Final Torch – Issue #1 – For Shadowdark

Final Torch – Issue #1

Jungles of Qaratha

Inspired by the excellent Cursed Scroll supplements from The Arcane Library, this new zine aims to inspire every Shadowdark Game Master to build a jungle-based campaign.

80 pages!

In This Issue:

Hex map with 30+ Adventure Seeds for the Jungles of Qaratha
Over 50 new Monsters
3 Exciting Jungle Adventures:
- Sanctum of the Undertoad Queen
- Secrets of the Overgrown Pyramid
- The Mapping of Adelbog Crypt
Rumor Cards for all 3 Adventures (PDF)
VTT Maps for all 3 Adventures

Sanctum of the Undertoad Queen

The crawling party is asked to find the Lost Eye of the Jaguar Sentinel, a huge powerful jewel that was found by inhabitants of the Undertoad Lair:

Undertoad Throatsingers: Priestesses who bellow deep vibrato-toned spells with their bulging white throat sacs.
Undertoad Snipers: Stealthy humanoid toads, shoot biting tadpoles through bamboo blowguns.
The Undertoad Queen: A house-sized toad with powers granted to her by the Lost Eye, which she has swallowed.
Friars of the Jade-Claw Brotherhood: Fanatics cloaked in hoods affixed with cloth jaguar ears that feign piety, and wield metal claws attached to hands.
Hexbeaks: Colorful parrots that inaccurately repeats spells it has heard (in a squawking parrot voice) to chaotic effect. For example:
- Magic Missile becomes Tragic Missile. 3 tragic memories fill your head, all rolls with DISADV for 10 minutes.
- Invisibility becomes Invincibility. You can’t take damage for next minute.
- Fabricate becomes Fabric Ate. Thousands of moths eat any fabric you are wearing then vanish.

Secrets of the Overgrown Pyramid

Deep within the heart of the dense jungle, lies the fabled Overgrown Pyramid. This ancient structure, shrouded in vines, stands as a testament to a long-lost civilization whose purpose and creators remain an enigma. Local jungle inhabitants speak of the treasure of a long-forgotten king entombed within the pyramid’s depths:

Were-Jaguars: Sly lycanthropes that can speak Common in human and jaguar forms. They amuse themselves by coaxing victims into peril.
Strangleroots: Dangerous vines with periwinkle flowers.
Pink Moss: Fuzzy glowing pink growth with a destructive interaction with metal.
Lustrous Lemurs: Mischievous primates with pink and blue bioluminescent fur. Incredibly agile and love to steal items and negotiate for their return.

The Mapping of Adelbog Crypt

Deep in the dense, pungent swamps of the Adelbog, the remains of an ancient
subterranean structure have recently been discovered by the Swampfolk. Wary and superstitious, they refuse to enter its darkened chambers themselves. Any willing to rid the crypt of dangers, map out its passages, and report back to the local Curator can keep any teeasure they find.