Maximum Mayhem Dungeons - Funhouse Dungeon of the Puppet Jester - Adventure for Character Levels 4-7

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A fantasy dungeon adventure set in the Phantom Citadel, a “funhouse dungeon” owned by Sir Gigglesworth the Jester and powered by puppet shows and escalating challenges. PCs explore the dungeon to find four golden playing cards—Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs, and Spades—and bring them to the Oracle of Smiles to unlock the final encounter. A Valley of Sorrows backdrop and detailed GM guidance shape play for levels 4–7, including monster stat-block conventions and optional scaling.

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CategoryComic

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Pages9

Reading Time3 min

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The Valley of Sorrows

Maximum Mayhem Dungeons \#8: Funhouse Dungeon of the Puppet Jester [www.darkwizardgames. com](www.darkwizardgames. com) Map of the Phantom Citadel Maximum Mayhem Dungeons: Fifth Edition Classics \#8 Funhouse Dungeon of the Puppet Jester Written by Mark Taormino AN ADVENTURE FOR CHARACTER LEVELS 4-7 Credits Editor in Chief / Layout / Art Director / Cartography: Mark Taormino Front / Back Cover Artist: Justin Davis Interior Cover Artist: Carlos Castilho Interior Artists: Jeff Dee, Jacob Blackmon, Carlos Castilho, Felipe Faria, Mark Lyons, Brian McCranie and Phred Rawles Proofreaders: Justin Ryan Isaac Playtesters: Thomas Allison, Timothy Connelly, Timothy Brannon, Steve “Ragnar” Hill, Justin Ryan Isaac, Rick MacMillan and Mitchell D. McPhetridge Special Thanks: Gary Gygax (Tomb of Horrors), Allan Hammack (Ghost Tower of Inverness), Lawrence Schick (White Plume Mountain), Jeremy Kear and Ragnar “Steve” Hill Maximum Mayhem Dungeons™ and Dark Wizard Games™ are trademarks of Mark Taormino. Original publication date © 2024. This product uses the OSRIC™ System (Old-school System Reference and Index Compilation™). The OSRIC™ system text may be found at [http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/osric. The OSRIC](http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/osric. The OSRIC)™ text is copyright of Stuart Marshall.“OSRIC™” and “Old-school System Reference and Index Compilation™” are trademarks of Stuart Marshall and Matthew Finch and may be used only in accordance with the OSRIC™ license. Some blue map icons created by Mark Gosbell and used under the Creative Commons license. DWGMMD-008-5E v1 Copyright © 2024 Dark Wizard Games, All Rights Reserved. Made in the USA. AUTHORS NOTE: This adventure is a literal “funhouse dungeon”which can be played as a new module or used as an existing location to drop into your expanded personal campaigns in need of such a labyrinth. It’s also an homage to some of my favorite classic 1980s 1e modules like Tomb of Horrors by Gary Gygax, Ghost Tower of Inverness by Allen Hammack and White Plume Mountain by Lawrence Schick. I hope you have as much fun reading and playing it as I did writing it for you and your gaming groups to enjoy for years to come! Thank you so much for your support by purchasing this adventure module! -Mark Taormino GM NOTES: This adventure is about a retired Magic-User named Finneas Abernathy who had a mid-life crisis at the age of forty-sevens and decided to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a comedy Jester named Sir Gigglesworth doing funny routines with puppets to entertain the masses! There was only one little problem. . . Nobody thought his subversive humor was funny and countless villages, hamlets and cities ran him and his disgusting “comedy act” out of town. After several years he finally found his audience by a happy accident, a tribe of goblins who watched his act from the shadows and saw him as hillarious then elected him their new leader. Together with the goblinshe enchanted an old castle and turned it into his “funhouse” dungeon, named the “Phantom Citadel”with nightly puppet shows only for those brave enough to enter and defeat all challenges for the riches within! The PCs must adventure throughout the far and wide corners of the dungeon and find four golden playing cards with the symbols: Hearts [E.24], Diamonds [E.16], Clubs [E.11] and Spades [E.27] then bring them to doors of the central chamber where the Oracle of Smiles resides and unlock them. Once inside this room they will be treated to the final encounter with Sir Gigglesworth the Jester and his puppet show! NOTE: While visually the Phantom Citadel appers tobe a small rectangular castle with four towers it is just an illusion as the real dungeon exists in a much larger extra dimenensional magical space inside. This module is designed for play using 4-8 characters of levels 4-7. The party should consist of Fighters, Clerics, Wizards, and a couple of Rogues, but you are free to figure out

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What is the primary goal for the PCs in this adventure?

The PCs must travel through the Phantom Citadel dungeon, find four golden playing cards with specific symbols, and bring them to the doors of the central chamber where the Oracle of Smiles resides.

Who is Sir Gigglesworth in the story?

Sir Gigglesworth the Jester is a retired Magic-User turned comedy performer who was driven out of many towns until a goblin audience led to his eventual leadership and the creation of the Phantom Citadel funhouse dungeon.

What is special about the Phantom Citadel’s size and setting?

Visually it appears as a small rectangular castle with four towers, but it is an illusion; the real dungeon exists in a much larger extra-dimensional magical space.

Oct 6, 2026

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