Twisting Old Wounds

TWISTING OLD WOUNDS

You’ve hatched a plan. After one night in the Village of Pusk, it’s clear that the Puskans are nincompoops. They are squat, blue and stubborn. They have odd customs and nonsensical rules.
They told you of the cave in the strange rock formation that looms over Pusk. That is where, ten-hundred years ago, the Dragon Wizard Vylziangk was at last brought low--pierced by the Stone Pin of Aelnott the Sly. The Pin’s enchantment turned Vylziangk to stone, and it’s guts became twisting tunnels. No one ventures into those forbidden caves--especially in search of the vast wealth that Vylziangk swallowed in a lifetime of feasting on treasure.
Now you have climbed the cliff, and stand in the mouth of the cave. Ahead, a cobbled path curls into darkness like a rough tounge.

An adventure module for the  Appenidx N. Jam, July 2025
Creatures are Stat-ed for Cairn, but this module can be easily adapted for use with other fantasy adventure games!

Literary Influences:
This adventure is inspired by certain Appendix N. literature in particular: Jack Vance's Cugel's Saga, Lord Dunsany's The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth, and the short story "When the Sea-King's Away" from Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber.
I was also thinking about Vaults of Vaarn by Leo Hunt, because I love it.