Beneath The Silver Spire is my second book, slated to come into print late this year, While my first one was a compendium of characters, this one is an adventure module for the Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game (BFRPG). It's designed for 4 to 8 Player Characters, Levels 5 to 8, and is compatible with other Old-School Revival table-top RPGs.
The cover was created by S. Ender Thiel, who was kind enough to provide me with 7 concept sketches to choose from. This was a hybrid of two of them.
From the Introduction:
Silver Spire Mountain (“the Spire”) is a treacherously dangerous natural monument, feared and respected by the regional inhabitants. Clad in perilous ice and snow but seething with volcanic activity within, its sheer cliffs and lava pits deterred humanoid presence and activity even before it was rumoured to be inhabited by infernals and undead. But for one man, beckoned by the plume of smoke pouring from the mountain’s peak, its danger made it impossible to resist as a personal fortress.
In a past millennium, Lothain Ganthar used his divine might to explore the Spire’s labyrinth of caverns and tunnels. Knowing the paranoid intrusiveness of the residents of the nearby town of Mowbray, and seeking refuge from further interference by his former masters at the Temple of Daevas, Lothain eventually transported his library, laboratory, and loyal attendants to its fearsome depths, and never emerged.
Over the centuries, his name and deeds faded from living memory. Until recently, that is, when the name Lothain Ganthar once again began to be spoken in awe.
Four priceless artifacts have been stolen from their reclusive collectors: Crescent, a golden sickle; Bloodthistle, a crimson morningstar; Soulfang, a silver scimitar; and Tickler, an ebony scythe. The collectors have promised to reward courageous adventurers with anything they desire for their safe return, provided the wish is within their power to grant.
In response, guards and mercenaries were dispatched to overturn the region. Hovels and towers alike were torn apart in a fruitless search. Thieves were bribed to turn on each other. Innocents were blamed and executed, but not a hint of the location the stolen items was found… until the collectors each received a curious note stamped with the personal seal of Lothain Ganthar.
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