The Haphazard Herald

Issue 4 (10 Feb 25)

Urgent and unsettling news has reached The Herald!

Late Friday night, the powerful but geriatric necromancer Bumbledork the Incontinent made a dreadful mistake!

While attempting to brew a batch of his famous “Mind Over Matter Margaritas,” the aged wizard mistook vials containing draconis nitrate and powered cacodaemon cullions for the mezcal and ayahuasca salt he keeps on his laboratory shelf. The resulting explosion ripped a hole in the time-space continuum separating our realm from a parallel dimension! Before Bumbledork could seal the opening, myriad beings – some beneficent, others baleful – passed through the portal and now roam the Multiverse™!

Reports have reached The Herald that interactions will inevitably take place between Adventurers and the denizens from this alternative dimension. While some may benefit from their encounters with these “newcomers” others may be attacked without warning, suffering grievous losses! The most gruesome threat involves a particularly dreadful beast said to be half man, half bear, and half pig!

Adventurers and Adventuring Parties are strongly advised to take care and protect themselves! They should make haste to obtain Items that might be used to their advantage should they experience a Random Encounter!

I am super cereal about this!