A Hill To Die On - Playtest
A downloadable adventure
All is not well in the hamlet of Hargrave. The hill is cursed, and something stirs beneath it. Journey deep into the underhill to unravel the mysteries and defeat an ancient peril... or join it!
This is a work-in-progress draft for A Hill To Die On, an old-school dungeon crawl for levels 2 to 4. Built for the Old-School Essentials rule-set and easily adapted to other OSR systems.
The Underhill
- A dense crypt complex with 50 keyed locations. Packed with interactive environments and a rich history.
- Includes a portal to the Painted Land, realm of illusions and solitude.
- Puzzles to solve and deadly traps to avoid.
- Magical artifacts with names, histories and consequences.
- Three pages of random tables for generating ruined, mundane, and valuable treasures.
The Inhabitants
- The undead Thane and his Restless Knights.
- A giant spider-mother and her brood of spiderlings.
- An ancient godling, older than mankind, who calls the ambitious to their doom.
- Restless spirits of the murdered, seeking revenge and restitution.
This adventure is in active development. It will increase in price as more content is added.
Update 2.1:
- Hyperlinks added for main sections.
- Treasure and relic was missing from 2.29 STOREROOM.
- Added named NPCs to INDEX.
- Edited Lady Brynwald's quote in BESTIARY.
- Edited BOX SHRINE TRAP in 2.27 PRIVATE CHAPEL
- Misc. spelling corrections
Roadmap:
- PDF hyperlinks for ease of navigation.
- Above-ground locations, including the hamlet of Hargrave and residents.
- Procedures for how the players' actions affect the area afterwards.
- Cover art and internal illustrations.
- VTT map files.
- Illustrated handouts for players.
- A physical release (discounted for those who purchase the playtest).
Status | In development |
Category | Physical game |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (4 total ratings) |
Author | monodestoyer |
Tags | bx, dungeoncrawlclassics, Dungeons & Dragons, old-school-essentials, ose, OSR, shadowdark, swordsandwizardry, tabletop-role-playing-game, Tabletop role-playing game |
Average session | A few hours |
Languages | English |
Accessibility | Color-blind friendly |
Purchase
In order to download this adventure you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $5 USD. You will get access to the following files:
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Community Copies
If you can't afford the game, help yourself to a community copy. Every sale contributes more copies to the pool.
If you do get a copy, please share a review or a play report with me via:
Bluesky: https://monodestroyer.bsky.social
Email: playreport@kensmith.com.au
And remember to leave a review and/or rating. Even a short comment is greatly appreciated!
Development log
- Update 0.2.141 days ago
Comments
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Hargrave felt like a little isolated town, but the deeper we dug the eerier things got.
This crawl was atmospheric and creepy in all the right ways without overdoing it. Its got that classic OSR vibe but with its own unique flavor. Defs Recommend!