Tag: Shadowdark
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Shadowdark Session Recap: 11/7/2024 Holy Divers – Online
The adventurers return a golden wolf-shaped torque to the Wolf Family Vineyard, discovering signs of violence and a group of orcs led by Ghazat inside. After a fierce battle, they rescue Master and Lady Wolf, gaining intel on a dragon and evil warlock. They later free the servants and return for a celebration.
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Shadowdark Session Recap: 11/1/2024 Geeks & Games – Shadow Deaths
Summary The party discovered a ruined gatehouse with a bridge spanning a chasm, their curiosity drawing them to explore further. While clearing rubble from a stairwell, they were suddenly attacked by a troll that nearly killed one of their companions before dramatically leaping into the chasm while engulfed in flames. After camping and returning the…
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Shadowdark Session Recap: 10/18/2024 Geeks & Games – Shadow Deaths
Summary The Shadow Deaths, a brave adventuring party, found themselves approached by two individuals after a period of revelry in the city of Pitden. Giselle, a local herbalist, hired them to hunt a fearsome manticore dwelling in a ruined tower northeast of the city, offering gold and potions as payment. A barbarian woman named Thraani…
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Shadowdark Session Recap: 10/17/2024 Online – Holy Divers
The Unholy Divers, an adventurous group, explored the Temple of Aberlach, facing challenges and battling animated Stone Guardians. They discovered a skeleton with a silver warhammer and a mysterious lantern, sparking discussions about the dungeon’s history. The journey involved strategy, exploration, and overcoming obstacles in a perilous underground environment.
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Shadowdark Session Recap: 10/04/2024 Geeks & Games – Shadow Deaths
Summary The party, consisting of Grimdar Thunder, a dwarf priest, Ember, a kobold wizard, and a dwarf warrior named Thru, embarked on a perilous journey through a swampy region. Their adventure began with a whimsical encounter with mischievous Fairies before they reached a mysterious cave entrance. Upon entering the cave, they startled a Lone Goblin…
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Shadowdark Session Recap: 10/03/2024 Online – Holy Divers
The party traveled from Barglen to Needle over five days, encountering fleeing soldiers and discovering a devastated marketplace due to chaos involving dragon-headed soldiers summoned by a wizard named Khemsha. They sought information from Archmage Asmodie, who assigned them to explore ancient ruins to the west. There, they faced hazards, giant lizards, and battled giant…
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Shrine of the Jaguar Princess by Sersa Victory
A Shadowdark adventure designed for 4th level PCs. I ran this in Shadowdark for a group of five level 4-6 PCs, and made some slight changes to the adventure (running it in West Marches instead of a one-shot). It was decent, but not great, and suffers from an absolute TPK factor, with lots of instant…
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Monastery of the Mellified Monks by eyesforteeth (Adapted for Shadowdark)
OK, I love weird, funky adventures. This was great for several reasons – the plot hook involves a noble who wants to eat a mellified monk for “virility”, there’s a zombie bear that breathes swarms of bees, a honey ooze. While not superb, it’s pretty darn good. Also, it’s short and sweet, playable in one…
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GameMastery Chase Cards Deck from Paizo
These chase cards contain a series of obstacles and events for use in a fantasy RPG chase scene. While intended to be used for Pathfinder 1, I’ve successfully used them several times for Savage Worlds Pathfinder. I think these would also work for Shadowdark without much modification, and plan on trying this when appropriate.
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Dungenerator Series 2 Card Deck by ROLLINKUNZ
Colorful, inky cards to randomly generate a dungeon as I GM’d. I bought these cards on Exalted Funeral after missing a Kickstarter for them. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite what I aimed for in-game. The deck may be better as a prep tool to map dungeons and create a layout. Using it to create a goblin…