SCh1 The Purloined Pachyderm

THE PURLOINED PACHYDERM 

A One-Shot Adventure
Compatible with Most Fantasy RPG systems
Recommended for 4-6 player characters of levels 2 to 4

The traveling faire’s prized pachyderm has been stolen by an evil wizard!
He plans to kill and carve up the great beast for spell components!
Can you rescue the wondrous beast and save Wyatt’s faire?

Hello and welcome, adventurers and Game Masters!

I am pleased to announce the release of "The Purloined Pachyderm".  This is a brand new one-shot adventure, compatible with OSRIC/1E, 2E, and most fantasy RPG systems. In this adventure your players will be tasked with helping a travelling circus owner, who will quest them with rescuing his prized attraction, a wondrous pachyderm! It is recommended for 4-6 player characters of levels 2 to 4. 

Synopsis: In this adventure your players will meet and help the ringmaster of the “Faire Fantastic”, a charismatic young man named Wyatt Ferris. Wyatt needs the players’ help because the prize attraction of his faire, a rare and exotic elephant named Nellie, has been stolen by a dastardly mage named Rickard Gees. The man tried to force Wyatt to sell Nellie to him but Wyatt repeatedly refused the offer, as the evil mage told him he intended to kill the glorious beast and use the body for spell components and its head as a trophy! Rejected, the mage stormed off but returned later in the evening, and when Gees left again the faire's famous elephant had vanished! Now Wyatt needs the party’s help to rescue his prized pachyderm, preferably before the next night’s show!

Can you save the Faire Fantastic?

MAP OF RICKARD GEES' KEEP and MAP OF THE TVINRR

Cartography by: (1) Dyson Logos, as modified by Louis "sirlou" Kahn; and (2) Louis "sirlou" Kahn, all rights reserved.   

2022 Revision: In response to some reader feedback I rebuilt the main PDF from the ground up, and I have updated this product as follows:

1. I am including a 5E Conversion Kit that has info on all of the standard and new foes, as well as the trap present in this adventure; and
2. I have added section bookmarks to both of the PDFs.

PLUS with this purchase you also get a free copy of my latest Starry Knight Press Catalog, which has information on all of my modules and supplements, as well as maps of the known portions of my campaign world of Terrans, and bonus content (new monsters and magic items) from my published books!

Note: I specifically designed and wrote this adventure for inclusion in the charity sale, “The Adventures of Wyatt”; this was available exclusively through DriveThruRPG in Nov. 2017. I donated this module and two others to this appeal. It was meant to honour fellow gamer Wyatt Ferris, whose young life tragically ended far too soon due to self-harm. All proceeds of that appeal were donated to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in Wyatt's memory! If you or someone you know is in crisis, please reach out ti them at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). This book is part of the continuing #PlayForWyatt Movement, where Game Masters (like me) continue to pay tribute to Wyatt by including him in our adventures and allowing him to live on within the fantasy worlds we create, which he so loved to play in!

Louis “sirlou” Kahn
Starry Knight Press
November 2017