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EN5ider #345 - Mini-Adventure: The Pallid Piper
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Myler" data-source="post: 8054258" data-attributes="member: 6726030"><p><em><a href="https://www.patreon.com/ensider/overview" target="_blank">EN5ider</a></em>'s highly anticipated sequel to the amazing <em>Fungal Bums</em> mini-adventure is here—read onward for an <s>infection</s>adventure you'll never forget!</p><p>[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]</p><p><a href="http://www.patreon.com/ensider/overview" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.enworld.org/attachments/en5ider-345-snapshot-jpg.124422/?hash=d241cb5c9b29a644446f004be7b9e3e1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><strong><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🔥" title="Fire :fire:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f525.png" data-shortname=":fire:" /><em> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ensider/posts?tag=FREE&filters[tag]=FREE" target="_blank">Free Articles</a></em></strong> including adventures and the smart-fighting savant character class!</p><p><strong>⚔ Join <em>EN5ider</em> for Immediate Archival Access:</strong> Pay $1 per new article we publish (5 per month—so $5 a month) to become a member and get <em><u>instant access</u></em> to the library of <em>330+ articles</em> at no extra charge!</p><p></p><p><strong>Lately on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ensider/overview" target="_blank"><em>EN5ider</em></a>:</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>345. </strong><a href="http://www.patreon.com/ensider/overview/" target="_blank"><strong><em>The Pallid Piper</em></strong></a><strong><em>.</em></strong> We first introduced the umamish—a curious infection of intelligent mushrooms—in <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/en5ider-333-mini-adventure-fungal-bums.672199/" target="_blank"><em>EN5ider #333 - Mini-Adventure: Fungal Bums</em></a> but they've spread since then! When the adventurers return to a town or village they've saved before they find it is rife with patches of mushrooms, unnatural growths said to have been brought about by an old man raising fungi with a song. Though he appears to be a strange human he is far more, and if not stopped the entity for which this so called Pallid Piper heralds will drag many a soul down into the Abyss with it! This sequel supplementary adventure for 4–5 PCs of 7th–9th level was masterfully penned by Andrew Engelbrite, illustrated by Indi Martin, and features the cartography of <a href="https://dysonlogos.blog/2020/01/16/blind-lamia/" target="_blank">Dyson Logos</a>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>344. </strong><a href="http://www.patreon.com/ensider/overview" target="_blank"><strong><em>Changes of Zhou</em></strong></a><strong>.</strong> The next time the adventurers cast <em>augury</em> or otherwise make use of divination magic you can do more than simply provide an answer—now you can give them a reading! This 8 page article includes a type of Chinese cleromancy that dates back to the Zhou dynasty (which started more than a millennium before 0 AD), tables for interpreting and understanding the trigrams and hexagrams at the core of this system for telling the future, and an NPC suitable for doling out prophetic information. Written in the recent past by Phil Harmon, illustrated by Ellis Goodson.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>343. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ensider/overview" target="_blank"><em>Spells: Herculean Incantations</em></a>.</strong> Tell me friend: do you tire of seeing braggadocio knights impress with feats of strength? Running afoul of too many tavern fights with lumbering brutes? Well friend your troubles are over! With this suite of over a dozen brawny spells you'll more than make your mark with magical might that's sure to inspire all within sight! Take the fight against a foe into a coliseum for two with Ahlmeik's arena, send potential paramours head over heels with a bit of flex, make yourself as strong as you'll feel with gigantify, and put enemies down with your powerful blows after unleashing the rage of the meek. It is a true certainty that with these at your disposal you need suffer ridicule for your frailty no longer! Solidly designed by Andrew Engelbrite; illustrated by Dana Braga.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>342. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ensider/overview" target="_blank"><em>ZEITGEIST #11: Gorged on Ruins - Part 2</em></a>.</strong> In this second installment of <em>ZEITGEIST #11</em> the PCs encounter the Vsadni (five ancient Lost Riders now transformed into powerful icy titans by the Voice of Rot) and take their fight to Grandis Komanov—most likely with blades but possibly with words instead. Then it's on to a debate truly deific in both its nature and impact: the gods themselves are put on trial in Alais Primos. This module includes 3 maps and one statblock (the Bhad Ryzhavdut Militia), but stay tuned for next month's <em>ZEITGEIST</em> as this adventure finishes with an appendix that is essentially a high-level monster manual all on its own (featuring no less than 40 creatures every GM ought to have in their playbook!)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>341. </strong><a href="http://www.patreon.com/ensider/overview/" target="_blank"><strong><em>Intriguing Organizations: Hands of Contrition</em></strong></a><strong>. </strong>Adventurers almost reflexively destroy undead on sight—but they best be wary for there are a rare few that rise up above their nature, seeking to redeem their corrupted souls and serve rather than slay the living. These unique undead are members of the Hands of Contrition, creatures that strive to redeem themselves in their post-mortal existence and help the world at large. Although only ever gathering in small groups their influence spreads far whether they defend the innocent, bolster a community's resources, or saving the victims of catastrophes before survivors perish. Includes the Mummified Guardian (CR 7), <em>restore soul </em>(a 5th-level enchantment), and the Hand creature template. Dutifully designed by Peter Martin, illustrated by Mark Bulahao.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Myler, post: 8054258, member: 6726030"] [I][URL='https://www.patreon.com/ensider/overview']EN5ider[/URL][/I]'s highly anticipated sequel to the amazing [I]Fungal Bums[/I] mini-adventure is here—read onward for an [S]infection[/S]adventure you'll never forget! [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] [URL='http://www.patreon.com/ensider/overview'][IMG]https://www.enworld.org/attachments/en5ider-345-snapshot-jpg.124422/?hash=d241cb5c9b29a644446f004be7b9e3e1[/IMG][/URL] [B]🔥[I] [URL='https://www.patreon.com/ensider/posts?tag=FREE&filters[tag]=FREE']Free Articles[/URL][/I][/B] including adventures and the smart-fighting savant character class! [B]⚔ Join [I]EN5ider[/I] for Immediate Archival Access:[/B] Pay $1 per new article we publish (5 per month—so $5 a month) to become a member and get [I][U]instant access[/U][/I] to the library of [I]330+ articles[/I] at no extra charge! [B]Lately on [URL='https://www.patreon.com/ensider/overview'][I]EN5ider[/I][/URL]:[/B] [LIST] [*][B]345. [/B][URL='http://www.patreon.com/ensider/overview/'][B][I]The Pallid Piper[/I][/B][/URL][B][I].[/I][/B] We first introduced the umamish—a curious infection of intelligent mushrooms—in [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/en5ider-333-mini-adventure-fungal-bums.672199/'][I]EN5ider #333 - Mini-Adventure: Fungal Bums[/I][/URL] but they've spread since then! When the adventurers return to a town or village they've saved before they find it is rife with patches of mushrooms, unnatural growths said to have been brought about by an old man raising fungi with a song. Though he appears to be a strange human he is far more, and if not stopped the entity for which this so called Pallid Piper heralds will drag many a soul down into the Abyss with it! This sequel supplementary adventure for 4–5 PCs of 7th–9th level was masterfully penned by Andrew Engelbrite, illustrated by Indi Martin, and features the cartography of [URL='https://dysonlogos.blog/2020/01/16/blind-lamia/']Dyson Logos[/URL]. [*][B]344. [/B][URL='http://www.patreon.com/ensider/overview'][B][I]Changes of Zhou[/I][/B][/URL][B].[/B] The next time the adventurers cast [I]augury[/I] or otherwise make use of divination magic you can do more than simply provide an answer—now you can give them a reading! This 8 page article includes a type of Chinese cleromancy that dates back to the Zhou dynasty (which started more than a millennium before 0 AD), tables for interpreting and understanding the trigrams and hexagrams at the core of this system for telling the future, and an NPC suitable for doling out prophetic information. Written in the recent past by Phil Harmon, illustrated by Ellis Goodson. [*][B]343. [URL='https://www.patreon.com/ensider/overview'][I]Spells: Herculean Incantations[/I][/URL].[/B] Tell me friend: do you tire of seeing braggadocio knights impress with feats of strength? Running afoul of too many tavern fights with lumbering brutes? Well friend your troubles are over! With this suite of over a dozen brawny spells you'll more than make your mark with magical might that's sure to inspire all within sight! Take the fight against a foe into a coliseum for two with Ahlmeik's arena, send potential paramours head over heels with a bit of flex, make yourself as strong as you'll feel with gigantify, and put enemies down with your powerful blows after unleashing the rage of the meek. It is a true certainty that with these at your disposal you need suffer ridicule for your frailty no longer! Solidly designed by Andrew Engelbrite; illustrated by Dana Braga. [*][B]342. [URL='https://www.patreon.com/ensider/overview'][I]ZEITGEIST #11: Gorged on Ruins - Part 2[/I][/URL].[/B] In this second installment of [I]ZEITGEIST #11[/I] the PCs encounter the Vsadni (five ancient Lost Riders now transformed into powerful icy titans by the Voice of Rot) and take their fight to Grandis Komanov—most likely with blades but possibly with words instead. Then it's on to a debate truly deific in both its nature and impact: the gods themselves are put on trial in Alais Primos. This module includes 3 maps and one statblock (the Bhad Ryzhavdut Militia), but stay tuned for next month's [I]ZEITGEIST[/I] as this adventure finishes with an appendix that is essentially a high-level monster manual all on its own (featuring no less than 40 creatures every GM ought to have in their playbook!) [*][B]341. [/B][URL='http://www.patreon.com/ensider/overview/'][B][I]Intriguing Organizations: Hands of Contrition[/I][/B][/URL][B]. [/B]Adventurers almost reflexively destroy undead on sight—but they best be wary for there are a rare few that rise up above their nature, seeking to redeem their corrupted souls and serve rather than slay the living. These unique undead are members of the Hands of Contrition, creatures that strive to redeem themselves in their post-mortal existence and help the world at large. Although only ever gathering in small groups their influence spreads far whether they defend the innocent, bolster a community's resources, or saving the victims of catastrophes before survivors perish. Includes the Mummified Guardian (CR 7), [I]restore soul [/I](a 5th-level enchantment), and the Hand creature template. Dutifully designed by Peter Martin, illustrated by Mark Bulahao. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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