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Dungeon Crawl Classics #46

The Book of Treasure Maps

A COMPILATION OF ADVENTURES

FOR CHARACTER LEVELS 3-16

Credits

Developer: Harley Stroh

Writers: Casey Christofferson, Kameron Franklin, Scott Green, Andrew Hind, Chris McCoy, Christina McCoy, Ken McCutchen,

Jeremy Simmons

Front Cover Artist: Brad McDevitt

Back Cover Artist: Mike Wilson

Interior Artists: Chris Anderson, Friedrich Haas, Cory Hamel, Cliff Kurowski, Jesse Mohn, Chris Watkins, Mike Wilson

Cartographer: Jeremy Simmons

Editors: Aeryn “Blackdirge” Rudel, Ken Hart, Liz Rich

Line Editor: Harley Stroh

Graphic Designer: Joseph Goodman

Proofreader: Mike Ferguson

Playtesters: Heidi Baker, Mark Baker, Michael “Sgt” Barnes, James Beauschesne, Clint Bennett, Kathy Christofferson, Jerry

“Damage” Cook, Neil Dawson, Stephen Elliott, Jeremy Hardin, Chris Hind, James Hind, Brad “The Phoenix” Hurley, Zach "no

pants" Kirkendall, Chris McCoy, Christina McCoy, Chris McGowan, Roger Pierson, Anthony “Visage” Pittman, Adam Wellman

Table of Contents

Adventure Title . . . . . . . . . Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Levels . . . . . . .Page

The Temple’s Tribute . . . . . . Kameron Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 . . . . . . . . . .3

Secrets of the Blue Moon . . Ken McCutchen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 . . . . . . . . . .16

Cadwul’s Corkscrew . . . . . . Jeremy Simmons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 . . . . . . . . . .33

Fane of the First Spell . . . . . Chris and Christina McCoy . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12 . . . . . . . .48

The Aqueous Vault . . . . . . . Casey Christofferson with Scott Green . . 13-15 . . . . . . . .68

The Bloodfire Spire . . . . . . . Andrew Hind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-16 . . . . . . . .88

DCC World

Each of the adventures in this book can be used

stand-alone, or set in the world of Áereth from DCC

#35: Gazetteer of the Known Realms. In the Known

Realms of Áereth, the island on which The Temple’s

Tribute is set can be found in the Empyrean Ocean,

off the north-western coast of the Southern Province,

at the start of the chain of that becomes the Barrier

Isles.

Dungeon Crawl Classics

The Temple’s Tribute

By Kameron M. Franklin

AN ADVENTURE FOR CHARACTER LEVELS 3-5

Introduction

map should be, they are attacked by a shark zombie.

When they finally land at the village, they find only a few

exhausted, gaunt inhabitants who speak fearfully of

sickly lights that fill the night skies and dead relatives

who rise from the grave and attack after sunset. In fact,

zombies are pounding on the gates to the village.

Should the characters stay the night, they will be

exposed to the rays of negative energy generated by an

evil artifact in the center of the island and the remaining

villagers will die.

Remember the golden days of role playing, when

adventures were underground, NPCs were there to be

killed, and the finale of every dungeon was the dragon

on the 20th level? Well, those days are back. Dungeon

Crawl Classics feature bloody combat, intriguing dun-

geons, and no NPCs who aren’t meant to be killed.

Each adventurer is 100% good, solid dungeon crawl,

with the monsters you know, the traps you fear, and the

secret doors you know must be there somewhere.

When the characters pass beyond the village’s protec-

tive walls, they enter a prehistoric jungle. Each day in

the open risks an encounter with enervated or zombie

dinosaurs, and each night exposes the characters to

more negative energy. Following the map, the charac-

ters make their way to a rope bridge that crosses a river

and is guarded by a hungry, but enervated elas-

mosaurus.

The Temple’s Tribute is designed for four to six player

characters of 3rd through 5th level. While the charac-

ters can be of any basic character class, a good mix that

includes a rogue and a strong warrior type would be

helpful; having at least one cleric is highly recommend-

ed.

Adventure Summary

As the characters climb the switchback trail to the tem-

ple at the top of the plateau, skeletal archers shoot at

them from guard towers. Inside the temple, necro-

mancers and clerics of Lasheeva defend their profane

artifact and years of tribute in gold and gems.

The characters have procured a boat and are sailing to

a mysterious island partially revealed on a map in their

possession (see handout A on page 15). As they

approach the coastline where the village marked on the

Game Master’s Section

+0 ranged touch, 1d6+1 damage to Str); Search DC 26;

Disable Device DC 26); replace the poison wall spikes

trap in area 3-9 with a wall blade trap (CR 1; mechani-

cal; touch trigger; automatic reset; hidden switch

bypass (Search DC 25); Atk +10 melee (2d4/x4,

scythe); Search DC 22; Disable Device DC 2).

Encounter Table

To help the GM prepare, we have included a quick ref-

erence table showing all encounters at a glance. Loc –

the location number keyed to the map for the encounter.

Pg – the module page number that the encounter can

be found on. Type – this indicates if the encounter is a

trap (T), puzzle (P), or combat (C). Encounter – the key

monsters, traps, or NPCs that can be found in the

encounter. Names in italics are classed NPCs. EL – the

encounter level.

Stronger parties (7 or more characters, or higher

than 5th level): Replace the shark zombie in 1-1 with a

dire shark zombie; double the zombies in area 1-3;

replace the megaraptor skeleton with a tyrannosaurus

skeleton; add 10 human warrior skeletons to area 3-3.

Getting the Players Involved

Loc Pg

Type

Encounter

The adventure begins with the characters already near-

ing the island by boat. Use the following hooks to pro-

vide the appropriate motivation for the PCs:

1-1

Shark zombie

1-2

1-2 human commoner zombies

1-3

6 human commoner zombies

• One of the PCs inherits an old painting. While get-

ting it repaired and reframed, the PC discovers a

half-finished map of an island with markings that

indicated the location of some great treasure.

2-1

Enervated elasmosaurus

3-1

8 human archer skeletons

3-2

Megaraptor skeleton

3-3

2 human Clr2

Brucca , Human Clr6

• A cartographer has hired the PCs to complete a

half-finished map he recently acquired. There are

markings on the map that indicate the possible

location of some great treasure.

3-4

Glyph of warding (blast)

3-5

Armuum , Half-elf Wiz5

Ghoul touch

3-6

Human Clr2

• An aging sailor regales the PCs with a story of a

tropical island he once sailed to, where the natives

paid tribute to their god by bringing gold and jewels

to a temple on a plateau in the middle of the isle. He

has a half-finished map of the isle he is willing to

sell them.

3-7

Human Clr2

3-9

Poison wall spikes

Ceiling Pendulum

Scaling Information

The Temple’s Tribute is designed for four to six charac-

ters of 3rd to 5th level, but it can be easily modified for

parties of different sizes or levels. Consider adapting

the adventure using the following suggestions:

Island Nights

A cult of Lasheeva that currently inhabits the temple on

the island has recently constructed an artifact they call

Lasheeva’s arch . Every night, this artifact radiates

waves of negative energy that extend out in a radius far

enough to encompass the entire island. Waves of sick-

ly purple and green light wash across the sky from dusk

to dawn. Any living creature caught outside during the

night must make a Fortitude save (DC 17) or suffer the

effects of an enervation spell. A Spellcraft or Knowledge

(arcana) check (DC 24) can be made to identify the light

as the result of an enervation spell effect.

Weaker parties (3 or fewer characters, or lower than

3rd level): Remove the shark zombie from area 1-1

entirely; remove half the zombies from area 1-3; replace

the enervated elasmosaurus in area 2-1 with a collaps-

ing bridge trap (CR 1; mechanical; location trigger;

bridge collapses entirely when first character reaches

middle, plunging them into the river; DC 20 Reflex save

avoids; Search DC 24; Disable Device DC 20); remove

2 of the skeletal archers from 3-1; remove the megara-

ptor skeleton from area 3-2 entirely; lower the human

cleric in area 3-3 to 5th level and replace the glyph of

warding trap in area 3-4 with an inflict light wounds trap

(CR 2; magic device; touch trigger; automatic reset;

spell effect ( inflict light wounds , 1st-level cleric, 1d8+1,

Will save half damage); Search DC 20; Disable Device

26); lower the half-elf wizard in area 3-5 to 4th level and

replace the ghoul touch trap with a ray of enfeeblement

trap (CR 2; magic device; touch trigger; automatic reset;

spell effect ( ray of enfeeblement , 1st-level wizard, Atk

Character Death

PCs that die on the island will be raised the following

night as a zombie by the necromantic magic of

Lasheeva’s arch . Characters that die in area 3 will be

animated as a skeleton by the clerics of Lasheeva and

any equipment of value will be stored in the temple vault

(area 3-9).

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