Release from the OGL Vault

Celebrate the first anniversary of the 5e SRD's release into the creative commons with a special adventure chock-full of Easter Eggs for the true D&D aficionado!

Pentée, a growing city with probably as many citizens outside the city walls as there are inside, is situated at the mouth of the river Icosa, with the expansive sea spreading before its bustling harbor.

The city's ruler, Lord Vatseer van der Kust, who once maintained a cordial relationship with his subjects, has become removed and irritable in recent years. The presumptive heir, Hath, the Lord brother's son, humiliates the citizens at every opportunity and generally acts as if he owned the place.

Somehow, a delicate balance is maintained in Pentée, but one year before the celebrations that will mark the city's quincentennial, a certain restlessness, an indescribable discontent can be felt. Eventually, something is going to give.

 In Release from the OGL Vault, 3--5 characters of level 1--4 will decide over the fate of the City of Pentée. Will it become the Free City of Pentée, remain as it is, or slide into a spiral of despotism and decline?

The scenario starts as a city adventure, evolves into a heist, and concludes in the dungeons under the mystery-shrouded Ogl's Keep in the borderlands of Pentée.

The scenario (106 pages) contains:

• a gazetteer of Pentée describing 18 locations, 33 primary NPCs, and 26 secondary NPCs;

• over 30 adventure hooks associated with the Pentée locations;

• guide to Vatseer Manor, the mansion of Lord Zard Vatseer van der Kust, comprising 16 locations;

• city adventure of 17 encounters;

• guidance for running a heist adventure, including probability graphs for countdowns based on dice pools;

• a location-based adventure set in Ogl's Keep and the dungeon below of 26 locations;

• 10 new magic items;

• an appendix that contains a concise overview of all NPCs, all stat blocks, magic items, maps, and handouts.

Above all, Release from the OGL Vault is chock-full with Easter eggs: all major NPCs but one are inspired by organizations and persons that have some relationship to the "world's greatest role-playing game" and Vatseer Manor is filled with things that will bring a knowing smile to the true D&D aficionado.

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