D&D 1e Swords of the Daimyo.pdf

Official Game Adventure

Swords of the Daimyo

by David Zeb Cook

Adventure Book of Miyama

Table of Contents

Adventures ................................................. 2

Adventure 1: Over the Waves We Will Go ........................... 3

Adventure 2: Riders of the Black Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Adventure 3: Lord of the Black Temple ............................ 10

Timeline of Kozakura ......................................... 16

New Creatures ................................................. 18

Player Characters ................................................. 20

Maps ............................................................ 25

Kozakuran Provinces ........................................... 25

Shoen Map of Miyama ..................................... 26

Tamanokuni Map ......................................... 28

Mura Map .................................................... 29

Monastery/Temple Map ........................................ 30

Shoen Residence of a Jito or Zussho ............................ 31

Small Town House of a Samurai/Commoners’ Houses ............... 32

CREDITS

Adventures: Zeb Cook and Kelley Foote

Editing: Mike Breault

with Anne Gray McCready

and Karen Martin

Interior Art: Jeff Easley

Cartography: David C. Sutherland III

Dennis Kauth

Marsha Kauth

Typography: Linda Bakk

Keylining: Colleen O’Malley

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THE ADVENTURES

This book contains three adventures for

use with the AD&D ® Oriental Adventures

rules. Each adventure is set in the Koza-

kuran province of Miyama, described in

the accompanying Province Book. Also

included is a color map of Miyama Prov-

ince. On the inside of the adventure cover

is the Ocean Voyage Map for use with

Adventure 1. The remaining maps and

tables for the adventures are found in the

back of this book.

The adventures given here are

designed for use with a complete Oriental

Adventures campaign. With the exception

of Adventure 1 (“Over the Waves We Will

Go”), they are meant to be played in the

order listed. Characters are expected to

rise in level as they play. The level range

for each adventure is listed at its start.

Adventures of your own design (or other

TSR adventures) can be used between

the different adventures listed in this book-

let. The adventures given here do not

need to be played uninterrupted, but they

should be played in the order listed. By the

time you have finished with these adven-

tures, most player characters in your cam-

paign should have from five to seven

levels of experience.

Before playing these adventures, you

should read the Province Book up to the

Gazetteer section. You may also read the

Gazetteer if you wish, but it is not neces-

sary at this time.. You are now ready to

read the first adventure. While reading it,

you should also read any Gazetteer

descriptions of locations mentioned in the

adventure. Once you have read every-

thing thoroughly, you are ready to play the

adventure. At the end of this book (on

page 20) are some beginning characters

for use in an Oriental campaign. These

include character statistics, physical

descriptions, personalities, backgrounds,

ancestries, and families.

Adventure 1 (“Over the Waves We Will

Go”) is a special adventure that enables

you to introduce gajin characters to the

Oriental world. Play it first if you wish to

take non-Oriental AD&D characters from

your campaign into the world of Oriental

Adventures.

There is more to Swords of the Daimyo

than the adventures it contains. A number

of the maps at the end of this booklet are

not used in the adventures. Some of these

maps are keyed to one or more places on

the Province Map. You can use these and

the other maps for your own adventures.

Furthermore, the Gazetteer section of the

Province Book describes many locations

that are ideal for mystery and adventure.

These should provide you with campaign

activities for a long time to come.

ADVENTURE 1

OVER THE WAVES WE WILL GO

This adventure should be used only if you

are introducing characters from a normal

AD&D ® campaign into an AD&D Oriental

Adventures campaign. No pregenerated

characters are supplied for this adventure.

The characters either come from your own

AD&D campaign, or they are created for

this adventure. Since nearly all of this

adventure occurs at sea, it is strongly rec-

ommended that player characters be at

least 6th level, although characters of 10th

level or greater may not find the adventure

challenging.

It is essential to this adventure that the

player characters be enticed to undertake

the dangerous sea journey to Kozakura. It

is more fun if the player characters do not

have a clear idea of where they are going.

If you are using this adventure in your own

campaign, decide on the most appropriate

way to introduce the information. Listed

below are several suggestions.

armada. It arrived in a nearby port, where

it is said to have unloaded its cargo of silk,

spices, gold, silver, exotic art objects, and

a few powerful magic items. Supposedly

this armada makes a single voyage every

year to some place far across the ocean.

The captain and the navigator keep their

destination a close secret. For years no

one knew where they sailed. Now, how-

ever, a rival captain claims to know their

port of call.

* There are rumors of a fabulous trea-

sure galleon that sails somewhere out in

the ocean. Several captains claim to have

sighted it (although their testimony is

hardly reliable) and one says he captured

its cargo, only to lose it later to pirates. The

crew is said to be human but of some dif-

ferent and far distant land. The PCs must

talk to the captains to gain the information

below.

Other methods of intriguing the PCs can

be devised as appropriate for your cam-

paign. All of the preceding methods yield

the following information:

1. The journey is long, taking at least

one month with good weather and longer if

the winds are bad.

2. Sail west! Follow the setting sun to

reach the lands of the East.

3. Be prepared for dangers—storms,

sea monsters, and terrible terrors.

4. The land you sail to is different. Your

welcome may not be what you expect. It is

a deadly land for the unwise.

sword+ 1 chainmail): Alonso is a portly,

middle-aged man. A bristling mustache

and beard hides most of his drink-flushed

face. He dresses in shabby clothes and

swears continuously while he talks.

Alonso meets the characters over a

meal, where he displays outrageous table

manners—slurping, belching, spitting,

throwing scraps on the floor, and wiping

greasy fingers through his hair. He

demands the most exorbitant price possi-

ble for his ship or passage (whichever is

desired). Furthermore, he tells the charac-

ters they will have the pleasure of dining

with him on the trip. Alonso is, however, a

good captain and navigator. His crew is

dependable and competent. He begins

with a Mutiny Rating of 10.

Iyawaei of Konghani (Barbarian, 8th

level; hp 38; AC 5; MV 12”; #AT 3/2;

THAC0 14; Damage 1d8 + 1; SA see Bar-

barian in Oriental Adventures book; AL N):

Iyawaei is a wiry, black man of unknown

age. His face is weather-lined and cracked

but when he smiles, which is often, it

breaks into a happy, youthful glow. He

speech is thickly accented, almost incom-

prehensible at first. Sprinkled liberally

throughout his conversation are foreign

words and phrases that he never explains.

In addition to the sword carried at his

side, he has a dirk strapped to his left fore-

arm. His clothes are a hodge-podge of

styles and tastes, none of which match.

Although good humored, he has a very

quick temper and rules his ship with a sav-

age, occasionally cruel, discipline. Flog-

gings and irons are not unknown to his

crew, and he has ordered the hanging of

at least two mutineers in the past. His crew

fears and respects him. He begins the

game with a Mutiny Rating of 12.

Rupert Brock (Fighter, 9th level; hp 52;

AC 7; MV 12”; #AT 3/2; THAC0 9; Dam-

age 1d8 + 3; AL N; magical + 2 long

sword; potion of extra-healing): Brock is a

healthy warrior in his early thirties. He is

neat in appearance. His clothes are sim-

ple and clean. His hair and beard, while

long, are clean and groomed. He is gener-

ally well-mannered, although he is not

above using highly colorful language or

flailing away in a bar-room brawl.

For all his easy outward appearance, he

is a savage taskmaster. Once at sea, he is

* The player characters find the scraps

of an old map. In scrawled notes are

vague statements about what direction to

sail, about how long it will take, the dan-

gers encountered, and the riches availa-

ble. Of course, about half of this

information is dead wrong or greatly exag-

gerated. You can make a map on a torn

scrap of paper.

* The player characters meet a crazed

seaman. He may be young or old, but he is

definitely not in his right mind. He babbles

out the information about the voyage—

how wonderful and terrible it was. He is

obviously poor and wretched, but shows

the player characters a marvelous trea-

sure (a giant pearl) he swears is from that

foreign shore.

* There is a fabulous stranger frequent-

ing the inns and taverns on the waterfront.

He is different from all others in appear-

ance, dress, speech, and behavior. No

one has ever seen anyone quite like him.

He claims to come from across the ocean

(clearly impossible!) and tells wild stories

about his homeland. The stranger can

either be rich or poor. If he is rich, he is

attempting to hire a ship to return him to

his native lands. If he is poor, he offers his

services as a navigator, promising riches

and wonders from across the ocean.

* Rumors abound of a fabulous treasure

The Ship

If the player characters have a ship of

their own, allow them to use it. If they also

have a loyal and hand-picked crew, you

can ignore this section.

Upon investigating the port, the player

characters find they have three choices

for captains who will either sail for hire or

take the player characters on as seamen

or passengers. Looking at their ships tells

the player characters nothing. All seem to

be in good repair and seaworthy. The

characters can meet the captains, if they

want to.

Alonso de Bartuella (Fighter, 12th level;

hp 68; AC 4; MV 12”; #AT 3/2; THAC0 9;

Damage 1d8 + 2; AL N; magical +1 long

seldom seen without a crop in his hand to

spur his sailors on. He is only a fair naviga-

tor. He cares little for the needs of his crew,

seldom stocking adequate or nourishing

supplies for them. Disease is common

below decks. Good sailors seldom sign on

with him, and his crews often consist of cut-

throats and hard-luck men. He begins the

game with a Mutiny Rating of 20.

If the PCs need to gather a crew, deter-

mine the crew’s Mutiny Rating as follows.

If the characters do not need a captain or

navigator, but still need a crew, roll 1d10

and add eight. Add four to the die roll if the

player characters openly announce their

goal. Add two to the die roll if the player

characters do not announce any destina-

tion. Subtract two from the die roll if the

player characters announce they are pick-

ing the best sailors. Subtract two if good

pay is given or a bonus is promised. Sub-

tract one for every day spent gathering a

crew. The final result is the Mutiny Rating

for the crew.

If the player characters screen every

crewmember taken on (through spells or

other powers), and only select the abso-

lutely trustworthy sailors, the crew has a

Mutiny Rating of 4. The player characters

cannot charm crew members, as such

sailors are sluggish and lack the initiative

needed for sailing. The player characters

have no difficulty raising a crew, even

within a single day.

encounter area that is closest to their

desired direction. The characters sail in

that direction into the next Encounter

Area. Once in an area, any encounters are

resolved and then the players choose a

new area to enter.

In most cases, the amount of time

needed to travel from one Encounter Area

to another is two days. Some areas, how-

ever, have arrows indicating the direction

of a major current. When a ship is sailing

with the current (in the direction of the

arrow), the time is normal, as given above.

When a ship is sailing against the current

(in the opposite direction from the arrow),

the sailing time is four days for every area

entered.

lasses. There is only a 5% chance of any-

one in the group having a magical item.

The mutineers attack at the least

expected moment, hoping to surprise the

officers. They fight at least until the situa-

tion looks hopeless and, if assured of a

gruesome fate otherwise, fight until they

are slain. Captured mutineers can hope at

best to finish the voyage in irons (only if

they are needed to crew the ship), and are

far more likely to be keelhauled, beaten to

death, or hanged.

The following statistics can be used for

the crew: AC 9; MV 12”; 1st-3d level; #AT

1; Damage by weapon type; AL various.

Ocean Encounter Areas

Doldrums: In the center of the map are

the doldrums, areas of extremely calm

waters. No winds or currents are present

to aid navigation. The effect of the dol-

drums is built into the size of the areas.

When these are entered, you can inform

your players that the wind has died down

and the ship sits on still quiet waters. It is

like this day after day, with only a little

progress made. If the ship is fitted with

oars or magic is used to create a constant

regular wind, the amount of time required

to cross a doldrum area is halved.

Icebergs: The sea gradually becomes

choked with floating masses of ice and the

weather becomes more and more

unpleasant. The ice becomes so thick and

frequent that forward movement becomes

impossible. The ship must turn back or be

trapped in the ice and slowly crushed. For

every two days spent in the area, there is a

20% chance the ship runs aground on an

iceberg. If this happens, 10-100% (1d10 x

10) of the ship’s hull points are lost in the

collision.

Storms: When a ship enters. a storm

Encounter Area, it has been caught in a

fierce, raging gale. True navigation is

impossible. The crew can barely keep the

ship from capsizing. Secretly roll 1d6 to

determine the number of areas the ship is

blown off course. Then roll again to deter-

mine the direction: 1 = Northeast, 2 =

East, 3 = Southeast, 4 = Southwest, 5 =

West, 6 = Northwest. If no Encounter

Areas exist in that direction, roll again.

Unless the characters are able to magi-

cally lessen the strength of the storm, they

will move in that direction for the number

of areas indicated by the first die roll. Any

encounters in the new areas entered are

ignored. Do not inform the players of their

new location.

The Mutiny Rating

During the dangerous sea journey,

there is a chance that the crew mutinies

each six-day period at sea. At the begin-

ning of each period, the Mutiny Rating is

adjusted as follows, and a check is made

to see if a mutiny occurs.

+ 2 if the period was spent entirely at sea

+ 4 if the ship left a favorable island

(friendly natives, ample food, etc.)

+ 4 for harsh treatment during period

+ 2 if in doldrums

+ 2 if passed through storm

+ 1 for every point of hull damage

+ 1 for every crew member lost to

monsters

+ 2 for every officer lost to monsters

+ 8 for every officer or PC slain in

previous mutiny

+ 4 for inadequate rations during period

-2 for every mutineer slain in previous

mutiny

-10 if previous mutiny failed

-1 for good treatment during the period

-6 if sailing east

SAILING

THE OCEAN

The Ocean Voyage Map (found on the

inside of the color cover) shows the coast-

line of a continent where the characters

begin their voyage, as well as the coast-

lines of Kara-Tur. Between the two are a

number of Encounter Areas. Ships sail from

one Encounter Area to any other adjacent

Encounter Area. Ships cannot move diag-

onally from area to area (i.e., where only

the corners of two spaces touch).

The player characters begin their voy-

age at one of the three ports on the east-

ern edge of the map. The only exit from the

map is on the island of Kozakura (at Miy-

ama Province). When the player charac-

ters sail out of a port, they must announce

their direction of travel in one of eight com-

pass directions—north, northeast, east,

southeast, south, southwest, west, or

northwest. From the current position of the

player characters, select the adjacent

Add all appropriate adjustments to the

previous period’s Mutiny Rating to get the

current rating. A percentile dice roll is

made and the result is compared to the

adjusted Mutiny Rating. If the dice roll is

equal to or less than the rating, a mutiny

occurs.

When a mutiny occurs, not all the crew

rise up in arms. Naturally, the captain is

not among the mutineers. There is only a

10% chance that any of the other officers

join the mutiny. Of the remaining crew,

61% to 80% (1d20 + 60) take up arms

against the captain. The mutineers do not

have weapons better than knives and cut-

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