Underneath the Ruined Watchtower of Some Forgotten Duke

People here just call it 'the old watchtower.'

To the shepherds and merchants who pass by, it's nothing more than a landmark. Young lovers sneak away to carve their names on the weathered stone walls. Among the locals, the structure is widely believed to have been the military outpost of some forgotten duke.

It was not.

Hidden beneath the ruined watchtower is a dark relic from a forgotten age.

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Underneath the Ruined Watchtower of Some Forgotten Duke is intended to be an early adventure for a party of 1st and 2nd level characters. It's a little more open-ended than my other locations. There's a halfling mercenary group squatting in the tower aboveground that can provide a mixed source of information and antagonism to the PCs, maybe even becoming an ally although none of my groups ever managed it. Beneath the tower is a small but strange old ruin filled with dark elf weirdness, unknowable devices, and zombified bureaucrats protecting a really strange creature on the bottom floor that may end up becoming an ally to the PCs. This is a great adventure to link to other underground locations. Most groups complete the adventure in a single long session, sometimes two.

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"I'm a huge fan of these, these are awesome. They read so easily
and they're so funny and like, I just really love them...
I think they're wonderful and people should check 'em out."
- Yochai Gal (Cairn), Between Two Cairns podcast

"I feel like these books need a series name, y'know?
I need some kind of identity to assign to these things."
-Brad Kerr (Hideous Daylight, etc), Between Two Cairns Podcast
(my guy, I'm open to suggestions!)

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This adventure is part of a series of lovingly handcrafted zine-style OSR modules with intricate hand-drawn maps, intended to showcase unique and consequential locations for low-level parties to experience in the oldschool, exploratory style. All the art is hand-drawn by real people and always will be. My goal is to show off low-level adventures with some real depth and interaction, more than simple dungeoncrawls. They are generally compatible with Basic Fantasy, Old-School Essentials, Labyrinth Lord, DCC, Five Torches Deep, and most other OSR-style rulesets. You can easily convert them into modern systems if that's your thing. Every adventure is thoroughly playtested with multiple groups at my own table so you can be sure that you're not getting some dashed-off nonsense here, these are gonna give you a good time. You can preview the entire thing before buying.

Don't let the small page count mislead you, this module is formatted to be as compact as possible for use during a game session. It's designed to be printed on four sides of Ltr/A4 paper and folded in half, zine-style, easy to reference. The dungeon map is the center spread; you flip upward to see the threats and downward to see room descriptions. Screen and print versions are both included with purchase but seriously print it out, it's all black&white and intentionally cheap cheap cheap to print.