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a sourcebook of encounter locations for any level

A sourcebook of encounter locations for any level.

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Contributors: Shannon Benne , Bill Collins, Malcolm Davies, Fred Herman,

David Lalinde, Trevis D. Powell, Corey Reid, Peter A. Shaefer, Ross A. Shaw, Garth Wright.

Introduction and Additional Writing: Andrew J. Luther

Layout and Production: Pamela Ellis

Editing and Proofreading: Pamela Ellis, Andrew J. Luther

Cover and Interior Illustrations and Page Design: A ila Adorjany

Cartography: Andrew J. Luther

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Welcome to Rooms with a View, a Vanishing Goblin Drop-

In™. is book is intended to be the rst in a series, giving

you a complete selection of avor- lled locations to drop

into your existing campaigns.

When I originally decided to put this book together,

the rst thing I did was think back to some of the most

memorable campaigns that I have played in (or, more o en,

ran). I tried to gure out what made those campaigns, or

moments within them, so fun or dramatic or moving that

my gaming group still talks about them, years later.

e one thing I immediately realized was that none of

the memorable moments came about as a result of a new

rule, or a new skill, or a new magic item, or a new class

feature. ose moments were born from adventures that

grew out of other moments, brought about by interesting

locations, intriguing NPCs, and role-play intera ions.

at’s exactly what Rooms with a View is about.

Inside this book are twelve interesting locations.

Actually, “locations” may be the wrong word to use,

because there’s a lot more than just places to be found here.

Every one of the chapters in Rooms includes a detailed area.

is could be a re aurant, like e Furnace Room (chapter

one). It could be an inn, like e Dead Head Inn (chapter

ve). It could even be a traveling show, like e Show Must

Go On (chapter ten). Each location is unique in some way,

a place that will stand out in the memories of your players.

A er all, anyone can come up with another typical inn. It

is the atypical places that result in great stories.

In addition to the locations themselves, we have also

provided the NPCs who make these locations come alive.

ese are not your usual innkeepers and apothecaries.

ese people (or creatures) have their own goals, aspira-

tions, and secrets. More importantly, they are ready to get

your player chara ers involved in their lives.

Finally, we have given you ways to take these locations

and use them as springboards to adventure. Every one of

the chapters includes a number of adventure seeds you can

use to get your player chara ers motivated. By integrat-

ing these adventure seeds with your current campaign,

the locations become more than simple encounters. ey

become sources of information, intrigue, and excitement.

So here are the rst twelve Rooms with a View. If you nd

these places interesting, let us know and we’ll bring you

More Rooms with a View. If there’s something eci c you

want to see, visit our website at www.vanishinggoblin.com

and let us know. And most importantly, have fun.

—Andrew J. Luther,

President, Vanishing Goblin

Introduction

Andrew J. Luther

The Furnace Room

Corey Reid

Four Brothers’ Spellwares

Bi Co ins

Monkscape

Fred Herman

Erond’s Bridge

Peter A. Shaefer

The Dead Head Inn

Trev i s D. Powel l

Lake of Sorrows

Garth Wright

The Tomb of House Ilthan

Shannon Benne

The River Guardian

Bill Collins

The Desert Door

Ross A. Shaw

The Show Must Go On

David Lalinde

Bull-Headed Artist

Corey Reid

Farel orn

Malcolm Davies

Contribut ors 82

Upcoming Products 83

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The Furnace Room

by Corey Reid

Introduction

e Furnace Room is a re aurant where both wealthy

well-to-do and criminal ne’er-do-wells come to enjoy a

ne meal, a bit of lively entertainment, and to see and be

seen. e strange contrast in clientele comes about due

to the interesting history of the e ablishment’s owner,

the elegant Rita del Velasquez. While these days she is a

re ected member of society and has many highly-placed

friends, she makes no bones about her past as a mercenary

and her equally numerous friends from more dubious slices

of society. Indeed, her acquaintances on both ends of the

social ladder nd Rita’s connections invaluable.

e Furnace Room should be placed in a se lement with

a population of at least 6,000 people (small city or larger).

While it could conceivably exist in a large town, its exclu-

sivity would hamper Rita’s ability to make a pro t in a

smaller population center. In addition, the Furnace Room

is only open for business from 6:00 pm through midnight

every day, further cu ing down on the business’ viability

in a smaller se lement.

Reservations (which are largely impossible to acquire

unless you’re already known at the e ablishment) are

handled by the maître d’, an unbelievably charming young

man named Hadid al-Aman beni Rifaa, but ge ing to him

means ge ing past Ulyich, a massive were-bear who stands

guard over the front door.

e sta at the Furnace Room is mostly former mem-

bers of Rita’s mercenary company and their children, come

to forge new and less dangerous lives for themselves. ey

have surprising abilities for re aurant sta and are not

to be taken lightly. Rita herself is a dangerous woman in

a ght, and has not lost any of her combat abilities in her

years as a re aurateur.

Rita del Velasquez, female human Ftr13: CR

13; Medium Humanoid (Human); HD 13d10+26;

hp 101; Init +8 (+4 Dex, +4 Improved Initiative);

Spd 30 .; AC 16 (+4 Dex, +2 ring of protection +2 ),

touch 16, at-footed 12; Base Atk +13/+8/+3; Grp

+15/+10/+5; Atk +21 melee (1d6+4/15–20, +2 rapi-

er); Full Atk +21/+16/+11 melee (1d6+4/15–20, +2

rapier); Space/Reach 5 ./5 .; AL CN; SV Fort

+10, Ref +8, Will +6; Str 14, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 12,

Wis 14, Cha 16.

Ski s and Feats: Blu +9, Diplomacy +17, Gather

Information +9, Knowledge (local) +2, Profession

(re aurant owner) +10, Ride +6, Sense Motive +9,

Combat Re exes, Dodge, Greater Weapon Focus

(rapier), Greater Weapon Specialization (rapier),

Improved Critical (rapier), Improved Initiative,

Leadership, Negotiator, Quick Draw, Skill Focus

(Profession—re aurant owner), Weapon Finesse,

Weapon Focus (rapier), Weapon Specialization

(rapier) .

The Furnace Room

Possessions: +2 rapier, ring of mind shielding, ring

of protection +2, brooch of shielding.

Rita del Velasquez ends pra ically all of her time in

the Furnace Room. During the evening, when guests are

dining, she divides her time among the various rooms. To

determine where Rita is at any particular time of the eve-

ning, roll percentile dice and consult the following chart.

Whi ers is a group of assassins devoted to the overthrow

of the local government (in whichever form it takes in your

campaign).

Most of the Furnace Room employees are aware that Rita

has some “ ecial friends” who are allowed to come and go

as they please, and many know that there are secret cham-

bers in the basement, but none knows that their beloved

boss is hiding the sinister Whi ers in Darkness cult. Most

who bother to consider it think Rita is involved in assorted

shady schemes, or performs “favors” for her friends from

her mercenary days. is is, in fact, true—Rita has hid-

den fugitives and goods, and will do almost anything for

a former comrade-in-arms. However, she keeps her sta

isolated from Whi ers for their own safety. Should she be

exposed, she wants to be sure that

her employees don’t su er.

Whi ers is run by Frenessar

Inkhand, a gnome shadowdancer

dedicated to the overthrow of the

local government. His operation

had just taken the name Whi ers

in Darkness when Rita, sympa-

thetic to their plight, o ered to

provide the edgling organization

with a base of operations and a

supply of ready income. Rita and

Frenessar are very close friends. By

day Frenessar runs a printing press

and is a well-known guest at the

Furnace Room.

e exact nature of Whi ers in

Darkness is le up to you. Frenessar

% Ro

Room/Area

1–15

e Entrance

16–75

e Upper Dining Room

76–90

e Lower Dining Room

91–100

e Kitchen

Key to

Re aurant Map

Behind The Scenes

at the Furnace Room o ers discreet sur-

roundings to powerful people is no secret. at

Rita is a skilled swordswoman with many hard

campaigns under her belt is, if not exactly well-

known, at least not di cult to learn. at the

Furnace Room operates as the secret headquar-

ters of a fanatical assassin cult is a very well-kept

secret indeed.

It would greatly surprise (and in many

cases, horrify) clients at both ends of the social

ectrum were they to learn that the Furnace

Room is in fact the central home of a mysterious

organization known as Whi ers in Darkness.

1. Public garden

2. Outer verandah

3. Main entrance

4. Cloakroom and

Hadid’s o ce

5. Upper dining room

6. Kitchen

7. Lower dining room

8. Rita’s o ce

9. Stairs to cellar

10. Inner verandah

11. Private garden

e Furnace Room

1 square = 10 feet

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