Slave Pits of Quabus | New 3rd-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition (Patreon)

Slave Pits of Quabus is a Fifth Edition adventure designed for three to six 3rd- to 4th-level characters, and it is optimized for a party of five characters with an average party level (APL) of 3. The adventure takes place in the campaign world of Omeria in The Summer Land, but can easily be placed into any setting where an old manor with a large, underground location would fit in without too much adjustment.

This adventure is the continuation of Danger at Blire Manor. However, it can be played as a one-shot adventure or as part of the greater series, Slave Lords of Quabus.

Background

Lord Dunkirk Blire-Tomydon lived a short, reckless life. In his twenties, he exhausted the majority of his massive inheritance on unnecessary purchases and gambling debts.

One such debt put him in the favor of the Black Rose Clan of Greatwell, a deadly organization known for drug and slave trade across the continent of Omeria. When Blire couldn’t repay his debts, Vera Frogwort, a green hag working for the Clan, gave the young Tomydon Prince two options: death or service. She promised that if he chose death, she would trap his soul in an acorn to prevent resurrection. Naturally, Blire chose service.

Under Frogwort’s direction, Blire funneled Black Rose Clan funds into building a large estate in the wilderness roughly 20 miles north of the River Zarathos and another 100 miles from the nearest city. Unknown to even Blire, the estate masked the entrance to an ancient dungeon called Quabus. Originally built by servants of the Great Chromatics who ruled this region of The Summer Land, Quabus became the Black Rose Clan’s epicenter for slave and drug trade.

Twenty years ago, Blire disappeared. While his heirs fought over possession of the estate, the Black Rose Clan continued to use the manor and the secret tunnels below to continue their nefarious dealings.

Recently, the mercenaries who Frogwort just hired—a band called Laughing Jon and His Merrymen—drew some unwanted attention to the estate. Although a group of adventurers recently cleared out the mercenaries, the Pressonian knights who patrol the area want to know more about the reasons why Laughing Jon and His Merrymen used the estate as a staging ground in the first place.

Monsters of the Quabus

This adventure features two new monsters, the greater gargoyle and mask haunt. You can download both of these monsters PDF using these links. Note: You will need to be a DMDave Copper tier patron or higher.

• Greater Gargoyle
• Mask Haunt