5E Compatible RPG Round Up: ‘Deadworlds’, The 2024 Core Rulebook Bundle, and More

2024 Core Rulebook Bundle

Get free shipping and these exclusive digital bonuses: Dragons of D&D digital art book, D&D BEYOND Gold Digital Dice set, and a 50th anniversary digital Gold Dragon mini releasing with the closed beta of the upcoming 3D virtual tabletop.

A digital-only bundle and a physical-only bundle are also available.

RELEASE DATES:

2024 Player’s Handbook – 17 September 2024
2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide – 12 November 2024
2024 Monster Manual – 18 February 2025

Bend Until Broken

Bend Until Broken is a 5E Cthulhu Mythos adventure for characters of Level 4-5. A village deep in the woods is being harassed by a crazy wizard. Their only crime: planting their crops in straight lines. All they need from those adventurers willing to take the job is to see that a heavy chest is offered as payment to the wizard—convince him (one way or another) to leave them alone. And while it becomes clear that the wizard certainly is unwell, one might wonder what manner of treasure such a poor village in the middle of nowhere could manage to scrounge up and offer as a suitable bribe.

Death at Djurmivikka

The city of Kovokimru is the center of civilization on the dangerous arctic continent of Fenrilik. Aside from access to a wealth of local resources, Fenrilik controls the only reliable, permanent bridge across the Tobor Gorge. This means that travel and commerce from the western
portion of the continent is performed at the whim and under the control of Kovokimru. Many settlements in the west resent this arrangement, especially the lumber-producing industry in Juroj.

Death at Djurmivikka is a short adventure for 4-6 characters of levels 3-5 that introduces this conflict through an act of sabotage in the largest inn in Kovokimru. As the adventurers prepare for an evening’s rest, the patrons of the inn are trapped inside and attacked by monstrous, soul-eating undead.

Deadworlds

Many fantasy settings are vibrant, teeming with life even in their most inhospitable regions. They invite adventure and exploration, excitement and thrills, and a chance for bold heroes to make their mark on the world. The threats are many, but the rewards and glory that come from defeating them are greater still. There is great evil, but there is also great goodness.

And then there are the dead worlds.

These settings are not grand realms where heroes abound. No scenes of pastoral bliss can be observed here, no simple rustic villages, lush elven forests, or grand spires and cities of civlization.

A dead world lies in ruins, its time of glory long since past. What life still remains in such a blasted wasteland does not know the ideas of good and evil, nor do they care to. Why would any living thing bother with such abstract trivilaties when they are faced daily with the struggle to survive?

Water, food, shelter – these are not given freely in a dead world. They are earned with sweat and pain and the shedding of blood. In a world that eats the weak, only the strong have hope of survival – and even that is far from guaranteed.

With Deadworlds, a new mini-expansion for the 5th Edition of the World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game, you have a chance to prove your strength. Be sure to bring extra character sheets – you’ll need them.

Become the weird with playable races like the Manstisfolk, the reptilian Zarraak, and brutal Half-Dwarf!

Embrace the apocalypse as a Sworn Sword Paladin, Bard of Red Iron, Psychic Sorcerer, and more!

Expand your characters with new feats and backgrounds!

Scrape for survival when new rules and optional systems twist all you thought you knew about fantasy roleplaying games!

The Harvester’s Guide to the Vengeance of the Shunned

Welcome to the Harverster’s Guide to the Vengeance of the Shunned!

This companion to the Harvester’s Guide to the Bone Market describes what items can be obtained or crafted from slain monsters appearing in the Vengeance of the Shunned campaign published on the Slarecian Vault, as compiled under the Vengeance of the Shunned Peril Primer. For examples:

• The horn of slarecian gargoyles and their strange magical properties.
• The mirror of a quicksilver golem, which allows you to meld into mirrors and spy from there.
• The faces of sundered mages, which shield your thoughts from telepathy and let you take on that face’s appearance.
• And much more!

Content Warning: This supplement implies butchering creatures as well as devouring various body parts including blood, heart, and other internal organs.