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Dungeon Crawl Classics #13 Crypt of the Devil Lich Sample file Sample file Sample file Dungeon Crawl Classics #13 Crypt of the Devil Lich AN ADVENTURE FOR 15TH LEVEL CHARACTERS Sample file Official Tournament Module Dungeon Crawl Classics First Annual Open Tournament Gen Con Indy 2004 1 Credits Table of Contents Developer and Project Manager: Chris Doyle Publisher’s Note ...............................................................3 Additional Development: Jason Little Introduction.......................................................................4 Writers: Chris Doyle, Lisa Doyle, Mike Ferguson, Joseph Game Master’s Section....................................................4 Goodman, Andrew Hind, Jason Little, Adrian M. Pommier, Encounter Table.........................................................5 Jeffrey Quinn, F. Wesley Schneider, Andrew N. Smith Background Story.............................................................6 Front Cover Artist: Erol Otus Tournament Notes ............................................................8 Back Cover Artist: William McAusland Player Beginning ............................................................10 Interior Artists: Ian Armstrong, Jeff Doten, Stacy Drum, Jason Edwards, Michael Erickson, Tom Galambos, Level 1: The Halls of Sorrow .........................................11 Friedrich Haas, James Holloway, Cliff Kurowsky, Eric Level 2: The Chambers of the Damned .........................30 Lofgren, Lokarian, William McAusland, Brad McDevitt, Jesse Mohn, Erol Otus, Mark Parsons, Jim Pavelec, Chris Level 3: The Crypt of the Devil-Lich...............................46 Watkins, Chuck Whelon, Leo Winstead End Story........................................................................65 Editor: Ken Hart Tournament Scoring .......................................................66 Publisher and Graphic Designer: Joseph Goodman Appendix 1: Pregenerated Characters...........................68 Gen Con Tournament Coordinator: Chris Doyle Appendix 2: New Monsters ............................................75 Gen Con Tournament Judges: Chris Doyle, Ken Hart, Bone Swarm ............................................................75 Richard Iorio II, Jason Little, Adrian M. Pommier, Jeff Quinn Coin Golem..............................................................75 Playtesters: Garrick Andrus, Dale Bollinger, Stephen Burt, Mummy Dragon (template)......................................76 J. P. Charpentier, Alan Fishman, Joseph Goodman, Toadspawn (template) .............................................77 Michael Goodman, Haden Huffaker, Stephanie Huffaker, David Husted, Jason Little, Jason Koepp, Brian MacMillan, Appendix 3: Player Handouts.........................................78 Jon McDunn, Erin McSpadden, Jeff McSpadden, Stephen Appendix 4: Gen Con Roster of Heroes ........................89 Pellicer, Ben Rhoades, Anthony Ruffus, John Weber, Melvyn Wise Sample file Are you going to Gen Con Indy next year? Be sure to sign up for the Second Annual Dungeon Crawl Classics Open Tournament! 52 gamers participated this year in a tournament where every slot filled up within 24 hours of preregistra- tion opening. For a summary of this year’s tournament results, see page 9. Dungeon Crawl Classics is a trademark of Goodman Games. Dungeon Crawl Classics #13: Crypt of the Devil Lich is © 2004 Goodman Games. See page 90 for more information. 2 Publisher’s Note This adventure was the chance of a lifetime. Constitution of 6, Ryn of Briarwood was due to drop dead from several poisons the moment his delay poison spell wore off, It was late 2003, and the Dungeon Crawl Classics line was and Brother Jharo had already been killed and raised from the starting to pick up steam. I was receiving regular fan mail dead. about the series – and there were only two in print. Dungeon Crawl Classics #1: Idylls of the Rat King had received As for what happened in the final encounter – four of the six Honorable Mention as Best Adventure in that year’s Gen Con PCs died, but they killed the Devil-Lich in the end. Beyond Ennie Awards. Game designers were eager to write a classic that, I’ll say nothing more. How to defeat the Devil-Lich is a dungeon crawl, a colleague had just put me in touch with Erol mystery your players will have to face on their own. I will say Otus, and I even had a chance to work with Dave Arneson on that the players in my group managed to impress me over and the special edition DCC we produced for Gen Con 2003. over with their fast, sharp decisions. In the scrying room (area 1-5), Brother Jharo the monk made a quick decision to leap to What could possibly trump that? the dais, grab the crystal ball, and leap back out, enabling the Only one thing: the ultimate dungeon crawl. characters to get a head start on the hellwasps and basically winning the encounter for them. In the coin golem room (area Sometime around the end of 2003, we decided to run a dun- 3-3), Ryn and Mellyoun retreated into the hallway to disable geon crawl tournament at Gen Con Indy 2004. But to run a the pit traps they’d triggered, allowed the party to pass, then tournament, you need a special module. A very, very special reset the traps with two great rolls. The mindless coin golem module. A module so deadly, so devious, so challenging, that lumbered after them, right into the pit trap! And in the meat even the most seasoned dungeon crawlers will have to stop grinder (area 3-5), the players managed to get three PCs into in their tracks and weigh their actions carefully as they pound the ceiling exit corridor before the trap was in full force. From their way through it. there they used a barrage of adamantine arrows to blast the blades off the trap, effectively saving the rest of the party (who Where could we get such a dungeon? It would take a team of were trapped and unconscious on the sides of the room). Of top designers. Most dungeon crawls have rooms that vary in course, the absolute best move – which was completely unin- quality: a few are great, and the rest are good. One person tentional, I must add – was when Brother Jharo ran headlong can come up with only so many ideas for a given dungeon. into the Chapel of Khetira (area 2-8), ending right in front of But a team of designers, each submitting only their best ideas, Lord Braxus. At that moment, the unseen servant removed the could produce a module to be reckoned with. stake... Lord Braxus sat up... and Brother Jharo fortuitously So we recruited game designers with dungeon crawl experi- got an attack of opportunity. With a single unarmed strike, he ence. We wanted just a few room ideas from each. The goal dropped the 1-hit-point CR 16 vampire before it could turn into was the best ideas from a variety of creative minds, which gaseous form. The next round he decapitated it, and end of could be organized and connected to form a legendary dun- story! geon crawl. In fact, we hoped to produce an adventure of the It’s stories like that which make this game so much fun to play. same caliber as the classic module Tomb of Horrors.SampleBut it’sfile late nights around the dinner table, cracking jokes and You hold in your hands the result of that effort. Welcome to the rolling dice, that I remember most fondly. The players in my Crypt of the Devil-Lich! This is the official module of the First group have a penchant for nicknaming things, and this mod- Annual Dungeon Crawl Classics Open Tournament at Gen ule gave them endless opportunities. The spider-limbed flesh Con Indy 2004. This module was used in tournament play for golem in area 1-4 is forever known as “the three-toed 52 gamers, and is now available for your own use at home. Frankensloth,” the water-filled elevator at area 2-2 became We’ve included the tournament rules, as well as a recap of the “the bidet of doom,” and the flint golem at area 1-8 was “Zippo tournament itself. The tournament was a blast – being part of the lighter golem.” The cleric’s staff of life, which eventually it was probably the most fun I’ve ever had in this industry. It became a rod of life after the playtests, was used over and was organized by Chris Doyle and run by some terrific GMs, over. It became known as “the wacky stick,” and the players who managed to keep the players entertained while simulta- started referring to it with such phrases as, “Yo, Agrij, let me neously subjecting them to a grueling, dangerous adventure. get a hit of that wacky stick!” And at one point, while arguing with the magic longsword True Death, one hero managed to My only disappointment with this module is that more PCs truly wound the pride of this powerful magic sword when he didn’t die! I’m the GM in my home group, so of course I really said, “Oh yeah? Well, yo’ mama was a dagger!” wanted it to be a complete death trap. The problem is that these high-level characters are practically impossible to kill. You hold in your hands the ultimate dungeon crawl. Next year And on top of that, the caliber of the players in the tournament we’ll try to best it with the module for the Second Annual practically ensured they’d use great tactics. Using the tourna- Dungeon Crawl Classics Open Tournament. But I don’t know ment rules, where characters are rejuvenated at each new if we’ll be able to, because, frankly, this is just a damn good level, also makes it easier for them to survive. But in my home adventure. I’m proud to be publishing it. I hope you have as game, I had some satisfaction. The PCs were alive but near- much fun with it as we did. ly vegetative by the time they reached the final encounter. Joseph Goodman Mellyoun and Jyncks both had Strength scores of 0, and were September 2004 kept on their feet only by repeated and constant application of the wand of bull’s strength from area 2-8. Jyncks also had a 3.
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