In a brand new adventure for Lion & Dragon or any medieval-authentic campaign in an OSR or D&D (or other fantasy campaign), RPGPundit Presents #40: The Tower of the Mad Astrologer is an awesome new adventure.





Owain Ap Eynon is a powerful but dangerous wizard, who was driven mad upon drawing power from the Maen Du'r Arddu standing stone. He has raised a small band of Welsh Hillfolk as rebels against the state, creating his own petty fiefdom in the mountains and building a tower with the assistance of summoned demonic forces. His tribesmen now raid villages to loot and sacrifice new victims to the Corraneid (Star-Elves), who periodically demand human brains for their own sinister purposes.

 


This is an adventure for middle or higher level characters (or tremendously clever, lucky and careful low-level characters) with a dangerous magical foe. It features elements from actual Welsh history and folklore/myth, and a dangerous tower based on real medieval constructions of the era to provide deadly surprises to the characters who dare enter it unbidden.

For just $2.99, you can buy The Tower of the Mad Astrologer from DTRPG, or from the Precis Intermedia Webstore.

I am now considering writing a parody of this. I shall call it, "The Tower of the Slightly Cranky But Really An OK Guy Once He Has Had His Coffee Astrologer."

The entire adventure will be a dungeon crawl to recover enough coffee to make a full pot.

You should probably buy the original to make sure you have a really good parody of it!

I'll drop you a few points:

-The Mad Astrologer is a Welshman.

-He's also raised up a bunch of angry Welsh hillfolk to revolt

-There's a lake with a demon in it

-And an evil standing stone

-And a tower that was built by a demon, that has all kinds of interesting construction that makes it hard to be raided

-The Mad Astrologer is in communication with a race of star-elves called the Corraneid

-They want human brains for reasons unknown