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INTRODUCTION

I ntrOductiOn

Two centuries past, the dwarven smith Durgeddin the

Black carved a secret stronghold from the caverns rid-

dling a hill known as the Stone Tooth. Laboring cease-

lessly in their halls under the mountain,

Durgeddin’s clan forged enchanted weapons

for use in their vendetta against the orcs that

had driven them out of their old homes.

Durgeddin and his followers are long dead,

but the dwarf-hold is not empty. Deadly peril

waits in the caverns beneath the Stone Tooth,

as well as Durgeddin’s hidden armory of

matchless weaponry.

The Forge of Fury is a D UNGEONS & D RAGONS ®

adventure suitable for four 3rd-level player

characters. Player characters who survive the

entire adventure advance to 5th level with

good play. Lower level characters can handle

the early portions of the adventure with luck

and caution, while you can make the adven-

ture suitable for higher level characters with

some minor modifications.

Each encounter is rated with an encounter level to help

you figure out how powerful the encounter should be for

your party of adventurers, and to determine experience

point rewards.

The Town of

Blasingdell

While the Stone Tooth is a re-

mote and lonely place, there is

a human town not too far away.

Blasingdell lies about 30 miles

south of the Stone Tooth, a jour-

ney of three days on foot or two

days on horseback due to the

surrounding rugged terrain and

dense forests. While it isn’t close

enough for the player characters

to use it as a base camp for their

exploration of the Glitterhame,

it’s still useful as a place to pur-

chase equipment, stock up on

supplies, and rest in between

excursions into the caverns.

c Blasingdell (large town):

Conventional; AL NG; 5,000 gp

limit; Assets 505,000 gp; Popula-

tion 2,021; Integrated (human

37, halfling 20, elf 18, dwarf 10,

gnome 7, half-elf 5, half-orc 3).

Authority Figure: Sir Miles

Berrick, male human Ari6.

Important Characters: Khelde-

gan Tolm, male dwarf Exp7

(proprietor of Tolm’s Superior

Outfitting and Dry Goods);

Constable Dara Whitewood,

female human War6; Sister

Alonsa, female human Clr5;

Sergeant Grendar Kuln, male

half-orc (watch-captain) Ftr4;

Sarel Bankdown, female half-elf

Exp2 (proprietor of The Grif-

fon’s Nest inn and tavern).

Others: Town guards, War3

(2); Militia, War1 (101); Clr2

(2); Ftr2 (2); Exp3 (2); Exp1

(56); Ari3 (2); Ari1 (10); Com1

(1,838).

ADVENTURE BACKGROUND

Two centuries ago, the great dwarven smith Durgeddin

the Black was driven from his home by a horde of fierce

orcs and trolls. They plundered his ancestral halls and

slew all they could catch. Fleeing his enemies, Durgeddin

led the destitute remnants of his clan in search of a new

home. After years of wandering, the dwarves discovered a

great cavern system beneath the Stone Tooth, which is a

rugged, forested hill crowned by a bare rocky crag. There

Durgeddin and his followers founded the secret strong-

hold of Khundrukar—the Glitterhame.

About one hundred years ago, one of Durgeddin’s clans-

men was captured by orcs during a raid, and a powerful

orc tribe learned the secret of their enemy’s stronghold.

The orcish chieftains raised a great army and marched on

Khundrukar. In a hard-fought siege lasting months, the

orcs tunneled around the dwarven defenses and stormed

the place, putting all within to the sword. The monsters

abandoned the scene, carrying off wagonloads of booty.

In the years since the great battle, various goblin or orc

bands have occupied the Glitterhame and used the dwarf-

hold as a base for their raids. At other times, the caverns

have lain empty except for the mindless and bloodthirsty

monsters that haunt such places. Today legends of

Durgeddin’s Vengeance, the Smith’s War, and the extraor-

dinary blades he forged in anger still surface from time to

time in the lands near the Stone Tooth.

PREPARATION

You should have a copy of the Player ’s Handbook,

the D UNGEON M ASTER ’s Guide, and the Monster

Manual to play this adventure. Before you run

this adventure for your players, you should

read through it once to get an idea of what’s

supposed to happen. If you plan to play as a

player character in this adventure, you should-

n’t read it now—play the adventure first with

someone else as the Dungeon Master, and

when you’re done with that game, you can get

ready to run your own.

You should read or paraphrase text that

appears in shaded boxes to

the players. This information

summarizes the scene as the

characters first encounter it,

providing the players with

the information their charac-

ters gain simply from enter-

ing the room. In many cases,

the characters may discover

hidden treasure or lurking

monsters by exploring the

area at greater length. Boxes

outside the running text con-

tain special information for you, the Dun-

geon Master.

Areas with monster encounters

include a set of “spot” statistics, just

enough information for you to run a

combat with these creatures without

referring to another source. Extended

monster statistics are provided in the

appendix in alphabetical order.

ADVENTURE SYNOPSIS

The Forge of Fury is a dungeon crawl, or site-based adven-

ture, describing the ruined stronghold of Khundrukar.

The characters come to the Stone Tooth in search of a

Chimney

Khundrukar

Cross-Section

Orc Tunnel

Glitterhame

The Foundry

The

Mountain

Door

The Black Lake

The Sinkhole

The Dark Mere

200 feet

Khundrukar

Cross-Section

Chimney

Orc Tunnel

The Foundry

Glitterhame

The

Mountain

Door

The Black Lake

The Sinkhole

The Dark Mere

200 feet

INTRODUCTION

hidden cache of Durgeddin’s superior blades. They find

the old stronghold inhabited by a number of dangerous

monsters. The complex consists of five different levels:

The Mountain Door: The entrance to the Glitterhame, the

Mountain Door is the uppermost level of the cavern com-

plex. It is inhabited by a tribe of fierce orcs, led by a brutal

ogre-king known as the Great Ulfe.

The Glitterhame: The largest level of Khundrukar, the

Glitterhame is a broad expanse of beautiful natural cav-

erns. Troglodytes and cave-dwelling monsters infest this

region. From here, the characters can ascend to the

Foundry or climb down into the Sinkhole.

The Sinkhole: Streams in the Glitterhame descend to an

underground river, which includes a corner of the cav-

erns forgotten by the denizens above.

The Foundry: Beyond the Glitterhame lie the dwarven

halls of Khundrukar itself, a complex of chambers and

passageways carved by Durgeddin’s folk. A small band of

duergar (gray dwarf ) warriors currently hold Durgeddin’s

hall, working to uncover the secret of the smith’s ancient

forge. A great crevasse leads to the Black Lake.

The Black Lake: The most dangerous denizen of the cav-

erns under the Stone Tooth lairs in the cold, still waters of

the Black Lake. Nightscale, a black dragon, discovered a pas-

sage into the lake through an underwater siphon connect-

ing to a bog on the far side of the hill. The young dragon has

claimed the ancient wealth of Khundrukar as the beginning

of her own hoard, and she defends her lair to the death.

lated farmsteads and camps in the hills north of the town.

One orc warrior, left for dead by his comrades, was placed

under the influence of a charm spell by the town’s mage.

He then divulged the location of the monsters’ lair, a

lonely hill called the Stone Tooth. The characters are

offered a bounty of 25 gold pieces per orc they slay or cap-

ture, plus the eternal gratitude of the townsfolk for

quelling the threat.

T he FOrge

The legend of the smith Durgeddin the Black is well

known in this region. In each of the small, scattered

towns you’ve passed through, you’ve heard stories of

wondrous treasure hidden in long-lost dwarven vaults

and a pitiless war of vengeance between dwarf and orc

a hundred years past.

Durgeddin was a master smith who forged blades of

surpassing quality and power. Centuries ago, Durged-

din’s home was sacked by orcs. Durgeddin led the

remnants of his clan to a new stronghold in the moun-

tains north of the town of Blasingdell and established

a small, secret stronghold somewhere in the trackless

wilderness.

From his hidden redoubt, he waged a decades-long

vendetta against all orc-kind, until one day his ene-

mies discovered his fortress and attacked it. Durged-

din and his followers perished, and much wealth was

carried away by the conquering hordes. But it’s said

that the deepest and best-hidden vaults and armories

escaped the looting, and that some of Durgeddin’s

extraordinary blades still wait in the darkness for a

hand bold enough to claim one.

You’ve come to Blasingdell, a small mining town on

the northern frontier, to see if there’s anything to

these stories. Your map shows that the old dwarf-hold

lies about three days’ march to the north of the town.

Dark, deeply forested hills rise beyond the town’s out-

skirts.

CHARACTER HOOKS

You can place the Stone Tooth and its caverns anywhere

you like in your campaign world. The Forge of Fury works

particularly well if you pick a remote range of rugged hills

or highlands several days from the nearest town.

Your next task is to figure out why your players will want

their characters to brave this adventure. How did the party

learn about Khundrukar, and how did they discover its

location? Pick one of the following options that best suits

your game, or make up an explanation of your own. (If you

don’t know which one to use, go with The Map—it’s easy).

The Map: The party has acquired a map showing the

location of a secret dwarven stronghold named Khun-

drukar. Perhaps the characters discovered the map during

a previous adventure, or maybe a character with a stu-

dious bent such as a wizard or a priest discovered the map

in a forgotten corner of his or her favorite library before

this adventure starts. It doesn’t really matter how the

characters got their hands on it—they can use the map to

reach the Stone Tooth and begin their explorations.

A Broken Blade: Baron Althon, a local nobleman,

hires the party to search for the legendary cache of weap-

ons forged by Durgeddin the smith. He shows the charac-

ters a broken blade bearing the smith’s mark, and tells

them that it was discovered near a rocky hill called the

Stone Tooth. Baron Althon provides the party with direc-

tions to the Stone Tooth and offers a reward of 500 gold

pieces above market value for each blade of Durgeddin’s

the party recovers for him.

Captured Raider: In the town of Blasingdell, the char-

acters learn that fierce orc raiders have been pillaging iso-

This is a good time to ask the players if their characters

would like to make any special preparations before begin-

ning the adventure. Buying equipment and supplies for

an expedition into the wilderness might be a good idea.

When the players are ready, move on to The Stone

Tooth. The trek to the peak passes without event.

Of Fury

When you’re ready to begin play, read or paraphrase the

following information to the players. This is what their

characters have heard about Durgeddin and his lost

stronghold before setting out in search of the dwarf ’s lost

stronghold. This text assumes that you’ve decided to use

The Map as your hook for getting the characters to the

adventure; if that’s not the case, you might need to change

the text to fit.

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