Mystery awaits in this grimdark Dungeon Crawl Classics zine for 1st-level characters.
The summons to the sorcerer Verrückter’s villa must be a cruel joke—he was killed weeks ago when one of his wild experiments went horribly wrong.
“The Great Verrückter requests your presence. It is a matter of great urgency. There will be cake.”
There is, however, a treasure trove of valuables in the manor if one is inclined to dig through it and brave enough to try.
What’s in the Zine?
This adventure should run one or two sessions, but can easily be expanded further. It has dangerous over-land travel, mysterious ancient powers, and a strange village that hides a frightening secret.
The adventure includes:
- The village of Betrug [bet-ROOG], peopled with sixteen NPCs.
- Five fun new weapons.
- Eight new magic items (of questionable utility).
- Two new monsters.
- 50+ pages of horror and intrigue.
This zine continues the story of the tiny village of Rükstau [ROOK-shtow] and their unusual neighbor, the Sorcerer Verrükter [vare-ROOK-tare], begun in the zine The Sorcerer’s Fate, available as an add-on, as a PDF from DriveThruRPG. Verrükter will most assuredly call on survivors of this adventure for tasks of increasing complexity and danger in future series installments—planned to run through the fifth level.
