The House with Chicken Legs: A D&D 5e Adventure for Levels 3-5 (Penny Blood Adventures)

In the dying village of Graymere, people are vanishing into the Mirewood. Something is hunting them — a creature of claws and hunger called the Grayghast. But the truth is worse than any monster: the Grayghast was once Tomek, a village woodcutter who bargained with the ancient witch Baba Yaga to save his dying wife. The cure worked. The price was Tomek himself, twisted into a predator bound to the Mirewood.THE HOUSE WITH CHICKEN LEGS is a 7–10 session D&D 5th Edition adventure for 3rd–5th level characters. It is a folk-horror tragedy about desperate bargains, the cost of love, and what happens when a community must face the consequences of choices made in grief.WHAT'S INSIDEThree-act structure across The Dying Hamlet, The Mirewood, and Baba Yaga's House — 24 atmospheric zones.The Dwindling Hearth Clock — a single 10-segment tension mechanic that drives every escalation.Baba Yaga's Regard Scale — a reputation track that shapes the climactic bargain.Five distinct conclusions: Restoration, Mercy, the Dark Bargain, the Compact's Deal, and Failure.A full NPC roster, custom Mirewood Bestiary, and DM Quick Reference dashboards.Three-tier scaling and milestone leveling notes for Tier 1 and Tier 2 parties.CONTENT WARNINGS: Body horror, loss of agency, grief and loss, coercive bargaining, animal death, violence against a community.5th Edition compatible. Designed for the 2014 ruleset and forward-compatible with 5.2 / 2024 rules.PennyBloodAdventures.com Read more