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Released as part of A Town, a Forest, a Dungeon, a Cairn game jam.

Shipwrecked on a desolate shore. Cursed by demonic forces. Surrounded by undead horrors at every turn. Can your adventurers brave the lost caverns and solve the curse of the Barghest?

Howl is a 44-page, black and red adventure for Cairn, with a setting inspired by English folklore and Ravenloft. Set in the world of Boroz, an accursed and mist-shrouded land filled with dangerous creatures and eldritch influence.

Howl Includes:

  • 8 overland locations & 12 dungeon rooms filled with lost mysteries and dark secrets.
  • 20 horrifying new monsters, from the dim-witted wereowl to the terrifying gharblest.
  • Converted & updated for Cairn from 5e adventure The Howling Caverns.

Built using the Classic Explorer template and entered into the Classic Explorer Workshop.

What People Are Saying

Clayton Notestine (@ClayNotestine), designer and educator:

The information design brings a tear to my eye.

Rowan H. (dice.camp), reviewer (Dododecahedron):

[HOWL] distinguishes itself through its organization, visual clarity, and overall user-friendliness.
StatusReleased
CategoryPhysical game
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
AuthorBy Odin's Beard RPG
GenreAdventure
Tagscairn, dungeon, Folklore, Horror, Tabletop role-playing game

Purchase

Buy Now£6.00 GBP or more

In order to download this adventure you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of £6 GBP. You will get access to the following files:

howl_v1.3.pdf 7.3 MB
howl_v1.1.md 68 kB
howl_text_only_v1.1.pdf 312 kB
howl_maps_v1.1.zip 6.8 MB

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howl_v1.2_monsters.zip 73 kB

Development log

Comments

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(+1)

Hello! Does Howl include player-facing maps that could be used in a VTT?

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Nope, but I’ve just updated it to include player-facing maps for the town and dungeon!

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GMed this for my friends, it's really an amazing adventure. The vibes, the story, it's all so so so good.

Awesome, thanks for letting me know and for the kind words! Glad you and your friends had fun with it!

New Youtube video up, gives a preview of Howl along with some explanations of the origins.

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COLIN!!! As always, this is FREAKING DOPE!

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Thanks Matt!

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This may be an obvious question, but since this is converted & updated for Cairn, would it also work for Runecairn?

You can use it for Runecairn with some minor changes:

  • Change WIL to Wits or Spirit
  • Change critical damage effects to dire strike
  • Add a bonfire to the beginning of the dungeon

The setting era will be a little off, but it should still work.

Will work for We Deal in Lead as well!