Dangerous Designs - ReinKarnated
Dangerous Designs ReinKarnated is a Heroic Tier map and AI art pack meant to enhance the starter adventure for a new party embarking on adventures in the Dwendalian Empire.
Download all of the assets for this adventure at the bottom of this post.
The gnomish city of Hupperdook is renowned throughout the Empire as the heart of industry, constructing massive weapons of war and technological constructions for the Dwendalian military. As such, it is a city of critical strategic importance and thus a prime target for nefarious actors seeking to cripple the military at its source.
In this adventure, a scientist and former engineer for the Empire named Huron Stahlmast seeks vengeance against the people who turned against him after years of tireless efforts to oversee and improve the production of these weapons of war against the Kryn Dynasty.
It was Stahlmast's eccentric experimentations and brutal testing of weapon designs that caused great disapproval from the people of the city. After being ousted, Stahlmast found himself stripped of funding and his reputation destroyed. In his anger, he turned to none other than his former enemy, agents of the Kryn Dynasty.
One such agent, a goliath named Sken Zabriss, has been working closely with Huron in recent months to develop large-scale explosives to exact his vengeance against the Dwendalian Empire and the city of Hupperdook.
Huron Stahlmast and Sken Zabris
The adventure kicks off as the party of characters arrives in Lower Hupperdook. Their reason for their arrival is not important, but if you'd like some inspiration, check out the Any World Street Festival.
In my own campaign, I created an adventure hook that the party was traveling to Hupperdook to celebrate the festival of Hillsgold. It was a fun, light-hearted way to kick things off, earn some experience, and get to know the rest of the party. I decided to coordinate the explosion at Gearhole Prison with the evening's fireworks grand finale. It made for some exciting confusion and got the main events of the story off to a great start.
As the party is walking through the Ironlot Streets, an enormous blast ruptures the silence, shaking the southeastern region. A hundred yards away, sharp fragments of rock scatter across the street. A vast smoky plume emanates from a gaping opening in the mountain's wall.
The entrance to Gearhole Prison has just exploded and a daring prison escape is underway!
