INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the Dungeons & Dragons: The Movie adven-

ture. This is an introductory product designed to be
used with the Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game.
New players: This adventure is compatible with
Part I: the Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game. To play it,
youll need the rules found in that boxed set.

The Antius Experienced players: If youve played D&D

before and know your way around the Players Hand-
book, youll need to convert the characters here to the

thieves regular D&D rules. Rather than walk the characters

through the encounters described here, use this doc-
ument as an outline for creating your own adventure
based on Dungeons & Dragons: The Movie.

Guild The Characters: To use the characters referenced

in this adventure, youll need to download the file
containing them from the Official D&D website:
www.wizards.com/dnd.
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GETTING STARTED
Once the players have looked over their character
Cartography: Rob Lazzaretti sheets, read the shaded text to them. When you start
Typesetting: Anelika Lokotz the numbered encounters below, the read-aloud text
Creative Direction Mike Selinker ends with you getting the players to decide what
their characters do.
Graphic Design: Sean Glenn, Cynthia Fliege
Remember that not every player must have his or
Thanks Jonathan Tweet and Monte Cook, Court-
her character do the same thing. Elwood can attack
ney Solomon, Ann Flagella, Justin Whalin, Kristen while Marina casts a spell and Snails tries to open a
Wilson, Lee Arenberg, and Dave Arneson door. You tell them the results of their actions:
Elwood hits the zombie, Marinas spell blasts
Based on the original DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game by E. Gary Gygax another zombie, and Snails cant seem to get the door
and Dave Arneson. , and the new D UNGEONS & D RAGONS game open.
designed by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Richard
When something isnt covered in the rules, make
Baker, and Peter Adkison.
up your own answer. Thats your duty as the DM. If
Ridleys player wants him to climb up the side of a
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This product is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual people, organizations, thing the players think of.
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 What were going to do here is tell a story, a
story that youre going to help create. This is
your chance to make your own movie with the
characters from the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS film.
In this story you take the role of Ridley, Snails,
Elwood the dwarf, or Marina the wizard. You get
to decide what theyre going to do. You get to
control their actions.
Im the Dungeon Master, or DM. Ill describe what
your heroes see, and youre going to tell me what
your heroes do in response. Do well, and your char-
acters gain power and treasure. Ready to begin?
The players may have questions about the various
numbers and statistics on their character sheets. Most
are self-explanatory, but you may have to answer a few
questions. Refer to the rules in the D UNGEONS &
DRAGONS Adventure Game for help.
Youll also have to prepare a map. Print out two copies
of the accompanying file, one for the players and one
for your own use. Make sure to cover or erase the area
numbers on the players version.
To begin the adventure, read the following text to the
players:
ANTIUS THIEVES GUILD
Our Story Thus Far
The Crimson Guard put a bounty on your heads,
so you fled Sumdall. The only way to clear your
names is to find the Rod of Red Dragon Control,
shown to you by a mystic map. In order to gain
access to the rods final resting place, you need the
Eye of the Dragon, a mystic gem held by the
Antius thieves guild. You reached Antius with
Damodar and the Crimson Guard hot on your
heels. The guildhall is a vast underground cham-
ber carved from stone, from which radiate many
large rooms. Its a teeming hive of thievery. Under-
world types including drunken thugs, crooked old
gemcutters, lithe cat burglars, and smooth con
artists are busy bickering, appraising, fighting,
sleeping, jesting, playing cards, arguing, gambling,
and gossiping. Ridley and Snails recognize some
of them, famous for their nefarious deeds. When
you meet Xilus, master of the citys thieves guild,
he puts forward a challenge: If you can foil the
Guilds Great Maze, you can keep the Eye.
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The Maze
Im not going in there!
Dont force characters to enter the maze. Any
character who wants to watch with the Antian
thieves can. However, that player must sit quietly
for the duration of the adventure. If he or she
shouts advice or hints to those in the maze, Xilus
gives one warning not to do that. The next time
he orders his thugs to attack him or her. They
wont kill a character for coaching his or her
friends, but they will bind and gag the offender.
There are so many thieves that theyre guaranteed
to overwhelm any character, so theres no point in
playing out the fight. Marina, however, can cast
spells quietly, so she could be very helpful in the
crowd. Save shouted advice for when its most
needed!
Entrance
Above you, sitting on the walls, the guildhall
inhabitants cheer the chance to see you die in
their maze. Your characters are shown on the map.
The door before you leads to the first challenge.
You tell me what your characters do, and well go
from there.
Your DMs map is in a separate file. Download it, and
keep it handy as the characters move through the maze
it tells you what the characters encounter and see.
1. Pendulum Blades
Inside the door, a hallway stretches ahead of you.
The walls are sheathed in plaster, and the floor is
stone. Several consecutive walls of light beam
across the corridor from one wall to the other.
They provide the only light in the misty corridor.
The mist and the dim light obscure the far end.
What do you want to do?
There are several things the characters may try:
Stick Something (an Arm, a Sword) through a
Wall of Light: Interrupting a light triggers a pendu-
lum that attacks the character (see Attack the Swing-
ing Blades).
Slip Past the Walls of Light: The walls of light
block the entire corridor. The only way past is over. If
someone climbs the wall (Climb DC 20), the thieves
Why cant I just climb over the walls
and go straight to the Eye?
Above the maze walls extends a cage that keeps
characters in the maze and spectators out. Anyone
can climb the wall (Climb DC 20). If she succeeds,
she makes it up to the cage barswhere the jeer-
ing thieves push her back into the maze. Once
you enter, you must complete the tests or die.
watching from above shove the character back into the
maze. That character must make a Reflex save (DC 15)
to avoid falling through a light and triggering a pendu-
lum for d10+4 damage.
Attack the Swinging Blades: Treat this like combat.
Pendulum Blades (4)
Hit Dice: 2d6+1 (8 hit points)
Initiative: The blades always go last.
Speed: Immobile
Armor Class: 15
Attack: Swinging axe blade d20+3
Damage: d10+4
Saves: Fortitude d20+1, Reflex d20+1, Will
Alignment: Neutral
Mark off damage taken by the blades.
Blade #1 o o o o o o o o
Blade #2 o o o o o o o o
Blade #3 o o o o o o o o
Blade #4 o o o o o o o o
Note that a character may choose to move rather than
attack. It doesnt make the trip any easier for someone
coming behind him, but it does get that character past
the blades sooner.
Jump from Blade to Blade: If the players want to
imitate Ridleys feat from the film, they should roll a
d20 and add their Dexterity bonuses (DC 18). They
must succeed four times to make it through the corner.
If they fail, roll the blades attack (see Attack the
Swinging Blades) for each round they fail to get back
on a blade.
Attack the Pendulum Mechanism: If a character
manages to jump onto a blade, he or she may attempt to
climb up the shaft that supports the blade (DC 25).
Once at the top, any character may attack the mecha-
nism with a weapon or a rogue may make a check to
Disable Device (DC 20). To attack, treat the mechanism
as Armor Class 17 with 10 hit points.
Pendulum Mechanism o o o o o o o o o o
If the mechanism has 0 hit points, then all the blades
grind to a halt and the characters can pass them. If she
succeeds at disabling the device, all the blades grind to
a halt and the characters can pass them. The Armor
Class is high because its very difficult to swing a
weapon effectively while clinging to a smooth metal
pole that swings back and forth.
Marinas Spells
Marina may cast spells at the pendulums from
outside their arc. Magic missile does not damage
them. Knock may open the mechanism long
enough for the characters to get past. As DM, you
must remind her that this is only the first chal-
lenge, and she may need those spells later.
Success
When theyre at the far end, read the following
to the players:
Some thieves cheer your success while others
groan and curse. Apparently the cheering thieves
won bets when you defeated the pendulums. The
door is all that stands between you and your next
challenge. The spectators grow quiet as you
approach it.
2. Pits
The door opens easily, revealing the hall shown
on the map. Unlike the previous hall, this is well
lit by torches. You can see the corridor turns east at
the far end, then goes north past three wooden
chests with brass bindings. Looks like an easy
stroll through here.
Pits: The empty hall should make the players suspi-
cious. If they check the wall for traps, roll some dice
where the players cant see, pretend to examine them,
and then tell them they dont find any traps. If they
check the floor, roll their Search skills (DC 20). If
anyone succeeds, tell those players that a large flag-
stone in the floor appears to be a trap door.
If they dont check for traps, roll their Spot skills (DC
25). Tell everyone who succeeds about the flagstone.
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 Either check, Search or Spot, must be done for every
space they enter. A failure means they could fall into a
pit. Note that no pit completely blocks the corridor. It
is possible to edge past them without rolling any dice,
one at a time, if you know where they are. Allow the
characters who failed to make their Reflex saves (DC
15) to avoid falling. If a character falls, that character
takes 2d6 points of damage for falling 20 feet and sits
out the remaining scenes unless the other characters
can rescue their comrade. If another character wants to
try to catch the one falling, he makes a Dexterity check
(DC 20, minus the falling characters Dexterity bonus).
For instance, Ridleys Dexterity bonus is +4, so the DC
to catch him would be 16.
3. Clockwork Chests
If they check the chests for traps, ask which char-
acter checks. Read the following to the players:
You kneel down to examine a chest. Grinding
and clanking, the chest moves! Four legs unfold
from the bottom edge, and two arms unfold from
the front. The chest lurches forward and attacks
you! As you leap backward, trying to regain your
feet, you realize that two more chests have also
unfolded limbs and are moving to attack your
group!
If the characters pass the three chests then read
the following to the players:
As you approach the exit from this hall, you hear
machinery grinding and clattering behind you. When
you turn to look, you see that the three chests have
unfolded arms and legs, and are scuttling after you to
attack!
The chests in the corridor are magically animated,
clockwork-powered creatures. They arent very smart,
but they are cleverly disguised guardians.
Clockwork Chests (3)
Hit Dice: 2d6 (7 hit points)
Initiative: d201
Speed: 8 spaces
Armor Class: 14
Attack: Arm bash d20+2
Damage: d6+1
Saves: Fortitude d20+0, Reflex d20+0, Will d205
Alignment: Neutral
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The chests charge the characters startlingly quickly
on their four legs. The characters cannot outrun the
chests. The chests attack Marina, Ridley, and Snails
because they appear to be the easiest targets. If they
knock out one character, theyll double up on one of
the other two. If they knock out two characters, then
the chests attack Elwood.
Chest #1 o o o o o o o
Chest #2 o o o o o o o
Chest #3 o o o o o o o
Success
Once the characters pass the pits and defeated
the chests, read the following to the players:
Another mixed round of cheers and groans meets
your success. You prepare for the next challenge
just around the corner.
4. Corridor of Eyes
The exit is a narrower corridor that bends and
twists until it widens into a well-lit hallway. The
walls and floor are composed of tiles, and on each
tile is the carving of an eye. The eyes are all differ-
ent sizes, styles, and colors. At the far end, you can
see a circular door set in a much larger carving of
an eye.
As the last of you enters the corridor of eyes, the
wall opposite the circular door springs forward,
blocking off your retreat! As you watch, the wall
continues to move. If something doesnt stop it,
youll be crushed!
The DM must carefully track how many rounds pass
as the characters try to escape this death trap. When a
round ends, the wall moves 1 foot (about 1/4 inch on
the map) closer to the circular door. When it reaches
that wall, characters can no longer move and take d12
damage every round while Xilus laughs.
There are many things the characters may try at this
point. Here are a few:
Stop the Wall: If the players insist on trying this, ask
them if they use brute strength or skill. If they use brute
strength, have them roll a d20 adding their Strength
bonus (DC 25). If they succeed, the wall does not move
that round. If they fail, it does. They must roll every round.
 If they use skill, hide your dice rolls behind this book
or some other object. Ask each person who tries this
what their Search bonus is, and roll dice. It doesnt
matter what you roll; theres no mechanism for stop-
ping the wall, and no way to reach the mechanism that
pushes it forward, but the players dont know that.
Climb over the Moving Wall: If they successfully
climb the wall (Climb DC 15), the entire group is disqual-
ified. Xilus orders them to leave Antius without the gem.
Go through the Circular Door: First, they must find
the mechanism that opens it. A few eyes around the
door have holes where the pupil of a real eye would be.
If they search those specifically, have them roll a Search
(DC 15). They can search the wall around the door in
general (Search DC 20). If they succeed, they can try to
unlock it (Open Lock DC 15).
Marinas Spells
Knock opens the circular door, if she uses it.
Remind her that this isnt the last challenge, and
she may need her spells.
Success
Once the characters get the door open, read the
following to them:
The door grinds upward accompanied by the
sounds of clanking chains. You can tell it hasnt been
opened in a long, long time. You are now at the
threshold of the vault holding the Eye of the Dragon.
5. Descending Ceiling
Youve come into an octagonal room. Directly
across from the door is a metal wall. Set in that wall
is a mechanism that involves blades mounted on
shafts. Just inside the shafts you can see a lock. The
other walls are rough-hewn stone. On the wall to
the left of the metal one is a grimacing face, hold-
ing an hourglass in its mouth. When the last
member of your group enters the room, the circu-
lar door drops down behind you. The shafts in the
mechanism begin spinning, the blades flashing in
the dim light. The hourglass turns, and sand begins
trickling down. You hear a sound above you. Look-
ing up, you see a spiked metal frame, the exact size
and shape of this room, descending. Youre trapped,
unless you can figure out how to open the lock on
the other side of those spinning blades.
The DM must carefully track how many rounds pass
as the characters try to escape this death trap without
being killed. When a round ends, the ceiling moves 1
foot closer to the floor. It starts only 8 feet in the air, so
the characters dont have much time. When it reaches
the floor, characters can no longer move and take d12
damage every round while Xilus laughs.
Here are some things the characters might try:
Open the Lock: Any character wishing to open the
lock must first make a Reflex save (DC 20). Failure
means the character takes d6 points of damage and
cannot pick the lock this round. Success means he
must roll his Open Lock skill (DC 20). If he succeeds
again, all the mechanisms stop immediately.
Attack the Timing Mechanism: Its not enough to
destroy the hourglass, they must also smash the through
the stone face and destroy whats on the other side. Treat
the stone face as Armor Class 12 with 25 hit points:
Timing Mechanism oooooooooooo
ooooooooooooo
Attack the Spinning Blades: Attacking the spinning
blades wont stop the descending ceiling, but it means
anyone trying to pick the lock can do so without need-
ing to make a Reflex save. Treat the mechanism as
Armor Class 16 with 25 hit points:
Spinning Blades o o o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
Marinas Spells
Knock, cast at the lock, opens the door and stops
all the lethal mechanisms. No wizard ever got this
far through the maze before!
6. The Eye of the Dragon
When the characters defeat the deadly devices,
read the following to the players:
After a moment of hushed silence, the thieves on
the walls begin cheering wildly. The spinner mecha-
nism rises into the ceiling, revealing a smaller cham-
ber with richly carved walls. This chamber is lit by
the red glow of the Eye of the Dragon, a magnificent
gem sitting atop a stone pyramid. One of you lifts it
from the outspread wings of the gold dragon statues
that display it. You hold it above your head in tri-
umph, ignoring everything but the sure knowledge
that you defeated the infamous maze of the Antius
thieves guild. Congratulations!
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 J e f f G r u b b s list of works reads like a history of
Between Adventures D UNGEONS & D RAGONS . He has built and helped
While tracking Damodar (see below), the characters
build such works as D RAGONLANCE , the F ORGOTTEN
run across a merchant caravan willing to sell goods to
R EALMS , A L - Q ADIM , and S PELLJAMMER . An elder,
them. Players can look at the equipment tables in the
(well, middle -aged) god of gaming, he has most
Rule Book and spend their characters money. They
recently been working on bringing the wonders of
recover from any damage taken and have full hit points
D&D to new players, with the D&D Fast-Play
when this begins. Remind whoever plays Marina that
Adventures and the DIABLO Adventure Game.
she has a full charge in her bracelet of capture again.
In his spare time, he writes novels. His published
works include: the Finders Stone Trilogy, Masquer-
ABOUT THE AUTHORS ades, Finders Bane, and Tymoras Luck, written with
A designer for the Wizards of the Coast roleplaying
his wife, Kate Novak. He also wrote The Ice Age
game division, Rich Redman started as a customer service
Cycle, a MAGIC: THE GATHERING trilogy, and co-wrote
rep in 1994 and moved to design in 1998. Among other
Cormyr: A Novel, with Ed Greenwood
projects, Rich has been the main designer for the MARVEL
SUPER HEROES Adventure Game. That expression on his
face comes from living with two dogs and three cats