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KRAMPUS FOR OSR

A Seasonal Holiday Beastie
Compatible with Most OSR Retro-Clone Systems

Within these pages you will learn of the foul demon Krampus.
Each winter he stalks the realm in search of naughty children.
Shoving them in his basket, he drags them down to the Hells!
Can your players best this ancient yuletide beastie?

Gruß vom Krampus, adventurers and Game Masters!

I am very excited to announce the release of the very first book in my SM-Series of New Monster supplements, KRAMPUS FOR OSR. This game supplement detailing the wonderfully devilish folkloric creature known as Krampus, and the OSR game statistics which I designed to bring him to life in my campaign world of Terrans. This book features a full OSR statistical listing and monster description for Krampus, along with historical background information and illustrations of the beastie.

SYNOPSIS: For those of you just learning of Krampus for the first time, let me introduce you to him by way of a little background information. Krampus is a creature of primarily Central European folklore. He is generally depicted as a furry demonic figure: a horned, anthropomorphic “half-goat, half-demon" who travels about at Yuletide (on 5 Devcember usually, which is known as Krampusnacht), dressed in chains with bells on them, brandishing a bunch of sticks and with a basket strapped to his back. His raison d'être is the punishment of naughty children who, according to legend, he swithes and pops into his basket to be dragged off to the  Hells, never to be seen again!

This supplement contains a full OSR monster listing (a la the Monster Manual) for Krampus, which is intended to be compatible with most OSR retroclones. I believed many GMs running OSR games would enjoy having a ready-made version of the legendary holiday beastie Krampus to drop into their campaigns at the holidays, especially the many of you who do not like to run pre-made scenarios. So I decided to release this version of the demon Krampus for your personal use and enjoyment! This version of Krampus is easily modified to challenge players of any level, by merely adjusting his hit dice and hit points.

PLUS you also get a free copy of my 2022 Starry Knight Press Catalog, which has information on all of my modules and supplements, as well as maps of the known portions of my campaign world of Terrans, and bonus content (new monsters and magic items for OSR/5E) from my published books!

I hope you and your players enjoy this adventure. Thank you for supporting Starry Knight Press!

  • 2017 Edition: Check out the adventure where this all began, KRAMPUSNACHT (2017)!
  • 2018 Edit: That pesky scamp Krampus is back, in an all new Holiday-themed adventure, RETURN OF KRAMPUS!
  • 2019 Edit: He’s baaack! Krampus has brought even more baddies to help ruin Yuletide in REVENGE OF KRAMPUS!

Starry Knight Press
Released on Krampusnacht,
5 December 2018

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