October Release - Loremaster Tier

Hello Loremasters!

Our patreon launch is officially here! We’ve spent so much time and energy creating this product, and we’re excited to finally be able to share it with you all!

Below is a recap of what all you can find in this month's release, and you can find the Google Drive link to the content itself at the very bottom of this post.

Everything below can be found in the Google Drive folder here.  We sincerely hope you enjoy what we've created for you this month. If you have any questions or any feedback to share, feel free to comment below or join us in the Critical Crafting Discord server!

Join us for October to gain access to 'Unhallowed Eve', a 20 page adventure that's perfect for your group's Halloween one-shot or can just as easily be dropped into your existing game. Head to the town of Gristwood and enjoy the yearly Unhallowed Eve festival! Take part in the festivities and play one of the handful of mini games, learn more about the culture and the town, partake in the seasonal delicacies, or even stop by Ol' Chap's Mystical Emporium and browse his wares! 

But when the Staff of Unhallowed Eve goes missing, the town is beside themselves as they know the festival cannot properly take place without it! You'll soon learn that beneath the surface, more sinister happenings are taking place. Can you reclaim the staff so the festival can commence and usher in another bountiful harvest?

The adventure also includes a morally ambiguous option, for those party members that find they enjoy exploring the darker side of an adventure and don't feel like playing the good guy.

And what better way to navigate Gristwood and the Unhallowed Eve festival than with 7 digital battle maps?

Players are certainly feeling the love this month with the debut of our first official 5e class - The Sunscorned! Play as one who has devoted their life to seeking out the forbidden knowledge of vampirism - willingly choosing to accept the dark gift, and thus becoming something neither fully alive or undead. With your new abilities, you'll find yourself able to  summon and emerge from a swarm of bats, leach health from others, and fuel other abilities with your Sanguine Dice. You will further customize this class and unlock your true potential when you choose one of the three Vampiric Traditions - Tradition of the Beast, Tradition of Shadows, or the Tradition of Thralldom.

October comes to you filled to the brim with 18 all-new monster and NPC stat blocks. Challenge your party with our Armored Vampire Familiar, Ogre Vampire Spawn, deadly Bone Golem, Zombie Goldfish and much more!

Each monthly release also comes with a monster template that can be used to quickly and easily create thematic monsters from existing content.

GM's and players can both take advantage of any of the 12 new items from this month. Enemies can drop these as loot, they can be found in dungeons, or even purchased from Ol' Chap himself! The Vampiric Dagger, Bone Armor, or the Gudemortis are sure to be snatched up by any party who can get their hands on them!

All the items also have printable item cards to hand out to your players or keep track of your new items.

Also, take advantage of any of our 9 brand new spells! Ever needed to drain an enemies health and gain some temporary HP? Vampiric Drain has you covered! Or have you ever needed to bathe a large group of creatures in blood, to slow them down? Clotting Spray has just what you need! Want to have a utility spell to aid your allies or hamper your enemies? The Trick or Treat spell is for you!

All spells come with easily printable tarot-sized spell cards so you can quickly add some awesome cards to your growing spell card decks.

We're also excited to share that in our continuing goal to offer as much content and value to our patrons, we've been able to partner with another creator to share some exclusive bonus content with you all! This month's Bonus Content was created with Bloody Sword Miniatures, who provided the artwork for the statblocks.

Bloody Sword Miniatures is run by Greg Kourakos who creates incredible YouTube videos for beginners and expert 3D printers alike, as well as created his own miniatures game and tons of awesome 3D models for printing. Dillon worked with Greg in the past on his 'Journey to the West' Kickstarter and also wrote a whole new adventure and stat blocks for his upcoming Kickstarter. This months Bonus Content stat blocks were created as extra fun content to accompany his upcoming Kickstarter. If you want some 3D printable models to go along with the stats check out Greg and his work!

You can find and follow Greg's work at his 3D Printing Pro Youtube channel, his website and patreon, and on Facebook.

Happy Haunting!

- Dillon, Cameron, and Sarah