The third adventure from EN5ider, Don’t Wake Dretchlor, is a fascinating product. Designed by Kiel Chenier, it manages to present a trap-infested mansion with a good reason for why it’s trapped. Unfortunately, it’s likely the players don’t know that reason, for otherwise they’d never go inside the place! No, the players know that there’s treasure in there, and either they’re hired to retrieve some, or … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Don’t Wake Dretchlor

The second adventure release from Assassin Games, Bloodfang Caves, is a short dungeon-crawl for low-level characters. The background for the adventure relates how once Graknor Bloodfang was a feared orc warlord until he was deposed by a lieutenant. Now he lives as the head of a band of puny goblins. Four potential adventure hooks are given for the characters; interestingly, two of them involve working … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Bloodfang Caves

The second adventure from Save vs Boredom is a horror/mystery adventure for second tier (levels 5-10) characters. Entitled The Tiger’s Song, it has the adventurers being forced to help a hag who has stolen the soul of one of their number, and being transported to a distant city to do so. Some players and DMs might balk at the unavoidable nature of the hook, and … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Tiger’s Song

It is a delight to read the adventures of new writers, especially when they write adventures as well-constructed as this one. The Leviathan’s Tomb is an adventure for five level 3 characters, although it provides notes for scaling the adventure for 3-5 characters of levels 1-4, in the manner of the D&D Expeditions adventures. A nearby lord needs help clearing out an ancient, island castle … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Leviathan’s Tomb