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The Secret of

Spiderhaunt

by Jim Butler

Table of Contents

Welcome to Spiderhaunt ............................ 2 Final Battle ............................................24

What Happened Before............................ 2 Wrapping It Up ..........................................25

DM Notes ...................................................... 3 Monsters

Starting the Adventure ..........................4

..................................................... 4

Arch-Shadow ...........................................

Demi-Shade ...............................................27

Dream Visions ................................................. 6

Darkenbeast

.............................................. 28

Sweet Dreams

............................................. 6

Magical Items and Spells

Trailbound !

.................................................... 7

The Sword of the DaLes

.....................

... 29

.............................. 11

The Village of Stormpemhauder ....... 11

Dreamglobe ............................................... 29

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Teleport Ring

Fearful Night

............................................. 13

Create Darkenbeast ..............................

Aftermath Dreams

................................. 13

Shadowshield ...........................................

Dream Tower

................................................ 18

Encounters Appendix ..................................31

Approach

..................................................... 18

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Heirlooms

Forest Gnome Exodus

Welcome to

Spiderhaunt

There is more to adventurers worth than the sharpness of their blades and the pureness of

their hearts. I measure them by their gold.

Kimal Rax, Jeweler of Arabel

Campaign Set-

ting adventure for six characters of 1st through 4th levels. It is

essential that there be at least one cleric in the party to battle the

variety of undead the PCs will face. All party members should be

at least 2nd level as well, unless most of them are 4th level, in

which case a 1st-level character or two is acceptable.

This is the second installment of the Sword of the Dales trilogy. It is important

that the DM thoroughly read this module before beginning play, because the Sword

of the Dales has additional powers that were not revealed in the first adventure. In

addition, the arch-shadow Gothyl begins to take a more active interest in the char-

acters in this adventure. Specific information regarding both the Sword and the

arch-shadow Gothyl can be found at the end of this module.

What Happened Before

n The Sword of the Dales, the characters were hired by Lhaeo, scribe to Elmin-

ster of Shadowdale, to rescue Randal Morn. Lhaeo explained the situation sur-

rounding Randal Morns disappearance and all known information about the

wizard Shraevyn.

According to local legend, Shraevyn created a sword of tremendous power hun-

dreds of years ago, just before his death. His secret hideaway had been lost in his-

tory until a recent landslide uncovered his tomb in the valley of the Giants Craw.

Lord Randal Morn, a local rebel leader who battles against the Zhentarim occupa-

tion, learned that the crypt had been accidentally discovered. He immediately

pulled together a search party and rushed to the tomb to recover the weapon. No

sooner had he successfully retrieved the sword than Zhentarim forces attacked his

band outside Shraevyns tomb. A bloody fight ensued, and Randals party pum-

meled the Zhents into retreat.

Then events at the tomb turned to terror. Randal and his group were mysteri-

ously attacked by a horde of undead, and the rebelsincluding Randal himself

vanished. Only one of his men escaped alive. Ariton, the lone Dalesman survivor,

staggered to Elminsters tower seeking help, and Lhaeo tended the mans wounds

and listened to his story. In payment, Ariton gave him a long sword +1 he found in

the crypt. The scribe then decided to round up some recruits and send them to res-

cue Randal Morn.

What neither Ariton nor Lhaeo knows is that the undead were commanded by

a being whose very existence depends on the Sword. Gothyl, an arch-shadow,

he Secret of Spiderhaunt is a F ORGOTTEN R EALMS ®

emerged from the Sword itself, captured Randal, and

killed all in his party.

Gothyl was once a wizardess of tremendous power

who sought to achieve lichdom some 150 years past.

The process failed, and she was instead changed into

her current form, a powerful arch-shadow.

Gothyl plans to trick the PCs into believing she is a

good spirit bound to the Sword. By leading them to

long-lost treasures, Gothyl hopes to gain their trust.

The Zhents know Randal is missing and believe

him to be held somewhere as a prisoner, but they have

no idea of Gothyls involvement. If they can take Ran-

dal before a meddling band of do-gooders frees him,

the Zhentarim hold on Daggerdale will be complete.

the vision meant for the PCs. She decides to kill the

gnome, and undead attack the village of Storm-

pemhauder shortly after midnight. The PCs have the

chance to save Telimass life as well as kill more

undead creatures.

The journey with Madarn through the forest is

fraught with danger, but the party finally arrives at

Gothyls tower. As they approach, the PCs succumb to

the magic of another dream vision sent by Gothyl.

Madarn has no intention of venturing into the dark

recesses of the tower, but he agrees to guard the camp

while the PCs explore. The characters go through an

apparently deserted keep, but undead are hiding

behind wall panels and secret doors.

Gothyl actually placed the undead here to attack

the Zhent force that is closing in on the tower even as

the PCs enter. The Zhents are led by Ilthond, the

Zhent mage who nearly died at the hands of Shandril

in the novel Spellfire. This force is determined to cap-

ture both Randal Morn and the Sword of the Dales as

well as to find out who interfered with their plans.

The PCs reach Gothyls laboratory just as the

Zhents enter the tower, and a battle royale erupts

between the hidden undead and the Zhents. The PCs

see Randal Morn trapped in a dreamglobe, and

Gothylpretending to be a trapped spirit of the Sword

of the Dales reveals herself to the party.

Gothyl tries to convince the PCs that they were set up by

the Zhents from the beginning. She also explains that the

only way to release Randal is by uttering a certain phrase as

they touch a set of skeletons in another room.

If the PCs do this, they find themselves under a spiritual

attack by Gothyls apprentices. If they refuse, the Zhents enter

and try to touch the skeletons themselves. Suddenly, the PCs

find themselves face-to-face with Zhent warriors as well as a

very angry Ilthond.

The adventure concludes when Ilthond threatens the PCs

by name. The wizard then breaks the glass dreamglobe, releases

Randal Morn, then throws the unconscious warrior over his

shoulder and tries to take possession of the skulls and the

Sword of the Dales. Lightning leaps from the blade and strikes

Ilthond, who then vanishes with both Randal and the skulls.

Gothyl is furious. Not only has she lost her apprentices,

but she must now put her fate in the hands of the same

adventurers whom she planned to use as possessed puppets.

However, she puts on a good show of benevolence by casting

a shadowshield spell on the party.

The Sword of the Dales trilogy concludes in The

Return of Randal Morn.

DM Notes

othyls goal is to transfer the spirits of her disem-

bodied apprentices into the living bodies of the

PCs. She cares virtually nothing about the heroes save

for their presence at her tower.

The arch-shadow is striving to ultimately achieve

the status of a demi-shade (see page 27). In order to

accomplish this, she needs to drain life energy from

someone powerful. Randal Morn will do just fine, but

she must keep him alive as bait until the PCs arrive

and are possessed by her apprentices. With this

accomplished, she plans to drain Randal Morn of his

life force and have her minions carry out her will.

This adventure begins when Gothyl sends the

heroes a dream of a tower in Spiderhaunt Wood, the

place where Randal Morn is held. Characters who

completed The Sword of the Dales know that Randal is

imprisoned somewhere in the dark wood but have no

idea exactly where he isuntil now.

As the PCs venture deeper into Spiderhaunt, they

meet Madarn, a gnome fighter from the forest village

of Stormpemhauder. If they tell him about the dreams,

he recognizes the tower from their descriptions. He

agrees to lead them to the tower if they first accom-

pany him to Stormpemhauder and tell their story to

Telimas Dreamweaver, the village elder.

Telimas is the elder priest of the village, and he has

been plagued by numerous dream visions of latethe

same ones the characters are having. Once the PCs

talk with Telimas, he gives Madarn his blessing and

permission to lead the party to the tower.

Unfortunately, Gothyl discovers that Telimas saw

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