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Dungeon Crawl Classics #30Vault of the Dragon Kings
By Jason LittleAN ADVENTURE FOR 10TH LEVEL CHARACTERS
Official Tournament Module
Dungeon Crawl Classics Second Annual Open Tournament
Gen Con Indy 2005
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Are you going to Gen Con Indy this year? Be sure to sign up for the Third Annual Dungeon Crawl Classics Open
Tournament! 100 gamers participated last year in a tournament where every slot filled up within 24 hours of preregistra-
tion opening. For a summary of last year’s tournament results, see page 3.
Dungeon Crawl Classics is a trademark of Goodman Games. Dungeon Crawl Classics #30: Vault of the Dragon Kings
is © 2006 Goodman Games. See page 122 for more information.
Credits
Developer and Project Manager: Jason Little
Lead Writer: Jason Little
Additional Writing & Development: Chris Doyle, Joseph
Goodman, Jeff McSpadden, Aeryn “Blackdirge” Rudel,
Harley Stroh
Stat Blocks & Creature Development: Aeryn
“Blackdirge” Rudel, Jason Little
Front Cover Artist: Erol Otus
Back Cover Artist: Jeff Dee
Interior Artists: Ian Armstrong, Jason Edwards, Friedrich
Haas, Doug Kovacs, Cliff Kurowski, Brad McDevitt, Jesse
Mohn, Stefan Poag
Proofreading and Editing: John Cooper
Publisher and Graphic Designer: Joseph Goodman
Gen Con Tournament Coordinator: Chris Doyle
Gen Con Tournament Judges: Chris Anderson, Chris
Doyle, Dan Forest, Jason Goodwin, Ken Hart, Erica King,
Jason Little, Ken McKutchen, Jeff “Iron DM” McSpadden,
Adrian Pommier, Todd Rooks
Playtesters: St. Louis Crew (Eva Crespo, Toni Easter,
Matt Gossett, Haden Huffaker, Stephanie Huffaker, David
Husted, Brian MacMillan, Erin McSpadden, Jeff
McSpadden, Jorge Montero, Michael Silbey, John Weber),
Buffalo Crew (Isaiah Choczyski, Christine Doering Kathy
Doering, Cindy Moore, Scott Moore, Deneb “Under
Protest” Pirrone, Estevan Puerto, Hannibal “Ubu” Shareef)
Table of Contents
Official Tournament Results .................................3
Introduction ..........................................................5
Background Story ................................................5
Game Master’s Section .......................................9
Encounter Table .............................................9
Player Beginning ................................................11
Level 1: The Outer Holdings .............................12
Level 2: Valley of the Fallen...............................42
Level 3: Inside the Vault ....................................69
Appendix 1: New Creatures and Templates ......93
Appendix 2: Session Report Contest ...............110
Appendix 3: Pregenerated Characters.............111
Appendix 4: Player Handouts ..........................117
Maps ................................................................125
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FIRST ROUND
Rank Team Name DM Score PCs <0 hp Player Names
1 Dead Bunny Crew Chris Anderson 5,425 1 Leslie Foster, Scott McAhren, Beth Olsen, Scott
Cowson
2 OCR Bunny Killers Chris Anderson 5,100 0 Michael Meanza, Joshua O’Connor-Rose, Dustin
Short, Kerry Rogers
3 The Generics Ken McCutchen 4,295 0 Christopher Kreader, Bill Fisher, Gregory Weir,
Jordan Thayer
4 Clan Yeoman Jeff McSpadden 3,940 1 Nicole Buckley, Tim Buckley, Leah Adams, Dan
Adams
5 Fish in a Barrel Jason Little 3,900 0 Jim Lamanna, James Pike, John Burns, Tom
Gintner
6 This Horn Blows Chris Anderson 3,525 0 Aaron Webb, Pete Petrusha, Chris Barnett, Ben
“Superfan” Waxman
7 Team Falconmoor Adrian Pommier 3,415 1 Matt Budner, Stephen Saunders, Mark Serrahn,
Jerry Bryant
8 Hurray for Fascists Jeff McSpadden 3,400 0 Christian, Darren, Sean, Tony
9 Tim’s Not Here Jason Little 3,330 0 Jeff Dean, Chris Smith, Todd Kath, Andrew Frieiniz
10 Nova Wastrels Ken McCutchen 2,555 1 Mark Wilkins, Emily Wilkins, Dan Bates, Don Parish
11 Hit n’ Run Erica King 2,485 2 Dave Hurtluge, Allen Eblin, Cole Crawford, Zach
Johnston
12 Brogan’s Heroes Todd Rooks 2,440 0 Matt Capel, Lee Spires, Chris Foley, Andy Brogan
13 The Foursaken Jason Goodwin 2,350 1 Derek Lloyd, Fred Cappel, Tom Kummer, Matt
MacGregor
14 Heroes of the Silver Lights Todd Rooks 2,315 1 Rob Hand, Chris Platz, Paul Cassinetto, Dusty
Hodges
15 The Pin Cushions Jason Little 2,205 0 Rob Lee, Brian Patterson, John Nickerson, Ben
Donahue
16 Juggling Hammers Dan Forrest 2,025 1 Joe Jolly, Will Harris, Eric Artis, Rob Vought
17 The Dragon Slayers Ken McCutchen 2,005 0 Greg Liberatore, Dave Hall, Joseph Frenia, Terri
Frenia
18 Guinea Pigs (TH1) Erica King 1,990 2 Ed McGlynn, Mark Waits, James Hart, Mark
Mancuso
19 Random Encounter Jeff McSpadden 1,990 4 Ethan, Paul, Dan, Jim
20 What Plan? #1 Erica King 1,885 1 Mars Getsoian, Mark Nardduzzi, James Grummeo,
Scott Thede
21 Dead Men Delving Dan Forrest 1,740 2 Tim Ballew, Eric Pratt, Rich Miller, Rich Franks
22 Don Hastily and Dan Forrest 1,680 1 Tim Nuttle, John Burnson, Mark Albright, Cory
his Caballeros Tadlocke
23 Bouncing Barbarians Chris Anderson 1,625 2 Glen Ausso, Keith Wall, Magdalene Bloom, Daniel
of Doom Bloom
24 Evil Beeware Jason Goodwin 1,495 1 Kelley Rogers, Brian Ferrenz, Mark Menton, Chase
Rogers
25 Team “Just Met in the Adrian Pommier 1,125 3 Andrew Cooper, Derek Rainey, Chris Webb,
Hallway” Kerry Bourgoine
26 Team Ubo Jason Goodwin 790 3 Brent Gray, Micheal DeSensi, Hann Cummings,
Matt Jeffries
27 Council of the Confused Todd Rooks 190 5 Ian Burgess, Francois Moret, Brian Goose, Lion
Godchaux
28 What Plan? #2 Dan Forrest -70 3 Nick Richardson, Tim Thomas, Marion Nelepa, Bob
Peterson
Total 36 =32% kill rate
Official Tournament Results
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