Revelation: Tower of the Ascendants, Level 1
My friends, you’ve seen the fourthcore elite fall within its first three rooms, now I give to you the full first level of the Tower of the Ascendants. It’s called the Cathedral of Plagues, and it’s ready to eat players by the party.
Adventure Background
The Voice of All spoke three times before falling into silence. The first time to give shape to the Ancients. The second to give them the world as their domain. The third to build the TOWER for the war that was to come.
And war did come. The Ancients, primordial warriors charged with protecting the world, were subverted by three great crusaders, vindictive and powerful. The Ancients were stripped of immortality and cast from the heavens to serve and suffer with the rest of humanity. The crusaders claimed new bodies for themselves, and became the Triumvirate, god-tyrants of all realms.
The long line of descendants of the Ancients is dwindling, along with humanity’s last hope. What few remain have gathered to enter the TOWER OF THE ASCENDANTS. Crumbling stone tablets of ages forgotten say that a mortal who ascends the TOWER that pierces the heavens and slays the gods who dwell in its highest bower will reclaim lost immortality.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to the fourthcore elite for being the first to attempt to conquer the Tower’s first level. It’s a sad thing that the adventure couldn’t continue, but it was truly a blast to run. Thank you C. Steven Ross, Milwaukee Joe, Daniel Roanoke, and Sersa Victory!
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Posted on January 25, 2013, in 4e, Adventures, Back Pocket Dungeon, D&D, Revelation. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
YES!!! Excellent work, as always.
Oh man, I am so excited. I’ve been looking for a good fourthcore dungeon that Ross didn’t incorporate into Badass Dungeon Crushers so I could run it with my other group.
I’ll probably be running this next Friday night, if you’d like I’ll do a write-up on how it goes!
Go for it
This is fucking magic. My favorite D&D 4E adventure without a doubt, and I can’t wait to adapt it to other systems like AD&D and Dungeon World for this year’s conventions.