Red Box Solo – S1 – Bortuz the Grim
Original Play Date: September 10, 2020 This is a short play report from several expeditions I made with the solo adventure from the Mentzer/BECMI Red Box set last year. As a kid, this solo adventure was my entry point into the game and I've come back to it several times over the years. Bortuz didn't make it very far, and using RAW was cut down with the very first hit in the very first encounter. I took some creative liberties, drawing inspiration from Searchers of the Unknown and letting the dwarf get captured instead of dying outright. Rules applied BECMI Ruleset Random tables I created as needed. Wandering monsters tables I’ve put game details in [Braces and italics] . First Sortie Bortuz the Grim Dwarf, L1 AC 3 [16] HP 1/3 Save 15 BHB +1 60' Darkvision; Detects secret doors in 40' Plate mail Bortuz investigates the rumor of a local dungeon, which is a short trek from town. Rumor has it that a rogue Magic-User has been making this dungeon his l...