Terror has gripped the town of Erminsk as people have begun to mysteriously disappear. Folk whisper of a creature that stalks Blackridge forest, claiming its victims from within the fog. Now even the lumber workers refuse to enter the woodland and production is brought to a standstill.
Are the folk tales true, and has the Haunt truly come to the town of Erminsk? It is up to the adventurers to find out what is lurking within the wood and save the town.
The Haunt of Erminsk is an adventure for characters level 3-5, and is compatible with Dungeons & Dragons 5e. The adventure is an investigation into the cause of the disappearances with many clues and leads to follow up on. The Haunt of Erminsk mystery will fit easily within any fantasy campaign setting.
We’re offering both digital and physical reward tiers, with the physical book being 8.5″x11″, full-color, and perfect-bound softcover.
“Over a dozen NPCs are included, including the blacksmith, the alchemist, the innkeeper, and the parents of the missing people. Every single person at least one important clue or fact to drop, leading to a rewarding fact-following journey for the players. Plus, everyone has full color portraits and easy-to-read sidebars of case information organized into bullet points.
I love the way this mystery is organized. Keeping track of what happened, what the motivations were, and what each character knows is made extremely intuitive thanks to the layout. We’re also given full color battle maps (for the very few battles) and immersive player handouts. Even custom VTT token borders are provided — nice!”
—Eric Watson
The book is already complete and a proof of the physical copy has been made. The funding goal is set to cover the costs of the initial print run only, all other expenses have all ready been covered. Once we have the total number of orders we will send the job to the printer.
We are actually targeting a June release, but have listed an August delivery date to allow some room for any issues that may occur.
For both the physical and digital delivery we have partnered with WoGD (World of Game Design). They have handled kickstarters for many other independent publishers as well as their own projects. Because we have partnered with an established distributor, this will help to keep shipping costs down. Our current estimates are:
- $8 within the US
- $19 Canada
- $22 United Kingdom
If there’s enough support from EU/UK backers, we have begun discussions with a local distributor to do a second print run over there, which would significantly reduce shipping costs to those locations. We will post an update if this becomes the case.
Athelu Enterprises was founded by long-time gamer Sean Hook as an independent publisher and provider of publishing resources for the role playing game industry. Having over 30 years of experience (mostly as a Forever DM), Sean has run many, many, games within a multitude of systems, but has always tweaked, modified and customized the rules or settings to deliver the desired affect.
Legends of Athelu is the product line of self-produced, high-quality, ready to use titles for Dungeon Masters. The product line will include stand alone adventures, expansive story arcs and campaign settings.
