The Endless Tower: Floor One

Adventure Goal:

Survive Floor One of Agathon's Endless Tower and leave with the glory (or don't leave at all). There are three potential encounters, two rooms are death matches, one is a rescue mission + death match. You will be facing one of the rooms at random.

XP Reward:

Base 300 XP/character + Classic XP split between surviving characters

VTT:

Add your character to Dndbeyond here (I will be on 15 mins early to assist with this if needed) https://www.dndbeyond.com/campaigns/join/81010791384018265

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Call: At session time, see Voice Channels on the Discord server.

Description:

Travel into the Gauntlet sprawl, to the smooth and filthy marble cube building of the Endless Tower, where the door's eye blinks and bleeds in the rain and the wheel decides what kills you.

The carvings light with a pale yellow glow. On the brass plate to the left of the door, words etch themselves in Celestial, hold for a minute, fade, and etch again. Three sets, over and over. Who will enter? They Read as follows (XP and GP split between the surviving party)

A young mage's assistant works the street, pressing flyers on anyone whose eyes linger. "The Endless Tower awaits! Do you dare risk your life? Gain honor, and glory, and riches! The first floor awaits. Will the wheel land on Anatoly the Hobgoblin Ankheg Master? Or maybe you'll face our most dastardly undead creation yet! Hopefully you can swim, because if the wheel lands on room three you will surely need that skill. Will you save the stranded shipmates in time, or will they be feasted on by beasts of the deep?"

A great tome hangs from a chain to the right of the door. It is empty. Its first page pulses now and then, waiting.

At the bottom of the flyer:

Once you enter, either you leave with a win and glory or you die. No retreat, no escape, not for ninnies! Glory or death, greatness or nothingness, riches or poverty. You are the captain of your fate.

When the lights pulse red, the viewers' door opens on the back of the building. Any who would like to watch the tower run are welcome in the viewing chamber.

Will you be a top Endless Tower Climber, or one of the many forgotten faces now adorning Agathon's crypts?

Character Hooks

• You owe money to someone who hurts people, and the tower's purse is the only number that clears it.
• You received a sign from your god that the tower is where you will be measured, and you intend to pass.
• You are an adventurer of extreme daring, and the Gauntlet has run out of things that frighten you.
• You have a goal in mind but you need more training to even consider facing that challenge this is the way you will get there faster or you will die trying.

Rewards

• 300 XP + Bonus Classic XP
• 100gp base + bonus gp earned during session
• Chosen One Token, one per surviving character. Spend it to select an encounter in the Endless Tower instead of being dealt a random one. (Value outside the tower: 1gp.)

Difficulty

• AL 1 - INSTA-KILL DEADLY
• AL 2 - SUPER DEADLY
• AL 3 - DEADLY
• AL 4 - HARD TO DEADLY

OOC Warning:

These encounters are designed to kill. Each room is a single overclocked encounter with a specific objective. There is loot on the battlefield and there are ways to interact with the map, but this is not for the faint of heart or the precious character. Agathon aims to reap your soul to feed something deeper and darker, and he aims to pocket the coin left by your corpse. But look at the tasty rewards. THE ENDLESS TOWER IS HIGH RISK, HIGH REWARD. Party comp, a full party, and tactical play will matter for survival.

Read the Endless Tower rules and floor structure: check Bazagon PBP under The Endless Tower.