Island of the Forgotten Tomb (HI.15)

Avast! Sharpen your cutlass and prepare to set sail on a journey to discover a King's tomb on an uncharted isle. What perils await the heroes on the isle and and in the waters around it?

Isle of the Forgotten Tomb was originally published for use with the BASH! Fantasy RPG system (also produced by Basic Action Games) as part of a supplement that introduced swashbuckling elements to that system. It seemed appropriate that this adventure be adapted to introduce high fantasy elements into a swashbuckling system. This adventure is intended to showcase what you can do with Honor + Intrigue using the Tome of Intriguing Options (or Intriguing Options Volumes 1, 3, and 4).

For sake of convenience, our story takes place in some fictional tropical islands. You can feel free to adjust the story to take place in a purely fantasy world, or as part of our own real world where magic, mysteries, horrors, and wonders are rare, but not non-existent. Sample characters at the back include Earthly humans as well as Fantasy nonhuman PCs.

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Updated + Expanded: For those familiar with the original module, you will find that this version of Isle of the Forgotten Tomb has been expanded, with a hex-crawl exploration element added to the island as well as different factions for the PCs to deal with on the island. The adventure is far less linear, allowing it to be enjoyed longer. It is possible to even make a campaign out of exploring the island and taking on quests for the various factions.

Hex-Crawl Survival: The PCs will have to explore the island and survive its many dangers to achieve their goals. They will need to cope with getting lost, finding food and water, tropical fever, bad weather, and a host of hostile inhabitants. All these hazards can be randomly generated, but there are also lucky breaks to be stumbled upon as well.

Factions of the Island: The PCs are not the only people on the Island. They may also meet and deal with: 

• Gariba Villagers: Natives of the island's southern shore who first sailed here centuries ago. They know a great deal about surviving on the island.
• Crimson Pirates: A group of pirates seeking the buried treasure of the pirate queen, the fabled Crimson Commodore of the Merciful Death.
• Selkies: A band of shapeshifters who transform into seals and desire to recapture their home in the Tidal Caverns from the hated Dagonites.
• Black Rose Castaways: Survivors of a shipwreck barely clinging to life. Their ship, The Black Rose contains a treasure more valuable than gold beneath the waves.
• Dagonites: Fishmen refugees from a coup in the undersea kingdom of Ichthia, they intend to carve out a new kingdom on the island.
• Onwato: Descendants of the island's first inhabitants and an ancient pharoah who built a city atop the mountain.

Bestiary: The 30 monster statblocks are all at the end for convenient browsing.

Alternate Starts & Endings: The back of the adventure includes ways to adjust the adventure's beginning as well, so that the PCs may begin on the Island (for a number of different possible reasons) instead of the original beginning where they are recruited to take part in a sea voyage to the island. Likewise, the PCs goals and objectives may change depending upon how fate thrust them upon the island. Are they searching for the treasure? Or are they simply trying to survive long enough to find a way off the island?