EXPERIENCED HEROES ONLY: The quest title warns that this is for veteran heroes only. That's no idle threat! After a few encounters to soften the party up and, more importantly, set up a crucial plot point, the party reaches the finale: three mini-bosses and a spellcasting undead army, all of which must be fought using hand-to-hand combat and under the penalties imposed by the quest itself.

THE AURA OF HONESTY: As the Evil Wizard player, you should interpret the efficacy of the Aura of Honesty based on your audience. This gives you a lot of latitude. Young players should be given more leeway ("You didn't roll enough for movement, but you followed through with the intent to the best of your abilities"), whereas old hands might find themselves in trouble if they say "I'll move up and kill the orc" and then either fail to roll enough to reach the orc or fail to kill it. Of course, this could lead to players making legalistic statements like "I'll move toward the orc and, if I roll enough to reach it, I will attempt to slay it." That's deliberate: it reinforces the whole "courthouse" feel of the quest and really pushes on the fourth wall.

STRATEGY NOTES: The Judge is almost unkillable, but the heroes (hopefully) have two Fire spells, Genie and Tempest, in addition to the four extra random spells they found in the scrolls at the start of the quest. They should either take the Judge down fast or whittle out both of the Jury's healing spells. The Battle Axes were added to the quest to give the heroes a 1/16 chance of inflicting a point of damage, if they lack any other options. These odds can be improved with Courage, Future Sight and Potions of Strength.

WHERE CAN I GET MORE CONTENT LIKE THIS?: A slightly different version of The Halls of Honesty will appear in my Remastered Version of The Frozen Horror. (~55% complete at the time being) If you enjoyed this quest (or just want to steal some of the ideas from it), please check out the other Remastered Versions of quest packs I’ve written. There's eight so far, covering all of the European quest packs plus the Mage in the Mirror and Rise of the Dread Moon! You can find them in the Files section of the YeOldeInn Facebook group. Each Remastered pack not only reworks the original quests, but adds in many new ones as well, using some of the best fan-made quests from the last 35 years.