Complete Campaigns
Below you’ll find books that outline complete campaigns that can be used from start to finish for your Demon Lord games, each one is a complete one-stop solution to running a fully fledged Shadow of the Demon Lord Campaign. [avia_table]
Title | Author | Cover | Description | Purchase |
Tales of the Demon Lord | Robert J. Schwalb | ![]() |
Complete campaign series of 11 adventures set in the Northern Reach. | |
Tales of the Desolation | Jerry LeNeave, Andrew Follet, Nat Webb, Greg Marks | ![]() |
A series of 4 adventures showcasing Tombs of the Desolation. | |
Queen of Gold: Tales of the Pirate Isles | ![]() |
Complete Freeport campaign that takes a group of starting characters to the culmination of their master paths. |
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Shadow of the Demon Lord Adventures
Here you’ll find all of the official Schwalb Entertainment published adventures for Shadow of the Demon Lord, sorted by level ascending. Perfect for placing directly into your existing campaign, running as one offs, or stringing 10 together in a row to form a completely custom campaign. [avia_table]
Title | Author | Level | Cover | Description | Purchase |
Dead by Dawn | Rob Wieland | Starting | ![]() |
Find a way to survive an onslaught of undead, characters must stay alive until sunrise. | |
Dark Deeds in Last Hope | Robert J. Schwalb | Starting | ![]() |
As citizens of Last Hope, characters must work together to unravel local intrigue and dark magic, forging the bonds needed to carry them onto greater adventures. | |
The Witching Wood | Eric Scott de Bie | Starting | ![]() |
Save the town of Respite from the horror lurking in the haunted forest that stands on the edge of civilization. | |
A Year Without Rain | Bruce Cordell | Starting | ![]() |
Townsfolk found dead and dry as shed snakeskins. Papery and crumbling bodies turn up night after night, but what’s wrong within one remaining source of water for miles around? | |
The Slaver’s Lash | Chris Pramas | Starting | ![]() |
A band of orc slavers has begun plundering frontier towns for slaves to sell or use for sport. Characters begin among the captives and must escape captivity and reach civilization. | |
Survival of the Fittest | Robert J. Schwalb | Starting | ![]() |
Victims of a bandit attack on their caravan, characters are trapped and lost in a hostile wilderness. They must learn to work together and discover the people they might one day become. | |
Necessary Sacrifices | Robert J. Schwalb | Novice | ![]() |
Nothing is quite what it seems and even choices made out of kindness and empathy could have dire repercussions. Characters must unmask the true threat and destroy it. | |
The Knife In Your Hand | Shanna Germain | Novice | ![]() |
Tough, life-changing (and possibly life-ending) decisions must be made. Characters will decide how best to use the weapon given to them; the weapon itself isn’t life, or death, or redemption until it is wielded by a hand that makes it so. | |
One Perfect Moment | Colin McComb | Novice | ![]() |
Promises of pleasure, of wisdom, and escape draws young and old into the clutches of the Adepts of the Epiphany. Characters finds themselves investigating these strangers and their unusual society to determine the fate of one young woman. Can the characters resist the temptation to join the cult? | |
The Demon’s Wet Nurse | Stan! | Novice | ![]() |
Caught in a net of a cult’s plot to wreak havoc and loose a hideous demon into the world, the characters explore the community and deal with the locals to gather the clues they need to find the source of the threat. | |
Blood Will Run | Dan Heinrich | Novice | ![]() |
Characters become embroiled in a mystery involving the disappearance of twin boys and the theft of a valuable blade. The deeper the characters investigate, the more horror they uncover until they can drag the true villain into the light. | |
The Huntsman’s Isle | Skip Williams | Novice | ![]() |
This challenging adventure takes groups to the brink of madness as they explore the ruins of a haunted castle and its environs. Loaded with deadly challenges and nasty foes, characters have their work cut out for them if they would take on the Huntsman! | |
The Apple of Her Eye | Steve Kenson | Novice | ![]() |
Characters in which they come across a prosperous village with a thriving apple orchard and a terrible secret. The group completes the adventure when they confront the wicked faerie responsible for the village’s plight. | |
The God Below | Steve Winter | Novice | ![]() |
The characters investigate the temple of a newly emerged religion to determine whether the god Duvia is a benevolent deity or a threat to safety and the existing order and must destroy the horror unearthed in the temple’s bowels. | |
Quintet | Scott Fitzgerald Gray | Expert | ![]() |
Flenfeld’s shrine to the New God was built upon the broken ruins of an ancient monastery, beneath which are secret catacombs and caverns long lost to memory, defeat the evil that dwells beneath the shrine. | |
Saving Face | Jennifer Clarke Wilkes | Expert | ![]() |
The tiny fishing village of Rock Rump has only one claim to fame: its juicy and flavorful fried clams. Unfortunately the Demon Lord’s shadow touched the clam beds, unleashing a terrible infestation that threatens the entire coast. | |
He Sees You When You’re Sleeping | Jerry LeNeave | Expert | ![]() |
A fledgling cult has taken root in an abandoned asylum just outside the village of Hund, attempting to harness the essence of a horrific demon called the Krampus: a malevolent entity infamous for hunting, terrorizing, and killing children all across Rûl. | |
Forbidden Fruits | KL Resler | Expert | ![]() |
Explores the mortal peril that the growing darkness poses to even the most virtuous of people. Anyone can be warped into debauchery and madness when they dwell in lands on which the shadow falls. | |
A Case of Consumption | David Noonan | Expert | ![]() |
All three heirs to the Garnach family line have gone missing, more an exploration than a mystery—the culprit’s motives and plans become clear after a rudimentary investigation, which leads to the true danger; a dark, and mysterious cave on the shores of Mirror Lake. | |
The Feast of the Father | Jason Bulmahn | Expert | ![]() |
Argron’s Dock’s local festivities are soon to take place, and the townsfolk invite characters to participate. Exploring the town and interacting with the unhinged people living there should provide ample warning of the danger lying in wait. | |
The Flute of Farewell | Steve Dee | Expert | ![]() |
Characters are hired to deliver the flute to a cult and bring payment back to their employer. Things become difficult when the cult doesn’t want to pay, and, when the flute’s original owner comes looking for it. | |
The Gorgon’s Tears | Cam Banks | Expert | ![]() |
An ideal bridge between expert and master levels of play. The characters must confront the gorgon Lachrymosa in her lair and either defeat her or join her in conquering the city under which she lives. | |
Beware the Tides of Karshoon | T.S. Luikart | Expert | ![]() |
A dead pirate’s vengeful curse has seized a poor neighborhood. The people of Bilgewaterare beset by many ills, such as waves consuming a school and folk being torn apart in broad daylight, torn to bloody chunks by invisible demons. | |
The Star’s Refuge | Monte Cook | Expert | ![]() |
Characters seek toe enter a fabled extradimensional refuge. Once found, they must gain entry and decide whether to pay the dark price required by the master of the refuge to enjoy the safety it promises. |
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A Measure of Faith | Steve Townshend | Expert | ![]() |
The story of a lie that becomes powerful because people believe it; enough hysteria to spark a holy war and takes the physical shape of the fictitious boogeyman. Characters must choose between feeding the people comfortable lies, or revealing the grim facts. | |
Wretched | Shane Hensley | Expert | ![]() |
The locals a witch has cursed their children with an unnatural disease and the locals have placed a bounty on her head. There is a twist however, and once characters determine the true cause of the children’s sickness they’ll need to make some tough choices. | |
The Man Who Fell To Urth | Robert J. Schwalb | Master | ![]() |
A strange blue giant appears and by dawn he’s surrounded by a score of dour, salamander warriors. What does all this portend? When demons start appearing and cultists crawl out of the woodwork, the answers seem clear. Or do they? | |
The Last Train to Darksville | Robert J. Schwalb | Master | ![]() |
A rail caravan from Devil’s Breach to Darksville has failed to show up for three days running, and no one in Devil’s Breach can figure out why. Characters investigate to see what’s keeping the trains from running on time as they ride what may well be the last train to Darksville. | |
The Darkness In Shadowturrets | Ed Greenwood | Master | ![]() |
A landscape beset by shuffling bones, bizarre magic, and hideous, alien monstrosities. Characters will have to use every trick they have to survive the many perils waiting in the ruins of Shadowturrets! | |
Oblivion’s Edge | Stephen Radney-McFarland | Master | ![]() |
Members of an ancient order need capable individuals to transport a a sacred relic to an ancient monastery standing on the edge of reality. If they succeed, they have a chance to strike a terrific blow against the doom blighting the world. If they fail, the end of all things will truly begin. | |
Heart of Winter | Chris Sims | Master | ![]() |
The lands languish in the grip of false winter as screaming blasts of cold come pouring out from a tear in the fabric of reality. What does it portend? Who or what is behind it? Is the end of all things truly at hand? | |
The Measure of a Man | Scott Fitzgerald Gray | Master | ![]() |
A legendary museum guarded by tireless clockwork servants, designed to store the intellectual seeds of civilization until the threat of the Demon Lord is vanquished has become corrupted via cultists, characters must save the day! | |
With My Last Scream | Mirand Horner | Master | ![]() |
The ghost of Perdita inhabits a haunted house as its sole, lost inhabitant. The house is a trap and during this adventure the characters discover hat the worst monsters can be human. | |
The Giant’s Tribute | Rich Baker | Master | ![]() |
The lazy giant brute, Roog Muttonfist, accepts tributes of livestock and ale to keep from knocking down houses and eating people. Something’s wrong with this month’s offering though and Last night Roog came down and demanded people instead of sheep. |
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