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Idol of Eren-Uki

by Atherton

Beer and Barbarians

2010


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A mini module for a smallish party of

first (-to second) level adventurers,

party size should not exceed 6 even for

weakish characters.

The adventure

begins with the partyentering a small,

nameless desert

hamlet set in the

foothills of the

mighty Atlas*

mountains. Before

the party can even

set food in the

villages dusty streets, ragged urchins

will pour from the shabby mud brick

dwellings and gather in an excited

crowd around the party, plucking at the

parties clothing and equipment as they

babble excitedly. Moments later, they

will be joined by the adult population of

the village, who will be no less excited.

* The Atlas Mountains can be replaced

with a suitable mountain range in your

campaign.

A bearded man will eventually

communicate to the characters in

broken common, he will inform them

that the villages deity an entity by

the name of Eren-Uki (a little known

deity of the sky, worshipped only by

certain primitive tribes who inhabit

these inhospitable wastelands) has

taken up residence in the villages

temple. He (and the other adults) will

insist on leading the party to thetemple to see this notable miracle.

If the party accompanies him to the

temple, they will find a blockish mud

brick building, whitewashed, but little

different to the surrounding homes. A

small lobby opens into the main room

through a beaded arch. Inside squats

the bloated, obscene idol of Eren-Uki,

the characters will gain an expression

of stupidity from its crudely formed

frog-like features (once their eyes have

adjusted to the buildings cool gloom

after the bright, harsh sunlight

outside). Around all the walls are

brightly coloured silken pillows

apparently one for

each male adult

villager.

Almost immediately

after the party has

entered (and before

the parties eyes have

adapted), the idol

will begin to speak.

The idol will greet

the characters,

welcoming them to the village of

Zagora, it will then request an offering,

stating that otherwise it will place a

curse upon them. The rambling

monologue will be delivered in a

slightly bizarre fashion, the intonation

ranging from a bass profunda to an

almost feminine tenor.

If the party complies then there will be

much rejoicing amongst the villagers

and the party will be led of to a feast of

roasted goat.

However, perceptive players may

notice that the statues crude clay lips

never move. Should the party move to

touch the statue, Eren-Uki will call

out to them threateningly, the mood of

the villagers will quickly become

volatile, and within moments the

previously excited and friendly

villagers will be angrily shouting out

death threats.

Villagers approx 40-50 0 level males

AC 10 Hp 1-6 each, Att by weapon

(typically dagger, spear, short bow,

sling, javelin, hand axe, club, staff).

Most will be unarmed to begin with

(and if armed, will most likely to have

just a dagger).

They will be led by the village priest;

2nd Level Cleric AC 10 Hp 5 Att Staff,

spells: cure light wounds, light

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The villagers will flee should they start

sustaining heavy loses (say about 10%

or more of their total number) or

should the village headman (Hp 6,

armed with a dagger) and the priest be

killed. A mighty

feat of magic (suchas a sleep spell)

will also

demoralise them

(providing it drops

sufficient numbers

of the attackers).

If the party makes

the mistake of

surrendering they

will be disarmed,

led off and ritually

sacrificed.

If the party

succeeds in

driving off or

calming the crowd,

they can search the room. Should they

search behind the altar, their questing

hands will encounter a warm andfeminine form, clad in rustling silks. A

surprise roll should be applied and then

a normal roll for initiative.

Should the party lose either of these

rolls badly, there will be an explosion of

movement from behind the idol, and

someone will slip between them, and a

moment later one of the silken cushions

by the wall will be thrown aside,

followed a moment later by a piece oftimber, which exposes a narrow

earthen tunnel. There will then be a

shuffling of disturbed dirt, as if

someone was wriggling through the

tunnel.

Should the party act promptly at this

stage (or if they arent initially

surprised) they can seize Dark Odo

(3rd level Magic user Str 8 Dex 15 Int

15 Con 10 Char 15 Wis 9 AC 9 Hp 7,

Spells Charm person, ventriloquism,

invisibility). She carries a poisoned

dagger, a +1 ring of protection and little

else.

If the party does not move smartly to

apprehend her, she will escape into the

village (efforts to

locate her in thevillage should

prove largely

futile there

might be a 1/1000

chance that the

characters might

literally bump into

her). The tunnel

exists outside in a

hogs pen, a ranger

may succeed in

tracking her

muddy footprints

from the pen to a

cave in a nearby

mountain (about

2-3 miles distant).

Here wait her

confederates:

2nd level fighter AC 6 Hp 10 armedwith broad sword, dagger. Scale mail, &

shield

1st level fighter AC 10 Hp 5 armed with

short bow, short & dagger


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