The Cranberry Goblet

The Cranberry Goblet is a 0-level gauntlet for use with Shadowdark.

Nanda The Snake, 9th Lord of the Thieves’ Guild of Lagash, has passed. Would be Lord Isira The Rat, is enthusiastically pursuing the storied Cranberry Goblet, the symbol of the office of the Lord of Thieves. Its possession bestows power and legitimacy, its retrieval serves as a test. Isira has recruited a truly desperate gang of people living on the streets—drunks, addicts, petty thieves, gamblers and others that wish to avoid the public eye—you, to aid him. 

This is an entry for the Shadowdark Weird Tales Game Jam 2024, and this adventure is inspired by the cover of the January 1946 Weird Tales pulp fiction mag. I thought this was a great image--this shining goblet with a floating skull and skeletal hands had me reaching for my Fritz Leiber hat. Why is the goblet shining? What's special about it? Why are the skull and hands floating, almost....wraithlike? Clearly the goblet is desirable, and perilous. Hhhmmm. My Lieber juices run immediately to ancient cities, strange coveted objects, and dangerous acts of thievery. This adventure includes all that and more.