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Catacombs of Hyboria

Contents

Contents

Credits

Introduction

What Lies Beneath

The Dragons Graveyard

Ankhenu

CianHogh

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Edau Yoyha

Snow Devil Hollows

Sythic Caverns

Tai Paun Li

The Well

Yhastur Den Leona

index

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Catacombs of Hyboria is © 2009 Conan Properties International LLC. CONAN, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, HYBORIA

and related logos, names, characters, and distinctive likenesses thereof, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Conan

Properties International LLC unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. Mongoose Publishing Ltd Authorised User.

Catacombs of Hyboria is released under version 1.0 of the Open Game License. Reproduction of non-Open Game Content

of this work by any means without the written permission of the publisher is expressly forbidden. With the exception of the

character creation rules detailing the mechanics of assigning dice roll results to abilities and the advancement

of character levels, all game mechanics and statistics (including the game mechanics of all feats, skills,

classes, creatures spells and the combat chapter) are declared open content. First printing 2009.

Printed in the USA.

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Credits

Credits

Author

Bryan Steele

Editor

Charlotte Law

Layout

Will Chapman

Cover Art

Chris Quilliams

Interior Artists

Lonny Chant, Robin EM, Furman, Regis Moulun & Chad Sergesketter

Creator of Conan an

Conan an d Hyboria

d Hyboria

Robert E. Howard

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Introduction

Introduction

The wilds of the world of Conan have been the source of

nearly limitless Hyborian Age adventure, pitting savages

and barbarians against soldiers and nobles in a variety of

locations. Stories tell of swords and sorcery throughout

the lands; through deserts, jungles and savannahs alike.

We know about all of the fantastic action that occurs on

the Hyborian world…but what about beneath it?

Catacombs of Hyboria is a sourcebook for the creation

and exploitation of subterranean terrain and landscapes

in Conan the Roleplaying Game: Second Edition . This

book allows Games Masters to add new and interesting

facets to their own gaming worlds or adventures,

revealing new rules for subterranean terrain. What was

once a simple recess in a hillside can now be turned into

a deep series of caves and mysterious tunnels, if a Games

Master wants to add a little something extra to their

world. This book is a guide to creating and adventuring

in subterranean settings throughout the Hyborian Age,

with a collection of several interesting sites designed that

Games Masters can add to their own game campaigns to

give some more depth to the world of Conan .

Just like our world today, the earth of the Hyborian Age

has miles of caverns, caves, mines and other tunnels

scattered throughout the world’s crust. Some are cut by

the hands and tools of men, others by the claws of beasts

or perhaps just the touch of time and nature itself. These

subterranean locations are no less exciting as those found

above ground; many of them are so much more exotic,

strange and dangerous . If someone falls in a forest they

might twist their ankle – fall in a cavern they may never

be found again.

How to Use This Book

Catacombs of Hyboria is written to not only serve as

a collection of pre-built subterranean adventure sites; it

is also a complete guide and rules system for randomly

creating new caves, caverns and similar features. The

book includes random tables, found in the ﬁ rst chapter,

for Games Masters to use to create new locations

underground. It identiﬁ es what sorts of hazards and

terrain elements exist in subterranean locations and has

an assortment of rules associated with these elements.

With the ﬁ rst chapter of this book, Conan game players

and Games Masters can design their own underground

sites and have proper rules for all of their various

encounter points.

The sourcebook then separates into individual smaller

chapters that describe speciﬁ c underground locations,

their unique and interesting backgrounds, features and

potential inhabitants. Games Masters can use these

locations as a source for side-scenarios and plots or simply

as noteworthy locations for their own campaigns.

The ﬁ rst location is known only by one title

– the Dragon’s Graveyard. Located

deep in the southern Black

Kingdoms, this rift has within

it the entrance to a huge cavern

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Introduction

complex that is home to a distinct and strange lifeform

that the locals have only one word for… draconne . It

would be completely avoided by all sentient life due to

their savagery, if it were not for the massive chamber full

of clear blue sapphires that many feel are worth risking

dozens of slaves to acquire.

an interesting underground locale in the thick forests of

Khitai. Called Tai Paun Li (Nine Flooded Tunnels), the

ground gives way to nine deep mines that were once used

to cut amber from the deep sediment around 1,000 year

old tree roots. Each of these mines ended their production

when they dug just a little too deep and found the rushing

waters of the earth; waters that continue to churn wildly

through parts of these treasure-rich tunnels.

Next covered in this book is a mysterious subterranean

complex discovered in the sandy wastes of Stygia. Named

Ankhenu by the creature in the enigmatic tomb at its

heart, this underground structure is a perfectly designed

pyramid similar to any other found in the deserts – except

it was built upside down and under the sands for the use

of an eternally damned thing of darkness!

Tucked away in the wilds of dark Zamora there is a

gaping cave, protected by sinister creatures bred

singularly to keep the unworthy away, that leads down

into the dark black heart of the Skarpash mountains.

As some ancient texts and local wives’ tales claim,

this cave leads to the resting place of a long forgotten

goddess – the Queen of Nightmares.

North of the Ymir Pass in Cimmeria, the next chapter is

devoted to a sprawl of natural caves burrowing beneath

a range of mountains. The area is collectively known as

Cianhogh and is the source of many local legends and

rites of passage. Exactly why a barren stretch of rocky

caverns and pitfalls receives so much attention from the

clans is the real question...

The book ends with a truly massive complex of

natural caverns in the grassy plains of Shem; a place

collectively called Yhastur den Leona. Known for

its connection to the lions of Shem and their holy

representative in the Shemite pantheon, these caves are

frequently explored by the religious, the adventurous

and anyone trying to ﬁ nd – and possible kill – the

mythic ‘ivory lion of Shem’.

The book then moves on to a large cavernous expanse

that exists under the clay layer of Vendhya’s caste-

worked ﬁ elds of indigo plants and bowyer-grade

ash. Called the Edau Voyha, this spiritually charged

location is considered a holy place for one of the more

controversial Vendhyan faiths and home to a unique

breed of monkey. What else might be found amongst the

inky blue stones?

Man-made terrain but

no dungeons?

no dungeons?

This book covers several subterranean locations

that were originally cut from the earth by sentient

tools or hands, making them very similar to the

sort of underground structures found in civilised

areas but we chose not to add any true dungeons

to Catacombs of Hyboria . Dungeons are too

much like common constructions to be included

here; this book is focussed upon older or more

speciﬁ cally subterranean locations and those that

exist solely on their own.

The next chapter pulls the focus away from the monitored

and protected locations to a cold and unforgiving stretch

of ice and snow called the Snow Devil Hollows. Found

under the frozen ﬁ elds of the Snow Devil Glacier in

Asgard, this ice and stone maze of tunnels has claimed

the lives of so many… but why?

In the northern tundra, somewhere between Hyperborea

and Hyrkania is the city of Scythia; a speck of civilisation

in a savage and unforgiving land. Just south of that

renowned location is a natural cavern complex that

has been used by the like of smugglers, slavers and

cultists to hide their activities from prying eyes. No

matter the caverns’ inhabitants however, it always

comes to a total and mysterious end. This

chapter reveals exactly why this

strange place has claimed so

many lives.

This does not mean that an ancient or abandoned

dungeon could not be found in the wilderness or

would not be able to support some of the rules and

terrain elements delivered in this sourcebook. It

is simply more likely to ﬁ nd them in true caverns,

caves and underground tunnels.

The book’s next chapter

is dedicated to

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