#shadowdark — Public Fediverse posts
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An old school hand drawn map video!
No plan, no pencil - just pen, paper & mistakes be damned!https://youtube.com/shorts/GtNKdgGkdro
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#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #maps #map #cartography #ttrpg #shadowdark #Dragonbane #OldSchoolEssentials #art #love
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New v4.0.5 release of the Shadowdark system for FoundryVTT is live: https://www.patreon.com/posts/shadowdark-rpg-0-159231830?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
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New v4.0.5 release of the Shadowdark system for FoundryVTT is live: https://www.patreon.com/posts/shadowdark-rpg-0-159231830?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
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New v4.0.5 release of the Shadowdark system for FoundryVTT is live: https://www.patreon.com/posts/shadowdark-rpg-0-159231830?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
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New v4.0.5 release of the Shadowdark system for FoundryVTT is live: https://www.patreon.com/posts/shadowdark-rpg-0-159231830?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
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New v4.0.5 release of the Shadowdark system for FoundryVTT is live: https://www.patreon.com/posts/shadowdark-rpg-0-159231830?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
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New Quest: aulon raid in the temple of ord! From Attack the Light, Issue 0 (Shadowdark). The temple has been defiled by a sinister blood gem. Steel your nerves, purge the darkness, and restore sanctity before all is lost. Dive into the unknown! #Shadowdark #Fantasy,DungeonCrawl #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/rjXZbIONItPSBMibYefy
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New Quest: aulon raid in the temple of ord! From Attack the Light, Issue 0 (Shadowdark). The temple has been defiled by a sinister blood gem. Steel your nerves, purge the darkness, and restore sanctity before all is lost. Dive into the unknown! #Shadowdark #Fantasy,DungeonCrawl #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/rjXZbIONItPSBMibYefy
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New Quest: aulon raid in the temple of ord! From Attack the Light, Issue 0 (Shadowdark). The temple has been defiled by a sinister blood gem. Steel your nerves, purge the darkness, and restore sanctity before all is lost. Dive into the unknown! #Shadowdark #Fantasy,DungeonCrawl #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/rjXZbIONItPSBMibYefy
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Today's A3-size #map. Pen and paper - no pencil, eraser or plan. Mistakes be damned, other than I wanted to draw a tower with a #dungeon underneath.
I'll post a Timelapse video at some point 😊
#osr #dnd #pathfinder #shadowdark #Dragonbane #Pathfinder2e #ose #maps #art
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Today's A3-size #map. Pen and paper - no pencil, eraser or plan. Mistakes be damned, other than I wanted to draw a tower with a #dungeon underneath.
I'll post a Timelapse video at some point 😊
#osr #dnd #pathfinder #shadowdark #Dragonbane #Pathfinder2e #ose #maps #art
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Today's A3-size #map. Pen and paper - no pencil, eraser or plan. Mistakes be damned, other than I wanted to draw a tower with a #dungeon underneath.
I'll post a Timelapse video at some point 😊
#osr #dnd #pathfinder #shadowdark #Dragonbane #Pathfinder2e #ose #maps #art
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Today's A3-size #map. Pen and paper - no pencil, eraser or plan. Mistakes be damned, other than I wanted to draw a tower with a #dungeon underneath.
I'll post a Timelapse video at some point 😊
#osr #dnd #pathfinder #shadowdark #Dragonbane #Pathfinder2e #ose #maps #art
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Today's A3-size #map. Pen and paper - no pencil, eraser or plan. Mistakes be damned, other than I wanted to draw a tower with a #dungeon underneath.
I'll post a Timelapse video at some point 😊
#osr #dnd #pathfinder #shadowdark #Dragonbane #Pathfinder2e #ose #maps #art
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@HeyeBodo #Spltltermond, ein Einstiegsabenteuer als kleiner Osterweekender. Haha! Puh, die Ticklesite hat uns dann beim ersten Kampf gegen böse Assassinen einen ganzen Spieltag gekostet. Ich bin damit nicht warm geworden als SL. Die Spielwelt fand ich knuffig. Als Spieler: #Shadowdark, im ersten Kampf ist mein Goblin-Pregen instant gestorben. Als nahezu unbeteiligter Zuschauer. Ehrlich. Fand ich doof. Jaja. OSR. War nicht meins, das Abenteuer. Ich mochte den Goblin!
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@HeyeBodo #Spltltermond, ein Einstiegsabenteuer als kleiner Osterweekender. Haha! Puh, die Ticklesite hat uns dann beim ersten Kampf gegen böse Assassinen einen ganzen Spieltag gekostet. Ich bin damit nicht warm geworden als SL. Die Spielwelt fand ich knuffig. Als Spieler: #Shadowdark, im ersten Kampf ist mein Goblin-Pregen instant gestorben. Als nahezu unbeteiligter Zuschauer. Ehrlich. Fand ich doof. Jaja. OSR. War nicht meins, das Abenteuer. Ich mochte den Goblin!
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@HeyeBodo #Spltltermond, ein Einstiegsabenteuer als kleiner Osterweekender. Haha! Puh, die Ticklesite hat uns dann beim ersten Kampf gegen böse Assassinen einen ganzen Spieltag gekostet. Ich bin damit nicht warm geworden als SL. Die Spielwelt fand ich knuffig. Als Spieler: #Shadowdark, im ersten Kampf ist mein Goblin-Pregen instant gestorben. Als nahezu unbeteiligter Zuschauer. Ehrlich. Fand ich doof. Jaja. OSR. War nicht meins, das Abenteuer. Ich mochte den Goblin!
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New Quest: shepherd battlefield! From Woeful Barrows and Other Places (Shadowdark). Why are sheep wandering a blood-soaked battlefield? Hunt the goblins, reclaim the broken crook, and uncover the mystery hiding in the mutton. Where will your path lead? #Shadowdark #fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/oB4WU8ZPSgtOZySItWOG
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New Quest: shepherd battlefield! From Woeful Barrows and Other Places (Shadowdark). Why are sheep wandering a blood-soaked battlefield? Hunt the goblins, reclaim the broken crook, and uncover the mystery hiding in the mutton. Where will your path lead? #Shadowdark #fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/oB4WU8ZPSgtOZySItWOG
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New Quest: shepherd battlefield! From Woeful Barrows and Other Places (Shadowdark). Why are sheep wandering a blood-soaked battlefield? Hunt the goblins, reclaim the broken crook, and uncover the mystery hiding in the mutton. Where will your path lead? #Shadowdark #fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/oB4WU8ZPSgtOZySItWOG
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Save Big with The Other Side OSR Bundle at Bundle of Holding
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New Quest: the queen of brambles! From Woeful Barrows and Other Places (Shadowdark). A fallen queen's tomb calls. Beware the banshee's wail, claim relics, and brave ancient traps. Will you survive her embrace? Your story awaits! #Shadowdark #fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/IyeoP18NnyXTaLfx3FOk
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New Quest: the queen of brambles! From Woeful Barrows and Other Places (Shadowdark). A fallen queen's tomb calls. Beware the banshee's wail, claim relics, and brave ancient traps. Will you survive her embrace? Your story awaits! #Shadowdark #fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/IyeoP18NnyXTaLfx3FOk
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New Quest: the queen of brambles! From Woeful Barrows and Other Places (Shadowdark). A fallen queen's tomb calls. Beware the banshee's wail, claim relics, and brave ancient traps. Will you survive her embrace? Your story awaits! #Shadowdark #fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/IyeoP18NnyXTaLfx3FOk
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New Quest: enigma of the eryx estate! (Shadowdark). Shadows cling to the grand estate. A truth buried deep, a killer among you. Can you uncover it before midnight? Start your legend! #Shadowdark #Fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/9oWFj0H8fiRlsQ88i16z
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New Quest: enigma of the eryx estate! (Shadowdark). Shadows cling to the grand estate. A truth buried deep, a killer among you. Can you uncover it before midnight? Start your legend! #Shadowdark #Fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/9oWFj0H8fiRlsQ88i16z
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New Quest: enigma of the eryx estate! (Shadowdark). Shadows cling to the grand estate. A truth buried deep, a killer among you. Can you uncover it before midnight? Start your legend! #Shadowdark #Fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/9oWFj0H8fiRlsQ88i16z
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Ulterior motive: I'm creating the world map for my Mörka Norden campaign. #Shadowdark
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Ulterior motive: I'm creating the world map for my Mörka Norden campaign. #Shadowdark
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Ulterior motive: I'm creating the world map for my Mörka Norden campaign. #Shadowdark
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Ulterior motive: I'm creating the world map for my Mörka Norden campaign. #Shadowdark
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Ulterior motive: I'm creating the world map for my Mörka Norden campaign. #Shadowdark
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New Quest: illicit dream wine! From Woeful Barrows and Other Places (Shadowdark). Dare the speakeasy's forbidden brew. Dream wine promises luck, but its intoxicating whispers lead down a perilous path. Claim your destiny! #Shadowdark #fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/4dWS8Bt21VrBhPE0d8xa
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New Quest: illicit dream wine! From Woeful Barrows and Other Places (Shadowdark). Dare the speakeasy's forbidden brew. Dream wine promises luck, but its intoxicating whispers lead down a perilous path. Claim your destiny! #Shadowdark #fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/4dWS8Bt21VrBhPE0d8xa
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New Quest: illicit dream wine! From Woeful Barrows and Other Places (Shadowdark). Dare the speakeasy's forbidden brew. Dream wine promises luck, but its intoxicating whispers lead down a perilous path. Claim your destiny! #Shadowdark #fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/4dWS8Bt21VrBhPE0d8xa
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New Quest: ecstatic worshippers! From Woeful Barrows and Other Places (Shadowdark). A cult of ecstatic elves seeks to test your spirit. Their baffling wisdom could elevate or shatter your faith. Dare to face them? Explore this adventure! #Shadowdark #fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/wcYhf9OXs3I74EWGPRiS
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New Quest: ecstatic worshippers! From Woeful Barrows and Other Places (Shadowdark). A cult of ecstatic elves seeks to test your spirit. Their baffling wisdom could elevate or shatter your faith. Dare to face them? Explore this adventure! #Shadowdark #fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/wcYhf9OXs3I74EWGPRiS
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New Quest: ecstatic worshippers! From Woeful Barrows and Other Places (Shadowdark). A cult of ecstatic elves seeks to test your spirit. Their baffling wisdom could elevate or shatter your faith. Dare to face them? Explore this adventure! #Shadowdark #fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/wcYhf9OXs3I74EWGPRiS
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New Quest: ecstatic worshippers! From Woeful Barrows and Other Places (Shadowdark). A cult of ecstatic elves seeks to test your spirit. Their baffling wisdom could elevate or shatter your faith. Dare to face them? Explore this adventure! #Shadowdark #fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/wcYhf9OXs3I74EWGPRiS
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Is Ruttigers Almanac the New Shadowdark?
Yes. I’m serious.
I know the TTRPG crowd, especially the Old School, can be pretty picky about things. I’m pretty fickle when it comes to crowdfunding or even what games I buy nowadays. The last sourcebook I bought cost about $20 and that was two months ago. I don’t spend the money unless something screams “Value!”
VALUE!!! Here’s the link.
I’m supporting Ruttigers Almanac 100% until it wraps up on BackerKit. I’m planning to write for it if they create an Open License for it. I’m planning to teach my kids and wife to play as soon as the PDF comes out it full. They like/know Dungeons & Dragons, so the transition should be easy.
We all love Kelsey and Shadowdark.
I kicked myself daily when the initial Kickstarter for Shadowdark came around and I couldn’t possibly back it due to a massive, unexpected change in my employment status. I managed to scrounge enough together to become a late backer. Then there was the most recent Shadowdark Kickstarter for the Western Reaches stuff.
Kelsey, I love ya to pieces, honest. You were one of my best friends during Covid. I couldn’t afford to back Western Reaches. I get how this thing went over $1 Million because the basic buy-in for the Western Reaches books themselves was $85. That’s not even counting the Cursed Scroll zines add-on.
I suspect that’s how some of the scummier grifters (NOT Kelsey) on KS are getting the big bucks on their projects, too. Looking at you mister $3 Million project twice over DungeonTuber. If the entry price for the Kickstarter is $45 minimum for not-even-the-main emphasis of the project, then hundreds of thousands of dollars rack up real quick, especially if you have a YouTube channel with 500K subscribers or more. (But I’m not bitter over the amount of money he’s making, only that I think he’s kind of a smug jerk.)
But I digress. Shadowdark seemed to flatten for me when I ordered the Solodark rules which I feel didn’t have enough substance for the price tag, which is why there’s no review of it on my blog or YouTube channel. If I don’t like it, I don’t review it. Again, it’s not anything personal with anyone, but I think Shadowdark is eventually going to fall off in the vast array of fantasy games coming out right now and that have come out over the last two years.
What does Ruttigers Almanac offer?
First, and probably most obvious, is that Ruttigers Almanac is on BackerKit. They must not take as big of a percentage of the final take on BackerKit from what I’ve seen. A lot of reputable companies have moved their projects over there. Maybe BackerKit doesn’t get as much press as other crowdfunding sites, but they get the job done. I’ve never had issues with them.
The next big selling point of Ruttigers Almanac is the price. Just the PDF of the core book is C$25 (like $20USD) I like having a nice solid analog hardcover, so I originally got in on the C$50 tier. There’s also a softcover book option for slightly less. There’s also a very affordable tier that gets the Hardcover, PDF, and all the Gazetteer options for C$75 ($65USD.)
I’m stoked to see the cool worldbuilding. I haven’t talked about it much yet, but the previews I have seen are damned impressive. You can tell a lot of time and attention to detail that has gone into this project so far.
Ruttigers as a rule system is going to be simple and fun.
Break 20 as it is being called looks like it’s going to be something I enjoy running, playing, and making content for. That’s not to say I’m giving up my beloved Dragonbane like, ever. I am going to spend some time with Ruttigers Almanac when I get it in my hot little hands. I just love simpler rules systems. If I can learn enough to make a character in the first 15 minutes and get going as a GM in half an hour, it’s golden.
Ruttigers Almanac looks to be that golden game. Shadowdark was headed that way, but then everyone and their dog began dropping supplements faster than I could possibly keep up with them. Yes, Shadowdark is playable and runnable with the core book, but we all love new options.
I feel like Ruttigers has enough optional material already built into it to be almost everything I’m going to want. It’s already looking like something I’d gladly run at a convention. I’m not sure how feasible that would be with Shadowdark now given all the supplements.
If Ruttigers has an open license (fingers crossed) I know three content creators who are already salivating over the Break 20 System. I’m only one of them. I had some stuff ready to go for Shadowdark that never went up anywhere and a rules supplement that was on Itch.io for a short time during Baron DeFlopp’s Shadowdark Jam a few years ago. (Huge regrets over that one.)
Right now I’m working a lot of things into Dragonbane. Once upon a time I was doing stuff for D&D 5E that I never published. Thank Universe I dodged that bullet. Ruttigers Almanac as an Open License is going to be fun times because I want to get a feel for the system and then jam on it. (Root on it? We should organize a Ruttigers moot at some point.)
I don’t see gloom and doom for other games.
I am still all in on Twilight Sword and Dragonbane: Trudvang. But Ruttigers Almanac hits closer to home for me which is ironic given the authors are all over the place. The game feels more like something that could have come out sooner, but the timing just wasn’t there yet. The Universe just hadn’t created the circumstances until more recently.
We’re going to build vast underground complexes for the Ruttigers to explore. We’re going to fight epic monsters and sing epic ballads of our deeds. Maybe we are scallywags and ruffians, but by golly we’re going to have fun with it!I say it every year, but I think 2026 bears repeating it. This year I intend to write more, read more, and discuss cool TTRPGs as well as supplements. Most of all, let’s just have more fun. Let’s explore. Let’s save the kingdom from the evil warlord. Let’s discuss all the fun stuff in gaming that we love.
With the world in the state it finds itself in today, please be kind. Please be considerate to one another even if we don’t agree. Lastly, please pursue the thing that brings you the most joy without harm to others. Thank you!
#Dnd #Rpg #Rpgblog #Rpgblogger #Rpgwriter #Ttrpg #TTRPGblog #TTRPGblogger #Ttrpgdesign #Ttrpgwriter #BackerKit #Ruttigers #RuttigersAlmanac #Shadowdark -
New Quest: the blackbridge labyrinth! From Shots in the Dark (Shadowdark). Children vanish. Their tracks lead to an ancient, deadly labyrinth. Will you brave its depths to save them from a mechanical terror? Where will your path lead? #Shadowdark #Fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/kc4VWHw36bpVMQ1rOVT9
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New Quest: the blackbridge labyrinth! From Shots in the Dark (Shadowdark). Children vanish. Their tracks lead to an ancient, deadly labyrinth. Will you brave its depths to save them from a mechanical terror? Where will your path lead? #Shadowdark #Fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/kc4VWHw36bpVMQ1rOVT9
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New Quest: the blackbridge labyrinth! From Shots in the Dark (Shadowdark). Children vanish. Their tracks lead to an ancient, deadly labyrinth. Will you brave its depths to save them from a mechanical terror? Where will your path lead? #Shadowdark #Fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/kc4VWHw36bpVMQ1rOVT9
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A Dark Double Feature of Shadowdark Horror Adventures is Up for Crowdfunding
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New Quest: spores from the undercity! From Shots in the Dark (Shadowdark). A mind-numbing blight seeps from the sewers. Guards vanish. The city quarantines. Will you descend into the darkness below? Make your move! #Shadowdark #fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/ZELXsImrmmxGNw8ZrMIC
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New Quest: spores from the undercity! From Shots in the Dark (Shadowdark). A mind-numbing blight seeps from the sewers. Guards vanish. The city quarantines. Will you descend into the darkness below? Make your move! #Shadowdark #fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/ZELXsImrmmxGNw8ZrMIC
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New Quest: spores from the undercity! From Shots in the Dark (Shadowdark). A mind-numbing blight seeps from the sewers. Guards vanish. The city quarantines. Will you descend into the darkness below? Make your move! #Shadowdark #fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/ZELXsImrmmxGNw8ZrMIC
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New Quest: the wavestone monolith! (Shadowdark). Venture into the jungle's heart! Discover a floating monolith, ancient secrets, and lost society's untold wealth. What choices will you make? #Shadowdark #Fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/OtizCsLBvvf40Jwcq0cl
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New Quest: the wavestone monolith! (Shadowdark). Venture into the jungle's heart! Discover a floating monolith, ancient secrets, and lost society's untold wealth. What choices will you make? #Shadowdark #Fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/OtizCsLBvvf40Jwcq0cl
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New Quest: the wavestone monolith! (Shadowdark). Venture into the jungle's heart! Discover a floating monolith, ancient secrets, and lost society's untold wealth. What choices will you make? #Shadowdark #Fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/OtizCsLBvvf40Jwcq0cl