Centuries ago, a joint enterprise the Miner's Guild and the Arcanist's Guild excavated the magically rich ores within Resounding Torrent mine. These two powerful dwarven guilds, based in the nearby undermountain city of Citadel, designed a unique device to create magical artificial life. After a generation of mystical development the Throne of Arcanum was created. Using this powerful artifact, a new race of sentient beings were conceived to take on the very dangerous tasks of mining more and more of the valuable mineral resources from beneath the surface of the wild continent of Radavan.

Everything came to a shocking end when these Automatons created by the Throne of Arcanum, desperate from their neverending servitude to the dwarven guilds who created and enslaved them, besieged Citadel and the Resounding Torrent mine. The battle destroyed the vault of Citadel and much of the mine as well, causing various cave-ins throughout. Few survived the conflict to relate the tale. The Throne of Arcanum became legend and the entrance to the Resounding Torrent mine was lost.

In the current age, a pair of gnome scouts of the Cartographer’s Guild intent on finding and reopening this now-fabled mine managed to locate the half-buried entrance. However, their activity was never a secret. A nefarious villain desires to harness the Throne of Arcanum for their own purposes and has rallied nearby bandit gangs and free goblin covens to aid them. The party's questing in the region will have them square off with these sinister forces as they travel from the tunnel-streets of New Citadel all the way into the rediscovered Resounding Torrent mine.

Players who share some character details with the DM in time for the game may choose to start with a magic item from this list:

Starting Magic Items

Here are the character choices for this guild-fueled one-shot:

If you prefer, new players may choose from one of the following characters.

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