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THE MOGUR AND THE MONKEY

WRITTEN BY TIM HITCHCOCK WITH GREG OPPEDISANO

Still trapped on the strange dinosaur infested world

of the mysterious Troodons, our heroes find them-

selves on the edge of a majestic mountain range.

Having survived the depredations of a dinosaur

eating spider, and the onslaught of stampeding

dinosaurs, the PCs arrive at the base of the eastern

peaks, where a small village of primitives worship

a massive termite spire. Our heroes must still locate

the a lost Key of Troodon in order to go home – but

first them must survive the Mogur and the Monkey.

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ADVENTURE

LEVEL:

LOW

NPC

INTERACTION:

LOW

THREATS &

TRAPS:

HIGH

MAGIC

REWARDS:

LOW

ADVENTURE

LOCATION:

WILDERNESS

PLAYERS

NEEDED:

4 TO 6

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SIDETREK ADVENTURE WEEKLY RATING SYSTEM

These following icons have been development to make it easier for GMs and players to understand what type

of adventure they will be playing in, what perils that might exist; as they may be either physical, mental or even

political dangers; and the rewards that await them during and at the completion of this adventure. Each icon is

broken down by color and text information which determine the intensity of the adventure.

This Adventure Level is for expert level game-

play and adventureing normally reserved for

character from 16th level or higher.

ADVENTURE

LEVEL:

EXTREME

THREATS &

TRAPS:

MEDIUM

The Threats & Traps at this level are danger-

ous and may cause a loss of up to 25% of the

party members.

MAGIC

REWARDS:

MEDIUM

The Magic Rewards at this level are com-

mon and PCs will have reasonable chances to

acquire and use magic and magical items.

This NPC Interaction means the PCs will

have to deal with an tremendous amount of

non-combat interaction with NPCs in this

adventure.

NPC

INTERACTION:

EXTREME

ADVENTURE

LEVEL:

LOW

This Adventure Level is for beginner game-

play and adventureing normally reserved for

character from 1st to 5th level.

THREATS &

TRAPS:

EXTREME

The Threats & Traps at this level are the most

lethal available and can easely result in a TPK

( Total Party Kill ).

NPC

INTERACTION:

LOW

This NPC Interaction means the PCs will

have very little non-combat interaction in

this adventure.

The Magic Rewards at this level are the high-

est magic and magical items available with

several chances for PCs to acquire and use

them.

MAGIC

REWARDS:

EXTREME

THREATS &

TRAPS:

LOW

The Threats & Traps at this level are intimi-

dating and may cause a loss of up to 10% of

the party members.

ADVENTURE

LEVEL:

HIGH

This Adventure Level is for advanced game-

play and adventureing normally reserved for

character from 11th to 15th level.

MAGIC

REWARDS:

LOW

The Magic Rewards at this level are few and

far between. Rarely will PCs see or use a

magic or magical items.

This NPC Interaction means the PCs will

have to deal with an above average amount

of non-combat interaction with NPCs in this

adventure.

NPC

INTERACTION:

HIGH

ADVENTURE

LOCATION:

DUNGEON

This Adventure Location will take place in

an underground location such as a dungeon

or cavern.

THREATS &

TRAPS:

HIGH

The Threats & Traps at this level are very

dangerous and may cause a loss of up to

50% of the party members.

ADVENTURE

LOCATION:

EVENT

This Adventure Location will take place

based on particular occurrence or incident

inclucing a raid, assassination or trial.

MAGIC

REWARDS:

HIGH

The Magic Rewards at this level are very

common and PCs will get several chances to

acquire and use magic and magical items.

ADVENTURE

LOCATION:

JOURNEY

This Adventure Location will take place

during the events of traveling from location

to another.

ADVENTURE

LEVEL:

MEDIUM

This Adventure Level is for experienced

gameplay and adventureing normally reserved

for character from 6th to 10th level.

ADVENTURE

LOCATION:

URBAN

This Adventure Location will take place in a

civilized based population center or location

as a city, village or town.

This NPC Interaction means the PCs will

have to deal with an average amount of

non-combat interaction with NPCs in this

adventure.

NPC

INTERACTION:

MEDIUM

ADVENTURE

LOCATION:

WILDERNESS

This Adventure Location will take place in

an uncivilized based location as a forest,

desert or jungle.

SIDETREK ADVENTURE WEEKLY: THE MOGUR AND THE MONKEY

PC must retrieve an object from a difficult

location. The adventure assumes the object

is part of the key that operates the Troodonic

Gates, however the object could just as

easily be a map, a magic item, a rare flower

or spell component.

Encounter Background

The primitives of the NurChug tribe have

lived in caves dug into the cliffs of the eastern

peaks for several generations. Following

the wisdom of their tribal priest, the great

mogur, the NurChug act as guardians of the

unholy place, a strange and massive termite

mound that stands alone upon a precipice

overlooking miles of jungle. The incredu-

lous mound towers over 150 feet, and its

termite spittle crust is laced with shards

of crushed bone bleached white from the

glaring Neolithic sun. The Mound is far less

incredulous than the primitives imagine.

Beneath the crust, is a lone watchtower,

centuries old built by time travelers from

another era.

NOTES:

Uses for the Encounter: As a solo stand

alone challenge, use the adventure as a way

for PCs to win the favoritism of a powerful

lord or similar patron. In such a scenario,

PCs need to complete the task and recover

the object in order to win the adversary’s

support or aid in a more important conflict.

Encounter Synopsis: PCs must enter the

mysterious termite mound and retrieve the

stolen section of the gate key. The lower

portion of the tower is overgrown with

carnivorous plants with intoxicating nectar

that has attracted swarms of foot-long dire

termites. These have destroyed all of the

woodwork within the tower making for

a difficult climb to the upper chambers

occupied by the tower’s simian guardian.

After defeating the guardian, the PCs must

exit through the windows, 120 feet off the

ground, and scale the last remaining thirty

feet of the mound to its apex where they can

recover the missing key part from the nest of

an arrowhawk. Once the PCs get the second

part, the primitives attempt to repay the

favor by sending the strange outsiders back

to the spirit world, a task that involves the

forceful removal of their mortal flesh.

When the NurChug first encountered time-

travelers, they believed they were a powerful

daemons and fearful of their wraith offered

him their aid. As part of their pact, they

gave the tribal shaman, the great mogur, an

old troodon gate key, for generations the

mogur’s have passed this artifact down from

mogur to mogur. Each in turn guards it for

the day that more daemons return. Recently,

the key attracted the attention of the Keeper

of the Tower- a great simian fiend bound

by ancient summoners to protect the gates

from those who would violate them. Having

long outlived his summoners, the fiend

reasoned that reclaiming the key might help

escape his bonded duties. Climbing down

from his haunt the raging creature attacked

the Mogur, breaking the key in the process.

Then he seized the broken part of the key

before the primitives could drive him off.

The daemon has hidden the key atop the

spire in the nest of an arrowhawk known as

the great spirit of the air. Fortunately, the air

spirit is more intelligent and reasonable than

his fiendish ally.

START THE S.A.W.

With the sweltering jungles and hordes of

dinosaurs behind you, you stand at edge of

the eastern ridgeline. Small rocky paths lead

up the cliffs and above you spot a series

of caves near where you first spotted the

smoke. As you draw closer, you hear the

rising sounds of echoing drumming and

strange chants

USE THIS ENCOUNTER TONIGHT:

STAND ALONE TREK

Tonight’s Hook: The basic premise for The

Mogur and the Monkey is a gambit in which

Part 1: The NurChug

A primitive humanoid tribe inhabits the

caves. Calling themselves the NurChug,

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they dress in layers of animal hides deco-

rated with bones, claws, teeth and feathers.

At all times, they keep several guards along

the ridgeline. As soon as they spot PCs the

primitives hoot and holler wildly. They

draw their shortspears, and jab crude sticks

beneath well-placed boulders, prepared to

roll them down on any who approach.

stomping and gesticulating furiously. Then

he stops, sullenly pointing over his shoulder

towards the mountains. Lowering his head

he peers eerily towards the PCs and through

clamped teeth spits the word UGMROG!

Suddenly his entire tribe falls to the ground

and cowers in fear.

NOTES:

The translator shakily interprets that a demon

named Ugmrog stole the other half of the

strange pyramid and took it into the unholy

place; a place of ancient curses where the

primitives refuse to go.

Amused by the PCs’ strange appearance,

they send a translator out to communicate

with them. The translator speaks only a

few words of broken common. They have

already met a humanoid of similar appear-

ance who prophesied of their coming; the

superstitious tribe remains wary of demonic

imposters and wants to be sure the PCs

are the prophesied ones before bring them

before the Great Mogur.

PRIMITIVES (10), CR 1/2

Type: any gender, human, Warrior 1; CN

Medium humanoid

Combat Stats: HD 1; hp 5; Init +0; Spd

20 ft. ( 30 ft. unarmored ); AC: 13 ( touch 10,

flat-footed 13 ); BAB +1; Grapple +4; Melee

+5 wooden greatclub 1d10+4 or Melee +4

shortspear 1d8+3; Ranged +1 shortspear

1d8+3; Saves Fort +3, Ref +0, Will -2

Allow PCs to use any number of opposed

Charisma-based checks to convince the

primitives they mean no harm. The primi-

tives only attack in defense or if brutally

provoked, otherwise they approach slowly,

surround the PCs and stair curiously, talking

about them to themselves in their strange

language. After a bit, the PCs are brought

before the mogur, a great old bear of a man

with wisps of silver hair spilling from his

thick brow, yellowed teeth, and milky eye.

Skills: Listen +1, Spot +1

Feat: Alertness, Weapon Focus ( greatclub )

Abilities: Str 17, Dex 11, Con 12, Int 8, Wis

7, Cha 6

Possessions: Hide armor, wooden greatclub,

wooden shortspear

The mogur grunts and gestures wildly as one

of the primitives attempts to translate:

Hook: Using cautious surveillance, the

suspicious primitive pokes and sniffs you.

I see. Your coming was tlod. You come from

beyond. In the place that is not a place.

Where the other one came from. He told us

others would come.

THE MOGUR (1), CR 4

Type: any gender, human, Cleric 4; CN

Medium humanoid

The mogur holds out his hand and presents

the adventurers with a strange puzzle-like

shape of interlocking crystal cubes, part of a

Key of Troodon ( see episode 8 ). He makes a

grunting shriek and his eye widens and goes

bloodshot. Again, his translator struggles to

interpret:

Combat Stats: HD 4; hp 24; Init +0; Spd

20 ft. ( 30 ft. unarmored ); AC: 13 ( touch 10,

flat-footed 13 ); BAB +3; Grapple +3; Melee

+4 wooden staff 1d6+1; Saves Fort +4, Ref

+1, Will +5

SA: Turn Undead

Mogur says, strange one told him, when the

others come to give them this.

SQ: Spontaneous casting

Anyone casually inspecting the artifact

understands it to be a puzzle, obviously

missing pieces. In the PCs ask about the

missing pieces, the mogur thrashes wildly,

Skills: Concentration +2, Diplomacy +2,

Heal +2, Knowledge ( nature ) +4, Listen +3,

Spot +3,Spellcraft +5, Survival +1 ( +3 in

above ground natural environments )

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Feats: Alertness, Skill Focus ( Spellcraft ),

Toughness

bright flowers with white petals streaked

with lavenders, orange, and crimson. The

gorgeous flowers drip with viscous glis-

tening nectar.

NOTES:

Abilities: Str 10, Dex 11, Con 10, Int 8, Wis

12, Cha 8

Dreamthorn ( Hazard ) ( CR 3 ): Traveling

through the thorny hedge is difficult. Treat

creatures attempting to move through over-

grown areas as if affected by an entangle

spell ( CL 5th ). Furthermore, the plant’s

nectar is toxic. Anyone consuming it must

make a DC 12 Fortitude save or be afflicted

with a euphoric sensation that deals 1 point

of Wisdom damage per round for 5 rounds.

Dreamthorn can be cut away at the rate of 1

ft per hp slashing damage dealt. Their thick

tangles can also be burnt back, but aren’t

particularly flammable. Any fire damage

clears 5ft per hp of fire damage dealt.

Any objects and individuals trapped in the

burning plant take appropriate fire damage.

Domains: Animal ( 1/day— speak with

animals ); Earth ( 2/day— turn or destroy

air creatures, Rebuke, command, or bolster

earth creatures )

Spells Prepared ( Cleric 5/4+1/2+1 ):

0 – Create water, guidance ( x2 ), purify food

and drink, resistance;

1st – Calm animalsD, endure elements,

magic weapon ( already cast on staff ), sanc-

tuary ( x2 );

2nd – Enthrall, soften earth and stone D ,

sound burst

Possessions: Wooden staff, hide armor,

wooden and stone holy symbol, spell compo-

nent pouch.

2. Carnivorous Termites!!! (EL 4)

As PCs approach the interior of the mound,

they hear the scraping claws of dozens

of insects. The interior of the mound is

crawling with termites, however, not all

attack. Many are simply drones that build

the mounds, move food, and perform other

tasks. These squish easily beneath boot

heels or the swatting mace. Still the warrior

termites are fierce and fearless. The tiny

carnivorous termites easily navigate the

dreamthorn patches and ravenously swarm

any living creatures they can find.

Hook: “Munga Munga!”

Part 2: The Unholy Spire

Standing at the edge of a high precipice,

standing like a giant termite hill, a towering

rocky spire pierces the sky.

The structure is an ancient tower now inhab-

ited by dire termites and crusted with their

rocky spittle.

Developments: As players approach, they

soon catch whiff of delectably scented

nectar that emanates from the antediluvian

plants growing in the base of the tower. Any

living creature approaching the tower must

make a DC 12 Will save against the alien

plant’s mind-altering effect. If they fail, they

immediately crawl into the nearest opening

and begin feasting on the plant’s nectar.

CARNIVOROUS TERMITE SWARM, CR 4

Type: carnivorous termite swarm; N

Diminutive vermin ( swarm )

Combat Stats: HD 9d8; hp 40; Init +4;

Spd 20 ft., Climb 20ft.; AC: 18 ( touch 18,

flat-footed 14 ); Reach 10ft./0ft.; BAB +6;

Grapple —; Melee swarm (2d6 plus 2d6

acid); Saves Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +3

1. Entering the Mound (EL 3)

The mound appears to be hollow. Several

small winding passages, like oversized

burrows wind into its dark depths. All are over

grown with thick thorny bushes with huge

SA: Caustic spittle, distraction

SQ: Darkvision 60 ft., immune to weapon

damage, swarm traits, tremorsense 30 ft.,

vermin traits

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