Navigation![Sunken Asylum Map - justin andrew mason [reduced]](https://adventureaweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Sunken-Asylum-Map-justin-andrew-mason-reduced-194x250.png "Sidequest Saturday (Maddening May): Sunken Asylum")
As the PCs are exploring the swamp, they come across a strange looking tree. It is larger than all the rest and twisted, with much of the bark ravaged. The whole of it appears to ever so slightly slip in and out of focus. One side of the tree opens up, creating an entrance large […]
A gelatinous slug umber in hue and covered in amber slime, this creature is patterned with a symmetrical array of hardened nodules. Several dangerous-looking calcified horns protrude outward from both of its tapered ends, making it nearly impossible to tell which end is which. A series of bulbous suckers cover the slug’s underside and surround […]
The craziness of the AaWBlog could not be contained within the month of May, and thus insanity abounds throughout Maddening May! Fight off strange slugs, explore a sunken insane asylum, and traverse the Dar’spelun Slugmarsh—if you’re brave enough for it. Read up on Maddening May here and here! In case you somehow missed it, we collected all of the amazing […]
As the PCs are exploring the swamp, they come across a strange looking tree. It is larger than all the rest and twisted, with much of the bark ravaged. The whole of it appears to ever so slightly slip in and out of focus. One side of the tree opens up, creating an entrance large […]
As the PCs explore the Dar’Spelun Slugmarsh, more of the subterranean swamp—almost all of it prohibitively dangerous—reveals itself. Parties in the Underworld bogs have already dealt with an ambush in the Tangleroot Forest, preyed upon by the voracious carrion crawler. Some of the powers that the karz slugs are able to unlock are discovered in […]
The gentle sound of a small stream running through the swamps calls you closer. The Clearwater Caverns is the eye of the storm in the Dar’Spelun Slugmarsh. Any light source is reflected from the stream up unto the walls and ceiling in bluish hues—the view has a soothing effect after all the madness that otherwise […]
![Azurewrath [Rick Hershey]](https://adventureaweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Azurewrath-Rick-Hershey-167x250.png "Maddening May: Paranoid Delusions")
The same madness that turned brother against brother also works to sow paranoid delusions into the PCs—even their own items can betray them! Paranoid Delusions (CR 8) The air is thick with moisture. Type: magical; Perception DC 33; Disable Device 33 Trigger location; Reset None Effect When the trap is triggered, the PC feels vaguely unsettled. The next […]
Chained-Swords of Ill-Fate Aura moderate transmutation; CL 10th Slot none; Price 33,000 gp; Weight 13 lbs. DESCRIPTION Each blade of this double-bladed sword is nicked and battered from striking thousands of blows, but glows with a persistent dull, silver light that outlines it when unsheathed. Chains are wrapped around both sides of the hilt, and […]
A writhing mass of tentacles and teeth bursts from the ground. Whipping limbs surround its wide, tooth-filled maw, and its entire body is marked randomly with eyes—everytime you look at the them they appear to be in a new place. Reality swirls in waves around the monster as the world tries to push it back […]
The Fla’nag Asylum was built not out of the desire for such a structure, but by the necessity for one. The madness that seeps through the Dar’Spelun Slugmarsh had left too many madmen wandering the land, dangers to themselves and to others, so the dweorg Fla’nag Irontooth carved this sprawling asylum from the living rock […]
So you have a PC that’s got a phobia, and you are tired of all the usual ones? Spiders, snakes, rats—well take a look below! Here are eight offbeat phobias as well as an old friend (but with a new take on the rules). Phobia Rules A phobic character gains the condition shaken as long […]
Echoes of the Asylum   CR 8 XP 2,400 CE haunt (30 ft. radius) Caster Level 6th Notice Perception DC 24 (to hear painful moans, pitiful sobbing, and maniacal deranged laughter) hp 16; Trigger proximity; Reset 1 day Effect When this haunt is triggered a group of white semi-transparent humans appear. They are all dressed in rags, […]
The energies of the deceased, coupled with the madness of the swamp, have turned areas of the swamp into vortices of madness and death. One such area is filled with dense foliage and trees. Wailing and moaning can sometimes be heard deep from the center of the trees. Whispering Woods (CR 2 + CR 10) […]
Quicksilver Amulet Aura weak transmutation; CL 9th Slot neck; Price 49,000 gp; Weight 0.5 lbs. DESCRIPTION Suspended from a simple knotted sinew cord, this intricate amulet has been crafted from a combination of gold, copper, and electrum. Each face of the palm-sized talisman is opened and securely sealed behind a lens of clear quartz crystal that exposes a strange stone-like […]
Writhing through the murky slime, this undead mass of arms swims powerfully forward with impressive speed in the water, leaving much of its grotesque body hidden out of sight. It is utterly horrifying to see in full when it surfaces or slowly crawls on land, and few survive an encounter with the creature with their […]
A bit after the PCs enter into the Tangleroot Forest, they garner the attention of a dangerous creature that’s wandered from the regular hunting grounds, drawn by the fresh willpower of new creatures in the Dar’Spelun Slugmarsh. This horrific abomination slithers unnaturally underneath the adventurers, playing on their sense of fear as it approaches. The […]
The maddening nature of the Dar’Spelun Slugmarsh is a thing of legend and myth, but quite real—the subterranean swamp is literally writhing with delusion and insanity. Many claim to know how it devolved into this dangerous state, but many of the rumors cancel one another out. Some say it was the warren of aquatic aberrations before […]
Large swathes of the western Dar’Spelun Slugmarsh are covered in unnaturally dark trees that fully extend over the bog. Many creatures don’t notice the abnormality; only those that make a DC 19 Perception check see that what they walk upon is heavily matted moss covered in dirt, all suspended on the roots of numerous trees! Underneath […]
Voice in the Mist   CR 7 XP 3,200 CE special haunt (50 ft. radius) Caster Level 7th Notice Perception DC 26 (to notice faint imprints of humanoid faces forming in the mists) Hp 7; Trigger proximity; Reset 1 day Effect A voice can be heard calling out from the mists of Shroudstone, a pitiful sobbing plea […]