Ive noted that the poison that fills rooms 1-38 deals 1d6 damage per hour and doesnt have a limit on how many times it can deal this damage. 5 minutes the hidden shrine of tamoachan. However, the giant crayfish in The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan (pg 66) can speak Olman. The design of the temple draws heavily on Mayan and Aztec/Toltec mythology and society. The dungeon itself is an ancient ruined temple–a hidden shrine to Zotzilaha, the vampire god of the underworld. The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan, written by Harold Johnson and Jeff R. Leason, made its debut under the title Lost Tamoachan at the Origins game convention in 1979, where it was used in the official D&D competition. The hidden shrine of tamoachan is an adventure module for the dungeons dragons dd fantasy role playing game set in the world of greyhawk campaign setting for use with the 1st edition advanced dungeons dragons rules. 67 Ratings 24 Comments Graph. Xipe: With one exception (his innate spells), Xipe the oni from The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan appears to use the default oni stats from the MM. This means he has chainmail armor and wields a glaive. Despite this, for the 1979-1981 AD&D modules, only three pregenerated characters were given for tournament play. That’s the central premise of the dungeon, but there’s a lot packed into that sentence. This conversion guide allows DMs to run the original module with 5th Edition rules and provides a reference sheet for encounters. The original version of this module was called Lost Tamoachan and is very rare, only given out at Origins '79 (it was a tournament module for that convention). The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan, by Harold Johnson and Jeff R. Leason, was originally published in 1980 as an adventure for the first edition of the D&D game. It is intended for 5-6 characters of levels 5-6. The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan is a 1st Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons adventure designed for 6 to 8 character of levels 5-7. Adventure C1: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan (1980) ranked 18 on Dungeon magazine’s list of the “30 Greatest D&D Adventures of All Time.” Compiled “with help from an all-star panel of judges including Ed Greenwood, Christopher Perkins, Bruce Cordell, and Monte Cook,” the list appeared in Dungeon 116, published November 2004. This adventure functions as an Addon.. The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan. "The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan" (1980), by Harold Johnson and Jeff R. Leason, is the first adventure in the competition (C-) series. It was released with a monochrome brown cover in late 1979 or early 1980, then re-released with a full-color cover in 1981. The encounters are brilliant, but what separates a tournament module like this from a fully fleshed out adventure like Caverns of Thracia is the lack of a compelling backstory. 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