Session 1

Prologue

Arrival at Goldcrest

The adventuring company NTV arrives in the town of Goldcrest to participate in the annual Tournament of Heroes.

Tournament Results

Tournament Outcome

Overall placing:

NTV finished 2nd

Reward: 250 gold coins

Night at the Crooked Nose Inn

The party spends the night at the Crooked Nose Inn.

That night every member experiences the same strange dream.

A mysterious creature named Geldar appears before them.

Geldar begs the heroes for help rescuing its missing babies.

The meaning of the dream remains unknown.

Chapter 1 — “Treasure, You Say?”

The next day the party is approached by an elf named Eldan.

Eldan explains that roughly 10 miles from his home in the Spotted Spider Forest, he discovered the remains of an ancient stone structure.

Believing it may contain treasure, he asks the party to investigate.

His proposal:

• Explore the ruins.
• Keep the treasure.
• Pay him a finder’s fee.

Initial offer:

20% of all treasure recovered.

Negotiation

The party successfully negotiates.

DC 18 Persuasion Success

New agreement:

15% finder’s fee

Eldan’s Home

Eldan escorts the party to his family’s home.

There they meet his father, Genlan

Genlan warns the party that the mission could be extremely dangerous and assures them there is no shame in refusing.

After discussing the risks,

NTV accepts the mission.

Supplies

Before leaving, Eldan allows the heroes to search his room and borrow useful equipment.

Rose

• Large Backpack
• Torch
• Crossbow
• 50 Arrows
• Healing Potion
• Thieves’ Tools

Maya

• Large Backpack
• Torch
• Healing Potion (consumed later)
• Healer’s Kit
• Empty Sketchbook
• Writing Utensils

Flash

• Large Backpack
• Torch
• Healing Potion
• 2 Daggers (1 later lost)
• Map of the surrounding area

Journey

Eldan leads the party to the mysterious location where he originally discovered an ancient stone wall.

The wall appears to be the entrance to an old dragon tomb.

The party attempts to renegotiate Eldan’s fee one final time.

Negotiation fails.

Eldan wishes them luck and returns home.

The heroes continue alone.

Chapter 2 — Entering the Dragon’s Tomb

The party discovers a broken wooden entrance leading underground.

Rather than lighting a torch, they choose to enter in complete darkness.

Almost immediately they are ambushed.

Combat Encounter 1

Enemies

• 3 Rats

Battle Notes

The darkness makes combat chaotic.

Flash throws one of his daggers blindly into the darkness and loses it.

Maya is nearly killed, dropping to 1 HP.

She drinks her Healing Potion during combat and survives.

Rose fired 10 arrows & avoids taking damage.

The party defeats all three rats.

Current Party Status

Rose

• Uninjured
• Healing Potion available
• Crossbow
• 70 arrows
• Thieves’ Tools

Flash

• One dagger remaining
• Healing Potion available
• Map
• Searching for lost dagger is still possible

Maya

• Healing Potion used
• Healer’s Kit available
• Sketchbook
• Alive after narrowly surviving the battle

Treasure

• Tournament Prize: 250 gp
• Dungeon Treasure: None yet

Known NPCs

Eldan

Elf treasure hunter.

Acts as the party’s employer.

Current agreement:

Receives 15% of treasure recovered.

Genlan

Eldan’s father.

Warned the party that the mission may be deadly.

Geldar

Appeared only in a shared dream.

Asked the heroes to rescue its babies.

True identity unknown.

Unanswered Questions

• What is the Dragon’s Tomb?
• Why did Geldar choose these heroes?
• Are Geldar’s babies inside the tomb?
• What treasure lies within?
• Can Flash recover his lost dagger?

Session End

The party is resting inside the entrance chamber after defeating the rats.

They have only begun exploring the Dragon’s Tomb.