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Nightmares in the Puppet Shop | New 5th-Level Adventure by Torchlight Press
🕑 Added 2021-02-09 16:01:01 +0000 UTCNightmares in the Puppet Shop is a Fifth Edition adventure for 3 to 7 characters of 5th level, and is optimized for 5 characters with an average party level (APL) of 5. A cult is preparing a dark ritual to summon their eldritch masters into the world. One of the town’s guards infiltrated their ranks to learn about the ritual’s location. The characters need to rescue the undercover operative and stop the ritual before it’s too late.
This adventure is structured into two parts: pre-ritual and post-ritual. Pre-ritual, the characters will explore the shop and fight past cultists to get to the room where the ritual is being performed. Post-ritual, the characters must fight their way out of the dungeon past eldritch horrors manifesting in puppets throughout the shop.
Background
A small sect of cultists worshipping an eldritch god have been using a puppet shop as a guise for their unholy activities. Now, after years of preparation, they are on the cusp of creating a portal to another realm, intent on letting aberrant horrors consume the world.
One of the town guards, a tiefling woman named Dancing in the Rain, had a hunch something was amiss and spent some time undercover working at the shop. They discovered the cult’s plans and managed to sneak out a word of warning to the town master before being uncovered and captured.
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Comments
Is there a separate PDF for the map?
I though that might be the case but I haven’t checked yet, thanks. So what about the transition from store entrance to first post ritual?
DM Dave
All of the monsters in bold reference monsters in the DMG.
Also is there monster sheet for this adventure???
Can some explain the first post ritual, as I read it we have the entrance to the shop.... then a post ritual, am I missing something?
As someone who hates dolls and puppets of some types. This is terrifying
baka00
What in the eldritch horror is this nightmare?!?!?
