For the last few days, I have soloed my way through Baklin : Jewel of the Seas (72 pages available at DriveThruRPG). This fantasy adventure is designed for Old School Revival Games. I used Castles & Crusades as the RPG system (192 pages). I used the FlexTale Solo Adventuring Toolkit as the solo engine (612 pages, same place). I then rolled up six characters which included Tarsla the dimension wizard, a water wizard, and an illusionist.

The characters had just entered the town of Baklin when they were approached by a guy in expensive clothes and wearing the latest fashion trend (feathers). He asked them a riddle, and when they got the answer right, they were escorted to Princess Arkella. She had a quest for them. She wanted them to spy on Sir Riobel. She suspects him of foul play. So, the characters decided to follow him around town for the day. He did notice them, and he and his group captured them and then drugged them. When they woke up, they were in a dungeon cell. On the other side of the metal bars, they could see their equipment, a sleeping guard, and a key. Tarsla teleported over to the key and they were all freed from the cell in just a few seconds. They did kill the guard. To escape the “dungeon”, they had to explore four more rooms and kill an assassin. Next, they ran into the watchmen. They showed the watchmen the ribbons with the Royal Seal (these came from the Princess. She knew that they would need them).

During the evening of the second day they broke into Riobel’s place looking for evidence. In his bedroom they found chains and manacles. Downstairs they discovered Riobel performing a play for the people that work for him. His acting skills are embarrassing and a chambermaid snickered. He then rushed into the audience, grabbed her, took her up to the stage, and hung here up by her ankles. The characters, sensing that the show was over, ran upstairs and hid. They came down later, killed the two guards, dumped them down a well, and rescued Tina the chambermaid.

They took her to the Princess the next day and the two had a long private chat. After that, the Princess told the characters to kill Sir Riobel and make it look like an accident. They told her, “no”. She looked pissed, so they quickly exited her palace. On the way out of town they discovered that they were wanted for treason. Well, time to move on the next town. Give this a try! There are 39 buildings to explore and 101 rooms down in the “dungeon”.