Wherein a sorcerer's attempt to claim a land for his own ends in sudden betrayal at the hands of his allies - taken from the table of contents of the Shackled City Hardcover.

Recommended Levels - 10/11

Adventure synopsis

Stranded in the desert, the party has little choice but to accompany a half-fiend sorcerer on his mission to Occipitus, a layer of the abyssal plane. They set out to pass the Test of the Smoking Eye, which is divided into three parts. They defeat a demon, find their way through a maze with lots of distractions and finally pass the test in the showdown with Kaurophon trying to betray them, but fail. (At least) one of the adventurers will return as an heir to Adimarchus and might become the new ruler of the plane if the demon prince keeps missing.

Helpful Files

BookFromCathedralOfFeathers.pdf - A book from the Cathedral library that gives some history on the Blood War and Occipitus

SCAP CH 6 Descriptive Text - Boxed text from the adventure for PBEM or IRC based games

SCAPCh06-4Econv.rar - 4E conversion of encounters

SCAPCh06encounter.rar - Random encounters set up as a walkthrough (with bosed text) instead of randomly rolling them

SCAPCh06Kaurchar.rar - Character sheets for Kaurophon (various builds)

SCAP Ch 6 Kaurophon tactics - Alternate tactics to be used in the final battle with Kaurophon

Kaurophon-background-for-Player.pdf - A writeup for a person "playing" Kaurophon as a PC

Statblocks for 5 Test of the Smoking Eye.doc

SCAPCh06Torment.rar - An interesting writeup of a couple encounters on Occipitus with a definite Planescape:Torment flavour.

SCAPCh06Trust.rar - Thread on how to get PCs to trust Kaurophon

Gallery

SCAPCh06handouts.rar - Artwork and handouts

SCAPCh06HRmaps.rar - High res texture maps for Occipitus and specific encounter areas

SCAPCh06maps.rar - Maps from the adventure

SCAPCh06Monsters.rar - Monsters pictures from the adventure

SCAPCh06NPCs.rar - Pictures of relevant NPCs

SCAPCh06XCF.rar - GIMP files for the various encounter areas

SCAPCH6_Occipitus_Skull-Display.rar - Photoshop file of The Skull suitable for use during session.

Additional Ideas

Alternate tremor zones  - Ideas about what the tremor zones could actually be caused by

Occipitus denizens.xlsx - A listing of the estimated populations of Occipitus, based on the random encounter tables and the physical area of the dimension (useful if a PC wants to actually rule Occipitus)

SCAP Ch 6 Planar Forks - Costs for making planar forks

Variant Smoking Eye template - Additional powers for the Ruler of Occipitus