The Sunken Temple, Part 2

OK, so when I played The Sunken Temple, I did the whole thing in one go. I split the blog entries up for ease of use, but somehow I never got around to doing the second part of it until now!

Heroes vs. Zombies: The Deployment

When we last left Our Heroes, they had narrowly escaped certain death at the fangs of six wolves. And while they were all on their feet and reasonably safe and sound, it was an object lesson to not be so hasty in trying to just kill everything they stumbled upon. Which turned out to be a very good thing to know when they finally discovered the Ruined Chapel outside the Temple proper.

At the end of the 1st turn, there is already one Drowned Dead destroyed.

You see, there was a gang of bandits hanging out there. And they had an ogre with them. While our small band of heroes may think they're tough, they're not killing-an-ogre-with-buddies tough yet. And so, Rauffe de Corilla went to the bandit leader with all of the swagger and charisma that his fine breeding had gifted him, and he decided to negotiate. And the 2d6 roll was 10! The bandits decided to leave Our Heroes in peace.

Two Drowned Dead are left at the end of Turn 2

Now that the bandits had gone on their way, this left Our Heroes with the task of trying to figure out how to get INTO the Sunken Temple. The entrance was underwater. It took them four separate attempts to drain the lake enough to get into the Temple. And while they were exploring, a bit of a cave-in caused Frans a Light Injury, but the use of some medicinal herbs got him back up and ready to rumble. There was also a Holy Symbol found, worth 1 Gold Crown. And then they found the inner sanctum. This would be where the treasure was!

How is there still a Drowned Dead left at the end of Turn 3?

It was also the lair of six Drowned Dead. And it wasn't much of a fight. It was over in four turns, Rauffe's warband sustained no casualties, and everyone got a chance to fight, even if only six of them landed killing blows. It kind of reminded me of a Little League game.

And just like that, it was all over after the first die roll of Turn 4

The warband was able to recover some gold, two jewelstones, and three special magical items unique to the scenario (and you need to buy the supplement to find about them!) I was a bit concerned going into this game, as the Drowned Dead have a high toughness. But I lucked out and rolled a LOT of 6's, both to hit and to harm. And with that, Rauffe de Corilla, his sister Rosalind del Sur, and their assorted followers headed back to Aveijo.

As an aside, I built the Sunken Temple using 5mm foamcore board to the dimensions given in the supplement. I decorated it using designs from "The Garden" from Worldworks Games, modified as needed to fit the walls.

Five Leagues From The Borderlands and the supplements are available here.