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Dungeon Crawl Classics #35A

Halls of the Minotaur

By Harley Stroh

AN ADVENTURE FOR 0-LEVEL CHARACTERS

Credits

Table of Contents

Writer: Harley Stroh

Front Cover Artist: Doug Kovacs

Back Cover Artist: Eric Lofgren

Interior Artist: Stefan Poag

Cartographer: Jeremy Simmons

Graphic Designer and Developer: Joseph Goodman

Editors: Ken Hart, Liz Rich

Playtesters: Robbie, Joe, Laurel, “Goober” Tom,

William, Fred, Dave

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

Game Master’s Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Background Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

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

Encounter Area 1: Thornswild Forest . . . . . . . . . . .5

Encounter Area 2: Dungeons of the Beastmen . . .10

Encounter Area 3: Citadel of the Beastmen . . . . .21

Appendix 1: New Monsters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Appendix 2: Pregenerated Characters . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Appendix 3: Player Handouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

“There are two ways we can go about this:

We can either go out there and die,

Or we can stay in here...

...and die.”

– Spackle

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Introduction

Game Master’s Section

Encounter Table

Remember the golden days of role playing, when adven-

tures 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 dungeons,

and no NPCs who aren’t meant to be killed. Each adven-

ture is 100% good, solid dungeon crawl, with the mon-

sters you know, the traps you fear, and the secret doors

you know must be there somewhere.

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

ence table showing all encounters at a glance. The

abbreviations used are: Loc – the location number keyed

to the map for the encounter. Pg – the module page num-

ber that the encounter can be found on. Type – this indi-

cates 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.

Halls of the Minotaur is designed for four to six 1st-level

NPC-classed PCs (also known as zero-level characters),

or six total character levels. Note that the adventurers

should have NPC classes, so their total challenge rating

should only be 3. The adventure assumes the PCs are all

townsfolk, and Appendix 2 contains pregenerated PCs

intended for use with the adventure. See the “Scaling

Information” section for ways to tailor this adventure to

regular PC classes, or your group’s size and unique style

of play.

Loc

Type

Encounter

1-1

3 wild dogs

1-2

5 ravens

1-3

Quicksand

1-4

T/C

Net trap

Captive bugbear, kobolds

1-5

Log trap

1/2

Adventure Summary

1-6A

Mist puzzle

1/2

Toth-Ror, a villainous minotaur, has been terrorizing the

heroes’ village for months, slaying villagers at random

and slipping away with stolen children. A heroic paladin

comes to the rescue, pursuing the minotaur to its lair in

the Thornswild Forest. When the paladin fails to return, it

falls to the heroes, mere commoners, to discover his fate

and to save the village from the minotaur’s depredations.

The trail of the knight leads the heroes past deadly

kobold traps, natural dangers, packs of feral dogs, and to

the foot of a mysterious basalt tower in the heart of the

woods.

1-7

Shrine puzzle

1-9

Wild dog

1/2

1-9A

3 wild dogs

1-9B

She-wolf

2-1

C/T

4 kobolds

Portcullis trap

1/2

2-2A

Rusted gate alarm

1/2

Investigating the caves at the base of the rocky tower, the

heroes skulk their way past a host of deadly traps, a fear-

some kobold tribe, and up through the heart of the spire.

There, amid the eldritch ruins of an ancient citadel, the

heroes face off against the terrible Toth-Ror, ending the

beast’s reign of terror.

2-3

P/C

8 skeletons

2-4

Kih-koth, kobold Sor1

8 kobolds

2-5

P/C

3 rats 1

Monstrous centipede, Medium

2-6A

Crossbow trap

2-7

Kobold smith, War1/Exp1

Dire weasel

2-8

Serpent head trap

Poison needle trap

2-9

5 kobold honor guard

2-10

Witchdoctor , kobold Adp3

3 ravens

2-11

Kobold King , Ftr1/Sor1

Monstrous spider, Medium

3 kobolds

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