Game Master / Underground Sites / Barrow
Barrow
What the chamber is (d20)
| d20 | Barrow |
|---|
| 1 | Entrance passage, lintel carved with knotwork |
| 2 | Blocking stones, pulled aside |
| 3 | Antechamber with offering niches |
| 4 | Guardian's alcove |
| 5 | Side cell with a stone bench |
| 6 | Chamber of grave goods, long since picked over |
| 7 | Ship-setting laid in stones on the floor |
| 8 | Hall of shields, bosses green with age |
| 9 | Pit of animal bones |
| 10 | Rune-stone corridor |
| 11 | Thrall's chamber, plain and cramped |
| 12 | False chamber built to fool robbers |
| 13 | Weapon rack, hafts rotted away |
| 14 | Hearth room, ash still in the ring |
| 15 | Horse burial |
| 16 | Sealed door with warning runes |
| 17 | Treasure cell behind a slab |
| 18 | Shield-maiden's bier |
| 19 | Oath-ring altar |
| 20 | The jarl's chamber, bier at its heart |
What is in it (d12)
| d12 | Contents |
|---|
| 1 | Dust and settled earth |
| 2 | Clay pots, some still sealed |
| 3 | A rotted chest with iron bands |
| 4 | Bundled bones in a niche |
| 5 | A bronze cauldron |
| 6 | Drinking horns on a rotted table |
| 7 | A loom-weight and spindle set |
| 8 | A boar-crested helm on a peg |
| 9 | Runes cut fresh over old ones |
| 10 | A robber's corpse with a pry bar |
| 11 | Folded sailcloth gone to lace |
| 12 | A game board, pieces mid-play |
Who uses it (d8)
| d8 | Occupant | Build the encounter from |
|---|
| 1 | Empty: the dead lie quiet | — |
| 2 | Empty, but the offerings are fresh | — |
| 3 | Grave robbers | Humanoid |
| 4 | Carrion vermin | Vermin |
| 5 | A restless thrall | Undead |
| 6 | The honoured dead, risen | Undead |
| 7 | A guardian set to watch | Construct, Undead |
| 8 | A spirit bound by oath | Undead, Fey |
The heart of the site (d6)
| d6 | What is there |
|---|
| 1 | The jarl's bier and hoard |
| 2 | An oath that still binds the living |
| 3 | The blade everyone has heard of |
| 4 | The wrong body in the right grave |
| 5 | A draugr that has waited for this |
| 6 | A second, older burial beneath the first |