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The Curse of Glantri "Sobeit,"intonedadeepvoice,andtheDarkClericsmiled.Far,farawaydidtheBeast'smagicreach,andthecleric knewthis. GreatcatastrophesandearthquakeswereoccurringalloverGlantriandtheGrandCouncilknewthiscouldn'tbegood. Thenrodeinthebarbariansfromtheeastwithease,ledbytheSeventhSon.Thebarbarianshavewantedthislandsince thebeginningofTimeandtheSeventhSonhadknownthis.HeusedthemjusthehadusedthepoweroftheBeast.The DarkClericchargedintothefraywithhisIronStaffandIronRingastheKingdomofWizardsfell... 1 theking.Whilehestillholdson,youmustgo TheCurseofGlantri to Glantri and destroy the curse that isthere. byAngeloBertolli This may be enough to release the king from the force that continues to try to rip his soul TheCurse fromhisbody.Ihavealreadysentagroupto Glantri,buttheyhavenotreturned." TheCurseis10thlevelmagic,embodiedintheOrbwhichmade He will meet the adventurers at the castle as soon as they're all its appearance bursting up through the floor in the center of the together, telling them of the Curse on Glantri and of the castleofGlantriCity,graspedbyalargestoneclaw.TheOrbisa importance forthemtocooperateand"sparenoexpense."After perfect sphere 12" in diameter and it pulses with an eerie red alltheBeastmustbethwartedateveryopportunity. light.TheCursecausesallspellsandspell-likeitemstobackfire whileinthePrincipalitiesofGlantri. He will direct them to a table adorned withpotions,"Goahead. You can each take one for the journey." These special potions A few princes may still barely be keeping their ownintact,but maynotbetasted,andthewizardisnotsurewhattheydoeither, this will definitely not last unless they are able to regain their but he promises that they're all helpful. The potions: thick red spell casting abilities soon. The Orb can be neutralized by (heroism),cloudyslime(giantstrength),blue(flying),clearwith plunging the God Knife into it and leaving it there. It will be brown sediment (fortitude), thin yellow (super-healing), light magicallyheldtoit,butmaybereleasedbyadispelmagicspell greenwithwispsofdarkblue(speed). (atanylevel).IftheGodKnifeiseverretrieved,theCursewill re-enact and the Beast's power willbecometwiceasstrongasit The wizard also sends Tantala the sprite with them. She will wasbefore. make sure things don't get out of hand between theadventurers. She is able to cast Charm Person once per day. Her attitude is TheSeventhSon playful,curious,andnaive.(TantalaalsosecretlycarriestheRing ofPowerwhichthewizardsendswithher.) TheDarkCleric,orSeventhSonhaspowersinadditiontobeinga cleric(astheprophecyhasforetold).HisIronRingandIronStaff onlyhavepoweraslongastheOrbisstillfunctioning.First,the Traveling IronRingabsorbsspellattacksmadeuponhim--muchlikearing ofspellturningexceptthatthereisnolimitandthespellssimply Before Corunglain: One or more times the Beast will send don'taffectthewearer.TheIronStaffallowshimtocastspellsin undeadtostopthem.Giant,glowingredeyesshedachillinglight Glantri without the Curse interfering. Furthermore he has the from the dark skies above. Thenawickedlaughter,andadeep followingpowers. evilvoiceechoes,"Youwillgonofurther."Then,itfadesaway andskeletonsofdifferentcolorsappear:red,blue,green,black, and gray. Eachhaveaglowingpointoflightintheirribcageof CallupontheBeast:thistakesabouta10hourritual,but the appropriate color. The redcannotbedamageduntiltherest theBeastcandojustaboutanythingaslongasitsatisfieshis arekilled.Eachtimeanotheroneiskilled,theycollapseandtheir ownends.(curses;createundead) lightfliesjoiningtheredone,givingtheredmoreHDeachtime. ∑ CallupontheSoulEater:theSeventhSoncansummonthe Theskeletonscarryshortswordsexceptfortheredonewhichuses SoulEater,takingonehourtodoso. a normal sword. Use this as many times as desired. The ∑ View: this allows a crystal ball view, unlimited range and skeletonsandtheiritemsdisintegrateintoheapsofchalkypowder time,butittakesoneturnuse. whenallarekilled. DMnotes:Iftheplayersarehavingahardtimewithoutspells, Corunglain:seebelow. givethemachancetostealtheIronStaffbyhavingtheclericrun ofwhentheyareabouttobeathim(hedropsthestaff).Thecleric Trekking the Broken Lands (after Corunglain): In addition to willgetawayandsummontheSoulEatertotakecareofthem,but groups of orcs, goblins, and the most dreaded kobolds, the nowtheywillbeabletocastspells. adventurershaveafairchancetoencounteraDarkKnight.One oftheDarkKnightsistheirleaderandhasbetterstats.Theydon't Selenica trustmagic-usersandwilldestroytheirspellbooks.Beforethey includeaplayerintooneoftheirlegions(ifatall),theplayeris The adventure begins when the characters are called upon in enslaved.ThegoalsandassetsoftheDarkKnightsareyettobe Selenica by the King of Selenica. The king is sick on his known. deathbed, leaving all important decisions tohisyoungheir.His magistrate and advisor, a wizard, speaks to the characters about LeavingtheBrokenLands:Whentheadventurersarealmostin theimportanceofthisadventure: the Principalities ofGlantri,theywillbeambushedby(24)crab spiders.Onewilljumpdownonthemperrounduntiltheyallstop "There is a great and dark power growing in coming.Iftheplayerskillthemquicklyenough,havethemjump thenorth,inGlantriwhereIoncelived.This downtwoatatime. same dark power has tried to take the life of 2 Chancellor:Therewasanecromancerheresometimeagonamed Corunglain MaximustheBlack(true).Nowhe'sgoneandI'mgladbecausehe seemedlikeatroublemaker.AskSamantha,sheknewhim. WhenthecityCorunglainisbarelyinview,theadventurerswill sightawagonunderattackbyapairofmanticores.Mostofthe Noble:TheysaythatintheBrokenLandstheorcsarebuildinga guardsaredeadwithspikesprotrudingfromthemandonlythree mighty city and are goingtobeginconqueringsurroundingareas wounded remain. Closer, the adventurers see a fleeing man, assoonastheycan(false). obviously of some importance, running intheirdirection.When heglancesup,hewillimplorethemforhelp.Heisthechancellor Servant:theKing'sbeensleepingwiththenewprincess(true). ofCorunglain.Iftheadventurershelp,theywillalltraveltothe cityandthechancellorwillbesuretowritethemallinvitationsto Captain of the Guard: The chancellors wife is pregnant again a banquet announced by the king. Invitations should arrive a (true).Iwonderwhichoneofmymenisresponsiblethistime. coupledayslaterwhiletheplayersarebuyingfoodforthejourney. Wench:Psst(winks).Maybewecouldfindaroomwherewecan TheBanquet:Theking'sbanquetiscelebratingthesuddengood bealone. economicconditionsinCorunglainandthecastletreasurewhichis backonitsfeetafteranincidentwithanimpostorking.Also,the Server:Here,haveacoldone(poursyouanale). kingplansonmakinganannouncement:Samantha,anelffriend totheking,isgrantednobility,becomingaprincessinCorunglain. Maiden:Youlooklikesomeonewhocanshowagirlagoodtime This is a big deal and extremely rare. She is "adopted" by the andperhapsmakeherawoman. ancestorsofthekingasDaughteroftheHouse.(Sodeclaredby theking,sincetheancestorscouldnotcomebackfromthegrave Lady: I don'tlikethenewprincess.Ithinkshe'sbeensleeping todoso.)However,sincesheisobviouslyofnoroyalblood,she withmyhusband(false). currentlyhasnorightstothethronewhatsoever.Also,herpower is below any other nobility (including the captain of the guard, Priestess: You've been staring at my legs all night, you sick knights, chancellor, magistrate, judges, etc.), giving her power pervert(andsheavoidsyou). only over the servants and guards (whoarestillnotobligatedto followherorders,butmaybeinclinedtodowhatshesays). Wealthyfighter:I'mthinkingaboutcallingitquitsandtakingone ofthewencheswithme. At thebanquet,therearemanyopportunitiestohearrumorsand warnings (especially from the chancellor who knows them and Servantgirl:(Abouttopouryousomewine)Hey,don'tyouthink introduce them to people). Something worth mentioning: the you've had enough? (Looks at you) You sure you want some character'swillbegivenaroomatthecastleandareexpectedto more? wear appropriate clothes, and cannot be carrying their weapons andadventuringequipmentaround.Thefestivalgetsmorechaotic Acolyte: My studies at the temple aren't too hard, but they're andwildasthenightgoesonwithwine,women,andsong.And boringashell!IfIhadmychoiceI'dbeahunter. since the players will have rooms, they can do a littlewenching too. Amidst the chaos, the blacksmith will attempt to bring Bard:Sometimesthewealthylikeformetoplay,butmostofthe Samanthahershieldvs.lightning(madefrombluedragonscales) timeIperformatthelocalpubs. since she's been nagging him to get it done before the banquet. Shewantedtogetawayandgosomewhere,sotheblacksmithalso Knight:Whenyouareaknight,youhavealotofresponsibilities, has a horse ready for her as compensation for his tardiness. buttherewardsaregreat. Howevertheguardsaren'tlikelytolethimin(butSamanthamight getaglimpseanddecidetoleave--afterall,nooneisgoingtostop Jester: I have the keys to all the storage and treasury houses hernow). (false).Butdon'ttellthekingorI'llraisethetaxesagain. Rumors:TheDMcanusethislistofrumors.Aninterestingway GlantriCity to give different players different rumors is to make a copy of theserumors,markoutallthetrue/falseindicatorswithamarker, Theadventurerswillencounteratoughcrowdandmaygetintoa cut them out,andhanddifferentonestodifferentplayersasyou fewfightsiftheydon'twatchwhattheysay,butonthewhole,the see fit. Give each player one initially to read,andastheyrole- barbariansaren'tconcernedwithdeclaringwaronafewtravelers. playanddomorethingsatthebanquet,givethemmore.Ifthey The adventurers may encounter a wise, old barbarian warlord decidetojustmindtheirownbusinessandsleepthenight,letit who may take them in (if they prove their might) and explain
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