The Chimera's Gift
A downloadable Adventure
Secreted away on a remote island, a cult of naturalists slowly lost their minds in the heat of the jungle. Locking themselves away in a temple of their own design, they focused all of their science and magic on bringing about something that should not be!
The Chimera's Gift was created for the Weird Tales Shadowdark Game Jam 2024. It is a level 2-3 Shadowdark RPG adventure inspired by the cover for Weird Tales January 1940 issue, with its cover story Spotted Satan.
Intrepid players can expect a thrilling dungeon crawl through a temple full of foul creatures and bizarre instruments of madness. What they find inside could bring them great riches -- if they escape with their lives!
Includes a 31 room dungeon, 7 new monsters specifically designed for the adventure, and a new magic item. No A.I. art or writing was used in the creation of this product.
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Not going to lie, whenever I read flying monkeys anywhere, I immediately think of the Wizard of OZ. Just something that happens. Overall a clean product with a solid compilation of information to work with. If you ever go to revise or expand this work, I would suggest adding more to develop the local dealings with the place and the researchable background. Then again, that's the kind of stuff I find myself drawn to. There's nothing at all really missing.
I had the same cover for my entry! :D
I love what you did with your adventure, especially the well jaquaysed map and original monster design!
Excellent work 👌
Thanks very much! Once I submitted mine I saw yours and noticed it was inspired by the same Weird Tales cover and I love how different the two adventures are. Great work - I love all the amazing NPCs.