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START A: Odeon When the party reaches the starting point on the map, A large wooden building in the shape of a pyramid. Each read the following text: side of the pyramid has bronze double doors which are closed during performances. The roof is supported by three concentric squares of pillars. Each square of pillars You are next to pyramid-shaped wooden build- is on a lower step, and the center stage is lowest of all. ing. It is 200ʼ wide, 100ʼ tall, and the doors On the center stage is an 12ʼ bronze statue of a god with are open. a grape vine and an amphora. During performances the portion of the stage with the statue on it is lowered by a To the east is the road youʼve been travel- system of pulleys. The resulting pit is then covered with ing on. It took you through hilly countryside planks. where goats graze. If the party first arrives during the day, a performance is To the south are fields and pasture, and further about to begin and an audience of 100–400 people has off a forest of pines, oaks, and cypresses. gathered. The bronze statue is already stowed away. Behind the wooden pyramid to the northwest A system of windows and mirrors is used to illuminate is an open air theater built into a hillside. the center stage with natural light. Determine the per- formance randomly: The hill behind the theater has temples on it. The upper portion of the hill has a retaining 1. male playing pan pipes wall so steep only a thief could climb it. 2. female singler accompanied by male on lyre 3. trumpet 4. typanum and 4 female dancers TEMPLE DISTRICT At night, the statue is on the stage surrounded by 1–4 of- Names are often provided for buildings in encounter de- ferings. Each turn the party stays in the building without scription. The party will not know these names unless they making an offering, there is a 1 in 6 chance that 3–12 learn them from the locals, however. women with 1–4 HP each arrive. The women always ar- THE GODS MUST BE GRECO-ROMAN rive if any of the offerings are stolen. Males in the party sleeps with the character. A character can sleep in a cell are asked to join the women in the woods. Each woman at most once. has CHA 12 + 1–6 and NPCs should make a reaction roll to determine if they are willing to go into the woods. Each If the person is a player character, the character is out of woman can cast charm person once a day for use on play for the rest of the session. At the next session if the males who are unwilling. player remembers a dream he or she had between ses- sions, Asclepius the 12th LVL high partriarch HP 47 arrives If the party joins the women in the woods, a circle of bon- to hear an account of the dream. Depending upon Ascle- fires is lit and an amphora of wine is passed around. Any- piusʼ interpretation of the dream, he will either prophesy one who drinks the wine must save vs. charm person the future of the invalid or cast a clerical spell of healing if they are not charmed already. Each woman has sex on him or her. with a male who is charmed or willing. After the orgy, a male is chosen randomly and the women attack him with ∆: Propylea their bare hands, doing 1–4 HP of damage with each hit. Charmed individuals will not resist. If the chosen male is At the west of the hill is a wide stair case of 80 steps which killed, the women tear him apart, roast him on the fires, provides the only easy access to the top of the hill. Two and eat him. guardhouses face each other at the base of the steps. The guardhouses are always manned by two hoplites HP B: Theater 6 chain, shield, spear. During the day the hoplites will al- low anyone who is unarmed to climb the stairs. At night Behind the orchestra is a stage. Behind the stage is a only someone with the robe and seal of a cleric is permit- skene of wood with six half columns and a door in the ted through. center. Behind the skene is a long building used by the actors. In the event of a disturbance, 10 more hoplites appear from the guardhouses at the top of the stairs, lead by a During the day the play Medea by Euripides is per- 3rd LVL fighter HP 16. The hoplites fight on the stairs. formed. Download the script from Project Gutenberg and In any round, there is a 1 in 4 change they will make a and read it to players. charge attack with the shield. The attack always makes At night the theater is deserted. contact, and the opponent must save vs. vertigo or be thrown down the stairs, taking 1–6 HP of damage. Fur- Γ: Asclepeion thermore the hoplite will get a free attack at +2 before the opponent can get back on his or her feet. The party The long front room contains an 8ʼ statue of a woman. can adopt this same tactic against the hoplites, but they She holds a bowl in her left hand, and a golden snake is get a +2 on their saves because of their experience. twined around her right hand. At the top of the stairs is a narrow passage which connect If water is poured into the bowl and an offering is made with long rooms to the north and south. The occupants of to Apollo, the water will be transformed into one of the each room is determined randomly. following potions: 1. 10 male acolytes HP 4, staves 1. healing potion 2. 10 female acolytes HP 2, daggers 2. forgetfulness 3. 6 male adepts HP 7, maces 3. holy water 4. 6 female acolytes HP 5, spears 4. delusion 5. 3 male priests HP 9, morning stars 5. invulverability 6. 3 female priests HP 8, swords 6. longevity In the back room on the north side is a cleric LVL 3 + 1–6 One potion can be made by the party. +1 mace, +1 ring of protection. The cleric is female on 4–6 in 6. Two female adepts HP 8, 6 are in attendance in the front room. If someone asks for assistance, an adept takes the E: Temple of Victory invalid into a cell. The walls are pocked with holes but otherwise bare. Each cell contains a tub and a bed. The A temple with 4 ionic columns on either size. The E frieze adept instructs the invalid to disrobe and step into the tub. shows an army of hoplites fighting against and army with The adept fills the tub with water. After the bath, the in- pointed helmets, bows, and curved swords. The W frieze valid is put to bed. During the night 3–12 serpents issue shows a winged goddess adjusting her sandals. from the holes in the wall. For each serpent there is a 1 in 6 chance it will sleep in bed with the invalid. The WIS The cella of the temple contains a 11ʼ bronze statue of of the character will increase by 1 for each snake which a winged goddess. At the base are 1–6 offerings deter- 2 THE GODS MUST BE GRECO-ROMAN mined randomly. The temple is built at the edge of the Around the main statue are 20 6ʼ tall votive statues with 20ʼ drop without a protective rail. archaic smiles. The naos contains 20–80 regular offer- ings and 10 special offerings. If the party makes a special Z: Brauroneion offering, the high matriarch will cast a commune spell, in effect allowing the party to ask the goddess a question. The complex is entered at the NE corner. It is an arcade The goddess cannot predict the future, but can answer around a grove of trees. During the day if one walks the most questions about the present and the past. If the god- arcade to the end, one finds 1–6 pregnant supplicants dess cannot answer the question, but the offering is worth around a 12ʼ wooden statue of a huntress with 1–6 offer- 2000 GP or more, the goddess will bestow one of the ings. party members with a magical weapon. At night the grove is brightly illuminated by the moon. As Sekos one walks around the arcade the pillars become trees. At the end of the arcade is a pool with a goddess and two The high matriarch is a 12th LVL cleric HP 50. nymphs bathing in the nude. If the party does not take precautions against being seen or heard, the goddess will 1. athena is medusa be angered. She will polymorph the party into deer with 2. athena is spider goddess HD 2 and 1–4 HP butting attack. She will then send 1–6 3. athena giving birth to zeus werewolves HP 19 after the party. If the party flees into 4. judgement of paris (Hera, Aphrodite, Athena) the grove, they will find that it now connects with the for- 5. athena fell from sky as meteorite est and rest of the temples on the hill are nowhere to be 6. athena is dead seen. I: Sanctuary of Zeus Polieus H: Athena Promachos A 30ʼ tall bronze statue of a female with crested helmet, Priest of Zeus 3rd level.
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