Loot Tavern Hunt - Shadow of the Broodmother

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Disclaimer! This is the standalone version of the Shadow of the Broodmother Hunt from Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting. It does not come with any additional content.

Happy to wade through muck to get a job done? Uncowed by eons-old, mind-bending eldritch evils? Then bring your waist-high wellies, ‘cos this is the 5th edition adventure for you.

Slkvol the aboleth broodmother has, for the past few million years, shaped the ecology of Milakul swamp to best serve its own interests: the native swallybogs worship Slkvol as a deity, the fauna all bear signs of Slkvol’s modifications, and adventurers are enthralled to spread word of how uninteresting and unworthy of exploration the swamp is. However, after several of her field assistants went missing, Dr. Doolots wishes to contract a group of adventurers to deal with this ‘swamp curse’.

This unique, easy-to-run monster hunting adventure is playable at a variety of levels. Investigate the creature to find its weaknesses, prepare your plan of attack, then unleash your fury with brand-new spells and win magnificent loot!

Read on to learn what over 20,000 Kickstarter and Backerkit backers are psyched about!

What’s Special About Loot Tavern Hunts

This supplement brings you one of many monster hunts, standalone one-shots (well… more like two or three shots!) that are overflowing with gorgeous art, motivating storylines, and deadly boss battles. Here’s what you can look forward to in Shadow of the Broodmother:

• Three different levels of play, with combat balanced for each!

• A wanted poster and three fully-illustrated clue handouts to help your players prepare for the battle ahead.

• Nine original creatures: the reverent swallybogs and broodlings, as well as the ancient aboleth broodmother.

• A deadly three-wave boss battle replete with unique lair actions.

• Tokens for every enemy!

• Eleven magic items that can be crafted from the boss.

• The aboling, an adorable familiar that can be crafted from the boss.

• One gorgeous battlemap by The MAD Cartographer.

• Four new spells to manipulate water and drown foes.

What’s in the Fantasy Grounds VTT package?

• Fully implemented stat blocks and tokens for every enemy!

• Battlemap with LOS, as well as all the encounters you’ll need for each level bracket of the adventure, ready to drop in.

• Handouts for all the spells and items in the adventure, as well as the clues, landscapes, sketches, creature and NPC art, and the wanted poster.

• A fully linked Reference Manual.

Quick Guide

System: D&D 5E

Starting Level: 5th, 11th, or 17th (your choice!)

Length: ~6 hours if you play the hunt at one level. ~18 hours if you play all three levels.

Bug, Typo, and Technical Issue Reporting

We have two ways to report bugs or technical issues. You can head to our FG Forum thread, which is monitored by our FG developer Evo. Alternatively, the Loot Tavern Discord server provides the fastest answers!

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