Adventure Type: One Shot / Gauntlet -like Run
Adventure Goal: Enter a short Bazagonian arena gauntlet, survive 2–3 staged combat trials, and prove your party’s worth before the Grand Colosseum officials.
Expected Duration: 3 hours
XP Reward: AL-appropriate XP and GP rewards.
VTT: Foundry VTT local server
Call: At session time, see Voice Channels on the Discord server.

Important Note

This is a quick combat-focused arena adventure designed for different tiers of play:

AL 2 for character levels 1–3
AL 5 for character levels 4–6
AL 8 for character levels 7–9

Leave a comment when signing up if you are also available for other ALs with your other characters. The final AL level run for the adventure will be decided by the amount of signed-up character tiers.

This adventure is intended as a fast session with direct tactical encounters. Expect 2–3 arena fights with only Short Rests allowed in-between.

Notes

A. Character Preparation
If you are bringing a character or features from Esper’s book, please provide those beforehand — if I have enough time, I will automate them for your convenience on Foundry.

To save time converting your characters to Foundry VTT, please provide one of the following no later than 1 hour before session:

• a D&D Beyond sheet;
• a filled-out PDF or plain-text character sheet;
• a fully filled-out character sheet on the website.

B. Rules
Server rules RAW.
5.5e rules RAW.

Description

The bronze bell of the Grand Colosseum has sounded. Across Bazagon, that sound means spectacle, judgment, and opportunity.

The trial is simple: Enter the arena. Survive the gates. Win the crowd.