Haunted Realms

By Charles Rocha

Haunted Realms is an adventure module for the Fantasy Knights role-playing game system. To use it, you need a copy of the Fantasy Knights rules, a pencil, paper, and six-sided dice. This adventure pack is intended for beginning characters, meaning those adventuring for the first time.
This adventure pack includes three scenarios, which are introduced in the following order:
1. Escape from the Halls of Dezka: The characters awake chained in the cell of a dungeon and must escape alive. Later, the characters must confront an evil wizard who accuses one of them of murdering his beloved assistant.
2. The Escort of Princess Josephine: The characters are tasked with escorting a betrothed princess across a dangerous land.
3. The Mystery of Yellow Skull Dungeon: The characters are tasked with searching for and rescuing townspeople who have mysteriously disappeared from a local fiefdom.
Along with these scenarios is background information on the region and NPCs that the characters are likely to encounter.
The descriptions are written as simply as possible and presented in bulleted form so that they are readily visible. All maps and stats for the NPCs are put together in one place to facilitate easy printing.
The adventures in Haunted Realms can easily be adapted for use with other RPG systems.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Charles Rocha
• Release date: May 24, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005021245

Charles Rocha

Charles Rocha is a graduate of Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington, with a B.A. in English and an M.A. in British Literature. Currently he works as an ESL instructor in the city of Dnipro, Ukraine. He has had stories and essays published in small journals and online story websites.

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Haunted Realms

An Adventure Pack for Fantasy Knights

by Charles Rocha

Copyright 2022 Charles Rocha

Published by Charles Rocha at Smashwords

ISBN 9781005021245 (epub version)

Cover design by Charles Rocha

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Contents

Introduction

Adventure 1 – Escape from the Halls of Dezka

The Halls of Dezka Dungeon Key

Map 1 – Areas 1-5

Map 2 – Areas 6-10

Map 3 – Areas 11-22

Map 4 – Areas 23-29

Map 5 – Areas 30-35

Map 6 – Areas 36-39

Map 7 – Areas 40-43

Map 8 – Areas 44-46

Map 9 – Areas 47-48

Adventure 2 – The Escort of Princess Josephine

Background on the Petra-Roggen Basin

The Princess and her Entourage

The Itinerary to Castle Essamine

Adventure 3 – The Mystery of Yellow Skull Dungeon

Yellow Skull Dungeon Key

Map 1 – Areas 1-4

Map 2 – Areas 5-10

Map 3 – Areas 11-12

Map 4 – Areas 13-14

Map 5 – Areas 15-18

Appendix

Halls of Dezka – Map 1 of 2

Halls of Dezka – Map 2 of 2

Yellow Skull Dungeon Map

NPC Statistics

Random NPC Names

Additional Material

About the Author

Other Books by this Author

Introduction

Haunted Realms is an adventure module for the Fantasy Knights role-playing game system. To use it, you need a copy of the Fantasy Knights rules, a pencil, paper, and six-sided dice. This adventure is intended for beginning characters, meaning those adventuring for the first time.

This adventure pack includes three scenarios, which are introduced in the following order:

1. Escape from the Halls of Dezka: The characters awake chained in the cell of a dungeon and must escape alive. Later, the characters must confront an evil wizard who accuses one of them of murdering his beloved assistant.

2. The Escort of Princess Josephine: The characters are tasked with escorting a betrothed princess across a dangerous land.

3. The Mystery of Yellow Skull Dungeon: The characters are tasked with searching for and rescuing townspeople who have mysteriously disappeared from a local fiefdom.

Along with these scenarios is background information on the region and NPCs that the characters are likely to encounter.

The descriptions are written as simply as possible and presented in bulleted form so that they are readily visible. The details are presented in the order that they would likely be noticed by the characters. The information enclosed in [brackets] is either background information for the gamemaster or details that the players would not immediately be aware of.

Complete maps of the dungeons and the stats for all NPCs are located in the appendix to facilitate easy printing.

Adventure 1 – Escape from the Halls of Dezka

This is where the adventure begins. Dezka is a powerful, evil wizard with a bone to pick with the characters—or at least one of them.

Scenario

The characters wake up chained to the wall of a locked cell, wearing only their underclothes. The cell is lit by a single oil lamp hanging on the wall outside the cell. The air is dank and heavy, as though they are deep underground. Behind the bars, beyond their reach, they see some large cloth sacks. (These sacks contain their adventuring equipment, although they don’t know what is inside the bags.) They all feel weak and headachy, as though they have been drugged. The last thing they remember is drinking ale in the pub and then passing out. At the time, they were celebrating the birthday of one of the characters present in the cell (roll at random).

Along with them is a half-elf NPC who calls himself Fives. He is a thief by profession, although he says he is only a locksmith. Fives also does not know why he is locked in the cell. Hidden in the cell is a piece of wire. If the characters look for it, they will find it. If there is no thief in the group, Fives can use this to unlock their manacles and the door to their cell. From there, the characters can retrieve their equipment.

The door leading out of the cell area is locked. If no thief is present, Fives will also unlock the door to the cell chamber for them. From this point forward, the characters will be free to wander the dungeon and (hopefully) escape from it. Fives will remain with the party and even fight with them as long as he is welcome, saying, We’d better stick together until we find our way out. We don’t know what horrors may be lurking in this dungeon.

A Murder Mystery

One of the characters’ brothers is responsible for this situation. However, the other characters/players are not supposed to know about it. Give each player a folded piece of paper and distribute them at random. One says, Not long ago, your brother Jalban robbed and murdered a young woman named Tristana. He confessed his crime to you. This is your secret. The others say simply, You heard that a young woman named Tristana was robbed and murdered. Nobody knows who did it.

What the players choose to do with this information is up to them. Fives knows of the murder but does not know who did it. He will claim his innocence if he is accused.

Background

Dezka, a powerful wizard, had a young, beautiful assistant named Tristana. The brother of one of the characters, whose name