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Death House (Standalone Adventure)

Added 2022-10-31 04:20:27 +0000 UTC

When you want your players to fear what goes bump in the night. To have chills run down their spine when they slowly peer around every corner. Death House is the way to go! A simple starter adventure for the Curse of Strahd module, but a fantastic experience when run by itself.

This adventure has been out for quite some time and due to its popularity has seen many tweaks from across the internet. One of the best that I've found is Curse of Strahd Reloaded, I've fully integrated it into my over 25 pages of notes making running this one shot as simple as can be.

Creepy music will have your players looking over their shoulders, handouts will dive your players deeper into the scene; As well, all encounters have been laid out and organized for ease of use. All that's left for you to do is bring it to life!

Tips

Consider playing with the lights off and nothing but candlelight illuminating your game
Print the dungeon and house map out for your players if playing in person, allowing them to feel the fear of moving into the next room
Don't be afraid to throw in a jump scare or two
Don't force this to be a One-Shot, it took me over 10 hours to run it!

Without further ado:

Google Docs Notes for Death House: DM Notes
Link to the: Adventure
Link to: The Complete Collection (Click Request and allow up to 24hrs)

Included in The Complete Collection is:

Downloadable copy of DM Notes, including links to music tracks for ambiance and fights
Special PDFs for all the encounters. This includes all the enemies' stat blocks organized neatly along with an initiative tracker and a spot to mark HP.
Maps for Death House + Shinebright's Tower (Credits: Winghorn Press, The Dungeon Madames)
Handouts for Scrolls of Bless, Protection from Poison, and Spiritual Weapon.
Handouts of Letters with different handwriting for each

As always if you have any advice to improve my notes or think I should include anything else just let me know!

Cheers,
Advent

Credits:
Art: Big Fish Games
Adventure: Wizards of The Coast