From the mind of Tales of Ereden comes Blood, Sand & Gold, a collection of four 5e one-shot adventures set in their fantasy world. Venture into a shivering desert of frost-rimed dunes, where characters will confront bizarre strains of orcs and face the incandescent fury of a dragon forged from pure gold.
As a disclaimer, Blood, Sand & Gold is a Geek Native advertiser. You may well be seeing golden dragons everywhere. We haven’t been asked to write up the Kickstarter launch, but it made sense, in part because the indie project attracted backers so quickly on Kickstarter.
The four one-shots take PCs, if they survive, up through the D&D levels;
Scourge of Barrenbarks (lv 1-2) – In this action-packed introductory quest, your party must brave dangerous dunes to rescue a kidnapped noble, Kashta Mandarr, and a group of gold miners from the Shallowrock Mine. Complicating the mission is a hidden traitor whose actions will have consequences in a later quest.
The Defiant Clan (lv 3) – An orc overlord has sentenced the Mudbootz clan to death for their defiant use of forbidden magic. The characters are hired to deliver a ‘bomb’ and eradicate the entire clan.
Warchiefs in Hellscar (lv 4) – To prevent a devastating siege on the city of Twinspear, the party is tasked with assassinating five distinct clan warchiefs. While gaining access to their meeting is straightforward, the real challenge lies in carefully planning the execution, as each target possesses unique personalities and weaknesses that must be identified and exploited for the mission to succeed.
The Dragon that Bled Gold (lv 5-6) – In the final adventure, the Traitor of Twinspear enacts their master plan within the city’s treasury vaults. Using powerful magic, the traitor brings the city’s enormous wealth to life, transforming the trove of coins into a single, gleaming dragon.
Part of the pitch for Blood, Sand & Gold 5e is that you can pop these adventures into your own world, especially if you want to do more and get more detailed with orcs. However, it is also about building out Ereden.
Blood, Sand & Gold 5e expands the Known World of Ereden to another brand new region full of new adventures and unique characters. We offer you four bloody adventures connected by an overarching plot designed for four level 1 to level 6 characters.
Backers at £5 get one Blood, Sand & Gold of their choice as a reward.
After this tier, backers can also pledge £10, £15 or £20 to get 2, 3 or 4 of the four planned adventures.
Each tier comes with printable maps, and there are stretch goals.
There won’t be much of a wait as the campaign concludes on the 27th of June, and team Tales of Ereden suggests Blood, Sand & Gold will ship shortly after that.
