Greetings, fellow creators!

Presented for you is a list of 50 Cosmic Horror Hooks to spark your mind for plot creations for your new or ongoing campaign, ideas for writers to create a horrific novel, or a prompt for A. I.

It's up to you!

Inside, you'll find 50 Hooks, or ideas, to help your creative juices flow.

This edition centers on Cosmic Horror, both terrestrial and beyond.

From the 1920's to the 2300's, world-shaking, or locally horrific.

This product is designed to be system-agnostic and compatible with any pen-and-paper role-playing game system.

These horror hooks are provided to help you start a quick game, a campaign, or even create your own novel.

Please remember to review or comment after purchasing.

So sit back, pick a horror, and create your worlds!

This gamebook is available for this price until February 21st 11 AM US Eastern time. 

Demons & Dungeoneers! The Gaze of a Gorgon (Solo Adventure) Regular price: 0 Bundle price: 0 Format: PDF

Salutations! May good fortunes always find you! If you are unsure about purchasing a Demons & Dungeoneers gamebook, download the very first one I wrote for free - Demons & Dungeoneers! The Dragonslayer. That way you can see if it is right for you.  Demons and Dungeoneers! The Gaze of a Gorgon is a gamebook using a sword & sorcery story. To play the game, you will need a 6-sided die or generator. Inside the PDF downloads: - You can choose from 6 pre-made dungeoneers, each with individual (fillable) character sheets, eliminating the need to use a pencil and eraser to play the game. - The gamebook is hyperlinked after each action. - There are over 400 illustrations drawn by various professional artists. - The rules are only four pages long, which will help you engage in the...

Across the blackened straits lies an island whispered of in fear and defiance—an outlaw realm ruled not by crowns, but by blades. What began as scattered raiders and exiles has hardened into a true bandit kingdom, unified under a singular cause: to break the chains of tribute, conquest, and forgotten oaths imposed by distant powers. Now the island burns with purpose. Fleets gather. War-drums echo from cliff-forts and salt caves. Some see the bandit-kingdom as a plague to be erased; others, as the first free realm in an age of tyrants. You arrive at the turning of tides—when loyalty, gold, and blood will decide whether the island becomes legend… or ash.

Across the blackened straits lies an island whispered of in fear and defiance—an outlaw realm ruled not by crowns, but by blades. What began as scattered raiders and exiles has hardened into a true bandit kingdom, unified under a singular cause: to break the chains of tribute, conquest, and forgotten oaths imposed by distant powers. Now the island burns with purpose. Fleets gather. War-drums echo from cliff-forts and salt caves. Some see the bandit-kingdom as a plague to be erased; others, as the first free realm in an age of tyrants. You arrive at the turning of tides—when loyalty, gold, and blood will decide whether the island becomes legend… or ash.

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HOW TO PLAY

In this Solo Adventure you assume the role of an adventurer in a Bronze Age Fantasy setting where kingdoms rise and crumble beneath obsidian skies, and where warlords, sorcerers, and wandering heroes carve their names into the annals of Karnaxos. You will require the Warborn of Karnaxos Core Rulebook (CRB) and any expansions you wish to incorporate. The story you experience is your own. The actions you choose depend on who and what you encounter, and how you elect to interact. Keep a record of your journey, tracking outcomes and branching consequences. Your decisions become the voice of the unseen Storyteller. The world of Karnaxos stirs to life through your interpretation, your vision, and your courage. This template provides structure, direction, narrative density, and motivational clarity, ensuring you always know what drives the hero, what threatens them, and what lies beyond the next torchlit corner.

Enjoy this rickety, slapdash open-front tavern brimming with character and questions! Hidden in the woods on an otherwise lesser travelled road, if you see this tall leaning structure...well, you're definitely gonna be curious, and if you head on in, maybe you'll find a good time and some better stories! Comes with a Coastal version, too!

Includes 2d / 3d, Day / night, Forest / Coastal, gridded / gridless versions!

Fascinating Characters: Strictly NPCs Volume 7

Patrons

Not every legend stands at the center of the firefight.

Some never draw a weapon.

Some never step aboard the ship.

Some never appear on the official record at all.

Yet lanes open. Permits clear. Docking bays shift. Votes turn. Archives unlock. Storms pass.

Strictly NPCs, Patrons introduces a collection of power brokers and quiet benefactors whose influence moves the Imperium without spectacle. These are the figures who do not seek glory—but make it possible.

Each Patron includes background, methods of support, and scenario-ready plot hooks designed to integrate seamlessly into ongoing campaigns. Whether your crew runs freight through volatile subsectors, hunts relics in forgotten systems, or survives politics in the Hub, these patrons provide depth, tension, and consequence without ever stealing the spotlight.

Because in the Imperium, power rarely announces itself.

Sometimes it simply arrives early.

In 2022 out team of DMs at Murder Hobo Inc. came together for a group effort named the Socium Project. A map was created and the lands divided among us. What follows is an overview of one of those areas. Feel free to use it in your own world or as background info for a one shot! Today we explore the "Elephant people".

This adventure setting was designed for 5th Edition AD&D for the Filbar Campaign for any number of adventurers of different levels and a DM.  This reference guide is easily adaptable to most any game and system. Save yourself some time and utilize it for a one shot adventure or a continuing campaign! Don’t forget to follow us on Bluesky @FilbarRPG for news and offers!

The player characters are forced to fight fierce competition from other adventuring parties, dangerous environments and terrifying monsters. All with the goal of finding the lost treasure of Arwan. The adventure will test their martial as well as diplomatic skills, and may challenge their morals. How far will they go, and what dirty tricks are they willing to pull for 2000 gold coins?

This adventure is designed to be set in the same world as Dragonbane’s Misty Vale, but in a faraway land. However, it can be set in almost any fantasy world. It contains all maps and non-player characters needed to play.

Disclaimer: This game is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Fria Ligan AB. This product is published under Fria Ligan AB's Dragonbane Third-Party Tabletop Module License (version 1.0)

Stranded on the eastern coast of Margelda, far from their homeland, the Alderlander army won a great battle but lost their commanders. In despair and grief, the survivors carved an opulent seaside tomb in the rocky cliffs. They buried their leaders and began the long death march back home.

Then three hundred years passed and whether they made it or not, nobody living remembers their names. But nothing stays forgotten for long in the Ravenlands these days.

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An aged letter from a long-dead soldier reveals the location of an opulent seaside tomb from the Alder Wars, and the treasure buried within. The clues will lead the characters to a sprawling ancient battlefield along the eastern coast of Margelda, and eventually to a seaside grave that defies all expectations. In A Tomb of Splendor is both a hexcrawl scenario and an adventure location where logistics are just as important as the combat encounters. It will last you 2-4 sessions of gameplay and it can be run standalone or dropped into any ongoing campaign. It includes new monsters, new regional encounter tables, a new magic item, a doomsday cult sidequest, and it is also absolutely stuffed with hand-drawn illustrations (literally zero AI touched this thing).

I playtest all my releases so you can be sure it isn't some dashed-off nonsense: you are gonna have a great time with this module, guaranteed. You can preview the entire thing before buying so go ahead and dig through it. 

There are 100 possible plot hooks here—roll the die or choose one to spark ideas for your fantasy setting. Each entry is a nudge, a small push toward something to explore with your players. It might be a fleeting intrigue, the seed of a side quest, or the foundation of an overarching campaign. How far you follow that nudge—and where it leads—is entirely up to you.

Step into a land where empires overlap like half-remembered dreams and the river decides who prospers and who vanishes. This richly detailed map of the Territoire d’Orléans captures the southern Mississippi River and the northern Gulf of Mexico as they appeared in the early 1800s—when borders were negotiable, loyalties were fluid, and a single port could change the fate of a continent.

Major settlements of the era are carefully placed, waterways dominate the landscape, and the vast spaces between towns feel as dangerous as they should. This is not a tidy nation-state map—it’s a frontier map, full of implication. Perfect for historical, pseudo-historical, or lightly fantastical campaigns where civilization thins out faster than the ink.

Creative Uses for your game:

• Use it as the primary campaign map for frontier exploration, trade disputes, and river travel adventures
• Anchor a political intrigue game, where French, Spanish, American, and local interests collide without clear borders
• Run a smuggler or privateer campaign along the Mississippi and Gulf coast, with settlements as fragile safe havens
• Serve as a player handout that evolves—add notes, pins, and rumors as the party uncovers the territory

“Kid, Chicago doesn’t bury secrets in the ground—we build skyscrapers on top of ’em and rent out the view.” - Vince “Three-Point” Moretti

Chicago in the late 1800s, a city marred by violence and crime, and illuminated by musicians. This is a perspective view of the city, with north at the top right.

Packed with flavor, this map can be used for:

• A chase through the streets of Chicago, mobsters hot on your tail
• Hunting for a lost stash of loot from the American Civil War
• Seeking the burial place of a prominent Mafia Don

And much more!