Manor of Dread by Walter Srebalus

This is a place holder review and I thoroughly look forward to getting into greater detail in the future.

“Content Warning: If this adventure were a movie, its movie rating would be PG-13. It includes depiction of abuse, body horror (mutations), domestic violence, gore (blood), and graphic death scenes.”

I would also add a baby that has been experimented on and the BBEF using mentally dominating magic. However, there is a great discussion about safety tools and the importance of communication and consent, always yet even more so when dealing with horror and the themes involved.

The are many, many haunted house adventures and stories. It is a tough crowd to hang with and to get recognition, but Manor of Dread is a brilliant example of how to do this with style! Something I often find myself reflecting on after reviewing so many adventures that doing something simple well is often the best way to go, and Manor of Dread does this exceptionally well as a thoroughly entertaining and engaging haunted house with a necromancer ‘m*d’ scientist flavour.

Through haunting imagery, some really interesting takes and use of horror movie and ghost stories using D&D creatures and mechanics, a decent balance of snooping and booping with rooms to explore and a variety of combat encounters, including new flesh golems and an optional entire new spider-humanoid hybrid with player race and example included too.

This will definitely add some creepy cool to a Halloween game, one shot or worked into an ongoing campaign, and could be set anywhere on the material plane or even in the Shadowfell or Ravenloft with the appearance of the Mists.

Credits Lead Designer: Walter Srebalus Addition Designers: Phil Weasley, Sebastian Yūe Editor: Sebastian Yūe Art Direction & Graphic Design: Phil Weasley Interior Illustrator: Phil Weasley Cartography: Walter Srebalus Play Testers: Alex Tomarelli, Jay Dennis, Brad Riegner, Mathew Fish, Phil Ruf f , Cheryl Trate, Split (Luis Gonzalez), VenomSlinger, Amythic, Andor

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