A Study In Extermination

Available On Shard Tabletop

“A Study in Extermination” is a 5e RPG tabletop adventure that can be inserted into any type of adventuring campaign.

Combat challenge difficulty was determined for a party of 7th-level characters (4 players) or a party of 5th-level characters (6 players).

This module contains:
Roleplay: 30%
Exploration: 20%
Combat: 50%
Estimated Play Time: 3 to 5 Hours
Synopsis:
The party awakes one by one on a spaceship. They are being held by the Ghaaktek, an amphibious alien race from the swamp planet Ghaaktekus, who are combing the region for specimens to use for exams and experiments in order to expand their scientific knowledge. Ghaaktek also use the living specimens that they abduct to aid in their own reproduction. The Ghaaktek consider themselves a forward-thinking race and their intention is to fast-track their own evolution. They circulate the scientific knowledge they gain among their own kind...

Maybe, just maybe, if the party is brave enough, witty enough, and strong enough they just may survive the Extermination.

Comments

The Butcher's Bible Vol. 1: Aberrations

Available on Shard Tabletop Add 22 Aberration Items to Your Campaign! If butchered correctly, aberrations have parts and pieces that can be useful to an adventurer. In this book, those parts and pieces have been turned into items and contain the information necessary for your players to use them. Adding this book into a campaign will allow you to award your players with aberration parts and give them reasons to use those pesky tools they continue to carry around. These items can be placed in the loot section of aberrations to be awarded to your players after an encounter is completed. They can also be given to players directly when dealing with shopkeepers or other NPCs. This book contains items for: Aboleth Cloaker Chuul Gibbering Mouther Otyugh Simple Example: Aboleth Eye Jewelry Component Crafting material for the creation of Ring of Psychic Resistance with Expertise in Jeweler's Tools.

Haunted Forest Encounter Generator

They walk through the darkening forest. The bare branches are reaching towards them as they scramble through. The wind whistles through the trees and they hear faint words being spoken. They come to a bare patch of ground that is clear of bushes and brambles. Across the clearing is a crumpling ruin that looks quite ancient. Long-forgotten gods crumble at the entrance and the name of a long dead emperor is etched above the door. When they enter they hear scratching sounds. The walls are covered in unknown languages that could be invitations or warnings. Deeper into the winding ruins the scratching sounds become louder. Long dead humans begin to scramble toward them. The skin has fallen from their faces, their bodies are decaying, and they are covered in tattered shrouds. The monsters mouth soundless screams and begin to give chase. Simply saying a forest is haunted is not enough. A DM must give details that pull their players into the scene so that they can picture smelling the tre...

A young brother and sister find an old door in their basement that wasn't there before....

The discovery of an old door in the basement that wasn't there before sparks a multitude of potential narratives, each with its own blend of mystery, adventure, and the supernatural. Here's a creative direction one might take with such a premise: Under the dim basement light, a brother and sister stood before an ancient door that creaked with untold secrets. It was a peculiar thing, ornate and edged with strange symbols that seemed to dance in the shadows. The basement, their usual play haven, had transformed overnight into a chamber of mysteries. "Had this always been here?" the sister whispered, her voice barely above the sound of their synchronized heartbeats. Her fingers traced the cool, iron handle that felt like ice against the warmth of her palm. The brother, older by a year yet equally wide-eyed, shook his head. "No way. Dad would've noticed it when he put the Christmas decorations away, right?" He pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, ...

Twist of The Fates

Search This Blog