The Keep
p. 51, Uncovered Secrets, Volume 1
The characters must defeat a powerful entity breaking free from a prison. One group serves the entity while another is either purposefully or inadvertently freeing it. The characters must deal with these forces and either prevent the entity’s release, destroy it, or return it to its prison.
The rolls
The Entity: dice: [[The Keep#^entity]]
The prison: dice: [[The Keep#^prison]]
Group that is purposefully or inadvertently freeing the entity from the prison: dice: [[The Keep#^breakers]]
Powerful artifact that the entity fears: dice: [[The Keep#^artifact]]
Beings that serve the entity: dice: [[The Keep#^servitors]]
The tables
The Entity
| Entity |
|---|
| Ancient vampire |
| Powerful lich |
| Raging demon |
| Archdevil |
| Hunting Revenant |
| Hellish hag |
| Souldraining ghost |
| Sleeping tarrasque |
| Undead dragon |
| Elder evil |
| Doom construct |
| Powerful child |
| Elemental prince |
| Tentacled horror |
| Deadly shapechanger |
| Cursed mummy |
| Demon lord |
| Psionic horror |
| Evil wizard |
| Rogue angel |
| ^entity |
The Prison
| Prison |
|---|
| Ancient keep |
| Castle cellar |
| Featureless obelisk |
| Cracked crystal |
| Dreamscape |
| Pocket dimension |
| Buried crypt |
| Crashed vessel |
| Old mine |
| Uncovered tomb |
| Astral prison ship |
| Deserted island |
| Black moon |
| Elven temple |
| Dwarven citadel |
| Cooled volcano |
| Abandoned church |
| Wizard’s tower |
| Massive sarcophagus |
| Forgotten city |
| ^prison |
The Breakers
What group is purposefully or inadvertently freeing the entity from the prison?
| Breakers |
|---|
| Dedicated cultists |
| Ignorant soldiers |
| Cabal of mages |
| Holy paladins |
| Grim gravediggers |
| Devout priests |
| Enslaved telepaths |
| Demonic thralls |
| Devilish servants |
| Undead minions |
| Greedy mercenaries |
| Power-hungry noble |
| GRavediggers |
| Unscrupulous thieves |
| Naïve archaeologists |
| Innocent children |
| Monster hunters |
| Hag coven |
| Sinful villages |
| Enthralled dreamers |
| ^breakers |
The Artifact
What powerful object does the entity fear? What weapon can be used against it, should it come to battle?
| Artifact |
|---|
| Holy sword |
| Arcane wand |
| Arrow of slaying |
| Jeweled medallion |
| Glyphed stone |
| Tattooed NPC |
| Mace of disruption |
| Flameblade |
| Gnarled staff |
| Ancient suplcher |
| Powerful holy symbol |
| Sunblade |
| Binding idol |
| Mummer’s mask |
| Bestial claw |
| Marked skull |
| Alchemist’s bottle |
| Vial of blood |
| Bindign cage |
| Runed bell |
| ^artifact |
The Servitors
| Servitors |
|---|
| Dark monks |
| Mindless undead |
| Abyssal beasts |
| Powerful constructs |
| Draconic servants |
| Ageless giants |
| Deadly traps |
| Crystalline entities |
| Bodiless specters |
| Vampiric thralls |
| Otherworldy horrors |
| Devout cultists |
| Bound elementals |
| Unholy priests |
| Bound devils |
| Alien aberrations |
| Fallen knights |
| Unerring constructs |
| Lycanthrope clan |
| Bound mummies |
| ^servitors |