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The Five Fates of Estra Zo [Cairn]
A downloadable Cairn Adventure
When your fate you hath denied, to the darkness you will confide.
Your life forever rives and rends, until you fulfil a destined end.
The Five Fates of Estra Zo is a short castle adventure for Cairn, inspired by classic medieval myth.
The queen is cursed and her land is in decline. Confusion spreads, tensions rise, and weird happenings occur. Now the townsfolk control the castle’s approach, the guards protect its walls, servants inside work tirelessly, nobles debate their next moves, clergy attempt to quell the curse, and the queen slips further into madness.
The adventure includes:
- A large castle and manor to explore.
- Desperate factions stuck in a dire situation.
- A terrible curse to combat or overcome.
- An open-ended problem to solve or exploit.
Designed for Cairn 2E. Made for the Appx. N Jam.
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I really like your work, I came here from Down Rooted, and this promises to be just as good!
Typo: You should change "it's" to "its" in the description, "...the guards protect it’s walls, servants..."
Can't wait to really dive into this one tonight after work. :)
This is fantastic work. The story and NPCs are engaging. The relationships between the different pieces are tight and believable. Love the causal escalation of doom and the fates/encounters tables. Artwork is well done and information is well organized.👌
This is such a fantastic interpretation of your title! I love the idea of the various fates having an impact on the adventure, and very likely having completely different challenges every time it's played. From those fate tables to the opening poem to all the detail and flavor fit into brief room descriptions, everything's so tight and well-thought-out. Great job!
This looks fantastic. Very excited to run a low-fantasy, medieval one-shot adventure for my players.
I did notice a small typo in your description; "protect it's walls...". Since you're using 'it's' as a possessive, it shouldn't have the apostrophe :)
Realy great adventure and setting, Jason!