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The Affair of the Hidden Jewel

REWARD!

Three hundred crowns to whoever can bring the head of

the dastardly brigand known as The Black Arrow to his

Grace, the Count Amadeus Von Drakensberg.

His Grace has means of detecting substitutes.

A Melodrama with a Thick Plot

The Affair of the

Hidden Jewel

Heroes Wanted to go on a quest for

Hidden Treasure.

Some danger, great reward.

Contact Wolfgang Kellermann at the

Sign of the Crossed Lances.

Written by Lewis Page

Updated for WFRP 2nd edition by Michael Congreve

The Affair of the Hidden Jewel

Credits

Written by Lewis Page

Illustrations by Kevin Walker

Maps by H

Updated by Michael Congreve

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The Affair of the Hidden Jewel

Men At Arms - The Count’s Spear-Carriers

The Affair of the Hidden Jewel can be played in a setting along any long stretch of road

running through the forests of the Empire (or elsewhere in the Old World with some

name changes). It is best to run this adventure when the player characters are travelling

without any element of time pressure forcing them onwards, since they may well need to

make a significant detour from their intended route.

This adventure could provide a colourful interlude in the Paths of the Damned campaign;

this adventure is best set between the events of Ashes of Middenheim and Spires of

Altdorf , again set somewhere along the Altdorf to Middenheim road.

In tone the scenario makes unashamed use of melodramatic situations and astute

readers will note that all the characters are stereotypes. So what? This is a melodrama,

you know. Ham it up!

If you feel so inclined give PCs 5 experience points every time they deliver an

appropriately corny line, such as “So Count, we meet again,” or “Ah yes, the old bomb

down the chimney ploy.”

INT

WP FEL

Skills: Heal, Common Knowledge (Empire), Perception, Dodge Blow, Drive, Gamble,

Gossip, Intimidate, Speak Language (Reikspiel).

Talents: Disarm, Strike Mighty Blow, Specialist Weapon Group (Two Handed), Strike to

Injure, Strike to Stun .

Trappings: Halberd, Sword, Shield, Leather Jacket, Sleeved Mail Shirt, Helmet.

Bruno - The Double Agent

INT

WP FEL

Heroes Wanted

Wherever the PC’s are, they should be looking for a job (or probably just easy money,

knowing most PC’s). And have we got a job for them! Intrigue, blood, fear… but we

mustn’t get ahead of ourselves.

The GM should arrange for the PC’s to see the two notices below. They should come

across them nailed to trees along the road, they could find them upon an adventurers

notice board (such as the Deutz Elm at Nuln), they could simply find them blowing on the

wind, or upon the body of a dead traveller, pinned to his back with a dagger or black

fletched arrow.

The first notice reads:

“Reward! Three hundred crowns to whoever can bring the head of the dastardly brigand

known as the Black Arrow to his Grace, the Count Amadeus Von Drakensberg. His

Grace has means of detecting substitutes.”

A successful Common Knowledge (Empire) Skill Test will know that the Black Arrows

are a band of outlaws who have been plaguing the countryside for some years; so called

due to their habit of using only black fletched arrows. The Black Arrow is their leader. If

the test is passed by two degrees of success (only one degree for an Imperial Noble),

the PC will recall that although the party are currently within the Black Arrows’ area of

depredation, Count Von Drakensberg’s holdings are far from the area of depredation.

The second notice is likewise interesting:

“Heroes Wanted to go on a quest for Hidden Treasure. Some danger, great reward.

Contact Wolfgang Kellermann at the Sign of the Crossed Lances.”

A successful Gossip Test will reveal that the Black Arrows’ raids have been more

frequent in that very region than anywhere else.

Skills: Command, Common Knowledge (Empire), Consume Alcohol, Dodge Blow,

Gossip, Intimidate +10, Perception +10, Search, Sleight of Hand, Speak Language

(Reikspiel), Torture.

Talents: Resistance to Disease, Resistance to Poison, Specialist Weapon Group

(Entangling), Strong Minded, Sturdy, Wrestling.

Trappings: Dagger.

The Affair of the Hidden Jewel

At the Sign of the Crossed Lances

Sleeves - The Captured Halfling Servant

If the PC’s wish to go to the Crossed Lances inn (and they ought to), they can get there

easily enough by road. Although the journey should be as eventful as any (you may

care to throw in the odd horde of Beastmen or Greenskins to break up the tedium, but

not attack them with any human bandits, the PC’s may think they are the Black Arrows

and get sidetracked). They will most probably arrive in the evening. See the map on

page 10 for the layout of the Crossed Lances.

The bar, at this hour, will hold the usual mix of customers for a coaching inn –

travellers, coachmen and teamsters, a roadwarden or two, perhaps a gambler or

raconteur, and maybe a pickpocket if you feel particularly mean.

In addition, there are a bunch of hard-looking men-at-arms seated in one corner. These

are the retainers of Count Von Drakensberg, who is staying here incognito: he will

remain in his room. A successful Gossip Test in the bar will reveal that they are

mercenaries, and the Count is their Captain.

INT

WP FEL

Skills: Academic Knowledge (Genealogy/Heraldry), Blather, Common Knowledge

(Halflings), Dodge Blow, Evaluate, Gossip +10, Perception, Search, Sleight of Hand,

Speak Language (Halfling), Speak Language (Reikspiel), Trade (Cook) +10.

Talents: Flee, Etiquette, Lightening Reflexes, Night Vision, Resistance to Chaos,

Specialist Weapon Group (Sling) Super Numerate.

Trappings: Dirty Apron, Frying Pan.

Wolfgang Kellermann - The Former Leader

INT

WP FEL

Wolfgang and the Blue Flame

If the PC’s ask the bar staff for Wolfgang Kellermann, they will be told that he is the

owner, and taken to his room. At their knock, the door is opened by a lean, scar-faced

man with a drawn sword in his hand. He eyes them suspiciously and says, “Well?”.

This is Lauengram, an employee of Wolfgang Kellermann. He also has additional

loyalties, but we will come to that later. He should be viewed as a kind of crazed Guy

Fawkes. He is given to prowling, suspicious stares, evil chuckles, and best of all,

sputtering bombs, but again we are getting ahead. During the parties meeting he is a

good man to play up, so the party can hate him so much more later on.

If the PC’s explain that they came about the job, a voice will call from behind him. “All

right, Lauengram, let them in – but keep an eye on them.” The scar faced man steps

aside, revealing a table placed in the centre of the room. Behind this are sitting two

men, one fat and bearded, and the other muscular and with an air of command, with a

wooden peg where one foot should be. The room’s shutters are closed and bolted.

Lauengram shuts the door after the PC’s and stands behind them. Then the one-footed

man speaks again. “I am Wolfgang Kellermann,” he begins. “I have a job for you. But as

you may have guessed” – here he eyes the shutters and Lauengram – “I would be most

unhappy were the details of it to be made public. Therefore I must insist on your utmost

secrecy.” He pauses to let this sink in.

“The job involves finding and bringing to me a certain gem, a diamond named the Blue

Flame. This was stolen more than twenty years ago and has not been seen since, but I

have information that would enable you to find it. I would pay you 200 crowns each for

its recovery. Do you want the job?”

If the PC’s say yes, and they should, he goes on. “Very well. I will tell you how the stone

Skills: Animal Care +10, Animal Training, Charm, Common Knowledge (Empire) +10,

Concealment, Consume Alcohol, Dodge Blow, Drive, Evaluate, Gossip +10, Haggle,

Secret Signs (Thief), Perception, Read/Write, Ride, Scale Sheer Surface, Swim, Silent

Move +10, Speak Language (Reikspiel).

Talents: Acute Hearing, Ambidextrous, Dealmaker, Etiquette, Master Gunner, Mighty

Shot, Rover, Savvy, Sharpshooter, Specialist Weapon Group (Fencing), Specialist

Weapon Group (Gunpowder), Strike to Stun, Swashbuckler, Trick Riding.

Trappings: Good Craftmanship Clothing, Leather Jerkin, Rapier, Pistol with powder

and ammunition for 5 shots, Inn, Peg Leg.

Special: Lost Foot (-1 Move, -20% to all tests involving mobility).

Count Von Drakensberg - The Villain

INT

WP FEL

Skills: Academic Knowledge (Genealogy/Heraldry), Blather, Charm +10, Command

+10, Common Knowledge (Empire) +10, Consume Alcohol, Evaluate, Gamble, Gossip,

Haggle, Performer (Actor), Read/Write, Ride, Speak Language (Reikspiel) +10.

Talents: Etiquette, Public Speaking, Savvy, Schemer, Specialist Weapon Group

(Fencing), Suave, Warrior Born.

Trappings: Best Craftmanship Nobles Garb, Best Craftmanship Rapier, Dagger

(Hidden), 200 Crowns.

The Affair of the Hidden Jewel

Annalisa Kessler - The Black Arrow

may be found, but first a little background is necessary. The man who stole the Blue

Flame was a thief named Otto Kessler, now deceased. He hid the jewel after the theft,

and supposedly never told anyone where. But Bruno here,” he indicates the fat bearded

man, “has cast some doubt on that idea.”

“Until recently, Bruno was chief torturer to a certain Count Von Drakensberg, whose

men recently captured one of Otto Kessler’s oldest companions. Bruno interrogated him

– but he did not pass the information onto the good Count. And it seems from what the

wretch said that Otto Kessler had a daughter called Annalisa, to whom he passed the

location of the Blue Flame. Nowadays she is better known as the Black Arrow.”

“And this is why Bruno came to me. Until this minor problem happened” – Kellermann

gestures towards his missing foot – “it was I who led the band now known as the Black

Arrows. And so I know exactly where their hideout is, and how it can be entered in

secret.”

“The place is an old castle, deep in the forest; nobody knows of its existence but me and

the Black Arrows. But what even they do not know is that there is a secret passage into

the keep from the outside which you, my friends, will use to gain entry. Once inside, you

will find out from the Kessler girl where the Blue Flame is – she probably keeps it

somewhere in the castle. You will then recover the jewel and bring it to me here, when I

will pay you.”

“The castle lies thirty-five miles north of here. There is an old stretch of road leading to

it, which begins a few miles before you get there. The entrance to the secret passage is

in a hollow oak one hundred yards from the gates, and it emerges in the dungeons. You

can have a room here tonight. I wish you every chance of success.”

Unless the PC’s have anything to say now, Lauengram shows them to their room.

INT

WP FEL

Skills: Academic Knowledge (History), Academic Knowledge (Law), Academic

Knowledge (Strategy/Tactics), Blather, Charm, Command, Common Knowledge

(Empire) +10, Concealment +10, Disguise, Dodge Blow +20, Follow Trail, Gossip +20,

Intimidate, Lightening Reflexes, Perception +10, Ride, Scale Sheer Surfaces, Secret

Language (Thieves Tongue), Set Trap, Silent Move, Speak Language (Reikspiel).

Talents: Rover, Sharpshooter, Streetwise, Strike to Stun, Marksmanship, Mighty Shot,

Quick Draw, Sure Shot.

Trappings: Bow and 20 black arrows, Leather Jerkin, Sword, Knife, Black Hood.

Black Arrows - Outlaws

INT

WP FEL

Skills: Common Knowledge (Empire) +10, Concealment, Dodge Blow, Ride, Gossip,

Secret Signs (Thief), Perception, Scale Sheer Surfaces, Set Trap, Silent Move, Speak

Language (Reikspiel).

Talents: Rover, Sharpshooter, Strike to Stun.

Trappings: Bow and 2D10 arrows, Leather Jack, Sword, Shield, Black Mask.

The Plot Thickens

Kaspar Lauengram - The Single Agent

What Kellermann doesn’t know is that Bruno did not defect from his master. He was

sent. Von Drakensberg in fact had all the information from Otto Kessler’s erstwhile

crony, including the somewhat bizarre method that Otto used to pass on the location of

the Blue Flame. This was to tattoo it on his daughter’s scalp when she was a baby,

without telling her about it later. He would just tell her to use her head when she asked

where it was.

Odd, yes? But fun!

We, of course, being GMs and thus omnipotent, know that where old Kessler actually

hid the jewel was in the cellar of the Crossed lances. But nobody else does, at least not

yet.

The ex-crony also knew that Annalisa was the Black Arrow, and even that Kellermann

was the man she had replaced after his injury. But he knew nothing of how she might be

found.

So the Count had a problem. He didn’t know where the Black Arrow was, or how to

INT

WP FEL

Skills: Common Knowledge (Empire) +10, Concealment, Dodge Blow, Ride, Gossip,

Secret Signs (Thief), Perception, Scale Sheer Surfaces, Set Trap, Silent Move, Speak

Language (Reikspiel).

Talents: Rover, Sharpshooter, Specialist Weapon Group (Gunpowder), Strike to Stun.

Trappings: 4 Bombs, Tinderbox, 10 yards Rope, Dagger, Black Cloak, Black Mask,

Tall and Wide Brimmed Hat.

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