The Gulthias Tree

This is it! The climatic end of the adventure. The 28th and final encounter in my 4E conversion of The Sunless Citadel. I’m tinkering with the idea of releasing this as a PDF, but haven’t committed to that. I’ve also considered taking what I’ve learned and putting together a proposal for an original 4E module. [...]

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Twilight grove

The 27th and penultimate encounter of my 4E conversion of The Sunless Citadel means we’re in the home stretch. Only one more after this.The grove features some of the most dynamic terrain of all the encounters with difficult terrain in the form of briar patches and crumbling walls for cover. Encounter 27: Twilight Grove Encounter [...]

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Nature’s lore

This is the 26th encounter in my 4E conversion of The Sunless Citadel. I beefed up the goblins and added some twig blights in the study to make combat even worth it. Encounter 26: Nature’s Lore Encounter Level 3 (775 XP) Overview The PCs traverse the underpass and find themselves at the end of a [...]

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Ashardalon’s shrine

This is the 25th encounter in my 4E conversion of The Sunless Citadel. Now that I have access to more content through DDI, I’m making a greater effort to replace some of the spell scrolls included in the original treasure with official alchemical formulas or rituals that are either exact translations, or produce similar results. [...]

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Arboretum gallery

This is the 24th encounter in my 4E conversion of The Sunless Citadel. I created the bugbear gardener, a 2nd level skirmisher for this encounter. The encounter is a +3 above the maximum level a PC should attain in this module, making it a hard encounter, technically speaking. However, I’ve staggered the enemies into waves, [...]

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The goblin workshop

This is the 23rd encounter in my 4E conversion of The Sunless Citadel, in which I take a stab at creating my first 4E disease. Encounter 23: The Goblin Workshop Encounter Level 1 (200 XP) Overview The PCs find themselves in an alchemical workshop where Belak the Outcast’s goblin lackeys work to perfect an elixir [...]

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