[Compendium] - The Necrosheer Wastes

Download the pdf to check out the 47-page compendium, featuring 9 exciting locations, a necroshorn template to transform creatures into monstrous undead, 9 dark spells, 24 items with beautiful illustrations, 10 monsters of necromancy, and 8 adventure hooks to kick off a campaign in the deadly Necrosheer Wastes.

Thank you so much to all the new patrons, as well as those of the past. You have all been very supportive after the Patreon reward changes and I'm blown away by the love. Hope you enjoy this big treat of a compendium — can't wait to dive into the next one!

The Loot Tavern Ryoko's Guide kickstarter is ongoing so that's taking up my time, but I hope to get all my items compiled into item cards at a rate of 1/week. The cards also come with rebalances and fixes, which I'll eventually sync to the compendiums as well.

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DESIGN COMMENTARY

This necromancy theme really blew up to nearly 50 pages! There were just so many good ideas they all had to be included in the compendium. This theme is all about necromancy, centered around a location called the Necrosheer Wastes. The compendium expands on the various sub-locations within, with enough information, loot, and history to run adventures in it. Inspired by my friends at Loot Tavern, the content includes details that allow for variable adjustments across all character levels - a first for me. The wasteland is also surrounded by Delver Camps, whose brief forays work well as short adventures for tables who prefer that type of play.

The compendium also features a nice quality of life page hotlinks, allowing you to click page numbers and move to that page.

Necrosheer Corruptions. These corruptions are designed to make the Necrosheer Wastes difficult to navigate. The wasteland is irradiated with necromancy from an ancient civil war, which presents dangerous and unique challenges for adventurers. The three separate tables make them easy to adapt to different party levels. They're balanced against the tiers-of-play DC and hit point costs.

Necroshorn Templates. These, like the half-red-dragon template in 5e, turn monsters into Undead. It borrows a little from the one established in Polymer Lab, but expands on its options. The stats and CR are balanced using the DnD CRCalculator tool, which is based on the DMG and has been fairly accurate!