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In The Bluelight is a frozen dungeon crawl adventure by Chris Bissette. You can check out the plain text version of the adventure for free here.Winner at the inaugural The Awards! ORDER THE PRINT VERSION HERE The days are fleeting out on the ice. The days are fleeting everywhere, now, but out on the barrens of Kergüs they are even further lessened. Time is thin here. It stretches, twists, freezes.…

Galgenbeck is palimpsest. Tumour. A city built on the ruins of itself. Beneath the sewers the bones of the old city fester.The troll-king Niduk was exiled, driven into the depths to rot and die. Now twisted by hatred and rage he oversees the small domain he has carved for himself, in a forgotten chapel to a murdered god.Why are you here? A lost bet? A doomed quest for silver? Boredom?Does it even …

There is a slit in the earth on the outskirts of Graven-Tosk. Whispers and warnings spread from eager lips to curious ears, telling of a FOREST deep below the earth. Pulsing with green life, lit without sun, the secret to this sprawling wood lies within its lifeblood: somewhere, deep past crawling vines and scurrying creatures, is a pool, its crystal-clear waters holding the secret to life eternal…

Tonight Aalgut digs graves alone.   His family is dead. Cursed by a lich. Destroyed by sickness and misfortune. Now buried in the Graven-Tosk cemetery like all the others. It’s a simple agreement: You retrieve the artifact. Aalgut exacts his revenge, and breaks the curse. After that, the unbounded power of the Killing Crown is yours. Delve beneath the Tainted Chapel Created for Random Adventure Ja…

NOTE: You can purchase the basic Ashcan edition for $5.00 or the Full Edition for $10.00. See below for details. Sönderfall was never much to look at, but as one of the only outposts on the trek between Tveland and the Western Kingdom, travelers came to rely on it for a brief respite from the road. Until a week ago, when rumor reached Schleswig that Sönderfall had vanished overnight.  Accordin…

A millennium has passed since Kavlov imprisoned the demon Balthazar deep beneath the earth, binding themselves within the Halls of Dread to guarantee their success. However, as Kavlov's power fades, so does the demon's prison. Do you have what it takes to stop the ritual circles from being activated and prevent Balthazar's escape? Or will you take on the role of the villain, seeking to unleash unt…

Anthelia's patience is growing thin... “Why is everything so pale? So cold?” Countess Anthelia's heart is not content. Having everything in the dying world except what she truly desires, she’s willing to pay immense fortunes to anyone able to make her feel the warmth of colours again. Throw your players into a deadly Mörk Borg adventure to win Anthelia's favour and finally bring colours back into…

The Nameless Scriptures predict the End Times, as foretold by the basilisk Verhu. Seven miserable psalms counting down to eternal darkness. Leviathan has risen from the Endless Sea, fulfilling the prophecy of the fourth psalm. But perhaps you can stop the Apocalypse. Pound pitons into slimy flesh. Tie ropes tightly. Begin your ascent. A Kaiju-Sized Hex Crawl Created for KAIJUJAM and inspired by …

All manner of winged pests fill the air of Grift. The endless buzzing is an annoyance, but hardly dangerous. Yet King Sigfúm knows they are no mere pests. In the swarms, the mocked king sees the fulfillment of the Calendar of Nechrubel.  The King watched The Killing Crown spread, fulfilling the First Psalm.  Now he watches from the shore of the Endless Sea as the Second Psalm comes to pass… The Ma…

"The Manor stands ancient and regal among the gnarled, ashen trees of the wood. It was clearly built long ago, but does not seem to realize it..." Within the Manor is the Pit, a hole in reality that spews out hordes of otherworldly monkeys. The Manor has done its job and killed them, over and over again, for decades upon decades. As the woods darkened and the blood was spilled and the Manor was fo…