Mists of Akuma: Festering Crowns (5e)
A Mists of Akuma adventure for 4‐6 PCs of 5th level. Delve into the eastern fantasy noir steampunk world of Mists of Akuma ( original setting book | anniversary edition ) with this impressive adventure by the author of Honorable Wills. The secluded bunki-mura of Byoki is a safe haven for tanuki from the cruelty of Shinko Prefecture but this peace is not without a price-in this case the souls of a wayward group of adventurers. Shortly after a bengoshi orders them to the hidden forest village the PCs awaken in an isolated grove with strange rotting crowns atop their heads¸ grisly clawed items that refuse to be removed. To save themselves from a terrible fate the party must survive the ritual grounds of a coven of mistwraith witches before finally confronting their duplicitous employer! The tanuki forest village of Byoki and maps for 8 different encounters and locations. Yaoguai (CR 7)¸ mistwraith witch (CR 8)¸ dread totem (CR 2)¸ rotcrown cackler (CR 5)¸ tanuki onryo (CR 3)¸ baku (CR 5)¸ tikbalang (CR 9)¸ undead wyvern (CR 8)¸ tanuki guard (CR 1/2)¸ Imperial Rebuilder (CR 9)¸ and of course a smattering of adeddo-oni (hunchlings CR 2¸ ninja CR 3¸ samurai CR 5¸ mage CR 8). A handout for tracking the curses afflicting each of the adventurers.