[Monster Hunt] Shadow of the Broodmother - Level 5, 11, 17 Adventure

"You arrived just in time! It appears Dr. Dootlots wasn’t satisfied with the last group of adventurers I sent to cure his ‘swamp curse’. Do you know a party of fearless adventurers ready to tackle a disease-ridden aboleth? No? Well what about a loosely connected group of people that want gold? Yeah I thought so…

L'Arsène has assured me that if you ‘click’ on the ‘button’ below, the hunt contract will get sent to you via some sort of ‘e-mail’. I assume it stands for evil mail, but he promises it’s an arcano-techno mailing system thingy whatsit."

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Edit [12 December 2023]: This standalone hunt PDF has been updated over the winter downtime! Re-download and enjoy!

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This hunt, Shadow of the Broodmother, is intended for 3 to 7 characters with an average player level (APL) of 5, 11, or 17. Characters who complete this hunt should earn enough experience to progress one-quarter of the way to 6th level or halfway of the way to 12th or 18th level. The adventurers must find and defeat the remnants of a rare swamp aboleth that has purportedly already been killed by a group of celebrated adventurers.

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Monster Hunting

Marco. These hunts work on a ‘marco-polo’ rhythm. The ‘marco’ is the investigation step; asking NPCs what they know about the monster, having interactions with creatures en-route to the lair etc. In the final book, we’ll also have a heap of random encounters as well as tracking rules for using skill checks to find the monster’s lair.

Polo. The ‘polo’ section is the fight. Hopefully the players will have gathered enough info to give themselves some tactical advantages against the boss. Each encounter has multiple waves in quick succession; your players must manage their resources to remain strong until the end!

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This hunt was originally released as our first Mega Kickstarter Collab!

Alright folks! Your boys Aggi (Loot Tavern), Humperdink, , and Jess Jackdaw coming at ya with a mega collab - we're doing a monster hunting kickstarter!

Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting is a 5e supplement with 10 deadly one shots, each playable at 3 different levels, that’ll provide you with harvesting and crafting rules. Here’s some highlights:

• 10 monster hunts, each a multi-wave encounter, and each playable at 3 different levels.

• 110+ original items & illustrations

• 50+ new monster statblocks and illustrations

• 10 boss monsters: fully-illustrated twists on classic D&D monsters, like the Aboleth Broodmother, Magnetite Dragon, and Sunmouth Owlbear. Unique lair actions and abilities!

• 10 new familiars, crafted from the blood of the boss monsters!

• Harvesting rules for all creature types.

• Crafting recipes for all SRD magic items and the 110 new items in the book.

• Tracking rules for finding the monster’s lair.