Temple of the Ruby Sands

A year ago I published a Dungeons & Dragons adventure titled The Stonecutter Samurai which was written to share with my friends and co-workers at Automattic. This year I wrote another adventure, Temple of the Ruby Sands!  As it has now been played a total of seven times and I’ve cleaned up the stats and wording, I’d like to share it with you.

The game is a one-shot adventure for a group of 2nd-level characters and runs in about 3-4 hours (I’m getting better at making them short!). It was designed to be fun for brand new players and experienced die rollers alike. It should even have enough info be run by new DMs (although you may want to get to know the D&D 5e rules a bit first)!

Here is the teaser text:

An ancient temple, buried deep in the desert, has recently been excavated by an eccentric Dwarven archeologist. Unfortunately, the excavation site is surrounded by blood-red sand that many locals claim to be cursed, and the archaeologist’s last team was killed when they discovered a series of deadly traps within. Now he desperately wants to hire a new team to return and claim the temple’s treasure, but is there something more to this ancient ruin than meets the eye?

If you feel like braving the Temple of the Ruby Sands, you can download the adventure here.

(Awesome formatting courtesy of The Homebrewery.)