Once Broken

Once Broken is a tournament module in the Living Jungle organized play campaign for Dungeons & Dragons 2^nd edition.

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The wilds of the Malatra plateau are home to many unique races and creatures. And from the numerous Nubari to the shy and reclusive tam'hi, all know that the Once Broken Village of Big Chief Bagoomba is the place to gather to hear stories of heroic deeds and to find rumors that hint of grand adventures.

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Summary[]

A group of young heroes of Malatra was asked to travel to a distant saru village that fell under a strange deathly blight. Bengoukee of the Tribe of Big Chief Bagoomba discovered the strongest saru warrior outside the village, who delivered a map and a plea for help with this final drying moments. The adventurers traveled past the Fire Mountain and towards the Sleepy Lake, past dangers of the jungles, quick-thunderer garuda, and quicksand, only to discover a dying village of saru wasting away. The blight was caused by a fickle earth spirit Ligela after a young saru fell on a patch of flowers sacred to the spirit. The village's shaman Magilla sent the heroes to collect rare ingredients to build an idol to appease the spirit. The search brought them into a conflict with rare species of bird known as reeos. They recovered strange green stones from the birds' nests needed for the idol's competition. Next, they searched for the giant bee wax and were ambushed by a gang of stranded shan sao brigands from the land of Kara-Tur. Eventually, the heroes returned to the saru village and finished Ligela's totem which looked like a young Nubari child. Even though many saru died, survivors were grateful. Magilla led his village's survivors to join another saru community.

Index[]

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Characters: Bagoomba • Bengoukee • Bootara • Brunga • Ligela • Magilla

Creatures

earth spirit • giant bee • heron • human (Nubari) • parrot • quick-thunderer • reeos • saru • shan sao • tam'hi • tiger • wind spirit

Referenced only

shu

Locations

Fire Mountain • Malatran Plateau • Selûne (moon) • Sleepy Lake • Village of Big Chief Bagoomba

Referenced only

Kara-Tur

Organizations: Tribe of Big Chief Bagoomba

Magic

Spells: cause disease • infravision • irritation • magic missile
Items: Magilla's feather healing necklace • Magilla's stone missile necklace • oil of the eenoro vine • saru warrior club • shan sao barbed dart • veoriti flower

Miscellaneous

Food & Drink: banana • coconut • date • gingu • honey • gourd • shan sao fruit stew
Material: cotton • shaggybark tree • snakeskin • wax
Other: dart • moss • Nubari language • Saru language • Shan sao language • smock • volcanic glass

Appendix[]

Notes[]

↑ The events of the Living City Ravens Bluff and the Living Jungle campaigns took place on a timeline that advanced together with the real world's time. Even though all Living City/Living Jungle adventures were dated with real-world dates and year names on the Malatran calendar, there were events that received a DR year. The Living City timeline can be derived from Myrkyssa Jelan's historic events of the late 14^th century DR. Myrkyssa Jelan attacked Ravens Bluff in 1370 DR, according to The City of Ravens Bluff and Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition; these events are chronicled in an in-and-out of universe issues of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter. This places the real world year 1997 as 1370 DR, and in 1998 (1371 DR). As the real world's months and the Calendar of Harptos are virtually identical, we can also date all events of the Living City Ravens Bluff as close as an in-universe month. Using that data, we can use the Legacy of the Headshrinker to date the Living Jungle adventures. The adventure features Malatran heroes traveling to the Vast and meeting several player character from the Living City campaign. Legacy of the Headshrinker takes place in 2000 – The Year of Great Change, which correlates with 1373 DR. This means other named years in the Living Jungle campaign can receive a DR conversion: The Year of Awakening (1995) – 1368 DR;The Year of Discovery (1996) – 1369 DR;The Year of New Peoples (1997) – 1370 DR;The Year of Gathering Darkness (1998) – 1371 DR; The Year of Sorrow and Hope (1999) – 1372 DR;The Year of Great Change (2000) – 1373 DR;The Year of Tigers Curse (2001) – 1374 DR;The Year of Despair (2002) – 1375 DR;The Year of Lion's Victory (2003) – 1376 DR.

[LJ-1] The events of the Living City Ravens Bluff and the Living Jungle campaigns took place on a timeline that advanced together with the real world's time. Even though all Living City/Living Jungle adventures were dated with real-world dates and year names on the Malatran calendar, there were events that received a DR year. The Living City timeline can be derived from Myrkyssa Jelan's historic events of the late 14^th century DR. Myrkyssa Jelan attacked Ravens Bluff in 1370 DR, according to The City of Ravens Bluff and Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition; these events are chronicled in an in-and-out of universe issues of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter. This places the real world year 1997 as 1370 DR, and in 1998 (1371 DR). As the real world's months and the Calendar of Harptos are virtually identical, we can also date all events of the Living City Ravens Bluff as close as an in-universe month. Using that data, we can use the Legacy of the Headshrinker to date the Living Jungle adventures. The adventure features Malatran heroes traveling to the Vast and meeting several player character from the Living City campaign. Legacy of the Headshrinker takes place in 2000 – The Year of Great Change, which correlates with 1373 DR. This means other named years in the Living Jungle campaign can receive a DR conversion: The Year of Awakening (1995) – 1368 DR;The Year of Discovery (1996) – 1369 DR;The Year of New Peoples (1997) – 1370 DR;The Year of Gathering Darkness (1998) – 1371 DR; The Year of Sorrow and Hope (1999) – 1372 DR;The Year of Great Change (2000) – 1373 DR;The Year of Tigers Curse (2001) – 1374 DR;The Year of Despair (2002) – 1375 DR;The Year of Lion's Victory (2003) – 1376 DR.

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