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Playtest: The Delian Tomb
🕑 Added 2025-04-26 02:42:57 +0000 UTCUPDATE: The feedback survey and playtest period for this adventure is now closed, but you can still grab the files below.
Hey folks! It's James here with a big update. The Draw Steel starter adventure, The Delian Tomb, is now ready for Patreon testing. It is attached to this post, so scroll down to grab the files.
The adventure includes the most up-to-date version of the rules for combat, negotiation, and all the rules you need to run it, including one pregenerated hero for each class.
There’s a few known issues we have that you don’t need to tell us about and some stuff we want you to know:
First, all the documents in this playtest haven’t gone through a proper editing process. You will find typos and mistakes! You don’t need to report those to us. We’ll find them and fix them before we publish the adventure.
The maps are all in progress. Some are further along than others, but they all need a final art pass. Right now you’ll see some close to done and others just barely started. They’re not perfect by any means, but that’s because we want to playtest some of this stuff BEFORE we finalize the art. If you want to play on completed maps, wait for the final product to come out.
The pregenerated heroes aren’t on character sheets, but they WILL BE in the final product.
The rules reference is a little dense right now. We’re working on it!
The pregens included have the most up to date rules, so we prefer if you use those for any tests.
You have until 8AM Eastern US time on Monday May 26th to fill out the survey and let us know what you think of the adventure. You can send that survey to anyone you play with, including people outside the Patreon. Note: The survey is now closed.
If you’ve only ever run 5e adventures, this probably is formatted a little differently than you’re used to. The combat encounters and their stat blocks are in one encounter book and the rest of the adventure is in another so you can easily reference things at the table.
If you want to find folks to play this game with, head on over to the MCDM Discord. Be sure to link your Patreon and Discord accounts so you can also chat about the adventure with our other Patrons.
Thanks so much for checking out the adventure! Go forth and DRAW STEEL!
—James
Comments
MCDM Productions
You should be able to copy and paste the link to the URL of the survey. -James
Mike
How do I share the survey with my players who aren't patrons?
Haezan
Maps were updated in the zip file if you want to have another look
Brandon Stewart
The first level is missing a player's map I think. How many sessions is this aimed for?
Antan Karmola
I've just read through the first part of the adventure and can I just say that this is an amazing starter for the game! I've been putting off running a game so far because, frankly, the full rules are a bit overwhelming (despite the fact that I've been following this from the beginning) - also as a neurodiverant person, there's only so much "cognative load" that I can deal with - but the fact that this adventure strips it down to the absolute essentials is great! I read Part 1 and said to myself "this is managable!" and this is exactly what I need to get over that mental barrier and get started! I also love the bit that says if you want to play immediately, ignore everything and just read xyz and we'll take you through the rest as you need it! Perfect! And wonderfully reassuring!
Chris Sells
holy crap. the original Delian Tomb fit on a single page. I can't even count the number of files in this adventure, let alone the number of pages.
MCDM Productions
The maps aren't completed yet, so we're sharing what we have as we get it. There is a new version of that map up now. -James
Wade
Having the encounter information separate from the rest of the adventure info is super helpful
MCDM Productions
It can take a group anywhere between 25 to 35 hours. -James
Dave Molnar
Always blown away by how much the mcdm puts in to making this playable! I genuinely feel like reading through this I could actually just USE the adventure! Amazing!
Liam Fullerton
So excited for this! Downloading while on vacation so I can prepare to run when I get home
mAc Chaos
Also, for the first level of the tomb, there's the Director map with labels, but not a player version without labels and traps. That is to say rather than a different map there would be a player version of the same map normally.
mAc Chaos
Whoa, this is so much more expanded than the original. How many sessions do you reckon it is supposed to take?
Michael Hughes
I’m excited to play! I was just thinking about how to introduce my TTRPG group. Might still wait for the final pdf for the nice art and layout, but excited!
MCDM Productions
The pregens have the most up to date rules, so we'd prefer if folks use those. -James
songbird24601
Will you be interested in feedback that uses custom characters, or just play tested characters?
Harley Barnes
Damn thats good timing. Was going to be running this tomorrow already
