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An Introductory Adventure

for 1

-Level Characters.

Original Design:

Rich Thomas

Developer:

Scott Holden

Contributor:

Matt Franklin

Art Director:

Rich Thomas

Typesetting and Design:

Mike Chaney

Cover:

Rich Thomas

Interior Art:

James Denton, Brian Leblanc, Todd Secord,

Rich Thomas, John Wilson

Cartography:

John Wilson

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Gauntlet of Spiragos

Introduction

Synopsis

Background

Preparation

Involving the PCs

Creagfort

Getting Started: Mysterious Map

Map? What Map?

What Do the PCs Already Know?

General Knowledge

From the Map

Chapter One:Toward the Devil’s March

Encounter #1:

Charming Songstress

Combat

Encounter #2: Knives in the Dark

Combat

Encounter #3: Ravenous Hounds

Combat

Chapter Two: The Chasm of Flies

Vertical Adventuring

What Did That Thing Say?

Experience and Leveling Up

Optional Encounter:

Spider-Eye Goblin Scouts

Combat

The Upper Chasm

Climbing Difficulty

The Columns

Encounter #1:

Agitated Chasm Spiders

Combat

Encounter #2:

Spider-Eye Goblin Defense

The Iron Walls

1st-Level Characters Beware!

The Fastness

Guard Posts

Getting Down

Chapter Three: The Iron Cavern

Goblin Defense

Great Goblin Mound

Second Wave

Combat

Chapter Four: The Iron Tunnels

Tunnel One: Goblin Barracks

Tunnel Two: Warriors’ Quarters

Tunnel Three: Goblin Shrine

Tunnel Four: Spider Hatchery

Tunnel Five: Matriarch’s Maze

Champion’s Chamber

Matriarch’s Quarters

Combat

Victory

Give Them a Hand

The Necromancer

Leaving the Chasm

Appendix One: Creatures

Belsamaug

Chasm Spider

Dananshee

Grim Puppeteer

Scythe Falcon

Undead Hound

NPCs and Unique Creatures

Appendix Two: Spider-Eye Goblins

Spider-Eye Goblin Lore

Behavior

Appendix Three: Magic Items

Table of Contents

auntlet of Spiragos is an adventure designed for four

characters of 1st level, although it can easily be modified

for larger or smaller groups or for characters of up to 4th level.

You can modify the difficulty by increasing or decreasing enemy

hit points and numbers; you might also alter the DCs of ability-

based and skill-based challenges accordingly. Another option for

making the adventure more challenging is to stress the rigors

of the characters’ journey, gradually imposing the effects of

fatigue or exhaustion on them until they can take a long rest.

For more powerful PCs (those starting at 4th level or

higher), you may need to replace the spider-eye goblins and

chasm spiders with more powerful creatures, such as narleths,

ettercaps, and giant spiders, and perhaps by adding more foes

and possibly raising difficulty DCs of certain skill checks and

terrain challenges.

Assuming a standard rate of character advancement, a

party of four 1st-level characters should reach 3rd level by

the end of this adventure.

“Gauntlet of Spiragos” may serve as a stand-alone

campaign, the starting place for a series of adventures, or

as an anomalous quest tucked between the chapters of an

established party.

To assist in expanding the story, we have also raised

the possibility of including a rogue necromancer who

continually harasses the party after a certain point in the

adventure. At any point where such an enemy’s involvement

might not interrupt the flow of the overall narrative, and

could lead to some interesting challenges, notes have been

provided.

Synopsis

The characters obtain a treasure map with an eight-

armed symbol, strange writing, and the drawing of a chasm

with spiders and flies in it. As well, three unique items,

actually titanic artifacts, are illustrated upon it: a gauntlet,

a ring, and a dagger. Whether through their own research,

or simply being informed by a knowledgeable NPC, the

players decipher the meaning of the map and then travel

through the wilderness to the Devil’s March. The location

indicated on the map is called the Chasm of Flies, so named

Gauntlet of Spiragos

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