Reign of The Dragon

 

ADVENTURE:  REIGN OF THE  DRAGON  ENCOUNTERS: ELEVEN  DIFFICULTY: H ARD  DURATION: 120-180 M  MINUTES  DESIGNED AND M APPED BY

 JUSTIN H ALLIDAY 

 

Hero Kids Adventure

 Adventure Overview Overview

This adventure adventure requires a copy of the Hero the  Hero Kids RPG Kids RPG to play, and these extra materials are required:   Six-sided dice (d6s)   Pencil and eraser   Hero Cards for each player   Monster Cards for the monsters   Print-outs of the encounter maps   Stand-up minis for the heroes and monsters

In  Reign of the Dragon Dragon,, an injured dragon arrives in Rivenshore, pursued by mysterious enemies.  When the heroes protect the dragon, it implores them to travel to the mountains, where its mate has been captured by cultists who wish to steal their hatchlings.

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Background The heroes all live in the same village, Rivenshore,  which is nestled in a tight valley beneath a towering mountain. A river ru runs ns past the village and flows in into to  a small bay.  Rivenshore would be a beautiful place to live, if it  weren’t beset by an endless series of calamities. calamities.  

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 Adventure Structure Structure

Running This Adventure  Duration  Reign of the Dragon Dragon   is a long adventure, and many younger children have trouble concentrating for extended periods. periods. Consider splitting play into seve several ral sessions rather than trying to complete the adventure in one session.

 Improvisation

This adventure follows the kids’ kids’ journey which begins in Rivenshore, journeys through the forest, climbs the dragon’s dragon’s lair high in the Druinhowe Mountains, Mountains , and then returns to the village. Rivenshore encounters:   1: Dragon Came to Dinner   2: Defenders of the Beast   3: Planning the Journey •

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The structure of Reign of  Reign of the Dragon means Dragon means there are many opportunities for encounters to have unexpected outcomes, or for the players to take the story outside of the text. For example, the cultists might manage to abduct the dragon Drexanathon, the players might try to rescue the captured sheriff and militia, the heroes might disguise themselves as cultists, or they might team up with one of game characters in the story. In these situations, you may need to adjust the story to incorporate or remove characters,entirely adjust new the difficulty of combats, or improvise encounters that bring your players back to the story.

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Forest encounters: •

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  4b: Northern Woods   5b: Northern Camp

  4a: East Forest Road   5a: East Forest Bridge

Mountain encounters:   6: Dragon Prince   7: Mountain Foothills •

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Dragon’s lair:  lair:  Hoard    8a: Dragon’s Hoard  •

Mountain’s Maw     8b: The Mountain’s

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  9: Dragon Cultists   10: Dragon Prince Battle

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  11: Defenders of the Vale

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 Adventure Intro Today’s trouble starts when when Rivenshore’s festival is interrupted by the arrival of an injured dragon.

You wake early on Sun’s day, excited to celebrate the  annual festival to Ostara. Once your chores are  finished, you hurry through the snow to the town  square where the folk of Rivenshore Rivenshore are gathering. You spend hours in the square, visiting merchant  s’  s’  tents, petting newborn animals, feasting, hunting for  painted eggs, and chasing the town jester who is dressed as a hare.  Footsore and stuffed with food, you’ve you’ve found a shady  patch  patch of grass to lie on when you’re startled you’re  startled by a great crash. You rush out out from beneath the tree as a massive  scaled creature bursts through a barn at the edge of town, reducing it to splinters and dust. The townsfolk scatter as the beast staggers into the  festival square. It looms closer; you reel backwards as it crushes the tents under its clawed feet. Its shadow  falls over you as the massive creature creature finally comes to a  halt, it rears up and lets loose loose an earth-shaking roar. The creature lands with a thump and spins around, its tail swooshing over your head. You notice that its golden skin is marred with bloody  wounds, broken spear-shafts stick from its body, and  frayed ropes are strung strung around its wings and n neck. eck.  A dragon has arrived arrived in Rivenshore!

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Encounter 1: Dragon Came to Dinner The encounter is a role-playing scene where the kids protect the dragon and repel its would-be captors.

 Encounter Intro arrival, Intro  With the dragon’s arrival, roll into the first encounter: The dragon looks around at the town-folk who cringe  before it. The beast works its jaws, and a deep rumble  rises from its massive body. “People… o f… the… the… Vale Vale…” …” the words come slowly  at first, then it finds its voice. “I am Drexanathon,  protector of the Vale! My lair lies atop the highest  peak. My domain extends from sssunrise to sssunset sssunset.” .”   Shouts and cries in interrupt terrupt the dragon. People poin pointt  along the road towards the forest, where black horses  pull a large wagon towards the town. Robed humans  walk alongside the wagon as it approaches. The dragon snakes its neck down to look at you. “Child. Where is your sssheriff? Who  ssspeaksss for the Brecken Vale?”  Vale?”  You look around and see the sheriff lying under a nearby tree, snoring loudly. The dragon catc hes your glance, “I ssssseeee , ,””  Drexanathon contin continues, ues, “Please, children. I need  your help, but I do not have time to explain. These evil humans have captured my mate, and our baby  still in its egg. Please help me to rescue my family  from these villains.” villains.”   Hero Kids Adventure – Reign of the Dragon

 He nudges with his scaly snout. You stumble forward  a few steps and find yourself standing between the dragon and the black-robed humans. “You ssspeak for the people of the Vale,” Drexanathon  whispers. He lifts his head back into the air, “Wretched humans,” his voice booms, “the people of the Brecken Vale are sworn to defend the mighty  Drexanathon. Enter the town at your peril.” peril.”    A murmur ripples ripples through the crowd of townsfo townsfolk. lk.

 Role-Playing In this role-playing scene, the heroes can converse with the dragon Drexanathon and the leader of the black-robed humans. The goal of this sscene cene is for the heroes to commit to protecting the dragon from the robed humans. The leader of the humans challenges the players directly with this prompt: One of the robed humans steps forward and pulls back  his hood, revealing sharp features. He points to you, “ Give Give the bea beast st to us. Or do yo you u protect protect this BEAST?” he spits.  spits.  The heroes can turn away the intruders by either:   Committing verbally to protect the dragon   Succeeding an intimidation ability test (see below) •

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