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Encounters in the Savage Jungles
5th Edition
Levels 1โ€“17
80 pages
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This 80-page supplement contains 38 encounters written by many of the Dungeon Masters Guildโ€™s best-selling writers. Encounters in the Savage Jungles includes 23 encounters / mini-adventures of various difficulty that can be used while the adventuring party braves the uncharted and savage jungles. It also includes 15 Quick Encounters, and additional resources. Although inspired by the Tomb of Annihilation, these encounters can be used with any official D&D campaign, or in your own home campaign. Many could even be used in forest, wilderness, or swamp settings. These encounters are location generic and are designed to be easily added to any campaign. Use them to introduce new players, as inspiration for a new campaign, as a one-shot, or whatever else you can think of.

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The Dragon's Dinner
5th Edition
Levels 3โ€“4
5 pages
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Villainous Kobolds in the service of a newly hatched Red Dragon Wyrmling have raided a village, making off with half a dozen children! Will the adventurers be able to rescue the young hostages in time, or will the Wyrmling have a particularly fine dinner this evening? Note: Requires Volo's Guide to Monsters

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Underdark Side Treks
5th Edition
8 pages
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This is Underdark Sidetreks, ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž-๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ค๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐›๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง. Whatโ€™s inside? Steam-Vents encounter featuring a new steam nereid creature. The Xornโ€™s Madness encounter. Duergar Outpost adventure โ€“ A duergar high priest (with stats) discovers the location of a hidden shrine to Marthammor Duin, dwarven deity of safe travels. Written by Jim Sharkey, contributor to Sword & Sorcery Studiosโ€™ Creature Collection 3 & Lost Lands and Frog God Gamesโ€™ Book of Lost Spells.

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The Showdown in Skalintown
5th Edition
Levels 4โ€“7
13 pages
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The party makes their way into a small mining village by the name of Skalintown. They quickly realize that the people here are terrified, hiding behind closed doors and peering out through boarded up windows. A gang of criminals that call themselves The Calamity have promised to destroy the city and everyone in it if they don't receive a tribute of twenty thousand gold by the end of the week. This is a poor town and even with everyone's wealth combined, it doesn't come close to that value . . . but they are fighters. Perhaps all they need to hold back these invaders is some help. The deadline is four days away and the closest town that would be able to help is three days travel one-way. Skalintown tried to reach out for aid, but no one cared enough to risk their own lives to help them. Now they must rely on your players for help. The party will need to rally the townsfolk and strategically decide how to prepare for the assault. Do they dig trenches to trip up enemy wolves, do they train the townsfolk to use crossbows, or perhaps they create explosives to detonate when the bandits make it into the city? Each of the party's decisions affect the final battle and means that every group will have a unique experience in their fight against The Calamity. This adventure is heavily influenced by the traditional Wild West shootout. Try to capture that feeling for your players by playing music of that era, in the way the townsfolk act and speak, and the way the town itself is operated. There are thousands of different options for the fight and if your players play their cards right, they make quick work of the gang and earn a pretty penny while they do so.

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The Slaying Stone
4th Edition
Level 1
32 pages
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In the ruins of Kiris Dahn, a human town, lies a 'Slaying Stone'. The stone is said to have the power to kill any foe, though the stone is consumed in the process. The party will venture into the ruins which are the home to an assortment of goblins, hobgoblins, and kobolds. However, a mercenary band of orcs have been hired (by a benefactor who is not met in the module) to search the ruins for the Stone, and the party must find it first. The party must use caution and stealth to move through the town without alerting the denizens or the mercenaries while searching strategic points around the abandoned town to find the Stone. Eventually, the party should find the stone under the protection of an indifferent Brass Dragon.

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The Wizard's Assistant
5th Edition
Level 1
36 pages
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The Wizard's Assistant is a Tier 1 adventure for Dungeons & Dragons 5e. This adventure is designed to be accessible to both new and experienced Dungeon Masters, as well as players of all ages. Characters start at level 1 and end at level 5 - with plenty of possibilities for continuing the story after! The Wizard's Assistant starts simply, in the lonely village of Newfall. The wizard Iolanthe lives in Newfall with her assistant and romantic partner Diana, but Diana's hidden past is closing in. Adventurers come together over a seemingly simple task, only to find themselves embroiled in the machinations of a sinister gang. Can they locate Diana before her secrets tear her and Iolanthe apart? This game includes details of several locations, but can easily be adapted to nearly any setting.

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Falcon's Peak
AD&D
Levels 1โ€“3
7 pages
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Lord Falconโ€™s nest holds a new brood of evil. Falconโ€™s Peak is an AD&Dยฎ game adventure for 5-8 characters of 1st-3rd level. The party should include a thief and at least one experienced cleric; a ranger would also be of help. The use of stealth and silvered or magical weapons is advised.

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GameMastery Module U1: Gallery of Evil
3.5 Edition
Level 8
32 pages
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The great city of Absalom is known as a center for trade, education, and art. Inside the Ivy District reside dozens of famous artists, but one has the talent to bring his paintings to life and use paint to conjure terrible monsters bent on destruction. Can the player characters stop the mad painter before he perfects his art? Gallery of Evil is an urban adventure for 8th-level characters, compatible with the world's most popular fantasy roleplaying game. This adventure includes details on the metropolis of Absalom's Ivy District, as well as the home of the diabolical artist and his twisted works. The PCs must track down the deadly paintings and discover the true identity of the artist behind it all.

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DDAL05-07 Chelimber's Descent
5th Edition
Levels 1โ€“4
33 pages
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Deep in the Marsh of Chelimber lie the ruins of a great wizardโ€™s tower. SEER has received intelligence, which she imparts via her emissary Hsing, that deep beneath the marsh in the remains of an old tower is knowledge of older magics. This could be just what Parnast needs to resist the onslaught of Bad Fruul and his armies!

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Adventure Module BL1-2: The Ruined Hamlet/Terror in the Gloaming
OSR
Levels 1โ€“2
58 pages
0

Into the Unknown! The wilderness around the cave stronghold called Gold Hill Trading Post is dangerous and scattered with ruins of large and small settlements. Will your party find fame and fortune, solve ancient mysteries, or just disappear into the Borderlands like so many that came before? This module contains underground and wilderness maps that form a detailed adventure and mini-campaign for beginning characters, including an abandoned village, haunted graveyard, ruined church, tradersโ€™ camp, wilderness encounters, and monster lairs. It also includes a ruined keep and dungeon as well as a mapped and detailed โ€œbase campโ€ stronghold. The module is designed for use with all โ€œclassicโ€ fantasy roleplaying game rulebooks or sets for Basic- and Expert-level players and gamemasters. It can be converted for use with โ€œAdvancedโ€ fantasy game rules and compatible systems with a minimum of effort. Cover art by William McAusland! Print version (with full art) available at www.barrataria.com. Picked as one of the best by Bryce Lynch at tenfootpole.org!

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Something Wicker This Way Comes
5th Edition
Level 7
43 pages
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The druids of the Feyindir Forest and the villagers of Spiralle have always maintained a peaceful, if uneasy, relationship. But now trouble is brewing. Villagers are going missing in the forest, and druids are being murdered in response. The terms of peace between the two parties has been shattered, and now the druids are threatening to unleash one of the most fearsome manifestations of druidic vengeance known. Can the PCs step in to restore peace to the land? Includes 5th edition write ups of the assassin vine, quickwood, dragonne, and wicker man along with the woodling creature template.

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CCC-KUMORI-01-01 Wreckers
5th Edition
Levels 1โ€“4
21 pages
0

Cargo ships are being dashed against the rocks west of Hulburg, lured off course by a mysterious light. Is this the work of ordinary thieves, or are more nefarious forces at work? Wreckers is a stand-alone adventure that premiered at Kumoricon in Portland, Oregon in October of 2017. Includes: Adventure .pdf in English and Spanish Magic Item Certificate .pdf All maps as high-res .jpg

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BMILL 01-03 Amaratha's Secret
5th Edition
Levels 3โ€“4
25 pages
0

In this climbing adventure, characters journey into the White Peaks mountains to find the source of a rare gem, which is driving the coup in Whitehorn.

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A Bad Night For Betting
5th Edition
Levels 8โ€“9
2 pages
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Weโ€™ve been running these fights since before my granddaddy helped drive them gnolls out. We have a proud history of taking care of the animals, tooโ€”we get โ€™em as pups from the dwarves up in Granitehold. Sure itโ€™s bloody, but youโ€™re not in the sot lands of kings and queens anymore, are you. Say, did you hear that?

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Infernal Longing
5th Edition
Levels 5โ€“7
10 pages
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Your friend and mentor, the old ranger Norlumin seeks to bring back his beloved, who gave her life to save the realm from a demonic invasion, but at what cost?

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๐’๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ข๐๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ: The Laboratory of Raoul Footpad
5th Edition
Level 3
13 pages
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In the hills near the Sword Coast is an old, abandoned temple to the goddess Mystra. A young halfling wizard named Raoul Footpad finds the abandoned temple and converts it into a laboratory. One day, Raoul returns home to the village of Prairiedale, only to find his parents gravely ill. With few options for their recovery, Raoul becomes obsessed with creating a magic spell to cure them. He and his assistant work feverishly to find the right magic, but instead they release calamity upon this portion of the world. Raoul is transformed into a hideous monster, and undead now inhabit the laboratory. ๐๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž? ๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐š ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ž๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž? ๐Ž๐ซ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ? ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐’๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ข๐๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ! This adventure also features a new creature: The Greater Nothic! This adventure module is meant to assist the DM with providing content to their players. This adventure is intended to run in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, but it can be compatible with any campaign setting, especially Ravenloft. This module is intended for 4 to 6 players, 3rd level characters.

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The Horns of War
5th Edition
Level 2
25 pages
0

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐š๐ ๐š. The PCs have escorted a trade caravan to the dwarven stronghold of Nirzumbil and are preparing for a boring trip home. But what is that sound of horns in the distance? And why are the dwarves closing the front gates to the mines? This is an adventure for 2nd level PCs. It is the first in a series of adventures detailing on orc uprising against the dwarves with sinister implications. Includes a 5th edition write up of the Dread Warrior, an undead that previously appeared in Monsters of Faerun.

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FVC4 - Carnage at Keldor Keep
5th Edition
Levels 4โ€“6
21 pages
0

This weekโ€™s Filbar offering is a mid-level adventure with the party headed out towards the frontier. As they move towards high adventure, adventure finds them first! Keldor Keep is the last bastion of civilization on the frontier but has recently come under attack. With its defenders scattered it falls to the party to save the fortress and protect the border! A hit at Whoโ€™s Yer Con 2016, this adventure is more than enough challenge for a group of 4-6 level characters!

Paradise Lost
5th Edition
Levels 5โ€“12
7 pages
0

Centuries ago, a powerful wizard locked himself in his inner sanctum to dedicate his life to the pursuit of knowledge. His discoveries and magic remain sealed inside to this very day. Solve his riddle and unravel the fate of the wizard Maalzinabar and the sinister evil lurking in the depths. A 2-3 hour adventure for 5th-12th level characters

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Mists of Akuma: Fangs of Revenge
5th Edition
Levels 6โ€“7
38 pages
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A city of burgeoning technology beset upon by intrigue and insurrection, Samon has been a thorn in Emperor Hitoshi's side since suffering in the rebellion against the Kengen Occupation, its wounds still fresh on the minds of its citizens. It is not beneath the notice of Hakaisuru Bengoshi however, and the adventurers are ordered by one such official to make certain that the Tazuki Rail company's doings are not curtailed by its increasingly aggressive laborers and their shadowy union, the Fangs. Little do they know that the bite of the fangs carries a far deadlier poison than any worker's ire! What youโ€™ll find in Mists of Akuma: Fangs of Revenge: A complex cast of 20 NPCs beautifully illustrated by Nathanael Batchelor interwoven in an impressive tale of deceit, false trails, intrigue, and lethal adversaries The city of Samon, a settlement in the northern prefecture of Hakaisuru and home to Soburinโ€™s most prosperous railroad company Four maps by cartographer Mike Myler: an isometric view of Samon, an isometric map of the Tazuki Rail Offices, a combat map of the Chujiang Gardens, and a combat map of the Tazuki Rail Basement The dangerous Mists of Akuma and the new misted condition The hengeyokai race and kitsune, nezumi, usagi, and (new!) hebi (snake) subraces The adeddo-oni and true hebi templates as well as a coterie of statblocks: adeddo-oni hunchling, adeddo-oni mage, adeddo-oni ninja, adeddo-oni samurai, factory worker, nuwa the brute (a true hebi), wajdet the charlatan (a true hebi), the many-faceted hengeyokai ninja, and the hebikontorora snake woman