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SANTASTEIN: A Holiday Resurrection Horror

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Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild

🎄💀 SANTASTEIN: A Holiday Resurrection Horror 💀🎄

A D&D 5e One-Shot Campaign | Levels 3–5

He knows if you've been bad or good... and he is ravenous.

The "Spirit of Giving" has died. Crushed within the gears of the Grand Clockwork Conveyor, Santa Claus is no more. But in the frozen wastes of the North Pole, silence does not last long. Viktor Tinkerton, the Head Toymaker, refused to let Christmas die. Utilizing forbidden science and the raw magic of the Aurora Borealis, he stitched the Great Gift-Giver back together.

It was a mistake.

What rose from the table was not a jolly saint, but a creature of flesh, lightning, and hunger. Now, the "Red Plague" spreads through the snow. The elves are changing. The reindeer are rotting. And Santastein is preparing his sleigh to deliver a necrotic apocalypse to the world.

🕯️ Campaign Features

🎅 A Tale of Two Horrors Experience a seamless blend of festive whimsy and visceral horror. Explore the Village of the Damned, survive the Factory of Flesh, and confront the horror of the Resurrection Engine.

🧠 The Dread & Sanity System This isn't just a physical battle; it is a war for your mind. Adapted from The Dungeon Master's Guide to Cosmic Dread, this campaign features a robust Sanity (SP) system.

  • Make Sanity Checks when witnessing the grotesque perversion of childhood icons.

  • Risk Short-Term Dread effects like Phantom Bells, Gingerbread Rot, and The Naughty List paranoia.

⚙️ Environmental Hazards The North Pole is a deathtrap. Survive dynamic hazards that challenge your tactical positioning:

  • The Rotting Snow: Necrotic slush that eats away at armor and flesh.

  • Conveyor Belt Hell: Massive moving belts that drag players toward gnashing Grinder Gears.

  • Steam Vents: Unpredictable bursts of superheated steam from the workshop’s dying machinery.

🧟 Iconic Festive Monsters Face twisted versions of classic holiday characters, complete with custom stat blocks:

  • Santastein: A CR 6 Undead Construct with Lightning Breath and legendary actions like Terrorizing Laughter.

  • Rudolph the Rotting: A beast emitting blinding red necrotic light from his nose.

  • Mrs. Claus, the Rotting Matriarch: A hag-like horror baking cookies out of elf parts.

  • Zombie Elves & Toy Abominations: Hordes of the festive undead and constructs made of bone and scrap.

🎁 Thematic Loot Discover items that are as powerful as they are horrifying:

  • The Sledgehammer of St. Nick: A massive weapon that deals radiant damage to the undead.

  • Candy Cane Shivs: Deceptive weapons for the desperate survivor.

  • Vial of Pure Aurora: Liquid magic that stuns the undead.

⚔️ Play Your Way: Solo or Group

Whether you have a full party or are a lone wolf, Santastein is designed for you.

  • Group Play: Focus on tactical resilience and shared resource management to survive the hordes.

  • Solo Play: Experience an intense survival horror narrative. Includes specific mechanics for a "Dungeon Master Simulator" and a dedicated Tank/Sanity Anchor NPC: Sergeant Crackers, the Defective Defender.

🩸 The Choice is Yours

The campaign culminates in a moral dilemma that will shape the future of your world. Will you attempt the dangerous ritual to Cure Santa, risking your own sanity? Or will you destroy the icon of Christmas to save the world from the Age of Rot?.

Grab your dice, check your Sanity, and try to survive the night. Because this year, Santa isn't coming to town... Santastein is.

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