Greyhawk Ruins Condensed Key: Tower of War 1

NOTE: The following key requires the use of WGR1: Greyhawk Ruins to be used properly. In order to avoid infringing upon copyright and merely making a helpful tool for a game master, monster statistics and the map for the dungeon level have been purposefully omitted. The module can be purchased here

The Tower of War (Level 1)

W101

• Band of 10 dwarves (1 leader, 2 guards, 7 warriors) guard the tower, with a pet brown bear
• The leader, Stillguar, takes a 1/3 cut of any gold found in the tower by adventurers
• Instead of paying the tax, the party can take the great risk, where the dwarves throw 2 hammers into the air, and the orientation of them determines what happens and what is paid

Great Risk Table

2: Lose all gold

3: Lose all gold found in the tower

4-9: Lose ½ gold found in the tower

10: Lose 1/10 gold found in the tower

11: Keep all gold

12: Dwarves give the party a gold ingot worth 500 coins

W102

• Table, stove, and some barrels
• Barrels contain 50 coins worth of alcoholic beverages left

W103

• Entrance to room is locked
• Chest is kept next to a stone desk, the chest is locked and trapped with a poison needle, and contains 150 coins worth of gold objects
• On the desk are false records of how much gold the dwarves tax
• A loose flagstone hides a stash of 8500 coins worth of gold items

W104

• Spare armor parts and food for the dwarves

W105

• Pit with flammable oil at the bottom

W106

• Entrance walls are covered with stakes coated in deadly poison

W107

• Large doors that serve as the entrance to the tower
• Depict a war wagon flying through the air, accompanied by smaller chariots and war beasts

W108

• War table in center of the room, with 8 pillars holding up ceiling, and a small throne at the end of the room
• In front of the throne is a skeletal corpse clutching a bag of gold nuggets worth 25 coins
• There are 8 skeletons hiding behind the pillars
• There are 8 sturdy, beautifully made wooden chairs worth 300 coins each

W109

• 2 mounds of moldy straw, each containing 12 rot grubs
• 7 skeletons lie in a pile that will animate when approached, near a bar of gold worth 75 coins
• Two barrels contain unholy water and 30 coins

W110

• Empty shelves except for a metal box that is trapped with two poison darts, both of which are gold and worth 20 coins each
• 7 skeletons, which will attempt to assist the skeletons in W109 if combat is going poorly for them

W111

• 7 skeleton horses in stalls, the skeletons in W110 will attempt to retreat to this room and mount the horses if combat doesn’t go their way

W112

• Fancy room with nice furniture and a fireplace, but smells awful
• 7 zombies, each one infested with a rot grub, hide behind curtained off bed-chambers
• A gold knife above the fireplace is worth 50 coins

W113

• There is a bed in the center of the room, with a blue key that opens the secret door leading to W114 attached to the underside of it
• There are 4 skeletons and 4 zombies

W114

• The war wagon (worth 25000 coins), as depicted on the doors in W107 is here, as well as 8 chariots (worth 5000 coins each)
• The war wagon briefly has the illusion of a ghost driving it and looking over its shoulder before transforming into a swordwraith and disappearing
• There are 8 skeletons here
• In the upper stories of the room are 18 swordwraiths that can cal skeletons and zombies from other rooms to assist them

W115

• Old kitchen I ruins
• Three poltergeists who were once cooks are in this room
• There is a smashed golden object that is beyond recognition worth 45 coins, as well as a +2 scimitar

W116

• Broken and scattered pieces of bed and chairs
• 2 giant scorpions in a closet

W117

• Old pantry only containing a flask of poisoned wine

W118

• Locked bedrooms, no monsters but the swordwraiths from W114 check them every night

W119

• Cages containing 14 skeletal dogs, and 12 zombie hawks, which can and will easily escape their cages to attack

W120

• Two pillars support ceiling, many tables near 2 unlit fireplaces
• 13 skeletons in robes, staring at gold objects on the tables, attack when approached
• The gold objects are a 25 coin bracelet, a 35 coin chalice, and a 10 coin belt buckle

W121

• 12 bedrooms, each one containing a zombie
• The zombies will help the skeletons in W120 if the fight isn’t going their way