Indiana Ford and the Temple of Trials

Indiana Ford and the Temple of Trials is an 8-Bit inspired adventure for 4-6 Shadowdark characters of 8th level. This adventure was designed to be run as a one-shot and should take ~4 hours to complete.

GM Background

The party has just received an urgent message from their old adventuring companion Indiana “Indie” Ford. 

Indie’s discovered an ancient Temple of Ord that houses great knowledge and powerful artifacts, but there are Drow Shune worshippers hot on his tail, and if the temple’s secrets were to fall into Shunite hands, it could spell disaster.

The Shunites, led by High- Priestess Velissra, seek to awaken the Tarrasque (!) that slumbers beneath the temple.

The party must explore the crumbling ruins, defeat or evade its watchful guardians, and pass its dangerous trials to gain access to the temple’s Final Sanctum.

There they may try to defeat the Shunites, stop the ritual of awakening, and save Indie’s life, but Ord only knows if they’ll make it in time…

8-Bit Inspired

This adventure was designed for Dungeon Masterpiece’s Shadowdark 8-Bit Game Jam. The titles assigned to me were: 

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Rampage

Jeopardy 25th Anniversary Edition

Those titles inspired this adventure in these ways:

Indiana Jones.

Major adventure NPC is a clear homage to the titular character

Features exploration of ancient ruins/dealing with dangerous trials

Rampage.

Features colossal, reptilian monster intent only on destruction

Features building destruction (monster’s awakening is destroying the temple).

Jeopardy.

Features a test of lore/ knowledge

Answering questions incorrectly has consequences