Check out these sneak peeks!
We’ve got PDF previews of some of this week’s hot new releases, from mid-level adventures to brutal funnels to a 5E handbook for 0-level play, there’s an interesting array of creative third party products to check out.
Whet your appetite on the previews, and grab the full releases below!
Cathedral of the Undying – Print + PDF
A 20-page level 5 adventure into a cursed cathedral where death is only the beginning!
Among other elements, what makes Cathedral of the Undying a unique adventure is that PCs will not initially die when killed. A force is bringing them back to life, but also one step closer towards becoming a mindless undead! PCs imagining this is a form of invulnerability may soon discover they have permanently joined the creatures of the night.
As in many of Studio 9 Games DCC adventures, there are visual puzzles for players to solve. The enigmas of three high priests who have shared a single holy site leave mysteries to unravel! PCs will have to make hard choices about the living and the dead, which is complicated by the necromantic curse blurring the line between the two. Allies and enemies may bear a shared visage.
Will the PCs succumb to the TRICKS within the Cathedral and join the legion of the grave, OR will they stop the ritual and TREAT the forces of darkness to sorcery, steel, sanctity, and savvy? The final barrier just might be their own shadowy selves!
This 20-page level 5 adventure is created for Dungeon Crawl Classics.
Crepuscular #2: Triumph Over the Grave – Print + PDF
Unfortunate souls fight egophages on the Nigh-Infinite Stairwell
Triumph Over the Grave, a 0-level funnel-crawl
The last thing you remember is dying. In fact it’s the only thing you remember. You have a vague recollection of your name and knowledge of your professional skills, more instinct and reflex than memory. But your death, that memory is vivid and crystal clear. Now you find yourself crawling out of some kind of shiny black pod made from rapidly decaying material that feels like fingernails. You are naked and soaked in amniotic fluid, and you see several other people crawling from several other pods in the same state.
Included inside the pages:
- Triumph Over the Grave, a 0-level funnel-crawl
- A visitor’s guide to Xöhma-Ghül, the Crepuscular City
- Two new classes, the Moribund and the Rakehell
- The Adventures of Moonblosson & Chance
- 12 Henchmen for hire
- And more!
Sixty pages in glorious color from Joshua LH Burnett.
The Bloody Wrath of Countess Mekula – Print + PDF
Players have one day to destroy a reborn vampire in this DCC funnel adventure.
Centuries after her supposed demise, Countess Mekula returns for retribution upon the mortal world! Can a band of simple yet stalwart villagers stop her before the next setting sun? A thriller four hundred years in the making, this is a DCC funnel adventure loaded with traps, puzzles, ghoulish hordes, and a climactic battle with a vampire.
This adventure has been stalking the Goodman Games online convention scene since Cyclops Con in 2020. It has been heavily play-tested and has been favorably received by a wide variety of gamers! It was designed to be concluded in one four-hour game session. Destroy Mekula…OR DIE.
Zero Level Rulebook for 5E – Print + PDF
Herein lies complete rules for running Zero-Level (Commoner) Playable Characters in 5E.
Try a new kind of adventure where all the players take the roles of bakers, costermongers, gong farmers, jugglers, and other common professions, doing their best to survive deadly expeditions and escapades. This book provides random tables for quickly generating age, race, and starting stats for 120 commoner occupations.
Create a set of characters in minutes, then use the rules provided to set out on an adventure in 5E. Survivors can use this guide to level up to one after the adventure is complete.
Having proven their mettle in a trial by fire – they set out as a full-fledged adventurer!
