Lords of the Cruth Lowlands - Vaults of Pandius

Introduction
items or secure buildings in the Merchant
District and Nobles Estates. Finally, they
will discover the presence of two
necromancers, a Vampire Lord and a Son
of Night battling for control of the
Graveyard. The characters can then face
the Vampire Lord in the River Fort, and
finally brave the dangers of the Tomb of
Achelos II and deal with a tribe of Ogres to
recover the Regalia of Achelos.
From there, the party will find several
opportunities that will lead them to explore
the upper course of the Achelos river,
either looking for new mountain passes
into Darokin, new mining sites, or even the
secrets of the Sons of Night. Having
removed or reduced several of the threats
to Nova Achelos, the party will have
unwittingly opened the way for a much
worse threat, the Hill Giants. It will be up
to them to deal with the Giants, and
perhaps investigate the ancient dwarven
mine of Kurest Hurgon.
Other plotlines deal with the Turnwood, a
high magic point contended by several
powerful creatures, and lead to the Tomb
of Trinkla the Black Seer in the Blight
Swamp to recover the Bell of Chardastes.
Many additional ruins and sites are
provided to allow the characters a great
deal of flexibility in the choice of their
goals -- indeed, as an alternative primary
plot, the party could be even hired to map
a part of the region, either by Lord Alexius
Korrigan in Specularum, or by Lord Kaerin
Penhaligon in Nova Achelos. In this case,
use the Turnwood plotline for an
exploration of the Achelos Woods, or the
Nova Achelos plotline above for the
exploration of the upper course of the
Achelos river.
Besides the original concepts listed in the
credits, this adventure employs several
non-Mystaran modules, including
“Steading of the Hill Giant Chief”, “King of
the Giantdowns”, “Tomb of Horrors”, and
“The Forge of Fury”. Feel free to replace
these adventures with others having a
similar theme. For instance, “Deep
Dwarven Delve” could replace “The Forge
of Fury”.
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