Cheese Goblins III - The Church of Lavache

Cheese Goblins III — The Church of Lavache

A Level 4 Adventure of Holy Havoc and Dairy Doom
by Infinite Initiative

High on a lonely hill, the Church of Lavache has gone strangely silent.
What was once a peaceful chapel now glows with sickly yellow light.
Locals whisper of cheese-scented smoke curling from its windows… and giggling shapes scampering through the graveyard after dark.

Inside, something ancient stirs.

A deranged warlock—Darius Manchego—has seized the sanctuary and begun a ritual to summon Lavache, an obscure archfey of dairy, indulgence, and decay. Cheese Goblins swarm the halls, corrupting pews, altars, crypts, and even the sacred dead. If the ritual completes, the Matron of Cheese will step through the veil—and the town below may drown in holy curdled chaos.

Adventurers must storm the defiled church, navigate its cheese-slicked catacombs, disrupt the ritual flames, and confront Darius before Lavache fully manifests… or face the archfey herself in all her gooey, bovine glory.

Inside the Adventure

A complete 5e one-shot for characters level 4
• A hilltop church overrun by goblins, traps, riddles, and corrupted magic
• A branching dungeon with dynamic time pressure—delays strengthen the final encounter
• A cheese-slick sanctuary fight, a cursed family crypt puzzle, and a summoned archfey showdown
• A chaotic boss battle with Darius Manchego and (if the party is too late) Lavache, the Matron of Cheese
• A new magic item: Curdled Charm of Cheese Conjuring

Adventure Hooks

The Sudden Takeover – Overnight, the church begins oozing cheese and goblins barricade the road.
A Priest in Panic – A trembling clergyman begs the heroes to reclaim his overrun chapel.
Bounty on the Cheese Warlock – A wanted poster offers coin for the capture of Darius Manchego, last seen near the church.

Part of the Thirsty Tiger Tales series by Infinite Initiative—short, atmospheric adventures built to run in one or two sessions.