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The Divine Alligator

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Williams, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

Master Adventures and The Divine Alligator © by Øone Roleplaying Games

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SUMMARY

4 Introduction

4 Adapting the Adventure

4 Scaling the Adventure

4 Background

6 Adventure Summary

6 Character Hooks

7 C HAPTER I,

T HE G REAT B OGS AND B EYOND

8 Places of Interest

11 C HAPTER II,

T HE S WAMP AND I TS D ENIZENS

12 Random Encounters

17 Slitherers’ Settlement

23 C HAPTER III,

T HE C ITY OF T HE G OD ’ S T RIBE

25 The City

34 C HAPTER IV,

T HE D IVINE D EN

41 A PPENDIX I,

N EW E QUIPMENT

42 A PPENDIX II,

D EITIES OF T HE D IVINE A LLIGATOR

43 Battlemaps

Playtester Credits: Ivan Tarasov,Valeria Solovova,

Anton Krishtofor, Ekaterina Shvilkina;

Special Thanks to: Andrew V. Serebrennikov – for

constant constructive criticism

Introduction

The Divine Alligator is a d20 fantasy adventure suitable

for four 7 th level player characters. A ranger or druid is highly

helpful, as is someone with good Diplomacy and Knowledge

(religion) skills, plus the ability to speak Draconic. Characters

of higher or lower levels can also take part in the adventure;

see ‘Scaling the Adventure’ below. As the PCs face some quite

dangerous opponents, referees may wish to change some

encounters to give the characters a better chance of survival.

haven’t advanced past tribal/clan social structure or a breed of

goblinoids that turned away from evil - or so it seems.

It Doesn’t Have to Be Fantasy: Although it may seem

pompous, the story told in The Divine Alligator transcends

genre boundaries. The module could work quite well as a d20

Modern adventure set somewhere in Amazonian jungle or a

horror story of weird, alien-minded races and a corrupting

ancient evil.

Scaling the Adventure

5 th – 6 th level: The adventure can be run as written, but

certain encounters (especially with Hatzli and Tannin) pose

greater danger and can result in a total party kill. You may

wish to remove Szabolcs or Tapunui from the palace area or

delay the coming of reinforcements. Another good way to

decrease the lethality of the adventure is degrading Tannin’s

Hit Dice to 7 (with an appropriate drop in CR), lowering the

frequency of random encounters or the number of guards in

Hatzli’s stronghold.

This adventure was designed to challenge both combat-

lovers and in-depth roleplayers. It is a combination of site-

based and event-driven adventure types. There are a lot of

monsters to ﬁght and trinkets to gain, but complete success

in The Divine Alligator requires good diplomatic skills and

a deal of good judgment. Every effort was made to make

the adventure generic enough to be pasted into most fantasy

campaign settings.

Adapting the Adventure

The adventure text is written with a generic fantasy setting

in mind. “Generic fantasy” means the standard for an average

d20 fantasy campaign: magic is real, potent and accessible,

magic items can be made or bought, multiple gods and

demons affect wordly affairs, and humans are just one of

the many sentient races. The Divine Alligator can be staged

in such a setting with minimal alterations. All you need is a

suitable geographical location (a large swamp near a small

mountain chain, fairly distant from the “civilized” world) and

deities with agendas and interests similar to those presented

in the adventure. If your campaign world deviates from the

assumption, you may ﬁnd the following advice useful:

8 th – 10 th level: Increase the frequency of random

encounters and the number of moments encountered

twofold. Raise the level of each NPC (including the sergeants)

by 1 or 2 and add more sergeants to the reinforcements.

Increase Tannin’s HD to 13 or 15 or add powerful abilities,

such as damage reduction 5/- or breath weapon every 1d4

rounds (instead of once a day).

Background

Two hundred years ago was the time of Raerciminar,

an ancient black dragon furthering the destructive agenda

of Itzquizatl, a draconic deity of death and decay. The god

wanted his servant to create loyal followers that can act as

mediators for his unholy power. Raerciminar’s chief method

was infusing as many creatures as possible with dragon

blood. Leaving numerous half-dragon children in his wake,

Raerciminar retreated into his distant lair and slumbered

into deep sleep, waiting for his children to reach maturity by

themselves and instruct them later. One of his most beloved

children was Tannin, an enormous half-dragon crocodile

remarkable for his great strength, rapacious appetite and

unmatched sense of ego.

It Doesn’t Have To Be a Swamp: Although much of the

adventure’s ﬂavor is evoked by a swampy setting, you could

easily adapt the module to a different environment. For

example, Great Bogs could be called Great Sands and situated

on a fringe of a vast desert; and Tannin could be a half-Huge

constrictor snake/half-blue dragon, worshipped by reptilian

people in a remote pyramid-like temple as a manifestation of

a long-dead serpent god...

It Doesn’t Have to Feature Lizardfolk: If your campaign

doesn’t happen to feature lizardfolk, you could replace them

with a like-minded race, greatly conservative, patriarchal and

resenting the encroachment of civilization. The Slitherers

and The God’s Tribe could be two groups of humans who

Meanwhile, the lizardfolk of the Dread Swamp

experienced hard times: human and halﬂing settlers moved

closer to the marshes, mining peat, cutting down trees, and

draining the swamp area. Several lizardfolk tribes decided to

stay and negotiate with the newcomers;

others moved deeper into the swamp.

One such tribe settled in ancient ruins of a

long-forgotten city which turned out to be the

lair of Tannin. The monster used to prey on smaller

game but later learned that lizardfolk are far more

saturating...

The tribe lost a lot of its members to Tannin’s hunger

and grew dissatisﬁed with their leader, Tennilax the shaman,

blaming him for being unable to protect his people. The

shaman’s disciple, a young and ambitious priest called

Hatzli, ventured deeper into the swamp to ﬁnd the

reason behind his tribesmen’s deaths. This reason was, of

course, Tannin, a creature so mighty and powerful that

Hatzli’s superstitious mind became twisted. He groveled

before the creature, begging to spare his life and grant a

small share of the innumerable might incarnate in the

towering half-dragon. Tannin, being quite intelligent,

understood that such devotion can yield much food

for little trouble as well as please his divine patron and

accepted Hatzli as his sycophant.

Of course, Tannin could not

grant spells to his preacher –

but Itzquizatl provided the divine

backing for the emerging cult.

Hatzli brought news of the “divine

alligator” that dwelled in the ruins and

demanded obedience and sacriﬁces.

Many unscrupulous tribesmen

supported his cause and, promptly,

Hatzli emerged as the new leader of

the tribe. Tennilax was thrown into

a deep pit guarded by giant snakes,

and all who resisted were sacriﬁced

to Tannin. After gaining absolute

power over the tribe, Hatzli began

to receive prophetic visions. The

“divine alligator” (Itzquizatl in Tannin’s

guise) told him to expand the tribe’s

territory, unite other lizardfolk tribes and

then start a war of genocide against

newcomers to the swamp. The evil god’s

voice was followed. The God’s Tribe (as

Hatzli’s tribe started to call itself) subjugated its

neighbors and started kidnapping and massacring

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