The One Who Watches From Below (81) (d20)
A Level 1 Adventure
The rumors are true! The secret cave of the mystics holds a hoard of treasure vast enough to buy the kingdom seven times over. Gold coins piled as high as snow banks! Gleaming swords and jewel-encrusted wands crackling with arcane energy! Precious gems as large as your fist! The only thing standing between your present circumstances and a life of fabulous wealth is a pesky¸ slumbering elder god with a penchant for consuming entire worlds¸ an endless army of vat-grown hybrid monstrosities¸ a veritable tidal wave of disembodied eyes with awesome powers¸ giant acid worms¸ and a curse with the power to rip the still-living eyes from your skull. Do you have the mettle to stare down a god or will your eyes forever adorn the vault of The One Who Watches From Below?
The winner of the Mystery Map Adventure Design Competition! In June 2012¸ Goodman Games sponsored a special adventure design competition. Our Free RPG Day 2012 adventure module included an incomplete adventure map. Readers could complete the map¸ send in their associated adventure proposal¸ and compete for a $1¸000 contract to write that adventure. A panel of distinguished judges read the flood of proposals¸ and finally whittled the field down to a handful of contenders. After lengthy debate¸ a winner was chosen.
This adventure is the winner of the Mystery Map Adventure Design Competition. There were many great submissions to the competition¸ but Jobe Bittman's stood out above them all. This adventure has a strong Appendix N theme¸ unique encounters that your players will remember for a long time¸ many highly visual scenes that will stand out in your players' minds¸ and some terrific twists and turns. It also features one of the most creative player handouts you have ever seen. Prepare for a very fun time. We think you'll enjoy this adventure as much as we did.
Rules Set: DCC RPG
Writer: Jobe Bittman
Cover Art and Cartography: Doug Kovacs
GMG5082¸ 24 pages¸ $6.99