TO AIRCON Companion Game Adventure The Tree of Life Nas Sat lorce ate etcr-taeCOMBINED MONSTERS STATISTICS TABLE NAME. ac uD HP Ar oD MV AL THACO oOK —sa/sp Banshee” -3 20-2 Special 6020") G9 Comp Aging, paralysis, ail Beholder or 4 15 30°(10") 10 Comp eye, 11 evewalke Blink Dog 5 va 16 12040") 16 Exper Blinks Centar 3 Vo 8 PN-67456 100"(60") N16 Exper ‘Chimera 4 40 15/98 1207110") CAT epert Breath weapon 1-10/2-1205:18 18060") DeviSwines 38) FT 18 120/40") CAL Expent Charm, shapechange Dire Wol 6 4 vo4 28 130°G0") WN Basic Diplacer Beat be oe 2 aaa 50°80") N14 Expert Blinks, special bite Djinni” Ghawaniy 5 TI BK RAB oe ZAR GOTO) G1 Expere Whiten itusiong, Doppleganger Dhaai Me 90/050") C16 Basic Shapechange, ‘magi enance Dragon, Black 0 4G Special 12010) Cs Breath weapon, spell easing Dragon, Blue -2 G6 Special 120°(40') NO Breath weapon, spell easing Dragon, Gold 4 530° 6) Special”) az9rao'y Lk ¥ Breath weapen, spell easing Dengom, Red “3 70 6 Speci 20'G0"), Gow Breath weapon, spelleasing Druid NPC a wor 16 1040) Ns lerical/Draidiel spells, Deyad oN = 1000") NS ‘Charm, special Dwart NPC 3 Ds eo a pchamed Armor 2 oa 6 G0") Ns Immune to ol, charm, sloop Ghow =2 2-2 Special 9O'C0"y Aging, paralysis, Magi Jar Giant, Fite Beg I 4 530 0"407) Co “Throws rocks Golem, Amber G0" No Magic resis detets invisible Golem, Bronze? 00 MSOF IO HOD!) 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Lindau CHAPTER 4: THE TOWER OF LIGHT Encounter Seting 25 ‘ Encounter Key 23 buNGHONs & pRAGOXS, OAD, eRonLCTS oF your | CHAPTER 5: THE LOST SANCTUARY IRASINATION onic Tsinpaecnsimatsownedoy Tsk | Encounter Seung : $1 3 Encounter Key 31 APPENDIX: Optional War Encounter 37 The Wish Spell 38 TSR Ine TSR UK Lid, PLAYING AIDS POB 736 ‘The Mil, Rathmore Road Lake G ‘Cambridge CB DM Map 1: ‘The Forest of Selinar 19 Wrssis7 United Kingdom | yf Map 2: The Magic Rainbow 20 DM Map 3: The Tower of Light 21 DM Map #: The Lost Sanctuary 23 DM Map 5: The Elven Land inside cover Player's Map 1: The Forest of Selinar 39 eral view of the Tawer of Li 24 Provolled C 40 Monsters Table inside cover TSR, Inc. Random Encoun 23 prooucTs OF WOUR HIACINATION™ Star Map outside cover, An Adventure for Elves Level 8 and above ISBN 394-55413-27TSRUGOD 9166HOW TO USE THIS ADVENTURE ‘The Tree of Life is an adventure designed fora party of elves 8th level and above. This adventure is not recommended for inexpe enced players. The total experience of the party of adventurers should be no more th 5,000,000 XP, with a maximum often player characters, Since the elves are basically en ited to 10th level, it is easier to determine the party's power by using experience points father than levels, One druid is desirable for this adventure, I none is available, the char- acters will be able to find an NPC druid will- ing to join them in Chapter 1, through an optional encounter. ‘As with any other module, read the booklet ‘thoroughly before attempting « play the adventure, All the boxed texts are © be read loud to the players atthe moment of the cor responding encounter. Any other informa tion concems the Dungeon Master only Check all the maps, components, and the: locations #0 they become familiar. All the ‘moniter statistics appear on the inside of the module cover, in order to provide a perma ‘ent display of their abilities at any time in the game. The Random Encounters table is located on page 23, with each coluran corres ponding t one or more chapters of the adventure When players are instructed within the nodule ta roll against an Ability Score, they are to use 120, This is the ease forall such The Tree of Lifeis designed to be compat bie with any campaign inwolving elves. “Tower of Light and the Lost Sanctuary, a8 Well asthe Star Map, may be useful items in fature games. The party's clan is located in the Alfheim area. Selinar is that portion of forest northwest of Selenica, above the Grand Duchy of Karameikos. However, the original location of the party'sclan may be changed in accord with the players’ campaign, with no effect on the module. The Elven Land may be anywhere else on the continent, the remotest area being the best. I using the D&D® Com- panion Set continental map, the area sug: gested is the northwest corner Players’ Background All through the Altheim woods the rumor ofthe Feadiel Clan’s misfortune spread. A ‘Thee of Life was dying Despite months of desperate efforts, the Feadicls’ tee seems to wither and lose its consciousness, A great council has been summoned among the Altheim clans. Finally it has been decided that the bra fest and most powerful eves of the realm. ‘would be sent on a quest tofind the source ‘of the accursed disease ‘You have been chosen by the elders of Alfheim to leave at sunrise. No one has ‘been able to find any substantial informa: tion about what the disease could be, or what could have caused it, However, you have been told by the reali's oldest seer that some answers could be found at the hheatt of Selina, near the grave ofthe firs ‘Treokeeper of the Feadiel Clan. The Old Shrine is located on the shore of the west: ‘emmost lake in Selinar. You have been given an ample quantity of food, the kind ‘only the elves know how to make, and one vial of oif of sunlight, as wel as a map of the sky to help you find your way. ‘The food given to the party i the traditional fone for along journey. Each ein the party is, given one elven ration, They provide suste- nance for 10 weeks, rather than one week a5, for normal iron rations. ‘They are normally not for sale, but on a human market they could be worth up t0 300 gp. iplayersask about the use ofthe star map, explain that it will be a useful tool to deter mine the direction of their expedition, oF their location on the seas or continents, according to the stars, It can only be used during clear nights, If an elf uses the map (0 find the party's position compared to Selinar’s, the chances of success are equal 10 the character's Intelligence score multiplied by three, plus his/her level, Direction can be found without error. ‘The map only makes sense 0 elves Tia player wants to have a druid character, then the highest level druid ofthe forest sends ‘one of his followers, to help in the quest to save what is perhaps the mightiest ofall tees. Despite the fact the druids are humans and the quest is essentially an elven one, the elders of Alfheim will accept druidical inte vention for obvious reasons, DM’s Background Long before the oldest elf of the Feadiel tribe was born, the most ancient elven clan faced its doom. At the end of a long and bloody war, surrounded by their sylvan the elan decided to hide their Tree of ‘magie-jarin mass, one elf into each ‘great oak of the forest, hoping to outlive this, dark century, Only one would remain as Keeper of the Sacred Tree, until the twilight ‘of is life, at which ime another elf would be ‘wakened to replace the eldest ‘When the black army swarmed the woods, 2 no elf was there tobe found “alive. The Syl van Realm was ransacked and, without knowing, many elves were destroyed. The Mage leading the black hordes was then ruck by a divine curse for having soiled the Elven Land. He and all of his descendants ‘would live a horrible existence, their bodies slowly rotting and shriveling. Unfortunately, this nagging destiny was also meant 10 affect the elves, as they had attempted to save their lives rather than defending their holy land to the bitter end. ‘As the aging Treekeeper returned to the forest to awaken her replacement, guards of the mage’s great-prand-son, Moorkroft IV, ‘captured her. As a result, Moorkroft discov tered where the elves were hiding, but the “Tree of Life remained impossible to find. The ‘current mage, a grea alchemist, found a way to-extract the hearts of the “inhabited” oaks and to brew an elixir able o temporarily stop the disease as well as the natural aging proc Carefully, the mage searched the woods for all the oaks containing a sleeping elven spirit In order toextend his life, henqw protects the forest and keeps his hordes out of it, using spiritladen oak hearts when needed. The ‘Treekeeper is dead, the ancient lan is sleep: ing, vulnerable and unaware of their slow doom. Their Tree of Life progressively with fers as its Keeper is no longer there to look after it However, all hope is not lost. The mage knows that one family of the clan escaped the realm, as none of the Feadiols bodies were found among the dead, The latest mage has been locking forward 10 destroying that men face. As forthe Feadiels, refusing the passive solution ofthe clan, they took a small limb of the Tree of Life and fled, They established another tribe, in another land, andl so became the ancestors of the party's clan. The limb they took with them eventually grew to an adult Tree of Life. However, it is magically bound to its mother-tree, and as she slowly dies, so docs the youngerCHAPTER 1: AN ELVEN QUEST Encounter Setting When the party is ready to leave, give the players the Players’ Map 1 on page 39 and unfold the third panel of the screen so they ‘ean see the Star Map, "The Feaciels’clanhold i located in the for- ‘est of Selinar, on the shore of a small lake. "The hold is called Feador. Selinar is part of the Altheim land, a group of large clans allied under the authority of a sole king for the defense ofthe woodland and of their eviliza tion. Many powerful druids live in Alfhe helping the elves to maintain the sy realm. There are three paths leaving the hold ‘east, west and south, Visible only to elves and druids, they are considered a military secret. ‘The party can move at anormal rate on these paths. Otherwise, the party moves at swo- thirds its normal rate. {As the party journeys through the forest, random encounters are likely to occur. The chances of such encounters are 30% per six hour period, 20% at night. The Random Encounters table i located inside the module [fat any time the druid character speaks to 1 legitimate animal of the forest about the presence of unusual ereatures in Selina, the Animal notes there is a cavern near the east path, with strange men and elves, ‘The ani mals refer to Encounter I Encounter Key the party does not have a druid yet, read the following boxed text to the players. This encounter happens within an hour after the player characters leave Feador (or at any other time you feel i the best in dhe adventure), As you move through the dense thickets and high oaks surrounding Feador, you hhear an unfamiliar whistling sound. Branches move around you asistirred by the wind, but no crack or sign can be detecied alter a closer look, You are startled when thtee old humans appear in your path, ‘They wear long ‘white robes, as white as their beards and hair, One of them raises a wooden cudgel These druids spotted the characters as they were leaving for their quest. They know about the disease ofthe Tiee of Life; however, in an attempt to avoid intervening directly with the council of Altheim, they preferred dealing directly with the party. Their inten tion is to propose that one of their number, Cucurbita Pepo (commonly called “Pepo"), join the party until the Tree of Life is healed. Only three druids are visible, being Pepo flanked by two others, Pepo ix a 10th level druid. There are 13 other druids hidden in the bushes or in the trees al 6th level, If the party attacks the druids, th attempt t0 neutralize the player characters without harming ther, using massive entan- gle spells or hold person. Then they explain their purpose. If the party succeeds in its attack against the druids, the druids eventu- ally retreat, and the party loses their support. Trehe party accepts the offer, Pepo joins the group and the other druids return to thei cit- tle. For all the druids except Pepo, refer to the Monster Table on the cover Cucurbita Pepe Neutral 10th level druid Strength 13 Intelligence: ry Wisdom 16 Dexterity 13 5 7 Armor Class 4 Hit Dice las +4 Hit Points 6 Save as Cleric 10 ‘Movement Rate 120’ (40) Attack I magical cudgel +3 Spells: Pepo normally has the following spells (inchiding spells obtained through the ‘Staff of the Druids) Level 1: Cure Light Wounds, Faerie Fire, Light (x2), Locate Level 2: Hold Person (x2), Silence 15° radius, Speak with Animals, Warp Wood Level 3: Call Lightning, Cure Disease, Growth of Animals, Striking Level 4: Cure Serious Wounds, Neutralize Poison, Plant Door Level 5: Control Winds, Insect Plague Magical Items: leather armor +1, Boots of Levitation, Staff of the Druids (25 charges), Potion of Invisibility Pepo has a nearpathological hatred of anything that uses breath weapons (dragons, chimeras, gorgons, hellhounds, éte), He wil ovo great lengths to destroy such creatures if Ihe encounters any, of learns of their existence nearby. A. The Shadow of the Red Demon Play this encounter as soon as the party is 3 cout of sight ofthe clan village. ‘Shordy after leaving the village, you dis ‘cover that... you are back atthe village's ‘entrance! You were sure that you followed. the right path, but nevertheless, the vil lage is here, ‘Suddenly you realize thatthe trees have burned to their roots and most of the area hhas been ruthlessly ravaged. An elven lady stumbles at your feet, Her left arm is charred to the bone, She looks up at you fand cries: “Why have you abandoned us... why. .you shouldn't have lefi your shores for the red demon has crushed us. Now look....ook at what i lef of Feador Timplore you, stay now and save us! Startled, you hear her cries echo as the village fades away. Only remaining are the great solemn oaks of the forest, as igreen and strong as ever, and the path you were following, ‘The scene depicted in the boxed paragraph ‘above is the result of phantasmal force and ventriloquism spells, It has been cast by Sul: far, a large red dragon polymorphed into an elf, He is currently invisible and hiding in a nearby tree. Ifthis happens during the night, the elves in the party should not be able to Tocate him since, as are all lizard creatures, the dragon is a cold-blooded monster. Sufat hhas a ring of spell storing which enhances his spell capabilities, Salfar's Spell (including the apelin his mapa) First Lev ‘quis (3) Second Level: ESP, Invisibili(s2), Phan tasmal Force (x3) ‘Vhird Level: Clairvoyance 2) Fourth Level: Hallucinatory Terrain Polymorph Self(x2) jarm Person (x2), Ventrilo Hold Person Sulfar’s magical ring contains the following spells: Invisibility, Phantasmal Force (x3), Hallucinatory Tereain, Polymorph Self Moorkroft sent Sulfar to appraise the ger ‘ral situation in Feador. Under the party ixafter, Sulfa follows his spell co mislead the PCs, Using the phan: ‘asmal forces in his ring of spell string, Sul- far proluces images that could be interpreted as omens by the party: Since these arc designed to be physically harmless, Sulfar nay remain invisible, Play one of theCHAPTER 1: AN ELVEN QUEST “omens” deseribed below after the first three encounters the party makes in Selinar. ‘Omen #1: Sulfar uses a simple phantasmal {force create the vision ofa black cat darting across the party's path. If the party follows the cat, it will find, behind a thick bush, the body of an elf who was Killed several days ago (by Sullat), His osting body bears the horri- ble marks of huge claws. ‘The hand of the dead elf ies near a crude message traced on the graund: “ancient’s grave... demon red,..teachery..” The message isa false clue Sulfar added to mislead the party ‘Omen #2: Sulfaruses a ventriloquism spell to imitate what an elf would believe to be the voices of the forest. The party can hear whi pers around it, like the rustle of leaves in the wind: “They have not followed our warnings... They will bandon theie brothers to the red demon...only the Great One that sees all can help them now...if only they could get past the red demon...look, here again they are fleeing lke the Feadiels have ddone before...” If the party attempts to speak with the voices, Sulfa will ry to convince the charac ters tha they should go to area G and ask for the help of the Great One. He expects the party to run into the Dark Watcher (ace Encounter G). Omen #3: Sulfar uses a phantasmal force to ereate a false rainbow. The area around the illasion is altered by a hallucinatory ter ‘ain spell soit seems like a small clearing. It actually is a 20-footchigh cliff in the forest. [Anyone stepping into the rainbow falls down, the cliff and takes 10d6 points of damage from the rough stone. Ifno one steps into the false rainbow, the illusion then shows the characters falling into a dark pit, an expression of utter terror on their faces, The rainbow then turns into the face of an ugly red demon and fades away with horrible grin The allusions tothe red demon are Sulfar's way of referring to himself, You may add other “omens”; otherwise, Sulfar returns 0 areaG and hides on top of the hill, above the tavern entrance there (see Encounter G). 1B, A Band of Sprites ‘This encounter happens only once. Ignore ie if thas already occurred. [As the party moves along the path, the sounds of a fight and cries for help sud. denly come from the side, beyond the Dashes. ‘Between the tree trunks six creatures ‘ean be seen, some of them wolves, others halé-man halfwolf, snarling and growling at a small group of sprites held captive beneath a fine weighted net. The sprites try to poke at the beasts! toes with their small swords while crying for help. ‘These werewolves were on their way (0 intercept the party when they ran into a band ‘of sprites. Secking some fun, the sprites played a few tricks on the creatures, Totally ‘enraged, the lycanthropes tumed their rage against the sprites. There are five werewolves tnd a leader. The leader has a second net he will use against attackers 1f the party neutralizes the Iycanthropes nd frees the sprites, they offer their help to the elves. Ifthe player characters mention they are on a quest to discover the disease of the Tree of Life, the sprites point out that the party should have a talk with the Old King of the woods (see encounter C), for he should know what is wrong with the sacred tre. The sprites do not exactly know how (o deseribe the Old King, often giving contradictory information. The Old King is an ancient treant that seems like a giant with a bushy green beard and big ugly warts all over” 10 the sprites. Ifthe party decides to go see the Old King, the sprites happily join the party to show the way, calling some of thir litte friends along, ‘Tricks and pranks punctuate the journey, until the Old King shoos them away (see encounter ©). Some pranks could involve sluing weapons to their scabbards, making the boots so sticky they drag piles of leaves beneath the soles, Without the owner's knowledge, a great helm might temporarily grow a nice colorful bunch of lowers. the party manages to capture at least one Iycanthrope alive, i returns to its human shape. A symbol (an eye with a black moon Dbehind it) i visible on the Iyeanthropes”fore- hheads when they are in human shape If questioned, see encounter F about the information that could be gained from the prisoner. Inall the cases, the prisoner begs for ‘mercy and for some cure tothe dreaded dis: ihe party returns to the clanhold to warn the people ofa possible lycanthropy contami nation, the party should be awarded 500 XP per character. The druid has a 20% chance of finding 1d6 sprigs of belladonna, per full day of searching, G. The Old King of the Woods I the party is not followed by the sprites, read the second boxed paragraph only AAs the characters move along the quiet stream of clear water, they sce the sprites getting more and more excited. Suddenly, ‘one of them says: “Ooooh! The Old King is here!” The sprites come to a hale and remain silent and motionless. FFivedead ores lie onthe shore, their helms Dashed in and their skulls splattered all lover the grass. The evil eye symbol is visi- ble on their shields ‘The Old King of the Woods is an ancient ‘eant. Tt is standing absolutely motionless above its victims, observing the party. the player characters are dragging a pris foner with them (from encounter B), the ‘teant gives ita violent whack on the head, definitely sealing its destiny. Thus the party meets the Old King. the party does not have a prisoner (orifit is already dead), the treant shivers for an instant and welcomes the elves and the druid. ‘At the mention of the sick Tree of Life, the ‘Old King declares thatthe disease must come from its deepest roots, Since a Tree of Life is ‘most ancient and magical, the roots may not necessarily be material, but spiritual instead. "Therefore, he says the party must seek the origins of The Tree of Life's ros in order to find the disease and cure i. “The treant does not know how to reach the spiritual roots ofthe elven tree; however, he does know a magical way 10 successfully reach any desired destination even though the exact location is unknown. ‘The treant says that once every hundred years or so, a magical rainbow appears near Feador, at a waterfall northwest from the lankold. If che characters hurry, they may be able to get here in time and enter it, for itis about to ize. The magical rainbow has the power to reach any area, whether real or mystical, desired by those who discover its D. The Waterfall of Rainbows ‘As you approach alow hill, the bird songe land natural sounds ofthe forest are mu: fled by the loud roar of a waterfall “The fall gushes out a the top ofa cliff to rush down toa small lake atthe bottom of the bil. A Fine mist rises almost al the waythe his CHAPTER 1: AN ELVEN QUEST ‘up the cliff and sunrays seem to play with sinall ares of color in the air, When the party arrives at the waterfall, band of 12 nixies are observing the characters from under the water, After a few moments ‘therefore remains a mystery tothe party. F. A Pack of Wolves ‘Adistant howling suddenly reminds those who have forgotten the mysteries lurking inthis forest. ‘Asan eerie echo, others answer the dis tant call, much closer and surrounding the party, Already, snarling and growling ve at | sounds are approaching, tightening the never | invisible links of a lethal net. are Before the characters can react, they are cand surrounded. The party has five rounds to get es OF —feady for the attack, from the moment they ‘least hear the howls of the pack to the moment they mbis— getually are attacked, ‘The pack consists of war-trained dire wolves (three per character in the party), six jour | hellhounds and two werewolves leading the for | pack. Fach characteris attacked by three dire hhas | wolves. ‘They spring toward their vieim in om, | order to bite and hold the victim's hands (ora foot, to pull the victim to the ground). A sue ‘his | cessful hit on AG 5 means a dite wolf has uth~ | Jacked its jaws around a wrist. A successful the | bite does half damage every subsequent sph | round until the victim pulls free, A character lost | may free one hand with a succesful rol (120) ‘against his Strength. Once a character is immobilized, one hellhound will use its esthe breath weapon to roast the victim at close back, range, One werewolf uses a net against the acters characters who resist the dire wolves. The {the other stays out of the battle and eventually, sinte- retreats if things go badly. His orders are 10 tube destroy the party of elves and report 10 the page Dark Watcher. sthe There re five such patrols in Selinar. I the player characters un into all of them (includ ing random encounters), ignore further encounters ofthis type Prisoners: If the party takes prisoners to gain some information, the prisoners lie fabout their origins and why they are in ‘Altheim, All the creatures sent to Selinar bear the eye symbol with a black moon on their forehead and are under a powerful charm spell maintained by the master spy. Magic use is required to get true answers from the prisoners, ‘old man with an elven crown and a lan- tern appears on the front. He raises hie translucent hand and moves toward you. ‘day return to the holy land and break the divine curte. So will the missing limb he, ‘The altar near the shore stands above the ‘grave of Fillindyl Feadiel, the frst elder of the happen The nature of the curse and what would ng laa ig,ot writen here, and hey cast charm spell on the characte? wi the highest Charisma score, preferably a male elf, If the victim falls his saving throw, he attempts to enter the water and remain with the nixies. Ifthe other characters attempt to sop him, he fights and docs his best to get into the water. the vietim successfully makes his saving throw, the nixies stay under the surface of the water, watching the party, but the rainbow does not appear. ‘The party may call one nixie wo the surface and talk to her. She agrees to free the victim. from the charm in return for a decent magic item, preferably one that can be used in water: Otherwise, if the party mentions the ‘magic rainbow, the nixie says tha itis indeed. bout to appear. However, to enter it, one ‘member of the party must become her ser- vant for a hundred years, otherwie she will clispel it. That isa tick; the nixie is just tey- ing to satisfy her natural inclinations. The party may choose to ignore the threat and ‘wait for the rainbow. No matter what, it appears at noon (the next day if it is after noon), When the magical rainbow appears, a ‘beam of white light forms a small bridge, from the shore to the base of the arch. Its solid and allows the characters to walk on it and enter the rainbow. If the party decides to sg0into the rainbow, go directly to Chapter 2: ‘The Magic Rainbow. E. The Ancestor Tn the middle of a peaceful glen, near the shores of a quiet stream, stands a white marble altar. Vines grow on most of it partially concealing old elvish runes on the sides, (Once deciphered, the runes read: “Rest in Peace, Fillindyl Feadiel, for you were the leader to a new life:" If the party remains in the area at night, read the boxed text below: “The arca slowly becomes quiet, as though the water stopped its flow and the leaves froze on their branches, ‘The altar glows with a pale aura as an panty San ‘He knows their Tree of Life is part ‘one living in the elven homeland. Ho he has very litle time to communica message to the par He can only appear at night, as af sheer willpower. Fillindyl is not norm hhaunt, but he can materialize as a L ghost on the Prime Material Plane, and for only a few instants. If the party remains near the gr right, Fillindy1 appears tothe party (he ‘materializes during daytime). If there immediate reaction from the player cl ters, Fillindyl simply relates his messag returns to his plane. If the party fl attacks, the ghost attempts to paralyze ‘one ofthe characters in order to give th message: “Have no fear, my sons, the blood in: veins is of my kin. Listen to my plea Feador is in grave danger. The tyran discovered our land and plots our dé ‘a8 well ab the endl of Altheim, ‘Our Sacred ‘Tree is aflcted wit evil force. Search the hill near the sc ‘er path, seek out the spy and ente source of chaos. Only then will my pr ecy come true and our name regain honor” Fillindyl then fades away (and relea paralyzed character). He will nt come lunder any circumstances. IF the cha dig into the grave, they discover th ins oftheir ancestor have totally d grated long ago. An empty scroll remains in the grave with a parchmen ‘apparently ripped out ofa book. Icreve following information: this is what the light of stars reveal ime. In sorrow, truth came to my 1 that despite anything I could do or sa slow horrible doom of the clan was capable. I ordered my sons to leave refuse the folly of the others Indeed we fled, “shamelessly” said, The word “treachery” was 0 lips ofthe ancients, But we will not ‘our beloved kinfolk, for the stars « that the bravest ofthe Feadiels woulCHAPTER 1: AN ELVEN QUEST They believe the master spy (see encounter G) rules an ancient land and that they were brought here through a magical portal to destroy Feador. They believe the spy, whom they call “He Who Sees All” controls the vast army to which they all belong. They also know that “He Who Sees All" currently isin the cavern (encounter G), waiting for reports from other patrols sent to Selinar. If asked bout the appearance of the master spy, the prisoner will say that he looks like a huge man, with one eye. If @ lycanthrope is cornered or captured and there is no other creature around, it immediately begs for mercy, erying for some cure for its abominable disease, G. The Dark Watcher ‘The Dark Watchers in a cavein the south ‘east side of a hill, overlooking the southern elven path. When the party reaches the mouth of the cavern, read the following boxed text: A huge humanoid creature with one eye is sitting ona throne made of rough stone, at the center ofthe eave. He quietly observes the entrance of the cavern, [At the opposite side of this circular cave, just behind the throne, is a passage filled with a strange glowing mist ‘The Dark Watcher is in fact a beholder concealed in a permanent illusion of a cyclops, his central eye coinciding with the cyclops’. The illusion stops when the creature issucessfully struck forthe first time; itis oth enwise permanent. ‘The Dark Watcher inside is paid by Moorkroft IV to spy and gain information about Feador. The Dark Watcher isin charge ‘ofall the patrols sent into Selinar. Moorkroft promised the beholder it would lead his army against Altheim (and beyond) and retain the lands its own realm. he bebolder isa com plete megalomaniac and plans to turn agai the mage’s dynasty at che time of succession, ‘The Dark Watcher will eventually speak to the party and possibly pretend to ally with them against the “red demon, case, it attempts 10 des moment the party isthe most unaware of ies Meanwhile, Sulfar the red dragon (see Encounter A) has been hiding on top of the hill among the rocks. It has been waiting for the party to enter the cave. When the party is in, Sulfar flies down and blocks the exit, It only attacks if the beholder is in danger or if characters are attempting to exit the cavern, Sulfar does not use his breath weapon, fear: ing to burn the Dark Watcher Once the beholder is dead, Sulfar is free to use bi breath (but he will break off combat after his second breath attack), ‘The beholder does not surrender and fights to the death. Furthermore, it never gives out information on the mage or the ‘Tower of Light. ‘The foggy passage beyond the cyclops ilu: sion is the magical portal to the Tower of Light (see Chapter 4) - and the only way 10 avoid the dragon's breath. The wormhole between the two locations will take 1d10 hours tobe crossed. Random encounters are likely in the wormhole. For each hour the party is in the wormhole, there is a 35% chance ofa random encounter: Mootkroft IV is immediately be aware of the party in the wormhole. As soon as they enter the Tower of Light, he shuts off the magical gate, ‘There is a secret compartment under the bbeholder’s throne, containing 5,000 gp, 850 pp and a potion of stone to Hes, H. The Intelligence Squad [At the curve of the shore, you meet six young elves from Feador. They are walk- ing on the muddy bank, carelessly leaving footprints behind them, talking and laughing loudly The young elves from Feador are doppel- sgangers sent by the Dark Watcher to infiltrate Feador, obtain valuable information, sabo- tage the hold’s defenses, and capture key peo- ple from the clan. One of them has a potion of speed. ‘Upon meeting the party, the dopple- ‘angers welcome their “older friends” and have a chat with them, One of the dopple: .gangers asks to jin the party, pretending that it would be a great honor for him to fight beside his elders. The other dopplegangers say that, despite their envy to do the same, they instead have to return tothe clanhold to be with their families, Ifthe party discovers the nature ofthe dop- pelgangers, five stay and fight, as the other runs away to drink his potion of speed. He then attempts to flee o his lair encounter 1). ‘The dopplegangers have been active for a week now and have acquired some informa: tion. ‘The remains of their victims and the result of their spying is in their lair (sce Encounter 1). If the party follows the foot prints, it ends up ac the bottom ofthe south ‘west hill, on the siteof encounter F, The party should be able to follow the fugitive’s track, 6 either to encounter G or I 1. A Nest of Spi If the characters go down the east path, they hear a horrible cry, somehow mulled, ‘coming from the ill ‘At the opposite end of this small cave stands a fat ugly man, holding a red hot metal bar. You recognize the old seer of Feador, bearing many burns and bruises, tied up and lying on the dirt oor ‘The torturer has his foot on the seer's throat, preventing more serearas, ‘The fat man is a devil swine, the leader of the six dopplegangers of encounter H. The ‘eye withthe black moon is visible on his fore- head. He is trying to obtain information on the location of Fillindyl Feadiel’s grave (encounter F). Ifthe sixth doppelganger from encounter H_has not been intercepted, itis sitting near the fire place, holding the tip of lange metal pincers inthe flames, ‘The old seer of Feador knows the identity ‘of the four “traitors” who captured him the previous night; however, he is not aware that they are dopplegangers, ‘The bodies of six young elves are buried in this cavern, near the fire place. On flat stone, behind the grave area, a map of the three paths to Selinar is rlled open and hel with four stones. The devil swine is wearing a zing of spell turning. ‘As the combat goes on,,there is a 10% ‘chance per round that one of the five lyean: thrope patra arrives to report and to check ‘on the devil swine. They will try t0 surprise the party. If any of these are captured and questioned, see encounter F for their I the party has not yet destroyed the six dopplegangers, they attempt to sneak up 10 the party as they search the caveor as they are interrogating the devil swine. One looks like the elven lady that appeared inthe false omen (Gee Encounter A), and the others, ike youn: ager elves. Their goal is to fool the party and attack them by surprise any ofthese seven creatures is captured and questioned, see encounter E. forthe pos sible information that may be learned,CHAPTER 2: THE MAGIC RAINBOW a tt ene nena ARR Encounter Setting ‘The Magic Rainbow is a creation of an ancient deity, now extinet and forgotten from the knoven world, At the time of the Feadiel ancestors, the old lan knew about the exis ence of this creation. The Feadiel family was fable to foresee where the rainbow would land, with the help of Filindy!'s knowledge of the stars. Thus, when the need appeared, they were able to enter it and flee their home land "The Magic Rainbow is the common arch of our skies; however, very few people know that itis indeed magical and chat it ean reach any place a traveler is seeking, whether real fr imaginary, if its secret is learned. The side of the rainbow isa dimension by itself inhabited by powerful ereatures. Some have heen placed in the rainbow by its creator; fthers discovered the way in and settled there, for a quiet existence, eventually mak ing visitors pay them a fee to get back out ‘Wii all the areas described in this chap: ter, the walls, floors and ceiling are totally npervious to physical damage and to a mor~ tal being’s magic. Similarly, all apells cast by ‘mortal creature that are related to transpor- tation (euch as teleport, levitate, fy, gate, dimension door, pass-wal, etc.) do not func ton - they automatically fail with a miserable ‘whining sound. The same limitation applies to magical items with similar powers. If ‘magic is detected for, everything seems (0 radiate powerful magic Op ifthe option of such a rainbow is desirable in your campaign world, use the following guidelines. The rainbow appears in very many places, ‘often for just afew minutes (1d6 rounds), but it never lands tice at the same spot within Jess than a century. If it lands in the same region, it would be at minimum of 10 miles sway from the previous spot. ‘An experienced astrologer (atleast a 10th level magic-user or elf trained in astrology) ‘may predict where the arch will land, by using an elven star map (such as the one given to the party). The chances of success are of 1% per level + 19% per intelligence ppoint. If the astrologer's attempt misses (Gecret roll) by more than 50%, the predic: tion will be false. If the secret roll has suc ‘ceeded, the astrologer will finda spoc within 50 miles of his/her position where the arch will land, and the exact moment from the time his ‘computations end to six months later, The time and location are determined at random the following way’ jonal Campaign Setting Time: 24100 days (at 1410 hours counting from sunrise) Distance: 1d10 + 2420 miles away. Direction: 1dB (N, NE, E, SE, 8, SW, W, and NW). ‘The calculation time takes 2410 hours; ‘case of emergency, the quickest nan exact result ix by casting a wish spell, provided one is available to the character (sce the Appendix Section for the wish spell) In no way can any spell cast by a ‘mortal being affect the magic rainbow. Encounter Key 1. The Bridge of Light ‘The sun has been playing with the clouds land the mist in the air for several hours ‘when a huge, multicolored arch slowly materializes, A smaller bridge made of scintillating light appears, arching over the water, from the party's location to the base ofthe rainbow, However, there does not seem to be any opening’ where the bridge meets the base ough the rainbow and the small bridge take about a turn to materialize oF to fade, they only remain fully visible for 1d6 rounds. Ifthe players seem to hesitate, say that the rainbow is slowly fading away. The party is still able ¢o walk on the bridge and enter the base ofthe rainbow as it fades. Ifthe PCs observe one of their party mov- ing on the bridge, this adventurer seems 10 fade away as he approaches the base of the rainbow When the adventurer touches the shi mering surface of the rainbow, which is three-dimensional, he will actually be ragged into it, The cross-section ofthe rain bow appears cylindrical to outside observers, Once inside, there is no way out other than discovering its secret (see encounter 2 below) 2. The Spheres of Color ‘After crossing through the outer surface of the rainbow, you appear in a huge trian- ‘gular room, much bigger than what would bbe guessed from outside. ‘The room has the shape ofa crystal prism, starting from the floor of the room and extending up into the sky, like an endless curving trian: gular tube Under your feet, the image of Selin becomes smaller each instant, blending into white and grey clouals, high above the land. The vision of the clouds it soon replaced by seven large, round spots Appearing on the floor, exch of diflerent color. ‘Most amazing is the presence of hun: dreds of translucent spheres lating about the room. All of them are as big as a horse land have the same colors as the seven large spots on the floor. They slowly fy through the room, softly bumping. into ‘each other of against che crystalline sur face of the inner rainbow, like motes of Tighe ‘The rainbow has now left Selina The characters are trapped inside the traveling larch, high above the ground, until they dis: ‘cover ite secret. Only then does it land some: where, The inside of the rainbow is ‘equivalent to an extra-dimensional space Creatures with a total wingspan of more than 2 feet cannot fy in this area because of the profusion oflevitating spheres. Astrong wind created in this area causes all the spheres to bounce furiously about. Although harmless, this totally prevents any further spell casting ‘or physical activity until the wind ceases. ‘The levitating spheres are indeed magical. Each of them is large enough to carry one character and his equipment. A character ‘may ride any sphere by just climbing on it (or ‘mounts can be fastened to two large spheres) ‘Once this happens, the sphere starts going up ‘with is rider, into the prism of light, inereas- ingly gaining speed, The surlace of the spheres is sft, allowing the riders a firm grip, Ifthe PCs do not think of climbing onto the spheres, you may help them by having a sphere pop out from the invisible Noor, under character, gently carrying him upward through the rainbow prism, ‘There are seven different colors, in this order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue indigo, and purple. The order ofthe color it important in the mechanism of this ‘encounter, PCs may choose to ride the color they want ‘After a few instants, each sphere with a rider rushes from one end of the rainbow 10 the other, back and forth, asTong as theve isa passenger on it. A rider cannot control his Night along the prism. ‘The spheres donot slow down, stop, or go backward in mid: Aight Both ends ofthe rainbow are similar, with seven round spots appearing on the floor. The ‘iders must aim (roll against Dexterity) at the spot corresponding to their sphere’s color Every time they bounce on the right spot their sphere changes to the next calCHAPTER 2: THE MAGIC RAINBOW ted 10 orange, from orange to yellow, ete.) When a purple sphere finally hits the purple spot, the sphere bounces avway but the rider instantly vanishes. He actually reappears in area 3. Ihe rider misses the right spot, the sphere bounces back, with the rider, and changes to the previous color (orange o red, red to pur ple, etc.) By the same token, the sphere gains more speed which penalizes the next rll against Dexterity by 1 point. Ifthe PCs do not think of controlling their spheres, nor of bouncing off the spots in the proper sequence, then have their spheres bounceon any colored spot, choosing the col- ors at random. Make sure that you describe the effects ofbouncing tothe players. Eventu ally, a purple sphere wll hit a purple spot and its rider disappear. ‘The rider i allowed to jump in mid-flight from one sphere 1o another with a succesful Dexterity check. Ifthe attempt fails, the char acter falls on another sphere determined at random. A rider ean do so in order to ride a slower sphere, thus restoring his chances to hit the right spot, or to change to a color closer to purple. a character remains on the same sphere from the beginning and the speed penalty has reached his Dexterity score, the sphere explodes ina violent fash of light. The same thing happens if the character inflicts x0 much as I point of damage tothe sphere. The victim takes 2420 points of damage and fall ‘on another sphere determined at random. Unconscious characters keep on tumbling forever from one sphere to another, unless the body is removed by some visiting creature, If a party member tries to recover an uncon: scious vitim, he must do so while riding his own sphere, and roll against Strength to grab the body from a nearby sphere 3. The Petrified Omens Read the following boxed text to the PCs ‘who successfully hit the purple spot with their purple spheres ‘The spheres of color disappear and you now stand in an oval room, The walls, the floor, and the domed ceiling seem to be made of pure sold light, softly glowing in varying color patterns. Atthe other end of the room stand three oddly shaped statues, each radiating a bright aura. The detail on the statues is incredibly precise, despite te fact that they seem to be made ofaconglomeration of different creatures ‘The statue on the let glows a red aura ‘There appears to be a Fighter's torso swinging a huge two handed sword at three tervfied humanoids. Between them, the head of another creature appears, with two long antlers The middle statue has a yellow aura, and seems 10 be made of a confusing crawling mass of short arms and legs, beards and round stocky bodies, ‘The statue on the right side displays a blue aura. It appears to be a beautiful woman with four tentacles on her back. ‘The bottom part of her body seems feline, with eight clawed paws rather than humanoid legs. ‘AL the base of each statue is written a short sentence. For the red. statue: “Through the red will blood be shed.” For the yellow statue: “Through the gold ‘burns infernal fire.” And for the blue statue: “Through the blue, rest for eter- nity.” Beyond appears a passage with a shimmering curtain of white light. ‘The curtain of light at the opposite side of the room has no effect other than to block the view into the next area, Each statue is a conglomeration of several creatures, victims of the rainbow's secret, ‘They have been teleported here, and turned into stone as a warning for other intruders (Gee area 4 for more detail). If the party attempts to turn back to flesh one statue, all the creatures within that statue are revived and separated unharmed. ‘The first statue, with the red aura, con- tains a mujina. He was chasing three hapless lores when they entered the red alcove in area 4. They were teleported to this spot and fro- zen in ther final pose. The mujina was a spy sent by Moorkroft before his original assault ‘on the Elven Land. He managed to follow the Feadiels up into the rainbow, but apparently did not have ax much luck (see Encounter Setting), If the party turns him back to flesh, he is eager to join the party and resume his final ‘mission — destroying the clan. ‘The ofcs were rebelling followers of the mujina. They did ‘not want to enter the rainbow and the mujina was about to setle the discussion in a most traditional way. The other creature isa rust ‘monster that wandered in from area 4b, "The second statue contains a party of even ‘of the most greedy and avaricious dwarves, ‘When they read the world “gold” atthe base of the yellow statue, they went berserk and ‘charged into the yellow alcove in area 4, fthey are turned back to flesh, ther short scuffle punctuated with a series of ime gp first..no, me...I got here before.’ your elder, I have right of way...Don't ppush..", until one of them realizes they are being watched. The dwarves are not hostile, they are usta poor sample oftheir race: loud, rude, greed, hot tempered and not particu. larly bright. They are willing co join the party until the elves reach the Elven Land, From, there, they choose their own way. The clwarves, all Sth level, are brave fighters, but they often prove to be more of an embarrass: ment, particularly when it comes down to pride and treasure. They have a tendency to {go berserk at the idea of gold or gems of any sort (gold dragons and amber golems will do —areas 4b), ‘The third statue, with the blue aura, con: tains a young, preity Sth level female thief, Aurora, with two pet displacer beasts which she can mentally control. She i the vietim of ‘a vampire’s charm. Her task isto seek a new land and fresh blood for her undead master She wears an amulet that, if the command ‘word is spoken, summons her master. When the word is spoken in reverse, the vampi sent back to his original land, She attempts to call her master at a moment the party is most vulnerable, more likely at night when most are sleeping. If she is turned back 10 flesh, she tries to befriend the party and be as helpful as she ‘can, until her duties must be performed. She ‘otherwise follows the party as long as she can without her secret being discovered. Aurora's favorite weapons are bolas, but she also has a short sword and a magical whip + 2 4. The Hall of Khroma ‘Three corridors enter this large square hall from the same side. As shown on map 2, the corridor on the left has two red curtains of light. ‘The one in the middle shimmers with ‘wo similar curtains, but ofa golden hue, and the corridor on the right has two blue cur- tains. The curtains block the view beyond, All three passages are connected to each other in their middle section, and lead to the larger hall (area 4) beyond the curtains of light. The party may safely cross the curtains of light; hhowever, keep track of the last wo curtain colors each PC passed through. Their true funetion, as is explained at the end of this ‘encounter, is related tothe hall beyond, Read the following when the party enters area 4 In the middle of the room stands a small square platform covered with metal mir- rors. The sides are slightly slanted. The ceiling of the room is a large, night blueCHAPTER 2: THE MAGIC RAINBOW ‘dome covered with amall reflecting mir- rors, all in the shapes of stars, moons, and ‘On the walls six alcoves have been carved: two on the left, two om the oppo- site wall, and three on the right. Their cal- ors, from left to right, are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. The inside of each alcove seems to be covered with tiny scintillating gems: rubies in the red aleove, amber in the orange, topazes in the yellow, emeralds in the green, sap- phires in the blue and amethysts in the purple ‘The curtains of light in the corridor are part of the mechanism to exit the magical rainbow. The relationship between the col red curtains of light and the aleoves is the key tothe rainbow's secret. The last two cur tains a character crosses determine which aleove should be used next. For example, if character passes a yellow curtain and then a red curtain, the corresponding alcove is orange (yellow + red ~ orange; yellow + blue = green; red + blue ~ purple). If the characters understand this mecha nism right away, then they can avoid many dangerous encounters. The guidelines given below explain what happens according to the choice of each PC. Chosen Crossed Effect, Yellow + Yellow Yellow A Red + Red Red A Blue + Blue Biue A Yellow + Red Orange B Yellow + Blue Green B Blue + Red Purple B Any other combination a Effect A: The character is immediately tele- ported into the statue corresponding to the thoice of colors (see area 3). The character turns to stone and becomes part of statue (no saving throw). If the party observes the statue, they see features of the new victim mixed with the other creatures already there. Effect B: An invisible force gently pushes the character out of the alcove. A bright ray of the same color as the alcove fills that space and is reflected to the center ofthe room, Ifthe green, purple, and orange rays have been triggered this way, then the three other aleoves alo project their colored rays on the side ofthe platform in the middle ofthe room. ‘A column of white light then rises from the platform. At that particular moment, any character stepping on the platform, into the ‘column is teleported to area 5, Effect C: Ifa character has chosen a series of colors that do not match at all like blue yellow portals, and then any alcove other than green; of, red + red and then any alcove other than ted), the character isinstanty tle- ported to the’ area corresponding to the Alcove's color (areas 4 a) For example: a character chooset red + blue and then goes o the yellow alcove; the characteris teleported to the “Goldenland,” area 4c. If the PC manages to come back from that area, he may freely return to that area, using the same process Ifa character passes more than two portals before going to an alcove, only consider the last two. If magic is detected, the portals, the alcoves, and the platform wil radiate a strong aura, The gems in the aleoves are tiny and attempting to remove them would destroy them. Up to three characters may stand in ‘one alcove, 4a-f. The Lands of Colors ‘The characters must reach the second ped= cestal appearing on the opposite ride of the ‘cavern in which they arrive. It teleports thera into the alcove they originally entered. ‘These areas are part of parallel worlds where everything is based on their respective colors, or variations on therm. For example, in Searletland (sce area 4a), the sky, the grass, the trees, and the creatures living there are red, For a campaign setting, use the regular D&D ® Expert campaign map if the party decides to venture into these worlds, Ignore the cities and the people normally appearing fon the map. Anything of white color remain= ing over an hour in these parallel worlds becomes the same color as the world. I the DM wants to expand his campaign to those ‘worlds, creatures and intelligent inhabitants can be created, provided they are of the cor- responding color. Ifthis option is not desired, then remind players of the urgency of their ‘quest and that parallel worlds ean wait 4a, (Red Alcove) Searletland ‘After blinding lash of crimson light, you appear to be standing on top of a pedestal, inside a huge cavern. The floor, the walls, and the vault are made of clouds as red as blood, turning to shades of pink and fire ‘under scarlet sunrays. ‘The light enters from a large cavern mouth, opening onto afield of rust clouds. On the opposite side fof the cavern stands another pedestal, similar t0 the one on which you stand Behind it, absolutely immobile, a gigantic statue of reddish metal is staring at you. Tn the middle of the eavern lies a mound of salmon tinted coins and glitering rubies, : ‘The keeper of this cavern is in reality Fos- far the red dragon, brother of Sulfar (see Chapter 1). It is currently invisible, and sleeping on top of the hoard. The elves in the party should not be able co use their infravis: fon since there is light coming from outside. Foslar secretly followed the mujina into the rainbow (see area 3), After finding this plac it decided to setde down, thinking that this must be the native land of its kin, It totally forgot about the Feadiels, The huge red statue was the original guardian ofthis place. It used to bea gargan: tuan version ofan iron living statue, but Fos: far managed to immobilize it with the help of its pet, a rust monster (the ancestor ofthe one found in area 3). Since then, the statue has been 1ove alts joints rusted si Allit les head and watch tres passers approaching, which produces hort: ble creaking sound. It can see invisible creatures, Inevitably; this awakes Fosfar Fosfar’s Spells: ; First Level: Charm (x2), Darkness (x3) Second Level: ESP, Invisibility (x2), Mirror Image ‘Third Level: Dispel Magic, Hold Person, Slow Fourth Level: Curse, Wall of Fie ‘The dragon first obterves the party, then casts ESP and Mirror Image spells while itis invisible, Next, it waite until it can roast a ‘maximum number of characters with its breath weapon. During the ensuing melee with survivors, Fosfar attempis to prevent characters from climbing onto the second pedestal by using Slow, Hold Person and ‘Wal of Fire spells. Fosfar eventually bestows 44 Curse on the last PC leaving the cavern, However, the dragon does not follow the characters once they have teleported back into area 4. ‘The party may release the giant statue by hurling oil asks on the statue (10% chance per flask, cumulative). When free, the statue immediately starts wildly punching at theCHAPTER 2: THE MAGIC RAINBOW dragon, If the dragon is reduced to less than, hall of its hit points, it flees through the cavern opening, If characters are stil in the wvern at this time, the statue turns against them, trying to smash them with is ist, "The characters have the option of leaving the cavern through ts opening. However, this lair is on clouds, three thousand feet above ground. The area below would corres- pond to Glantri City in the original party's ‘World, Most ofthe land below is infested with giant red ants and rust monsters. “The dragon's hoard contains 10,000 gp, 5,000 pp, and 200 rubies at 50 gp each, 4b, (Orange Alcove) Amberland ‘After blinding flash of eoppery light, you appear tobe standing on top of pedestal, inside a huge cavern. The floor, the wall, and the stalactites hanging from the vault fare made of smooth bronze stone, as smooth as amber. On the opposite side of the cavern stands another pedestal, similar to the one you stand on, ‘Strange ochre tinted sunrays Gitering through the cavern mouth glisten on the back of three eerie amber lions. "They slowly turn their heads in your diretion, ‘The three creatures are amber golems They immediately bl ight the parry, shethy ot aul at Tonal ch et fraginenty weight in The ava bey pon 10 he Vi Ty's wurll Ochs jellos area nd many qa eats ul 4c. (Yellow Alcove) Goldentand ah fang stalactites as te jes. A crushec ame lion proalares th Talos HA gp clouds, turning to gold and honey shades under the sunrays. The light entering from a large cavern mouth opens onto a field of topaz clouds. High brass pillars from the sides as though they were supporting the cloud dome. On the oppo- site side of the cavern stands another ped- ‘esta, similar to the one you stand on, Tn the middle of the eavern is a man with blond hair, copper skin and a long citrine robe. ‘The man, who calls himself Aurik, is a large golden dragon polymorphed into a hhuman shape. He does not attack te visitors, unless they seem threatening or hostile ‘The golden dragon knows Fillindyl, for he hhad met the ancient elf when the Feadiels ‘came (o this world. Ifthe party manages to prove they belong to his clan, he lets them go to the next pedestal. If questioned about the solution to the rainbow's secret, he kindly ‘explains that he may not give out the answer, for he was himself created as part ofthe ari fact. However, if the party insists, he says that the art of creating new colors from sim- ple ones often opens many doors. Aurik wears a ring of three wishes. See the Appendix section on the use of the spell of that name. The item appears asa golden ring three pearls embedded in it, A peat! dis- appears each time a Wish is cast, Once all *Aurik’s Spelt: First Levels Charu, i Maxie Missile, 5 Secund Level: Deiex vi Thied Level: Cliinevame, Diet Mh Hatd Person «sh, Protection ss. No Mi . Fourth Level: Dinucnsion Daw, Patt ables the entrance pedestal by casting a dispel ‘magic on it. ‘The dragon's cavern isin the clouds, above the area known as the city of Specularum in the original party's world, The area below is widely contaminated with yellow mold, 4d, (Green Alcove) Jadeland After a blinding flash of emerald light, You appear tobe standing on top of a ped- estal, inside a huge cavern, The floor, the walls, and the vault are made of shiny jadelike stones, turning 10 pale green shades under viridescent sunrays. "The Tight enters through a large cavern mouth, ‘opening onto a malachite forest. On the ‘opposite side of the cavern stands another pedestal, similar to the one you stand on. In the middle of the cave, a huge, loath some, and rubbery humanoid creature stands up as it sees you. ‘This creature, which calls itself Grand: Glaugue (pronounce "“gran’-gloak”), isa gargantuan troll whose stupidity is as monu- mental as its boredom, It immediately charges one party member ut random, in ‘order to capture him, His intentions are to lock all the characters up, one after the other, into small scparate cages, like song birds, 20 they can entertain him. All prisoners are tinned al spieeauiqment (50% hance the 7 the toll cats the charseters wl reba act anda actly gains his poi team pyscal anne. Only fie aac fre ut pts Kl Any i thre severe ein ts ay. 1 es Je. (Blue Alcove) Azureland . nuapyrear pol ape tit | esta inside age eavern. The HaCHAPTER "HE MAGIC RAINBOW. the opposite side of the cavern stands another pedestal, similar to the one you stand on, Tn the middle of the cavern lies large blue dragon atop a mound of aquamarine tinted coins, This large blue dragon, answering to the name of Sappho, is the keeper of this eave. ‘The chances she is sleeping are as normal. If Sappho wakes up, she snifis at the intruders, waiting 0 seeif they are hostile or not. Ifthey are, the dragon. attacks the party by first using her lightning breaths. Once she runs ‘out of breath weapons, Sappho becomes hys terical and uses her three Web spells at first ‘opportunity. Each time one character is ‘rapped, the dragon attempts to pick up the PC, fly out and drop it beyond the clouds. ‘Sappho's Spells: First Level: Charm (x2), Darkness, Ventil- ‘oquist (x2) Second Level: ESP, Mirror Image, Web (3) Third Level: Clairvoyance, Dispel Magic, Hold Person If the party doesn’t appear to be hostile, she agrees to let them cross her abode, in ‘exchange for which each character must offer her one magic item of her choice. For that purpose, she enjoys literally emptying each PC's pockets and bags to make her choice, and satisfy her curiosity. Sappho is extremely vulnerable to compli: ‘ments on her beauty and may accept some antfact that will supposedly improve her ‘appearance, Perfumes, powders, make-up fand even 4 well played phantasmal force might get the party out of that situation with: ‘out loss of magical items ‘Otherwise, if a PC refuses t0 give up the item Sappho chose, she enters into a blind rage and concentrates her anger on that char- acter. The dragon's hoard contains 8,000 gp, 4,000 pp, and 300 sapphires at an average of 40 gp each, The area below the clouds corresponds 10 the city of Norvik in the original party's World, It isthe land of frost giants and creas tures of the ice. AL. (Purple Aleove) Violetland ‘Afiera blinding fash of purple light, you appear tobe standing on top ofa pedestal inside a huge cavern. The walls and the: vault are made of rough stone, like un- polished amethyst, On the opposite side of the cavern stands another pedestal, siti lar to the one you stand on. Strange violet tinted sunrays brighten the mauve sand dunes, forming @ round hhalo at the center ofthe cavern Despite billowing lavender dust clouds near the entrance, you can see two purple skeletons on a narrow ledge. There is no fother activity in the cavern, It seems deserted and inhospitable Suddenly, you a faint shriek near the vault ofthe cavern. You realize the vault is creeping with thousands of small purple boats Under the sand live two purple worms, ‘The length ofthe cavern Irom one pedestal to the other is 300. Ifthe party decides to cross the cavern on foot, walking on the sand, there is one chance out of sx (roll 1d6 for every 10 feet the party advances) that the «wo purple worms feel the vibrations and attack from below. The purple worms always surprise the party on their first attack, since they try © engulf a vietim by attacking from under the sand. fa character attempts to ly the thousands cof bats start screaming and shrieking, iting allover in the cavern. They are harmless and fly out within the round. However, the noise alerts the purple worms, They are big enough to rush out from under the sand and try to ‘swallow the fying characters in mid-air. The ultra-violet rays coming from outside are poisonous. Their reflection into the cavern should cause the party to save against Poison, each round, oF take 146 points of damage. “The skeletons are the remains of two mem: bers of the original Feadiel family. As they ‘tempted to explore this cavern, they real ized the danger lurking below the sand, Exhausted, badly wounded and sick from the ultra-violet rays outside, they quickly died. If the party searches theit bodies, they find note saying: “Praise the stars, for one day we shall return to our Sanctuary. The 12 keys shall be reunited and our brothers awaker The area beyond the cave would corres- pond to the Thyatis city in the original p ty’s world. The purple worms have no treasure E. The Exit “The room, the blinding light and the daz~ sling colors fade away and you appear, foutside, on a bridge of light similar to the first one. You have returned to the world where a golden sun shines in a blue sky, where grass is green and the earth brown. After stepping into the column of white Tight (see area D), the party is teleported « the final exit. The party appears at area A in the Elven Land if they entered the rainbow from area Cin Selinar. Otherwise, they appear in Feador, if they were returning home. The magical rainbow disappears and will not return to this spot for atleast another century. Tf the dwarves are still with the party, they decide to leave the PCs and go on by them: selves. Being with elves is not what they have ‘been striving for in their lives.CHAPTER 3: THE ELVEN LAND Encounter Set ‘The land of the ancients i a remote realm, bordered on the north by a huge swamp- forest, on the east and southeast by a chain of high mountains, and on the west by an ‘ocean, The south is open to vast steppes. “Most of the realm is covered with forest; how: ‘ever, Moockrofi IV keeps several areas open where he has established permanent garr Shortly before the invasion of Moorkroft I the elves hid their Tree of Life atthe center o their clanhold, beneath the surface of the ground. An architectural trick enables the tree to have direct slight despite its unnatr ral location The forest was originally divided into four areas called Fetzirah, Beriah, Atziluth and Asiah, the four archaic terms for Water, Ais, Fite, and Earth, The encounters which fol low are based on the 12 elven star signs. After a few encounters, the players may discover the connection between the star map that was given to them at the beginning of the Tf the players think about using the star map, it should help them prepare for some encounters. The trance to the sanctuary is enchanted and requires the reunification of 12 magical keys, presently in the possession of various erea: {ures of the forest. ‘The magical writings on the star map should help the party ander stand they ought to be looking for “12 keys to encounters and the stars The party may cther arrive inthis forest at the crystal dome (area A) if they just left the agic rainbow (sce previous chapter), oF directly inthe Tower of Light (see In the first case, encounter A should give them sufficient clues on what to do next. In of meeting Moorkroft (whom they do not yet), who will give them a false mission, So in cither eas, the party will have cues on where to go and what to look for in this forest. Movement is the same as in Selina. If the party takes a direction leading them off the give them clues about potential prob- Jems (dark and dangerous swamps, high mountains with glaciers and murderous dlifs, unbearable temperatures, lack of food, etc.) If they persist, they eventually reach their Kingdom, after a six-month trek 10 the southeast, Their recurn tothe Alfeim should ‘only be possible with some manipulations such as an omen, a helpful guide, a prankish sprite, or some other nicans. Random encounters will ecur on a roll of 30 or leas on a «100 every six hour period (20% during nighttime). The random encounters and monster tables are located on the inside of the module cover. Some of the random encounters could be use to help the players better understand what has happened ancl what they should be looking for. A pris ‘oner may reveal some detail about Mookrof, a woodland being could tell about “legencls land folklore,” ete. ‘That information would ly reveal enough for the party 10 clearly ‘understand what they should do next, such a8 finding the 12 keys, or finding a lost sanct ary, destroying an evil lord, etc. You may intervene with those encountersif you feel the players are drifting from their goal or are 12 hhaving difficulties. Most of the programmed encounters appear ina designated hex on the map; how: fever, forthe sake of playability, assume th they may oceuria that general area, when the rmioment scems the best for the party to make that encounter. Fi al Battle Option ‘The end ofthe adventure will see the final baatle between Moorkroft’s army, the PCs’ forces and woodland alles (ancient elves, and creatures of the forest). The party may pre pare their forces, starting from this chapter Their army forces vary depending on the par: ty's course of actions, More details on that imatier are given in the Appendix section The party may gather help from several ‘encounters, For centaurs, oes, and griffons, see the end of encounters C, B, and F. For the ancient elves, see chapter 5. Other creatures may be rallied for the battle from random encounters. If the party manages to befriend these woodland ereatures, allow the party to ‘maintain contact and call for their help atthe ‘moment of the final bat ‘Ar the Dungeon Masters option, the ran- dom creatures likely to join the elven army are the treants (1d20+5), the sprites (1100x10), the pixies (34100 + 15), the blink dogs (3d8x10) and the unicorns (348%10). They would only join the party if approached ina friendly manner, or ifthe party is able o perform some useful yervice for the creatures, such as getting rd of a local foe, curing dis ees, breaking curses, etcCHAPTER 3: THE ELVEN LAND. Encounter Key A. The Crystal Dome Go now. Follow the four paths, and do not waste time, for I am so weak. All the surrounding area seems to be cov cred with endless ruins. In most of the available space, between what must have been once gorgeous buildings, oaks and bushes have grown, giving the scene a feeling of desolation, ‘You stand on a set of concentrie cireular steps. The platform at your feet is made of crystal, as are four half-crumbled pillars It seems their purpose was to hold a small crystal dome that has since crashed around the platform. Four paved roads, partially covered with weeds and bushes, leave this area in four different directions. At the beginning ‘of each a metal slab is embedded, now ‘covered with rust and dirt. You all have the definite feeling of being observed. i the party scratches the rust and the dirt, off the slabs, they are able to read the follow- ing words: North sab West slab: South slab: East slab: If they observe the platform more closely, twelve round depressions, the size of large ‘medallions, are visible in the steps. They are placed in groups of three, each group facing fone of the paths. If they detect magic, the platform radiates a strong aura The platform is the entrance to the Sanctu- ary. The Tree of Life is located directly below. To enter, the party needs the magic word, or the 12 keys, The word is not available since the only person to know it, the last ‘reckeeper, is now dead. If the 12 keys are placed in the depressions, the party sees an ethereal sec of stairs, going down below the round, ‘The stairs end up in area 4, in the Sanctuary (see chapter 6) If the characters do. not figure out what their next step should be, choose one charac ter at random to have a “vision” caused by the Tree of Life. Using telepathic abiliti the magical ree shows that character 12 large ‘medallions with symbol. The chosen charac ter has the feeling that they must be brought back to this place. Another character could receive the following mental mestage: Yes, my child, you are very close. Look at the base of the platiorm. There, _you will insert the keys and find my roots. ‘The whisper, a mental message, comes from the Tree of Life below the platform. Iris, hharmless and tries co instruct the PC on what to do next. It does not respond to questions, B. The Manticore Flying high above the bill are three large winged creatures. Your location on the hill seems to be the center of their circular Aight pattern, ‘The three creatures are manticores hunt- ing for food. If the party comes out of the woods near the higher point on the hill, the Imanticores make several swooping attacks before landing, Once on the ground, they launch a series of spikes in an attempt to force the party back to the forest. A fourth one is hiding in the woods, a short distance behind the party. Once the party runs down to the forest, the fourth manticore starts launching its spikes at close distance. This should sur- prise the party. The following round, all man: ticores take off and observe their prey. The four monsters avoid adirect melee ifpossible. ‘Ifthe fight urns against the manticores, oF ifit seems the party still moves toward the top Of the hill, the manticores fee to their lair where, if Cornered, they fight 10 the death ‘Thelairison top ofthe bill, na small eavern ‘The manticores are always in their lair dur ing the night. Thelaircontains the creatures’ treasure, along with a small silver chest. The “Manticore” key is inside, "The party also finds a dusty elven skeleton, Twas placed there inthe creatures’ absence bby Moorkroft’s lackeys in order to confuse potential intruders. The corpse belongs tothe “Treekeeper, who died of her wounds after Moorkroft’s tortures. An old looking parch- ‘ment written in elvish was placed near the body. It reads as follows: “Aer Drealized my activities in the forest were about to be discovered, I ran to my ‘hideout on this hil. ‘Tknew that if stayed any longer, my secret would have been discovered. I am ill, my wounds are not healing and my last 13 ‘hope for our clan remains in the White ‘Tower. The spirit of our lord still controls the upper levels ofthe palace and protects the forest. But, as Tam weakening, he will need more help, If by any chance a pure Ineart finds this nore, go 10 the White ‘ower and call the lord in che throne room. Confide in him and he will guide Ifthe party exarnines the skeleton, they see thar the left arm is broken in several places, as ‘well as three fingers on the right hand in a ‘way that would have made it impossible 10 write anything. ‘The bones of the legs clearly show that the body belonged to an old person with bone deformities (arthritis more likely) Since i takes some climbing to get to the lair, she could not possibly have gotten there by herself. To discover this, the characters have to remove the clothes from the skeleton, ©. The Eagle ‘On top ofa large rocky peak isa strange round wooden structure, made of t1ee logs. No windows, no doors, nor stairs to reach the top of the peak are apparent ‘At the bottom of the rocky outcropping are piles of elean white bones, none of of clvish origin, The bones seem to belong to some wild animals commonly dwelling in the forest ‘The structure is roe nest. It contains five uunhatched eggs. The nest also holds small chest with the “Eagle” key to the Sanctuary. Ifthe party limbs up into the nest, there is 25% chance per round that the owner spots the party. Its large roc. ‘The bones are the fold remains ofthe roe's previous meals, The roe fearlessly attacks until the party climbs down the peak. ‘The roe's tactics con- sist of making a dive alongside the cliff in ‘order to pull off one character (chosen at ran- dom). The roc automatically succeeds in the attack if it hits AC 5. It repeats this attack every five rounds, which i the time i takes to fly to the boundary of the forest and drop the character on top of a thick tre. The damage for the fall amounts to 2d10 points of dar ‘age. Due to the shock, the character should roll against his Constitution score at -4 oF loseCHAPTER $: THE ELVEN LAND. consciousness from the shock, Vietims remain unconscious for 3a hours, in the branches of the tree they landed on. ‘The surviving characters have the option to organize a rescue party to recover the vi tims hanging in the trees. Each party mem: ber shoule roll against his Intelligence co find fan unconscious victim when passing nearby (and if he was looking when the victim was dropped in the forest, ‘The party could beftiend the roe by bring- ing a large quantity of food. A stack of fresh deer, boars, and wild turkeys should do (or ‘monsters fom random encounters in the for- x). Allow each PC to catch one sch animal, witha roll of on adL0, for each hour spent hunting. Once they ple up the animals, the roc fies down and starts feeding on the fresh ‘meat. Ifan elf gets close, the roc realizes that the “vistors” are friendly (as opposed to “Moorkroft’s hateful humanoids). ‘Once the roe becomes friendly, it becomes ‘evident that the creature understands the elven language. Unfortunately, it can only answer by shaking its head or nodding. When asked if it knows about medallions, it nods and looks up toward its nest. The PCs may eventually ride it above the elven land for a few reconnaissance fights, and even ‘obtain a safe shelter in the nest. Part of the nest is covered with a crude roof to protect the ‘eggs from the excesses ofthe weather. The roc agrees to give the medallion to the party if they show they have the ““Chimerae” key to the Sanctuary (see encounter D). There may be a lengthy “conversation” between the party and the roe before the players finally Understand what to go after. Of course, the pty ail can attempt to take the medallion by force, but that means they have to kill the roc. The ereature feels the presence of the medallion. Ifsomeone attempts to steal it, the roc gets hold of the “thie’s” foot and shakes the character until the medallion falls out ‘At the end of the adventure, ifthe party is not able to use the magic rainbow or Moorkrot’s portal, the (friendly) roc agrees to fly the party back home, as a reward for destroying the chaotic mage. For campaiga purposes, this could be developed into another adventure, sine the light could take ‘weeks if not months Rallying the Rocr: ifthe party later thinks of calling upon the roc's help, the creature flies to the mountains and finds help from others fof its kind, The community of rocs there agrees to join the party's wari the party frst destroys a black dragon that has been causing some trouble lately. The rocs do not know ‘where to find it (otherwise they would have attacked it already). Their request is to find the creature and bring it back, dead or alive = or at least some vital part of its body prov- ing itis dead. ‘What the rocs do not know is that the dragon is in fact an artifact belonging to Moorkroft: a rod of the wyrm, [cis this creax ture that has caused the roes difficulties dur- ing the night. Once in a while, Moorkroft sends i out to fetch toc eggs, as potion ingre- ddients. The party must find Moorkroft before they can recover the wyrm (see Chapter 4), ‘Once the party completes that mission. flight of 1410 + 10 large rocs returns withthe party and assists them during their combat D. The Chimera ‘Ac the top of a steep rocky slope, you slimpse the heads of three creatures ‘Quickly retreating into a cavern, ‘The heads are an illusion cast by a magical stone inside the cavern, The stone has the shape of a chimera statue, facing the entrance ‘of the cavern. The stone feeds on the fear it instigates in other creatures, by causing nightmares and horrid visions to appear to thote who enter the cavern, Read the following when the party enters the cavern: ‘As you observe the interior ofthe cavern, you feel the chill of fear crawl up your spine. A stone statue of a horrid monster stands in the cave. Absolutely immobile, its three heads seem to gaze at you. You realize there are a lion, a goat, and a dragon head. Suddenly you fel dizzy and ‘your knees grow weak under you. Roll 1d6 for each character. The result in ‘cates which head is affecting each character: 1-2 for the goat head, 3-4 for the lion head, land 5:6 for the dragon head. What the PC ‘can do is explained after the three nightmare descriptions Goat: read the following text to the victim: ‘Your vision blurs and it fels as ifyou have bocen sleeping for along time. You are sit ting in a large room, ata table along with 4 1 series of creatures wearing long, red robes, Two hors point out of their hoods, revealing their goatlike faces. One ofthe ‘ereatures points at you, accusing you of transgressing the law. Shortly thereafter, you feel hands pushing you toward ‘wooden chopping block, near one of those creatures wha is raising a large axe. Lion: ‘Your vision blurs and i feels a you have been sleeping for a long time. You wake up in a lang corridor, At one end a dozen large lions rush in your direction. One the fther end of the tunnel is a opening lead ing outside Running out, you suddenly arive in an arena. The voices of hundreds of bebold- cers roar the word “Kil... Kill.” Twelve lions appear at the gate behind you, the slow of hunger in their eyes Dragon: ‘Your vision blurs and i feels if you have been sleeping for a long time. You are alone inthe cavern and your fellow adve turers are gone. In front of you sts a huge black dragon. After a short cynical laugh, it preprares to breathe. In all three cases, the characters can’t really do anything physically (spell casting or fighting). Ifthey do s0, they will face a slow doom as the creatures seem to resist damage. Ifthe PC resists a nightmare for more than 10 rounds, shift that character to one of the remaining dreams, Fach time a PC shifts 10 another nightmare, he loses 1d¢ points of Constitution. When the vietim he wakes up with 16 points of Constitution less. The damage is not permanent and may be regained at the rate of three points per day, Ifall the Const tution points ofa character are drained, the character dies immediately. A character can: not be the victim of more than three dreams ‘The nightmares last as long as the victims keep resisting During the nightmare, however, the char acters who make a strong mental effort free themselves from the nightmare or illusion ‘may roll a saving throw vs. Spells. If success: ful, the character wakes up and no damage taken. Otherwise, things go as described above. 1d6 rounds after the character wakes up, he may be the vitim of a second or third dream (ifany dreams remain for that charac:he saves vs. Spells, tatue drains 10 points or more, it creates a spectral chimera which attacks any: ‘one in the cavern, preventing him from harming the statue, It is equivalent to a nor mal monster, except that itis translucent and spells do not affect it. If not destroyed, it remains as long as the statue is left tantouched. ‘The “Chimera” key to the Sanctuary is embedded on the statue's dragon forehead. Removing the key instantly destroys the statue and awakes the vietims with no further damage. The statue itself is impervious t0 physical damage. E, The Centaurs ‘Asyou follow the path, you hear the famil- iar sound of arrows’ whizzing past the party to thunk into trees. You realize there are two groups of creatures, half-men, halhorses, on both sides of the path, shooting arrows and spears, ‘The creatures are centaurs. They did not mean to attack the party. Two factions are Fighting each other over a decision the clan ‘master did not make. Several weeks ago, Moorkroft vis tribe after they had a memorable feas took advantage of the situation to kidnap the tlanmaster’s son. Since then, the clanmaster faced the dilemma of whether he would attack the white tower or accept the mage’s author- ity over this part of the forest. Because of his hesitation, two factions divided the tribe: those eager to attack the tower and those fear ing violent retaliation from the black hordes garrisoned around the forest. ‘The centaurs began their fight when the party walked right in between the two fac- tions Ifthe party counterattacks, all the cen taurs concentrate their fire on the “Strangers,” and thea resume their quarrel ‘There are 30 centaurs on each sie. the characters win the fight, the centaurs ‘of both factions automatically become their enemies, including any other centaurs the party may encounter later in the adventure. ‘The centaurs would never join them later in a ‘war against Moorkroft the characters fee or surrender, the fight ‘comes to a halt and the centaurs surround them. They are suspicious about these visi tors, since none have ever seen an elf before. Intrigued, they listen to what the party has to say instead of fighting each other Realizing the party has nothing in com mon with the black hordes, they let the char ‘acters speak to the clanmaster, who explains What the problem is. It becomes obvious to the party thatthe tribe hates the master of the white tawer. If the party mentions they are seeking round medallions, the clanmaster ys thar he has one ofthat sort, but he only gives it to the party if they retrieve his son currently imprisoned in a large white tower, southwest of this place. Another 30 centaurs escort the elanmaster. Rallying the Centaurs: Ifthe party success- fully retrieves the young centaur, the entire tribe befriends the elves and agree to fight beside them against the black hordes, later in the adventure. ‘They are able to call to arms most of the tribes in the Elven Land: 434100 + 100 adult centaurs. F. The Griffon If the party crosses this vast area, read the following text: ‘As you walk through this large grassland, you feel a low underground rumble, {quickly increasing into a loud roar. Sud- denly, one of the party members is thrown. into the air by a violent column of water ‘Bushing out of the earth, ‘This area is one of the rarest geological phenomena of this world. Walking on this area creates and amplifies powerful vibr tions causing geyserlike activities, The geyser holes are not visible because they are covered with alayer of limestone and grass, sulficient to resist the weight of several men. Hoxtever, when the water erupts, the crust breaks and whatever stands on itis thrown into the air and tumbles atop the liquid column for 2d6 rounds. At the end of that period, the victim falls (othe ground, taking 16 points of dam- age. ‘As the party moves, there is a 30% chance per round that each character will be the vic tim of a geyser, unless he stays absolutely motionless, levitaces, or Mies. 15 CHAPTER 3: THE ELVEN LAND ‘As you battle against the water, a flock of large flying creatures appears in the sky ‘Afier a short preliminary observation, several of them initiate a swooping A flight of 16 griffons was hunting for prey when it saw the party. Used tothe phenome: thon, they swoop down in an attempt to cap- ture whatever has been caught on the ‘waterspout, and then fly back to their lair on the north side of the voleano, ‘There griffons have been magically affected by the ancient elves. All of them, including their direct offspring, are bound 16 bbe loyal steeds for eves. ‘They understand a limited form ofelvish. Upon arriving at their nest, they recognize the nature of their prey and not harm them. Ifthe party asks for a round medallion, an old grifon scratches the ground and uncovers the remains of several ‘creatures, half:man and wolf, They attempt tomake the party understand that the medal: lion isin an enemy camp and that they want the party to ride them and lead a raid against the camp. Ifthe party accepts, the griffons lead the PCs to a collection of worn special saddles, hharnesses, and long cavalry lances for the party 10 Use. Once mounted, they make a swift but careening flight 1o the ean ‘of the volcano (tee encounter N). Ifthe party ‘successflly storms the camp, they are able to retrieve the “Griffon” key to the Sanctuary. Rallying the Griffons: Ifthe camp is success: fully stormed, the griffons agree to fight in a ‘major batle later in the adventure, They can rally up to 5d10 normal grifons (+ the 16 of this lair) from the local mountains for this purpose Riding the Griffons in Combat: Flying ‘mounts of this sort requires more skill than riding a simple warhorse. Unless the PCs hhave already received such a training in their campaign world, use the following guide- lines. ‘The rider should be able 10 control the mount; however, if hit (at least 5 points of ‘damage in one blow) while fying, the charac ter should roll against his Strength or falloff the griffon, Before the character hits the ground, the griffon dives and catches the rider iit its AC 5, One such attempt is pos sible for each 300 feet of altitude, If not ‘ordered otherwise, the grifons will fy at 300 feet, Any other rider nearby could attempt to “intercept” the falling rider by first makingCHAPTER 3: THE ELVEN LAND an initiative check. If that fails, the rescuer is too far away; ifthe roll succeeds then proceed as above. If the rescue maneuvers fai, the falling rider hits the ground, The vietim should save versus Paralysis at-5 or die on the spot. Ifthe save is sucessful, the character survives with ‘one hit point left and 1-2 broken bones (at random: a leg, an arm, a rib, et.) When hitting a target during a swoop ack with a lance, the rider +5.and inflicts triple damage to the target. When using misiles, the rider hits at ~3 because of the speed and wings movement, There is no further change for melee weapons, except that anything shorter than a sword is unusa- bile from the back of a griffon. During a swoop attack, a griffon can only use its (wo front claws. Spel casting is possible when flying on a ariflon, providing the griffon is not engaged in melee and the spell caster has not sustained any damage during that round, G. The Warrior Standing above two rocks, a 30 foot high metal statue of a wrestler seems to stare ‘down at the narrow path winding between, its legs. The statue is absolutely motion less; however, a slight reflection occasion- ally glitters on its forehead, ‘The statue is a bronze golem and will awaken ifit is touched. It relentlessly pursues all the creatures visible atthe time it wae acti- vated, attempting to step on them along the path. ‘The small abject shining on is forehead Inthe “Warrior” key to the Sanctuary. When it is removed, the bronze golem is instantly destroyed ‘The House In the middle of a peaceful clearing appears a small cottage with flowers grow- atthe windows, and a white fence. [na ‘ree, near the house, adazen multicolored birds gently sing a familiar tune, and one can hear the voice ofa young maiden sing- ing in the house, the party met the dwarves in the rainbow and they successfully came out with the party, add the following description: Seven backpacks apparently of dwarven make have been let on the lawn, near the sate ‘The ereature in the house is a medusa. If someone peeks into the house, the medusa is ‘on the other side, staring back at the intruder. Ifthe party atacks the cottage, she summons an invisible stalker with her ‘magical ring ‘This item can summon one invisible stalker perday, She then turns invisible with her see- ‘ond ring and attempts to surprise the party as they fight the summoned creature. The medusa’s gaze doce not affect the characters when she is invisible. Once every two rounds she appears in front of a character, gazes at him, and turns invisible again the next round. Once in a while, the stalker and the medusa switch positions to add to the confu- sion. Sh ng the “House” key around her neck, If the dwarves found in the rainbow (see chapter 3) made it to the Elven Land, and provided they eft the party, they are alin this hhouse, turned to stone. Ifthe party restores their bodies to flesh, the dwarves are grateful and propose their services for the remainder of the adventure. Of course, the idea of being with elves does not enthuse them all that ‘much, but their pride is at stake. ‘They feel they owe a debt tothe party... at least for the 1. The Lizard ‘A small fountain can be seen on top of a low hill. Pare crystalline water trickles down from the fizard heads all around the center of the fountain, The hill and the fountain are permanent illusions used to conceal a tyrannosaurus rex construct sleeping underneath them. The back of the large creature serves asa base for 16 the “hill The animated constructs designed to keep trespassers away from this spot. If someone steps on the “hill”, the constructs wakes up. with aloud roar. Anyone on its back falls off immediately. The monster then attempts to grab one character at a time and throw him ‘away (100 feet) from the fountain, ina ran- dom direction. As with the bronze golem, the “Lizard” key is embedded in its forehead. If the party runs back to cover, the con: struct lies back down into the chasm and remains motionless until disturbed again. Shortly after, the illusions of the hill and the fountain remateralize and conceal the mon- J. Justice (Only elves are able to see this scene. Men and other races eannot normally see or touch the scale and gold below. (On top of this rocky hill stands a strange plate mounted on a vertical pole, the size ‘fan elf, and glowing with an eerie golden ‘aura. Above the plate isa needle pointing ‘aa graduated gauge. Lined up atthe base ofthe pole are 10 ‘open pouches, visibly containing large ‘A voice suddenly says: “The pouches contain 10 ounce gold crowns, however, ‘one them has 9 ounce coins instead. Ifyou ‘an find which bag contains the lighter coins, in one single weighing, the key to Justice shall be yours!” Leaving an item on the plate causes the needle to indicate the item's weight on the ‘graduated gauge; no counterweights are nec- Ii the party manages to find the answer to the clue, the seale disappears, leaving the “Justice” medallion on the bare rock of the vit Ita character gives the wrong answer, the voice answers “Think harder and try again in ‘a week!" The PC or NPC who gave an answer is no longer capable of secing or touching the scale, nor does the magical seale “listen” to his voice for a week. Coins or pouches taken more than 10 feet away from the scale teleport back to the base ‘of the scale, Anyone who attempts to damageCHAPTER $: THE ELVEN LAND the scale i randomly teleported to another ‘encounter (within this chapter). Aceach new attempt at guessing the right bag, the pouches change their order, levitar- ing as they shu to their new positions. Solution to the Problem: Take one coin from the frst bag, two coins from the second, three from the third and so forth until you take 10, coins from the 10th bag. Put all the coins at the same time on the scales, fall the coins weighed 10 ounces the total weight would then be 550 ounces. Subtract from this toal the actual weight appearing on the scales. The result indicates which bag has the lighter coins Example: assuming the fourth bag contains the lighter coins; 10 + 20 + 30 + 36 (instead of 40) + 50 +... + 100 = 546, 580-546 = 4 (bag #4), the party does not guess the solution, the scale disappears totally, However, the party may be allowed to try again 146 days later. The solution to the problem can be obtained in the Arithmetice Treaty, in Moorkroft’s library (See Chapter 4, The Tower of Light), K, ‘As you follow the shores ofthis lake, you see a man wearing black armor desper ately erying for help as a snake-like crea ture, made of water, drags him into the lake The creature in the water is an sndine The ancient elves summoned her to gird the Nymph’ key, until elves ela it The man being dragged into the water isa wyvern rider from one of the camps (encounter N). His steed was not perfectly tamed he lost control of it and was thrown, He was on his way bat this location. If the characters rescue him from the undine’s grip, he attempts to run away or fight back, completely panicked at the sight of elves. the characters let the undine drown this sman, oF if th find an excuse for their inter- vention, the undine is willing to speak, as she sees these are elves. Otherwise, she claims the ‘man in black armor. She says heis an agent of evil, She does not have the “Nymph” key ‘She believes the narwhal (encounter M) took it from her. She is particularly upset about this and does not understand why the nar swhal did it since they used to be goed friends So, aaa chip, she stole a key back from her ex-friend. She did not get hers back, bbut found the narwhal’s instead! She returns that key to the narwhal only if he apologizes to her. In no case does she willingly give the key to the party ibe party asks where to find the narwhal she tells the party 0 go south and then follow the river tothe ocean, IF the party has already 7 anything, she then agrees to meet the whal in the ocean, and make peace with her old friend, L. The Hydra A strange, moldy construction ri the reeds and the grey-blue trees of this foggy swamp. From a distance, it looks like the wooden structure of tured ship. As you get closer, you see that large round spots of bushes and marsh vegeta: tion have been totally burned around the The construction is the rib cage of a ancient huge enchanted hydra, If the party digs the rest ofthe skeleton out, they discover the 12 heads, the tal, and the legs of the crea The hydra was slain recently, despite fact there is only a bare skeleton left (sw denizens took care ofthat). tix apparent that there ita round hole on one of the heads, or responding to the size of the medallions the party is tying to recover hydra wasan ancient one, much more ‘and intelligent than its present rel: To play a trick on the undine andCHAPTER 3: THE ELVEN LAND ‘weaken her relationship with the narwhal (encounters K and M), the hydra managed to steal the undine’s medallion (the “Nymph” key to the Sanctuary), leaving false evidence that the narwhal did it. Unfortunately, the hydra met Moorkroft shortly afterward. He slew the creature for some spell components, ‘and discovered both the “Hydra” and the “Nymph” keys. Since then, Moorkroft has requrned to the Tower of Light (chapter 4) with the two medallions. the party searches the area, they find his ‘boot prints and the tracks left by his wyvern steed, as wel a his staff (a rod ofthe wy). ‘The latter has a familiar shape ifthe party has ‘already met the mage: the print ofthe staff in the ground is sar shaped. M, The Narwhal Past the limits of this dense lush forest extends a beautiful beach of white sand. ‘The large swells of an ocean endlessly cover the green waves with white caps, before they crash on the shore ‘On the dry sand lies a large black row: boat, overturned and attached to a wooden pole, Far beyond the waves, the ridge of a lonely island rises above the “The creature dwelling in these waters ie a narwhal. Ie will attack the party if they use the black row boat on the beach. The tactic of the narwhal consists of ramming the boat ‘with its sharp hora, in order to sink the boat. "The boat can take up to 50 points of normal damage, after which it sinks. Then the nar- ‘hal tries to impale swimmers in the water. ‘The boat belongs to the mage’s army and was abandoned here after the latest intervention of the creature, Ifthe boat is sunk, or if the party is using another mode of transport, there is a 30% chance per round that the creature recognizes the elves in the water. In that case, the attacks end and the narwhal ls tens to the party's plea ‘The narwhal has no key! ‘The undine (encounter K) stole it from him and he does ‘not know why; since they were good friends the party has not met the undine yet, the creature sends them to the ste of encounter K totalkto the undine and see what happened. the party already met the undine, then the narwhal probably suspects the hydra is involved, especially since he has not seen it for several weeks. In that case, he sends the party toarea L, on the border of the swamps. ‘The island is nothing but a rocky, jagged peak pointing out of the ocean. If the party searches it, it finds the remains of wo soldiers in black leather armor. One has a big, round hole in his chest. The other (who dragged his wounded friend out ofthe water several years ‘ago) has an ivory scroll case hanging from his belt. It contains an order of mission to hunt for a narwhal and bring back its horn to the palace. Itis signed by Moorkroft IV. Both were abandoned by their platoon after the nnarwhal attacked them, N. The Wyvern Camp Eleven of these camps appear on the map. All these encounters are similar Dozens of large barracks surrounded by a palitade overlook the local plain, from the top of a small hill. Above the camp, large, winged creatures apparently mounted by riders fly in concentric patterns, some of them landing at the camp, others leaving, for some unknown mission, From the idle of the camp rises a high pole with a large dark flag, The symbol isan eye with a black moon behind it. ‘The camp belongs to Moorkrofi’s army. It is roughly square, with a watch tower at each comer. I contains 5-8 wooden barracks and ‘wo stables. ‘The garrison is normally manned by one hundred ores and twelve wyvern riders. These are avengers, 5th level ‘chaotic fighters, trained for combat on their wyverns; they fight with spears, long bows, and nets. When the party arrives, there are ores in the camp, with eight wyvern riders. The others are gone on patrol missions along the mountain border. Anytime a rider is killed, his wyvern flees the battle area and is considered lost. The wyvern riders are not subject co rules affecting the PCs on the back ‘of their griffons (see notes in encounter F). "The garrison's tas isto keep watch on the neighborhood to prevent raids from the mountains, or unwanted visits from the south. Anyone approaching in the open, without prior precautions, is automatically spotted, Most of the ores are armed with short swords and long bows. The camp it under the command of a fire giant escorted by 12 hellhounds the party approaches the camp while ly: ing on their griffons (see encounter F), the \wyverns and their riders immediately take off 18 and attempt to engage the party in aerial ‘melee. They first use the nets to entangle the sgriffons’ wings or pull the riders off their sad dies. Then, each wyvern rider attempts to melee one PC on a griffon, while the others shoot arrows atthe griffons, The wyverns can ture their tale while lying, mostly in an attempt to poison the griffons. The remains on the wall, shouting orders. ‘The party could attack him in swoop attacks, Ifthe giant and all present wyverns are killed, there is a 40% chance per round the corcish units will fee to the mountains (or south, for the southern garrisons). If the ‘camp is destroyed or the remaining garrison hhas led, consider the fugitives and the patrols ‘as “destroyed.” They do not appear for the remainder of the adventure. Furthermore, each time a garrison is destroyed, there is a 25% chance the other ‘camps are alerted by spies or messengers. In that ease, since the troops have orders not 10 enter the forest, all the troops retreat either to the south, or tothe mountains to form larger fighting corps (including their patrol units) ©. The White Tower High above the trees rise three towers ‘Their fine slim architecture and their white shining stones remind you ofthe old elven construction styl. ‘A.wide quiet river lows on bath sides of the magnificent castle. An elegant bridge arches over the natural moat, to a huge igate carved from oak. Around the lower part ofthe castle appear high stained glast Windows and smaller watch towers Above the first battlements, three large flanked by two smaller ones. flags bearing elvish runes and symbols fly in the breeze. Familiar armor of elven design appears atthe batdements, ‘The elven guards seem to be mere empty shells, They are in fact empty armor that has bbeen enchanted. They mindlessly defend the castle ifit is atacked or if ordered 10 do so by the mage himself. Otherwise, they remain absolutely motionless ‘The party can safely advance acoss the bridge in order to enter the castle, If they openly try anything else, the enchanted armor attacks by shooting clusters of arrows, ‘The only way to open the gate isto slam the metal door knocker three times on the door ‘The double doors then open inward to free the passage. The gate Is enchanted and requires at least 100 hit points to destroy