Halls of the Beetle Queen
A downloadable adventure module
OVERVIEW
Explore a damp, grub infested lowland. Here, ungodly folk are stricken with a mutating curse that changes them into giant beetles.
The hunters guild makes a killing harvesting the armored hides of these insects.
They say that all beetles share a single mind, a wretched hivemind combined of liars, cheats, gamblers, and drug addicts.
It is good then, that the hunters hunt them.
A drop in hexcrawl region designed for use with Cairn by Yochai Gal.
Licensed CC-BY-SA 4.0 Version 1.0 April 2024
Words, Pictures, Layout
BoRyan Crum @boryan.online
Developmental Consultation
Levi Coelho
Based on Cairn
by Yochai Gal, CC-BY-SA 4.0
Print instructions:
Page size is A5. Print as booklet on A4 (or letter if you have to) paper.
Or, print two up in landscape. Use short side for duplex printing.
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This is a great work, I like it :o I’m gonna run this very soon. I do have one question about the “Working cure” options, it tells about several options but only list one? Or did I miss something?
No, that looks like an error. The “options” were brain or living subject, but I split it into two headers and did not refactor the text. I’d encourage you to allow another solution for the working cure, if your players come up with a good enough idea.
Actually, I'm totally wrong! There was overset text, the other option for a working cure is:
- The queen's brain, and a sample of her dust. From this he can craft a cure that restores the beetles to humanity.Thanks for checking it out! Just to make sure, here’s what I got on my side
I want to make it less sad, so if they can understand that the dust change people it will be enough for the cure. Or at least, to stop their frenzy so they stay as half insectoid but don’t require the hivemind anymore.
This one is dripping with character, I love the dynamic and digestible text layout!