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    In the city of Waterdeep, a halfling paces nervously. "If something is not done about the dwindling sales of "Rations Incorporated", the bosses will surely have my head!" he thinks as he tacks up the last of the Wanted posters. Standing back with hands on hips he smiles at his work. "If this doesnt get people interested, nothing will!" --Adventure Background-- The Acquisitions Incorporated (AI) regional office in Waterdeep has had a working relationship with a well-known chef and producer of adventurer ration packs by the name of Kormi Kellerson. Recently, Kormi has not been able to keep up supply of the extremely popular packs, and a rival producer, is flooding the market with almost as good and cheaper items. This is cutting into AI’s market share, something that it’s CEO and stock holders are not very pleased about. Now if there were only some adventurers with nothing to lose... This adventure is designed for four to five 1st to 2nd level characters. The adventure is set in the city of Waterdeep and then the town of Amphail, where the party will discover the secret behind two warring ration-pack producers! This adventure is a fun romp into the often neglected world of Adventurers Rations, with a great mixture of roleplaying and classic dungeon delve to finish it off.

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    In the city of Waterdeep, a halfling paces nervously. "If something is not done about the dwindling sales of "Rations Incorporated", the bosses will surely have my head!" he thinks as he tacks up the last of the Wanted posters. Standing back with hands on hips he smiles at his work. "If this doesnt get people interested, nothing will!" --Adventure Background-- The Acquisitions Incorporated (AI) regional office in Waterdeep has had a working relationship with a well-known chef and producer of adventurer ration packs by the name of Kormi Kellerson. Recently, Kormi has not been able to keep up supply of the extremely popular packs, and a rival producer, is flooding the market with almost as good and cheaper items. This is cutting into AI’s market share, something that it’s CEO and stock holders are not very pleased about. Now if there were only some adventurers with nothing to lose... This adventure is designed for four to five 1st to 2nd level characters. The adventure is set in the city of Waterdeep and then the town of Amphail, where the party will discover the secret behind two warring ration-pack producers! This adventure is a fun romp into the often neglected world of Adventurers Rations, with a great mixture of roleplaying and classic dungeon delve to finish it off.

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    In the city of Waterdeep, a halfling paces nervously. "If something is not done about the dwindling sales of "Rations Incorporated", the bosses will surely have my head!" he thinks as he tacks up the last of the Wanted posters. Standing back with hands on hips he smiles at his work. "If this doesnt get people interested, nothing will!" --Adventure Background-- The Acquisitions Incorporated (AI) regional office in Waterdeep has had a working relationship with a well-known chef and producer of adventurer ration packs by the name of Kormi Kellerson. Recently, Kormi has not been able to keep up supply of the extremely popular packs, and a rival producer, is flooding the market with almost as good and cheaper items. This is cutting into AI’s market share, something that it’s CEO and stock holders are not very pleased about. Now if there were only some adventurers with nothing to lose... This adventure is designed for four to five 1st to 2nd level characters. The adventure is set in the city of Waterdeep and then the town of Amphail, where the party will discover the secret behind two warring ration-pack producers! This adventure is a fun romp into the often neglected world of Adventurers Rations, with a great mixture of roleplaying and classic dungeon delve to finish it off.

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    In the city of Waterdeep, a halfling paces nervously. "If something is not done about the dwindling sales of "Rations Incorporated", the bosses will surely have my head!" he thinks as he tacks up the last of the Wanted posters. Standing back with hands on hips he smiles at his work. "If this doesnt get people interested, nothing will!" --Adventure Background-- The Acquisitions Incorporated (AI) regional office in Waterdeep has had a working relationship with a well-known chef and producer of adventurer ration packs by the name of Kormi Kellerson. Recently, Kormi has not been able to keep up supply of the extremely popular packs, and a rival producer, is flooding the market with almost as good and cheaper items. This is cutting into AI’s market share, something that it’s CEO and stock holders are not very pleased about. Now if there were only some adventurers with nothing to lose... This adventure is designed for four to five 1st to 2nd level characters. The adventure is set in the city of Waterdeep and then the town of Amphail, where the party will discover the secret behind two warring ration-pack producers! This adventure is a fun romp into the often neglected world of Adventurers Rations, with a great mixture of roleplaying and classic dungeon delve to finish it off.

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    Introduction

    Preparing the Adventure

    Adventure Overview

    Adventure Villains

    Catch Phrases

    Urin Dedish
    Background

    The Legacy of Laduguer

    The Cradle of Laduguer

    Construct of Laduguer
    Description

    The Wandering Sun

    AI Patron - Geoff
    Description

    Background

    Adventure Allies
    Kormi Kellerson
    Background

    Catch Phrases

    Description

    Catch Phrases

    Chapter 1 A Perfect
    Opportunity
    Acquisitions Incorporated is offering select adventuring
    parties the ability to become an affiliated subsidiary of
    Acquisitions Incorporated! What do you get from this deal
    you may ask? Well apart from the fame, power and money
    that comes from being affiliated with Acquisitions
    Incorporated, you will gain access to our most lucrative
    adventuring opportunities, and fantastic supply chain,
    guaranteed to keep you geared up and in the fight! Is that
    something you would be interested in?

    You navigate the twisting streets of Waterdeep and arrive at


    the Acquisitions Incorporated regional office.
    A large modern building with a stone roof, the solid oaken
    door with iron banding gives a touch of prestige to it.
    Imbedded into the door is a large bronze knocker.
    You [characters on time], give the knocker a good thud, and a
    few moments later you hear a shuffling and the door opens
    up. Standing there is a Halfling male, dressed in some
    trousers and a rather flashy coat, emblazoned with buttons
    and other bits of flair.
    Hello! Welcomthe to Acquithitionhs Incorporathed. I am
    Geoffth and I will be your host. Please, come in
    You follow Geoff into a small meeting room. A while later,
    some late comers arrive and have to take a standing position
    at the back of the room.
    As the last of you enter, he launches into his spiel.
    Ladies and Gentlemen, Do we have a great opportunity for
    you! Have you ever wanted to be rich? Do you love fame and
    fortune? Well do we have a deal for you! Acquisitions
    Incorporated is offering excited self-motivated young
    adventurers the deal of a lifetime! Nowhere else in this city
    can you earn the renown, prestige and notoriety only
    experienced by the Lords of Waterdeep themselves! With this
    limited time deal, the world is your oyster, and you are the
    pearl. So what do you say are you interested?

    What do you know about adventuring rations? I bet you have


    never really wondered where they come from or where they are
    made!
    Well here at Acquisitions incorporated we have recently created a
    new collaboration with a well-known food producer, and brought
    to the market Rations Incorporated! Leveraging the unique
    supply chains of Acquisitions Incorporated and synergizing with
    the fabulous food brought to us by Celebrity Chef Kormi
    Kellerson, Rations Incorporated has been the number one
    selling adventurers ration pack for over a year.
    That was, until about a month ago.
    Shipments from our supplier have been slowing, and recently
    have come to a complete stop. As such, our market share is
    tanking, and investors are super doper not happy at all no sir-ee.
    If you guys can investigate what exactly is going on, and fix the
    situation, we will welcome your party into the AI family with your
    own franchised subsidiary! Is that something you would be
    interested in?

    Check
    DC
    5

    10

    15

    20

    25

    What the players can ascertain

    The contract is pretty simple, there seems to be a


    huge amount of money for the players!
    Everything in the contract looks pretty good
    nothing out of the ordinary.
    The contract is difficult to read in places. Clause 6.5
    Subsection A refers to the players as a contracted
    party, and therefore do not receive any compensation
    nor their next of kin in the event of death or
    dismemberment. On the plus side, free rations,
    torches and access to lucrative employment
    opportunities.
    Clause 10.7 Subsection B Acquisitions Incorporated
    (AI) reserves the right to disband without warning
    any party/s that are no longer financially or physically
    viable and reclaim any and or all salvageable
    materials that may/may not have been supplied
    to/by or acquired by the adventuring party while
    under the AI affiliation.
    In possibly the worst section Clause 66.6
    Subsection D A party upon signing the contract
    and becoming an affiliated subsidiary will be required
    to pay yearly franchise fees of no less than 75% of all
    acquired goods during that calendar year.

    Chapter 2 Amphail City Limits


    Amphail General Rumours

    Location Amphail Town Proper

    DC 10

    1 Hour

    DC 15

    2 Hours

    DC 20

    3 Hours

    DC 25

    4 Hours

    Amphail is a tight knit community, with


    many farmers having grown and owned land
    for generations.
    Rumour has it that the ghost of the towns
    founder Amphail the Just roams the
    streets at night.
    Historians say that a region of the
    underdark sits close below Amphail.
    Ancient texts describe a renegade cult of
    duergar who worshipped Laguduer who
    lived in the area of Dedish Downs.

    Urin Dedish

    DC 10

    1 Hour

    DC 15

    2 Hours

    DC 20

    3 Hours

    DC 25

    4 Hours

    Kormi Kellerson
    DC 10

    1 Hour

    DC 15

    2 Hours

    DC 20

    3 Hours

    DC 25

    4 Hours

    Although Kormi has a vile temper


    sometimes, he is generous with
    good employees.
    The Kellerson project started out as
    a great community initiative but
    changed and workers have
    complained that it is damaging
    Amphail.
    Many people believe Kormi
    deliberately poached staff from Urin,
    in an attempt to destroy his
    business.
    Some disgruntled workers have
    admitted to spitting and doing other
    unsavoury activities in the
    adventurers ration production line.

    Urin was a weak, pathetic excuse for a


    dwarf, then almost overnight he changed!
    More confident, stronger and walking like he
    owned the world.
    After his change, Urin tore down his old
    processing shed, and rebuilt it almost
    overnight.
    Employees of the Dedish Downs are
    noticeably withdrawn from their families, all
    they want to do is work and many of them
    stay at the shed.
    People have heard that alongside the nondisclosure waiver, there is some sort of
    initiation right when you become an
    employee of Dedish downs. But the benefits
    are enough to keep people wanting to join
    him.

    Location The Kellerson


    Project

    Your party travels down the mile long dirt road to the
    Kellerson Project, a series of boutique organic pastures
    belonging to the renowned chef Kormi Kellerson.
    Following the path to the top of a slight hill you come to
    the door of the shed. The architecture is minimalistic,
    made from stone and timber, with metal only where
    necessary. A small wooden sign pinned to the door says
    Office hours 8 bells to 17 bells.

    Goal

    Location The Dedish Downs

    Level 2 Urins Office


    The once dirt road up to the Dedish Downs work shed is
    now paved with stone, as workers add the finishing
    touches to it. Newly planted hedges adorn the sides, and
    the sun reflecting from the shiny new metal building
    throws a glare into your eyes. The smell of horse manure
    is overpowering, and as you come to the door to the shed,
    you can see hordes of workers working tirelessly in the
    fields, slopping buckets of what looks like manure and
    water over the planting plots. A cast iron sign on the door
    says Please Knock

    Encounter

    Level 1 The Packing Floor

    Urin stands up from behind his desk and looks you squarely in
    the eye.
    I am sorry lads, but I just cant let ye leave now. You see, Ive
    got plans and ye all might just get in the way of that.
    Without another word he jumps backwards out of the window,
    shattering it completely. As you rush to the window you see him
    land gracefully, on both feet and without stumbling. The staff
    below are shocked as he turns to them.
    If you want to keep your jobs, kill them.
    The staff below look up at you with the hunger of desperation in
    their eyes. They mean business. Urin rushes over to an
    impressive sized iron barrel in the corner of the room and with a
    great heave pushes it over, uncovering a trap door into which he
    descends.

    Rewards

    Oh great fortune! For the longest time I was sure my


    familys legacy would be lost, and if it was not for that
    fateful day it would have. I must admit, I was terrified,
    walking those tunnels alone, but when the voice came to
    me as I slumbered in its throne, I knew everything was
    about to change.
    This strength and vigor I have never known! With every
    person that joins my employ and takes the gift of the chair
    my business profits like none I could ever imagine.
    But it must stay secret. It must stay mine.
    Adventurers from that pompous organization Acquisitions
    Incorporated came the other day. They must not be allowed
    to leave

    Clause 13 Subsection A
    The employee agrees to all terms herein the contract and
    agrees to non-disclosure of any and all information
    regarding Dedish Downs including medical benefits,
    physiology changes, work practices, comings and goings of
    personnel and recruitment of workers.
    The employee also agrees to serve under these rules for
    the term of their natural life, notwithstanding the
    punishment of death.

    Chapter 3 - The Dedish


    Dungeon
    Dungeon Threat
    As the players explore the dungeon they may perform
    actions that increase the dungeon threat level. The threat
    level is used to increase the difficulty of the final boss fight
    and other encounters.
    The threat level increases by 1 every time the players take a
    short rest. A long rest increases the threat level to the
    maximum, 10.
    Every time the threat level increases, the players hear a
    giant Bell Toll. Make it ominous.

    Area 0 The Entrance

    Area 1 A Voice in the Dark

    Light: Darkness
    Sound: Slight dripping noise, dust falling
    Smell: Stuffy, dusty, stale
    Treasure: Spell Scroll (Melfs Acid Arrow)

    Area 2 The Torture Chamber


    Area 4 Follow the leader

    Light: Darkness
    Sound: Slow almost electric hum.
    Smell: Dust, Mold, Rot
    Decorations: None
    Encounter: Threat > 1 = 5-6 Skeletons 50 EXP each.
    Reward: Spell Scroll (Comprehend Languages), 2 x Potion
    of Healing

    Encounter

    Area 3 The Waiting Room

    Light: Darkness
    Sound: Slow almost electric hum.
    Smell: Ozone, dust
    Decorations: None
    Reward: 300 EXP minus 50 every activation of the trap.

    Area 5 The First Cog

    Area 7 The Second Cog

    Light: Darkness except pedestal.


    Sound: Dust falling faintly, creaking
    Smell: Dust, stale
    Decorations: None, plain stone walls
    Reward: The 4 Spoke Cog.

    Light: Darkness except pedestal.


    Sound: Whirling, hissing,
    Smell: Burnt flesh, charcoal.
    Decorations: None, plain stone walls
    Reward: The 5 Spoke Cog.

    Area 6 Dont Wake the Baby!

    Light: Darkness
    Sound: Absolute Silence
    Smell: Stale Air
    Decorations: Immaculately clean stone walls
    Encounter: Gelatinous Cube CR 2
    Threat >2 Cube at point 6A
    Threat 1 Cube at Point 6B
    Reward: 450EXP, Javelin of Lightning DMG Pg178

    Solution

    Area 8 The Library

    Environment

    Suddenly you hear a loud noise and crash as a bookshelf


    tips over and from the hole behind it comes a small
    gnomish looking creature with dark features. Ooh, look
    what we have here boys, lots of them books! Load it up,
    and lets roll out! The leader turns and sees your party.
    On the other hand, they look like they might have
    something shiny on them!

    Encounter
    Regular: 3 x Svirfneblin (mm 164, cr 1/2)
    Threat: 1 extra for every point of threat.
    Reward: 400 xp,
    Treasure: 600 sp, 40 gp, Small Vial of Perfume (25 gp),
    Pewter Hairpin (25 gp), Iron Necklace (25 gp), Pewter
    Chalice (25 gp), Spell Scroll (Grease), Spell Scroll (Lesser
    Restoration), 3 x Potion of Healing

    Area 9 The Reflecting God


    Light: Darkness, until forge is lit.
    Sound: Silence, slight falling of dust.
    Smell: Stale and musty.
    Temperature: Cool
    Rewards: The six spoke cog.

    The Statue
    Dragging the shawl off this mirror reveals the reflection of
    the rooms statue, a tall, gaunt and stony faced duergar
    standing approximately 6ft tall. In his right hand he carries
    a Warhammer, and in his left an ornate shield with a
    hammer embossed on it.

    The Forge

    Carefully removing the covering on this mirror, you see


    that it is angled towards the small lit forge in the far side of
    the room, its glow giving the room back wall an flickering
    orange tinge from the coals.

    The Table
    Pulling back the cloth you reveal a tall mirror,
    approximately 6 ft. tall and two feet wide. From its
    reflection you can perfectly see the ornate table and chair
    in the corner of the room, covered with all of its papers and
    manuals.

    Area 10 The Cradle of


    Laduguer

    Tactics

    Phase 1 The Wandering Sun

    Phase 2 The Throne Awakens

    3000 cp, 1600 sp, 40 gp, 2 x Chalcedony (50 gp), 2 x


    Chrysoprase (50 gp), Citrine (50 gp), Moonstone (50 gp),
    Onyx (50 gp), 2 x Sardonyx (50 gp), Star rose quartz (50
    gp), Zircon (50 gp)
    Spell Scroll (Shocking Grasp), Spell Scroll (Charm Person),
    4 x Potion of Healing
    1 x packet of Dedishs Delightful Rations

    Area 11 The Escape Hatch

    Prologue - Return to
    Amphail and Waterdeep

    Appendix A
    The Dedish Dungeon Map

    Appendix B
    Dedish Downs Farmhouse
    Map

    Appendix C
    Monster Statistics

    Creature

    Template

    MM
    Page

    Vulnerability

    Resistance

    Speed

    Additional

    Farmer
    Construct

    Cultist

    345

    Lightning
    Acid

    Bludgeoning
    Piercing

    +5ft

    IMM Charm/Read Mind/Frightened

    Ranger
    Construct

    Scout

    349

    Lightning
    Acid

    Bludgeoning
    Piercing

    +5ft

    IMM Charm/Read Mind/Frightened

    Fighter
    Construct

    Thug

    350

    Lightning
    Acid

    Bludgeoning
    Piercing

    +5ft

    IMM Charm/Read Mind/Frightened

    Thief
    Construct

    Spy

    349

    Lightning
    Acid

    Bludgeoning
    Piercing

    +5ft

    HP = 16
    IMM Charm/Read Mind/Frightened

    Cleric
    Construct

    Acolyte

    342

    Lightning
    Acid

    Bludgeoning
    Piercing

    +5ft

    HP = 18
    IMM Charm/Read Mind/Frightened

    Urin Dedish

    Bandit

    343

    Lightning
    Acid

    Bludgeoning
    Piercing

    +5ft

    IMM Charm/Read Mind/Frightened

    Gelatinous
    Cube

    242

    Svirfneblin

    164

    Mimic

    220

    Throne
    Construct

    Saber-Toothed
    Tiger

    336

    Lightning
    Acid

    Bludgeoning
    Piercing

    Casts Thunderwave (PHB 282)


    DC 13 to save
    IMM Charm/Read Mind/Frightened

    Skeleton

    272

    Kormi
    Kellerson

    Commoner

    345

    Appendix D Credits

    Appendix E Disclaimer

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