Open Post - March - 'Reign of the Mad King'
Added 2022-03-03 16:46:15 +0000 UTCTier Release Links
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For March, we're bringing you everything Madness- and Ghost-related with 64 pages of brand new 5e content!
This month's 20-page adventure is designed for players 1st - 2nd level, but can easily be scaled up to as high as for 7th-10th level play by following the included adjustments.
Tragedy and betrayal has fallen on Blackhearth Keep, leaving King Marcus Blackhearth paranoid and fearing for his life. The sickness has lead to a cruel turning of events where his deceased wife Lilia had now come to possess the body of his daughter Willow, and the experiments and dark magics that he has attempted to exorcise his wife's spirit have only further broken and fragmented his mind.
Undead roam the lands, and the local farmers, trademen, and other denizens who live in his realm are suffering. But none are suffering more than King Marcus himself, who has withdrawn to his chambers for fear of the spirits and voices that now fill his head, while his other daughter Rowan is left to fend for herself in the decrepit keep.
Can you help intervene in the debacle and rid King Marcus and Blackhearth Keep of the souls and spirits that plague their once inviting abode?
March brings you 15 new stat blocks - like our ghostly Manticore Haunt and Owlbear Haunt; our maddened Frenzied Zombie; the corrupted version of our new player race, the Descended Shade; or our nightmarish monster the Bedlia! You'll also find our latest monster template - the Haunt - allowing you to take an existing monster and convert it into a ghostly version of its former self!
March brings you our usual assortment of new player options! Check out our latest player race - the Shade - and play the symbiotic result of a spirit with an objective selecting a child as a host, causing the host to no longer age and bestowing upon it a whole slew of ghostly abilities.
We also have shown the martial classes some love with our brand new fighter subclass - the Reaver. This is perfect for those melee characters who relish the brutal side of combat, focusing their force on single targets and knowing just where to strike to deal crippling wounds that penalize their opponents.
Lastly, rounding out our player options are 6 new feats and 3 new deficiencies!
March also brings you 7 new spells to work into your game! Strategically ignore an opponent's armor with Ghostly Strike; share the madness around the table with Inflict Insanity; and rattle your foes to their core with Banshee Scream!
March brings you 12 new magic items and 5 new grafts! Wield one of our three new ghostly weapons into combat - the Spectral Blade, the Ghost-Hunter Blade, or the Wraith Blade; use the Speak with Dead Jawbone to converse with the dearly departed; and fight the whispers and influence of the Ring of the Mad King! Further modify your body with one of our latest grafts like the Ghostly Appendage!
Leave the warmth and safety of the outside world behind as you enter into the chilling Blackhearth Keep. Venture through all four levels of these haunted halls with your access to all 4 maps for this release!
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We really enjoyed crafting March's release for you all, and taking the adventurers to a 'haunted house' style of location. Let us know what you think below or join the live conversations in the Critical Crafting discord! We also have a whole line up of bonus content also coming your way from some of our fellow content creators and collaborators, so stay turned for more!
'The body is with the King, but the King is not with the body...' -Hamlet
- Dillon, Cameron, and Sarah
