Month: Mar 2025

A Simple Request

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This week has kinda already kicked off with some of the foreshadowing of this simple request done on Saturday with Rats in the Pantry. Tonight we continue this on with a difference view, the parties, as they enter the tome of Rimoi and begin to uncover what’s happening here.

So grab a torch, or lantern, as we descend into dark pantries in tonight’s adventure!

The village of Rimoi is unremarkable in every way. It has the average amount of houses, the average population and the normal establishments a village within the capitals protected highways would have. Rimoi also has the normal problems that any village has. Frequent food shortages, frequent theft and the occasional missing person.

But the party investigating a small request to find the thieves, likely rats, from a prominent taverns pantry leads to a disturbing history of the village. Will the party recover the missing children and stop the thefts that are happening six feet under the floorboards?

A Simple Request

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The party entered Rimoi as many other adventurers did, as a halfway stop before heading towards larger cities. As they walked down the street urchins asked for coin, trading advice and their service as a guide to take them around the village. But there was not much of a village to be taken around with.

A few general good stores and smiths operated within the village and two taverns sat across from each other in the main street. The rest of the village was a nest of houses, barns and stables that supported travellers and the farmers that made a living in this village in the middle of nowhere. As they moved through the village they were drawn to the Hooting Owl tavern with the rich smells coming from within.

Approaching the door two sour faced guards pushed past them and onto the street. ‘Well the Hoot’s just lost two customers. We’ll take our business across to the Trotters.’ they yelled as they stormed off. Within a sturdy looking dwarven woman stood fuming at the bar glaring knives at the guards who had left. As she looked towards the party her demeanour softened as she greeted them.

‘Welcome to the Hooting Owl Tavern, also known as Hoot’s to its Loyal patrons.’ she added with a venomous look towards the guards. ‘What can I help you with? I have a fresh roast boar on the spit out back and a new barrel of dwarven ale if that’s to your fancy?’. The party were delighted with the food and arrangement of drink when it came out to them. The woman, Glenda, was warm and welcoming and after a few moments of talking to her the strangeness of the guards leaving in such a state eventually came out.

‘I knew you’d seen that but was hoping you hadn’t. The local guard is meant to look into keeping the village and shops safe. A few days ago I woke to find the door to the kitchen open and some food had been taken. Now I knew that there were a few kids that used to come in and help themselves and they never really took that much. But,’ she paused for a moment. ‘They let rats in. Oh I hate rats. They are in the pantry below but I can’t do anything about them. Every time I see one of the furry devils I faint from fright. Give me a goblin or orc any day but something about the beady little eyes…’ she shook herself to try and rid the look of disgust from her face.

‘I asked the guards to just pop down and get rid of them for me, if there was any. Being it their job to look after the village I thought it was part of their job. But instead they demanded free grog and coin. I wouldn’t of minded paying them if they hadn’t been so rude about it. Instead they stormed off and I won’t be able to get into the pantry for days. What’s worse is the little kids that come and take some of the extra food I leave out… well I haven’t seen them yet. I worry they got a fright or hurt. I have some food for them, being all alone as they are. But I have no way to find them as they scamper when they see me.’ she sighed. ‘Something else the guard refused to do.’

Thanks for dropping in to see a bit more of this weeks adventure. I don’t normally expand from my adventure ponderings but being able to take a simple quest hook, like Rats in the pantry, and evolving it into something more is something fundamental for all dungeon masters. So for new or old DMs alike make sure you come back each day this week to follow along on this adventure. And as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

Red Harvest

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Now for the next Zine of the year I present, in single page zine format, Red Harvest. I still believe that these provide DMs a lot more freedom to tinker with it how they want and open up the adventures to be more free formed and flowing than the larger booklet zines.

There is references to the blog nights which are D&D centric (regarding Friday night’s Stat-blocks) but this adventure can be used system agnostic more so than my regular Zines. As always Kobold fight club can be used to quickly balance an encounter for Dungeons and Dragons and Tetra-cube provides the stat-blocks for many of my D&D creatures.

So I hope you enjoy this weeks adventure, Red Harvest, and that all your rolls are made with advantage.

Red Harvest

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The village of Ponkae, celebrated for its rich traditions and renowned delicacies, lay nestled beyond the rainforest’s damp roads. Along the way, the party witnessed villagers meticulously hunting Moon wave grubs, using hand-axes and reed-like tongs to extract the wriggling red creatures from decaying wood. Naya, a moss-cloaked guardian of the harvest, emerged to explain the importance of these grubs to Ponkae’s prosperity. Responding to an urgent call, she darted off, leaving the party to descend the grand steps into Ponkae’s vibrant valley.

Ponkae was a hive of activity, with farmers harvesting silken cocoons from jungle trees in the tiered valley alive with buzzing insects and running water. Amidst this bustling scene, an untouched patch of trees hung with black cloth provided an eerie contrast. The party marvelled at the colourful marketplace filled with silken wares, fragrant oils, strong beers, and tantalizing food, showcasing the rich traditions and craftsmanship that defined Ponkae.

A debate in the village’s amphitheatre revealed a pressing issue—Tamaya’s farm, left without a successor, threatened the harvest of silk and moon broth. As the villagers argued, Naya delivered startling news about blood-red, many-legged creatures stealing cocoons. The elder shared the legend of “red harvesters,” divine beings that appeared to reprimand the village’s greed. He tasked Naya and the scouts with tracking the creatures, forbidding harm, and allowed the travellers to assist in uncovering the truth.

Led by Naya, the party followed erratic tracks across farmland walls and ledges, eventually reaching a tree draped in black cloth where shredded bark and hollow silken cocoons suggested a violent encounter. The search took them to Tamaya’s abandoned house, where a burrowed hole and disarrayed interior revealed that the creatures had used it as a nest. Naya suspected the grubs had matured and emerged, emphasizing the urgency of unraveling their origins to safeguard Ponkae.

As the rain intensified, the party spotted claw marks around cocoon mounds, some salvaged by villagers, others successfully raided by the creatures. At the upper levels, a rare red cocoon fluttering in the breeze hinted at its extraordinary value, with Naya explaining its lucrative significance. Danger loomed as red creatures emerged from the woods, mandibles snapping and antennae twitching with menace, their intent clear—to guard the undisturbed cocoons as they confronted the party.

The warriors surged forward, their oversized claws clicking as they charged. Their powerful mandibles opened and closed in anticipation for the fight to come. Claws tore into shields and grasped at weapons with brutal efficiency, each strike aiming to capture and slash while their strong jaws could crush and shatter limbs. The party fought desperately but the ants moved with unsettling coordination. One ant lunged, its claws locking around the human’s arm as its mandibles clamped down on blade, splintering the steel like it was dry wood. 

Above the fray, the queen loomed as she slowly descended. A massive creature whose sleek body reflected the dim light from the forest ominously. She clicked her mandibles, emitting a resonant sound that rallied the warriors to redirect their attacks to the adventurer that could pose the biggest threat. As she moved towards the front lines her stinger poised and glinted. The queen thrust it downward towards the party, narrowly missing but a spray of ichor saw the warriors disengage with their current prey and rush towards the doused target.

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Thanks for joining me today for another adventure. Please feel free to leave comments if you like what you see when you grab a copy of the PDF. Next time you get a party together consider running this adventure and I hope that you enjoy it. Don’t forget to come back daily so you don’t miss a thing in the coming weeks adventures. And as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

Rats in the Pantry

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Tonight we have a very simple adventure hook, a side quest really where we have the over-done rats in the pantry mission. However, maybe its not rats…

So grab the rolling pin and the carving fork as we bring the wrath of the kitchen in tonight’s adventure!

Rats in the Pantry

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The kitchen was silent this time of the night after the chaos of dinner service and the clean up had finished. The staff had gone to bed after preparing some of the food they would need for breakfast in the morning. It was the perfect time to be rats in the pantry.

As they lifted up the latch for the door, which was never locked, they quietly lowered it again before pushing it slowly inwards. They knew just where to stop the door before it would let out a screech from the ungreased hinges – this wasn’t the first time they were stealing from The Hooting Owl tavern.

As slunk through the half-open door they looked at the fruits, the bread and the cheese that was resting on the large counter in the middle of the room, a wide selection for them to choose what they wanted to eat that night. As the smallest one moved forward towards the bread and cheese she reached out and grabbed a small roll. The hard part wasn’t getting to the foot it was taking just enough that there wouldn’t be guards searching for them in the morning.

A small roll, a hunk of cheese and an apple to share will get them through the day. As they compared their choice bits and discussed if they would have to worry about the guards tomorrow they heard a noise, a small dragging sound from the pantry. Thinking it was a trap laid by the cook they quickly rushed towards the door and hastily out into the streets. It wasn’t until they had stopped their flight that they realised that they had lost one of their own, the smallest and youngest of the children.

The next morning The cook came in to find the door to the streets open and evidence that a something had taken food from the preparation table. Looking for evidence, a trail of crumbs led her to the stairs. ‘Rats. Again… Best get a quest posted.’

But as she closed the door and moved away from the stairs malevolent eyes stared at her from the darkness beyond. The child it had caught was asleep nearby, its dreams and fears sustaining the creature much more than the foodstuffs that it had been carrying. Soon there would be more coming into the storage room under the tavern. More food for it and for its brothers and sisters who slumbered still until there was enough food to sustain them.

Thanks for visiting tonight. Don’t forget to come back tomorrow night for the end of week zine and, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

The Formica

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Now while not quite like ants the formica are very similar and share some characteristics. Instead of all of them stinging that is reserved for the queen and her elite guard alone where as the typical red formica rely on developed claws for grasping and carrying prey or items and their bites for subduing unruly ‘guests’.

So look for a can of bug spray, or something more useful, as we encounter some monstrous bugs in tonight’s encounter!

The Formica

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The red formica is the worker and foot soldier of their species. With powerful jaws and overdeveloped claws for grasping and crushing they do the queens bidding using a mixture of pheromones and high pitch sounds.

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When the formica queen is around her workers they will do what ever they can to protect her and follow unheard and unseen commands that she issues with special scents and noises. However she is not weak and frail and is in fact the strongest of her kind. Able to sting and bite the creatures her claws grasp onto she quickly despatches with those who dare to confront her.

Where that doesn’t work her workers will quickly put their bodies in front of the queen as a shield to protect her from those who dare attack her. When she takes damage though her blood and from a special gland near her she can spray a pheromone that drives the formica around her wild with a blood frenzy. Those that are dosed with the pungent ichor are quickly dispatched.

the Formica queen – created in tetra-cube.

Thanks for stopping by tonight to meet the queen and her followers. Don’t forget to come back over the weekend for more tabletop content and, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

Ponkae Fields

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Tonight we have the party tracking the creatures from the fields towards the edge of the forest – but they should have known that it wouldn’t be that easy. A fierce fight with vicious adversaries that fight not only for their life, but the life of their sisters, brother and queen.

So join me as we lay down the foundations for this weeks climatic battle in tonight’s map!

Ponkae Fields

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The raindrops from above felt heavier as they crossed under more trees that had evidence of the invaders scratching around the cocoon mounds. Some were too late with evidence of the villagers sawing out the precious cargo. However some were definitely successful and as they stood at the upper levels of the tiered trees around the village a dash of colour caught their eye.

Red silk flittered in the breeze as the grass clung to to the last bits of sticky fibre. This cocoon was huge and it appeared as though several sets of sheers or blades had cut it open. ‘Ah they found a red one.’ Naya said from nearby. ‘They are rare, very rare in fact with only one appearing every few harvests. The wine and nectar harvested from them is particularly strong and potent so the farmer that finds one ends up well paid and rich.’ she added as she scanned the woods ahead.

Her hand touching the handle of her axe was the first sign of danger, the second was a chittering and thrumming sound that waved towards them from the trees ahead of them. Several red creatures waited and watched them their mandibles and antennae moving menacingly as they watched the party near the undisturbed cocoons.

A simple map tonight with my favourite stamp being overly used – the rocky hills. The cherry on top was placing a cobblestone texture I the rocky crevasse that gave it a true stone wall look – which I will definitely do again. Several trees make up the rest of the assets while three or four grass textures make up the backdrop. A stone like texture darkens some of the area around the hills and blends it with the grass otherwise a fun, quick simple map that will get the job done.

Thanks for joining tonight for another update for this weeks adventure. Don’t forget that we still have a few more nights this week worth of content so don’t forget to come back each night to stay up to date. And lastly, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

Silken Threads

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From silken threads to tracks across the farmlands and into a deserted home this weeks adventure leads to an unnerving revelation.

So grab some bug spray, a large shoe or newspaper as we go bug hunting in tonight’s adventure!

Silken Threads

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The party followed Naya who walked through the village confidently and with her eyes scanning the trees constantly. Starting with the trees that were attacked she checked for the tracks of the creature, creatures based on how many sets of erratic prints she could see heading towards the tree. Following the prints was the difficult part but locating where the creatures originated from came a lot easier.

The tracks led them to across the farm, sticking to the walls where the ledge met the stepped form of the farmland. At points they disappeared from the soil, grass and leaf litter but only for the tracks to be picked up again next to the wall as if something was digging at the wall for something. Eventually the tracks stopped, at the base of a tree that had black strips of cloth hanging from the vines.

A large mixture of bark, hardened sap and splintered wood revealed an empty silken cocoon. Cut through with sharp blades or claws with evidence that something had dug its way in, or out. There was evidence that there once was other cocoons in this tree however a hollow in the tree was all that remained. Looking around for the source the party with Naya and her fellow scouts looked for the creature that had reportedly snatched at the cocoons.

Towards the villages centre a large hole had been burrowed into the side of a house. Checking within with hatchets and blades drawn Naya crept forward. ‘I think we have a problem…’ she called out. Following her the party found the torn up interior of what would have been a cosy home. Three large silken cocoons lay cut open in the room with each of them having the same familiar cut out section. Something had either cut into them or cut their way out of the cocoons.

‘I think the grubs within the cocoons finished their changes. This is Tamaya’s house and has been vacant for a few months now and it looks like it was the perfect nest of the creatures that cut themselves free.’ she examined the silken cocoons that were as big as a humans torso – if not bigger. ‘They must have grown further once they emerged from these. Come, we have to confirm this so it wont be too late for the village.’

Thanks for joining in tonight for the investigation of of silken threads tonight. Don’t forget that I will continue to expand this adventure each day this week. So make sure you don’t forget to come back daily to stay up to date with this adventure and as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
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Naya Fieldmoss

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Naya Fieldmoss was the first of the villagers to greet the party when they were approaching Ponkae and she is also the one that the party runs into when the first sign of trouble happens.

So grab your coats, boots and a hot coffee as we go into the rainforest in tonight’s adventure!

Naya Fieldmoss

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The party had a knack for finding problems and the sound of raised voices and cries of alarm brought them towards a large round amphitheatre where people were talking quickly. ‘Its been over a month now and we still haven’t found the successor to his farm. If we don’t act immediately it will be too late to harvest the cocoons.’ one man was saying passionately. ‘All those trees, all that silk and all that moon broth gone to waste.’

‘The wishes of Tamaya was that only his descendants would inherit the farm and its harvest. He had issued a letter to be delivered to his next of kin but,’ the elder paused for a moment, ‘it’s harder than expected. It seems many of them left the village quite some time ago and the historian is looking for the next in line.’

As the debate continued Naya came storming forward, briefly catching the eye of the party, before kneeling before those arguing. ‘Elders.’ she began and waited to be addressed. With a not the oldest of them asked her to make her report.

‘A creature has been spotted in the village. It has a shell as red as blood and it stormed towards the trees on the second level and snatched several cocoons in its claws before darting into the forest to the east. But none of my scouts reported seeing it enter the village only as it left.’ she said as another similarly dressed man knelt beside her.

‘Elders.’ he added before they asked him to report in turn. ‘A creature with many legs has attacked some of our farmers to the north on the lowest farm before stealing their cocoons from their baskets and fleeing into the forest to the north. The weird thing…’ he began

‘None of the scouts reported seeing the creature enter?’ the elder finished for him. The man nodded looking over at Naya. A moment later a third scout knelt before them, ‘Elder.’ he addressed the group. ‘Let me guess. A creature with several legs and blood red skin stole cocoons and fled into the village with none seeing the creature enter?’ the man looked bewildered but nodded.

‘There is a legend.’ the elder continued as he sat in front of the scouts, the party noticed Naya roll her eyes. ‘That the red harvesters will appear as intervention of the gods when the village becomes to greedy. When we seek to take more than we give to the forest. They appear out of the forest air itself, take what they want and leave a trail of destruction in their wake.’ he finished looking towards the forest.

‘Naya, you and the other scouts are to track them down, study them but to not attack them as they are the will of the gods.’ the elder ordered. Naya nodded and turned to leave before looking back to the elder.

‘Elder. These travellers have come from far away to see this village. I request that they be allowed to join as they may have encountered these creatures before and may be able to save lives with their knowledge, that is if they are also willing.’ she looked towards the party.

The elder nodded. ‘You have my approval. Protect lives and find where they went.’

Thanks for visiting tonight to get a glimpse of what’s happening in this weeks adventure. As with tonight the next few days will expand the adventure further to add in additional layers onto this adventure. So don’t forget to come back daily to make sure you stay up to date and, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

Grub Harvest

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This week kicks off with the party encountering a group of farmers mid grub-harvest. The grubs are used by the farmers to help produce a particular crop and have been for many generations now. However, when tragedy falls upon the villagers they come to realise that not all is as it seems.

So grab your hatchets, knives and tweezers as we rustle up some grubs in tonight’s adventure!

The village of Ponkae has harvested the Moon weave grubs for years for their delicious nectar and the silk that they spin. However when the grub harvest happens to reveal a bigger problem where complacency and politics overrule common sense a bigger problem is revealed.

Now it’s up to a travelling group of adventurers to save the village and its people as their livelihood begins taking lives.

Grub Harvest

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The village of Ponkae was rumoured to be place of history, tradition and the most intoxicating food and drinks known throughout the region. As the party travelled through the wet rainforest roads they crossed many people moving through the underbrush with small hand-axes and two long thin reeds. As they moved about the ferns and decaying logs they would cut at the decaying matter and, occasionally, would excitedly yell out to those near by.

A flurry of activity later would see many axes hewing into the wood, before the reed like tongs would dash out and pick out a squirming red creature from the wood. Quickly deposited into little containers they carried on their hips the village folk would continue until there was nothing more of the wood before moving onto the next decaying wood matter and continuing the search.

‘They are hunting for Moon wave grubs.’ a voice said from near by. A woman who was nearly invisible as she moved from the log she was crouched on. Dressed in a long cloak and had that consisted of moss she blended nearly perfectly in with what she perched on. ‘My name is Naya and I am a watcher of this years harvesters. They search for the grubs that feed Ponkae’s harvest.’ she smiled toothily at them. ‘Now, you don’t mean any trouble for these fine harvesters do you or I’d have to cause you some trouble about now?’

As the party continued to speak with her as she moved along the path keeping one eye on the party and the other watching the surrounding area. As she spoke to them another call went out and she looked toward the harvesters who had made it. ‘Sounds like there’s something to investigate. I may see you at Ponkae if the forest wishes us to meet again!’ she called as she nimbly darted towards the call to see what was wrong.

It was not too long until they had begun to descend the large steps that would take them into the village. The sound of running water and insects could be seen everywhere where large trees with strange growths from their branches and trunks could be seen on the many tiered fields that surrounded the valley of the village. As they passed from one large jungle trees canopy to the next they were drizzled with the water droplets that came from above, it was always wet here from what they could tell. A large river cut the village in half and it took a steady stream of water out of the village and further down the valley.

As they passed some of the farms they could be seen taking large, arm sized silken cocoons out of the growths in trees and passing them to another famer near by who lay the quivering masses carefully into baskets before carrying them towards the village. The whole village was a whirl of motion and nearly every tree had someone harvesting large cocoons from it.

However one patch of trees was drying, large strips of black fabric swung from branches and no one touched trees despite it having the same swollen growths as the others. As the party moved deeper into the village they soon forgot the trees as the sights and scents of Ponkae caught up with them and they were surrounded by people selling silken products, pungent smelling oils, strong beers and the sweetest smelling foods.

Thanks for visiting tonight for the start of a new week. Don’t forget that we will expand this adventure each day this week as I continue to work at my tabletop. Don’t forget to come back each day this week to stay up to date with what’s happening and, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
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The Wakeless Sleep

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Now for the next Zine of the year I present, in single page zine format, The Wakeless Sleep. I still believe that these provide DMs a lot more freedom to tinker with it how they want and open up the adventures to be more free formed and flowing than the larger booklet zines.

There is references to the blog nights which are D&D centric (regarding Friday night’s Stat-blocks) but this adventure can be used system agnostic more so than my regular Zines. As always Kobold fight club can be used to quickly balance an encounter for Dungeons and Dragons and Tetra-cube provides the stat-blocks for many of my D&D creatures.

So I hope you enjoy this weeks adventure, The Wakeless Sleep, and that all your rolls are made with advantage.

The Wakeless Sleep

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The party arrived in Launghui, a coastal village famed for its plentiful fish harvests, but was met with an eerie silence and abandoned streets. Passing through the shark-jaw gate, they discovered shuttered homes and lifeless villagers lying in their beds, faintly breathing yet impervious to magic or aid. A teen girl named Sunraya stumbled along the road, sharing a chilling tale of a curse that had afflicted the village after the last catch. Alone in her wakefulness, Sunraya explained how a past offense to a witch had previously plunged the village into a similar slumber, only broken when the witch was appeased.

Despite their efforts to comfort Sunraya and unravel the mystery, the party uncovered unsettling signs of the curse’s grip. Sunraya’s refusal to eat the village’s tainted fish left her hungry but still conscious, while the rest of the villagers had fallen into a wakeless sleep after consuming the fish. After sharing a meager meal of fish from a nearby trap, Sunraya succumbed to sleep, her condition worsening as a faint magical presence enveloped her. With their only lead slipping away, the party placed Sunraya by her sleeping parents and stepped out into the fog-covered village, where they encountered a sea witch cloaked in seaweed and vengeance.

The sea witch declared her blood oath fulfilled, revealing her plot to poison the villagers through the very fish they loved, ensuring their downfall before awakening. Her sinister laughter echoed as she vowed to finish the task before the curse lifted, targeting the villagers for their past wrongdoings. Turning to the party, she recognized them as outsiders and attempted to charm them with her tragic tale of rejection and loss. Her words masked a thinly veiled threat as she advanced, the oppressive fog thickening around her. The witch’s form grew more menacing, her nails elongating into talon-like claws as she moved toward the adventurers with feral determination. The party was faced with the critical choice to act swiftly or risk becoming her next victims.

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Thanks for joining me today for another adventure. Please feel free to leave comments if you like what you see when you grab a copy of the PDF. Next time you get a party together consider running this adventure and I hope that you enjoy it. Don’t forget to come back daily so you don’t miss a thing in the coming weeks adventures. And as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

2025 Campaign Adventure 19

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Good evening all and welcome to the 19th day of adventuring for my D&D party utilising DnD 2024 rules. While I will endeavour to not give away the campaign, adventure or plot moving forward (in case my party read these updates!) I will attempt to write up each adventure this year continuing with my, now, 2025 Campaign Adventure 19 – continuing on from the 2023 and 2024 adventure.

This is a continuation from Campaign adventure 17 & 18 as the party continues on their first mission as members of the investigation of the strange creatures in these lands.

2025 Campaign Adventure 19

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Plot:

Tithes of Thanks

The party woke up to a fresh morning with a few things to organise before their next mission. Gathering up their things and saying hello to Marie after a brief breakfast they head towards the Temple of Ilmater to have a chat with the clerics there. Brother Steve, the man who had welcomed Kai into the brotherhood greeted them and after Kai explained what had happened to his arm, in a non-detailed and flattering way, brother Steve managed to restore some of its functionality.

While Kai regained the ability to move his arm the strength and dexterity he once had was yet to return. A longer period of time was required to heal this affliction. As they offered a large sum of money to pay for the healing they also organised to get several healing potions created by brother Simon. As they were enquiring about where to get better weapons and adventuring gear Brother Steve warned them to steer clear of Tsar who runs a Bazaar and deals nearly exclusively in stolen items, including the church’s holy symbol that once adorned their central altar.

Finding a way to fell two orcs with one arrow they head off in search of Tsar and his Bazaar in the market.

Tsar’s Bazaar.

The party eventually found the place they were looking for. Flashy, gawdy and overly expensive the place oozed the arrogance behind the man who owned the shop. Entering they were greeted with a typical pawn shop. Shelves of people’s junk or treasured items lined next to each other. On the wall there was dozens of weapons that, with his trained eye, Tater could tell were all fake or made to look more impressive than what they were.

As they were looking a man that was more moustache than charm waddled up to them and introduced himself as Tsar. He was entirely too focused on himself and his business but made a great deal of effort in trying to sell the weapons that were on the wall to the party. Claiming that one of the axes, which was evident to Tater was intended for carpentry not battle, had felled a dragon and once belonged to a dwarven king.

After Kai enquired about holy relics of churches he used their drift globe as a tool to try and sell the appearance that he too was into the same type of ‘business’ as Tsar. After some clever deceptions the disturbing man produced a small chest filled with iconography of the gods, all of them liberated from churches. Making a great show of leaving and being somewhat uninterested as they had to sell ‘dragons teeth’ they barely left the counter before Tsar stopped them. Retrieving a single tooth that they retrieved from the Snowtown Quarry cave Tsar became transfixed . With some clever thinking Tater and Kai made the man believe that the tooth came from the same dragon that his axe allegedly slew.

Spotting a good bit of business the man ran off, advising them to search through the ‘ugly blade’ bucket as he quickly retrieved an expert in teeth.

Familiar Faces

While the man left the shop open Kai retrieved Ilmaters symbol from the box, which he had spotted earlier and stashed it in their pouch of holding. Noting a wicked looking repeating crossbow armed and ready behind the counter in case Tsar needed to deal with ‘business interference’. As they searched through the blades in the ‘ugly bucket’ they realised that all of these had been taken from graves. Some still had grave dirt on them but they were well made and were suited for combat unlike the ones on the wall.

Tater noticed that two stood out, the blades themselves showing no sign of decay, damage or wear and tear. A rapier that’s blade was razor sharp and nick-free and a long sword which had its blade glow like molten silver. Grabbing those blades and following Tsars advice, as he excitedly left, ‘Take any blade from the bucket. I can’t have my business partners going around unarmed.’ they stood their and waited for the man to return.

Using a trick that Kai had learnt early in his days of travelling with the wizard that had ‘adopted him’ he had an unseen servant rotate the supposed dragons tooth above the counter, holding it a foot above the wood. Tsar returned with a familiar face. Tobias, the mage that they had interviewed briefly to accompany them.

Recognising the party Tobi made a silent pact to not reveal each other to the man, or their employers as he inspected the tooth. Not a dragon. Something more. A bashe, a large serpent that used to hunt dragons and had a strange kindship with purple worms. After hearing about how rare they were and how valuable these teeth were Tobi helped the party convince Tsar that it was worth more than his shop was worth. Tobi agreed to sell his shop on the condition that he would receive the tooth – greed taking over his eyes. Agreeing to meet the party at Ms Trotters Tavern, where the party had no intention of visiting, he would bring what gold he could to purchase the tooth from them.

As the man hurried them out the door, the tooth still in possession with the party, he ran off to begin making as much coin as possible in a short amount of time to pay for the tooth and to truly become rich. Tobi confirmed it was a Bashe tooth, that part was not deceptive, but also advised they are valuable to certain people – he being one of them.

As they left the party discussed with Tobi the potential of him joining them on their next journey to Faerstead. Considering the offer he agreed to meet the party at the Five Fat Ravens Inn later to discuss the tooth, the mission and more. The party head back to the Tavern, spoke to Tobi about where they found the tooth so the guild could go and retrieve more teeth for study and, profit.

As they rested they prepared themselves for their next mission.

Thanks for joining me tonight for the continuation of my campaign for my group. Don’t forget to come back again tomorrow for more content. And, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe