The Wavestone Monolith (Shadowdark)
The Wavestone Monolith is a short one-page dungeon by Kelsey Dionne for Shadowdark that was part of the kickstarter and can be aquired as part of a small 5-pack here. Bryce Lynch over at tenfootpole.org reviewed it favourably here.
We integrated it into our ongoing Gloaming Hexmap (Hex 1409) from Cursed Scroll #1 with the Mindflayers affecting the dreams of the citizens of the nearby Marin’s Hold. It is a small seven room dungeon that took us two sessions to complete with a slightly underleveled party. It does a great job of communicating a specific “nautiloid vibe” for lack of a better term and present a few interesting challenges, such as a tunnel to dive through to some underwater treasure, a strange statue demanding an offering or mindflayers at different degrees of transitioning. The adventure almost carries a kind of horror vibe that I found reminiscent of the Alien movies! Great! Also, the very “wet” setting of the dungeon provided a lot of opportunities to “attack the light” and lean into the unique torch mechanic of Shadowdark. The mindflayer/brain eater at the end was very challenging to overcome and necessitated a return to town to recover, but was bested at last. Overall a very tight package with a challenging final fight and a great unique treasure to uncover at the end. 7/10