Campaign: Crass Menagerie

The Crass Menagerie campaign of Materia D&D started on October 20th, 2019. It is currently active and has followed the group of adventurers known as the Crass Menagerie across the nation of Kled.

So far, the campaign has consisted of three main acts.

## Player Characters

The members of the Crass Menagerie throughout this campaign so far have been:

## Acts

### Act 1

* First Episode: "A Path Made" (Episode 1)
* Last Episode: Episode 14

The as-yet-unnamed adventuring party is formed by a chance encounter outside of Vulpine. Then after witnessing a gruesome murder of a very special Plainscow and investigating some mysterious pig-men that appeared, they proceed to dismantle a series of horrifying "engines" that were producing swinefolk. Through cunning and a bit of brute force, the party brokers a peace between these swinefolk and the residents of Vulpine.

### Act 2

* First Episode: Episode 15
* Last Episode: Episode 94

#### Joining the Adventurer's League (Episodes 15 - 20)

The party dubs themselves the "Crass Menagerie" as they join the Adventurer's League of Greenhill with the references provided by Navori. They are allowed to enlist with no hassle, and quickly take up one of the quests posted in the league hall. Upon completing this quest and collecting the bounty, the Menagerie are approached by Wigs to investigate some strange occurrences in the north side of Greenhill. The party uncovers some nasty critters roaming the sewers and report back to Wigs who remarks of his concern about this and notes that he has seen strange things happening to some of the ingredients coming out of the mills in town, producing unexpected results. Meanwhile Dregnar has made fast friends with a woman who needed our help seeking out an oracle in the Deeproot Marsh to the west of Greenhill.

#### Foray Into Deeproot (Episodes 20 - 30)

The party ventures into Deeproot Marsh and discovers that the scourge of undead has taken strong root there, corrupting it. In their search for the oracle they are confronted by a powerful being with undead legions under her sway. During this encounter, they find the true oracle (Mathras) who informs them that this was a Hag and that she and her sisters are using a necromancer's tower within the marsh to maintain this corruption with the ultimate goal of resurrecting their Hag Mother who was banished many millennia ago.

The Menagerie returns to Greenhill to inform the Adventurer's League and to prepare for venturing back into the marsh to clear out the tower.

#### The Corruption Within (Episodes 31 - 42)

The Menagerie finally gets to make acquaintance with the leader of the Adventurer's League, Ceb Debs. They fill him in on what they learned in Deeproot, and Ceb brings the group up to date on his efforts in town as well as the increasing threat from the giants to the east of town. Upon hearing of the elevated state of danger in town, the Menagerie agrees to assist where they can in town but that they do wish to return to Deeproot to investigate the necromancer tower.

## Gameplay Changes / Customization

Although this campaign uses the Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition system, some changes have been made to customize the play experience.

This campaign also allows all **Optional Class Features** introduced in *Tasha's Cauldron of Everything*

### Variant Rules

*(Main article: Variant Rules: Crass Menagerie)*

This campaign uses the following variant rules:

* Milestone Experience
* Feats (using the custom Materia Feats system)
* Flanking
* Encumbrance

### House Rules

*(Main article: House Rules: Crass Menagerie)*

This campaign uses the following house rules:

* Custom Character Creation Rules
* Max HP First 3 Levels
* Faster Attunement
* Brutal/Truly Criticals
* Bonus Action Potions
* 15 ft Standing From Prone
* AoO When Standing From Prone
* Healer's Kit Dependency
* Ration Dependency
* Hidden Death Saves
* Intelligence Bonus Benefits
* KO Exhaustion
* Enhanced Exhaustion

### Class Updates

This campaign uses all of the class updates in Materia D&D as well as the custom Warlord class