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Free 5E Adventure - Collaboration with Kelfecil's Tales - The Gathering Shroud
🕑 Added 2025-06-18 12:00:13 +0000 UTCHey everyone,
Really pleased to share this with you all. We've worked with Kelfecil's Tales this month, who's written an adventure that uses three of our maps!
The Gathering Shroud is a creepy adventure set in a cursed realm, and forms the first of a two-part mini campaign (the second part will follow in the coming weeks)
You can find the adventure PDF, VTT versions of the maps and the tokens attached to this post!
Hope you enjoy! Please share your thoughts on this - I'd love to hear your thoughts on the adventure, and these sort of collaborations generally.
Joe
The Gathering Shroud
When the mist takes hold, even the brightest soul can vanish into shadow...
Above the haunted lowlands of central Latakar, whispers of a spreading curse send tremors through village prayers and church sermons alike. As sunlight fades and hollow-eyed villagers vanish into fog, a single truth becomes clear... something watches from beyond.
Adventure Description:
A deadly shadow plague creeps across the Southern Valleys, turning the living into silent husks and staining the land with dread. The party must track the source through mist-choked ruins, unravel cursed phenomena, and confront the gaze of an ancient power that sees through darkness itself.
Features exploration-driven encounters, escalating shadow battles, and a cursed magical item that tempts salvation and damnation alike.
The Gathering Shroud is a 5th edition, level 6 adventure where players investigate a spreading curse across the swamps of central Latakar. Alongside a weary dragon hunter, they’ll uncover the nature of the Shadow Dragon Ansarion’s terrible influence, and the observatory that turned his vision into a weapon.
Designed for atmospheric immersion and tactical dread, this grim fantasy mystery blends investigative play, brutal combat, and moral choices that echo into the sequel: To Kill a Shadow.
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• Recommended Average Party Level (APL): 6
• General Theme: shadow curse, horror, investigation, exploration
• Setting: Any, Starlight Chronicles
• Time - Sessions to Finish: 2-3 sessions (6 to 10 hours total)
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Narrative Design, Writing & Collaboration Organization: Kelfecil's Tales
Link: https://www.kelfecilstales.com/
Maps Art: Heroic Maps
Link: https://www.heroicmaps.com/
NPC & Token Art: Dusky Cat
Link: https://www.patreon.com/dusky_cat
Extra Item Artwork: Ari Pockily
Link: https://www.patreon.com/aripockily
Comments
Cat Girl Gamer
I love these types of collabs. I've found so many amazing creators on Patreon this way. Great work on these maps. Looking forward to giving this adventure a read through.
Lloyd Ritchey
Love the collabs! Though I always advise GMs to put together adventures with the assets they have rather than having to go through the trouble of creating or finding something that "fits."
