Krampus and the Stolen Bell [D&D 5e]

A stolen bell. Cursed gifts. A winter celebration in peril.

Across Varnesk, sledges carry food, fuel and carefully wrapped gifts through the snow. Midwinter's Embrace is a time for neighbours to look after one another. This year, something terrible is travelling with the deliveries.

A bell has vanished from Dungret. Its frost giant owners are on their way to demand answers. And somewhere among the festival gifts, Krampus has found a way into homes that should have been safe.

Krampus and the Stolen Bell is an illustrated winter adventure for four characters, beginning at 5th level and advancing to 8th level, for use with the 2024 5e rules. Encounter adjustments support parties of three to six.

Free Sample Download

Free Sample Download

You may download the first 10 pages of the adventure by clicking HERE

* Those sample's pages contain spoilers to the story!

The theft is only the beginning

The theft is only the beginning

The characters arrive in a town preparing to celebrate. A missing heirloom soon draws them into disputed promises, suspicious paperwork and deliveries that do not add up. Following the evidence takes them beyond Dungret, along winter roads where other households are already feeling the consequences.

The people caught in this mystery have reasons to be frightened, angry or silent. Listen to their accounts, compare their records and decide whom to trust. A conversation with the giants may win more than a battle ever could.

Recovering the bell matters. So does discovering where the gifts are going before their recipients open them.

Investigation with consequences

Investigation with consequences

Your discoveries change the situation ahead. Warn the right person and a shipment may be held. Protect a witness and a useful account survives. Help people on the road and you may reach Bellstrand with allies who have their own reasons to stand beside you.

• Follow a trail of records, witnesses and compromised deliveries.
• Negotiate with frost giants whose grievance deserves to be heard.
• Choose which road investigations to pursue, or travel directly towards Bellstrand.
• Protect threatened households and uncover the danger hidden inside the gifts.
• Face demanding encounters in which preparation, allies and earlier choices matter.

A celebration worth protecting

A celebration worth protecting

Varnesk is a region of snowy roads, lakeside settlements and people who depend on one another to get through winter. Its celebration is built from small, practical acts of generosity: a warm meal, a repaired sledge, a load of fuel or a gift chosen for someone far away.

That warmth gives the danger its weight. Krampus threatens households, friendships and the trust that keeps the deliveries moving. The adventure brings festive colour and folklore menace to the same table, with room for compassion, suspicion and hard decisions.

Inside the adventure

Inside the adventure

The current illustrated book layout contains 65 pages, including the cover and contents. Three connected chapters take the party from Dungret through the Roads of Varnesk to Bellstrand. Maps support key locations, while creature and NPC material, magic item rules and encounter adjustments help the DM run the adventure.

The page previews below show the actual interior layout, including chapter text, character illustrations and guidance for running scenes.

Bring your party to Varnesk

Bring your party to Varnesk

Follow the missing bell from a troubled town to the heart of the festival deliveries. Hear the giants' demands. Find the gifts that should never reach a waiting doorstep.

The snow is falling. The sledges are being loaded. Who will your party protect before the first gift is opened?

Digital delivery before Christmas!

Digital delivery before Christmas!

The adventure PDF and maps will be delivered on 16 December 2026 through the Gamefound pledge manager.

* This is a digital release. There is no physical book or shipping.

About Me

Hi! I’m a 36-year-old adventure writer from Greece, and I’ve been playing TTRPGs and writing adventures for the past 15 years. I love getting lost in imaginary worlds, but the people around the table are what keep me coming back. The unexpected decisions, the ridiculous plans that somehow work, and the characters everyone still talks about years later are my favourite parts of this hobby.

Writing adventures is my way of sharing that love and giving other groups a starting point for stories that will become entirely their own.

AI Disclosure

For this first release, I worked with a very limited art budget. Five illustrations in the adventure were generated using AI and then retouched by a human artist.

All remaining illustrations in the adventure (the cover included) were created entirely by human artists.