Damn it! Another Map!

Now I"ll have to fill this sucker in.  Its very square, almost too much.

Day 23 - Blog hop challenge

First song that comes to mind that reminds you of D&D, and why? Well here's a difficult one! I'm going to have to go with something by AC/DC , I know not very D&D at all, but I"m guessing around the time that I go into D&D, was around the same time as I was heavy into AC/DC, this was of course just before grunge hit, which then would have been Nirvana all the time.  A specific song, not really likely.  But here's one for yah!

The Caverns Of Ugard - 2 Page Dungeon (LL & B/X Compatible)

The Caverns Of Ugard

OGL Please share use and have fun with! Compatible with LL & B/X

Introduction 

The name Ugard is notorious with pain and fear!  Thru-out the surrounding lands Ugard and his minions threaten, bully and extort money and lives.  The evil Minotaur is holed up in some caverns not far into the wilderness.  A 500 GP's reward has been offered for his horns, 650 GP's for him taken alive and brought to justice. 

1.  Large Open Cavern

A large open cavern with stalagmites and stalactites  litter the interior of the floor & ceiling, there is a small worn down path thru the centre of the cavern, to the south east is an exit.   (there is nothing in the room) 

2.  Jail & Latrine 

This room wreaks of urine & sweat.  In the northern portion of the room is a crude jail made of sticks wedged into holes in the ground.  There is a female human chained to the wall.  A beaten wood table sits to one corner, with 3 goblin guards playing a bone dice game.  On the east wall are 2 latrines dug into the floor. 

3 Goblins - AC 6 HD1 Attack 1D6 XP5

3 EP's , 1 key for chains of human 

Therella Wyvernjack (Prisoner) - was taken because her father hadn't paid his gambling debts to Ugard

3.  Pet Room 

The door to this room is locked.  This room appears to be a make shift holding cell for wolfs.  There are half eaten deer carcasses, the floor is covered in blood.  Oh the South side of the room is another door with a grate for feeding.  There are 2 Wolfs in the room that look hungry! (On the other side of the door is a pit trap 1D6 damage, allow a save vs rod)

2 Wolfs - AC 7 HD 2+2 Damage 1D6 XP 35

4.  Deep Lake

A huge sprawling cavern opens up, in the centre is a dark lake.  At one time there was a stone bridge across the lake, but it has since crumbled.  There appears to be passages to the west & south, however you cannot get to them without crossing the water.  (the lake is 20 feet deep at the centre)  

 (The lake is filled with piranha's, the south side of the cavern is home to a giant spider, the webbing covers the south exit) 

12 Piranha's AC 8, 1 HP each, Damage 1D4, 5 XP 

Giant Spider AC 6, HD 3, Damage 2D6, poison XP 80.  

(62 CP's, 35 GP's, Potion of heroism, Cursed Scroll) 

*Saving throw VS Wands or risk getting caught in web for 1D4 rounds 

5.  Goblin Prayer Room

This is room is utterly dark, in the centre is a strange idol on a pillar that emanates a dark green light.  It is carved of a black stone, in the shape of a goblin with 2 protruding teeth.  There are 4 goblins in this room praying. 

The idol has a permanent Dispel Good & Dispel Magic spells on it.  It is worth 400 GP's if it can be rested from its location.  Due to the evilness in this room, there is also permanent darkness other than the green hue from the idol, no spells or torches will work.  PC's will have to fight blindly at a -3 to attack rolls

4 Goblins - AC 6 HD1 Attack 1D6 XP5

6.  Dwarfen Mining Cave 

This room is a bustle of activity, about 15 Dwarfs are working steadily chipping away at the rock on the walls.  

15 Dwarfs AC 6 HD 3 Damage 1D6, XP 45

*The dwarfs recently suffered an attack by the goblins & Ugard, they lost some of their companions in the skirmish, and a fabled pickaxe "Gallargeh The Stone Cleaver" (+2 against stone giants).  They are willing to pay 150 GP's for its safe return.  2 Dwarfs will take up the fight provided they are paid 35 GP's per man

7.  Dwarfen Barracks

This room is a makeshift barracks for the Dwarfen Clan, there are beds, crates, a large fire pit in the centre of the room.  There are 8 Dwarfs sleeping, and eating about in the room.   The room is decorating in tapestries depicting the lives and stories of the Clan.  

8 Dwarfs AC 6 HD 3 Damage 1D6, XP 45

8.  Secret Treasure Room

*There is a secret room in the west wall, a small lever behind a tapestry.  Inside the room is a locked trapped chest containing 1000 GP's, 200 SP's and 2 Gems worth 50 GP's each

9.  Ugard's Room

This room is decorated in the heads of recent victims, staked into polls all around the outskirts of the room.  Ugard sits upon a makeshift throne of bones, while 3 goblins tend to him and one does his best to entertain him by dancing.  

Ugard The Minotaur AC 6 HD 6, 2 Attacks 1d6/1d6 XP 820 

*Ugard has a key to room 10, the door is locked

4 Goblins - AC 6 HD1 Attack 1D6 XP5

10.  Treasure Room

The door is locked to this room (and trapped, if the PC's use the key the trap is disabled, if not 1D6 damage) This room is piled high with coins.  

20 CP's 300 SP's, 1 Potion Of Healing, 1D6 Gems (worth 15 GP's each) 

Fabled pickaxe "Gallargeh The Stone Cleaver" (+2 against stone giants).

Chainmail + 1

Dagger + 1

11.  Goblin Barracks

This room is filled with beds and tables, there are 10 goblins in the room.  It appears to be their living space. 

10 Goblins - AC 6 HD1 Attack 1D6 XP5

12.  Goblin Armory

There are 2 Goblins on guard here.  The room is filled with crude weapons and armor.  

2 Goblins - AC 6 HD1 Attack 1D6 XP5

*If the PC's come this way first, one goblin will try and raise an alarm, bringing half of the goblins from room #11.   There are 12 Daggers, 5 Swords, and 6 Leather Armor in this room piled high in one corner and hung on the walls.  They are worth half of what the going rate is, as they are badly made by goblins. 

BIG THANKS TO 

Map Hash Pattern for Gimp Created By Morgajel

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Day 22 - Blog Hop Challenge

First D&D Novel you ever read? - I was fortunate enough to receive a HUGE bag of Dragonlance novels a couple of years ago, I burned thru them! After which I got a copy of the first 3 Drizzt novels by R.A. Salvatore, loved em! I got them at a book market in support of the Children's hospital.  I also grabbed 2 of the last 4 Drizzt novels there, and just latetly got copies of the set of 3 "Icewind Dale" books, which I quite enjoyed.  Of course I've always read fantasy novels, a lot of Terry Brooks back in the day, etc.

Day 21 - Blog hop challenge

First time you ever sold any of your D&D books? Got nothing for this question, never sold one book, ever.

Here are a couple of funny D&D cartoons I found to tie you over till tomorrow.
See more here - http://fooksieblog.blogspot.ca/2009/09/more-d-cartoons.html

Day 20 - Blog Hop Challenge

First non D&D rpg you ever played?  The first RPG I ever played wasn't D&D, but Advanced Fighting Fantasy, which was a take off from the original series of Fighting Fantasy game novels (similar to choose your own adventure, but with dice).  There is a new version of the RPG which is very good, you can find it here - http://www.arion-games.com/

There is also a google + community which I created and then passed on to another fellow gamer.  https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/106450976552021388118

You can download the quickstart PDF right here FOR FREE! - http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/108092/Advanced-Fighting-Fantasy-Quickstart

As a side note to this blog, the one game that I've been considering getting into is Mutant Future! I had a look thru the rest of the questions for the blog hop challenge, and there is no mention of games that you'd like to play in the future, so I figured I'd just add that to this question.  I've been playing a LOT of Fallout 3 lately, and doing a lot of reading on the latest version of D20 Gamma World, as well as Mutant Future.  I think I'm going to go ahead and print off Mutant Future to take home a read thru shortly.  (I need to get an ipad ugh)  After taking a look at http://www.wizardawn.com/rpg/ they have quite a lot of handy little programs for creating maps & adventures etc.

Anyways, I have a few scenario's jumbling around my head, including a destroyed city crawl, a little fallout and hunger games thrown in for good measure.

Holmes Damage Rules

I'm sure we've had this discussion before, but I'd like to know your thoughts on it.  As far as I know the rules for Blueholme & the original Holmes rules state that all damage is 1D6 (or in some cases half a D6).  I believe this is all based on role playing so the PC's and monster are all very similar and rather than min/maxing you can decide that your PC will only use a sling or some weapon that normally would only do little damage.

So, what's the thoughts on this? Do you like it? Obviously there was a reason for the change when B/X came out.

Have you played this way?

Personally I didn't realize until after playing one game of Blueholme that I was supposed to only being using D6's for damage.  The next time we played I switched it, and quite enjoyed it.  I suppose the only issue is that you really don't need to buy a polyhedral set, all you need is a d20 & a d6 to play (and DM you need some percentile dice for treasure etc).