Castle Blackstone is a role playing game supplement written and published by justanotherGM for use with Shadowdark.
The supplement is available as a 13-page PDF for free from DriveThruRPG. One page is the front cover and half the Credits & Legal. There are also three players’ maps in png format.
The opening paragraphs explain that this is an adventure designed for beginners and for characters of levels 1-2.
Plot explains that the lord of Blackstone Castle found the identity of two forgotten gods of the Nine and discovered a cavern containing a magical boulder. He brought this back to his castle, but was changed into a demon-human hybrid and slaughtered most of the inhabitants, being imprisoned beneath it by the survivors. Recently, a band of mercenaries arrived in the village near the castle and abducted some children and wounded or killed the men, setting up camp inside the castle, accidentally freeing the hybrid in the process who killed some of them. The characters arrive in the village and can head up to the castle the next day.
Blackstone Castle describes the castle itself. The castle has two aboveground floors and a dungeon. The characters can explore these, finding a variety of enemies, as well as the hybrid, and a number of items of treasure.
Castle Blackstone in Review
The PDF is bookmarked with some of the sections linked. Navigation is okay. The text maintains a single column format and appeared to be mostly free of errors. Bar the maps, there are no illustrations. Presentation is okay.
This is a simple enough starting adventure, and a pretty straightforward one in which the characters go to a location to kill a variety of enemies. There are a puzzle and a trap but otherwise this is basically a combat adventure. Castle Blackstone can be downloaded for free by clicking here.
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