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Dungeon Crawl Classics #14

Dungeon Interludes

by Jason Little

SIX ADVENTURES FOR CHARACTER LEVELS 1-13

Credits

Table of Contents

Writer: Jason Little

Front Cover Artist: Chuck Whelon

Back Cover Artist: Brad McDevitt

Interior Artists: Ian Armstrong, Stacy Drum, Jason

Edwards, Tom Galambos, Friedrich Haas, James

Holloway, Cliff Kurowski, Brad McDevitt, Jesse Mohn,

Chris Watkins

Cartographer: Jeremy Simmons

Graphic Designer: Joseph Goodman

Proofreader: Lisa Poisso

Playtesters: Dale Bollinger, Toni Easter, Haden

Huffaker, Stephanie Huffaker, Dave Husted, Craig

Lloyd, Brian MacMillan, Jon McDunn, Erin McSpadden,

Jeff McSpadden, Anthony Ruffus, John Weber, Melvyn

Wise

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Chapter 1: The Eye of the Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Chapter 2: The Defiled Sanctuary . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Chapter 3: The Hunter of Worlds . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Chapter 4: The Dünerain Mines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Chapter 5: The Sinking Spire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Chapter 6: The War of the Summoner . . . . . . . . . .60

Appendix 1: New Items and Monsters . . . . . . . . . . .73

New Magic Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Thornblood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Vapor Demon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Appendix 2: Player Handouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

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Dungeon Crawl Classics:

Dungeon Interludes

Introduction

Getting the Players Involved

Remember the golden days of role playing, when

adventures were underground, NPCs were there to be

killed, and the finale of every dungeon was the dragon

on the 20th level? Well, those days are back. Dungeon

Crawl Classics feature bloody combat, intriguing dun-

geons, and no NPCs who aren’t meant to be killed.

Each adventure is 100% good, solid dungeon crawl,

with the monsters you know, the traps you fear, and the

secret doors you know must be there somewhere.

When there is fame and fortune to be had, some groups

need little else to dive into the action. Depending on

your group’s play style and personalities, you may need

to give them a bit of an extra push. Luckily, once the

group has embarked on one of the adventures in this

series, there is a built-in incentive to follow subsequent

plot hooks – an evil summoner may conquer the realms

if the heroes sit back on their laurels! Since Interludes is

split into several different chapters, each chapter will

provide some hooks to get your players involved in that

particular adventure.

Dungeon Crawl Classics: Dungeon Interludes is a

slightly different beast than other adventures in the

series. Rather than presenting one epic module to test

the mettle of your group, Interludes provides a series of

stand-alone adventures that can be linked into an exist-

ing campaign or played on their own. These six adven-

tures can easily be tied together using the over-arching

storyline or taken as separate, bite-sized nuggets.

Each episode in Interludes includes lead-ins from previ-

ous episodes, as well as a number of stand-alone

adventure hooks. This should be enough to get your

players moving in the right direction. If they need addi-

tional help, consider using Knowledge (local) or Gather

Information skill checks, or bardic knowledge checks.

Ask the players to make a check when they encounter

a potential hook in one episode, then “reveal” informa-

tion that sends them toward the next adventure.

The chapters in Interludes range from low-level scenar-

ios perfect for starting adventurers to deadly scenarios

that will test even the most seasoned veterans. Each

individual chapter is designed around a compelling

location and the dangers therein and can be played in

one or two sessions. Dungeon Crawl Classics:

Dungeon Interludes introduces new monsters, traps

and magic items along the way – and plenty of excite-

ment to keep your gaming group engaged for some

time.

Background Story

Albrecht Skullshank, a human summoner of unspeak-

able evil, lies imprisoned in a sheath of crystal, deep

within the bowels of a long-abandoned mine.

Skullshank was defeated in battle nearly a century ago

by a brave band of heroes and encased in the crystal

for what they hoped would be eternity. As the years

have worn on, memories of Skullshank’s evil have

faded in the minds of everyone involved in that epic bat-

tle – except the summoner’s faithful minions.

Note that the adventures in this module are not

designed to be played consecutively. Although the level

ranges match up (for example, the first adventure, “Eye

of the Night,” is for levels 1-3 while the second adven-

ture, “The Defiled Sanctuary,” is for levels 3-5), the sce-

narios don’t always give PCs enough experience to

advance directly to the next episode. The idea is that

these adventures can be interspersed among other

adventures in an ongoing campaign. At first, the players

won’t even realize they’re connected. But as the plot

slowly unfolds over the course of several scenarios,

they’ll see the bigger picture. This adds a thread of con-

tinuity to your campaign that can go on for many ses-

sions. You can even use other Dungeon Crawl Classics

modules as the “filler” between Interludes episodes.

Celestial events are taking shape, and the world is on

the brink of a grand astral conjunction. The stars and

planets will soon be in alignment to empower the most

potent dark sorceries the world has seen in millennia.

With this in mind, Skullshank’s minions are feverishly

scouring the land for the items needed to build his

grandest invention – the Oculum Infernae .

Albrecht Skullshank was working on the Oculum

Infernae when he was attacked. He saved what he

could from his precious device, scattering the core com-

ponents to various laboratories and holdings under his

control. The final plans for completing the Oculum

Infernae lie encased in the crystal with Skullshank.

Once the items are assembled and Skullshank is freed

from his prison, it will only be a matter of time before the

Oculum Infernae is complete and an army of demonic

warriors is summoned to lay siege to the realms.

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