TABALDAK'S GEAS

“Who has misfortune thrown into this trap’s jaws?"

Escaping danger, the PCs are trapped in the villa of an inscrutable, unscrupulous, and absent sorcerer, the Lord has gone mad, the Captain is hopeless, the Vizer is obsessed, & the Friar turned heretic...

The only way out rests under the baleful gaze of The Eye!

This 23-room dungeon villa tasks the PCs with finding a way to escape the powerful geas that holds them prisoner. They will have to navigate the dead that the geas won't let rest, hungry familiars angry at their abandonment, candle-wax doves that hate light, and a dream-mad lord stalking the halls. All the while, they will puzzle over the tria prima, bemoan a mask made of cheese, tame a desk with a nasty disposition, and ponder the black lacquor box below the alien monstrosity at the center of the villa.

An adventure for four characters levels 1-2 (or twice as many level 0)

Compatibility: Old-School Essentials, BX D&D, Cairn, Knave, Basic Fantasy, Lybrinth Lord, & Shadowdark

Written for the Appendix N. Jam in July 2025

Writing by Warren D. © 2025
Special thanks to Gus L. for the editing pass

Cover by Warren D. © 2025
Adapted from Magritte's Beautiful Lurette

Cartography by Warren D. © 2025   

Adventure length: 1-2, 3-hour sessions

Language: English

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