This Week We’re Making ‘Witches Bargains,’ Challenging the Ashen One & More

Murders at Lorelahc Manor

Your blackmailer is missing at the masquerade and her husband is found violently murdered. With only 24 hours until your secrets are released, it’s a race against time to find her and the killer before more dead guests ruin the party.

Murders at Lorelahc Manor has everything you need to run two twisty 5e murder mysteries in a campaign of stolen identities, Machiavellian schemes, and greed. The campaign’s mysteries are complex enough to withstand spellcasting and player ingenuity, but simple enough they can still be solved! Equipped with riveting lore about Lorelahc Manor, the Rock Sea, and the Umbral Glade, you can expand this campaign well beyond the average runtime of 5–8 sessions (15–24 hours).

The Hollow Tree

The Hollow Tree: A Mini Adventure for Levels 1-4

Enter a haunted tree shrouded in illusions, where reality itself twists and turns.

Villagers in the nearby settlement of Timberhold are growing increasingly desperate. A noxious mist seeps from the depths of the forest, spreading hallucinations and madness to those who venture too close. At the heart of the forest stands an enormous hollow tree—the rumored source of the mist’s corruption. The elders plead with you to cleanse the forest before the mist consumes more lives.

Adventure Summary:

“The Hollow Tree” is a mini adventure designed for levels 1-4. Players must navigate a labyrinthine hollow tree filled with tangled roots, thick webs, and an eerie, hallucinogenic mist that distorts their perception. The adventure challenges players with environmental hazards, illusions, and a confrontation with the cunning Murk Spider, a creature lurking in the shadows. Survival requires sharp wits and careful teamwork as players struggle to separate reality from illusion.

Challenge of the Ashen One

In Challenge of the Ashen One, the heroes meet an ambitious thief named Lyanna who recently came into possession of teleportation runes to reach the Bloodfall Shaft. Many adventurers know of this fabled dungeon said to be guarded by a dangerous mage. It can only be accessed by teleportation magic when the dungeon’s overlord issues a call to valiant folks to come. Lyanna wants to share the treasure with the characters but she seeks to keep a magic dagger that, legend has it, is hidden in the dungeon. She says the magic item is the Bloodletter’s Knife.

The characters teleport into the Bloodfall Shaft and soon discover they are not the only adventurers trying to delve into this extraplanar compound. A despicable mage named Barraster Jinnock and a group of mercenaries thwart the characters’ attempts at exploring the dungeon’s different levels. Ultimately, the characters must overcome these enemies or make a truce with them to finally confront the Ashen One. The strange undead being awaits whoever survives or outwits his traps and guardians at the dungeon’s fourth level. It is a tough battle to the death.

Pirates of the Aetherial Expanse

Welcome to Pirates of the Aetherial Expanse! A DnD 5e compatible adventure set in the mystical Aetherial Expanse. The Aetherial Expanse is a realm of high fantasy, seafaring piracy, and endless wonder.

Floating in the endless void of the Astral Plane is a sea of silver starlight, a vast expanse of aetherial liquid that shimmers as comets shoot through its surface. The Astral Plane is the plane between planes, and portals to these manifold realms tear themselves open and seal themselves shut as if guided by an unseen will. Upon this Aetherial Expanse, a story of sails, cannons, empires, and high piracy is set.

The Witches Bargain

Witch’s Bargain: A Mini Adventure for Levels 1-4

Delve Into the Enchanted Woods, Where Choices Can Save or Doom a Village

The village of Mosswood is withering under a mysterious blight. Twisted plants, dying livestock, and rotting crops threaten the lives of the villagers. Desperate for help, the village council calls upon adventurers to investigate the enchanted woods and uncover the truth behind this dark curse. What will you offer to lift the blight?

Adventure Summary: “Witch’s Bargain” is a mini adventure designed for levels 1-4. The players are tasked with finding Alara, a mysterious witch dwelling at the edge of the enchanted forest, to uncover the source of the blight afflicting Mosswood. This adventure challenges players with moral dilemmas, the opportunity to negotiate with the witch, or the chance to find an alternative solution that does not involve giving in to Alara’s demands. The Hexed Beast, a ferocious creature bound to Alara’s will, guards her territory, adding further complexity to the encounter.