Along a cold and isolated riverside, deep in the primeval forest, a small team of adventurers makes an emergency landing at a rotting and waterlogged village to repair their leaking boat. Little do they know that, deep within a nearby temple-tomb, a wretched, forgotten god-thing from centuries long past seeks to make its return amidst rituals of plague and suffering. Will our trapped adventurers defeat the god-thing once and for all, or will they too be stolen away to perform the Rites of Weeping?

Characters include Professor Oston Misthill, halfling academic; Lennart Turnip-Warden, cleric and protector of all things earthen and turnip; and Nixell Metgard, fearless dwarven leader.

This is the first of two sessions of Old-School Essentials, using the folk horror adventure "Rites of Weeping" by Harry Menear. For more on Old-School Essentials, check out necroticgnome.com. Rites of Weeping can be purchased at https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/409267/Rites-of-Weeping.

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. To find out more about the Open Hearth gaming community, check out openhearthgaming.com

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