The Sister Lamps D&D One Shot – Duet Mystery Adventure (2 Players, Level 3) (PDF)

Two towers on a rise above the salt pans, ninety-five feet apart, lit in the same minute every dusk for ninety-one years by two people who have not spoken in ten of them.

Three nights ago the western lamp stayed dark. Its keeper will tell anybody who asks that nothing is wrong with her lamp - and she is telling the exact truth, and nobody has heard her yet.

You crossed those pans last night on one light. You know what that cost you. Tomorrow at dusk nineteen carts cross behind you.

BOTH OF THEM WILL ABIDE BY WHAT YOU SAY. That is the frightening part. Two people who have been right about each other for a decade, and the pair of you are about to be believed.

NOT ONE FIGHT IN IT. No creature, no combat, no initiative rolled anywhere in this adventure. The entire pressure is two people and one dusk.

BUILT FOR EXACTLY TWO PLAYERS. Written for a pair from the first line, not scaled down from four.

WHAT YOU GET - 34 pages, and nothing left for you to invent
- 5 scenes, every one written out in full: read-aloud text, what happens if they fail, what to do if they skip it
- 2 maps in three versions each - DM, player, and no grid, 70 px per 5-foot square
- 4 ready-to-play 3rd-level characters
- 13 secrets - more than any other stop on this road - plus tables and printable handouts

PART OF THE SALT ROAD. Sixty miles, sixteen stops, each a day apart. Every one of them has noticed the same thing and not one of them has said so out loud. This adventure stands completely alone - it needs nothing from any other - but a table that plays four of them starts comparing notes without being prompted.
THE FILES - four PDFs: A4 and US Letter, each in colour and in a printer-friendly build. The printer-friendly version is the same book in pure white, nothing removed. Plus 6 map images.

Compatible with Fifth Edition. Instant digital download - nothing is posted.

Made with AI assistance: the text and maps of this adventure were written and generated with AI, then edited, checked and laid out by hand.