The Scorching Gantlet - UD-1
A downloadable OD&D adventure
Run the Gantlet of Farradok!
Imprisoned by a sadistic fire giant and stripped of their weapons and equipment, the adventuring party must escape from the fiery labyrinths beneath his court - but it won't be easy. His three evil champions and retinue of hobgoblins have also joined the game...
The Scorching Gantlet is a punishing old-school dungeon crammed with evil traps, monsters and puzzles - players will need to be resourceful, hardy and brave as they scrounge and solve their way to the surface.
An adventure for OD&D style fantasy RPG games for 6-8 characters of 2nd to 3rd level.
First in the Uncrowded Dreams series, hype-free adventuring materials with a DIY aesthetic.
"garbage [...] yet another deathtrap dungeon" - tenfootpole.org
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This was a great read!! Love the Reflected Torments mirror room and the Hall of Losers skulls; another triumph for grimdank.
Uncrowded Dreams sounds very cool, is there any more info about the series anywhere? Is it just yourself or a collective?
Thanks for the comment! It's just me, and basically I publically mentioned it to hold myself to account and actually publish UD-2 and beyond.
Please advise what paper was used for the maps?
Hi Stuart - it's a pad of dotted Fabriano graph paper I stole from an office I worked at a few years back. I think Rhodia do some similar exercise books.
Thx! Both Fabriano and Rhodia are unknown to me seems to be some special quality paper? Nevertheless, I just wonder if it was a notebook or stack of separate pieces and also what size if I may ask.
Fabriano are most well known for their artists/watercolour papers, but the pad in question isn't anything extra fancy. Likewise Rhodia basically make somewhat fancy looking notebooks/pads - not in the ridiculously lavish Moleskine bracket though.
The maps are drawn on A4 paper, and then the contrast on the pencil was tweaked a little bit in Photoshop.