Mini-Dungeon #240: Cat’s Eye Curse

Mini-Dungeon #240: Cat’s Eye Curse

5 Characters • Level 3
Urban

Cat’s Eye Curse sends the characters into a city mystery where a temple of the cat goddess asks them to recover the mummified body of Mahes, her favored sacred lion.

First, the heroes follow rumors to a thieves’ guild safehouse in the poorest district. Then they discover that Edrice, a necromancer, hired the thieves to steal the lion so she could raise Mahes as an undead guardian.

However, the goddess has already answered. Cats crowd the alleys, the thieves’ eyes gleam with unnatural senses, and the cat’s eye curse now threatens to turn the guilty into weretigers.

Adventure Description

Mini-Dungeon #240: Cat’s Eye Curse is a D&D 5E urban adventure for 5 characters of level 3.

During play, the characters investigate a strange temple robbery, question locals, and track the missing mummy to a fortified safehouse. Inside, they face suspicious bandits, a rug of smothering, secret doors, locked rooms, and the cursed bandit leader Geb.

Meanwhile, Edrice continues her research upstairs. If the characters delay, she can complete the ritual and return later with an undead lion and a host of weretigers at her side.

Finally, the adventure pushes the party toward an attic showdown. If they defeat Edrice and return Mahes to the temple, the sacred lion rests again and the cat’s eye curse ends.

Why This Urban Curse Adventure Works

Cat’s Eye Curse gives Game Masters a compact city adventure with investigation, infiltration, cursed enemies, and a strong supernatural hook.

Instead of a simple thieves’ guild raid, the adventure builds tension through strange clues and escalating feline horror. For example, cats gather near the safehouse, bandits show unnatural senses, and the curse can transform its victims into weretigers.

Because the adventure takes place in an urban safehouse, you can drop it into almost any city campaign. It also works well as a temple job, a thieves’ guild complication, a curse-based side quest, or a short one-shot for level 3 characters.

What’s Inside

• A complete D&D 5E Mini-Dungeon for 5 characters of level 3
• An urban investigation involving a stolen sacred lion mummy
• A thieves’ guild safehouse with secret entrances and hidden threats
• Edrice, a necromancer with plans to reanimate Mahes
• Geb, a cursed bandit leader transformed by the cat’s eye curse
• A rug of smothering guarding the safehouse entrance
• Cursed thieves, cat-filled alleys, locked rooms, treasure, and weretiger danger
• A final attic confrontation over the sacred remains of Mahes

Cat’s Eye Curse Works As

• A city-based side quest for an ongoing D&D 5E campaign
• A temple investigation with a supernatural twist
• A thieves’ guild safehouse infiltration
• A curse-driven one-shot for level 3 characters
• A short urban adventure with cats, necromancy, lycanthropy, and divine vengeance

Available Formats

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