X8 - Drums on Fire Mountain

28 pages + trifold cover, set in Mystara/Known Realms

Jungle island named Teki-nura-ria with ruins of a decadent civilation, occupied by primitive race called kara-kara. Elementals live in the waters around the island, attacking boats, which are then plundered by the kara-kara.

KalnaKaa - wizard/devil-swine (kind of lycanthrope) who is worshipped by the kara-kara. Controls the elementals. Fled civilation and chanced upon this island. Driven from his home. Transforms into a pig, whom the kara-kara call Tapu.

Maerie - KalnaKaa's daughter.

Rollo Bargmann - Thyatis Seafaring Merchant's Guild. Sent two of his ships to investigate the island, one returned with a kara-kara.

Malmir - elven sea captain (of the Venture, one of Rollo's ships)

Rollo wishes to hire the PCs to wipe out the kara-kara's new leader.

"Ship-Bane" elemental fog

Island is roughly 3,5 x 3,5 miles

Kara-kara performing drum ceremony in the volcano temple. Lasts five days, adventure starts already on the fourth day. Drums can be heard from all over the island.

Volcano is called Ni-malowa. Crater plugged with hardened lava.

Outdoor encounters are very dull. "Wooden platform in a swamp with broken trees. A hydra attacks." Treasure is slightly above mundane: "gold and ivory hilt - 1210gp"

Tomb encounters are boring or don't make sense (ochre jellies in jars, a trap breaks the jar setting them loose; gelatinous cubes just sitting in a tomb)

New monster: Topi - undead shrunken corpses, poisonous

KalnaaKaa projects himself into a temple, Wizard of Oz style. Pit filled with lava, crossed by a rope bridge. Kara-kara on both sides of the pit, some will cross the rope bridge which could be cut. One of the few interesting encounter locales

KalnaaKaa has a daughter, Maerie. Also charmed companions Bezel (chaotic cleric), Rufus (chaotic warrior), and Geldered (neutral elf). "The three have been charmed by KalnaaKaa, but even if the charm is broken, they will still fight the party". Okay.

Random displacer beasts in a room, no explanation.

Geldered's spellbook is locked and trapped (poison needle)

Bunch of treasure in the form of trade goods (eight kegs of rare spice, large trunk of exotic silks, etc.)

Very much a fun-house dungeon

Maerie will let herself be tied up so to be rescued by the party, and will then betray them later.

Village Gate features tribe of white aps vs rhagodessae. Some apes got stuck on another side of the portal

Other side of the mountain ("Heart of the Mountain") has two volcanic shafts, also both plugged by hardened lava. Bottom of one is hot lava, other hot water.

K33 Bone Room is interesting - bone golem on pile of skeletons. Bone golem regenerates unless four-armed ivory skeleton statue is destroyed.