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Dungeon Crawl Classics #33

Belly of the Great Beast

By Brendan J. LaSalle

AN ADVENTURE FOR CHARACTER LEVELS 21-24

Credits

Table of Contents

Writer: Brendan J. LaSalle

Contributing Writer and Stats Editor: Aeryn “Blackdirge” Rudel

Front Cover Artist: Leo Winstead

Back Cover Artist: Doug Kovacs

Interior Artists: Doug Kovacs, Stefan Poag, Michael Wilson

Cartographer: Jeremy Simmons

Graphic Designer: Greg Porter

Editor: Joseph Goodman

Proofreader: Aeryn “Blackdirge” Rudel

Playtesters: Duane Waldrop, Micki Waldrop, Lori King, David

Hughie, Keith Collier, Dan Dreiski, Ryan Thompson

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

Game Master's Section ...............................................2

Background Story........................................................2

Map Key ......................................................................5

Encounter Area 1: Westphalen School ...................5

Encounter Area 2: The Moonleaper .......................14

Encounter Area 3: The Great Beast.......................18

Appendix 1 ................................................................54

Appendix 2 ................................................................56

Maps..........................................................................62

Special thanks: My parents, my sister, Duane & Micki Waldrop,

David & Julie Hughie, Dan Dreiski, Fresh & Cali, and everyone

else who helped float me during my overlong exploration of the

new American poverty. Special thanks to Joseph Goodman for

not giving me a richly deserved beating for tardiness.

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Introduction

Remember the good old days, when adventures were

underground, NPCs were there to be killed, and the

finale of every dungeon was the dragon on the 20th

level? Those days are back. Dungeon Crawl Classics

don’t waste your time with long-winded speeches, weird

campaign settings, or 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 are there somewhere.

is home to the Westphalen School. If the encounter is

successful they will rescue Emery Latigo from the clutch-

es of the cult, and he can shed light on their universe-

dominating schemes. From there, they will have to seek

out a suitable craft to take them to the Great Beast. They

may either use the Cult’s own Cosmic Eggs or they must

find their own transportation. Fortunately, Latigo knows

of a space-worthy craft because it is a secondary target

of the Cult. The craft will take them to the Great Beast,

but on a one-way trip – the adventurers will have to find

their own way home!

Game Master’s Section

Belly of the Great Beast is an epic level adventure

designed for four to six players of 21st through 24th

level. We recommend 115-123 total character levels

between the party members. While the characters can

be of any basic character class, a good mix of character

classes is helpful. A skillful rogue, a capable man-at-

arms, and good-aligned cleric are all extremely valuable

in this adventure, and arcane spellcasting is a must. See

the “Scaling Information” section for ways to tailor this

adventure your group’s style of play.

Encounter Table

To help the GM prepare, we have included a quick ref-

erence table showing all encounters at a glance. Loc –

the location number keyed to the map for the encounter.

Pg – the module page number that the encounter can be

found on. Type – this indicates if the encounter is a trap

(T), puzzle (P), or combat (C). Encounter – the key

monsters, traps, or NPCs that can be found in the

encounter. Names in italics are classed NPCs. EL – the

encounter level.

Adventure Summary

The Great Beast floats eternally through space, content

to watch the universe grow and evolve before its vast

golden eyes. Only the most learned of sages has any

knowledge of its existence, and none can agree on its

origin or purpose. Some have wildly speculated that the

creature is the creator of the universe, or a harbinger of

the end of the world. All such speculation is groundless:

the Great Beast simply is .

Loc

Type

Encounter

1-1

2 cult guards

1-3

Black Elgor , 2 sacri-

ficial guardians

1-12

Gorson

However, invaders have taken over the Great Beast and

forced it into the service of chaos. The Cult of the

Forgotten Word is a world domination group that

believes that the rank and file of mankind is unworthy of

the world’s collective knowledge; they believe that only

the elite are worthy of the blessings of language and

reading. They have actually constructed a compound

within the living flesh of the immortal creature, allowing

them to safely travel through space in an invulnerable

craft. Now that they control the Great Beast, they use it

to travel back and forth between worlds, stealing the col-

lective knowledge of any civilization they encounter. And

our world is next .

1-17

6 sacrificial guardians

1-21

Quintoo , Abbatordex

2-5C

Andrew Vendi

3-1

Feldspar , 6 cult guards,

3 hill giants

3-3

4 advanced horned

devils

Electric arc trap

3-4

Sonic blast trap

Mithral golem

Their current objective is the Praxis Tome, an artfully

rendered book of philology and educational theory that

has the potential to steer the destiny of mankind towards

an age of enlightenment and reason. The Cult of the

Forgotten Word find the very idea of a humanistic ren-

aissance repugnant, and they plan to find every copy of

the Praxis Tome, translate it into their own secret lan-

guage, hide the copies away, and destroy the originals.

3-6

Black pudding trap

3-9

Zabator , guards

3-10

2 sacrificial guardians

3-11

Sonic trap

3-14

Rumatugtug , 2

Enter the adventurers . The party encounters the Cult of

the Forgotten Word in Withers, a small community which

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