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HOLLOW’S

LAST HOPE

Gamemastery module d0

Wilderness and dunGeon adventure

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Hollow’s Last Hope is a GameMastery Module designed for four 1st-level characters. By the end of this module, char-

acters should reach 2nd level. This module is compliant with the Open Game License (OGL) and is suitable for use

with the world’s most popular fantasy roleplaying game. The OGL can be found on page 16 of this product.

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HOLLOW’S LAST HOPE

source of the malady to Brookman’s well,

a small spring on the edge of town, and a

rare fungus called blackscour. By banning

the use of the spring, the town constabu-

lary hopes to prevent further infection, but

such measures ofer little respite to those

already alicted.

While Laurel has attempted numerous

treatments, she has been unable to cure

the disease. She lacks the reagents to brew

one last unusual medicine, though all the

necessary elements can be found within

nearby Darkmoon Vale. Thus far, though,

no townsfolk have dared to venture into the

wooded reaches and secure the ingredients

for this potential cure.

know one another as friends or relations,

or they might encounter one another as

they’re individually drawn to seek a cure

for the town’s aliction (likely either in line

at Roots and Remedies or at Laurel’s sug-

gestion of cooperation).

If the PCs need encouragement to

become involved in the plot of the adven-

ture, a friend, relative, or possibly one of

the PCs themselves might come down with

blackscour taint. Alternatively, both herbal-

ist Laurel and Sherif Baleson could put out

calls for assistance, drawing on PCs’ speciic

talents, which might lead the PCs to learn

of Laurel’s more unusual cure.

When you’re ready to begin the adven-

ture, read or paraphrase the following to

the players.

T he small village of Falcon’s

Hollow is a wild place. Nestled

in the shadow of Droskar’s Crag, the

people of Falcon’s Hollow are hearty

and stern. Theirs is a life of hardships,

broken only occasionally by a handful

of festivals and the infrequent

merchant caravan.

They face constant adversity from

both the wilderness and the wiles of

Adventure Summary

Charged by herbalist Laurel to cure the

alicted town, the PCs venture into Dark-

moon Vale to secure the ingredients

required to cure Falcon’s Hollow of the

blackscour taint. Along their path, the PCs

encounter numerous forest denizens, hints

of growing dangers within the woodlands,

and the ruins of a dilapidated dwarven

holding—the domain of a ferocious, bes-

tial master.

man. Wolves nip at their heels and

Perched at the edge of civilized lands, the small

town of Falcon’s Hollow has always had to

rely on itself to solve its problems. Meanwhile,

the uncaring lumber barons squeeze the com-

mon folk for every last copper, deaf to their

pleas. Now the hacking coughs of the sick are

heard throughout town. The plague has come

to Falcon’s Hollow and the town’s leaders can’t

be bothered to stop it.

cutpurses ply at their pockets. It is a

testament to their strength that they

even manage to survive at all.

—Pathinder Chronicles

IntroductIon

Any number of events might draw the PCs

to the small trade town of Falcon’s Hollow.

Merchant caravans regularly travel here

from any number of points abroad, trad-

ing for the rare darkwood that grows so

abundantly in Darkmoon Vale, and poten-

tially bringing exotic individuals to town

as guards or paying travelers. Alternatively,

characters might be long-time residents

of Falcon’s Hollow, young or adventurous

souls seeking excitement and opportunity

beyond the lumber mills and town’s petty

intrigues. Local residents might already

Hollow’s Last Hope is a wilderness and

dungeon adventure designed for four 1st-

level characters. Characters who success-

fully complete this adventure should reach

2nd level by its conclusion. This adventure

can be used as a prequel to the GameMas-

tery Module D1: Crown of the Kobold King.

This module is a combination of wilder-

ness exploration through the Darkmoon

Vale and dungeon delving in the surface

ruins of an ancient dwarven monastery.

Since time is a factor, Game Masters (GMs)

should familiarize themselves with the

rules for overland travel before beginning

this module.

the town of Falcon’s Hollow

A rough community wholly owned by the

local Lumber Consortium, Falcon’s Hollow

rests on the edge of Darkmoon Vale, a blunt,

sawdust-choked stop on a winding trade

route. Home to fewer than 1,500 humans

and a smattering of other races, most of

the townsfolk care only for the paltry coins

paid for their backbreaking work and what

simple comforts they can buy. A few, how-

ever, understand that what’s bad for one is

bad for all, and so the community thrives on

Adventure Background

In the past week, numerous residents of

Falcon’s Hollow have fallen ill, each suf-

fering from the same hacking aliction.

Local remedies prove as useless as prayers

at the Church of Iomedae, goddess of valor,

justice, and honor, and already at least

one town elder has been claimed by the

wheezing death.

Fortunately for Falcon’s Hollow, a canny

local herbalist named Laurel has traced the

Before the KoBold King

Aside from being its own adventure, Hollow’s Last Hope works well as a prelude to

GameMastery Module D1: Crown of the Kobold King. GMs interested in running this

adventure as part of Crown of the Kobold King can remove all elements of the disease

afflicting Falcon’s Hollow and instead use the encounters in Darkmoon Vale and in the

ruins above the kobolds’ lair as supplementary encounters. Containing its own com-

plete adventure and extensive details on the town of Falcon’s Hollow, Nicolas Logue’s

Crown of the Kobold King is available now at your favorite local game store and online

at paizo.com .

m o d u l e d 0

a tenacious mix of greed, debauchery, and

stubborn self-reliance.

fourth day, with the death toll increasing

an additional 1d4 every day until a total

of forty villagers have perished. If the PCs

have acquaintances or loved ones alicted

by blackscour taint (and who lack full NPC

statistics), roll 4d10 for each noteworthy

relation. If the PCs do not return to town

with a cure for the disease by the time the

death toll reaches the NPC’s number, the

speciied character dies.

Once forty townsfolk die from blacks-

cour taint, the malady has run its course,

killing all those unable to

lay their medical concerns at the feet of

the local herbalist, a tough woman named

Laurel (NG female human expert 3), whose

income stems as much from her sale of

snake oils and aphrodisiacs as from ques-

tionable cure-alls and bitter teas. As quick

to suggest expensive remedies as she is to

remind angry buyers that she is not, in fact,

a physician, Laurel does her best to help

those who come to her in need, but her tight

income, need to survive, and pride prevent

her from admitting failure.

In treating the blackscour taint, as in

most cases, Laurel has turned to her grand-

mother’s tome of recipes, cures, and spells

for aid. Although the book contains no

actual magic, it holds the rooted wis-

dom of generations of Laurel’s fam-

ily, including the teachings of the

Witch of Darkmoon Vale, Ulizmila,

from whom Laurel’s grandmother

learned in exchange for her sight.

There’s one last treatment from

the cultic appendices of the

tome—scribed in a hand that is

not Laurel’s grandmother’s—that

the herbalist has yet to try, as she

lacks three of the most impor-

tant ingredients and would

rather do what she can for the

sick with what she knows than

chase a fanciful salvation.

How the PCs come to entreat

Laurel for aid is largely up to

the GM. A DC 10 Knowledge

(local) check or merely inquiring

with any of the families of the

alicted reveals that Laurel is

aiding the families of the sick

as best she can—although her

proscriptions are little more

than bed rest and a pungent black

urdroot tea. Nearly anyone in town

can direct the PCs to Laurel’s shop, the

unmistakably named Roots and Remedies.

The line stemming from Laurel’s shop

makes a useful irst-time meeting place

for unacquainted PCs.

falcon’s hollow

town nonstandard (Lumber Consortium); Al NE

gP limit 1,500 gp; Assets 40,550 gp

demogrAPhics

Population 1,400

type isolated (human 94%, halling 3%, half-elf

1%, elf 1%, other 1% )

Authority figures

gavel thuldrin Kreed , LE male human expert 3/

rogue 4 (Gavel of the Lumber Consortium),

magistrate Vamros harg , NE male

halling aristocrat 2/sorcerer 5

(Magistrate-Elect), sherif

deldrin Baleson , LN male half-

elf expert 3/ighter 3 (Sherif of

Darkmoon Vale), Boss Payden

“Pay day” teedum , LE male

human monk 2/ighter 3

(Overboss of the Lumber

Consortium).

the Afliction

At the start of this adven-

ture, several dozen people

in Falcon’s Hollow have

contracted a fungal

disease called blacks-

cour taint. While the

malady is not excep-

tionally deadly, poor

conditions and a

general lack of sup-

plies mean that many

of the sick—espe-

cially the elderly and

young—face mortal

consequences. Slowly

deteriorating, most of

the alicted can hang on

for several more days, but

already the weakest have succumbed, with

their number growing daily.

Blackscour taint is an ingested disease

with an incubation period of 1d3 days. The

disease deals 1d2 points of Constitution

damage and is resisted with a DC 14 Forti-

tude save. Those who are infected develop

a hacking cough that quickly turns bloody

if the disease is allowed to progress.

For the irst two days from the start

of the adventure, 1d4 townsfolk die from

blackscour taint every day. On the third

day, 2d4 townsfolk die, then 3d4 on the

overcome the disease on their own. If the

PCs take up the search for a cure and fail to

return to Falcon’s Hollow by this time, they

are widely shunned and blamed by many

for the deaths of their loved ones.

PArt 1: An EluSIvE

AntIdotE

Falcon’s Hollow has few clerics, and only

Lady Cirthana (LG female cleric 2 of Iome-

dae) shows any interest in stopping the ill-

ness and she lacks the ability to cure dis-

eases. Since few townsfolk trust her, most

roots and remedies

Creeping ivy and full window boxes cover the

façade of the rugged-looking, two-story shop

bearing the faded sign “Roots and Remedies.” A

line of twenty-some somber townsfolk—some

with pale, wheezing children, others seeming

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