One-Shot Adventures

7 If you succeed, go to 8. If you fail, go to 41. #32 e man's leg is broken, but perhaps you can keep him alive until you head back this way. e cave is warm enough to keep him alive, and there's enough water for him to live on. "I will not live more than a few hours. My goddess visited me just a few minutes ago, " he continues. "Well, she'll make good company until I come back," you say as you bandage and splint his leg. "Listen, I won't be at the Castle of Madness for more than a day. When I come back, I'll bring you with me. I'd take you now, but unless you can offer me a king's treasure, I can't afford it." e man nods gratefully, "I appreciate any effort you might make." You finish bandaging him and leave him some food. "I'd make you a fire, but the creature you mentioned might come back. Wouldn't want you to lose another leg." e man grasps your shoulder. "Let me warn you... the trodden path leads to the home of the creature. I went down the icier path at first, but found an impassable cliff. e creature attacked me and dragged me to his lair before I escaped." e warrior closes his eyes to rest, and you decide it is better to leave him now. You head back to the slushy path and go back to the main cavern. Write down the word RESCUER on your character sheet. If you head down the more trodden path, go to 9. If you head down the icier path, go to 22. Or, you can leave the cave and trek to the castle through the snow. Go to 19. #33 You continue onwards, and find yourself in a banquet hall of sorts. Shattered plates and a broken banquet table lie in the middle of the room. Several tapestries hang from the walls, and there seems to be a large hole in the floor under a particularly tattered one. If you examine the hole, go to 55. If you examine the tapestries, go to 23. #34 In the bravest voice you can muster, you shout your name and clan. You hear a soft whisper from the passage ahead. "Help me, please. My leg is broken." You call out to the injured man, "Keep talking so I can find you." Wisely, you tie a piece of long cord to a nearby stalagmite. You can follow the cord back to this tunnel branch in case you get lost. Go to 37. #35 You remove your rope and grapple and find a nice target – a broken gargoyle near an open window. To climb up the steep, icy castle wall, you'll need to make a DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. If you succeed, go to 42. If you fail, go to 5. #36 A little sore and tired, you stare up at the looming castle ruin. As the wind rushes through the broken turrets, you hear noises that sound like the screams of lunatics – no wonder they call this place the Castle of Madness. e castle's stone walls have been covered with sheets of ice as thick as your body. With any luck, you won't have to climb up the walls to find an entrance. If you decide to circle around the castle looking for an entrance, go to 3. If you decide to use your pitons and rope to climb the wall to a window, go to 35. #37 You find an injured hunter leaning against a cavern wall. He looks at you, his face ghastly and frostbitten. "How long have you been here?" you ask. e wounded man swallows hard, "I don't know. ree days, per- haps? Got lost tracking the most magnificent elk you've ever seen. An unnatural creature ambushed me and snapped my leg like a dry branch. I crawled away as fast as I could, but now I'm lost and decided I have no stomach for running anymore." You look down and see the man's leg twisted at an impossible angle. You grimace. is man will not make it out of these caves alive. Make a DC 15 Wisdom (Medicine) check. If you succeed, go to 32. If not, keep reading. "I know," he answers, grinning as if he heard your thoughts. "I will not live more than a few hours. My god visited me just a few minutes ago and told me himself!" "Let me warn you," he continues. "e trodden path leads to the home of the creature. I went down the icier path at first, but found an impassable cliff. e creature attacked me again there and dragged me to his lair before I escaped."

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