Murders at Lorelahc Manor: 5e Mysteries at the Masquerade
Your blackmailer is missing at the masquerade and her husband is found violently murdered. With only 24 hours until your secrets are released, it's a race against time to find her and the killer before more dead guests ruin the party.
Miles below the surface, a manor sits on the edge of an enchanting lake. Each year, when glowing moonwhales come to mate in Lorelahc Lake, the Lady of Steel and her husband throw the season's most exclusive masquerade ball. But when both hosts and guests start dying, only you can prevent further tragedy.
Murders at Lorelahc Manor launches on Kickstarter July 28th 2024! The 100-page book has everything you need to run two twisty 5e murder mysteries in a campaign of stolen identities, Machiavellian schemes, and greed. The campaign's mysteries are complex enough to withstand spellcasting and player ingenuity, but simple enough they can still be solved!
The book includes a prologue one-shot and campaign that can be run individually or together for four player characters with an average party level of 3, 5, or 7. Equipped with riveting lore about Lorelahc Manor, the Rock Sea, and the Umbral Glade, you can expand this campaign well beyond the average runtime of 5–8 sessions (15–24 hours).
Recommended for fans of Clue, Knives Out, and Agatha Christie novels.
This 100-page setting and campaign book includes:
- Out of Time: A prologue one-shot that combines an escape room and a murder mystery with a time travel twist!
- Death & Dancing: An expansive murder mystery at a masquerade culminating in a climactic confrontation with a powerful immortal duo.
- Over 40 pieces of custom human-made art, including 20+ fully illustrated NPCs, two surprising and devious murder weapons, monsters, items, and more!
- 6 sprawling maps with over 50 keyed locations.
- NPC cheat sheets with testimony, alibis, secrets, and more to help you run multiple suspects with believable motives!
Click here for a free PDF preview of the first ready-to-use encounter that showcases the manor's kitchen and the secret behind the ice cellar...
No murder mansion is complete without hidden passages and secret rooms. Worried about your players' low passive Perception? No problem! The manor is filled with enough lore and clues to reward even the most aimless wandering.
The Story
An invitation to Lorelahc Manor's annual masquerade is usually cause for celebration. Your invitation, however, came with a threat: deliver a gift to the Lady of Steel on the morning of the ball, or she will release your secrets to the world.
After the Lady goes missing and her husband, the duke, is murdered, you soon discover that maybe she isn't just missing—she might another victim! You'll have to sleuth and schmooze with gathered guests to find the truth.
Murders at Lorelahc Manor was written by Andie Margolskee and illustrated by Chelsea Crane.
Andie is a postdoctoral oceanographer by day and a TTRPG writer by night. Andie's other bestselling TTRPG titles can be found on DMsGuild or you can find them and say hi on Threads, Bluesky, or Instagram!
Chelsea's illustrations have appeared in projects such as the animated series Epithet Erased, the deluxe limited edition of Within the Hollow Heart, and more! Find her work here.
Murders at Lorelahc Manor launches on Kickstarter July 28th 2024 and will run until August 26th!
