Sacrifice at Mount Sampo

Design, Layout, Maps, and Writing: Peter TR Bernhardt

Editing: Max Deibel 

Cover Art: Kallum Nathanson

In the town of Sampo, the townsfolk hide in fear of the return of the Miasma, a mutatious purple fog that spreads as evil deeds are committed. A criminal by the name of Arbitio has been captured by the local priest Leopold Zukal to be offered up in a ritual sacrifice atop Mount Sampo. The ritual must be performed on an evil doer, and if successful, it will drive back the Miasma from the town and its surroundings. Father Zukal has hired the party to act as escorts on the 24 mile journey through the Miasma-stricken wilderness. Fearsome foes, weird happenings, and malign mutants are sure to be encountered on the party’s quest. Will they succeed in this quest, or will Arbitio live on to commit more vile deeds?

This is an introductory adventure written for the Miasma and Monsters TTRPG system by Goblin Pit Games, LLC. It is meant to be played with a minimum of 4 Level 1 PCs and provides a scenario in which the players will be introduced to the game’s various systems naturally through the challenges presented within. It can be run as a funnel, too, with a range of 15-20 or so level 0 PCs. Refer to the Appendix for creating Level 0 PCs. 

This adventure also features a regional map of 6 mile hexagons (from here on refereed to as “hexes”) that you and your players can enjoy further adventures in. It includes three other sites to explore, encounter tables, and adventure hooks to keep playing. 

The town of Sampo has rumors and a Rangers Guild the party can join with further questing fodder. Used in tandem with the Referee’s Rules Repository or the Referee’s Quickstart, this adventure could easily expand into multiple play sessions.

Miasma and Monsters is proudly made without the use of AI, LLMs, or anything of the sort. All text was written by and for humans, along with all the art. 

Aside from the editing and the cover art, this was all created by one person in their spare time. Any aspects that seem amateurish are not only due to learning new skills on the fly but intentional. Keeping a DIY spirit is something I enjoy doing and I feel it adds a certain level of charm to the work. Hand drawn maps are included within the text as well as provided as separate files so you can view them at any magnification you wish or print them out on full sheets of 8.5x11” paper (Letter format)

Town Map of Sampo created with watabou’s village generator, https://watabou.itch.io/village-generator

Credit to Cartography by Dyson Logos using the HexLands map tool, using https://inkwellideas.com/roleplaying_tools/HexLands/ 

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Miasma and Monsters is an independent production of Goblin Pit Games, LLC and is not affiliated with Questing Beast LLC.

Inspired by the Glaive RPG, written by Scott Wegener.

You are free to create content compatible with Miasma and Monsters—modules, expansions, hacks, and more—under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.

If you publish compatible material, please:

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