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Authors

S. Trent Troop and Ronald Smith

Editors

Ronald Smith

Cover Illustration

Ronald Smith

Illustration

Ronald Smith, S. Trent Troop

Design, Layout and Typesetting

S. Trent Troop

Playtesters

Mark Gedak, Russ Trippett, J.R. Garringer,

Shawn Shelton, Rann Aridoron, Cory Goset

Special Thanks

Kristen Maxwell, Rose Tursi, Truman Troop,

Gary Gygax, Johnathan McClure, Tim Mann,

Jeff Howard, David Willis, Brad Venable,

Marcus Troop

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Welcome to our second installment of Octavirate

Presents . Gaming is about having fun with friends,

imagination and dice. Role-playing games are an

opportunity for us to step out of our normal selves and

interact with other people. As always, the rules are in

your hands and it is up to you to decide what you will

do with them.

The ﬁ rst winds of winter bring with them snow and ice.

The blanket of cold that envelops the land heralds the

coming of the winter solstice and a thousand different

holidays that coincide with it. These holidays are the

domain of giving and thankfulness, and fall under the

dominion of a fantastic being known by many names,

the most common of which is Santa Claus, bringer of

gifts and joy, the living embodiment of hope, kindness,

and generosity. Wherever he goes he leaves hope

behind, along with gifts both subtle and fantastic.

We plan on going a lot of different places with Octavi-

rate. Our cross-compatible approach to gaming doesn’t

restrict our development choices and sometimes we

will develop supplements that are, for a lack of a better

word, surreal. This time we decided to try something

different in line with the holidays. Thus the Octavirate

Presents: Night of the Krampus, a Holiday Special was

Presents: Night of the Krampus, a Holiday Special

born. We know it is an off-beat concept, but if the small

publishers don’t ever break out the mold then we’re

never going to shine.

Yet the universe, it seems, is beholden to its own strange

symmetry. For where Claus rules the bright side of

the season another entity rises the cold and shadowy

elements of mortal kind. The clack of hooves on the roof

may be the kindly red-clad spirit or it may be the hooves

of the ﬁ endish Krampus. Those who ﬁ nd themselves

unworthy of Claus’s rewards may ﬁ nd themselves at

the mercy of the Krampus, a dark creature who leaves

terror in his wake along with switches and coal.

The idea for a Krampus-themed module rose out of my

ﬁ rst contact with the lecherous Germanic anti-Claus

through the internet. The idea of a demonic arch-nemesis

for Santa seemed so utterly game-worthy that I immedi-

ately started pondering how to integrate Krampus into

d20 fantasy. Of course, the Krampus brought with him

a host of friends and, as one might expect, his archrival

and sometimes-partner Santa Claus.

For some, it is the most joyous of holidays.

For others it is the night of the Krampus.

This year, give the gift that keeps on giving, give the

gift of gaming. And since game time doesn’t always

follow the real world seasons, you can bring Santa,

the Krampus and their legions of highly market-

able companions into your campaign. If all goes well

everyone will learn the true meaning of the holidays in

time to prevent the latest plane-wide catastrophe.

We are fully aware that this is a somewhat bizarre

subject for a gaming supplement.

When we set out to create a Holiday Special, we quickly

discovered that it was much tougher than expected. The

decision to quantify Santa Claus and the Krampus as

demigods came after realizing the sheer power required

to perform the feats these beings supposedly perform.

Even then, however, the tone and feel of the supplement

was up in the air. We like to think of this supplement as

the RPG equivalent of a holiday TV special: strange,

off-beat and somewhat surreal while at the same time

relevant to the feel of the season.

Getting a gaming group into a holiday adventure can be

somewhat surreal in and of itself. Gamers are used to

the idea of saving townships, cities, nations or even the

world. Saving Christmas (or Yule, or Saturnalia, or the

Solstice, or whatnot) is somewhat stranger. The very

idea seems strange. Santa Claus is real and needs the

help of adventurers. Unless the players are fans of C. S.

Lewis, they’re likely to ﬁ nd it a strange concept.

Thus, we introduce the Krampus, Santa’s Germanic

arch-nemesis/helper/counterpart. The bestial demon-

monster that punishes the naughty brings a more

familiar edge to the experience. Our interpretation of the

Krampus goes a step further, saddling him with the task

of supplying goblins, orcs and the like with munitions

to use against the heroes of the realm. Chances are your

players have wondered where goblins even get magic

items. Its simple: a +2 short sword is a goblin’s Playsta-

only way out is to go from being “naughty” to being

“nice”… but that’s not an easy task for a grown-up.

• A female love interest or relative of one of the player

characters, or a female PC, has caught the eye of the

lecherous and uncouth Krampus. An elaborate (and

harrowing) series of challenges stand between the

player characters and the liberation of their friend.

+2 short sword is a goblin’s Playsta-

tion 3.

• As a kid, one of the PCs was going to be taken by the

Krampus but managed to escape. Now the Krampus is

back and looking for trouble.

If the raw power of Santa and the Krampus makes them

intimidating additions to your game, feel free to use

their incarnates as powered-down proxies. An incar-

nate of Santa is just as good as the real thing for a low-

level party. A holiday adventure, however, need not

be resolved with violence. A bit of clever roleplaying

may be all that’s required to save the holiday and bring

peace to the land, if just for one night. As always, these

are just tools to accommodate your own gaming world.

Use as much or as little as the situation calls for.

• A battle of deities has caused Santa’s equipment to

be lost on the Material Plane. The players have a few

months to retrieve these treasures and return them to

their rightful owner or the holidays will be ruined.

• The player characters return from an extraplanar

journey to ﬁ nd the whole world has been changed for

the worse. An inﬂ uential friend has vanished, no one

remembers him, and reality is completely different.

The players must ﬁ nd out how his disappearance is

connected to the holidays and how he can be brought

back.

Here are a few plot hooks for Holiday themed adven-

tures:

• The Krampus tricks a member of the party into

accidentally unleashing an ancient evil that imprisons

Santa Claus. The players must save the holiday and

Santa or the Krampus will have free reign for the next

year.

• After offending the Krampus in some fashion, the

PCs ﬁ nd themselves transformed into children. They

have to ﬁ nd a way of setting things right before their

mortal foes ﬁ nd out about the change and use it to their

advantage.

• A member of the party recognizes a magic item

he lost in a far-off land in the hands of a humanoid

monster. When interrogated, the monster reveals that

the Krampus gave him the weapon as a gift. Who or

what is this strange entity that arms evil humanoids

with stolen weapons.

• A powerful species of extraplanar beings trap Santa,

the Krampus, or both demigods and force them to bring

the holidays to their plane. This is all well and good for

the outsiders, but the material plane must go without if

nothing is done.

• Santa’s minions seek the help of the player charac-

ters in appeasing Jack Frost, who is interfering with the

coming holidays. Jack’s power rivals Santa’s, and the

Krampus is mixed up in it too.

• An evil wizard has found a scroll that has the names

of every intelligent creature on the plane, and it has

detailed information on them as well. An old man with

a white beard offers a fantastic reward if the scroll is

recovered.

• Every scrap of holiday related material has vanished

overnight for miles in all directions without a trace.

Even if the event has no larger supernatural impact, a

lot of people will have a miserable time if the food, gifts

and decorations aren’t located.

• The most greedy of the PCs gets a visit from three

ghosts looking to change his or her ways. The visions

seemed real, but are they? And if not, who sent them?

• A PC offends the Krampus and is continually pranked

and tormented by the demigod and his minions. The

Octavirate Presents

Night of the Krampus

Male Demigod (Divine Rank 2) Clr20/Exp20

NG Medium Outsider (Extraplanar, Good)

Init: +12

Languages: Santa Claus can understand and speak any

form of language.

——— —— —— —— ——

AC: 40 (Dex +9, Divine +2, Natural +2 , Santa’s suit

+7, Deﬂ ection +10) touch 31, ﬂ at footed 31; DR:

15/epic and evil

HD: 20d8+120 + 20d6+120; hp 520

Resistances: Fire 30 (7 natural), spell resistance 34

Immunities: Mind-inﬂ uencing effects, Energy Drain,

Ability Drain, Ability Damage, electricity, cold,

acid, poison, stunning, sleep effects, paralysis, death

effects, disintegration, polymorphing, petrifaction,

or any other attack that alters his form, not subject

to death from massive damage.

Fort +27, Ref +23,

Fright: Affected beings become shaken and suffer a –2

morale penalty on attack rolls, saves, and checks as

they are overwhelmed with guilt over their various

naughty deeds throughout life. The merest glance

or gesture from Santa makes them frightened, and

they ﬂ ee as quickly as they can, although they can

choose the path of their ﬂ ight.

Resolve: Santa’s allies receive a +4 morale bonus on

attack rolls, saves, and checks, while Santa’s foes

receive a –4 morale penalty on attack rolls, saves,

and checks.

Protective Ward (Su): Santa can generate a protec-

tive ward as a supernatural ability. Santa can grant

one creature he touches a resistance bonus of +20

on the creature’s next saving throw. Activating this

power is a standard action. The protective ward is

an abjuration effect with a duration of 1 hour that is

usable once per day.

Spell-like Abilities: At will – Greater teleport (self and

Greater teleport

100 lbs. of objects only) Caster level 20th. Animate

rope, antimagic ﬁ eld, create food and water, create

water, fabricate, genesis, hardening, heroes’ feast,

major creation, mind blank (DC 30) , minor creation,

minor image (DC 24) , permanent image (DC 28) ,

prismatic sphere (DC 31) , protection from energy

(DC 25), repulsion (DC 29) , sanctuary (DC 23) ,

shield other (DC 24) , spell immunity, spell resis-

tance (DC 27) , stone shape , true creation, wood

shape (DC 24). Caster level 12th, except for conju-

ration (creation) spells, which are caster level 15th.

The saving throw is Charisma-based and includes a

+2 Divine bonus.

Turn/Destroy Undead: Santa can turn undead 13/day.

He gets a +6 bonus to turning checks and a +2 bonus

on turning damage in addition to his Charisma

bonus.

——— —— —— —— ——

Santa’s staff +5 merciful, defending holy

quarterstaff of frost ) +38 melee (1d6+11 plus 1d6

cold plus 2d6 vs. evil-aligned creatures)

Full Attack: Santa’s staff (

Santa’s staff +5 merciful, defending holy

quarterstaff of frost ) +38/+33/+28 melee (1d6+11

plus 1d6 cold plus 2d6 vs. evil-aligned creatures)

BAB : +15/+10/+5; Grapple: +33

Cleric Spells Known (6/8/8/7/7/7/6/5/5/5; Save DC 24

+ spell level):Santa Claus can spontaneously cast

any cleric spell from the standard list as well as

all spells from the artiﬁ ce, creation and protection

domains. Santa casts conjuration (creation) spells

+3 caster level.

Divine Aura: Santa radiates a divine aura with a 20

ft. radius. Mortals and deities of lower rank can

resist the power of his aura with a DC 22 Will

save. Santa chooses the size of the radius and can

change it as a free action. If Santa chooses a radius

of 0 feet, his aura power effectively becomes non-

functional. Santa can make its own worshipers,

beings of neutral good alignment, or both types of

individuals immune to the effect as a free action.

The immunity lasts one day or until Santa dismisses

it. Once affected by an aura power, creatures remain

affected as long as they remain within the aura’s

radius. Santa can choose from the following effects

each round as a free action.

Daze: Affected beings just stare at Santa in fascination

(if children) or dumbfounded confusion (if adults).

They can defend themselves normally but can take

no actions.

Santa’s staff (

——— —— —— —— ——

Abilities: Str 23, Dex 28, Con 22, Int 26, Wis 34,

Cha 30.

SA: Divine aura, protective ward, spell-like abilities,

spells, turn/destroy undead

SQ: Automatic actions, communication, create magic

items, divine qualities, divine senses, salient divine

abilities.

Feats: Blind-Fight, Brew Potion, Combat Expertise,

Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Rod, Craft

Staff, Craft Wand, Craft Wondrous Item, Dodge,

Forge Ring, Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative,

Mobility, Scribe Scroll

Skills: Appraise +30, Balance +13, Concentration

+21, Craft (Alchemy) +32, Craft (Armorsmith)

+37, Craft (Weaponsmith) +24, Craft (Toys) +57,

Ref Will +31

Spd: 60 ft.

Attack: Santa’s staff (

Santa’s staff (

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