Burned Convent of the Headless Saint, The

Buried 'neath a forgotten landslide, deep under the foothills, is a ruined cloister with a secret.

Long ago, nestled into the mountain there, it is said that a true saint lived and died. The pious woman never spoke a single untruth from the moment she drew breath, and the gods blessed her to continue speaking truth afterward.

Old folks whisper that the Headless Saint is still enthroned down there in her lightless cathedral. They say that if you bring her a skull then it can be made to answer questions, truthfully, from beyond the grave.

The Buried Convent of the Headless Saint is a low-level adventure written for oldschool fantasy roleplaying games, particularly OSE and Basic Fantasy. It's intended for a party of 1st level characters, possibly even an introductory adventure. It features a church, rectory, and tower that were buried in a landslide and must be excavated and explored from the top down. There's lots of creepy details and history to discover, many points of interaction, and multiple paths to take through the ruin along with a couple interesting new magic items to uncover. Very few of the encounters are unavoidable, there are some cool hidden secrets that reward attentive players, and the hazards present interesting logistical problems rather than 'gotcha' traps. The adventure begins as an exploratory delve and eventually transitions into a siege scenario when a pilgrimage of deep dwarves attempts to hijack the ritual. Most groups take around 1-2 sessions to complete the delve.