I am playing an Ironsworn solo campaign based on a hex map of Europe and the Mediterranean that I made some time ago and the Al-Rathak setting. Here is my latest Delve.
In a fantasy version of year 1222, Xatìra, a Greek survivor turned accidental agent of the Moon worshippers Shadowed Qamarims, travels across the Mediterranean. After reaching Egypt and witnessing the death of High Priestess Zakama, Xatìra swears to find the Italian Dorello, whose gold is the only thing capable of sustaining the Shadowed. Accompanied by a jackal she befriended in the desert, Opher, and a newly revealed lion-shapeshifter, the warrior Massan, Xatìra tracks Dorello’s trail to the Whispering Stone Circle at the edge of the Pale Waste. The stone circle is deserted; an entrance leads to a dungeon below the hill.
Theme:Fortified; Domain (even):Stronghold; Domain (odd): Underkeep. I often use even/odd to combine different Themes or Domains.
Formidable Delve
(1) STRONG HIT. Progress: 1.
Stairs going down.
They find a hint of a faction: Crying Skull Relief. (The Cult of the Crying Skull is introduced in one of the dungeons from Al-Rathak).
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(2) WEAK HIT - Progress:2.
Connecting Passageways
Opportunity: Denizen in Need of Help
Human, a woman. Does Xatira know her (unlikely)? NO.
Triple-O: Shadowed, Watcher of the Tower, Hermetic Knight -> Watcher of the Tower (another faction from Al-Rathak).
She is pursued and urges the party northwest.
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(3) WEAK HIT - Double Progress:4.
They hear the steps of the pursuers and wait around a corner in ambush.
1+1D3 = 4 Cultists.
Battle - Weak Hit: -1Health = 4.
Who else is wounded? Opher, the woman, Massan -> the woman.
Is she a Qamarim? (likely) - NO, she is a Krussian.
Triple-O: Greek, Italian, other -> Greek. Name: Baseria. Rogue.
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(4) WEAK HIT - Progress:5.
Delve Feature: Unexpected. A roughly circular natural cavern
Danger: Nefarious Plans Revealed
A magic circle has been drawn on the floor. Baseria reveals that Nashad is allied
with (Triple-O: Iblis, Qarif, Hermetic Knights -> Iblis, another dark sorcerer). They plan to summon and bind the Efreet Prince ZADID.
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(5) MISS
A workshop: D3 Foundry, Alchemical, Embalm -> 3 Embalming Workshop
Encounter: Even: Cultists, Odd: Undead -> 1+1D3 cultists = 2.
Battle - Weak Hit: -1H = 3
Others wounded? - NO.
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(6) STRONG HIT - Progress:6.
Feature: Hall
Opportunity: Alerted of Potential Threat
A large fresco showing Zadid:
Monstrosity: tail, parasitic. A scorpion-like devourer of people.
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(7) MISS - Stairs.
Trap, dart. Who is the target? D3: Xatira, Massan, Baseria -> 3: Baseria.
She was wounded already. Is she unconscious? - NO AND it's only a scratch.
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(8) WEAK HIT - Progress:7.
Danger: blocked.
Corridor blocked by a massive door.
Can Baseria (who is a rogue) open it? - NO.
They must go back to (6).
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(9) WEAK HIT - Progress:8.
Feature: Storage Room.
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(10) STRONG HIT + MATCH! Progress:9.
Locate Objective - Challenge: 4, 8 vs 9 - Strong Hit.
They find Dorello.
He has:
Even: Secured an Artifact.
Odd: Defeated an Opponent.
Defeated an Opponent - Even: Iblis / Odd: Nashad -> Nashad.
Is Iblis dead? - YES BUT Dorello was wounded too.
Dorello killed Nashad and now has the Crying-Skull mask.
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Escape the Depths - Weak Hit
Delve: Denizen Plots Revenge.
Iblis will try to get the mask back.