The Folio: Black Label series are fantasy adventure modules that are compatible with BOTH classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and 5th Edition D&D formats. Each adventure combines what I enjoyed most from the heady days of of the late 1970s and the 1980s swords & sorcery storytelling as well as a bit of twisted dark fantasy.
The Folio: Black Label #6 will complete the 'adventure path' of the trilogy, culminating with the salvation or ultimate destruction of the prize that has been sought by the adventuring party since the events of The Folio: Black Label #4. In this adventure, the characters will continue to try to retrieve a stolen noble before she is taken through the gates of the Burning City. They must brave a slaver camp and then enter the final keep before the gates, the home to the cursed Succubus who has engineered this plot since the beginning.
Taking a page from the previous Black Label Trilogy, this one is going to have an even more adult edge than can found in the standard Folio, and yes, there might be some nudity, and maybe some horror, and maybe a twisted quality here or there, but at the base its really just about the unfettered fun of hacking and slashing your way through a pulp style adventure with blatant evil doers, magical treasures, and exposed flesh.
So, I'm throwing out the standard politically correct playbook, and turning the flux capacitor back to the early days of gaming. I hope some of you will join me.
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Who is this adventure for?: It will be based around classic AD&D gaming mechanics, while also have 'grey' stat and treasure blocks for 5th Edition D&D, so it is easily playable in BOTH formats. It has been designed for 6-8 characters, roughly 2nd through 4th, and will include incredible maps and artwork that will get your creative juices flowing! Just check out some of the maps below for what will be awaiting you.
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What does the adventure Before the Necrotic Gate revolve around? Well, this will be a standard swords & sorcery based adventure that deals with the a three level keep you see above, located in the deadly 'ash lands'. Characters will be required by an outside contract to return the daughter of a noble that fell victim to the roving slavers, bound for The Burning City. The question will be, can the characters get in and out before the entire land rises up against them?
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Is there any other background on the setting? Yes, we here at Art of the Genre produced a 544 page novel with attached setting gazetteer in the back. If you like dark (and erotic) fully illustrated fantasy, then The Burning City will put you on the right path to fully enjoy the setting we are creating in this new adventure module trilogy. However, after two successful campaigns, The Burning City print run is almost sold out, so limited quantities remain!
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