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Things That Go Bump in the Night

Things That Go Bump in the Night

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"Things That Go Bump in the Night" pulls back the veil on the fears that crawl in the corners of every mind and drags us into the uneasy spaces where we must confront it. Here, horror is not some distant apocalypse but instead the quiet panic that grips your throat in the dark, the shapes that stalk your dreams, and the whispers that turn your heartbeat against you. Phobias take physical form - houses that hunger, swarms that blot out the sun, statues that move on the edge of your vision, and spiders that weave terror itself into their webs. Fear becomes flesh, dread is given purpose, and every shadow holds the promise of something waiting to break you. To face these nightmares is to confront the truths we bury deepest - that the monsters we fear most have always been with us. Will your players brave the terror...?

 

In this bundle you get: 

  • 5 phobia-inspired stat blocks 
    • Bloody Jester
    • Claustrophage
    • Graveyard Golem
    • Haunting House
    • Horror Spider
  • A new player race -  the Grotesq! Born not of flesh but of stone and spellcraft, grotesqs were once lifeless statues until the Arcanuum awakened them with long-forgotten magic. Now they walk the world as living constructs; guardians without masters, relics without purpose, caught between loyalty to their creators and the yearning for freedom. Shaped by their sculptors, grotesqs come in one of three subraces - Sanctified marble wardens, Sepulchral tomb-guardians, or Bastions hewn from fortress stone - each bound to the places they once watched over, yet free to choose their own fate. Both ancient and newborn, they are statues come to life, marked as spies, outcasts, or protectors in a world that views them with awe and unease.
  • A new subclass for our original player class the Sunscorned - the Tradition of the Broodlord. Broodlords surrender their cursed blood to the swarm, commanding clouds of bats, rats, ravens, and insects that fight as extensions of their own body. These vampires are never truly alone; their vermin grow larger, more aggressive, and more numerous, overwhelming prey in a tide of wings and teeth. Broodlords can dissolve into a living storm of creatures, strike through their swarms as if they were present in every corner of the battlefield, and eventually unleash a legion that devours all in its path. With the Broodlord, the line between predator and plague vanishes... you don’t fight as one hunter but as an entire infestation!

  • a 14-page adventure, The Fall of the House of Desdemona! This "reverse dungeon crawl" has your players begin by facing the house itself in battle, only to be drawn into its haunted interior upon surviving the assault. Room by room, they must outlast lesser horrors, conserve dwindling strength, and uncover the terrible secret at its heart. Will your player be able to put the spirits of the Desdemona family to rest, or will they fail, causing the house to rise again hungry for new victims?

  • 12 VTT tokens
  • 5 magic spells
  • 6 sigils - magical runes that can be applied to items and equipment to bestow magical features to them!
  • 6 new magic and mundane items
  • New Sense of Dread game mechanics 
  • Lore and rumors
  • 8 VTT-ready battle maps
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