Difficulty: Level 2

While doing some charity work at the orphanage, Roaming One met a little boy who told him a wild tale of his parents being murdered by a hideous lizard king in the Slugslick swamp. The lizard king and his lizardfolk lackeys dragged the boy into a graveyard, but before they carried him down into the tomb of the lizard king, he bit his captor and escaped. The kid could have made it all up, but what sort of hero calls an orphan a liar?

Follow up:

Roaming One grimaces as he descends into the murky darkness of the swamp.

Encounter 1: Swamp (Traps)

Roaming One was making good progress through the swamp.

Roaming One made an Intelligence check with a difficulty of 10 . . . and rolled 10

He was using a ten-foot pole to probe the ground in front of him. Suddenly the pole plunged deep below the surface. Swishing it left and right to clear the leaves out of the way, Roaming One revealed a pit trap! He decided to roll a big rock into the trap and hide nearby to catch whoever set it. When the brigands came to check on their trap, he was ready for them.

Roaming One received 68 XP and 12 gold.
Roaming One received a suit of Leather Armor +1.

Encounter 2: Swamp (Magic)

Roaming One cautiously approached a scary weathered shack made of blackened wood and clay, a pale purple glow leaking from its windows. Suddenly, the front door flew open and therein appeared a witch whose very skin crackled with age and power.

Roaming One made an Intelligence check with a difficulty of 12 . . . and rolled 2

Full of fear and lacking understanding, Roaming One charged the witch, weapon ready to strike her down. The witch cackled and, with the flick of her wrist and wave of her wand, lifted Roaming One into the air. She tumbled him slowly end over end, completely helpless. After a brief lecture on politeness and something about paper wrappings around tomes, she tossed Roaming One to the ground and let him go his merry way.

Roaming One took 5 damage.
Roaming One gets +3 Charisma for 3 encounters.
Roaming One received 20 XP.

Encounter 3: Swamp

The rain was pouring down through the leaves, feeding the churning river that Roaming One was wading across. Suddenly, the stirring currents sucked him underwater. Roaming One desperately held his breath while trying to resurface.

Roaming One made a Constitution check with a difficulty of 13 . . . and rolled 9

Roaming One almost drowned when his lungs gave out. He thrashed about, gasped for air, took in water, and surfacing intermittently as the river dragged him along for what seemed an eternity. Nearly an hour later, Roaming One emerged from the river battered and exhausted.

Roaming One took 4 damage.
Roaming One received 25 XP.

Long before the curse of the Felwitch Donnarb poisoned the area, the graveyard was on a grassy plain, not in the middle of a swamp. Roaming One sloshed through the rusted gate the somehow still stood despite the rest of the fence having rusted away decades ago.

Encounter 4: Graveyard

Exploring an ancient dragonborn catacomb, Roaming One was surprised by the lack of loot. Usually it would be interred with the skeletal remains lining every nook and cranny of the place.

Roaming One made a Wisdom check with a difficulty of 13 . . . and rolled 17

Roaming One noticed a tiefling skull nestled amongst dozens of dragonborn skulls tucked in a niche along one corridor. Shifting the out-of-place cranium, he discovered a hidden recess that held the catacomb's treasures.

Roaming One received 94 XP and 12 gold.
Roaming One received a Staff of the Iron Tower.

Encounter 5: Graveyard

As Roaming One opened the heavy stone door of an ancient tomb, a cloud of mold spores filled the air.

Roaming One made a Constitution check with a difficulty of 14 . . . and rolled 17

Squinting and coughing with annoyance, Roaming One waved the musty cloud from the air and stepped into the small tomb. There, he found a valuable souvenir.

Roaming One received 78 XP.
Roaming One received an Orb of Far Seeing.

In the center of the graveyard an open tomb beckoned. Roaming One descended into the darkness.

Encounter 6: Dungeon

The sounds of bubbling liquid greeted Roaming One as he rounded a corner and came into view of a makeshift alchemy lab. In front of the lab, on the center of the table, sat one completed potion. There were no signs of anyone else around.

Roaming One made an Intelligence check with a difficulty of 13 . . . and rolled 18

Roaming One analyzed the potion with a critical eye. He popped the cork and sniffed it, noting the subtle hint of raspberries. He shrugged, nodded, and tipped it back, chugging it in one gulp. Sure enough, in moments his wounds were healed!

Roaming One got healed for +9 Hit Points.
Roaming One received 70 XP.

After searching the entire dungeon and finding no trace of the lizard king, Roaming One returned to the graveyard. As he stepped from one musty environment into another he ran smack into a large lizardy looking humanoid.

Encounter 7: Final Encounter

The lizard king growled and flexed his enormously muscled arms. Clearly a grappling contest was not in Roaming One's best interest. He should end this with a decisive blow.

Roaming One made an Attack Bonus check with a difficulty of 17 . . . and rolled 24

Lunging forward, Roaming One crushed the lizard king with his mace. The monster let out a yelp surprisingly like that of a chipmunk and crumpled to the ground. Roaming One dragged the king back to town to prove that the little boy was telling the truth -- and collect a hefty reward!

Roaming One received 144 XP and 51 gold.

Having successfully completed the adventure, Roaming One headed home to rest.