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A feud between two familys in a small farming village, as a monster starts to terrorize and hunt. · Medium · Medium

The Sallow Pit

Blood stains the chaff and the family feud yields a bitter harvest
Rooms
8
Foes
12, CR 1/2 to 5
Traps
2
Treasure
2,350 gp
12345678Entrance
Select a room on the plan to open it.

The party is in

1. The Granary Descent

Seen

Something wanders by

At a glance

The threat

The Gristle-Render, a spindly, multi-limbed monstrosity with a porcelain-like face, haunts these tunnels.

Wandering monsters (1d2)

  1. 1

    Grain-GhulCR 2

    When: Loud noise or spent more than 3 turns in a corridorA skeletal figure covered in wheat that bursts from the walls.
  2. 2

    1d6+2× Blight RatsCR 1/4

    When: Every 30 minutes of explorationLarge rats with glowing eyes and mangy fur.

Rooms

8
1

The Granary Descent

secret

What they see

Read aloud

A vertical shaft leading down from the barn floor, accessible by a precarious rope ladder. The walls are reinforced with rotting wood and stained with old blood.

Features

  • A heavy wooden trapdoor overhead
  • A pile of discarded, empty grain sacks
  • Deep claw marks in the clay walls

What the GM knows

Room secrets · GM only

Notes

The players start here. They can hear distant clicking sounds from .

3 doors: E (normal), W (normal), W (normal)

The place

What it is

A claustrophobic network of clay-walled tunnels and rotted timber chambers hidden beneath an abandoned village granary.

Atmosphere

The air is heavy with the scent of damp earth and fermenting grain.

The threat

The Gristle-Render, a spindly, multi-limbed monstrosity with a porcelain-like face, haunts these tunnels.

History

For generations, the Oakhaven and Blackwood families have clashed over water rights and livestock.

Rumors

1d4
Roll a rumor

  1. 1Old man Blackwood was seen carrying a ritual dagger into the granary at midnight.
  2. 2The Oakhaven's prize bull vanished in the middle of a locked field.
  3. 3People say if you listen closely to the grain bins, you can hear your mother calling you.
  4. 4The mayor is offering a chest of gold to anyone who can stop the murders before the harvest festival.

Plot hooks

2
InvestigationThe Stolen LegacyAn Oakhaven widow asks the party to retrieve her husband's signet ring to prove her children's inheritance.From: Martha OakhavenReward: 100gp and the Oakhaven's gratitude.
ExterminationSilence the ScreamsThe village priest believes a demon is dwelling beneath the granary and needs it purged.From: Father ThomasReward: Two potions of greater healing.

Corridors

2

  • Between and

    Narrow chutes in the ceiling that occasionally drop a handful of wheat.

  • Corridor leading to room-8

    Handprints made of dried mud that point toward the boss room.

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