As darkness descends upon Santego, merriment fills the air, but a sinister presence haunts the quaint town. Bizarre occurrences loom, putting the tropical paradise in peril. Will you dare to unravel the ancient secrets of Isla Zardia and avert impending catastrophe?
The fate of Santego rests in your hands!
Curse of the Chupacabra is an epic-length sandbox adventure designed to take your 5e or OSE characters from 1st to 6th level. Old-school GMs designed it to maximize playability for all schools. It is one of the few adventures inspired by South and Latin American Mythology, mixed with contemporary lore and enough horror and science fiction to make it unique.
Lurking within this adventure:
- It is a true sandbox island adventure that can be dropped into your favorite campaign setting or as a standalone epic.
- A beautifully illustrated full-color tome with over two years of work from artist Miky Arango, with additional art from former Marvel artist Terrell Bobbett.
- Sixteen hand-drawn full-color maps were created by The Laidback DM, including island and city maps, multiple mini-dungeons and unique encounter settings, and a mega-dungeon finale.
- A hybrid format with stats for 5e and OSE systems in line with encounters, no need to flip through pages in the middle of combat, perfect for beginner GMs and players.
- It is a highly detailed town with a rich history, NPCs, and several hooks and side quests for the players to enjoy.
- Two new PC races (OSE classes), the arcane Kroke'Toan and the charismatic Psitarians.
- Over 20 new monsters and variants, including contemporary and ancient myths, like la Llorona, Argentinosaurus, la Ciguapa, and an entire race of enigmatic Chupacabra.
- Detailed compendium with all NPC and new monster info, waterborne encounters, random weather, and all the stats for random encounters.
- Multiple story-ending possibilities lead to the next set of adventures on Isla Zardia!
- The VTT Trove contains the 288-page PDF version of Curse of the Chupacabra, 55 tokens, and the token rings in PSD format, and all 16 maps sized for VTT.
Story Outline:
Part 1: The town of Santego- a robust town with dozens of exciting NPCs, plenty of shops to spend your gold at, a few business opportunities, side quests, a university, and some catacombs for the party to cut their teeth on.
Part 2: The Hunt- The party must track down a missing seer and discover the source of what ails Santego. Open-world exploration of Southern Isla Zardia with many unique places to visit, including a cursed ship, giant bee farm, and dangerous mines. The party will finally come face to face with the enigmatic Chupacabra! Intermission: Wilkakuti- The Winter Solstice festival is usually an unforgettable night of revelry and celebration. This one will not be forgotten for much darker reasons.
Part 3: The Hunted- Continuously stalked by the Chupacabra, the party must explore the Northern Island to find the Chupacabra lair and end the menace. The North Island is open to explore, with ruins, ancient beasts, swamps, and many other fascinating yet terrifying locations.
Part 4: The Decent- With the only lead to the Chupacabra's whereabouts leading them into the mountains, the party must ascend the frosty peaks and delve deep into the island's heart to uncover the threats lurking below. They will travel through Laberinto De La Muerte' - once a place of occulted magical research, now cursed and twisted by those same powers. Surviving this, the party will face the Chupacabra in their hive, a 3-level living dungeon unlike anything you have run before.
The Saga Edition is our first in-house run of Curse of the Chupacabra, greatly enhanced over the POD version at a more affordable price. We feature a textured canvas hardcase cover that makes this book unique among its peers. The leaves are Smyth-sewn, on 80-point bonded gloss paper, and accent almost 300 pages of full-color artwork. A laminated cardstock or canvas-backed softcover edition are also available. They are printed and shipped from our studios to you directly here in the USA.
