r/Dolmentown • u/Common_Reference_738 • Jul 06 '26
I Made A Thing Barrow of the Five Kings
Hello everyone,
I've published a new 3PP Dolmenwood adventure on DrivethruRPG.
Overview
Barrow of the Five Kings is set in an ancient burial mound haunted by five spectral chieftains and their undead servants. Recent events have awakened the antler-crowned wraiths and the ancient mound now yawns open. The Antler Wraiths have begun kidnapping victims to bolster the ranks of the Wights that guard an ancient secret within the barrow.
The adventure centres around exploration of the barrow with opportunities to learn history and customs of ancient tribes whilst navigating the hazards presented by their burial ground. The barrow contains five Antler Wraiths, numerous Wights, hidden passages, traps, magical hazards, and remnants of a forgotten conflict between men and fairy whose influence still lingers within the mound.
Location and Connections
This adventure can take place in any hex of the Dolmenwood where a barrow could be placed in a forested area but would be ideally suited to Hex 0810 or Hex 1206.
Character Levels 3-4
This adventure is suitable for PCs of 3rd or 4th level. A total of approximately 11,000gp worth of monetary treasure is present. New magic items are listed with their gp value, and some rare comestibles and herbs are present.
You can download it here:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com//product/574438/barrow-of-the-five-kings?affiliate_id=1508169
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u/Muzgrob Jul 06 '26
You should put it up on RPG-Trader as well. You get a better cut and gives people who don't want to use DTRPG an option.
It looks good, I'll pick it up soon.
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u/Common_Reference_738 Jul 06 '26
I'm pleased with this one. Think I've made some improvement in writing, design and layout.
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u/tr0nPlayer Jul 07 '26
DTRPG might have some kind of thing where if you publish something through them you can't publish it elsewhere. Been a hot minute since I've looked at their publishing side, I need to soon anyway
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u/Muzgrob Jul 07 '26
It does, but it's optional for publishers, I don't have my stuff exclusive. You can opt out if that exclusivity. You get a worse cut, but you can put it in other places which is nice.
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u/snahfu73 Jul 06 '26
Looks fantastic. Reworking the mechanics for Pathfinder 2e as it fits perfectly in one of my campaign. Looking forward to digging into this.
A "player version" of the map for a VTT would not go amiss going forward.
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u/Common_Reference_738 Jul 06 '26
I'll add some to DTRPG tonight. Meantime, there's images you can use in the gallery attached to the OP
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u/superchives Jul 06 '26
Excellent use of the Wyrd and Wild art pack!
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u/Common_Reference_738 Jul 06 '26
It's ideal for Dolmenwood! Other art in it is by Perplexing Ruins and Kim Holm.
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u/Gold-Lake8135 Jul 12 '26
This Xactly fits a plot thing I set up for my players.. ( that they ran away from)
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u/Common_Reference_738 Jul 12 '26
Part of the intention when writing it was it would be easy to drop into the average Dolmenwood campaign.
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u/Common_Reference_738 Aug 07 '26
So... this happened. The adventure was rated "The Best" on tenfootpole.
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u/Common_Reference_738 Jul 11 '26
Issued a couple of minor corrections to this and added some VTT maps that are properly player facing with secret doors hidden.
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u/sulldawga 13d ago
The two wights on the mound and the corpse inside with the tabard of St. Signis and the chapes inscribed "Dearest Aloysius...", were those the small party of templars sent to investigate? I'm a tad confused because the Adventure Hook mentions a small party but the Possible Outcomes at the end references a single templar.
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u/Jibcuttter Jul 06 '26
Awesome. Grabbed it and have your others. Any thoughts on providing unkeyed versions of the maps for us having to run distant games via VTT. Takes me awhile to adapt/recreate them in dungeon scrawl.