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Horror at Havel's Cross - A Basic Rules Adventure

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Enter the world of Dungeons & Dragons without spending a penny!

Following on from the best-selling A Most Potent Brew, this second-level adventure is designed to work with the free basic rules offered by Wizards of the Coast. You and your friends can explore, battle and roleplay without having to buy anything other than snacks, drinks and maybe some pizza for the DM!

Uncover ghoulish horrors at Havel's Cross

When a group of archaeologists put out a call for adventurers to help them escort a valuable artefact back to civilization, nobody expects anything out of the ordinary. However, our heroes have more than mere bandits to deal with at Havel’s Cross...

Undead monsters roam the night and an ancient artefact stirs within a long forgotten temple. Getting to the bottom of the mystery will require a strong sword-arm and an even stronger stomach.

Comes with free resource pack

Want to step your game up to the next level? This download comes with a free resource pack, including:

  • Printer-friendly copy of the adventure
  • Large copy of the dungeon map

Note that this adventure contains some graphic violence, and as such is not suitible for young children.

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Robert W November 23, 2023 9:18 pm UTC
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Enjoyable 6-8 hour adventure. You could finish this in under 4 hours if you play quickly. There's a surprising amount of depth to this adventure, and the few NPCs in here are fun to run, and the combat encounters are well thought out. There's room for you as the GM to add some flair if what's here isn't enough. I first got this for free but liked it so much that I had to return and toss a coin to the fine folks at Winghorn Press. I will be trying out their other adventures, and I'm stoked to see what else they've cooked up!
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Johannes K December 05, 2022 11:48 pm UTC
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A good romp, that has everything a D&D One-Shot needs. It took us 7 hours to complete, but I guess you can do it a lot faster with an experienced group.
The story is well grounded in lore, the first fight scenario is classic but gives a ton of tactical opportunities. The main NPC represents the quimzical gnomes of FR spot on. The main act contains a nice little Indiana Jones myystery and a boss fight that will make your level 1 and 2 characters wet their breeches. Full five stars!
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jack A September 23, 2021 3:56 pm UTC
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This is really good! Started out with it for some players who wanted an introduction to D&D, and it was perfect. Thanks!
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Brendan D October 13, 2020 10:04 am UTC
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Really fantastic one shot, I ran this for a brand new group with a few minor tweaks and added a couple of characters and they had a blast. Great work, very impressed!
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Stocatso L May 19, 2020 4:19 pm UTC
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Great adventure, I hope my players will like it as much as I did.
Small debug of totally irrelevant details:
- THE ALTAR: The Bowl of death is described as "onyx" first and "obsidian" later. They are both black stones, but different.
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Eric G January 25, 2020 4:22 pm UTC
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Amine T October 17, 2019 1:40 pm UTC
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I'm not going to add on what the other DMs said about adjusting the encounters. I just wanted to say that the puzzle-solving thingy was simple enough for me so I used some home-made props! I started with three bowls on which I taped some elvish-phrases written on paper. I then prepared a small box in which I put a jelly-stained knife, eggshells, a mortar and pestle and since I did not have chicken bones I used spaghetti! My players loved it.
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Lara C April 28, 2019 10:45 pm UTC
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I'm going to use this adventure as an oneshot for my first time DMing. The party consists of six players, and they ask if it can be lvl3. What do you suggest for scaling the encounters. I've looked at several online encounter calculators... but so far I'm not sure what the best course of action is.
Maybe making the hobgoblin a hobgoblin captain and o e of the three ghouls a ghast? And then buffing up Calder with more HP and higher level spells?
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OG D November 14, 2018 7:44 pm UTC
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We really enjoyed this adventure, but as some of the others said, you may need to make some adjustments to the amount of enemies or their stats dependent upon party size. I ran 2 level 2 players, and it provided a good challenge as written. If your players are into horror, this adventure is a good choice. It is easily tied in to your campaign setting in any number of ways, I had an NPC friend of the players send a letter that his friend (Landy) was in need of aid.

We use Roll20, so I converted the map to a PNG file, as well as utilized a generic map for the Havel's Wood Inn.
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Charles N September 30, 2018 8:21 pm UTC
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Thinking of running this adventure this week, but looking at the combat encounters, it seems a like it'd be a deadly or at least hard encounter for a group of 4 lvl 2s (I used one of those encounter calculators after wondering myself, and it agreed). The goblins seem doable since they retreat after half of them die, but 3 ghouls before the BBG? Since the path to the bone chamber leads right through the life room, they seem unavoidable. Has anyone encountered problems, TPKs and the like? Or does this just look intimidating up front, but work out alright?
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Christian B May 24, 2018 10:45 pm UTC
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My new party really enjoyed this adventure. Nice atmosphere and a fun little puzzle. They had some difficulty with the goblins which was great and made for a good encounter. Calador went down fast. I am planning to run this again and have beefed him up a bit. The provided maps are good but not suitable for miniature play. I got an inn map, created a temple map, and a temple basement map for the encounters.
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Mark P April 08, 2018 8:05 pm UTC
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Great little adventure. I've run it twice now. All of the encounters throughout are excellent with the exception of the boss battle. Both times I've run this, Calador has rolled low for initiative. In both games, he's been dead before it reached his turn due to the relatively low number of hit points he has. He has a fantastic ability to create Ghouls as an action (and let's face it, there's a room full of bodies to work with) but he's been dead in the first round both times. It didn't detract entirely from a great adventure but it runs the risk of anti-climax because of it.
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evan M December 13, 2017 2:30 am UTC
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i am getting an error when i try to open the cross v1.1 pdf, adobe says the file is corrupted and can not be restored. i have downloaded the file a few times and received the same message. the printer friendly version opened fine
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William M August 02, 2017 1:18 pm UTC
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Also - very disappointed in the map provided for the Tavern and the lack of map for the Temple (even though it may not be necessary battle wise, there are many details and rooms that would in handy for players to visualize)
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William M August 01, 2017 2:16 pm UTC
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Any recommendations on where everyone set this in the Forgotten Realms? At least where The Spring Shoot is located as a starting point?
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Seth T August 25, 2017 6:23 pm UTC
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Reading the adventure, it sounds like you could easily set it anywhere you like. My players are on the road, son I put the Spring Shoot on a highway between two cities. It's a forested region just south of some jagged mountains.

But like I said, I think you could easily place this adventure anywhere.
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Anthony C June 06, 2017 1:51 pm UTC
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I'm going to be running this for a group of 5 players. I ran A Most Potent Brew for a much smaller group and loved it! Any suggestions for scaling this to a first level party?
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Seth T August 25, 2017 6:27 pm UTC
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With some luck, 1st level players might be able to handle a second level adventure! I played with a party of three 2nd Level players. Five 1st Level players will only require minor adjustments.

I would cut the goblin party from 6 down to 4 and maybe change the total HP for the ghouls and for Calador.
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