu!in cer¡ain sinr¡tions(egfiring !8dns¡ ¡ston. surface)youd¡y lower this sur¡d ch¡n.. ro 50% or-Éve¡ less,¡s you tudg€
O¡ THE EMPIRE
Ar.ow ot Al.cdtng. This.uriousarm* hasa s n a l l s a c - l i k el e ¡ r h € ¡ conain€r Posniorcd i¡rst b€hindtbe r'wh€ad. If rh¡sa.ros s¡rikesthe ¡ar8fl, no d¡ma8ercll is m ¡ d e . I n s r € z d ,¡ h € s a c e x p á n d s¡ n d s i t l r i n I ¡ound dra¡ns¡bout I5o¿ of rhe crc¡rure s blood (€g I pint fo. ¡ Human, orc, or Dwarf,2 p¡n$ for 2n o8re, and so on); it ¡hfr detach€sitselffmm rbe t¡rg€t. This c¡us.s di¡mlgeequ¡l ro onequaíer of tb€ cre¡rues cu.¡€nt lvorrds rot3l (wirb ¡ minimuñ of 2 poin¡s inflict€d). The blood remainsin rbe src fo. uP to I hou¡ af¡erwhich ¡he afow re¡¡¡rns¡o its nomdform, ¡nd ihe vfbin rhis time limi¡, the blood c¡n b. blood dis¿pp€árs. deca¡red inro a suirablecontáiner (o. simpll disc¡rded) f.om rhefilledsacthroughrhe noñ.ripp.d md ot rhc shaJt This arro¡r is highly prized b rhos€r€.kiry blooó ¡r .! in8redieft for mrgicál potiors. Arrow of DH*.! ¡a¡ ¡his arroe h(r!!E b ó its rarget, ir ¡uúi ¡nd .livides inb D6 scp¡.E m i s s i l e s ,e a c h o o . o f vhich wiU s¡nkc rh. o.i8in¡l t¡¡g€¡, or 2r r¡núom creál¡res rn 2 rn¡ke You should sePaBrehir and damage rolls fo¡ each arrow.
Use üe table below to d€¡ermine A.rfo* ofBa¡eful¡éss: the r-vp€of cr€¡rur€,6 ,ffected by rhis anow. lf ¿ creatur€ of ¡he ¡-ipe determtn€d is hit it will ¡utoñalically suffc. double norm2l d¡mage Othe. c¡eaturcseill onlysustain noffu¡ darnag€,at¡hough ¡h€ srroe stiu counts as¡ m.8ic¡l weaPo¡ ¡gainst ¡hem,
ARROW OF BANEFULNESS aff€.tcd
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Goblins ¿nd Snotlings Hobgoblins O¡cs ¡nd H¡lf-o¡cs All Goblinoids Etementds Da€mons Unde¡d and E!h€@l cre '¡res crearu.es of chaos (including Wátrios ór
46-50 5t-55 tó'6o 6¡-65 66'70
Draaons,wyve.ns, andJebbe.socks Elves Dwarr€s, Gnomes,and H¿lflin8s F¡mir MonstrousAnirnals(M¡¡ticor€s, G¡lffins.
76'80 8185 86'90 9l-95
Liardmen and TtoSlody¡es Giants O8res ¡nd ltolls Wefecr€a¡uf€s
A.rcw of Doaú: s imil¡r ineff..r ro a Minor Deatb Rune (seerhe'wrRP rulebook).th¡s2ffec¡sone creatur€o.tyPe ofc.ea¡ure,de¡ermined¡n the s¡me eey as for an,'lto¡t' of Bone.fulies. rf ^ súcccssfulhit is made, the ¡zrger musl make a,4148,¿test of bc kil¡ed ourrighr. Eved ifthh rest is made, ¡h. ta¡getsuffes double normal dimage. Ar.ow of GrppttnS: whe¡ fi¡€d, this erow tr¿flsforms io¡o a gnppling hook which cú embed its€lr idto any surface.lt w¡ll ¡uppon ihc weiahrofup to l0o fÉ.t of rope (usu¡lly ¡tt¡ched to il before firinS) ard ¡ normaUv €ncumber€d mÍt-sized cre¡ture. Gr€ater wcight, howsef, will ceus€ the g.¡pple to breák ¡w¡y, with possibly disasrrcusGulrs Thearros car be rcusedup to lD6 times bcforebecominSnonmágical.If usedin comb¡t, the r¡ov s ill tnflicr dolbte oom¡ld¡mage, bu¡ the hil fi)ll is made wirh ¡-lOpcd2ltyand adysüccesstulstr¡kewiUd€sr¡oyi¡ a¡¡ow ofSur. Strtktng: Tbis ¡rrow giv€s¡ bo¡us to AS when fittd. Roll ¡ Dlo on the following t¡ble:
ARROW OF SURE STRIKING DIO t-4 51 8-9 10
BS Borü3 +lo +2O +30 +4O
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OF TIiE IMPIRE
Roll DIO to d.termi¡€ thc tvP€ of megic¡l be8 found'
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Baa lYPc
r-6 7'a 9-ro
BaE o¡ Liü¡,test Bag ol l'liddenheirrl BaB of Resource
B¡! of Ltqht¡css: Objcc¡sPl¡ced w¡thin the bag w(i8h oniv onc-ñmh of the¡r nomJr weisht. ánd thus rhis hem i! v;ry usefu¡ in PreeeniinS ¿ chlnc¡er fom b€coming Howew., each bas has ¡ wciSh liÍüt (the maximum w€i8ht r hrt .ú b. c¡r.i.¿ insid. it ), czlculaled13fotlows:2D6 + ó no living cr'iiürq or item x Yn Enctmb¡añce.tízódttion, car be cont¡ined dimcnsion ln its I¡¡8c5r l¡r8cr thr¡ 1 foot a¡irl:if) ^ Bag ofliSbtnes Aaa of Mtddcohclú: OnSrn¿llv m¡dc bv MiddFnh'iñ eri;¡d5. the desisn ht! bc.n copi.d elscsher'. zrd B row nor uncommon in thc Empi¡L The Aap of Mt.Ltettbelñ t¡¡5 ¡tl rhc proPenicl of the Aaa o/¿l-eÉ;;5t (s¡w th¡t rh. wciShr limit with¡n is 2DÓ{ l í rcó t¡c¿no¡ence\.btt rhe b¡8 is zlso whouv resútarr to non-mr¡ical fiE and imp€sioüs to w¡tc¡' dúou8¡r it h¡s no Dórcctions ¡gainst crushing ¡nd simthr ilf t ""t-.ni. ¡r ¡" o* *.v *etul forPrcÉútng deücateiten¡, p¡ricül¡rlY vrir¡cn m2t€rial. Thls sE lt' Poucht¡le ba8 h usu¡¡lv Bac ofReso!ñ.: m!áe ofstout lcaüe¡ with tight cose¡titch¡n8 Once per dav.¡ sD€tlcasrcrDosessitrg rhc Bag oJ Resoufte Ú^v drlw oui otrt rne mareaz.rrngedimt5 n.€ded lo¡ anyonesp€ll Th€ i.eredl€nts mutt b€ used !¡ithin 5 rounds' or tbey crumbie into dust. Only o¡re set of ingredients. ¡ufiici€nt to casr onc sp€ll, ú2y b€ bmr¡ght fonh .ach day'
. B O O T S. RoUon the tabl€ b€loq ¡o dete¡mine th€ n¡tu¡E of magic¿l
MAGICAL BO('TS Boot llfrc Dlo Boots of Bovla 1 Boots of Comm2¡d 2 Boots of Conc€¡lnent 1-4 Boot3of L€aPing 5-6 Boott ofstknce 7-a Bootsof SPe€d 9 Rootsof Tlacztetsnest lO
. B O W S. use two sep¡Ére Dlo rclh od rhe tablesb€low lo deretminc th€ typc or magi.¡l bow found
MAGICAL BOWS DIO En€lr"rtm'ot t}Tc Dro Aow l!?. l-t Dlstañce I-3 Shorr Aow .f,6 Nom¡t Bow 4-5 Ertcb.¿ntnenl 6'7 MlSrt 7-a Long Bow a-l0 Seebi¡te 9-O Elf Bov Bow of Dlsta¡¡c€: All ¡?n8es Gee the w¡RP rulebook) ¿re doub¡ed fo. lftows nred from thls m¡8ical bow Bo* of Erchúimed., This bow tf?nsler' somerh;ngof it! e¡cbantmeft to armws fiÉd f¡om i¡, so ¡h¡t wbile tbcy rcc€ivc no hit or d¡megebonDs€s,rh.y count ¡s m¡8tc¿r wc¡oons ¿n¿ can causio¡mage to creatucs onlv ¡ffecied by such. Borf of Mt8bt: Tb¡s bo* is ench¡nted to h¡ve a gre¡ter effective Jr/¿r8¡, th¿n The.Srt€t8¿á of the bow ú det€rñined bY ¡oll¡rg D6+ 3 (wirh a minimum St¡erAtb of 5 tor ^n E r
Bow ofscekttr8: Th¡sbow confe6an increaseon rhe BS of rhe usc., The bonus is dercrmm€d by roll'ng on tne
BOV OF SEEKING BS Bodus
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GIOVES Grovc 1!?c GlooésoÍ Arcbe4 Gtoaesof the cob¡^ Glo¿esoJNlrnbteness
Eoot! ofsllcacc: Thc w€¡É. ofthet. boots w¡lks atrnosl silenrlv when movin* t horm¡j Mlkhs sPeed onlv on ¡ mu óf95- on ¿ Dloo is th. edtcr ¡udlble. al¡d or¡tv rhen wirhin 8 t?tds. Thvell¡ng f¿rter ¡ban w¿lking mrc The clovesar ofv¡riiblc ¡Ppcamnce.¡lrhough 6¡o¡'€t o/ reduc.! the ch¡n.e fot silent mokmeot to 50"/' aÉ llrtllv vry sm¡tr shitc or r¡n chámois Nhlknest This aslunes thzt thc wear€r ls c¡rryil8 only norm¡l equipmen¡, 2nd is ¡ot P€rfo¡ñing ¡nv notsy ¡cdv¡ly clorcr of A¡chcrv: when worn by i cr€¡rurc firlng ¡nv BS for thr purposeg Tlte weat. ofthesc boo¡s reevcs ryp. oabow, ¡h.se Sloees¡dd + lO to Bootr of fbccl6s¡ca.: hir h¡! been m¡dr' suc.etsful $hAhrru á detemln¡ns ¡nd or sznd. no visiblc tr¿cks, een on ¡ st¡tf2c€ of dusr fom ¡ mtgcar ¡ccruinS with anv This bo¡us is cutnul¡fv€ .¿n¡ot b. tr¡cked in the no¡md w¡y (¡Xhougt! ¡ '€¡ture arro¡v¡. bow ¡nd/or his tEil) which tr¡cked by sc.rt could follow
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ENCHANTMENTS GtoYcs of th. cobr¡: Thrse.A¡orKsonly..e{r¡l iheir sinisterFD$e¡ in handio h¡nd .omb¡r. The scare¡ of rh€ Slot?s musr d*e¡norm¡t ro hir rcll; ¡ successful rcll indicaresthar th. ai.rim hls beentouched by one of ¡h€ Etovcs, whe¡€upon venomous fangs sprour f¡om rhe fingenips and injed venom inro tbe vicrim s bloods¡rc¡m. The úr8er mus¡ d*e a tur:ror test or die in rD3 rcunds. Note th rhe Slove-we¡.er caúno¡ be h o l d ¡ n A¡ w e ¡ p o n i n t h e hlod he roucheswirh, and thltcÉ¡¡uftssith v.ry toú8h hides (fo¡ mmple TrcUs) or ve.y rhick body far (eg a s,ild boar) wi¡l ¡¡or be ¡ffecEd by rh€ Sloves ¡rr¡ck Vhen worn, rheseglov6 tdd + lo Glov6 ofNtoble¡$s¡ ro the D€¡1sr¡l of rh€ we¡e ¡n addition to rhis aenenl bo¡ui they also Sive th€ verrer the skills of P¿¡r O¿ject, Plch Lo.h, ar\d Pl.E lbcket if he do€sno! ¡lie¡dy ha\e them. if rhe werre. possesses rh6e skills he coadd +lo ro r¡y
. H O R N. wfith rhe cxception of ihe af,icoñ Eom ^nd ¡he Hoñ oÍ Ban¡sbñent. ¡he folloÍqi,ngm¡8ical homs do nor look r¡dusu¿lro the u¡úained eye,s€eming to b€ simple polished E2ch of rhe maAical homs lisEd belos may be bloEal once pe¡ day ro crearc irs ñ¡gical effec¡, ¡l.houg¡ ¡ny s¡and¿¡d m¡gic¡l pmtection th€ horn affordsw¡¡l ¡¡na_vs b€ pr€s€nt.
OF THE EMPIREg HomofPl€flty: Thishorn siü.di5ao8e enough food ¡nd Ftl.r ro f€.d up ro a ñ¡¡-siÉd cle¡¡u¡tso. thei. cqü¡'2leúl(ie t2 \rar DoBs, J horses,4 Halrlings.2 og.es, I Toll) for 24 houls. Th€ food looks l¡ke boiled h4, bu¡ ¡t bo¡h smelh ¡od r a s r € sd e l i c i o u s , a n d i s hishly nourishin8.FurtheF more. th€ food is p¡ovided .€¡dy-cooked at whateve. r e r n p e r ¡ t u r e¡ n e o w n e r
Hora of v¿lour: when this ho.n is blowri, all c¡e urcs frieddlyro rhe hom blower a¡d within8 y¡rds of him gain +l ro S and +t to wS ror I hour. Horo' This Unlcorr m¡gical horn may only be used effectively by a char¡cter or cre¡tufe of lawful o. cood alignm€nl. Such¡ chanctd gaiE ¿ +10 bof,us io all ¡/dglc rests simply by h¡ving the horn on his persoD, the bonus ¡¡sing to +20 if the .ha¡¡cre¡ is ¡ Cleric of a L¡vfu¡ or Good de¡ty. Antt of ¡be following effec$ c¡n be $e¡ted on.e per day
l. Au friendty crc¡ruÉs within 8 -v¡rds?¡e healed of 2
Roll on the rableb€lov ro de¡erñine vhi.h ¡ype ofho.n
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HORNS
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Horn TYpe
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Eorn of Hon of Eon of Horl1 oÍ Unlcoñ
Banhbmeat HoLn lt Ptenrt uatour Eañ
Homof B¡r¡lshmcnr. vhenblown. ¿llUndedc.eftures wilhin 8 )ards of th€ hor¡-use¡ must imedi¡rely m¿ke tt Instabíliqr rcst w i,th ^ -2 penalif trear¡ng ftsutrs or less rhan I ¡s l- Th¡s applieswhethe. o¡ not the Und€¡d alt no¡mally subiecrro idsr¿bilirt h ¿ddition, all forms of codr¡ol over rher¡¡ (eg by Necromantic spell or r Liche) are boken and fnüst bc rÉ-€st2blished.D¡eñors withi¡ a t?¡d$ of rhe ho¡n-userwhen rh. ho¡n is blow¡ musi ñake ¿n Instabltit! resr,alsolr -2 p.nalrf o. be banishedback to The Horn of Banishmenrisunusualir rh¡titis.üwdlom ¿ human fcm¡rr. a¡d is bound wirh silver. ftorf,ofHounds: when thh horn h blovn. rD4+ t Wa. Dogs(F€ the VFRP .ulebook) will rogically ¡ppc6 b€side rhe summone¡ after ¡ I rl'und del¡),, md wiÍ f¡irhtu{y sefle him for I ¡urn before departing. They will follow simple .ommmds, including fiehrinS eóemies of the hom blowe., to rh. b€stof ¡helr abili.ies, ¡nd m¡ke dt tesrs(such ai rttagr. ¡e\rt ar rh.leveloftheir suññoner unl.s\ rhrir own i5 highe., in which casethey will üsc ¡he larre.
2, Atl Evil o. Ch¡ori. cre¡tures wfhin 8 y¿rds¡utor¡áticdly sufter 2 woln
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-Ét Robe of th< Shrcud! \¡'eárir8 rhÉ clú¡ ¡lÉ, sPeU onc F ó¡t" nb ro .¡sr ¡he Gl'or¡ry ¡ppea¡at.¿ óouar¡i. Poini.osl. RoLl a DIO on thc follos inS Db¡' ¡o miñi' d.reÍmine $ hich forn,S of Lhdead th€ $éc'c¡¡
ROBE OF THE SHROUD DlO
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AnY Undeed fom U¡d€ad Arv noo_Etbercal Erhe.t¡l Unde¡d
MAGICAL ROBES DrO r-2 3-1 a
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Xobc lYPe Robeo¡.¡Iist a'l¿ sntobe Robe oJ tbe shroud Rob¿ of tougbness
ll-É Rabeol tbc rhror¿ Jl'o grrcs rhe s(¡rer |ermrnenl inrmunirr I; rhc efte.¡\ ot /f4tcÉ¡ted b) ether¡l UndeaJ Robe of fouAlness:Ths rob(.ontels ¡ /o¿8"esrbonu' . , n i h s e ¡ r e r : R o lal D l o l o d . t e r m i n €w h ¡ l r h i sb o r u s ¡ r '
ROBE OF TOUGHNESS DIO t.5 6-9 10
Bonus +l TouShdess + 2 Tougt¡ness +l Toughncss
-lhe RobeoI tot¿?b¡esswtll Dor func¡ionrf it F snra with Rob€ ofDisguise: Th€ wetrer of¡his rob€ is able ro üst ,"': ,rre oi "rmb"., a^¿ 'errher wi¡l an '14¡n lpell Lüe rhe lncllr ¡si¡r?e Illuslo¿arv APpeann'e ?ñd CIoak a r o b el r i s h o q o c r ' P r ¡ ¿ r d "n..ió. ".v"t...-"g.urh ¡¡¡¡¡lr¡r. once elch ¡e. d¡] with no ^lr8ic Poin¡5 r x r u . .a n d t h r v w t l l Ú \ u ' l l ) i o I t w i z ¡ d r b ' P ¡ o t e ¡ t i o n 1 in 6 of ¡hes€ciolks ¡¡s a súon8er "*".niitu.e p¡y very qelt for an irem of rhis rvpe ."i¡enrrnent. so ¡hat use ofrhe ctone Im48e sPello 'e pcr da) is also Possible
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Robf of Et¡lereality: Roll e D lo on the ¡zblebetow ro discov€rrhe nÍu'e of rhe T h i s r o b € s ¡ o ¡ e s7 M ¡ 8 i . V a q i c ! t r r n A sr r e u s u a l l yo r p l ¿ i r g ñ ' d o r ' i l t e r ' Points,wh¡ch mly ont,vbe l n ! . manv hait gcm serriñgsúd inrica'edrrsn\ ro errñorgh used by the we¡rer io crs! ¿n,bteih. wiard r hoflchuled lhfm lotnckthem ctosn rhe Become Etba ea l sqell be tof orslolenr lt is worthv ofnote th¡t no A f l e r t h e w e a f e r ¡ e ¡ ú . n s should lbey .h,ncie. or c!€¿rurec¡n b€nelit flom we2¡ingmore thxn from the edre.eal,lhe ¡oáe magi.al rings ar the samerime. of Ethereatit! mrsr be keql rwo *h€re in ,bsolureda¡kness, MAGICAL RTNGS it will regen€¡a¡e: M¡gIc Po¡ntpe.hour ^ ¡ong as r¡ DlO Rirg'IYPC D1O Ring Typc refi¡irs unosed.After l PrctectionRing rhe 6 Amulet RinR bous it can againal¡os I RiñQol Eh enhin¿¡ wearer ¡o furn etDer€ar' I ner8f R'og SPC¡|Riñ8 a Fortúud. Rint I J ¡ / t É ' n gR ¡ ¿ 3 M ü l t i p i cs F c l l R r n g 0 c w J r d i n sR i n S l0 N l u l r ¡ ¡ l ev l ¡ J i n 8 5 Ring Robe of Fir€ Rcsisi¿rc.: This highly Prized ¡obe cor¡ferson.the we¡r€r tne pe¡maÍcnt Prot€cdon of ¡ R¿sis¡ iqlle spell, s€e the WFRP rulebook for d€t¡¡ls. How€ve4 c¡ch im€ 3 Rore of Flre Res¡stance ts €xposed to m¿gical fire (st h ,s ^ 848tc ñIssik ot DÉson breáth) rhe.e is ¡ 5% .he;ce thzr ¡t will be
Robe ofMkt a¡d smoLc The weárerof this 'obe, which Mis¡ h u{urlly 8rr) in colúur.n lt .?'t ( luud'Js4ok"¡¿ alozd once Der rl¡Y at no M¡gic Poinr cort
fortltudc Rhg: wetnng lhis.ingSives¡heweaGrgr¡l'r ñenlal fsilience and clerr' headedncs\'rcllecredin! borÚ' of + l0 ro au tesrsinvolving CI a¡d wP Rloc of EtveDlr¡d: Th¡s rJ,e r¡ng is Sivrn by 2n Flrcn s ú-rd to ¡ fajthtul seflrnr ontv rftrr ve3F of'€^ice or ¡n act of qceptional heroisrn.rvheo wor¡, it gan$ tne " re* "'r !h" "pe"i¡ ldv¿ntag€s of Elvenkind: Nla'¡ -ii".r ii,l"u, i"' "n Err -.á tis¡'t sour.€ Íeccssa'v)to 30 v¿íls, xnrl ¡ r 5 bonus ro /r¡t;?rl,e The qe¡rcr aho 8'rn' + l0 lo aUrclloú3ü¡p ¡esl'iñlolvinS Llvench¡nctfF \o¡e¡hal if rhr'erros. fatlrnlorh( wrons hrnds rñd[¡"rnoq ári¡i".,¡"i"."" e".o ""'sidenbl€ letBrhs !o rer'i€verhe
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Tl*' N(ar. of dris{nrg ora_! !scclchof irsth.ecpoNeF. one ar ¡ rinre.tor I rur¡ r¡ rlch 2.1hou. Frn)d [r.b P¡'ser c¡llcd l¡fú crr.rlr dupli.at€sth. efiectsoaonr o l r h . f o L I o s i n 8i ¡ g h t i n s skills St¡t¡e,tt¡8rtt, A/orj strike ¡o Injtre, ^Íd str¡k¿ a¿ Srrt Thcsc ñrgi.rl cflcctscannorbc .dmbi¡r.d w i r h e x i s t i n Ss k i l l so f ¡ h ( s¡me ¡.vpt to 8¡in rn_! doubled rp bo¡uscs.
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¡li8i. Points rc.umullrrd b.\ rl\. \I d r.t.)f Abtulpt kúr n1a.\' to cftarrorcnhxn.. li. urdbr astfucas¡e.in rht us¡t¡sit sp.lli h€ .¡sts ¡rjnrsc¡a V hilc ¡ pl¡Ie¡ should rot kflos c$cil! hos' ú¡n-v ÑI¡8i( Poinrs the lr¿r¿ ,y'.,lbso¡plio, posstsses rr ¡nl ti'¡e, nor ns ü¡\innüD (unl€s he do.s r lor otreseú.h on i¡), n 's Se¡re skill lo ¡c¡sonrble aor r chrr¡.t.r Eith thc ,11L¡3¡.41 be ¡blc to gúcsstn¡ate. \bu should inforD the pl.lerth¡r¡ ' ' ¡ h c s r n d f e c l s l i 8 b r " , i t f e c l sh e a v \ '$ i r h m r g i . , d r c r c ¡r. enough It¡gic Poidis lbr a LN spe¡ls ifyou 80 e¡s]'. but it s noshc.c Dea. orerloadcd . and so on. [or tbe e\pend¡¡u.e of onl-v I Itlgic vaddofcor.osio¡: Poinr, ¡hc spcLlc¡rer us¡nli this s2nd mly duP¡¡cle d¡e 'rhree B¡t¡te [h8ic spel! Co¡to¿le. €ffe.ts of rh. Lclel
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Do¡. lf rhe \rand árt.npt! to ¡b¡o.b ¡ligic Poin¡s orer and d:i$üdr. it \\ill c\Plo¡le in I rhorc rtr p¡.n.k¡r¡nrd i)ru of ¡ugi.a¡ ijrc lnd snrok., .¡usiú8 lD¡l hits al S(r. IrJ\.n¡¡ r ' ¡,¿../ y' v4',t. ia (h( Jr.r ui lh( J(r"n rriun
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This €vil bhckwood E'2nd is banded w¡rh iron and
inscribcd w¡th m2n), dire runes of ¿ncienr origin. Ir lvill onlv funcrion for Evil or chao¡'c characlers¡nd creatu.€s.once a d¡y the user ma) p¡oduce r c¡o4¿ o/Da¡¿ress spe¡l with no Magic Poin! cosr. He maY also dis.hxrgc 1D6¡ro¡rs oÍ tueakne$, ^Arir orce per d¡), Th.se,r.oss ¡lke the f o . m o l , v c l l o w e ds k e l e n l Th€y arereleasedar fi¡1gcrs. ¡he eIe ot onr pe¡ .ouDd, .hd hare ¡hc sameEoge $ a loneboq lrrddi¡ion.€¡ch ¿rrewh coa¡eds irh 1D3dos6 o i ^ l r n b l n r , s h \ ' h $ r l l r , l c ( I l h ( 1 i . l r m ' f d r m r S ei \ c úsed fne BIocku)an.t.^1fn. 50 Aúolts oI vbahn¿ss beforebecominj¡i¡eft The wand ma.!oniy be rechar¡€d by de¡ñs ofa fou¡a¡careritu¡l i nlol!ing h umansacrificc. A Lawfulor GoodP¡iestmusrbekilledsirh ¡Soldendá9,¡€f on v¡r8in sc¡il,¡s ¡h. moons.ise ro thei. hiShcstpoints i¡ rhe sky on tle¡ensn¡cht. The wand is the¡ irnme6ed in dr€ Priesr's blood ibr 13 hours, af¡er shi.b it is fullv fvznd ofAbso.prlon: Tl¡¡swand c,In1.¡ ¡s ¡ $oreol6D6 M¿gicPoin6. Youshoülddele¡mincns m¡ximurn capac¡iy 3nd not ¡nfo¡n ¡hc plr)€r! Determination of ¡ts inirial chi¡a€ shoül¡ibemadeus¡n83D6(whichobvioudycannot sceed ihe 6D6 roll). The rr'¿n.t ofAbsorptíon g irs exff¿ MaSicPoirts by absorbinSsp.lls cast a¡ ¡he bearerof the w¡nd. lf the beárer ma}es a rüccesstulrva8lc test, the M¡8i. Pointsused in c¡srirg thc spell 1I him rre ¡bso.b€d ioto the wmd, and rhcspell.ff.d is oe8¡ted.¡lowecr, this onll app¡iesro sp€llsspeciricállrcastat him. so, for epmple, ita FlEBall spelllere. sr ¡t him, ¡i coüldbe sbsorbed, but ifn *.e castai ¡ SrouPofwhich he w?sonc, il.onld
wand of Fcar: The us€r of rhis srnd may cast ¡he follo* ing sp.lls ¡t s il l: Ca ta¿ Coúal.ll! Flíqbt, Caúe Fear and a¡6e P¿,i.. lf !h€ sPetlclster ¡tready knoFs 3ny of rhese sprlls. he ma,r cáni thc¡r 3t hali the norm¡l ltl¡8ic Poin! cost (roündin8 fmctions up). If¡hc spellc¡ser docs not knos anr o. all of drcse sP€lh (eg he is ¡ot of h¡gh €oou8h ierel). !het' m¡-v srjl¡ b€ ca!t. bui füll M¡8ic Poinl 'the s-hd.onuins no Magic Ponns; cosi müsr b. efpendcd. thcs€ must conre f¡oú the c?sIer No¡apellcaste6, of cou6e, canoor qse ¡his itenr.
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hes€m¡c¡c¿lir.ms h2veonl-Y2 low ch¡n eofbeinStound nx sstni ¡t2soos.some a.€of,ique,o¡lvone hevinSfler b€€n c¡c¡te.l. so¡ne doeloP€d unfonunare side-.ff.crs and rheirpodu.tion wa hd¡ed somcwecsuccctsfu¡desi8ns, but the ir.m Ras srotenand lhe cre¡tor sl¡in, the se"€t o t m a k r o s¡ h ei t e ñ P € r ¡ r h i n w B ¡ t hh i m \ o m e w e r e s i m p l y borch.d. .coth¡t q h ¡lethevm¡v be mildlv u\eful ¡hq were nor whr lhe enchantinSwiard int.nded' and h¡ve nol b.en reDúduced inatry siSnific¡nt numbers o¡€ Ó' two were dejiber¡¡ely created by wi?¡rds ¡s rev€d8eon people for beinSswindled or coe.ced.ln €v€ryc¡se'rbeitems¡t no¡ srandarddesisns,and ihei.low o.cu.¡encc retrccts rhisfact. UseaDloo roll on the tlblc below to dete¡mine the dature of the speci¡l or nre item foond
Ho$der, tbe l€ns needsone h¡nd ¡o ust, ¡nd sinceboih h¡nds ¡fe ne€ded lot sp€llcatin8-i¡ i. ¡ot possible to use rh¡sd€vicelo see¡n lllusionist úd ¡hen spellcast¡¡ hi¡n Someo¡e erseñust hold the Lens of Detee¡ion for rhe spellc¡srer,ro¡ exirnple.
SPECTAL AND NARE MAGICAL ITEMS DrOO
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Daggc. of ttaüIlr8s Ha.n.ss of Fe¡¡lessn.ss L¡ntem of D.ts Lensof De¡ection ¡,yre ofMelodY Purse of Teeth RinS of Conp¡€hension S d of Fli¡giflg Dagger of Halflhgs: Thes€ i¡r ¡rcms w.É m¡de by a long-de¡d ltiza.d of The Empirc nored for his aggressiveHalflidg serv' i¡ors. The Dr88er ol Hzlflings ivill only disPlaY lp€ci2l magicProp€ni€' in th€ h¡rdi ofa H¡lflin8, ro orhe¡ u5€.si¡ simPly counts a! a fragcal weapor¡ agai$r cr€2rur€s only ¿ffecGd bY such. AlthouS¡ onty úe s¡ze . of ¡ d¡gge., wh€n used bY 2 H.lfling it counts ¡s a normil sword, wilh an : -_ a d d i t i o n 2 l + 1 0 b o n u s cónfercd lo VS.
M¡.le of bmwd lc¿¡her of the HarDGss of¡c¡d;ssrcss: tinft¡ ouatirr ¿¡d h¡rd blueish mithril lhis h¡Íless is Áre y AsiEdby t¡o* who.ide s*ho6e. ltm' b€firt'd ; úv ho6e ard. wh(ñ thh b dof,c, thc ho.sc bccomes comóte¡ctv ¡mmune to /e¿¡ whethe¡ c¡us€d by tke or anytirinscis. (such¡5 as¡an'pedespell) The hoÁe i\ still sub¡ect to teu¿ti howevÉr' Note th¡t onlY horses m¡y use thls item - Pe8¡s¡' for enmplq are not affeclted. L¡ntcr! ofD¡vs: Thls ornáte, darkwood l¡ntem cast¡ ii8¡r ¡s¡StormLaft¿m,butburc oil verv dovlv. so rhlt l pior will fu€l the lant€rn for lD4 drys t,eú of Dctcc'tton: This look! ltk€ a l¡rEe maSnifvinSglass on ¡ lenarhy ivory ha¡dle. h doe3 not, hoE,€v€4magntfy arlthinS emin€d rhmuSh ir: tnste¡ct tt allows th€ viser to see ¡ll tllusions cau*d b y l l l u s l o r i s r r p e l l \ o f l e v e l sl ' J a r r h . v t r u l v ¡ r c A n ttiu\ioñisr disgu¡'ing himselt w¡h Asstñe tlluttonary Atoearañce, fot eta¡\Pte. s¡ll be seeoexacdv ash€ is' and ;y anemfl olodis8uise his a.tioñs a¡trb Cloak Ac,l!|,!will be shown up fo! wh¿{ rhey are
Lvñ of M.lody: This5plrod¡d in!lrument Plry\ beautiful ¡ n a h ¡ u ¡ t r n cm e t o d r t r¡ o r a n t c h ¡ m c t . r s k i l l e d i n¡ h e u \ e ofrhe lyre,3¡din8 + 20 to chmces for gdo¡n8 sork a ¡n ind ¡o all 86¿ rcsts. ¡r¡¿rr¿iret Pursc of Tccth: This tYPe of ircm i5 now not unr:*. common in tb€ EmP¡rt, for w€.lthy úerch¡nts ¡nd the tik€ p¡y !t7iz¡.ds aell for crcalirg them. A Pu¡s? o/ I€erá rppcÍs a! ¡n ordin¡ry le¡¡her pouch witb dr¡w' sÚirgs. How€ver, if il is oPe¡ed ¡nd ¿¡y ¡¡t€mpl made ¡o rak€ moneY f¡om it by anyone other rh2¡ s .i8húll @ne¡, ros of lcry sharp tccth m¡Sically ¡pp€arituid< the purs€¡nd ñ bn€ rh. h¡nd of the lhief T h c i ¡ i r i ¿ l b i t e c a u s e sI tozrd, iÍ€speclivc of ¡ny D¡o¡ecrioni,flet me.al8¡untterslfor ücma8ic¡l teeihare ;or blockedbv mrl'l I The t.e¡n hold f2st (o lhe hand Ior lD6 rounds, birinc ¡nd dr¡tnin8 blood, a¡d the viciim Al¡ rhe time' 'he suffcs ¡ auiomari¡ n'¿at¿ e¡ch round'3talmordc¡fming PurseofTeetb s.rea.ú5"'llti€¡Thicfl
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rl^ Pune of Teetbis s@lenfmm iÉ oMcr it will s¡owly ove¡ 2 period of- days arrunelrselito lrs no pos.ressor worn on üe continuous¡y i¡ rnust be rime whtch clurins p€rso;. After ¡n€ fult weck, i! r9cogni6 it! f,N posssso' a¡ its rightful owne. It is .umour€d rh¡t even larSe¡ BaAs ofTee'h ^nd SacksoI -Farsr exist, som€ der sth ent€nomed reeth, but ttteir eisrence has not been docu¡nentedwith cerr¿im]- yet R¡og ofCoDPrelrc¡stoo: Th¡srinS ¡llo* rhe w'rrcr lo aeaáAt rrte oin tanguaS¿ if hr coutd not do \ñ beto¡e 50"/oof th€sc.ings corfer knoE ledSeof¡he wriiten md ipo*cn rormsoi io¡ orr¡erIañ8uagc\ Iou should consul¡ r;eVFRPrutebook rndde¡rrmrnerhes€.xtr¡l¡nSuages ¡¡ r¡ndom o¡ bY choice Sa¡d of ¡¡l¡gioA, tt¡is r¡re subsBnc€is belised to be enqh¡nrcd bY sorce¡o$ of Calh¡y, ádd wirhin thc Emtirc i$ manuf¿cturc ii ¡or und€rstood Th. fi¡e m¿giczl dust is usuallY se2ledin a vial or P¡cket, con¡¡ining €noughfo¡ lD'1 uses.A teasPoonful or so held in the ha¡d may be thrcwnüPto 12 ]a.ds, and fmm rh€ point or nnp1g ¡ cloud of sand sP¡€adsout in a 4 y¡rd fldiüs. All creatuEs sirhlr¡ th. are¡ ¡¡c blinded fo. lD6 rounds; while blinded ¡hey bave _25 p€natri€s to WS, ¡nd mtssil€ f i . € ¡ n d s P e l l c ¡ s I l n 8a r e
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