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Shrine of the Emperor of Bones 2021 Rerelease | New 1st-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition
🕑 Added 2021-04-30 15:01:02 +0000 UTCDOWNLOAD THE ADVENTURE BELOW
Shrine of the Emperor of Bones is a Fifth Edition adventure for four to five characters of 1st to 2nd-level and is optimized for a party of five characters with an average party level (APL) of 1. This adventure is setting agnostic, meaning that you can easily place the adventure into any campaign setting or environment of your choice. Ideally, the shrine is hidden in a tropical environment such as a jungle or even under a town or city where water would easily flood its chambers.
Background
Once a noble's son with a promising future in arcane magic, the self-proclaimed emperor of bones destroyed himself and his followers during a necromantic ritual gone awry. Resurrected and driven by a compulsion to complete the ritual, the emperor continues his dark practices at the shrine that bears his name.
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We now offer a 5th-level version of this adventure which you can easily install into any campaign setting. You must be a patron to get the 5th-level version of the adventure.
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Want all the maps and assets? Our asset pack includes all of the stuff you need to add this adventure to your favorite VTT, or you can use it directly with Foundry. We include both the Foundry Pack and manifest URL.
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Get the Print Version
The original version of Shrine of the Emperor of Bones was included in issue #9 of BroadSword Monthly. You can purchase the physical copy on DMDave's shop.
Purchase BroadSword Monthly #9 ($25 + FREE Shipping)
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Get the Roll20 Version
No time to set this up yourself? No problem, we got you covered, fam. You can get the brand new version of Shrine of the Emperor Bones on Roll20 with all the dynamic lighting, monster tokens, etc. so you don't have to worry about setting it up yourself.
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Comments
Agreed on player maps. Why are player maps in general not included in the adventures.
Is there a player map for this new updated version like there was for the older one from like 2 weeks ago? EDIT: I found the old one in my browser history but I think it would still be nice to offer the player map for those who want it
Brad Thomson
Yeah, I noticed in the Zombie Owlbear section you mention it was a tough encounter and suggestion for scaling it down if necessary. I definitely appreciate that addition to the adventure.
DM Dave
Nice zombie owlbear is the best
DM Dave
Weird. I don't remmeeeeember adjusting that, but if I did, I likely took your suggestions and edited accordingly.
Nice, I appreciate that. Just checked it out. I see that the Areas 3 & 4 transposition got fixed in the process, thanks. Loving the updated map, and it will be a definite upgrade for the next group that I run it for. Will probably take the 5th level version for a spin, next time.
I loved it the first time. I set it as the basement for a Bullywug temple that got desecrated that the PC's had to resolve. That Zombie Owlbear almost roasted a couple of PC's. It was their first real potential deadly encounter. Thanks Dave!
DM Dave
Yep. Patch went through today
Brad Thomson
Side question: the PDF's read "optimized for a party of four characters with an average party level (APL) of 1." for the 1st and 5th level versions, but you state above "optimized for a party of five characters with an average party level (APL) of 1." I believe the original was optimized to 5 characters so I was not sure if this is a change with the updated version.
Will previous owners of the Roll20 version get updated content for it?
DM Dave
Some reformating plus a couple bits added. I think I also added text blocks (I think).
Brad Thomson
Is this a reformating of the original adventure or has some of the gameplay been updated? I have the original printed out already so I wanted to know if there is more to this update that I should reprint.
