Cowboys & Colossi | A Daggerheart Drylands Adventure

About the adventure

When the first colossus rose outside Wyllin’s Gulch, panic followed. The sheriff rallied a small army. Miners dragged rusted machinery into its path but none of it mattered. These defenses didn't stand a chance against the towering behemoth. It crushed everything with a single thunderous step. After watching most of her deputies fall in one devastating blow, The Mayor posted a desperate notice: Help Wanted. Whoever can dispatch the colossus and its pack of aberrations will receive a chest of untold riches. It’s a generous reward, if you survive. In this Daggerheart campaign using the Colossus of the Drylands framework, you are not bystanders to a prophecy, you are hunters trying to stop it. Each time a new colossus rises, the party enters the Hunt: riding into dust-choked outposts, gathering information, rescuing innocents from newly unleashed horrors, navigating faction tensions, and tracking a titan whose presence can be felt for miles. Every tremor signals that something vast and ancient is growing stronger beneath the earth. When a colossus falls, the world exhales, briefly. The quiet that follows opens space for smaller, personal stories: a derailed train lost in the dunes, bandits exploiting shaken towns, livestock taken by strange creatures that trail in a titan’s wake. These interludes deepen character bonds and reshape the world before the next giant rises. This game leans into high-stakes exploration, mythic scale, and character-driven drama. Expect dangerous traversal across colossal bodies, strange ecosystems clinging to stone and sinew, and set-piece encounters worthy of epic fantasy anime. No prior experience with Daggerheart is required, just bring a character with something to lose, bold choices to make, and the will to climb.