The Sunless Estate

The Sunless Estate is a 24-room megadungeon level for use with HIS MAJESTY THE WORM, a roleplaying game by Josh McCrowell. Designed to be easily slotted in to your own megadungeon, or played as a one-off adventure.

The Sunless Estate was once the prime locale  for the upper class of society looking to flaunt their status. Wealthy young bachelors would wow suitors with the sights, visiting diplomats would be brought to properly appreciate the prosperity of the kingdom. Beautiful feast halls, libraries, and rolling gardens defined the Estate, all nourished by the Sun Tree, a tree of such size and life that it gave off its own light.

No-one in the modern day is quite sure how the Estate fell, or which kingdom or society it was once a part of. They’ve found no skeletons, no remains, no evidence of any life beyond the simple assumption that because it exists, someone must have created it. Now, the feast hall is shattered, the library is burned, the gardens are trampled, and the Sun Tree is the closest a thing can be to dead without quite crossing the threshold. 

Though the exact amount of time since the fall of the Estate is unknown,  it has clearly been enough for the location to find new tenants. The fraction of the Estate that’s been discovered is home to all manner of creepies and/or crawlies, most of whom are divided into factions desperate for a piece of the luxuries and treasure that still remain, trying to squeak out an existence among the many still-present dangers.

In other words: an adventurer’s paradise.

This work is entirely untested. If you find any issues, errors, or generally anything worth commenting on, feel free to contact me.  Special thanks to @izzypetersart for the wonderful pack rat illustration.