Open Post - November Release - The Dark Below

Tier Release Links

• Loremaster Tier Release
• Acolyte Tier Release
• Adventurer Tier Release
• Apprentice Tier Release

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November takes us down deep into the mantle of the earth. Venture forth into lands barely conceivable by the surface dwellers above,  and discover creatures and wonders beyond your wildest imaginations; lands completely devoid of the warmth and light of the surface.

The Dark Below calls... will your table answer?

Printable STL

This month brings our latest STL for our Apprentice and Loremaster tiers - the Espier! This STL file comes presupported by our good friend Nick Porterfield.

**NOTE - STL's are NOT backlogged, so be sure to download it locally this month!**

Encounters

We've got 5 brand new encounters of varying challenge ratings and settings -ready to drop right into your existing campaigns, or can just as easily be used as a springboard into a new adventure.

Venture through cave systems and survive an ambush by Blank Tunnelers; cross paths with suspicious Glowum guards, keeping their civilization safe from outsiders; and find yourselves trapped within the bowels of a Living Tunnel!

Stat Blocks

You get 5 brand new stat blocks of various challenge ratings, centered around the deep subterranean caves!

This month brings our latest take on new subterranean monsters. We're bringing you the Living Tunnel, a terrifying creature that lays in wait with its mouth open, for careless prey to walk in and become its next meal; the Blank Tunneler, the Blank's latest technological marvel that pounds away the rock in their ceaseless attempts to find Edyn; and the tendrilled- and many-eyed horror that is the Espier as well as the suspicious glowum warrior and ever-dissolving trail snail, leaving behind trails of acid to vex your players.

Items

We've also got 16 new items and 2 new grafts to reward your players with as they fight tooth and nail to survive in the bowels of The Dark Below. Items like: the Espier Eye Stalk rod - with its variations granting miscellaneous magical effects on the target; the Darklight Torch - a magical torch that only creates light for the creature holding it; and the Drill Arm graft - perfect for tunneling through the encasing rock.

And gain access to our 5 latest Sigils. Sigils are a magical combination of runes emblazoned onto the surface of a weapon or piece of armor, wand, staff, potion, wondrous item or another magical or mundane item, bestowing a permanent magical effect onto that item. This grants your players even more ways to customize their gear and weapons, and yet another tool for you as the GM to reward your party with.

Spells

November also brings our 5 latest spells: with things like Secret Tunnel, Wayfinder, and Pet Rock! (I mean who doesn't want to magically create a pet rock...)

Player Options

You know that we love our player options, and this month we're bringing you TWO new player races native to The Dark Below. Check out the chitinous insectoids - the Glowum - and the crystalline Lazulite!

You'll also get our latest monk subclass - the Way of the Dark! Monks of the Way of the Dark forgo sight to focus on their other senses, tuning their bodies and minds to respond to the world around them without vision.

And rounding out the player options are our 5 latest feats and 2 deficiencies to help flesh out your player characters.

Maps

We've also got 8 new subterranean battle maps ready for the included encounters (or just as easily used as standalone maps). These maps are available in both gridded and gridless variants, AND we'll be offering both options going forward (and also working through the backlog as we continue on).

Tokens

And lastly, we are bringing you 7 VTT-ready tokens for all of your online needs!

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Comment below what you're most looking forward to using at your table, and be sure to join the Critical Crafting discord channel to stay in the loop with our growing community and to help us brainstorm new content! The folks of the Hivemind continue to blow us away with their contributions of ideas for spells, items, monsters and more!

If this sounds as cool to you as it is to us, be sure to join in the fun and help contribute to future releases!

It's hard to believe that we're already coming up on the end of 2023, and the upcoming "Beasts of the Frozen Wastes" release! This year has been so much fun, and we're only getting started!

- Dillon, Cameron, Connor, Christian and Sarah