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Castles & Crusades DB2: Crater of Umeshti
A Castles & Crusades Adventure module for Fantasy Grounds
Castles & Crusades Quick Start Rules (Free)
Thousands of years ago by the recollections of those elves still alive to recall
the fable, a great time of tumult and chaos reigned across the universe. In that
time the ancient citadel city of Umeshti was known as a bastion of civilization
through the dark night of conflict and madness. Temples to the gods and towers of
wizardry were erected, as were libraries and civic enterprises designed to preserve
and protect the knowledge that the firstborn civilizations had worked so hard to
gain. Art and science flourished, as did the first development of music and poetry.
Travelers from far and wide, including those who traveled across the many planes
considered Umeshti a home away from home, bringing esoteric relics and fantastic
wealth with them.
As is often the case, this great civilization thrived and grew, until outside powers
began to covet its success. Deities not worshipped within the city began to hurl
curses upon its citizens, raining down deific plagues, or striking it divine storms
and hordes of monstrous beasts. Despite this, the citizenry showed great inner strength
and resolve, facing each new disaster with its own set of champions and brave protectors.
In the end, the sages are uncertain, but it is said that during a great war between
the gods, a meteor was hurled at Umeshti, driving a shaft into the earth that stretched
for hundreds of feet beneath the surface, completely obliterating all but the scantest
trace of the powerful society which had once lived there.
All that remains now is a massive crater, high atop a mountain plateau, and the
darkened shaft at the bottom of the crater, said to lead to treasures unimaginable
and profound, if any survive to retrieve them.
In the millennia since the destruction of Umeshti, the gaping sink-hole at the center
of the crater has been the source of much controversy and speculation. That the
area surrounding the shaft left behind by the meteor is infested with all manner
of monstrous beast and twisted goblinoid is well documented by those adventurers
who have returned alive from expeditions to the crater.
The Crater of Umeshti is a good old fashioned dungeon crawl. Characters enter the
Crater and delve into its depths. They find foes both great and small and face them
in battles of blade or wit in order to relieve them of their treasure. They face
puzzles, traps, and uncover secrets and mysteries which inevitably lead the characters
to greater power and fortune. The Crater of Umeshti may be incorporated with its
other parts into a fantastic campaign, leading characters from levels 2-5 to greater
and greater strength and prestige.
The crater is designed with the intent of repeated forays into its depths using
a nearby settlement of the CK's choice or the characters design to re-stock, refurbish
and re-supply. This settlement may be found in pre-made adventure sourcebook of
which there are many in both D20 and Castles and Crusades various product lines
such as Yggsburg by Gary Gygax, or this authors own city settings such as Dro Madras
or that incorrigible chain of cross dimensional taverns known by most as "The Roadhouse"
and referred to by a knowledgeable few as "Dirty's". See The Haunted Highlands by
Troll Lord Games for more details on Dirty Bowbe's Roadhouse and its environs.
For 4-6 characters of levels 3-5.
The difficulty and level needed to overcome new obstacles increases as the PCs delve
deeper into the sinkhole in the center of the crater. The adventure requires nothing
more than the Castles and Crusades Players Handbook, however Castle Keepers or the
CK may find the Castles and Crusade: Monsters and Treasure book by Troll Lord Games
to be helpful in running the adventure.
Begin the Adventure with: DB1 The Haunted Highland The difficulty and level needed
to overcome new obstacles increases as the PCs delve deeper into the sinkhole in
the center of the crater. The adventure requires nothing more than the Castles and
Crusades Players Handbook, however Castle Keepers or the CK may find the Castles
and Crusade: Monsters and Treasure book by Troll Lord Games to be helpful in running
the adventure.
Begin the Adventure with: DB1 The Haunted Highland
Requirements: The free Fantasy Grounds virtual tabletop (VTT) software and the Castles
& Crusades ruleset.
Conversion by: Alan Neilson
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Adapted for Fantasy Grounds by: Alan Neilson
Requires: The free Fantasy Grounds virtual tabletop (VTT) software and a one time purchase of the Castles & Crusades ruleset.
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