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Swamp Thing | New Fifth Edition Adventure for 9th-Level (Adventures Await Studios)

Added 2021-08-14 15:01:03 +0000 UTC

Swamp Thing is intended for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 9. Characters who complete this adventure should earn enough experience to reach halfway to 10th-level. Goblins have been kidnapping passersby and sacrificing them to a hydra in the swamps. This campaign takes place in Arden, although it can be set in your own world. Any party composition should be able to 􀈴nish the adventure with intelligent play.

Background

The evil oni Ozgen discovered a baby hydra while traveling through the swamps. Determined to raise it as a pet and use it for nefarious purposes, he disguised himself as a goblin shaman and enlisted the help of a local goblin tribe to kidnap victims to sacrifice to it to increase its size and strength. Combined with his dark magics, Ozgen was able to grow the baby into a formidable beast. Soon, he'll unleash it on the nearby city of Valhenge as a distraction while he raids the king's treasury in search of a powerful magical item he covets. Unfortunately for him, his goblin minions kidnapped the daughter of a prominent merchant noble drawing the ire of her father. He's put out a call for adventurers to seek out and save his only child from the evil goblins who have taken her. Unless he can deal with these interlopers, Ogzen's plans will never come to fruition.

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