The Sin-Eater - a Shadowdark compatible campaign seed

The red dragon, Edzaralenpoe amassed a vast and secret horde of treasure in the mountains to the north. Over many years, crawlers have gone into the mountains in search of glory and gold. Those lucky enough to return always do so empty handed, thankful to be alive.

This supplement will not bring your PCs to the hidden lair of Edzaralenpoe. At least not directly within these 8 pages. It will instead  help you with key campaign elements, establishing locations, recurring characters, and a nightmare creature generator to assist in extinguishing the light!

Thank you to the public domain art used "The Bookman - for sale here; price, 20 cents" originally via by Dodd, Mead & Co. [1896] for the cover inspiration.

For the 2024  Shadowdark Weird Tales Game Jam, authors were encouraged to use ‘any or all’ of the three assigned inspirational covers. The cover for Vol. 45 No. 3 was visual inspiration for the village map on page 3. The story, “The House in the Valley” by Derleth in the same issue brings out the slimy, eerie sahuagin, and the nightmare creature rules. That harmless religious cult too. The striking cover for Vol. 34 No. 3 inspired the red dragon motif that was planted into  the lore; Additionally naming easter eggs: the Nevermore run by Rhey Ven, and the dragon, Edzaralenpoe. Finally, Vol. 32 No. 6 provides the malevolent sorcerer, Pendarves. And of course, the titular Sin-Eater!