Shrine of the Emperor of Bones EXTREME | New 5th-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition
Added 2021-04-30 15:01:02 +0000 UTCDOWNLOAD THE ADVENTURE PDF BELOW
Shrine of the Emperor of Bones is a Fifth Edition adventure for three to five characters of 5th to 7th level and is optimized for a party of four characters with an average party level (APL) of 5. This adventure is setting agnostic, meaning that you can easily set it into any campaign setting or environment of your choice. Ideally, the shrine is hidden in a tropical environment such as a jungle or even under a town or city where water would easily flood its chambers.
Background
Once a noble's son with a promising future in arcane magic, the self-proclaimed emperor of bones destroyed himself and his followers during a necromantic ritual gone awry. Resurrected and driven by a compulsion to complete the ritual, the emperor continues his dark practices at the shrine that bears his name.
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The original version of Shrine of the Emperor of Bones was included in issue #9 of BroadSword Monthly. You can purchase the physical copy on DMDave's shop.
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Get the Roll20 Version
No time to set this up yourself? No problem, we got you covered, fam. You can get the brand new version of Shrine of the Emperor Bones on Roll20 with all the dynamic lighting, monster tokens, etc. so you don't have to worry about setting it up yourself.
Get the Roll20 version, now! (Coming soon)
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Comments
So one SQUARE is represented by the 2x2 tile or like the tile size in room 6.
Brad Thomson
2021-11-09 17:01:47 +0000 UTCHi Brad, The scale is the same through the entire map, it's just that the smaller tile pattern didn't make it into Room 6. -The DMDave Team
DM Dave
2021-11-09 16:57:07 +0000 UTCOk, a stupid question regarding the map is a square considered five feet the 2x2 square or each individual square in the 2x2? Sorry to ask I just see squares inside of squares.
Brad Thomson
2021-11-09 16:38:06 +0000 UTCHi Brad, The portal to the Elemental Plane of Water will still continue filling the chest until the lid is pushed open again, so closing the lid would not seriously impact the trap. -The DMDave Team
DM Dave
2021-10-27 18:31:19 +0000 UTCQuestion regarding Room 6, what is preventing the player from putting the lid back on the chest to stop the water flow? I can see the tension growing with the water building up but if the players can just drop the lid back on at most they are locked in the room
Brad Thomson
2021-10-27 17:30:59 +0000 UTCHi Brad, Asset packs are available on Patreon for 30 days, after which point they are retired to the DMDave.com store. -The DMDave Team
DM Dave
2021-10-25 18:25:26 +0000 UTCI may have missed something since I've been away for a while but are the asset packs no longer free for Gold tier? It links to the DMDave.com purchase page.
Brad Thomson
2021-10-25 13:30:07 +0000 UTCYep. Plus, it's a FoundryVTT pack.
DM Dave
2021-05-18 13:11:27 +0000 UTCWhat does the Shrine of the Emperor of Bones Asset Pack include? Is it the DM map and tokens?
Joao Silva
2021-05-18 08:58:21 +0000 UTCIs here an un-keyed version of the map available?
Dave Forster
2021-05-05 11:09:37 +0000 UTCThis is the kinda news I live for.
DM Dave
2021-05-05 02:15:05 +0000 UTCLe sigh... yes. Looks like it didn't save on the last update.
DM Dave
2021-05-05 02:14:58 +0000 UTCIs there supposed to be a map on page 2 of the Lvl 1 version?
Frank Dellario
2021-05-04 19:45:39 +0000 UTCThis was great. I dropped it in Ravenloft under Tser Falls. Killed two of my players.
Stephen Board
2021-05-04 17:42:24 +0000 UTCOh weird. I wonder how that got missed.
DM Dave
2021-05-04 17:26:15 +0000 UTCHey Dave, in your original version of this you had a description of the door between area 2 and the treasure room 8. Believe it was arcane locked or something like that. It’s not mentioned at all in this. (I think the point being it shouldn’t be easy to go from 2 to 8)
2021-05-04 17:04:43 +0000 UTCAh, I see. Laura left in the placeholders. The deathspeaker doesn't have DV or DRs, and ditto the dragon. Sorry for the confusion.
DM Dave
2021-04-30 21:32:19 +0000 UTCYep!
DM Dave
2021-04-30 21:27:16 +0000 UTCOh weird. I'll get 'em fixed and let Laura know.
DM Dave
2021-04-30 21:26:58 +0000 UTCOh neat....so this is a leveled up one?
Matt
2021-04-30 19:42:13 +0000 UTCIn the stat block for Death Speaker the Damage Vulnerabilities and Damage Resistances aren't listed. Same with Young Blue Dragon Zombie.
2021-04-30 19:36:54 +0000 UTCYEA! I use the 1st level run of this for a lot of one-shots and/or starting a new campaign. Can't wait to read over the updated version.
Michael
2021-04-30 15:51:16 +0000 UTC
