Dead Letters at Mourning House — Free Illustrated Playable Sample

A dead courier. Three letters dated tomorrow. Four hours until dawn.

Download a free, illustrated four-page haunted-location scenario from Saltwraith Press. Investigate an abandoned post house and decide what the living owe the dead.

Inside the PDF

• Five keyed areas and a clear GM map.

• NPC motives, physical clues and a visible four-hour pressure clock.

• Three different resolutions, each with stated consequences.

• Readable recruitment-notice and letter handouts.

• Original dark-fantasy illustrations in the Black Tide design family.

At the table

Place Mourning House near a road, village or city. Give the party the courier’s warning, let them explore, and use the clock to show what changes as dawn approaches. The scenario can resolve without combat.

Format: one four-page digital PDF. GM-facing, system-neutral fantasy; use your own RPG and supply combat statistics if needed.

Playable prototype v0.1: ready for review and table testing; not yet table-tested. Writing, design and illustrations were developed with AI assistance.

Free download. No physical book is included.