The Road to Monsterberg¸ Chapter 1 (d20)
You've faced dragons. You've faced demons. You may have even faced Beholders. But have you ever stared down a robber knight?
Welcome to the 15th Century! The year is 1456 and you are a weary traveler making your way from the war-torn Balkans back toward the relative security of the Holy Roman Empire. The only thing that stands in your way is the Duchy of Silesia: Three hundred miles of castles¸ fortified towns¸ and deep¸ spooky forests¸ drained by the waters of the mighty Oder river. This land of mystery and intrigue is a melting pot of three great cultures: German¸ Polish¸ and Czech¸ and the region is well known both for the strife between its many feuding lords¸ magnified by the interference of outside powers¸ and the great wealth of its many mines. The great Via Regia¸ the Kings Road¸ travels from the well protected Royal city of Krakow to the security of Breslau¸ the mighty Free City known to the Poles as Wroclaw and to the Czechs as Vertislav. But to get there you'll have to run the gauntlet of Robber knights¸ bandits¸ and the mysterious denizens of the misty woodlands.
The road to Monsterberg¸ Chapter 1 is a historically based adventure module¸ part of the Codex Adventum series¸ and designed for use with the Codex Martialis historical combat system. It is the first of a three chapter series¸ but can be played as a stand-alone adventure. The Road To Monsterberg is set in Central Europe in the year 1456. It comes with historical maps of the region¸ towns and castles¸ as well as detailed descriptions of towns¸ markets with equipment and prices¸ standardized and specific NPCs and both random and planned encounters. This module comes with 12 pre-generated characters which up to 6 can be chosen by your players¸ or you can use your own. It is intended for 4-7 characters of levels 4-6¸ made for a low-magic¸ historical setting. All that is needed to play this module is the Codex Martialis Quickstart rules¸ which can be purchased here for 3.99 or downloaded for free from the Codex Integrum website.