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ADVENTURE

ANTHOLOGY

Adventure Anthology

elcome to the lost land of Thule! This savage age is home to mighty beasts such as

the saber-tooth and woolly mammoth, bloody-handed barbarian reavers and sub-

human beastmen, and elder horrors lurking among haunted valleys or forbidding mountains.

Only the strongest and most determined heroes dare to meet the challenges of Thule, but

fame and fortune await those ready to face death in a thousand gruesome forms and carve

their names into the annals of this doomed age.

This anthology brings together three savage adventures created for the Primeval Thule 5e

Kickstarter campaign. In this book you will find:

•

Red Chains,

by Steve Winter

•

Watchers of Meng,

by Robert Schwalb

•

Secret of the Moon-Door,

by Richard Baker

•

Plus 4 new monsters to support these Thulean adventures

The

Adventure Anthology

provides the Gamemaster with an excellent cross-section of

Thulean experiences, ranging from a desperate quest in a city of slavers to a cursed treasure

in a jungle temple to a foul wizard consorting with extraterrene monsters. Adventure in a

savage age awaits you!

ADVENTURE ANTHOLOGY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Red Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

The Watchers of Meng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Watcher of Meng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Degenerate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Secret of the Moon-Door

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

The Tcho-Tcho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Based on the Primeval Thule Campaign Setting by Richard

Baker, David Noonan, and Steve Schubert

Primeval Thule

Adventure Anthology

is published by Sasquatch

Game Studio, LLC, under the Open Game License version 1.0a

LLC, the Sasquatch logo, and Primeval Thule are trademarks of

Sasquatch Game Studio, LLC. All characters and the distinctive

likenesses thereof are property of Sasquatch Game Studio LLC. This

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Product Identity: The following items are hereby identified as

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and are not Open Content: All trademarks, proper names, dialogue,

plot, storylines, locations, characters, artwork, and trade dress.

Disclaimer: Sasquatch Game Studio is an independent game

publisher. This game is not licensed, endorsed by, or authorized by

any third party.

Sasquatch Game Studio, LLC

Auburn, WA

sasquatchgamestudio.com

Welcome to the Primeval Thule

Adventure An-

thology!

This book collects

Red Chains

and

Watchers

of Meng,

the two stretch goal adventures created for

the Primeval Thule 5e Kickstarter (July 2015), and

adds

Secret of the Moon-Door,

a bonus adventure we

added as our little way of saying thank you to our

excellent backers. After all, two adventures isn’t much

of a collection; three is a much better number.

The adventures presented in this book illustrate

some of the iconic themes and storylines from this

savage and intense campaign setting. At its heart,

Primeval Thule is an homage to the pulp fantasy

and pulp horror stories of authors such as Robert E.

Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, and Clark Ashton Smith.

In these pages you’ll encounter the cruel Slavers of

Marg, a jungle ruin home to subhuman degener-

ates and a cursed gem, and the unholy alliance of

a Black Circle wizard and the terrible extraterrene

monsters known as moon-beasts. You’ll travel from

the streets of wicked cities to the depths of the

jungle and from ruined temples to alien worlds.

These are the types of stories that graced the pages

of magazines generations ago—and they can still

inspire great RPG adventures.

Red Chains,

by veteran designer Steve Winter,

presents the player characters with a unique chal-

lenge: rescuing one specific captive from the vile

institution of slavery. The heroes must travel to the

dangerous city of Marg, home of the feared Crimson

Slavers, in order to buy back or set free a barbarian

prince before a fate worse than death befalls him.

Clever parties can get far by negotiating and follow-

ing up on clues, but ultimately freedom must be won

at the point of a sword.

Watchers of Meng,

by the inimitable Rob Schwalb,

is a classic pulp adventure tale. The heroes find their

path leading to a forgotten ruin in the deepest,

darkest jungle of Thule, a place overrun by degenerate

savages. A rich prize lies hidden in the ruins, a great

jewel worth a king’s ransom, but it is protected by a

fearsome curse the heroes defy at their peril.

Secret of the Moon-Door,

by Primeval Thule

creator Richard Baker, begins with a mysterious

disappearance and reports of monsters terrorizing

an academy in one of Thule’s great cities. The heroes

soon discover that the missing sage was engaged in

researching tales of a legendary riddle in the temple

of a forgotten god—and a prize coveted by a wizard

of the Black Circle. The characters’ pursuit of the

kidnapped sage leads them through the Moon-Door

to confront their foe in a strange and distant realm.

INTRODUCTION

With the publication of the

Adventure Anthology,

we have now created nine adventures for the

Primeval Thule setting. These include the three

from the

Campaign Setting

book, three stretch-goal

adventures from our original Kickstarter for the

Pathfinder, 4e, and 13th Age editions of the setting

(we’ll convert those to 5e as soon as possible), and

three new stretch-goal adventures created for the 5e

version of the setting. In ascending order of character

level, these are:

•

Tower of Black Flame

(PTCS; characters of

level 1–2)

•

Cavern of Golden Tears

(PTCS; level 2–4)

•

Red Chains

(level 4–6)

•

Night of the Yellow Moon

(level 4–6)

•

Watchers of Meng

(level 5–8)

•

The Scent of Jasmine

(PTCS; level 5–8)

•

Lost Tower of Viondor

(level 7–9)

•

Secret of the Moon-Door

(level 10–12)

•

Seraglio of the Mind

(level 10–12)

If you simply play them in order, you’ll have a fun

little Primeval Thule campaign that should keep

you busy for about five or six months and level up

your characters from 1 to 12 or so . . . but we hope

you’ll add a few adventures of your own devising

to the schedule. We’d encourage you to take a look

at the First Temple of Set, the Lost City of Tentak-

ron, or Voor Darayn as interesting sites from the

Primeval Thule

Campaign Setting

ready to be

developed into full-on adventures, or perhaps take a

look at the campaign arcs described in Chapter 5 of

the book for inspiration. You’re the best judge of your

own players’ interests, and you know which corners of

the continent—or types of stories—they’re interested

in exploring.

Adventure awaits you; travel light, go warily, and

keep your sword loose in the scabbard. You are about

to venture into the savage world of Thule!

RED CHAINS

by Steve Winter

An adventure for characters of levels 4–6

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