Tomb of the Shadow Lord
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Tomb of the Shadow Lord Adventure Module G11
Designed by R P Davis
Edited by Cassandra MacDonald
This adventure was written for the Spears & Spells game published by Kabouter Games. It is specifically designed as a "one-shot” adventure¸ providing approximately 4 hours of entertainment for players with beginning characters.
Adventure Background High in the mountains of Kalvar Tel is a remote fastness where Shalazar the Plaguemaster was imprisoned. In his day - a millennium ago - Shalazar's hordes of voracious undead swept across the land¸ and for a brief time he set himself up as a conquering emperor. Before he could achieve his dreams of conquest¸ he was betrayed¸ brought low by a band of adventurers¸ and transported in magical chains to a craggy cavern where he now rests. The guardians of Shalazar's prison sealed the doors and departed for settled lands¸ certain the threat was past and their task complete.
But it was not to be¸ for Shalazar had other plans.
Shalazar's dream was to transform himself into a lich¸ an undead sorcerer so powerful that death itself was no barrier to his magical might. Powerful though he was¸ his limited access to proper alchemical apparatus and magical ingredients¸ combined with an impatient urge to take revenge on his captors¸ caused him to make a critical error in the ritual. He gained the unlife he so keenly craved¸ but it was one bereft of magical power¸ and that drove Shalazar insane with grief and regret.
It is said his notebooks remain¸ detailing the steps necessary to lichdom. They must be worth a king's ransom - either to a magician who covets eternal life or to those who wish such knowledge to remain forbidden...
Available for Fifth Edition!
About Kabouter Games Kabouter Games is a pico-publisher of tabletop role-playing games and adventures.
We're the brains behind Spears & Spells¸ a streamlined¸ OSR-ish tabletop roleplaying game designed to get you telling fantastic stories with your friends in no time. It's easy to play¸ easy to run¸ and suitable for any fantasy setting¸ from heroic to gritty.
We also created Toxandria¸ the FIRST complete game released under Chaosium Inc's Basic Roleplaying OGL!
Kabouter Games creates adventures¸ GM support materials¸ stuff for players¸ and more¸ all for a variety of RPG systems - click here or the logo for our DriveThruRPG store (opens in new window).
Chief Kabouter R P Davis is a veteran RPG freelancer who's written and edited for a passel of pico-publishers¸ as well as bigger names like Kobold Press¸ Cubicle 7¸ Loresmyth¸ Onyx Path¸ and Wizards of the Coast. It was only a matter of time before he started his own thing.
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