These ten easy-to-run underground adventures for D&D 5E are set within a ruin-filled mountain torn apart by the mysterious Grendleroot. Designed for characters of 1st to 5th level, these adventures take place in the caverns, chambers, tunnels, and ruins of the mountain known as Blackclaw, within which lurks a strange, otherworldly sentience. The adventures can be run independently as single-session games of roughly two to four hours each, or they can be tied together as part of a larger campaign. Five of the adventures can be combined together into a five-session mini-campaign that focuses on the strange consciousness at the center of the mountain.
Ruins of the Grendleroot emphasizes the mystery and wonder of exploring ancient ruins. The central hub of these adventures, Deepdelver's Enclave, is a frontier outpost overlooking the ruined city of Shadowreach, set deep within the mountain. In Deepdelver's Enclave, adventurers and explorers recount tales of their explorations, trade treasure and artifacts, and share their drive to uncover the mysteries of the mountain.
Each of these ten adventures is designed to get you up and running quickly with inspirational artwork, beautiful maps, fantastic locations, short readable summaries of places and events, evocative keywords to spark your own imagination, flexible read-aloud text, and piles of ideas to fuel your own stories.
The Ruins of the Grendleroot Art Book and Map Pack (42pp, retail price $5) includes all the location art, character art, and maps from Ruins of the Grendleroot. Use this book and art pack to help you plan your adventures, or as visual aids and handouts to use during your game.
Fantastic Adventures: Ruins of the Grendleroot 5E and Grendleroot Artbook and Map Pack copyright © 2019 Michael E. Shea.
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