“The ancient saint’s shrine, lit by dripping candles, still reeks of burnt offerings. Plaster dust from the mosaic, cracking under your hammers, swirls in the stagnant air. The shattered scene depicts a miracle healer mending wounds with a honeyed touch—eyes brighten, withered limbs regain strength, the dead rise from their graves to dance around the healer. As the mosaic wall crumbles under your heavy blows, you discover a blackened iron door engraved with a bee. The air behind it is stale, saturated with the putrid stench of rotting flesh, yet also with a strange scent of flowers…”

The Crypt of the Mellified Mage is an electronic PDF version of a collection of four sword & sorcery adventure sites for the Forbidden Lands roleplaying game. The adventures are written by renowned figures from the OSR scene. They are:

• The Crypt of the Mellified Mage, a dungeon full of dripping honey and strange insectoids, written by Fiona Maeve Geist (Mothership)
• The Kiln of Llaa-Yutuye, a magical place where a master creates the world’s most beautiful ceramics, but only for a sufficient price, written by David McGrogan (Yoon-Suin)
• The Temple of the Six-Eyed Lord, a monkey king’s temple torn by a power struggle over his followers, written by Zedeck Siew (A Thousand Thousand Islands)
• The Dream-Cloud of E’lok Thir, a dizzying trip into the mind of a mad mage, written by Adam Koebel (Dungeon World)