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Bouncing around ideas for the ‘Yaalit Desert’, which is basically a cold desert in a giant crater full of lost technology. The Verdant Monks rule a single green hill near the...
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The Dead Fens are a vast, cold wetland along the basin of the River Vok. They lie in the distant north of a country called Wurmgar. It stands entirely in the shadow of Grave...
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“Dragons are Chaos. The scaled terrors represent all in the world that is arrogant, destructive, pagan, primordial, uncontrolled, and detrimental to society and life. All kin...
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There is a reasonable progression to things, say the Corpse-Barons of Cantos. As new technologies and methods of magic are discovered, new kinds of undead follow in short...
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Where does cold come from? What a fascinatingly naïve statement. Everyone knows cold comes from the North. No, not the north, that mundane direction. I mean the North. It’s...
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You’ll never get tired of staring into space. Trust me. Once you’re up there, no one ever does. It’s an odyssey-en-large, sure, but I’ll bet you all of the money I have, that...
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Tolkrah, the Capital of Thorumaa, is one of the largest urban centres in the Deep Kingdoms. Across its long and storied history, it has been many things – an Orog hamlet by...
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The Maug are one of the many strange species to be found marching the iron cubes of Acheron, The Eternal Battlefield. The Maug are, apparently, artificial. Nobody – not the...
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It is widely accepted that geometric patterns in ink, scar or star can control the flow of magic. This is why the constellations are called the Maker's Spellbook. For those...
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The Legion of Gold is the largest, oldest, alliance of Outsiders in the Lower Planes, predating the creation of the Tanar'ri and the foundation of Baator. Indeed, it is the...
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Cleric Domain of Dungeons – offered by gods of Traps and Loot – for example, Kurtulmak. DOMAIN SPELLS 1st Snare, Alarm 3rd Find Traps, Rope Trick 5th Tiny Servant, Gaseous...
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I made this hellish mess of a map for a one-shot i played with my regular D&D group (the main game being on break due to The Extenuating Circumstances). The plan for the...
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Perhaps Monster Munch will become a series where i ramble non-comittally about creatures. ---- Is Outsider still accurate in 5e? I've never played any other edition, but i tend...
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Drew a world map of Aclas, for my own use and the players'. This kind of map would be avaliable from any cartographer, found in many major cities. I might make a more easily...
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FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ISKADAR: There is absolutely no solid evidence that points to the existence of Carnifexes. They're a particularly gruesome myth, nothing...
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On Aclas, Paladins are not linked to religion. Their role – as the violent defenders of their faith – is occupied instead by the Orders Militant of the Church of the Maker,...
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Spirits Spirits are omnipresent in Aclas. They physically occupy the ‘Otherworld’, an extradimensional space overlaid on Aclas, which can be accessed via portals, or through...
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In Sigil's Hive District, there stands a building. It's three stories tall, covered in Sigil's traditional architectural 'blades', and stained with pigeon shit. It's not...
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Cordiss is a city within the part of Aclas referred to as 'The Peaceable Lands', the territory within the Icon's Ward, a magical defence, which prevents the terrain-shifting,...
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The Eternal Battlefield of Acheron is not a forgiving place. The iron wastes of the great cubes hardly support much life, aside from the endless armies of Bane and his...
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In the Hive District of Sigil, there's a building. Unusually for the City of Doors, it has an outer yard - of dying, yellowy grass. It's a square, stout building, with four...
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Dis is the capital of the Layer of the Same Name in Baator, which is better known as the Nine Hells. It's become entangled across various settings, but the concept is the same:...