The Wake: A Weekend Edition

A funeral summons four estranged heirs to the Engine of Karst, a mountain-sized clockwork built by a brilliant dwarven engineer. Their inheritance lies inside. The doors close at the twelfth bell.

Riddles, timed hazards, shifting routes, and personal stakes make every decision count. Explore twelve connected chambers, work through conflicting information, and decide how far trust can carry you when the clock refuses to wait.

Plan one evening or a weekend gathering for this focused one-session adventure. The Game Master Book includes a six-hour running order and guidance for a condensed four-hour route.

• One evening: an estimated 4–6 hours.

• Comfortable pace: follow the six-hour running order.

• Shorter gathering: use the four-hour condensed route.

These are planning estimates. Your group’s choices, pace, and time spent exploring affect the actual length.

• Game Master Book in PDF and original Word format: chamber descriptions, encounters, real-time clock, running order, and three possible endings.

• Players’ Guide and Character Pack in PDF and original Word format: four fifth-level builds — fighter, wizard, rogue, and cleric — with selectable names, personal histories, private motives, and companion guidance.

• 14-page Game Master Maps PDF: Engine overview, twelve gridded chamber maps, and a record sheet.

• 15-page Players’ Maps PDF: three in-world maps and twelve chamber maps.

• 13-page Handouts PDF, two separate cover PDFs, and nine original PNG illustrations.

• A start-here guide to the download’s contents.

For 2–4 players and one Game Master, using the supplied fifth-level characters. Designed for Fifth Edition play. Your table’s Fifth Edition core books, dice, and pencils are required; a printer is useful for the supplied maps and handouts.

The adventure is built around its four heirs, with guidance for smaller groups and optional GM-run companions. It is an adventure supplement, not a standalone rules system or an automated virtual-tabletop module.

One ZIP download, approximately 42 MB, after successful payment. Wix provides the download on the thank-you page and in your confirmation email.

Download and extract the ZIP on a computer, then begin with START_HERE.txt. The three main books are supplied as PDF and original DOCX files; maps, handouts, and covers are PDFs, and illustrations are PNGs. Use a current PDF reader to read or print; a Word-compatible app is needed only if you choose the editable DOCX files.

This is a digital product with no physical shipment.