Monster of the Week: The Forest's Kin

About the adventure

All manner of things go bump in the night. You're the one that bumps them. Monster of the Week is probably my favorite PBTA system, and with good reason. It takes place in a modern day world with things unseen at the edges. Strange cults in Appalachian mountainsides worshipping deities older than humans themselves, shapeshifters infiltrating homes and slowly taking over suburbs, nests of giant bugs, sentient mold from hell taking over entire towns. Through some unlucky twist of fate, you know these things are out there. You take the role of a hunter, someone who makes it their business to identify, track, and stop paranormal monsters and phenomena. The small town of Green Hill has had some odd news articles. House after house after house has apparently been broken into, things moved around, and some (mostly dispensable and inexpensive items) continue to be stolen. This is in stark contrast to the articles warning large, dangerous packs of coyotes that have moved into the forest just outside of the small farm town- but most of the locals know that coyotes don't sound like whatever howling echoes over the wooded hills.