TSR 9360 - WGR2 - Free

The Adventure
This adventure takes place entirely within
the home of Bigby, a now-deceased member of
the Circle of Eight. It is located on the outskirts
of Scant, at 68 Green Leaf Avenue, and
is surrounded on either side by similar houses
belonging to certain very wealthy merchants
of the town. None of his neighbors will be able
to tell the PCs any useful information about
the house, as they all believed that Bigby was
a merchant like themselves. In this area,
Bigby went by the name of Fraznier. It has
been rumored that there is a labyrinth of caverns
under Bigby’s house where he hid all his
treasures, but once these rumors got back to
Bigby himself, he sealed up the tunnels and
devised a new place to keep for his treasure.
Outside the House
Bigby’s house looks like every other one on
its block: it is a two-story structure with
chimneys on its west and north sides. There
is an enclosed porch on the north side of the
house, and an adjoining stable to the east.
There are quite a few windows on both the
ground floor and the upper floor, but looking
in these windows will not help the PCs, since
there are illusions cast on each of them. The
illusions are designed to make it look as
though there is a perfectly ordinary merchant
family living in the house. The best the party
can hope for is to catch a glimpse of a typical
merchant family.
Any attempt to cast a spell within 100‘ of
the house will be foiled by a previously-cast
silencing hand, which will clamp onto the
spell caster’s mouth as soon as he attempts to
begin his spell. Only spells with no verbal
component or a casting time of less than 2 are
immune to this effect.
The Doors: Behind all of the doors into the
house, there are illusionary wall spells that
make it appear as if the door has opened onto
a brick wall. Although completely convincing,
the illusion is visual only and the PCs need
only to walk right through it to get into the
house. Getting the doors open will not be an
easy task, however, as each one is boobytrapped
with magic. All traps in the house will
reset after 24 hours.
Front Door: The front door is locked, and
any attempt to force the door or pick the lock
causes the activation of a pugnacious pugilist
spell. A pair of clenched fists appears in the air
and attempts to pummel the character who
was trying to open the door into unconsciousness.
The fists have the following abilities: AC
0; hp 54; THACO 12: S 18/50 (pummels as 9th
level fighter); SD dispelled only when their hit
points reach 0. The pugnacious pugilist spell
will continue for 36 rounds or until it is destroyed,
whichever comes first, picking fights
with characters randomly after its initial target
is knocked out.
If the PCs flee to any spot more than 100’
from the house, the fists will break off their
attack and fade away, ready to return to action
the next time anyone messes with the front
door.
Stable Door (front): These large double
doors are closed with a latch and secured with
a large padlock. Attempts to break through or
unlock this door cause the appearance of 6
fantastic fencers, disembodied hands wielding
long swords. Each fencer has the following
statistics: AC 2; hp 15; THACO 12; Dmg 1-8/
1-12 (long sword): SA disarms opponent on a
roll four greater than needed to hit. The
fencers can be disarmed in the same fashion
that they disarm opponents, upon which the
individual fencer is dispelled. The fencers will
otherwise last for up to 18 rounds.
Stable Door (back): The lock and latch on
this door have a shocking grasp that attacks
any character who touches them. It will do
ld8 + 18 hit points of damage to anyone foolish
enough to try to get in this way.
If the PCs manage to get into the stable, they
find a very ordinary looking barn interior, with
two stalls and an overhead hayloft. Riding
gear and tack are hung on the west wall, along
with an assortment of pitchforks, shovels, and
brooms. The door leading from the stable into
the house proper has no traps or spells on it.
Porch: The door to the porch is unlocked
and has no traps on it. However, once the intruders
have entered, a forceful hand appears
between the door to the house and the PCs
and tries to force them out the porch door and
away from the house. The hand’s abilities are:
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