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The Shrike

By Leo HuntPublished by Joel HinesOSELevel 1? The Shrike is a world of decay – rusted iron, crumbling stone, saltwater, blood, and fog – surrounded by a roiling ocean, a lifeless archipelago, pewter-hued clouds, seabirds, and pitiless stars. In this … Continue reading

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Doomsong: Lord Have Mercy Upon Us

By Morgan Finley, Jack Cæsar, Chris CæsarCaesar InkDoomsong. THE FIRST SEAL IS BROKEN AND PESTILENCE SPILLS FORTH. THE KINGDOM OF LETHE FALLS BEFORE ITS FOETID LORD, … but the Gravediggers’ Guild does not kneel to heretic gods. Half a lifetime … Continue reading

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The Painted Wastelands

By Christopher WillettAgamemnon PressOSELevel 1? Prepare your trembling synapses to enter the Painted Wastelands, the ENnie award winning tabletop roleplaying adventure designed for Old School Essentials. Dive headfirst into a strange hexcrawl set in a bizarre world teeming with desert … Continue reading

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They Devour

By Andy Castillo JrCelestial Skunkworks1e/2e/OSRICLevels 5-8 An ancient evil and its zombie horde attacks the city of Genepa. Hundreds fall and the survivors retreat behind her walls. In their distress, the city council summon the heroes and charges them with … Continue reading

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First Steps – Descent into Madness

By Nickolas Z BrownFive CataclysmsOSRLevels: “Low to Mid” Deep within the Sunken Fort is a stairway. This stairway leads into an unknowable and chaotic underworld: the Descent into Madness. Alien creatures, chaotic magic, formless order and untold treasures await the … Continue reading

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King for a Day (Revised)

By Jim PintoPort World GamesGeneric/UniversalLevel- Ha! The Valley of Brycshire has been infested with a foreign and strange problem for a quarter of a century. This alone is not unique to fantasy gaming. Most adventures start with, “There’s something rotten … Continue reading

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Brink of Calamity

By Trent SmithStorm Fetish Productions1eLevels 1-6 The town of Warnell, straddling a trade route that crosses two great forests, seems at first like any other backwater on the borderland of civilization, but menace and mystery lurk beneath the surface: a … Continue reading

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Old John Stuart’s Mill

Archie Fields III, Matthew C. FunkWitch Pleas Publishing5eLevel 1 Set in the richly detailed settlement of Greenspires, a town nestled among the elven ruins of the Hinterwoods of Witch Pleas’ Legends of Lohre setting, this tale begins at the cozy … Continue reading

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Signed in Ale, Sealed in Wax

By Michael J. BojdysGrantWerkOSELevel 1 You wake in a locked cellar, heads pounding, contract signed in spilled ale. A dagger’s gone missing. A debt must be paid. And something in the dark wants more than gold. This 32 page adventure … Continue reading

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House of the Wraith Queen

By Ian HickeyGravity Realms2e/5e (For real this time!)Levels 5-7 Mistress Lentel’itz-Abar, Matron Priestess of the Mother of Midnight and head of House Bu’Rin, was sent to the Rift under political pretence, ordered to prepare a waypoint to launch the next … Continue reading

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