HD3 The City of the Spider-God - Hyborian Age - Xoth

Starting the Adventure
Consider any of the following ideas to
involve the player characters with the cult
of Zath in Yezud:
The wealth of the spider-temple and the
beauty of the temple-virgins is well known
across the Hyborian world. Few adventurers
would resist a simple mission to loot
and kidnap — but the temple is wellprotected.
One of the henchmen, relatives or patrons
of the player characters has been kidnapped
by the spider-cult for eventual
sacrifice. To top it off, the kidnapped
character has something the player
characters need (an item, information,
secret location of treasure hoard, etc.).
The PCs must sneak into Yezud, rescue the
captive, and get him/her out again.
The player characters have come into the
possession of an item sacred to the cult,
such as one of the green signet rings worn
by senior priests. It’s not necesarily very
valuable, but it being in the characters’
hands is seen as a blasphemy. The spiderpriests
can track the location of the item
using divination spells. They want the item
back, and they want to take the characters
captive and sacrifice them for their
affront. So if the PCs fight off the initial
attack, there is motivation for them to
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