#48 : Below the Field | A Halloween Adventure of Scattered Remains, Borrowed Time, and the Things That Wait Below

The Great Pumpkin is dead. Something older is still down there.

Below the Field is a complete 5E Halloween dungeon crawl for 2-3 players, designed to run in 2-3 hours with zero preparation. A week after the events of The Great Pumpkin, purple mist is rising from a crack in the earth at the centre of the ruined pumpkin patch. A necromancer hunter named Corvus Mourne has been waiting in the village with a problem only someone else can solve: the ancient crypt beneath the field holds the dismembered remains of Valdrus the Pale, scattered across six sealed chambers by an order of clerics three centuries ago. The Great Pumpkin was never the real threat. It was a symptom. The body is still down there. And it is still leaking.

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The players must descend into the crypt, knock on six living doors that speak in riddles, fight the animated guardians within, collect the scattered remains of a dead necromancer, carry them to the central altar, reassemble him — and then destroy him with a ceremonial dagger before the necrotic anchor saturates the surrounding soil and animates everything it touches. The dungeon runs on a trick-or-treat mechanic: answer the door's riddle correctly and the guardian starts at a disadvantage. Answer wrong and the door fires a trap in your face before it opens. The door always opens. The question is what you walk into.

What's Inside:

• A complete one-shot, 4-act dungeon crawl for 2-3 players at Level 2 or 3
• 6 unique enemy types across two escalating tiers — Shambling Skeletons, Marching Bones, Crawling Hands, Armored Skull, Bone Serpent, Ribcage Crawler, Pulsing Heart Golem, and Valdrus the Pale as the boss
• The trick-or-treat door mechanic — six living doors that speak riddles, fire traps, and drop gold coins
• Two-chamber dungeon structure with escalating difficulty — easier outer rooms in Act Two, harder inner rooms in Act Three
• 9 battle maps including the field exterior, full crypt overview, all 6 individual rooms, and the ritual chamber
• Full stat blocks for all creatures and NPCs including Corvus Mourne
• 4 ready-made characters — Rogue, Cleric, Fighter, Wizard — each built to complement the dungeon's riddle and combat mechanics
• Opening Hooks, What If? appendix covering 10 common player departures, and Closing Hooks for follow-on sessions
• A closing hook that sets up Book 3 — something absorbed the necrotic energy when the ritual fired. It went north. It is not what it was.

Book 2 of the Shadows of Valdrus Halloween Series:

Below the Field stands alone as a complete adventure — no other books required. But it is the second chapter of something that began under a pumpkin patch and is still growing. The series continues:



• Book 1: The Great Pumpkin
• Book 2: Below the Field (You are Here)
• Book 3: The Tall Man
• Book 4: The Three Sisters
• Book 5: All Hallows' Tower

All five books are available individually or as the Complete Halloween Adventure Collection: Shadows of Valdrus.

Perfect For:

• DMs who want a Halloween dungeon ready to run tonight with no preparation
• Small groups of 2-3 players who want a complete dungeon crawl in one sitting
• Tables that enjoy puzzles, riddles, and lateral thinking alongside combat
• Groups who played The Great Pumpkin and want to know what was buried under the field
• New DMs — zero-prep format and ready-made characters mean you can run this the night you receive it

Knock three times. The door is listening.