🜁 THE BEACON OF THE DROWNED

A DoomBlade RPG Adventure for Low Level Heroes starting in Port Kaldren.

🜂 ADVENTURE START

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Wind howls across the crescent bay as waves smash against the stone piers.
The lighthouse—normally a blazing spear of white fire—stands dark and silent.
Harbor bells ring in panic. Merchant ships drift helplessly toward the rocks.
And from beneath the quay, a faint green glow pulses like a heartbeat…

🜃 AREA 1 — THE LIGHTHOUSE APPROACH

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Spray lashes your faces as you climb the slick stone steps.
The lighthouse looms above—its windows dark, its iron door splintered inward.
Barnacle‑like growths cling to the walls, pulsing faintly with green light.

Encounter: Tide‑Wraith Ambush

TIDE‑WRAITH

Undead spirits of drowned sailors

Health Points: 4d6+4 (18)
Offense: 6 (Drowned Claws)
Defense: 1
Speed: 12
Rank: Skilled

Special Attack: Drowning Touch — Difficult (10+) Endurance Test or lose 1 Action next round.
Special Defence: Half‑Corporeal — First physical hit each round deals half damage.

SKILLS
Fair (5): Agility, Endurance, Magic Resistance, Dark Sight, Awareness
Basic (2): Roguery, Wilderness Lore
Useless (0): All other skills

Loot (d6):
1–3: Nothing
4: Water‑logged coin pouch (2d6 silver)
5: Coral charm (10 silver)
6: Tide‑glass shard (glows near undead)

🜄 AREA 2 — THE KEEPER’S QUARTERS

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The small room is in disarray—charts scattered, furniture overturned.
A lantern lies shattered on the floor, its oil long washed away.
A half‑written logbook sits open on the desk, the final line ending mid‑sentence…

Clues

• Saltwater footprints leading downward

• A House Kaldren signet ring

• A torn page referencing “the Sea‑Vault”

Trap — Flood‑Surge Trap (D66 Style)

• Trigger: Opening the wardrobe

• Effect: A surge of seawater blasts outward

• Test: Agility (10+)

• Failure: d6 damage + knocked prone

• Success: Half damage

Loot (d6)

1–2: Nothing
3: Keeper’s brass key
4: Waterproof quay‑tunnel map
5: Potion of Clear Breath (10 min underwater)
6: Maztek Lens Shard (+1 to detect magic)

🜅 AREA 3 — THE BEACON CHAMBER

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The great focusing lens dominates the chamber—cracked through its center.
A faint green rune pulses beneath the fracture, casting sickly light across the walls.
The air hums with arcane tension, as if the lighthouse itself is holding its breath.

Skill Challenge — Stabilize the Lens

Craftsmanship (10+)
Failure: Lens flares violently (d6 fire damage)

Encounter: Barnacle Ghouls

BARNACLE GHOUL

Sea‑rotted undead fused with coral plates

Health Points: 5d6+5 (22)
Offense: 7 (Barnacle Fangs)
Defense: 0
Speed: 8
Rank: Skilled

Special Attack: Coral Bite — Difficult (10+) Endurance Test or -1 Defense for 1 hour.
Special Defence: Shell‑Plated — Reduce first hit each combat by 2.

SKILLS
Fair (5): Endurance, Brawl, Might, Dark Sight, Awareness
Basic (2): Magic Resistance, Wilderness Lore
Useless (0): All other skills

Loot (d6):
1–4: Nothing
5: Hardened barnacle plate (+1 light armor)
6: Ghoul‑tooth dagger (d4, magical)

🜆 AREA 4 — THE DESCENT SHAFT

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A spiral staircase winds downward into darkness.
The stone walls are carved with ancient wave‑glyphs—older than the lighthouse itself.
Water drips steadily from above, echoing like distant footsteps.

Hazard — Slippery Steps

Agility (10+) or fall 10 paces (d6 damage)

Encounter: Drowned Echoes

DROWNED ECHO

Spirit fragments that mimic voices

Health Points: 3d6+3 (14)
Offense: 5 (Psychic Lash)
Defense: 0
Speed: 10
Rank: Novice

Special Attack: Voice‑Thief — On a 6, target loses 1 Action.
Special Defence: Ethereal — Immune to non‑magical weapons.

SKILLS
Fair (5): Magic, Magic Resistance, Awareness, Dark Sight, Roguery
Basic (2): Agility, Charm
Useless (0): All other skills

Loot: None

🜇 AREA 5 — THE ANCIENT SEA‑VAULT

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The chamber opens into a vast, drowned vault.
A massive stone mechanism sits at its center—half lighthouse engine, half arcane seal.
Green light pulses from cracks in the floor, illuminating drowned figures rising from the water…

Puzzle — The Seal Mechanism

Align the rings:

• Waves

• Moon

• Flame

Correct = Beacon restored
Incorrect = More undead rise

Encounter: Sea‑Vault Guardians

SEA‑VAULT GUARDIAN

Ancient coral‑iron constructs

Health Points: 6d6+6 (27)
Offense: 8 (Coral Hammer)
Defense: 2
Speed: 6
Rank: Veteran

Special Attack: Crushing Blow — On a 6, deal +d6 damage.
Special Defence: Coral‑Plated — Reduce all damage by 1.

SKILLS
Fair (5): Endurance, Might, Brawl, Magic Resistance, Awareness
Basic (2): Craftsmanship, Wilderness Lore
Useless (0): All other skills

Loot (d6):
1–3: Nothing
4: Coral fragment (15 silver)
5: Maztek gear‑plate
6: Guardian core (arcane component)

🜈 FINAL BOSS — THE DROWNED HERALD

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The water churns violently as a towering figure rises—half corpse, half tide.
Its eyes glow with cold green fire.
Its voice echoes like a storm breaking over stone:

“The tide returns what was taken.”

DROWNED HERALD

Voice of the Drowned Court, Keeper of the Tide‑Seal

Health Points: 10d6+20 (55)
Offense: 10 (Tide‑Scythe)
Defense: 3
Speed: 10
Rank: Elite

Special Attack:

Drowning Grasp — Difficult (12+) Endurance Test or begin suffocating (lose 1 HP per round until test passed).

Special Defence:

Water‑Form — Once per combat, become liquid for 1 round (immune to physical damage).

Abilities:

• Wave Burst: All creatures within 10 ft test Agility (10+) or take d6+2 and fall prone.

• Aura of the Drowned: Enemies within 10 ft suffer -1 to all rolls.

• Call the Tide: Summon 1 Tide‑Wraith (once per fight).

SKILLS

Fair (5): Magic, Magic Resistance, Endurance, Awareness, Dark Sight
Basic (2): Charm, Roguery
Useless (0): All other skills

Loot (d6):

1: Nothing
2: Tide‑Glass Shard
3: Coral‑Bound Ring (Endurance +1)
4: Drowned Cloak (Stealth‑like effect: +1 Roguery, breathe underwater 10 min/day)
5: Herald’s Scythe (d8+2, undead‑bane)
6: Maztek Heart‑Core (major arcane component)