Raven Mine [05:00 AM 04/23/03 GMT]
PnP module from Legends Lairs Adventure series This is a fun pick up one shot game New players and easy going players please sign up You are traveling along a narrow overgrown road really little more than a wagon track The road winds through gently rolling hills at the edge of a deep forest The clouds overhead have been darkening all day and a light rain has begun to fall with promises of more serious thunderstorms to come Ahead atop a rocky hill you see an old mansion its windows dark and empty and its walls overgrown with crawling vines The house looks long abandoned and has obviously suffered from neglect but the roof seems intact and it promises welcome shelter from the approaching storm Camping this night will be a wet and miserable alternative A narrow path choked with tall grass and weeds leads from the road to the front of the house The mansion was built from local timber and stone Thick wooden shingles cover the sharply pitched roof and the gabled windows are made of heavy leaded glass Several masonry chimneys extended from the roof and a great round tower constructed of dark red bricks looms over the house at its northeast corner The house s two story central structure is flanked by one story wings on either side Broad stone steps lead up to a narrow porch fronting two large wooden doors bound in rusting metal Tarnished brass knockers the heads of ravens with rings grasped in their beaks are set in the center of each door The door on the left is standing slightly ajar offering a view of the darkness beyond The house and its grounds exude an almost tangible aura of age loss and tragedy What secrets might be hidden within its crumbling walls
