23 levels of Norse-inspired terror...

THE NORNS' JUDGEMENTpacks 23 levels, 72 encounters, 60 treasures and 12 relics onto both sides of a single page in a dungeon centred around a huge hole in the ground, the Well of the World. 

The player characters are put into the Well for their crimes, but what they get out of it is up to them! There are several options:

• Retrieve the relic of a God and return to the surface with the evidence of their divine favour (none, as yet, have ever returned). A table of 12 potential relics is included;
• Restore their fame and good name by achieving a good death (a table of 12 random good deaths included);
• Simply escape the Well (there are three exits: one to unknown dungeons, one to cold and listless caverns of Hel, and one to an underground river which the deep gnomes ply with goods);
• Or, knowing players, some other goal entirely!

What's in the game? The adventure contains a full 23 maps (from the Dyson Maps "Iseldec's Drop" series). One innovation for this adventure is that connecting stairs and ladders are highlighted with the same colour on both levels, making it easy to see where the levels connect.  The colour-coded maps are also included as PNG files for your VTTs, saved at 100px per inch (or download the super high-resolution, uncoloured versions at the Dyson Logos blog). 

What kind of dungeon is it? Players will face draugr zombies, cave wolves, weird human-beast hybrids, elementals, deep gnomes, a giant jotun and a greatwyrm, among other challenges. They might meet Cordyn, the Undead King; Brokkr, the legendary smith; the Three Sisters Twin, Flayta, and Wrida; the Four Brothers Watr, Eldr, Jördr and Lifter (water, fire, earth and air); Skimir the Greatwrym, and Smaragd the deep gnome prince. Each level asks a question meant to be a prompt for further play. 

What if they just cast themselves to the bottom? The game is set up so that whether your players are the type to go slow and explore each level or the type to throw themselves down the Well and start from the bottom up, they will be challenged and engaged with a mix of social opportunities, challenges of wit and skill, and fearsome monsters.

Which system is best? The dungeon is system-agnostic in that it does not contain monster stats or anything particular to any system, but is most suitable for OSR systems such as Shadowdark or Old-School Essentials. Cairn, Knave, or anything with a robust dungeon crawling procedure would also work.

What else do I need?You'll need to stat up all the monsters and all the treasures and prep the NPCs. The one-page format doesn't permit me to add more detail, but trust me, the dungeon ispacked with content.

EARLY ACCESS: This dungeon isfree during the Appx N Game Jam, but please, consider donating because it motivates me to make more. And also please feel free to comment! I love comments. If you download it now, you'll receive updated versions.

Updates I might make include:

•  Playtesting (send me feedback!)
• NPC profiles/art
• Monster stats
• Treasure stats

In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of 4.95€ EUR. You will get access to the following files:

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