Temple of the Dragon

[SgtHulka]

TEMPLE OF OF THE DRAGON

Vydar has broken the alliance, providing Utgar with fertile Black Dragon eggs. Even now the eggs are incubating in a fortress code-named Temple of the Dragon. The remaining allied Generals send out a call for volunteers: only a small group of heroes can hope to pass through Vydar's lands undetected, penetrate the Temple of the Dragon, and destroy the eggs before they hatch...

Temple of the Dragon is a large, full interactive and three-dimensional Campaign Map inspired by and in the style of Scott's The Sunken Crypt. It is divided into five seperate encounter areas and, if the Heroes hope to succeed in their quest, they will have to defeat or evade Utgar's minions in each area. But the Heroes' adversaries aren't just enemy warriors -- the Temple of the Dragon also contains numerous traps.

The Temple of the Dragon requires one of each Master Set to build: The Return of the Valkyrie, The Swarm of the Marro, and The Battle for the Underdark. In addition, it requires one Fortress of the Archkyrie terrain expansion, and one Road to the Forgotten Forest terrain expansion.

I've provided rules for playing Temple of the Dragon with both out-of-the-box Heroscape and with Kaiyu's Heroes of 'Scape role-playing game. You can download Temple of the Dragon here:

http://www.heroscapers.com/community...o=file&id=3298

Or from Google docs here:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&p...MmJlYTZk&hl=en

Previous Works and Works in Progress:

Spoiler Alert!

THE SCOURGE OF THE SLAVELORDS

Screams echo in the night; the charred remnants of a village are mute by day. From the decaying lands of Laur the yellow sails of the slavers have been seen again! They scour the coast, leaving death and destruction in their wake. Daring adventurers strike into the heartland of the foe to harry the villains and bring retribution and justice to the land.

A two-map adventure campaign inspired by the First Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons tournament modules A1 and A2. Just before their deaths at the hands of the heroes Elwita, Ogre, Freda, Karraway, Blodgett, and Dread Delgath, Utgar summoned Brother Milerjoi the Monk and Feetla the Master Bucaneer to Valhalla. Now the evil Slavelords have renewed their foul trade and it is up to the heroes to stop them.

Slave Pits of the Undercity

You infiltrated the city of Suderham deep in Utgar's lands and searched for the Slave Pits. But you found nothing. So at great personal risk, your compatriots allowed themselves to be captured. You followed as they were taken here, deep under the city. Now you must rescue your friends and escape through an underground river.

Secret of the Slaver's Stockade

You and your fellow adventurers have escaped from the Slave Pits, stumbling upon this buccaneer's Stockade. Now you must steel the buccaneer's ship and report your findings to the allied Archkyrie.



THE FALSE TOMBS

Spoiler Alert!

Required Sets: Rise of the Valkyrie, Fortress of the Archkyrie, Heroscape Dungeons & Dragons.

Standing sentinel over the Valley of the Dead are four "False Tombs" dug into the hillside. Legend claims that one False Tomb contains a secret passageway that leads to Sudema's Inner Sanctum. The other three False Tombs, however, are devious traps designed to kill would-be defilers.

You enter the first tomb, your light attracting the attention of the Tomb's guardians. As you prepare for battle, whether by magic or some hidden mechanism, the tomb door suddenly slams shut behind you. Now you must find the secret passageway or smash down the fortress door before the guardians or traps destroy you.

Player 1's Goal: Player 1 has two ways to achieve victory.

Springing the Trap: if Player 1 or Player 2 springs the False Tomb's trap (see below), Player 1 must destroy the Fortress Door and escape the tomb before the trap kills all of Player 1's figures. As soon as all of Player 1's surviving figures are on the Grass Hexes, Player 1 is victorious. If Player 1 wins in this manner, Player 1 must enter a new False Tomb with his or her remaining figures, moving on to the Next False Tomb (see below).

Finding the Secret Passageway: If Player 1 triggers the secret passageway (see below), Player 1 wins when all of his or her surviving figures are on Sand Hexes. If Player 1 wins in this manner, Player 1 may move on to the Inner Sanctum scenario with his or her remaining heroes.

Player 2's Goal: Player 2 must destroy Player 1's figures.

Setup: Player 1 drafts or brings a pre-made 360-point army that can fit on the four blue starting spaces. Player 2 drafts or brings a pre-made 160-point army that can fit on the six red starting spaces.

Elf Army Bonus: If Player 1's army consists entirely of elves, Player 1 gains 20 army bonus points.

Undead Army Bonus: If Player 2's army consists entirely of Undead, Player 2 gains 20 army bonus points and the three purple starting spaces.

Player 2 takes two Glyphs of Brandar, one Glyph of Kelda, one Glyph of Erland, and one Glyph of Mitonsoul. Player 2 shuffles the Glyphs in such a way that Player 1 can't see them. Player 2 then places the two Glyphs of Brandar and one other Glyph of his or her choice Symbol-Side Up on any space within the Castle Walls. Player 2 may look at the Glyphs before he or she places them, so that Player 2 knows which Glyphs are where. But Player 2 should keep that knowledge secret from Player 1.

Close and lock the Fortress Door.

Special Rules

The Secret Passageway: If both of the Glyphs of Brandar are activated, immediately remove the castle wall piece marked green.

The Crushing Wall Trap: If the Glyph of Erland is activated, the Crushing Wall Trap is also activated. At the end of each odd round, move the Crushing Wall Section (the entire wall including the end pieces marked yellow) one space closer to the wall containing the Fortress Door. If the Crushing Wall Section lands on a space containing a figure, that figure is destroyed.

The Poison Gas Trap: If the Glyph of Mitonsoul is activated, the Poison Gas Trap is also activated. At the end of every round, the deadly gas is one level higher within the confines of the Castle Walls. (At the end of Round 1, the gas covers all level 1 spaces within the Castle Walls. At the end of Round 2, it also covers all level 2 spaces within the Castle Walls, and so on.) The gas cannot exit through the Castle Door or the Secret Passageway. At the end of each round, all figures in the gas take 1 wound. Figures are not affected by the gas during the round, only at the end.

The Rising Water Trap: If the Glyph of Kelda is activated, the Rising Water trap is also activated. At the end of every odd round, the water rises one level higher within the confines of the Castle walls. At the end of the first round after the Rising Water Trap is activated, place Water Tiles over all level 1 spaces within the Castle Walls. Place these water tiles over the remaining Glyphs...when covered with water the Glyphs may no longer be activated. At the end of the third round after the Rising Water Trap has been activated, place Water Tiles over all level 2 spaces within the Castle Walls. At the end of the fifth round after the Rising Water Trap has been activated, place Water tiles over all level 3 spaces within the Castle Walls. Once all the spaces within the Castle Walls are covered with Water Tiles, ever figure on a Water Tile drowns and is destroyed.

The Roof: Figures may fly, but the tomb's roof prevents figures from flying over the Castle Walls or landing on top of them.

Victory: If Player 1 receives victory by destroying the Fortress Door and landing on a Grass Hex space, replace the Fortress Door, lock it, remove any Water Tiles, and move the Crushing Wall back to its original position. Player 1 takes into his or her posession any Glyphs that were removed during the scenario. Player 1 must now play the Next False Tomb scenario (see below).

If Player 1 achieves victory by finding the Secret Passageway and landing on the Sand Hex spaces, move on to the Inner Sanctum scenario.

Next False Tomb: If Player 1 moves on to the Next False Tomb scenario, Player 1 removes all wounds from his or her surviving figures and places them on the blue starting spaces. Player 2 drafts or brings a pre-made 260-point army, placing it on the red starting spaces. Player 2 receives the Undead Army Bonus, if applicable. Player 2 may not draft or bring any unique squads or heroes that were destroyed in previous scenarios. Player 2 shuffles and places the two Glyphs of Brandar and 1 more of his or her remaining Glyphs, Symbol-Side up, on any space within the Castle Walls.

Crushing Wall Trap, End of Turn 1:



Crushing Wall Trap, End of Turn 5:

[Fedex worker]

I really like the different traps! The points are very far too, I will probably try this out sometime, is there going to be a tomb for the Sudema thing you mentioned?

[SgtHulka]

Originally Posted by Fedex worker

I really like the different traps! The points are very far too, I will probably try this out sometime, is there going to be a tomb for the Sudema thing you mentioned?

Yes, the basic idea is that Sudema has captured Morsbane and taken him into her Inner Sanctum, hidden behind one of the four mummy tombs. I have to write up a proper story and introduction. I've created the map for the Inner Sanctum; I haven't playtested it yet.

The four tombs are actually the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th scenarios (potentially, unless they find the secret passageway straight away) of the campaign. The first is called Buried Treasure, and the heroes are seperated by a sandstorm while travelling through the Valley of the Dead in search of the Four Tombs. There is a buried Chest of Brandar hidden by Player 2 on the map, and if Player 1 finds it they can use the gold within to hire mercenaries at a local oasis...a Squad costing 60 points or less. Player 1 is still restricted to the four starting spaces in the Four Tombs, but if Player 1 loses a hero they can replace it with one of the squad members (and if that squad member dies, replace with the second squad member, and so forth).

I've also tweaked the False Tombs scenario(s). It was far too difficult for the heroes to smash down the door within the five turns required before the crushing wall killed them all. Only Kaeman Awa and Moriko could do it consistently thanks to their double-special attacks. Anyone else with less than a 7 regular attack had no chance. And Erevan Sunshadow, the best D&D hero to tackle the problem, had to spend every order marker of every round in order to assure that the door would be broken by Turn 5. In the meantime, the monsters could absolutely feast on the heroes. So I've made it so the traps only move every other round (on odd rounds), doubling the amount of time the heroes have to escape. Additionally, I've placed a strip of higher ground next to the Fortress Door. That way someone with a 6 attack (like Carr or Drake) have a 7 attack against the door, and if they receive a boost from someone at 8 attack they actually have a chance of eventually knocking it down.

Finally, I changed how the trap is controlled by Player 2. He/she still has control over which trap to activate, but you don't have to leave the Glyphs down between scenarios. This way if you have time you can just play the Next Tomb scenario immediately, but if you don't have time you don't have to leave the map out undisturbed. You can take it down and re-build it the next time you play without having to remember where all the glyphs were. Also, it takes away the Player 1 strategy of activating all three traps at once since the Crushing Wall Trap is the most dangerous and essentially negates the other two...before, if Player 1 activated all the traps, and managed to survive, during the Next Tomb scenario Player 1 would know exactly where the Secret Passageway was. Now there's always the same odds of finding the Secret Passageway, but the traps get progressively less dangerous (assuming Player 2 decides to start with the crushing wall trap, then go to the water trap, and finally the poison gas trap).

[Taeblewalker]

This seems extremely well thought out. I am eager to try it some time!

[SgtHulka]

Added the Scourge of the Slavelords campaign and links to the pdf files.

[SgtHulka]

I've added Temple of the Dragon to the first post in the thread.

[Shedim Kabal]

Shadows on stairs = genius

[glacierking]

i like the temple of the dragon scenario. it has a unique and inventive map.

[SgtHulka]

Thanks for the encouragement, guys. I'm really glad you like it!

[Andyman is back]

Any substitutes for the one room with 3 vydar wyrmlings? could i just use my other ones?

[SgtHulka]

Yeah, just use your other dragons that come in the wyrmling pack.

[kolakoski]

Well met!

This looks very interesting, but I can't print it from Google. Can you please put it here in printable form?