In the center of a peaceful grove of the forest lies a large, perennially red-leafed maple: The Vitacernis. A mouse community thrives in the treetops of the surrounding grove, its citizens friendly if a little eccentric. They revere the grand tree and believe that the sacred red sap it produces has divine curative powers.
When the red sap stops flowing and the Viscount's son falls ill, brave mice are secretly sent inside the tree to find any sap that remains. Inside they find the ruins of an ancient settlement tangled in its roots, meet a rat necromancer and the results of his experiments, and learn the secrets of the mysterious maple and its life-giving sap.
The Vitacernis is an 8x5" 20-page risograph-printed zine for the Mausritter RPG containing:
- Ruby Grove - A mouse settlement with 16 locations and 20 NPCs to meet
- 4 major NPCs with backgrounds, behaviors, and open-ended plot hooks
- An adventure that sees the PCs delving inside the tree, uncovering ancient ruins, meeting its new inhabitants, and discovering the strange tree’s origins
- A 14 entry bestiary, 2 new spells and conditions, and a 40 entry treasure table containing some treasure unique to the setting
- A separate cut-out item sheet containing the new conditions, spells, and a selection of 11 detailed items
- A set of tools for GMs to integrate Ruby Grove and The Vitacernis into an existing campaign including: a table of both local and hexcrawl-level rumors, a table of location/NPC features to easily plug in alternates from an existing campaign, and aftermath prompts to guide what happens in the world following the adventure
- Inside the Vitacernis Map Illustration by Evlyn Moreau
The team:
Written by: Brian Stauffer
Illustrated by: Evlyn Moreau & Brian Stauffer
The Vitacernis is an independent production by Brian Stauffer and is not affiliated with Losing Games. It is published under the Mausritter Third Party Licence.
20 pages, scarlet & black risograph printed 5x8" zine, with page of item cards. Includes PDF.
This is a deluxe reprint of
