About the adventure

This session is an introduction to the Black Hack second edition rules, taking inspiration from a 1977 adventure. If you feel like being a Cleric, a Warrior, a Thief or a Wizard, exploring this haunted structure should be just the ticket. A long weary century ago the malevolent and devious wizard Gormalong built his tower on the cliffs overlooking the beleaguered port of Black Wharf Bay. The townsfolk whispered about the excavation works Gormalong undertook - digging out cellars and passageways, looking for lost treasures amongst the buried ruins of a city that once stood on the site of the dilapidated and forgotten port. Decades later - a careless disaster befell Gormalong. A column of black eldritch flame engulfed the tower - destroying large parts of it, killing the mad wizard. Still the townsfolk shunned the place, reporting odd lights and ghastly sounds echoing from it at night. Even the flattening of its upper levels by trebuchet did little to improve its reputation. Today Black Wharf is a small but bustling city. Exotic folk of all kinds have made homes there, taking advantage of the trade in rare goods - from the merchant caravans that meet the ships bold enough to sail the pirate infested seas to the north. Others come drawn by persistent rumours of buried treasure in the cellars beneath the Black Wharf cliffs - it is these whispers that bring the Characters together at the entrance to The Ruined Tower of Gormalong.

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