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The Gnome Initiative: Attack of the Mind Crawlers Part 1 | 9th Level Fifth Edition Adventure (Patreon)

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2021-03-08 21:18:48

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2023-11

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THE GNOME INITIATIVE: ATTACK OF THE MIND CRAWLERS PART I

Update: Complete Roll20 Module with parts 1 and 2 is now live!

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The Gnome Initiative is a Fifth Edition adventure intended for three to six characters of 8th to 10th level and is optimized for a party of four characters with an average party level (APL) of 9. Characters who complete this adventure will earn enough experience to reach one-third of the way to 10th level. A mysterious island has trapped our brave adventurers, and they are searching for a way to escape. They stumble across a secret gnome facility that mind-controlling aliens are attacking. This adventure is set in the Broadsword Monthly Issue 15 Island setting but can be adapted to fit any campaign with a jungle island and a small island off the coast.

Background

A mysterious island is traveling between the planes of existence and collecting creatures and people who find themselves trapped and unable to escape. With no way to escape, many of the island’s inhabitants attempt to dominate the rest of the creatures and people stuck there. Some try to make the best of their situation and build shelters, while others seek to understand the island’s nature and find a way back to their proper homes.

One such group calls itself the G.H.A.R.M.A. Initiative — Gnomes for Home And Restoration of Magical Apparatus. A band of brilliant gnome engineers, the Initiative has built multiple facilities around the northern part of the island to study its ability to phase between the planes in hopes of controlling it. They have developed a machine that taps into the island’s power and are close to creating a working portal.

They recently determined that one of the small islands off the northern coast is not, in fact, an island at all — it’s a derelict spacecraft that has been crashed there for decades.

After bringing some samples back to their jungle facility for study, the gnomes made a shocking discovery; the ship belonged to a species of mind-controlling beings that burrow into their victim’s minds and take control of their bodies — and they are still alive.