Terror from Below

Terror from Below is a tournament module set in Malatra – Living Jungle using the Dungeons & Dragons 2^rd edition ruleset. It is part of the Living Jungle series of adventures published for the RPGA Network. The adventure is intended for low-level and mid-level characters.^[1]

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You have been sent on a mission that you cannot tell anyone about even when you are done with it. It seems like the world is coming apart at the seams, and you thought you were just attending a birthday party. Good luck.^[1]

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Summary[]

In the Year of Gathering Darkness, late 14^th century DR, a group of heroes joined a grand celebration of a tontor named Amanaki's birthday, hosted by the tribe of The Wise Ones. During the celebrations, the tribe's chieftain Arkari approached them with a request to investigate the taboo holy site – the tontor graveyard. The adventure brought the heroes of the Living Jungle to a maelephant, impressed underneath the tontor graveyard over a thousand years prior.^[1]

Index[]

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Characters

Aboo • Amanaki • Arkari • Dahboo • Nauleo

Referenced only

Golden Child • Somari • Yato

Creatures

dark tree • maelephant • rhino beetle • shu • sphinx • stegosaurus • talking birds • tontor • tontor katanga

Referenced only

saru

Locations

Rayana Savanna

Referenced only

Fire Mountain

Organizations

Sumbuki • The Wise Ones

Referenced only

Simbara

Magic

Spells: blade barrier • charm person or mammal • cure critical wounds • cure light wounds • cure serious wounds • create food & water • detect lie • dispel magic • entangle • enthrall • flame strike • forbiddance • free action • heal • hold animal • hold person • obscurement • prayer • protection from fire • quest • remove curse • sanctuary • silence • tongues • withdraw
Items: gourd of superior healing

Other: ceramic • cypress • emerald • ivory • obsidian • thatch

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.

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Leonard S. Dessert (October 1998). Terror from Below. Living Jungle (RPGA), pp. 2–3.

[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.

[TFB-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Leonard S. Dessert (October 1998). Terror from Below. Living Jungle (RPGA), pp. 2–3.

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