Mark's Miniatures & RPG Blog: DCC The Cat & the Resurrection: Interior Art (Sketches)

Mr. Mu was no ordinary cat; he was an extraordinary cat… In fact, you could say he was a genius-level cat. When Mr. Mu’s beloved owner, Mrs. Wynworth, was on her deathbed succumbing to old age, Mr. Mu came up with a plan. He summoned a mysterious woman, dressed entirely in black, to the Village of Greenleaf to resurrect his beloved Mrs. Wynworth when she passed. The Woman in Black performed a mysterious ritual at the death bed of his dying owner.

At Mrs. Wynworth’s funeral, the outcome of the ritual unfolded... Mrs. Wynworth’s coffin opened, her body levitated above the ground. In a state of excitement, Mr. Mu jumped on the pulpit and said, “Mrs. Wynworth, my best friend, I have brought you back from the dead! Oh, rise my beloved Mrs. Wynworth. Rise from the darkness and return to the world of the living.” However, Mr. Mu was deceived. He witnessed the levitating body burst into flame and ash. The ritual the Woman in Black performed at Mrs. Wynworth's deathbed was not a resurrection ritual; instead, it was a ritual to trap the Village on Greenleaf in a pocket dimension.

A thick mist encircled the entire village and storm clouds hid the sky. The Village of Greenleaf was trapped. The Woman in Black rose and hovered in the air. She told the mourners her plan of entrapping the village and devouring their souls. The Woman in Black vanished in a cloud of smoke; she was weak from the ritual and would need to return to her lair to regain her full strength. When she returned, she would devour the villager’s souls.

There was a race against time... A portal would need to be opened to the Woman in Black’s lair. She would need to be defeated while still in a weakened state. Fortunately for the villagers, Murt, whose intelligence was enhanced by experiments performed by extraterrestrials, knew how to create such a portal. Murt worked tirelessly for five days and opened a portal to the Woman in Black’s lair. Now, it will be up to YOUR PLAYERS to transverse the interdimensional lair and defeat the Woman in Black before she regains her full strength.

Ruen, the barmaid

I am in the process of writing a third-party compatible Dungeon Crawl Classics adventure titled ‘The Cat and the Resurrection’, which builds upon earlier adventures I wrote set in the Village of Greenleaf. ‘The Cat and the Resurrection’ is designed for a party of 6 to 10 Level 2 characters. I have completed several interior art sketches for the NPCs, the monsters and encounters found in this adventure.