After impulsively agreeing to explore a sinister abandoned tower near your home, you soon discover the truth behind the rumours. Of all those brave or foolhardy enough to have entered the tower before you, none has ever returned.
This is a setting-agnostic 1st level adventure module for the D&D5e Role Playing Game with extensive tutorials for new GMs and players.
During the adventure, the PC will face around eight combat encounters as well as conversation encounters, skill challenges and other obstacles. By the end - if they escape with soul intact - they should have reached 2nd level.
The adventure is planned to be run with a GM and a single player but provides rules for stepping up encounters to challenge a full party.
As well as original "art" and maps created in Dungeon Alchemist, including animated maps and 1st person view screenshots, the module provides a staged introduction to game concepts and extra descriptions for the mechanics of running a game in Foundry VTT. Included is an alphabetical index of over 60 mini tutorials describing D&D5.5e rule elements and Foundry VTT tips as they crop up during play. Two labelled screenshots, one for the GM and one for players, help newcomers navigate around the VTT.
Encounters are described in the journal in standard D&D format, with highlighted boxes for tips and narrative text. Map notes for the GM and players and a number of macros provide the smoothest gaming experience.
The macros, including those that switch "inanimate" tiles for "animated" token creatures, play sounds, change region behaviours, open doors, remove walls, change map note visibility for players and run animations, could also serve as useful templates for new game developers.
There is also a Pathfinder 2e version of this module available on Foundry Marketplace.
Head over to the Dulcetware server on Discord if you have any comments or questions about the module.
Note: Quickstart has been enabled for this module. When you create a new world, the D&D Tutorial: Tower of Terror adventure will appear on the left pane as long as you have not selected the wrong game system on the right pane. Select it and the module will be pre-loaded into the world along with any dependent modules. Now all you have to do to get started is click GM Introduction under the Journal tab to the right of the screen and the tutorials will take you from there!
Updates:
v1.01 Enabled quickstart