B2_The Quest for Halfhag’s Soultrap

B2: The Quest for Halfhag's Soultrap

 A OnceWas Fantasy Adventure for 4-6 Characters of 8th-9th Level

Somewhere in the Southern Sea, one hundred and eighty miles from the nearest port, a black tower rises from a wave-battered island that no sane sailor will approach. Its wizard is believed to be dead for many years. Its guardians and defenses, however, remain.

Inside is the Soultrap — the artifact that imprisoned the Emperor Ixalor in the Void Beyond and saved the world from his tyranny. Now Ixalor stirs in his prison and the seals are weakening, and the weapon must be found before he breaks free entirely.

Tovenaar, last of the Ragged Rooks who helped lock Ixalor away in the first place, knows where the tower is. He cannot reach it himself. He needs someone who can.

This 77-page module includes:

    •    A three-phase classic dungeon crawl — ocean voyage, tower, and flooded dungeon below

    •    The story of Hannelore Driessle, told through journals, portraits, and a sentient skull chronicler — a tragedy of sacrifice, not villainy

    •    Louis Ohne Haut, a fully voiced sentient skull NPC and magic item, with dozens of sample lines for combat, lore, and dry humor

    •    A hidden cipher puzzle (Hannelore's secret language) with built-in GM guidance for pacing the reveal

    •    New monsters: the Shadow Demon Saudamador, the Water Snagmaw, six Greater Gargoyles, Thenidiel the Watcher, Drummish the Giant Troll, and an Earth Warden

    •    Full-color maps for the tower (4 levels), the dungeon, Shipwreck Island, and the surrounding compound

    •    6 player handouts, including the contract, the Southern Sea chart, a ciphered map, a potion handout, and the gargoyle mosaic puzzle

    •    Appendix D: scaling guidance for stronger, weaker, roleplay-heavy, and combat-heavy groups

    •    Sets up the next leg of the campaign — Tovenaar's prophecy, the Aetherblade, and a besieged Realm's End

Compatible with the OnceWas Core Rule Book — a streamlined d20 tabletop system — but easily adapted to nearly any fantasy RPG.

This adventure continues directly from B1: Fall of the King.

A PDF of the OnceWas Core Rule Book can be downloaded free at oncewasrpg.com.

Read the Novel. Play the Adventure.™ This adventure also exists as chapters 26–37 of The Odd Company & the Circlet of the Abyss.