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Dungeon Crawl Classics #30Vault of the Dragon Kings

By Jason LittleAN ADVENTURE FOR 10TH LEVEL CHARACTERS

Official Tournament Module

Dungeon Crawl Classics Second Annual Open Tournament

Gen Con Indy 2005

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Are you going to Gen Con Indy this year? Be sure to sign up for the Third Annual Dungeon Crawl Classics Open

Tournament! 100 gamers participated last year in a tournament where every slot filled up within 24 hours of preregistra-

tion opening. For a summary of last year’s tournament results, see page 3.

Dungeon Crawl Classics is a trademark of Goodman Games. Dungeon Crawl Classics #30: Vault of the Dragon Kings

is © 2006 Goodman Games. See page 122 for more information.

Credits

Developer and Project Manager: Jason Little

Lead Writer: Jason Little

Additional Writing & Development: Chris Doyle, Joseph

Goodman, Jeff McSpadden, Aeryn “Blackdirge” Rudel,

Harley Stroh

Stat Blocks & Creature Development: Aeryn

“Blackdirge” Rudel, Jason Little

Front Cover Artist: Erol Otus

Back Cover Artist: Jeff Dee

Interior Artists: Ian Armstrong, Jason Edwards, Friedrich

Haas, Doug Kovacs, Cliff Kurowski, Brad McDevitt, Jesse

Mohn, Stefan Poag

Proofreading and Editing: John Cooper

Publisher and Graphic Designer: Joseph Goodman

Gen Con Tournament Coordinator: Chris Doyle

Gen Con Tournament Judges: Chris Anderson, Chris

Doyle, Dan Forest, Jason Goodwin, Ken Hart, Erica King,

Jason Little, Ken McKutchen, Jeff “Iron DM” McSpadden,

Adrian Pommier, Todd Rooks

Playtesters: St. Louis Crew (Eva Crespo, Toni Easter,

Matt Gossett, Haden Huffaker, Stephanie Huffaker, David

Husted, Brian MacMillan, Erin McSpadden, Jeff

McSpadden, Jorge Montero, Michael Silbey, John Weber),

Buffalo Crew (Isaiah Choczyski, Christine Doering Kathy

Doering, Cindy Moore, Scott Moore, Deneb “Under

Protest” Pirrone, Estevan Puerto, Hannibal “Ubu” Shareef)

Table of Contents

Official Tournament Results .................................3

Introduction ..........................................................5

Background Story ................................................5

Game Master’s Section .......................................9

Encounter Table .............................................9

Player Beginning ................................................11

Level 1: The Outer Holdings .............................12

Level 2: Valley of the Fallen...............................42

Level 3: Inside the Vault ....................................69

Appendix 1: New Creatures and Templates ......93

Appendix 2: Session Report Contest ...............110

Appendix 3: Pregenerated Characters.............111

Appendix 4: Player Handouts ..........................117

Maps ................................................................125

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FIRST ROUND

Rank Team Name DM Score PCs <0 hp Player Names

1 Dead Bunny Crew Chris Anderson 5,425 1 Leslie Foster, Scott McAhren, Beth Olsen, Scott

Cowson

2 OCR Bunny Killers Chris Anderson 5,100 0 Michael Meanza, Joshua O’Connor-Rose, Dustin

Short, Kerry Rogers

3 The Generics Ken McCutchen 4,295 0 Christopher Kreader, Bill Fisher, Gregory Weir,

Jordan Thayer

4 Clan Yeoman Jeff McSpadden 3,940 1 Nicole Buckley, Tim Buckley, Leah Adams, Dan

Adams

5 Fish in a Barrel Jason Little 3,900 0 Jim Lamanna, James Pike, John Burns, Tom

Gintner

6 This Horn Blows Chris Anderson 3,525 0 Aaron Webb, Pete Petrusha, Chris Barnett, Ben

“Superfan” Waxman

7 Team Falconmoor Adrian Pommier 3,415 1 Matt Budner, Stephen Saunders, Mark Serrahn,

Jerry Bryant

8 Hurray for Fascists Jeff McSpadden 3,400 0 Christian, Darren, Sean, Tony

9 Tim’s Not Here Jason Little 3,330 0 Jeff Dean, Chris Smith, Todd Kath, Andrew Frieiniz

10 Nova Wastrels Ken McCutchen 2,555 1 Mark Wilkins, Emily Wilkins, Dan Bates, Don Parish

11 Hit n’ Run Erica King 2,485 2 Dave Hurtluge, Allen Eblin, Cole Crawford, Zach

Johnston

12 Brogan’s Heroes Todd Rooks 2,440 0 Matt Capel, Lee Spires, Chris Foley, Andy Brogan

13 The Foursaken Jason Goodwin 2,350 1 Derek Lloyd, Fred Cappel, Tom Kummer, Matt

MacGregor

14 Heroes of the Silver Lights Todd Rooks 2,315 1 Rob Hand, Chris Platz, Paul Cassinetto, Dusty

Hodges

15 The Pin Cushions Jason Little 2,205 0 Rob Lee, Brian Patterson, John Nickerson, Ben

Donahue

16 Juggling Hammers Dan Forrest 2,025 1 Joe Jolly, Will Harris, Eric Artis, Rob Vought

17 The Dragon Slayers Ken McCutchen 2,005 0 Greg Liberatore, Dave Hall, Joseph Frenia, Terri

Frenia

18 Guinea Pigs (TH1) Erica King 1,990 2 Ed McGlynn, Mark Waits, James Hart, Mark

Mancuso

19 Random Encounter Jeff McSpadden 1,990 4 Ethan, Paul, Dan, Jim

20 What Plan? #1 Erica King 1,885 1 Mars Getsoian, Mark Nardduzzi, James Grummeo,

Scott Thede

21 Dead Men Delving Dan Forrest 1,740 2 Tim Ballew, Eric Pratt, Rich Miller, Rich Franks

22 Don Hastily and Dan Forrest 1,680 1 Tim Nuttle, John Burnson, Mark Albright, Cory

his Caballeros Tadlocke

23 Bouncing Barbarians Chris Anderson 1,625 2 Glen Ausso, Keith Wall, Magdalene Bloom, Daniel

of Doom Bloom

24 Evil Beeware Jason Goodwin 1,495 1 Kelley Rogers, Brian Ferrenz, Mark Menton, Chase

Rogers

25 Team “Just Met in the Adrian Pommier 1,125 3 Andrew Cooper, Derek Rainey, Chris Webb,

Hallway” Kerry Bourgoine

26 Team Ubo Jason Goodwin 790 3 Brent Gray, Micheal DeSensi, Hann Cummings,

Matt Jeffries

27 Council of the Confused Todd Rooks 190 5 Ian Burgess, Francois Moret, Brian Goose, Lion

Godchaux

28 What Plan? #2 Dan Forrest -70 3 Nick Richardson, Tim Thomas, Marion Nelepa, Bob

Peterson

Total 36 =32% kill rate

Official Tournament Results

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