Aladdin 4e
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So, I’ve been thinking a bit about the various Disney movies we all grew up on, and I realized that the plot of Aladdin lends itself perfectly to a sweeping RPG adventure. It would go like this:
The story begins with a 3rd level Bard (from the upcoming PHB2) who has taken the Sneak of Shadows feat, riding on the back of a camel (Page 11, Adventurer’s Vault) and tells about the story of Aladdin. On a dark night, when Jafar, the 11th level Wizard with the Spellguard Wizard Paragon Path (Page 63, Forgotten Realms Player’s Guide) to the Sultan of Agrabah, attempts to access the Cave of Wonders (An adventure for 4-5 characters of 8th level), a trove where a Bag of Holding in the shape of a lamp containing a djinni (hopefully found in the MM2 when it’s released) is hidden. He and his talking parrot (a creature whom Jafar accidentally released from a Bag of Tricks [Page 183, Adventurer's Vault] who won’t leave), learn that the only one who can enter the Cave of Wonders is the metaphorical “Diamond in the Rough” (A riddle, Page 83, DMG).
Meanwhile, in the palace of Agrabah, Jasmine, the beautiful teenage daughter of the Sultan and a 1st level Warlord, must be married before her upcoming birthday, but she rejects every prince she meets, as she wants to be married for true love and not merely for wealth. Her father attempts a Skill Challenge against her, but fails. Later Jasmine, frustrated with “having her life lived for her,” climbs (DC 15) over the palace walls, and sees the marketplace for the first time, where she meets the street urchin, a 4th level Rogue named Aladdin and his pet monkey, Abu. Jafar uses a 10th level Ritual, “Consult Mystic Sages” (PFB Page 302) to see that the ”diamond in the rough” is Aladdin. Jafar sends a group of guards to capture Aladdin while Jasmine is still with him. Jasmine tells Jafar to release him, but Jafar lies and tells her he is already dead.
Jafar, disguised as an old man, and passing a Bluff check against Aladdin, releases Aladdin from prison and leads him to the Cave of Wonders. They are told by the tiger-shaped head of the cave to touch nothing but the lamp. Aladdin enters the cave and encounters a Flying Carpet (Wondrous Item, Page 254) before finding the lamp. The magic of the cave succeeds in a +15 attack against Abu’s Will, forcing Abu to try to steal a ruby, failing a Thievery roll, and causes the cave to start collapsing, but the carpet helps them to the entrance, succeeding in a complex Skill Challenge to evade the collapsing cave. Jafar takes the lamp from them and tries to kill them but Abu wins the initiative, takes the lamp back and bites his arm causing him to knock Abu back into the cave just as it collapses.
When Aladdin awakens, he is given the lamp, and after rubbing it (a Daily power) a djinni is unleashed, who is bound in Dimensional Shackles, revealing that he will grant Aladdin access to the Wish spell three times. Aladdin dupes the genie into freeing them from the cave without using a wish.
Jafar, having lost the lamp, plans to trick the Sultan into marrying him forcefully to Jasmine, then kill off both of them.
While contemplating his wishes, Aladdin asks for the genie’s opinion. The genie admits he would wish for freedom, since he is a prisoner to his lamp for 1000 x d10 years and must follow the orders of the lamp’s master. Aladdin promises to wish him free with his last wish. Happily the genie grants Aladdin his first wish: making him a prince so he can marry Jasmine. They parade to the Sultan’s palace, breaking in the door, (DC 25), much to Jafar’s dismay, but Jasmine initially rejects “Prince Ali”, due to her having a higher Diplomac bonus, considering him a buffoon like all the others before him. Later that night, Aladdin meets Jasmine, and takes her on a magic carpet ride through the sky (a series of Skill Challenges). She soon realizes through an Insight check that he is the same boy she met in the streets and that he has lied to her. Aladdin comes up with a story that he sometimes dressed as a “commoner” to escape the pressures of palace life, and she believes him when he passes a Diplomacy check. Aladdin returns her home and they kiss.
Jafar sends the guards, who gain Combat Advantage and win a Surprise Round, slapping Aladdin in chains and throwing him off a cliff into the ocean. The lamp falls from inside his turban, and rubs against his limp hands luckily releasing the genie, who then rescues Aladdin as the second wish after liberally interpreting Aladdin’s nodding head. Aladdin returns to the palace, smashing Jafar’s staff (beating a DC 15 Strength Check) and revealing the vizier’s plot to Jasmine and the Sultan. Jafar realises Aladdin’s identity (a successful Perception Check), and escapes (using Stealth). Surprised by Aladdin’s bravery, the Sultan decides that Aladdin should be King. This made Aladdin stuck in a dilemma as he needs it to use his final wish to become king, but resulting in breaking his promise that he made to Genie to free him. Iago later steals the genie’s lamp (a Thievery check) and brings it to Jafar, who becomes the genie’s new master and uses his first wish to become sultan. Jafar then wishes to become a powerful sorcerer, turning him into a 30th Level Infernal Pact Warlock, and turns Aladdin back to rags, sending him to a blizzard-swept, far-off place.
Aladdin uses the magic carpet to return to Agrabah, where Jafar is keeping the Sultan, the Genie, and Jasmine as his slaves. He offers Jasmine a place as his queen and wife, but she refuses, succeeding in her own Diplomacy check against his. Jasmine then notices Aladdin passing a Stealth check to make it into the palace, who was about to get the lamp. She tries to make a diversion by tricking Jafar into believing that she’s desperately in love with him, passing a Diplomacy check. Jasmine gives Jafar an extremely passionate kiss, but he he makes a Perception check and sees Aladdin’s reflection in her tiara. Aladdin fights Jafar as he transforms into a giant cobra. When Jafar boasts that he is “the most powerful being on Earth,” Aladdin tells him that he isn’t as powerful as the genie, passing a Diplomacy check. Jafar uses his final wish to become a djinni and tries to gain control of the with his powers. But he forgets that djinni are bound to their lamps as Dimensional Shackles are clasped to him, and is sucked into his new black lamp dragging Iago with him. The genie then flicks the lamp into the Cave of Wonders.
Aladdin and Jasmine say goodbye to each other now that Aladdin is not a prince so they cannot be married. Aladdin wishes for the genie’s freedom, much to the genie’s surprise and happiness. Since Jasmine loves Aladdin, the Sultan changes the law so that Jasmine can marry anyone she chooses and she chooses Aladdin. The genie then leaves to explore the world while Aladdin and Jasmine celebrate their engagement.
