DCC #81 The One Who Watches From Below for SCHWA

These are my conversion notes for the adventure which you can buy from Goodman Games. I have playtested a few encounters as well as the complete adventure. Note that a few encounters never happened so this is a rough draft. I did not repeat stats where a creature already stated reappears in the adventure.

Klazath is Krondar, Dwarven deity of (independence, war, order/revenge[strength])

Random encounters:

Spying Eyes
Warrior d6; Sorcerer d10; Adventurer d8
Defence d3(open) or 5/d24(closed); Health 5(PCs)/2(NPCs); Size Tiny; Movement Painfully slow
Can not cast spells, fight, use character points or do much other than blink, move, and dominate. Dominates with a d10 vs target's Sorcerer Aspect (d12 vs Dwarves).

Halfling Hybrids
Warrior d8/d1; Sorcerer d2; Adventurer d6/d1
Defence 2/0; Health 15; Size Small
Mêlée with daggers, ranged with military darts. +2 Bonus to Adventurer Resist rolls and Initiative. Invisibility once per day. These are basically automatons for Spying Eyes to dominate.

Laser Harpies
Warrior d20/d1; Sorcerer d24; Adventurer d16/d2
Defence 3/0; Health 40; Size Medium
Mêlée with claws, ranged with laser eye.

Eye Slime
Warrior d24/d1; Sorcerer d2; Adventurer d2
Defence 1/0; Health 25; Size ?
Mêlée with pseudopod. Metal weapons striking it or metal armour struck by it may dissolve in 3 rounds (magical objects are immune). Roll a d2 for each item, on a one, disperse? Untested.

Double Cockatrice
Sorcerer d6; Warrior d8/d1(Sorcerer resist 3 or petrified); Adventurer d4; Defence 1/d1; Health 60

Area 1-4

Warrior TN to break open the gate is 12 as is the Adventurer TN for picking the lock. Reaching the catch with a longsword, staff or something similar is a TN Adventurer 5. The idea being that only character above average can even attempt it.

1-5

Giant Spider
S d8; W d16/d2; A d16/Web
Surprise Adventurer Initiative roll is d30 with +1 Warrior rank to first attack (if it gets initiative or surprise depending on how you run it). Web attack, 10' radius, successful opposed Adventurer rolls to avoid or immobolized for one round.

1-6

Climbing in pit requires an Adventurer TN of 6

1-7

Secret Door finding is an Adventurer TN of 6

2-3

Giant Eyestalks
Sd6; Wd24/d2; Ad6
Defence: 4/d4; Health 120
+3 Resist

2-4

Liquid heals d6 Health once per character (never works again) and gives their hair and nails a nice shine.

2-7

Alchemists lab (2-7) has ingredients for some Dust of Amelioration which counteracts Petrification and many other effects. Roll Sorcerer to see how many doses the character can produce in total.

2-8

Jumping is Adventurer 3.

2-9

Also has a book on Alchemy including how to make the Dust of Amelioration (may or may not be required based on the GMs wishes).

2-11

S3 to read the runes

2-12

Gaze attack - W5 or turn to stone. Now what do I do with them? Perhaps this should be temporary paralysation.

Vilehund
Sd8; Wd10/d2; Ad16
D3 H10
Petrifying gaze. Need to add some way to remove petrification. Alchemists lab (2-7) has ingredients for some Dust of Amelioration which counteracts Petrification and many other effects. Roll Sorcerer to see how many doses the character can produce in total.

2-13

Library Books
Sd4; Wd10/d1; Ad16; D2/0; H4

3-2

Proto-Hybrids
Sd4; Wd4/d1; Ad4; D1/0; H3
In this room they attack at d8.

3-4

Halfling Hybrid Lord
Sd12; Wd10/d1; Ad12/d1
Magic Cleaver +1 (to Warrior rank - d12 in this case). Military Dart.

3-4d

auto-kill

4-3

Giant Acid Worm
Sd2; Wd20/d1; Ad4/d1; D1/0; H33
Adventurer attacks are made at d30(+8). Acid touch and acid stream for attacks.

4-4

Stealth difficulty A1.

Eyeless Gorilla
Sd2 Wd12/d1 Ad10/d1
Bite and thrown stone. Sorcerer resist +3.
Special attack - backhand swipe d10/d1 knocks opponent back 4'/PoS, A4 or prone for 1 round.
If dominated (eyes), Warrior and Adventure are +2.

4-5

Koe-bel;, juvenile
Sd3; Wd10/d1; Ad8; D1/0; H28
Sorcerer resist +3.

Koe-bel, adult
Sd2 Wd20/d4 Ad12 D3/0 H40
Sorcerer resist +5. Uses tongue as a grapple attack to drown opponent. Look up grappling and drowning (or figure out drowning

4-6

Negative Creep
Sd24 Wd24/d3 Ad8
H70 D6

4-7

Whately (dark form)
Sd12/dominate Wd10/d1 Ad10 D2/0 H34

Halfling Hybrids (4)
Warrior d8/d1; Sorcerer d2; Adventurer d6/d1
Defence 2/0; Health 15; Size Small
Mêlée with daggers, ranged with military darts. +2 Bonus to Adventurer Resist rolls and Initiative. Invisibility once per day. These are basically automatons for Spying Eyes to dominate.

4-8

Blue Angel Wand - 1x/day Shield that protects target from d24 points of physical or magical harm. Slight acrid smell (rotten eggs) emanates from target while shield is on. When casts, may blind all who are watching for one round as a blue flame envelops the target - S2.

Sparklefang - Longsword d3/d10 or d30 vs Vampires - detects Vampires within 50' - leaves a trail of glitter when swung

Potion of Vitality is Tasty Numiness; Luck grants 1d3-1 Character Points; Iron Ring +1 Warrior Resist; Resolve +1 Sorcerer Resist; Red Dragon Ring D12/d24 vs Fire;

Primordial Titan
Sd30+2 Wd20/d1 Ad30/S1 D3/0 H200
Warrior attack is a tendril whip or it may use a psychic scream via Adventurer that reduces Sorcerer rank by 1 until character rests. Sees all (invisibility, etc) and can use a powerful suggestion ability on one character per turn (opposed sorcerer) to decide one of their actions (eg. can either move or attack - not both).

Wall of Eyes
Sd12 Wd4 Ad8/ray D1/0 H48
Random eye ray each attack

Frost d1(1in10 chance to stun); Heat d1 (A2 or on fire); Death d6 (use Sorcerer roll for armour); Polymorph (same); Sleep W3; Fear S3.

New Magical Items

Dust of Amelioration which counteracts Petrification and many other effects.

Blue Angel Wand - 1x/day Shield that protects target from d24 points of physical or magical harm. Slight acrid smell (rotten eggs) emanates from target while shield is on. When cast, may blind all who are watching for one round as a blue flame envelops the target - S2.

Sparklefang - Scimitar d3/d10 or d30 vs Vampires - detects Vampires within 50' - leaves a trail of glitter when swung