Monstrous Appetites

A young woman is being sacrificed by royal decree to a beautiful, cruel, and ravenous harpy. And your band of wandering mercenaries has been hired to rescue her. But this job is anything but easy! Local legends say the harpy’s lair is haunted, the two guarding the sacrifice are both notorious badasses, and it turns out that one or more of you have history with the queen ordering the sacrifice.

Break hearts and vows, grapple fist and claw, and uncover the twisted truth behind the sacrifices in this unofficial one-shot adventure written for Thirsty Sword Lesbians.

This adventure is intended for 1-2 sessions, and has 17 pages of immersive material, including:

• Pitch and hook 
• Locations
• Characters
• Adventure-specific playbook prompts
• GM info, including:
  • What's really going on?
  • Scene ideas
  • Characters' juicy secrets
  • Guidance on romance, pacing, and themes
  • Ideas for further adventures

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Many thanks to everyone who helped me create and playtest this adventure, especially Alexa Fae McDaniel and Siân Ada who both provided detailed editing and feedback, The Shiving Tree for her help further developing Integria and their vows with me, Erin Edwards for further developing the previous sacrifices with me, and April Kit Walsh for help with playbooks prompts as well as her love and support.

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This setting was designed in the Tamien Nation and Chochenyo lands, also known as San Jose and Oakland, on the unceded territories of Chochenyo, Muwekma, and Tamien Nation Oholone peoples.

Despite state-sanctioned murder, land-theft, and marginalization, the people of these nations and lands still live in these lands, practicing their traditional culture and religion. You can support them through donation, learning about them and their culture, and being mindful of how you represent indigenous communities and colonial forces in the stories you tell.

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This work uses material from the Thirsty Sword Lesbians roleplaying game (found at https://swordlesbians.com), designed by April Kit Walsh and published by Evil Hat Productions, LLC, pursuant to the open license available at poweredbylesbians.com. Thirsty Sword Lesbians™ is a trademark of April Kit Walsh. The Powered by Lesbians Logo is © April Kit Walsh, and is used pursuant to the open licensing terms at http://poweredbylesbians.com