Denizens of the Tower, In The Pool of Truth, the characters hear of a recently unearthed underground compound. Rumor has it that it belonged to an alchemist or sorcerer long ago. Many adventuring parties and would-be tomb-robbers have attempted to explore the place but all have been thwarthed by the dangerous wards a...
2023-08-31 21:21:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Traveler! In Seeking the Vampire Lords, a level-7 Shadowdark adventure, the Town of Fierallin suffers under the unprecedented rule of a vampire lord. The monster has awoken from his crypt and demands of the locals eternal servitude. The vampire claims he only collects a debt that was promised to him centuries ago. Th...
2023-08-31 00:04:55 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 693 Seeking the Vampire Lord. It is necessary to have Photoshop or a compatible app to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustrati...
2023-08-31 00:04:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Denizen of the Tower! In Seeking the Vampire Lords, a level-7 Shadowdark adventure, the Town of Fierallin suffers under the unprecedented rule of a vampire lord. The monster has awoken from his crypt and demands of the locals eternal servitude. The vampire claims he only collects a debt that was promised to him centu...
2023-08-31 00:04:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Traveler! In Night of the Brain Eater, terrible happenings occur at the coastal settlement of Tanport. People experience strange, vivid, disgusting dreams. Some walk around with empty, void gazes. But the worst is those that have either gone missing or been found dead. The dead have their heads broken in, their brain...
2023-08-28 21:51:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Denizens of the Tower! In Night of the Brain Eater, terrible happenings occur at the coastal settlement of Tanport. People experience strange, vivid, disgusting dreams. Some walk around with empty, void gazes. But the worst is those that have either gone missing or been found dead. The dead have their heads broken in...
2023-08-28 21:51:25 +0000 UTC View Post
In Murder in the Winery, the local winemaker has been reported to commit a horrid crime. A farmer allegedly saw the man killing the apothecary, an innocent woman. The bailiff, in the company of a few guards, showed up promptly to inquire and was attacked by the living dead. Many died and the bailiff returned scarred ...
2023-08-26 21:53:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Traveler! In the King of Skulls, the heroes must defeat an ancient undead lord from the past. Undead abominations are attacking the coastal area near the capital, Crimsonwall. No one understands or can explain why he is back. When the heroes come to investigate Fisher's Cove, one of the affected locations, they meet ...
2023-08-25 19:56:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Denizens of the Tower! In the King of Skulls, the heroes must defeat an ancient undead lord from the past. Undead abominations are attacking the coastal area near the capital, Crimsonwall. No one understands or can explain why he is back. When the heroes come to investigate Fisher's Cove, one of the affected location...
2023-08-25 19:56:07 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 692 Corvinus Family Crypt. It is necessary to have Photoshop or a compatible app to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustration....
2023-08-24 23:29:56 +0000 UTC View Post
In The Corvinus Family Crypt, the characters are hired to solve a terrible problem. Undead abominations emerge from the old mausoleum of a family that was prominent centuries ago. The bailiff tried to solve this with volunteer members of the city guards but enough have lost their lives. He now turns to hired muscle a...
2023-08-24 23:29:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the .psd file for 691 The Imperial Prison. It is necessary to have Photoshop or a compatible app to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustration. (...
2023-08-19 16:21:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In The Imperial Prison, the characters have been wrongfully imprisoned in an underground compound in the region's capital, Ardennia. They are placed in high-security cells and, unless they do something about their current situation, shall suffer a grim fate in the hands of torturers and jailers. Soon enough, the char...
2023-08-19 16:19:00 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 690 Threat in the Desert. It is necessary to have Photoshop or a compatible app to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustration. ...
2023-08-18 18:40:43 +0000 UTC View Post
In Threat in the Desert, the characters learn troubling reports of a legendary beast loose in Gondi Desert. The fabled serpent of fire, the remorhaz, usually stays secluded in the depths of the desert, a region that travelers and desert dwellers avoid. But now, the mighty creature travels farther than before and atta...
2023-08-18 18:40:41 +0000 UTC View Post
We have a big announcement! It's something we had planned a long time ago but only got around to doing. We have decided to give back to the community in the form of releasing old creations of ours with the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license. At this moment we release 123 maps in several variations for a total of 180 illustrat...
2023-08-17 20:14:21 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 689 Shrine of Ascendance. It is necessary to have Photoshop or a compatible app to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustration. ...
2023-08-16 21:00:35 +0000 UTC View Post
In Shrine of Ascendance, the characters arrive in town just a few months after Father Bertrand's passing. The man that replaced him earned everyone's trust quickly and gained a considerable number of followers. Things started to get uncomfortable and weird when the man's followers did not return home. Most families d...
2023-08-16 21:00:33 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 688 Retaking the Greenhouse. It is necessary to have Photoshop or a compatible app to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustratio...
2023-08-13 17:49:17 +0000 UTC View Post
In Retaking the Greenhouse, the fiefdom's grain and food storage has been taken by enemies. The reserves for the upcoming winter are at risk. Local authorities have tried to retake the underground facility but the task has proven too difficult for the city watch. The captain now offers a hefty reward for mercenaries ...
2023-08-13 17:49:14 +0000 UTC View Post
This is issue No. 36 of Dungeon Vault Magazine. A compilation of adventures, lore, excellent cartography, and useful digital goodies. We're featuring guest writers to add some more content and give the magazine even more value and usabili...
2023-08-05 19:38:39 +0000 UTC View Post
In The Philosopher's Stone, after decades and decades of research, the work of others has open boundaries for the simple folk. The rumors of a nearby dungeon where the fabled philosopher's stone hides reach the ears of a gro...
2023-07-31 23:12:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Traveler! In The Axe of Dreams, a level-0 Shadowdark gauntlet, a large percentage of the population of Spearhome has experienced strange dreams where they wield a magical axe. With this arcane artifact, their dreams and aspi...
2023-07-30 20:53:01 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 686 The Axe of Dreams. It is necessary to have Photoshop or a compatible app to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustration. (it...
2023-07-30 20:52:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Denizen of the Tower! In The Axe of Dreams, a level-0 Shadowdark gauntlet, a large percentage of the population of Spearhome has experienced strange dreams where they wield a magical axe. With this arcane artifact, their dre...
2023-07-30 20:52:53 +0000 UTC View Post
In The Bands of Power, hundreds of years ago, a master forger created a powerful pair of armbands. The Bands of Power earned their name for obvious reasons. The king, for whom the bands were forged, became the most powerful and feared dwarf of the northern territories. But he gained many enemies and soon, he was murd...
2023-07-30 03:14:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Traveler! In A Dream of Alchemy, people from the City of Sabras are dissatisfied because the local apothecary, a famous mage and alchemist named Rowan, started giving people strange concoctions that have caused them to suffer terrible ailments and conditions. The authorities refuse to prosecute the alchemist and cove...
2023-07-29 19:26:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Denizens of the Tower! In A Dream of Alchemy, people from the City of Sabras are dissatisfied because the local apothecary, a famous mage and alchemist named Rowan, started giving people strange concoctions that have caused them to suffer terrible ailments and conditions. The authorities refuse to prosecute the alche...
2023-07-29 19:25:59 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 685 The Horrid Descent. It is necessary to have Photoshop or a compatible app to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustration. (i...
2023-07-27 17:36:53 +0000 UTC View Post
In The Horrid Descent, a group of peasants are abducted and dropped into a strange, apparently-underground location. They soon discover that they are trapped in a dungeon filled with deathly guardians, riddles, and traps. Th...
2023-07-27 17:36:49 +0000 UTC View Post
