u/1ucKet made a fantastic set of maps for this adventure, that are a hell of a lot better than the hand drawn things I had in the document (which were more to show the DM where things are and visual ideas): Amazing maps

About the adventure

Carefully navigate and uncover the mysteries of Humantown, a town definitely full of humans. Players are required to rescue their friend (as curiosity had got the better of them), through interacting with strange mimicries of people in a town that shouldn't exist.

This is a short adventure that should only last a single 3-4 hour session. It is balanced for a party of four 5th level characters but could definitely work for parties of 4th or 6th level. The adventure has a small amount of investigation and roleplay but is more weighted towards combat, and the final encounter is likely to be a large combat gauntlet.

GM Binder link: Full adventure

Direct pdf download (GM Binder can sometimes faff with formatting): Full adventure (pdf)

Map jpgs (also included in PDF, these are for use in roll20 or other service with grid dimensions listed): Maps

This post is the adventure rundown. Appendices and statblocks are also included in the pdfs.

Balancing Notes

If running with a lower level or smaller party, consider the following:

• The final enemy, Alastair can cast lightning bolt multiple times. You may want to reduce his number of 4th and 3rd level spell slots to one or two, as that spell hits hard.
• There are a few key enemies with resistance and immunity to non-magical attacks, so ensure the adventurers are capable of dealing with them.
• If the party is in combat with Humantown denizens, there are usually notes on adding reinforcements each round. Try not to exceed twice as many party members as that will certainly overwhelm them. And to avoid overwhelming the party you can play up the idiocy of the denizens as they should easily get confused in combat and have a complete lack of tactics.

Background

Alistair Porridgepot was never taken seriously by the magical elite. It wasn’t that he was an unskilled wizard, it was that his ideas were considered ridiculous or

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

BamBOO!

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

I won't be doing that today!

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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

You take away their little brooms

It was about a weak back.

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Nothing, it just waved

Him: I can explain everything!

(It's his best joke yet I think)

Bob

Just to clarify, 12345678

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

There hasn't been a post all year!