Drought Dragon Desolation

A brand-new adventure by the crew that brought you The Horrendous Hounds of Hendenburgh: Liam Pádraig Ó Cuilleanáin (design), Bruno Prosaiko (art), and Ripley Matthews (maps).

A literal sandbox for 2nd to 5th level characters, this module lets the players explore a dried out sea, making friends and enemies among its various factions. A lot is happening in the dead Sea of Yarth: the proud Yodin nomads are at odds over border crossings with the Shining Sultan’s legions, a mysterious wizard has taken over an old lighthouse, desperate locals have formed a cult to worship Lady Drybones, the dragon that killed the sea.

Sooner or later, the characters will face the droughtwyrm, whether on behalf of a powerful patron, to appropriate her sizable hoard, or to benevolently help the downtrodden survivors of the Desolation. They will then have to fight and negotiate their way into the rusted experimental vessel Lady Drybones has claimed as her seat of power, as well as the barracks for her mercenary army of scorpion-folk and a makeshift temple for her cultists.

Numbers! Sweetwater, a town to resupply from, hire help in, and gather rumours; 5 factions and 2 rival adventuring parties woven in the location and encounter tables; 25 hexes with 18 detailed locations, including 3 small dungeons. The main delving event, the Pleasure Barge, has 29 locations. As with all our adventures, the booklet has indexes, including a summary of the new items, magical and otherwise, a dozen of replacement characters in case someone gets sacrificed to the droughtwyrm, and a page of possible developments once the adventure is concluded.

System: Old-School Essentials. Easily adaptable to old rules of D&d, retroclones, and post-OSR games.
Play time: 4 to 10 sessions.
Format: 72 pages, staple-bound, printed in duotone. A5 format (5.9’ x 8.25’, slightly bigger than digest size). And A DETACHABLE SCREEN for cover!