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Crypt · Medium · Level 15 · Hard

Vauldren's Crypt

Every name carved in stone is a memory Vauldren has not yet consumed.
Rooms
14
Foes
33, CR 3 to 18
Traps
3
Treasure
47,400 gp
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The party is in

1. Hall of First Burials

Seen

Something wanders by

At a glance

The threat

High Mortician Vauldren is a lich-like death priest entombed in the deepest vault.

Wandering monsters (1d4)

  1. 1

    4 corpse-bearers and 1 empty coffin× Coffin ProcessionCR 7

    When: The party speaks loudly, disturbs a burial object, or remains in one corridor for more than ten minutes.A procession of silent corpse-bearers carrying an empty coffin toward the deepest chambers.
  2. 2

    Oathstarved KnightCR 10

    When: A character displays a royal seal, crown, or treasure taken from a tomb.A translucent royal knight still searching for the murderer who doomed the dynasty.
  3. 3

    2 swarms× Bone-Hand SwarmCR 8

    When: Blood is spilled in a corridor or a secret door is opened.A cloud of severed hands crawls along walls and ceilings, collecting bones for Vauldren's servants.
  4. 4

    Bellless ConfessorCR 12

    When: The party cleanses a shrine, destroys a funerary mask, or defeats a named undead.A faceless spirit wearing a priest's robes drifts between rooms, carrying a bell that cannot be heard by the dead.

Rooms

14
1

Hall of First Burials

2 foestreasuresecret

What they see

Read aloud

A broad funerary hall opens beneath a cracked mausoleum dome. Four corridors branch from a central bier, while blue flames illuminate fresh footprints leading toward the prison wing.

Features

  • Cracked royal bier with a bronze funerary mask
  • Four branching corridors with mismatched seals
  • Blue corpse-lights that dim when undead approach

What the GM knows

Monsters

2× Dread WightsCR 5

Embalmed royal guards in corroded plate, their mouths sewn shut with silver thread.Tactics. They attack from opposite sides of the bier, using Life Drain on isolated targets before retreating through doorways.

Treasure

Mask of the First Mourner1,500 gpmagical

A silver funerary mask worth a fortune to collectors, but cursed to whisper the wearer's name at midnight.
Room secrets · GM only

Notes

The locked northern door leads to storage. The secret southern doors can be found by matching the funerary masks to the carved faces in the corridor. Undead defeated here leave silver ash that points toward room 3.

4 doors: S (normal), N (normal), W (secret), S (normal)

The place

What it is

The crypt descends beneath a ruined mausoleum, its orderly halls warped by necromantic forces.

Atmosphere

Cold air smells of myrrh, wet stone, and old blood.

The threat

High Mortician Vauldren is a lich-like death priest entombed in the deepest vault.

History

The crypt was built by the Sepulchral Order, a brotherhood of royal morticians who sought to preserve their kingdom's rulers forever.

Rumors

1d5
Roll a rumor

  1. 1The dead beneath the ruined mausoleum are not rising randomly. They are following old royal roads toward one grave.
  2. 2A black crown can command any corpse, but its wearer slowly forgets the names of the living.
  3. 3The crypt's locked doors open for those who carry a coin from a dead king.
  4. 4A prisoner still survives below, though every rescuer who entered searching for them joined the prisoner's chain.
  5. 5The town's oldest cemetery was built over an escape tunnel from the crypt.

Plot hooks

4
Undead threatThe Dead Walk HomeGravekeepers from a nearby town report that sealed family tombs are opening from within, and the dead are walking toward the ruined mausoleum.From: Mara Venn, exhausted keeper of the town cemeteryReward: A rare holy weapon and a charter granting the party stewardship over the mausoleum
Recovery missionThe Last SignetA noble family asks the party to recover an ancestral signet from the crypt, unaware that its last owner became one of Vauldren's bound servants.From: Lord Caldus Merrow, desperate heir to a disgraced houseReward: A rare gemstone, political favor, and the family's sealed armory
InvestigationThe Crowned LieA scholar believes the crypt contains proof that the kingdom's founding monarch was murdered and replaced by an undead duplicate.From: Professor Ilyra Sorn, historian of forbidden dynastiesReward: A rare divination scroll and access to a hidden royal archive
Personal horrorName Beneath the StoneA party member begins hearing their name whispered by the stone faces, followed by visions of wearing a black iron crown.From: The crypt itself, speaking through the carved funerary masksReward: A boon from a death deity, gained by destroying the vessel ritual

Corridors

4

  • Near rooms 3, 6, and 9

    Thin lines of silver dust mark every threshold, disturbed only when undead pass through.

  • Main passage between rooms 0 and 3

    Stone faces set into the walls whisper the names of the dead whenever living creatures approach.

  • Corridors near rooms 7, 11, and 12

    Black candle stubs appear in alcoves between rooms, relighting themselves after being extinguished.

  • Passage from room 6 toward room 9

    A faint heartbeat pulses through the floor, growing louder near the boss chamber.

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