Plan your visit

Getting here

1. 

   By rail

   Trains run to Bad Niederprunk, the spa town in the valley below the castle. Alight at the little station by the river; you will see the castle from the platform. You will see it from everywhere.

2. 

   The castle road

   From the town, follow the castle road through the pines. It is well lit, and on the night of a hero's arrival it is lit rather more than that.

3. 

   The bridge and the gate

   Cross the bridge (mind the goblins; they are keen) to the castle gate, where the herald will announce you and the portcullis will see you in.

LageplanVisitors’ map

The castle and the Vaults

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1. The bridge Fireworks, banners and the first of the goblins.
2. Schloss Prunkenstein The castle on its crag, and its gate, where the herald stands.
3. The Entrance Hall King Ludolf, in marble. Eleven feet tall, which flatters him by roughly five.
4. The Guardroom The Tyrant's Guard, on duty.
5. The Trap Corridor Fire, at intervals. Time your run.
6. The Shaft Ladders, ledges and a long way up.
7. The Fountain of the Five Watchers It heals you, and it's where the game remembers you.
8. The merchant Only the finest for heroes.
9. The forge Hand it over. The smith will sort that out.
10. The Barracks Gerd's post, and Grimbart's.
11. The Treasure Room The King's hoard, and the Kingbreaker on its plinth.
12. The Flooded Depths Bring your swimming things.
13. The Gargoyle Gallery They are only statues. Mostly.
14. Ashmaw's arena Guardian of the Grand Stair. Please do not feed.
15. The Grand Stair 1,412 steps down to the Tyrant King.

PreislistePrice list

At the Fountain of the Five Watchers

The castle's merchant and its smith keep their stalls beside the fountain. Prices in gold, which you'll find in the chests.

The merchant

“Welcome, noble warrior! Only the finest for heroes.”

Health potionHeals you fully.Brewed by the castle's own alchemists from the finest red things available.	40
Strength elixirDouble damage for 20 seconds.Tastes of oranges and thunder. Do not operate a portcullis afterwards.	60
Revival featherWhen you fall, it brings you back at half health. Once, by itself.Plucked, with permission, from a phoenix who has since moved somewhere warmer.	120
Scroll of fireballA real fireball, through the first foe ahead.Read it aloud, pointing away from yourself. The instructions are on the back.	50
Bombs (3)Lobbed like rocks; they burst over an area and through any shield.Three of the King's best, packed with the black powder left over from the fireworks.	45
Arrows (5)Five arrows for the bow.Goose-fletched and true, made in Bad Niederprunk by a man who won't say where he gets the geese.	15

The forge

“Hand it over. We'll sort that out.”

Temper the hammer+1 damage with any hammer.The smith heats it, beats it and quenches it in something he refuses to name.	150
Reinforce the shieldHeavy blows no longer break through.New steel bands, riveted across. The stag on the front looks braver already.	120

HausordnungHouse rules

The house rules