Fantasy Core RPG Adventure--Dump Hunt Part 1

DUMP HUNT
A Fantasy Core RPG Adventure
© Jerry Harris, 2013
Published here as Open Game Content.


Intro

The characters have entered the frontier town of Cross. They have come looking for work, but due to their novice status, they’re currently unemployed. A deputy enters the Tower bar in the morning where the characters are, and announces a job.

A bounty has been issued on a local wizard, who’s apparently gone rogue. Vaughn and his associates were caught stealing bodies from the morgue. They escaped and were observed by a ranger patrol entering the Lost Valley. Vaughn entered a tower in the valley before they gave up pursuit. 100 gp has been offered for him alive, 75 gp dead. The Wizard Council is offering 50 gp for his spellbook.

Local bounty hunters laugh and resume drinking. If the characters inquire, the deputy will give further info. The Lost Valley is better known as the Garbage Dump of the Lost City of the Ancients. The city appears to be no where nearby. Their garbage, however, was apparently dumped here via magical means. (Thankfully, not the sewage.)

The characters are given directions. The valley roughly a half-day away on foot. Perhaps a full day to reach the small tower within. They are warned to seek shelter at night.


The Valley

Cresting the final rise, the characters view a valley, a five miles wide and several miles long. The entire bottom glistens in trash and debris. Hills and valleys of garbage undulate across the floor. In the far distance, there appears to be a gigantic tire fire going. A gigantic purple worm can be seen.  A colony of giant cockroaches is crawling around a sewage pit.  Somewhere near the center is a small tower overlooking the trash. As they enter the valley, the sunlight begins to diffuse, bathing the land in a bluish hue, indicating that the characters are now in the Wastes.


[Yes, there's a setting that goes with this adventure.  It's not ready for posting yet, but I plan on putting it up at some point.  I also reserve the right to retroactively disavow whatever setting notes (and monster stats) that are in this adventure if they contradict the actual setting.  Just letting you know in advance.]

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