John Booth, author of Collect All 21! Memoirs of a Star Wars Geek and former GeekDad writer has launched his first Kickstarter titled The Legacy of Mo’Roh, a system-neutral TTRPG adventure. Read on to learn about the adventure and how you can support this project.
The Kickstarter
The Kickstarter is pretty basic, and there is a good value for each backing level. Backers can receive a full PDF of the module for $6, and can get print copies (with PDF included) for just $12. It also has a modest goal of $600, which means it will likely fund quickly following launch.
The Legacy of Mo’Roh
This adventure module details 5 adventures which storytellers and DMs can bring to their table, featuring a bestiary, printable maps and puzzles, and a dedicated gallery of images. The entire resource is meant to be used by storytellers, and is best for those looking for inspiration rather than a longer-form adventure which dictates challenges, rewards, and setting information. Storytellers who are comfortable with improvisation and creative storytelling will get a lot of mileage out of the adventures. If you like more structure, you can create that around these adventures, customizing the setting, story hooks, rewards, and motivations for your group’s characters.
Adventures
The adventures provide story hooks, non-playable characters, puzzles, and other challenges for your players in 5 unique adventures inspired by the art of Matt Kish. You can use these adventures separately for one-shot challenges or connect them up for a longer series. Because everything is presented in system-neutral terms, storytellers will be required to identify stat blocks, difficulty ratings, etc. for each monster and NPC. Thankfully, there is much replayability because of this more flexible design. Got a Pathfinder group on Monday and a Gurps game on Wednesday? Both can run this module. The adventures are just detailed enough to get the DM rolling, but not so bogged down with detail that one has to track complex details and background information.
Bestiary
The Bestiary included with The Legacy of Mo’Roh features 5 bizarre and creative creatures from Mat Kish’s “A Radiant Bestiary” series of paintings. The details for these creatures include a description of the creature and its anatomy, a bit of its history, and how to play that creature when it faces your group. Because it’s system-neutral, you can substitute an appropriate creature from your game. For D&D, for example, each of these creatures would be either a Monstrosity or an Aberration, as the DM chooses. You can make them as easy or difficult to defeat as you like, and create the creature’s abilities and stats to suit your needs.
I’m particularly fond of using Thri-kreen Psion from the Monster Manual for Mo’Roh, as the Thri-kreen have carapaces and a focus on psychic abilities which line up well with the descriptions of Mo’Roh. For the phyreánt, I recommend Yuan-ti Abomination from the Monster Manual, as it has a matching poison spray ability, and is also an under-utilized monster at most tables.
Maps and Puzzles
The adventure also includes printable resources such as a map, and puzzles for your players to work through. These are included with all backing levels as printable PDFs, so storytellers can let the players have at it without having to describe every aspect of the puzzle.
Gallery
The last section of the book includes a gallery of the monsters you can safely show your players without spoiling the mechanics of that creature. These also have the name of the original art instead of the monster names, so you can identify the original piece if you like, but also keeps the players from knowing the name of the monster you are showing them, which can keep them guessing when it’s time for the creature to appear.
TL;DR
For $6 or $12 USD, you can back this project and receive digital or digital+physical copies of The Legacy of Mo’Roh by John Booth. This adventure module is system-neutral, and has all the information storytellers need to jump into their preferred game. You can back it at any level on Kickstarter.
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