Broor's Ballads

Trials of the Trapmaster’s Tomb A 0-level DCC Adventure by Terry Olson You look back at your companions through keen dwarven darkvision, nearly at the end of the winding corridor.  Parmeggiano the cheesemonger fumbles in the dark, bumping into an unlit torch.  “Finally!”  he cries, striking flint.  You shout—but too late.  Parmeggiano explodes in a flash of hubris, his charred cheesewheel rolling towards you.  Pressing on, you find a descending stairway,  each step etched with a strange runic letter.  Rufus the wainwright tugs Hamm the pig farmer forward, clutching his livestock.  Neither can read.  Rufus leans close and whispers, “Toss the pig.”  What It Is Trials of the Trapmaster’s Tomb (DCC #106) is a “thinking person’s funnel,” written by Terry Olson and included in Grimtooth’s Old School Traps from Goodman Games. Combat is nearly absent here—your players’ weapons will see more use as levers, wedges, or corpse hooks than as...