MADventure: The Medusa’s Lair (APL 2)

The Medusa's Curse is a full multi-room adventure written by DM Lair, with maps and Foundry content created by The MAD Cartographer. This module contains a complete adventure fully set up in Foundry with walls, lights, sounds and tiles. Journal entries provide full room descriptions, NPC characters and more.

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Storyline

Lying on the slopes of a nearby mountain is an ancient temple dedicated to Thythys, the Lord of Snakes, an ancient deity with few followers left in the land and little power. And within this temple, the Sanctuary of Snakes, dwells Polyxeni, a medusa and high priestess of Thythys, who rumors say is immortal and cannot be killed by any means known to man.

However, truth be told, Polyxeni’s power and vitality has been declining for generations. Since this decline began, Polyxeni has offered prayers, supplications, and sacrifices to her deity, all to no avail. It would seem that Thythys has either completely abandoned his followers or has perished himself.

Recently, though, while out foraging, members of the Devoted, cultists who serve Polyxeni and the Lord of Snakes, found a twisted wooden staff with the head carved into the form of a hooded snake. The high priestess took this magical staff of adders into the temple, believing it a sign from her deity that her prayers were not in vain.

The magic of the staff formed a resonance with the residual power of Thythys in the temple and caused the “blessing” of the Lord of Snakes to spread out upon the land, increasing the fertility and longevity of all snakes in the region.

And now, snakes overrun the region. At first it was just harmless snakes all about, but now even the venomous snakes have become more prevalent. This has caused a sharp uptick in fatal snake bites among cattle, sheep, and even people. The common folk in the area know of the Sanctuary of Snakes and the medusa rumored to dwell there, and thus they naturally blame her.