Introduction
Preparing the Adventure
Adventure Overview
Adventure Villains
Catch Phrases
Urin Dedish
Background
The Legacy of Laduguer
The Cradle of Laduguer
Construct of Laduguer
Description
The Wandering Sun
AI Patron - Geoff
Description
Background
Adventure Allies
Kormi Kellerson
Background
Catch Phrases
Description
Catch Phrases
Chapter 1 A Perfect
Opportunity
Acquisitions Incorporated is offering select adventuring
parties the ability to become an affiliated subsidiary of
Acquisitions Incorporated! What do you get from this deal
you may ask? Well apart from the fame, power and money
that comes from being affiliated with Acquisitions
Incorporated, you will gain access to our most lucrative
adventuring opportunities, and fantastic supply chain,
guaranteed to keep you geared up and in the fight! Is that
something you would be interested in?
You navigate the twisting streets of Waterdeep and arrive at
the Acquisitions Incorporated regional office.
A large modern building with a stone roof, the solid oaken
door with iron banding gives a touch of prestige to it.
Imbedded into the door is a large bronze knocker.
You [characters on time], give the knocker a good thud, and a
few moments later you hear a shuffling and the door opens
up. Standing there is a Halfling male, dressed in some
trousers and a rather flashy coat, emblazoned with buttons
and other bits of flair.
Hello! Welcomthe to Acquithitionhs Incorporathed. I am
Geoffth and I will be your host. Please, come in
You follow Geoff into a small meeting room. A while later,
some late comers arrive and have to take a standing position
at the back of the room.
As the last of you enter, he launches into his spiel.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Do we have a great opportunity for
you! Have you ever wanted to be rich? Do you love fame and
fortune? Well do we have a deal for you! Acquisitions
Incorporated is offering excited self-motivated young
adventurers the deal of a lifetime! Nowhere else in this city
can you earn the renown, prestige and notoriety only
experienced by the Lords of Waterdeep themselves! With this
limited time deal, the world is your oyster, and you are the
pearl. So what do you say are you interested?
What do you know about adventuring rations? I bet you have
never really wondered where they come from or where they are
made!
Well here at Acquisitions incorporated we have recently created a
new collaboration with a well-known food producer, and brought
to the market Rations Incorporated! Leveraging the unique
supply chains of Acquisitions Incorporated and synergizing with
the fabulous food brought to us by Celebrity Chef Kormi
Kellerson, Rations Incorporated has been the number one
selling adventurers ration pack for over a year.
That was, until about a month ago.
Shipments from our supplier have been slowing, and recently
have come to a complete stop. As such, our market share is
tanking, and investors are super doper not happy at all no sir-ee.
If you guys can investigate what exactly is going on, and fix the
situation, we will welcome your party into the AI family with your
own franchised subsidiary! Is that something you would be
interested in?
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What the players can ascertain
The contract is pretty simple, there seems to be a
huge amount of money for the players!
Everything in the contract looks pretty good
nothing out of the ordinary.
The contract is difficult to read in places. Clause 6.5
Subsection A refers to the players as a contracted
party, and therefore do not receive any compensation
nor their next of kin in the event of death or
dismemberment. On the plus side, free rations,
torches and access to lucrative employment
opportunities.
Clause 10.7 Subsection B Acquisitions Incorporated
(AI) reserves the right to disband without warning
any party/s that are no longer financially or physically
viable and reclaim any and or all salvageable
materials that may/may not have been supplied
to/by or acquired by the adventuring party while
under the AI affiliation.
In possibly the worst section Clause 66.6
Subsection D A party upon signing the contract
and becoming an affiliated subsidiary will be required
to pay yearly franchise fees of no less than 75% of all
acquired goods during that calendar year.
Chapter 2 Amphail City Limits
Amphail General Rumours
Location Amphail Town Proper
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Amphail is a tight knit community, with
many farmers having grown and owned land
for generations.
Rumour has it that the ghost of the towns
founder Amphail the Just roams the
streets at night.
Historians say that a region of the
underdark sits close below Amphail.
Ancient texts describe a renegade cult of
duergar who worshipped Laguduer who
lived in the area of Dedish Downs.
Urin Dedish
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Kormi Kellerson
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Although Kormi has a vile temper
sometimes, he is generous with
good employees.
The Kellerson project started out as
a great community initiative but
changed and workers have
complained that it is damaging
Amphail.
Many people believe Kormi
deliberately poached staff from Urin,
in an attempt to destroy his
business.
Some disgruntled workers have
admitted to spitting and doing other
unsavoury activities in the
adventurers ration production line.
Urin was a weak, pathetic excuse for a
dwarf, then almost overnight he changed!
More confident, stronger and walking like he
owned the world.
After his change, Urin tore down his old
processing shed, and rebuilt it almost
overnight.
Employees of the Dedish Downs are
noticeably withdrawn from their families, all
they want to do is work and many of them
stay at the shed.
People have heard that alongside the nondisclosure waiver, there is some sort of
initiation right when you become an
employee of Dedish downs. But the benefits
are enough to keep people wanting to join
him.
Location The Kellerson
Project
Your party travels down the mile long dirt road to the
Kellerson Project, a series of boutique organic pastures
belonging to the renowned chef Kormi Kellerson.
Following the path to the top of a slight hill you come to
the door of the shed. The architecture is minimalistic,
made from stone and timber, with metal only where
necessary. A small wooden sign pinned to the door says
Office hours 8 bells to 17 bells.
Goal
Location The Dedish Downs
Level 2 Urins Office
The once dirt road up to the Dedish Downs work shed is
now paved with stone, as workers add the finishing
touches to it. Newly planted hedges adorn the sides, and
the sun reflecting from the shiny new metal building
throws a glare into your eyes. The smell of horse manure
is overpowering, and as you come to the door to the shed,
you can see hordes of workers working tirelessly in the
fields, slopping buckets of what looks like manure and
water over the planting plots. A cast iron sign on the door
says Please Knock
Encounter
Level 1 The Packing Floor
Urin stands up from behind his desk and looks you squarely in
the eye.
I am sorry lads, but I just cant let ye leave now. You see, Ive
got plans and ye all might just get in the way of that.
Without another word he jumps backwards out of the window,
shattering it completely. As you rush to the window you see him
land gracefully, on both feet and without stumbling. The staff
below are shocked as he turns to them.
If you want to keep your jobs, kill them.
The staff below look up at you with the hunger of desperation in
their eyes. They mean business. Urin rushes over to an
impressive sized iron barrel in the corner of the room and with a
great heave pushes it over, uncovering a trap door into which he
descends.
Rewards
Oh great fortune! For the longest time I was sure my
familys legacy would be lost, and if it was not for that
fateful day it would have. I must admit, I was terrified,
walking those tunnels alone, but when the voice came to
me as I slumbered in its throne, I knew everything was
about to change.
This strength and vigor I have never known! With every
person that joins my employ and takes the gift of the chair
my business profits like none I could ever imagine.
But it must stay secret. It must stay mine.
Adventurers from that pompous organization Acquisitions
Incorporated came the other day. They must not be allowed
to leave
Clause 13 Subsection A
The employee agrees to all terms herein the contract and
agrees to non-disclosure of any and all information
regarding Dedish Downs including medical benefits,
physiology changes, work practices, comings and goings of
personnel and recruitment of workers.
The employee also agrees to serve under these rules for
the term of their natural life, notwithstanding the
punishment of death.
Chapter 3 - The Dedish
Dungeon
Dungeon Threat
As the players explore the dungeon they may perform
actions that increase the dungeon threat level. The threat
level is used to increase the difficulty of the final boss fight
and other encounters.
The threat level increases by 1 every time the players take a
short rest. A long rest increases the threat level to the
maximum, 10.
Every time the threat level increases, the players hear a
giant Bell Toll. Make it ominous.
Area 0 The Entrance
Area 1 A Voice in the Dark
Light: Darkness
Sound: Slight dripping noise, dust falling
Smell: Stuffy, dusty, stale
Treasure: Spell Scroll (Melfs Acid Arrow)
Area 2 The Torture Chamber
Area 4 Follow the leader
Light: Darkness
Sound: Slow almost electric hum.
Smell: Dust, Mold, Rot
Decorations: None
Encounter: Threat > 1 = 5-6 Skeletons 50 EXP each.
Reward: Spell Scroll (Comprehend Languages), 2 x Potion
of Healing
Encounter
Area 3 The Waiting Room
Light: Darkness
Sound: Slow almost electric hum.
Smell: Ozone, dust
Decorations: None
Reward: 300 EXP minus 50 every activation of the trap.
Area 5 The First Cog
Area 7 The Second Cog
Light: Darkness except pedestal.
Sound: Dust falling faintly, creaking
Smell: Dust, stale
Decorations: None, plain stone walls
Reward: The 4 Spoke Cog.
Light: Darkness except pedestal.
Sound: Whirling, hissing,
Smell: Burnt flesh, charcoal.
Decorations: None, plain stone walls
Reward: The 5 Spoke Cog.
Area 6 Dont Wake the Baby!
Light: Darkness
Sound: Absolute Silence
Smell: Stale Air
Decorations: Immaculately clean stone walls
Encounter: Gelatinous Cube CR 2
Threat >2 Cube at point 6A
Threat 1 Cube at Point 6B
Reward: 450EXP, Javelin of Lightning DMG Pg178
Solution
Area 8 The Library
Environment
Suddenly you hear a loud noise and crash as a bookshelf
tips over and from the hole behind it comes a small
gnomish looking creature with dark features. Ooh, look
what we have here boys, lots of them books! Load it up,
and lets roll out! The leader turns and sees your party.
On the other hand, they look like they might have
something shiny on them!
Encounter
Regular: 3 x Svirfneblin (mm 164, cr 1/2)
Threat: 1 extra for every point of threat.
Reward: 400 xp,
Treasure: 600 sp, 40 gp, Small Vial of Perfume (25 gp),
Pewter Hairpin (25 gp), Iron Necklace (25 gp), Pewter
Chalice (25 gp), Spell Scroll (Grease), Spell Scroll (Lesser
Restoration), 3 x Potion of Healing
Area 9 The Reflecting God
Light: Darkness, until forge is lit.
Sound: Silence, slight falling of dust.
Smell: Stale and musty.
Temperature: Cool
Rewards: The six spoke cog.
The Statue
Dragging the shawl off this mirror reveals the reflection of
the rooms statue, a tall, gaunt and stony faced duergar
standing approximately 6ft tall. In his right hand he carries
a Warhammer, and in his left an ornate shield with a
hammer embossed on it.
The Forge
Carefully removing the covering on this mirror, you see
that it is angled towards the small lit forge in the far side of
the room, its glow giving the room back wall an flickering
orange tinge from the coals.
The Table
Pulling back the cloth you reveal a tall mirror,
approximately 6 ft. tall and two feet wide. From its
reflection you can perfectly see the ornate table and chair
in the corner of the room, covered with all of its papers and
manuals.
Area 10 The Cradle of
Laduguer
Tactics
Phase 1 The Wandering Sun
Phase 2 The Throne Awakens
3000 cp, 1600 sp, 40 gp, 2 x Chalcedony (50 gp), 2 x
Chrysoprase (50 gp), Citrine (50 gp), Moonstone (50 gp),
Onyx (50 gp), 2 x Sardonyx (50 gp), Star rose quartz (50
gp), Zircon (50 gp)
Spell Scroll (Shocking Grasp), Spell Scroll (Charm Person),
4 x Potion of Healing
1 x packet of Dedishs Delightful Rations
Area 11 The Escape Hatch
Prologue - Return to
Amphail and Waterdeep
Appendix A
The Dedish Dungeon Map
Appendix B
Dedish Downs Farmhouse
Map
Appendix C
Monster Statistics
Creature
Template
MM
Page
Vulnerability
Resistance
Speed
Additional
Farmer
Construct
Cultist
345
Lightning
Acid
Bludgeoning
Piercing
+5ft
IMM Charm/Read Mind/Frightened
Ranger
Construct
Scout
349
Lightning
Acid
Bludgeoning
Piercing
+5ft
IMM Charm/Read Mind/Frightened
Fighter
Construct
Thug
350
Lightning
Acid
Bludgeoning
Piercing
+5ft
IMM Charm/Read Mind/Frightened
Thief
Construct
Spy
349
Lightning
Acid
Bludgeoning
Piercing
+5ft
HP = 16
IMM Charm/Read Mind/Frightened
Cleric
Construct
Acolyte
342
Lightning
Acid
Bludgeoning
Piercing
+5ft
HP = 18
IMM Charm/Read Mind/Frightened
Urin Dedish
Bandit
343
Lightning
Acid
Bludgeoning
Piercing
+5ft
IMM Charm/Read Mind/Frightened
Gelatinous
Cube
242
Svirfneblin
164
Mimic
220
Throne
Construct
Saber-Toothed
Tiger
336
Lightning
Acid
Bludgeoning
Piercing
Casts Thunderwave (PHB 282)
DC 13 to save
IMM Charm/Read Mind/Frightened
Skeleton
272
Kormi
Kellerson
Commoner
345
Appendix D Credits
Appendix E Disclaimer
