The Company of the Righteous Fist

The Ruins of Castle Grimstead

The Ruins of Castle Grimstead was the first of the adventures of the Fist. They accomplished it with some panache and it lead some of them to bigger and brighter things. Others it brought closer to their God.

RUINS OF CASTLE GRIMSTEAD

I wrote this adventure as an introductory module for the new players to learn the game and for the characters to "get to know each other". It is always difficult to playtest home made adventures, and this certainly shows with "The Ruins of Castle Grimstead". After playing the game I think that the later encounters (with Temmi and his guards) were too tough for a party of new 1st level characters. With the benefit of hindsight I think the material as presented here is more suited to a party of six PCs of a mixture of 1st-2nd level: unless the players in your campaign heve particularly high stats or a few magic items.

Temmi reappeared later in the campaign as a sergeant of the Slave Lords (I updated the old A1-4 "Slavers" series, setting it in the Galena Mountains north of the Moonsea) and I think the players appreciated getting the opportunity to finally nail him: he had sent a couple of failed assassination attempts after them in the intervening time, so they were really out for revenge!

Although this adventure is clearly written for a Dalelands campaign, I think it is generic and balanced enough to fit into most campaigns.

I hope you enjoy reading / playing the adventure and I would be very pleased to receive any queries or (constructive :)) criticism you may have about it.

Cheers

Sean
(Feb '98)

If using Windows 95 simply right click on the links below and choose 'Save Target As...' then follow the prompts.

Readme file for Castle Grimstead (A4 - WORD 97 DOC)
Room Descriptions for Castle Grimstead (A4 - WORD 6/95 DOC)
Room Descriptions for Castle Grimstead (A4 - RTF)
Gelfling Font (Handout #1 - Use cursive substitute)
Dethek Font (Handout #2 - use symbolic substitute)
Castle Grimstead above ground (large JPEG)

Castle Grimstead below ground (large GIF)

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