From publisher blurb:
A holiday fusion of dark folktales and modern nostalgia, for characters level 2-4.
It is the darkest time of the year, but the snows which normally come to cover the mountains and forest have failed to arrive. Trees cling to withered leaves against a strange dry wind, and two small gnomes beg the party for help in a story as mad as the seasons..
Do You Fear What I Fear?
For as long as any have known, the lands around the Northwood has owed a tithe of blood to the wicked Night Queen. This dark offering has always been collected on Midwinter Eve every year for centuries by her horrific spawn, a black beast of thorns, teeth, and soot known as Cinderclaws.
But this year, everything feels wrong. The winter snows have not come. The skies are heavy with black clouds. Roads are thick with mud, and the air smells of sulfur and death.
And no one has seen any sign of Cinderclaws anywhere.
To save the Holiday and the World, first you must save a dark monster who many think is only a myth..
The adventure takes the players through an open area town map, then into a more exploration focused dungeon crawl, and finishes up with a series of cinematic and challenging encounters, which combine enemy forces and the landscape to challenge the party and players alike.
Yule be having an adventure this year!
The Year Without a Cinderclaws is a low tier adventure for the 5th edition of the world's greatest roleplaying game. Inspired simultaneously by medieval yule horrors and modern tv holiday special nostalgia, woven together into a unique and fantastic wintery fey adventure.
The Year Without a Cinderclaws contains:
70+ pages of highly illustrated adventure content, with detailed area and encounter descriptions, including background and lore.
Three artistically rendered full-color Point Crawl maps.
At least 10 new monsters, styled to fit the 'winter dark fairytale' theme, including creatures like Glitterfrost Mephits, Gingerdead Men, Frost Beasts, and the dreaded Partridgebeartree (a distant relative of the owlbear)..
At least 15 new magic items & spells, each bringing a special touch of magic to your campaign world.
New Tokens and Maps for online play, in the VTT Bundle.
Each of the main areas in the adventure has beautiful fully illustrated tourist-style maps! Come for the madcap adventure, stay for the hospitality, but don't miss out on some of the finest fishing this side of the Feywild!