The Gnarled Warden of Faeroot Gaol

Beneath the twisting branches of a colossal and ancient oak, within the hollowed out trunk lies Faeroot Gaol; a prison long abandoned — or so it seems. Once overseen by a Warden maddened by his obsession with Faerie lore, the prison now festers with a sinister power. The Warden vanished through a shimmering portal to the Faerie Realm, but something dark returned in his place. Now, corrupted prisoners serve a cruel fae overlord, their grotesque forms prowling the shadowed halls, while black magic seeps from the gnarled roots into the surrounding forest. Will you brave the labyrinthine hollows of the prison and uncover the fate of its Warden, or fall prey to the terrors lurking within?

The Gnarled Warden of Faeroot Gaol is a short A5 pamphlet adventure for the Mausritter RPG featuring:

• An overrun prison within an ancient oak tree with dark secrets and vast treasures within
• A powerful and sinister Dark Faerie and his twisted thralls
• 4 different adventure hooks
• 4 new creatures to encounter
• and direct ties to Faerie Realm adventure (procedures found in Bernpyle #5)

Ways to use this:

• As a short, high-stakes one shot adventure to introduce new players to Mausritter
• As part of your campaign throughout the Earldom of Bernpyle (found within the Bernpyle Zines)
  • Faeroot Gaol in in Hex #7 on Bernpyle's border with the Feylands
  • Earl Francis Seedfall may ask the party to investigate the Warden's disappearance 
• As part of the Adventures Continue game jam hexcrawl
  • Faeroot Gaol can be placed in any hex
  • Repalce Bernpyle with Aspengrotto (these sites connect very well)

Credits

Artwork:

• Main tree art and map - Matthew Morris
• Dark Faerie - Lux Taggart
• Fae Ruins - PerplexingRuins

Fonts:

• Baldish by creativemedialab
• Hanno Mid Century by That That Creative

License

The Gnarled Warden of Faeroot Gaol is an independent production by Matthew Morris and ManaDawnTTG. It is published under the Mausritter Third-Party License and is not affiliated with Losing Games. 

Mausritter is copyright Losing Games