Dragonbane

 DRAGONBANE: THE MISTY VALE

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IN THE OLDEST TIMES...

It was in the oldest times, before the world was covered in forest and iron was tamed by dwarven masters. Before the advent of humanity and the mastery of the bread and ale-making arts.

The world was then ruled by dragons and demons. Yes, draconic serpents and demonic

creatures were the princes and princesses of the oldest times. They were the primordial forces through which the world and its primeval matter was formed: the sky, the mountains, and the fiery oceans of magma and unthinking life.

They were opposing principles that made the world complete. Law and order versus chaos

and madness, the stable and fixed versus the wild and eternally fluid.

Dragons versus demons.

The most ancient records tell of a draconic empire that once spanned much of the known

world, where the emperor’s peace was upheld by cruel dragon-mounted

knights. But the texts also contain traces of another great power from a different age, governed by demon princes who shrouded the world in madness and savage rage.

Remnants of these realms still rest in the earth beneath our feet. In the depths of the great

forests and the chasms of the mountains slumber memories from ancient eras when vicious

beasts reigned.

The hostility between dragons and demons has brought death and ruin upon their ancient

civilizations. It seems almost like a fundamental law of nature – that anything created by dragons alone is corrupted by demons, and that anything born of demonic will is burned to ashes by dragonfire.

However, this basic and incontrovertible truth also gives cause for hope, for it has created

the conditions for other nations, where humans and other races have been able to flourish and go their own way.

But the ancient guardians of order and destruction will never leave the world to its fate.

As sure as night follows day, the time will come again when dragons and demons contend for

power over humanity, nature, and the eternal mysteries.

THE PLAYER CHARACTERS

PC HEROIC ABILITIES: +2

BALDWIN, KNIGHT OF THE IMMACULATE FLAME - Max

Baldwin is a far travelled knight from the Grand Kingdom far to the south and east, who spent time adventuring with Tymma the Loud on the high seas. He is a recent recruit to the Order of the Immaculate Flame that reveres Eledain, the Dragon Emperor, and defends the world against the Cult of Sathmog. The Master of the Order of the Immaculate Flame is Sir Torius Goster at Halaway, the elder son of Baron Vaer Goster. Baldwin also knows the Baron's sister, Abbess Fangrid of the Sisters of the Righteous Lady, who are skilled in both healing and battle.  

TYMMA THE LOUD, KNIGHT-MUSICIAN - Kimberly

Tymma the Loud

 A far-travelled Knight-Musician, daughter of Okald, recently returned home to Outskirt after a decade away having many adventures on the Western Sea.  Short and stocky, like all dwarves, but hair worn in elaborate plaits. Cranky if she doesn’t have time to do it up.Tymma spent a decade having many adventures on the Seven Seas, where she met Brage the Mage a couple years ago after he fled the massacre at Woodvale. Markus was a mercenary landsknecht of Tilea, a city state on the shores of the Western Sea, where Tymma met him on her way back to Outskirt. She knew Baldwin of the Grand Kingdom, a fellow knight, when they sailed the Sunrise Sea.

ARCHMASTER AODHAN, MAGE - Bill

Aodhan

From an early age you have been fascinated with fire. Your sorcerous mother

brought you to a school of magicians after you accidentally burned down a barn

on the family farm. At school you learned the secrets of magic, but the thirst for

deeper knowledge made you restless. Now, after a few years of extensive travel,

you have joined a company of adventurers for an expedition to the Misty Vale.

Lothar “Ironfist” Greycloak, Human Mentalist - Matt

 Frostbite Morningcloak, Wolfkin Knight - Jelly

Blisandina Nightstabber, Mallard Thief - Joell

Orla Moonsilver

ORLA MOONSILVER, ELF HUNTER - Jelena You grew up in the lush forests of the south, always in search of adventure, but also humbled by your family’s expectations of discipline and reflection. After a troll attacked your village and killed many of your kinsmen, you decided to find a new future for yourself. Still seeking your destiny, you have concluded that journeying is your goal. Together with a group of fellow adventurers you have traveled to the Misty Vale to see what it has to offer. 

BASTONN BLOODJAW, WOLFKIN FIGHTER - Philippe You have come from the northern wastelands in search of work, joy, and the finer things in life. Tired of your people’s tribal feuds, you dreamed of something bigger and traveled south. There you worked as a mercenary, gladiator, caravan escort, and guardsman, before banding together with a company of adventurers. You are now on your way to the Misty Vale, enticed by rumors of demons, monsters, and mighty foes. 

Bastonn Bloodjaw

THE MISTY VALE

According to legend, the valley was once the heart of a powerful dragon-worshiping empire. But this great civilization fell into ruin and the valley was overrun by orcs. 

The Misty Vale is surrounded by high mountains – the Kummer Mountains in the south and the Dragonfang Peaks in the north. Remnants of an ancient road system can sometimes be seen in hollows and passes between the mountaintops. But getting down into the valley is a hazardous enterprise that requires skilled pathfinders and brave swordsmen. The dangers are many and the paths treacherous.

The valley spans roughly 150 kilometers (100 miles) in both length and width. Its was named the Misty Vale because of the impenetrable haze that often lies thick over the area. The terrain mainly consists of dense old-growth forests, but near the Kummer River are two large lakes and a vast wetland known as the Haunted Marshes. Around Outskirt, which in recent years has emerged in the southern part of the valley, there are rolling hills and partially cultivated plains. Fragments of the imperial roads that long ago connected the different parts of the region can be seen in the valley as well, with crumbling and overgrown paving stones occasionally peeking from between moss and ferns. Cracked stone pillars and strange milestones – with jagged, horned crowns at the top – also rise out of the terrain at regular intervals.

Approximate Timeline

Ancient History

ca -200 AI: The Demon Sathmog

Azrahel Koth

 enters the world, and founds the demonic Empire of Sathmog, ruling an enslaved humanity. The Inhuman Kin - the elves, dwarves, halflings, ducks, wolfkin, mallards - are generally persecuted, and driven back to their remote fastnesses.

Sigil of Sathmog

1 AI (Anno Igni): With the aid of ancient dragons, the human hero Eledain rises from the ashes of humanity to lead a rebellion, defeat the Demon Sathmog and found the Dragon Empire, also known as the Empire of the Cleansing Flame, the Empire of Eledain, the Bright Empire, the Thulean (Northern) Empire, etc. Eledain binds and imprisons Sathmog's immortal prophet, Azrahel Koth.

97 AI: Death of Eledain, buried at the Temple of the Dragon Emperor in what is now Outskirt. Imperial rule passes to his sons, the Dragon Knights. Eledain is revered by the Church of the Immaculate Flame. 

ca 150 AI The Dragon Empire takes a tyrannical turn.

ca 220 AI:  The Dragon Empire enters a period of civil war. 

286 AI: Disappearance of the Road's End Inn, cursed by the wrongful death of the soothsayer-crone Stare.

ca 330-333 AI The Cult of Turms Turnax, the Man Become God, unites the Dragon Lords and the Empire. Older faiths are suppressed.

ca 377-380 AI: In the waning years of the Empire, the angelic celestial champion Azura leads a rebellion against the Dragon Lords and the Cult of Turms Turnax, but she is eventually defeated and imprisoned in temporal stasis.

ca 400-420 AI: Final collapse of the Dragon Empire; Orc migrations overrun Misty Vale. Humans leave the region, but the Keepers of the Immaculate Flame endure, keeping the Faith of Eledain alive through the dark centuries ahead.

Recent History

743 AI Birth of Brage the Mage in the 'Lost Village'. His mother is a powerful priestess of Sathmog.

793 AI The warrior Vaer Goster & his two sisters found the Barony of Gosterwick. Birth of Tymma to Okald & Krog Stonehilt.

795 AI Birth of Krog Stonehilt.

805 AI Orcs begin departing the Misty Vale. 

806 AI Word of the Orcs' departure comes from the Dwarves of the Kummer Mountains. Founding of Outskirt in the Misty Vale, led by Vagnhild the Adventuress and Hardy the warrior.

807 AI Birth of Jory (officially) the son of Master Ulvar, rumoured really son of Hardy.

810 AI Okald & Badinor settle in Outskirt, along with Okald's daughter Tymma.

813 AI Tymma the Loud leaves Outskirt.

823 AI Tymma & co defeat Azrahel Koth and become the Guardians of the Vale.

824 AI A disastrous dragon-hunting expedition results in the deaths of several Guardians, including Brage the Mage and Ronnie Duckering. The angry dragon devastates a local elven village in revenge before returning to slumber.

825 AI (M7+) Evil creatures from the ruins of the fallen dwarf-hold of Gunderholfen raid human farmsteads. The farmers appeal for aid. Heroes of the Vale raid the goblins back and rescue a tailor's daughter. Later they wipe out a gang of orc bandits in a swamp tower.

826 AI M1 Looting of the Sinking Tower by the Fist and the Huntress; a Mallard Knight falls prey to his own greed. M2 Aodhan frees the spirit of Kato, Eledain's Imperial Mage, and defeats the Demon Ix at the Village of the Day Before.

SESSION ACCOUNTS

Session 1

12/3/823: Party cross Drakmar Pass, battling goblins & warg, kill all 6 goblins & warg. Meet a young female knight on the pass. Reach Outskirt. Trystan is tended by a barmaid, Annabella, who is more than she seems.

Grub the Goblin

13/3/823: Travel from Outskirt to the Riddermound, attack a goblin camp - Trystan killed. 7 goblins killed, 3 flee into the woods. Explore the Riddermound, meet a friendly goblin, Grub, and a ghostly lady; acquire from her a magic sword. Return to Outskirt near midnight. Total #Goblins Killed: 13, +1 befriended, +1 Warg.

Mallard Knight Makander leads attack on Goblin Camp, Session 1 13/3/823 AI.

The Ghost Lady

Session 2 14-21/3/823: Bastonn Orla and Makander are recruited by the warrior Nils Borr to recover the gem the Blue Zurak from Goblin-infested Bark's Blood Tor south of the Misty Vale for his master Karvago the wizard. Kill a giant spider on the way. First assault fails, there are too many goblins, and Nils is killed by arrows. That night Orla meets a wolf. Take Nils' body back to Karvago's Tor. Try to recruit more men at the inn in Gosterwick, without success. Second assault succeeds, goblins are killed, one captured. Meet the wizard master of the tower, Kazan Murg. The gem is in the hilt of the temporally statised celestial warrior, Azura, who it's said led a rebellion against the Dragon Lords "500 years ago".  Party persuade Kazan Murg to hand over Azura, and they haul her stone-like stasised form back to Karvago. Karvago pays them 100gp & 2 healing potions. Return to Outskirt. 

Total #Goblins Killed: 15, +1 captured, +1 giant spider.

Bastonn Orla & Makander meet Kazan Murg & the stasised Azura, Session 2 M3/813 AI.

Session 3 22-29/3/823 Tymma & Markus join Orla Makander & Bastonn. Party & Alfilia Shadowleaf kill a troll in Outskirt town square and make a troll statue leaning on the village well. Head west to the Riddermound, on the way recruit an auroch and defeat a lone worg. Enter Riddermound, defeat vampire bats, giant spider, try to camp in dungeon & end up fighting ghost lady & death knight... somehow win, find the second piece of the dragon emperor statuette, & make it home. Rest and train.

Kills: 1 troll, 1 worg, 1 giant spider, lots of vampiric bats.

Cows of the Misty Vale

The Spider

The Ghost Lady of Riddermound

Session 4 30/3 Talk with Alfilia Shadowleaf. 31/3 Head for Bothild's Lode with her. Camp attacked by 3 burly orcs, including the one who broke Tymma's bagpipes. All three are slain. 1/4 Kill a raiding Griffon, reach Bothild's Lode, kill 13 of 15 goblins and the serpent White Death, meet the ghost of Bothild and the orc queen Maladuk (and her two lovely orcmaidens). She proves cordial. Gain the third part of the Dragon Emperor statuette.

3/4 return to Outskirt. 4/4 Alfilia is murdered by cultist thugs. Quasimund has vanished. 5/4 Vagnhild reports seeing Annabella sending a bat from the old temple with a message. 

Total #Goblins Killed: 13, +3 Orcs, 1 Griffon, 1 White Serpent.

Battle at Bothild's Lode

11/4 party are rested, trained, and ready for more adventures. Vagnhild is making noises about 'paying the rent' - Alfilia's money has run out. 

Session 5 (13/5/23) Pictures 11/4 Orla Makander Bastonn & Markus recruit three new adventurers at the Inn - Tym, Halveld & Lothar. 12/4 Party head north, reaching the Temple of the Purple Flame mid afternoon, after Orla recruits a bear on the way. Sinister Briars wrap the Temple. One novice adventurer is immediately lost to a pit trap; intelligent skeletons in the pit ask the party to close the Portal to the demon realm. Orla kills a Giant Spider battling Sathmog cultists, the 4 survivors are friendly and lead them down to the Undercroft, but a terrible mutant  Manticore slays the cultists before falling. Two twisted demonic cultists guard the Portal to Sathmog's Realm and welcome the party. Orla Makander Bastonn & Markus enter the Portal. In the alien city, Makander Bastonn & Markus find the last piece of the emperor's statuette & return, but Orla is lost for six hours before finding her way back. 13/4 Bastonn's loud whispers are overheard by the demon cultists, who attack and are destroyed. With great difficulty the party breach a rusted iron door, freeing the intelligent skeletons. The party rest up - before dawn they hear a frenzied mooing and see a cow flying over the treetops, ridden by a demon!  Returning to the surface, in the sunlit temple gardens the party find Hafarmal, an elderly Elf Wizard from the West, whose eyes have turned completely black. He is reluctant, valuing the effect of the Chaos energy on the garden plants, but when shown his reflection and his black eyes (formerly green) he is convinced to use his magics to close the demon portal, laying the animated skeletons to rest. That night the party return safely to Outskirt.

14/4 Next morning the party head up the hill to the Temple, using the four pieces of the dragon statuette to open the Crypt of Um-Durman. After some scorching from a lightning trap they solve a puzzle and are able to claim the Sword. But on exiting the Temple they are accosted by the Mallard Quasimund, a horde of demon cultists, and Anabella the barmaid, commanding a swarm of Vampiric Bats. A terrible battle rages on the temple steps, with many falling on both sides. Makander charges into the thick of the enemy. The bat swarm is destroyed, and many cultists fall, but both novice adventurers are slain. Anabella, revealing herself as a high priestss of Sathmog, stabs Markus with a poisoned dagger. At the last, brave Makander too is overwhelmed by numbers and falls. 

Quasimund, Anabella and their six remaining cultists press in upon Bastonn and Markus, both badly wounded, while Orla shoots from above. Things look very grim...  Kills: Giant Spider, Mutant Manticore, Vampiric Bats, 2 Demonic Cultists, 6 Cultists. Lost: Lothar Halveld Tym & Makander. 

Session 6 Pictures HEROIC ABILITY GRANTED #1

Brage & Tymma turn up and defeat the remaining cultists. Following the liberation of Um-Durman and defeat of the Sathmog cultists, Vagnhild & Hardy are thinking of appointing the PCs as 'Guardians of the Vale' - with free bed & board! The party trek north with Um-Durman towards the Isle of Mist, encountering harpies & skeletons, losing Markus, but gaining a Knight, Baldwin. They take a raft to the barren isle, defeat a ghost atop a high tower, then swim down into the tunnels below the isle, where they battle a fierce crab demon.

Kills

Outskirt: 14/4 5 Sathmog Cultists (& 1 captured), Quasimund, Leanara/Anabella. 

Magna Woods: 16/4 3 Harpies, 5 Skeleton Guards & 1 Skeleton Captain. Lost: Markus, slain by Skeleton Captain.

Isle of Mist: 18/4 1 Ghost Cultist, 1 Crab Demon. 

Quasimund the Mallard

Annabella/Leanara

Sathmog Cultists

Session 7 HEROIC ABILITY GRANTED #2

18/4/23 The party, Tuviel the Skeleton, and two rescued prisoners Kretscha & Emrys battle and destroy Azrahel Koth with Um-Durman, though the new allies are killed/destroyed. On the way out meet the ghost of Tuviel's beloved Cadal, and Okvid a troll with toothache. Late on 20/4/23 return to Outskirt. At the Inn Brage spots his mother dressed as an Abbbess and a squad of Warrior Nuns, hide from them in Tymma's house until they leave. The news of Azrahel Koth's destruction soon spreads, & there is much celebration.

Kills: 5 Skeletons, 6 Undead Guard, Vampiric Bat Swarm, Azrahel Koth.

Lost: Kretscha the Orc, Emrys of the Immaculate Flame, Tuviel the Skeleton.

Later, Sir Baldwin reports back to the Commander of his Order, Sir Torius of the Immaculate Flame. Torius congratulates Baldwin and sends him back to Outskirt to watch out for remaining demon cult activity in the Misty Vale.

Downtime end M4, M5, M6: 9 weeks x5 = 45 work days.

Session 8 pictures

1/7/823 At the House of the Guardians defeat nun-cultists under Sister Isabella sent by Brage's mother to kill him.
2/7/823 Investigate the time-lost Road's End Inn, ending the curse caused by the long ago mistreatment of the crone soothsayer, Stare, in the year 286 AI?!

Dramatis Personae

Antelia - attractive but slightly scatty blonde shepherdess, from a farm east of Outskirt.

Helemi - cheerful halfling female innkeep of the Road's End Inn from 286 AI.

Grunn & Edda - young couple from 286 AI, who wrongly accused Stare of stealing their infant son.

Stig Stonehilt - dwarf adventurer, father of Tymma, plans to explore the fallen dwarf fortress of Gunderholfen.

Krog Stonehilt - young dwarf adventurer, half brother of Tymma, accompanying his father Stig Stonehilt.

Road's End Inn

Helemi, Road's End Innkeep

M7 823: In Outskirt, Tymma plays matchmaker between stoic Captain Hardy and dreamy Antelia the Shepherdess. They are soon getting along like a house on fire.

Session 9 M8 823 AI

The Haunted Marshes Teller Grimjaw the fighter (Craig), Aodhan the sorcerer (Bill), Bastonn the Wolfkin (Philippe) and Orla the Elf (Jelena) travel to the Tower of Sighs, defeat bandits, meet Glamglam the giant, travel to Dead Eyes Cave, chase off a Basilisk, and loot a magic bow. Aodhan finds a spell book and learns new tricks.

Hardy and Antelia the shepherdess are getting on very well, there are rumours they may be married in the Spring. If he can keep her from wandering off...

Session 10 (restart) M1 824 AI

Death Knight Attacks

05/01/24: Bad news - a young boy has disappeared from a farm just west of Outskirt! Tracks in the winter mud indicate he was kidnapped, and taken west towards the Iron Forest. Rabindranath the Mystic is muttering something about the Oracle demanding a sacrifice...

Dranath: "The Oracle is ancient and knows all there is to know about the Misty Vale, and she’s said to be sitting on immense wealth. But now and then she demands a human sacrifice. I reckon we’ll never see Roric again.”

6/1/24 Tymma Brage and their new companions travel west, scaring off bandits, defeating the Knight of the Riddermound (again) and finally rescue Roric from the Oracle, an enormous spider.

 

The Oracle

Session 11 20-21/1/24: Enter the Iron Forest, rescue a dragon knight's maid Shandra Telessair from demon cult sacrifice. Baldwin kills two elves who attack him. Brage leads the party into quickmud, but all escape. Kill a troll and reach the Troll's Spire. Explore an underground vault battling undead guardians, meet Harga the troll alchemist, kill three harpies and decide to refurbish the Spire as a future forward base.

According to the rescued girl Shandra she was the maid of the dragon knight Isadelia, seeking Fort Malus along with the knight Niklion. They also had four hireling mercenaries with them, and were planning to join up with Sir Tylos in the Iron Forest, before Shandra was kidnapped from her tent by the cultists.

Troll's Spire

Session 12 3/2/824 AI

“Fort Malus was constructed by House Stoneoak near the end of Emperor Eledain’s reign, to protect the family’s most prized possession – the Malus Aureus, a tree that bore golden fruit, apples of actual gold! The ruins of Fort Malus still stand in the far northwest, probably with

thousands of golden apples lying at the roots of the old tree.”

Joined by Tea Dragonheart and Blisandina Nightstabber, the group head for Fort Malus. Aid Sir Tylos and defeat 12 goblin ambushers, though Shandra is killed by their first volley. At the fort Tea gets into a duel with the arrogant knight Isadelia and is also killed, spurring a general melee. The group kill the three Dragon Knights including Niklion and 3 of 4 mercenary adventurers, sparing the last Joruna to be their new door guard, and free Roklaug the tree spirit who merges with the apple tree; the delicious apples now grant a boon. Return the captive elf sage Iliel to her home, a tiny elf hamlet on the south bank of the Kummer River, at the north edge of the Iron Forest. 

Goblin Ambush in the Iron Forest

Session 13 M2 824 AI - Sack of Fort Kyros

Session 14 M2 824 AI - a disastrous dragon-hunting expedition results in the deaths of heroes Brage the Mage and the Mallard Knight Ronnie Duckering.

Session 15-16 M7 825 AI. Evil creatures from the ruins of Gunderholfen are raiding the human farmsteads. The farmers appeal for aid. Adventurers raid the upper halls of Gunderholfen, slaying Kobolt Goblins. Attack and sack an Orc infested tower in the swamp.

Session 17 18/1/826 AI A party of adventurers raid the Sinking Tower in the Western Sea as it rises above the waves for the first time in twenty years. The Halfling, the Huntress and the Fist of Fury return to Tilea with two rescued adventurers and a massive emerald, selling it for 400gp each. The last adventurer, a Mallard Knight, is lost in the briny deep, clutching a single silver coin in his trap-manacled hand. 

Ix

Session 18 18/2/826 AI The Huntress and the Fist of Fury accompany Archmaster Aodhan to the tower of the Imperial Mage, Kato the Curious, lost for more than seven centuries in the Misty Vale. Together they defeat the Transdimensional Time Warp of the Demon Ix, free Kato from his torment, and seize his gold and his spell books - but hand the Book of Elementalism over to some Sathmog cultists.

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Tilea and the Western Cities

The Kingdom of Tilea is a merchantile city-state on the shores of the Western Sea. Many fine goods can be found here, including potions of healing (2d6, 50gp), potions of willpower (2d6, 100gp) and potions of extra-healing (3d6, 100gp). Tilea is currently ruled by the well-regarded King Rygos (born 783 AI), a devotee of the Eledainic faith. Rygos is a cautious and Lawful ruler, who maintains good relations with both the Order of the Immaculate Flame and the Merchant's Guild. The Cult of Sathmog is outlawed here. Tilea has an old rivalry with the city-state Kingdom of Retep (currently under the young Queen Petra the Fair, born 805 AI) to the northwest, that sometimes breaks into open conflict. The ambitious and bold King Madis (born 790 AI) of Madeira to the south-west often seeks to play off Tilea and Retep, to the advantage of his own realm.

King Rygos of Tilea

Queen Petra of Retep

King Madis of Madeira

OUTSKIRT VILLAGE

The village of Outskirt emerged as a result of the influx of humans in recent years. It is a humble settlement of fifty or so newly built houses clustered around an old temple ruin. There are roughly 200 adult residents, most of them humans, as well as many adventurers, hunters, and other wanderers who use the settlement as a base for journeys in the Misty Vale. The inhabitants of Outskirt are bold and adventuresome, filled with a pioneering spirit and determination to retake the vale and all its hidden secrets and riches.

Training in Outskirt

Tymma's mother Okald can train Axes 15. Her uncle Badinor can train Crafting 15 (both 5gp/week to Tymma & friends). 

Baryton Chubbycheeks can train Persuasion 15 (15gp)

Dranath can train Animism 16, Healing 15, Myths & Legends 15 (15gp)

Outskirt, Misty Vale

Antelia the Shepherdess

Hardy, Captain of the South Gate

Vagnhild, Owner of the Three Stags Inn & Village Leader

Baryton Chubbycheeks, Baker

Semolina Chubbycheeks, Miller

Rabindranath the Mystic

Stig Stonehilt, Adventuring Dwarf, father of Tymma

1. PALISADE

A crude palisade of sharpened logs winds its way around the settlement. It is not very high, maybe the height of one and a half men. Several large gaps can be seen between the logs.

2A. SOUTH GATE

A low, double-gated entrance is flanked by two towers of stone. There is a paved road leading south.

2B. NORTH GATE

A low gateway is flanked by two round towers of stone with pointed wooden roofs. A well-trodden path leads out through the gate and snakes off through the terrain.

3. THE VILLAGE SQUARE

The inn, the smithy, and the shop all face an open space where a weathered and armless statue rises from the earth. It is a strange relic from a bygone era, which seems to depict a warrior in antiquated armor. Nearby is a well, on which leans the stone statue of a great tusked troll.

4. THE THREE STAGS INN

An impressive two-story building with a massive, thatched roof and half-timbered walls. Outside the door hangs a red sign that says “The Three Stags – Beer, bed, and food at heavenly prices”. Cheery voices spill out onto the street, along with the smell of roasted boar.

MERCHANTS OF OUTSKIRT

Master Ulvar

5. MASTER ULVAR’S 
This is an oblong, windowless log building. On the roof there are goats feeding on the unkempt grass. Above the entrance hangs a grained wooden sign saying “Master Ulvar’s” in curling letters. 

✦ Master and Son: The shop is run by the proud Master Ulvar with assistance from his indolent and disinterested son Jory. 

✦ Gear: The shop does not sell weapons, shields, or armor, but most other Common items listed above can be purchased from Master Ulvar.

Master Ulvar is a tall, red-faced man in his 50s with an impressive drooping mustache. He has hands the size of hams and speaks with a booming voice that makes his mustache quiver.

Jory

Jory is Master Ulvar’s beloved son and designated successor at the shop. Unfortunately, young Jory has little interest in shopkeeping. He would rather be a warrior like Hardy, Jory’s greatest role model in life – and according to persistent rumours, Jory’s real father. The mother is unknown, but there is talk of a half-orcish woman who left for the mountains some years ago.

6. THE SMITHY
A large log building with an open front. The glow of a hearth can be glimpsed through the smoke, and from the hooks in the ceiling hang all kinds of weapons and armor pieces. Heavy hammer blows and a melodic, dwarven rumble is pouring out into the village square. 

✦ The Twins: The smithy is run by Okald and Badinor, dwarven twins from the Kummer Mountains who chose to settle down among the adventurers in Outskirt after a difficult inheritance dispute. The extraverted Okald handles the customers, while Badinor prefers to toil in the smithy with the hammer as his only company. 

Okald

✦ Weapons: All Common and Uncommon weapons, shields, and armor listed above can be purchased from Badinor and Okald. Rare items can be ordered and be ready in a week. The twins can also repair damaged weapons and armor, usually for half the original purchase price.

Okald

Badinor

is a heavily tattooed dwarf woman with a thick braided beard and a formidable underbite. She is happy and friendly and likes to tell stories of her wild years in the mountains, where she wrestled with basilisks, out-ate cave trolls, and hunted dragonspawn in abandoned mines. Mother of Tymma.

Badinor is a surly, taciturn dwarf who feels more comfortable around rocks than living creatures. He speaks to the minerals in their own language, and sometimes he even sings – both to his rock and to malleable metal pieces – in an ancient tongue that not even Okald understands. Nevertheless, Badinor is a skillful blacksmith who has the respect of everyone in the village.

7. THE CHUBBYCHEEKS MILL & BAKERY

At the edge of the village is a small windmill whose sails rotate slowly in the wind. The mill is connected to a log house where piglets, chickens, and carefree toddlers run around in the fenced yard. An almost irresistible scent of freshly baked bread surrounds the idyllic place.

8. THE TEMPLE AREA

A hill in the middle of the village with weathered pillars and the remains of a circular wall. At the crest stands a magnificent but crumbled temple. It is a peaceful place

that exudes a sense of bygone glory and ancient mystery.

9. DRANATH’S HUT

A simple dwelling with a grass roof and walls of stacked granite. A connecting garden is surrounded by a low fence. Herbal-smelling smoke billows out of an opening in the roof.

✦ Dranath: In the smoke-filled hut lives the mystic Dranath. He serves some local gods associated with fire, earth, and vegetation. He spends most of his time

meditating, but earns his living as a healer.

10. THE CRYPT OF UM-DURMAN

A tomb-like shrine with empty torch holders on the walls.

The darkness is dense, but on a stone altar in the middle of

the room you can see a jeweled greatsword, a golden goblet,

and an open book. Water from a fountain in the wall

pours down into a small font. Menacing statues of knights

in horned great helms are placed in the corners.

PC Sheet

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Kin:   Profession:   

Age:   Skills:

Heroic Ability:

Gear:

House Rules

Making PCs

Character Attributes are rolled in order, not allocated. After rolling, you may replace any one roll with a '15'.

Human PCs at character generation may replace Adaptive with any Heroic Ability of their choice.

Dwarves have a Boon vs Poison (inc Alcohol).

Advancing PCs

A skill improvement check roll of 19-20 when the Skill is 18 grants an Heroic Ability.  

Skills

Fumbles on a Demon roll occur only if the character rolls a second failed check. The GM decides the fumble result based on the situation, or rolls on the fumble table.

Heroic Abilities

Musician - when an ally or enemy within range makes a roll, the Musician may spend the listed WP to impose a Bane or Boon on the roll. This does not use an Action.

Combat

Combat is typically on a grid of 1 meter squares. Melee weapons either have Reach 1 and can attack only into adjacent 1 meter square, or they have Reach 2 and can attack two squares away.

Shields parry with a Boon against melee attacks. Large shields parry with a Boon against missile attacks also. Using your action to hide behind a large shield gives you Cover - all missile attacks have a Bane to hit you.

Piercing weapons take a Bane to halve target AV, not ignore it entirely.

Axes can do 'chopping' damage. This damage type has no special rules attached.

Magic Items

Crafting

Healing Potion: Heal Skill 15, ingredients of value 25gp, 5 days of crafting time, and a casting of Treat Wound.

Resting

1. A Stretch Rest (15 minutes) restores 1d6 HP, 1d6 (or 2d6 with Round Rest), and 1 Condition, once per Shift (6 hours). If someone else tends to you for during the Stretch and succeeds with a HEALING roll, you recover +1d6 HP. The caregiver cannot rest during the same stretch, and can only heal one person per stretch.

2. Round Rest: A quick rest that lasts just a single round. During a round rest you recover only D6 WP, no HP. You can only have a round rest once per shift. During your next Stretch Rest you only recover 1d6 WP.

3. Long Rest: A long rest typically lasts several days, and can only take place in a safe and comfortable location where there are no enemies nearby. During a long rest you recover all HP and WP, and heal all conditions.

Rest Services

Haircut Heals a condition of your choice in one Stretch. Can only be done once per week.

Bath/Swim Heals a condition of your choice in one Stretch. Only one bath or swim per day has this effect.

Luxury Accommodation: Heals 2d6 HP, 2d6 WP, and 2 Conditions of your choice per Shift of rest.

SLEEP DEPRIVATION

You need at least one shift of uninterrupted sleep every day. You cannot sleep in armor  unless you succeed in a CON check (with a Boon in Leather, with a Bane if wearing a helmet). After three shifts without sleep you can no longer heal WP or conditions. You heal HP as usual. You also lose D6 WP each shift you remain awake. If you reach zero WP while suffering from sleep deprivation, you collapse and sleep for at least one shift, and cannot be woken. Once you have slept at least one shift, you can heal WP and conditions normally again.

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ATTRIBUTES

Age - Human Duck & Wolfkin age in years, by age category. Halflings live twice as long; Dwarves live four times as long; Elves live ten times as long, and never appear aged; they do not die of old age.

 

Young: 16-24. Skills 6 Profession +2 free choice, AGL and CON +1 (max 18)

    Adult: 25-60. Skills 6 Profession +4 free choice

         Old:  61+. Skills 6 Profession +6 free choice, STR, AGL, and CON –2, INT and        WIL +1 (max 18)

    Maximum Human PC age is 58+3d20.

GEAR

You must write down all the items you are carrying on your character sheet. Any weapons you have At Hand, as well as the armor, helmet, and shield you are wearing, are listed in the respective boxes, while other items are recorded under Inventory. Write down one item per row. If it is not listed on your sheet, you do not have it with you.

ENCUMBRANCE

You can carry a number of items equal to half your Strength (rounded up) in your Inventory without difficulty. Only the items written down in your Inventory box count towards your encumbrance.

Weapons At Hand: You can have up to three weapons At Hand, which means that they are worn on your belt or otherwise readily available for use in combat. Weapons kept On Hand are recorded under Weapons on the character sheet and do not count toward your encumbrance.

Helmet, Armor, Shield: Any helmet, armor, and/or shield worn on your body is recorded in its respective section, and does not count toward your encumbrance.

MEASURING TIME

Three units are used to measure time in Dragonbane. Rounds are used in combat, while the Stretch and the Shift are used in other situations. 

UNIT OF TIME DURATION: ENOUGH TIME TO

Round 10 seconds Perform an action in combat.

Stretch 15 minutes Explore a room, take a Stretch rest 

Shift 6 hours Hike for 15 kilometers, take a Shift rest 

ARROWS & SLINGSTONES

You do not have to count every arrow and slingstone you are carrying. Instead, each quiver of arrows or pouch of slingstones counts as a single item. As long as you have that item, you can use your weapon.

HEAVY ITEMS

Really heavy items count as two, three, or even more regular items in terms of encumbrance. These will be indicated as having weight 2, 3, 4, and so on. In your inventory, heavy items take up a number of rows equal to their weight. If no weight is specified, it is always 1.

TINY ITEMS

Small and light items that can be hidden in a closed fist are called tiny. Items of this size do not affect your encumbrance at all. Tiny items are recorded in their own section on the character sheet.

Coins: Single coins count as tiny items and do not affect your encumbrance as long as they are fewer than 100. 100–199 coins count as one item, 200–299 as two, and so on.

OVER-ENCUMBERED

You can temporarily carry more than your normal encumbrance limit. In that case you must make a Strength roll whenever you want to move in a Round of combat or walk for a Shift of travel. If the roll fails, you must either drop what you are carrying or stay where you are.

OTHER HAZARDS

DARKNESS

In complete darkness you cannot dash (page 43) or hit enemies with ranged attacks. To attack an enemy in melee combat, you must first make an AWARENESS roll (not an action).

Torches & Lanterns: A torch or lantern lights up 10 meters (five squares) in all directions. Lighting a torch or lantern is an action and requires flint and tinder, fire pot or open fire to light it with, or the magic trick IGNITE (page 65). If none of these are available, you can light it with a successful BUSHCRAFT roll, but that takes one stretch of work.

A torch or lantern is carried in one hand, which means that you cannot use two-handed weapons or a second one-handed weapon at the same time. A torch can be used as a weapon, and counts as a small wooden club that deals fire damage. Whenever you hit someone with it, you must immediately roll to see whether the flame goes out (below).

A torch or lantern can burn for up to a shift of time, but they are unreliable. After each hour, or whenever the GM wants to heighten the drama, you must roll a die (the type depends on the light source, see page 78). A result of 1 means that the flame goes out.

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STUDIES & MAGIC

ITEM COST SUPPLY WEIGHT EFFECT

Amulet 3 gold Uncommon — Can be used as a focus for spells.

Book 25 gold Uncommon 1 Boon on skill rolls in a specific subject.

The cost varies depending on the subject.

Brooch 5 gold Uncommon — Can be used as a focus for spells.

Chalk 1 copper Common — Can be used as a focus for spells.

Grimoire 50 gold Unique 1 The cost varies depending on the content

and may be much higher.

Hourglass 25 gold Rare 1 Can be used as a focus for spells.

Notebook 5 gold Common 1 Empty, can be used as a grimoire.

Orbuculum 18 gold Uncommon 1 Can be used as a focus for spells.

Paper (sheet) 2 silver Uncommon — Can be used to write down spells.

Parchment (sheet) 1 silver Common — Can be used to write down spells.

Quill & Ink 10 gold Uncommon 1 Can be used to write down spells.

Reliquary 5 gold Uncommon 1 Can be used as a focus for spells.

Wand 10 gold Uncommon 1 Can be used as a focus for spells.

LIGHT SOURCES

ITEM COST SUPPLY WEIGHT EFFECT

Flint & Tinder 5 silver Common — Required to light torches, candles, or lanters, and to make a fire.

Lamp Oil 3 silver Common 1 Holds ten doses. Each dose keeps an oil lamp or lantern

burning

for up to one shift of time.

Lantern 10 gold Common 1 Illuminates a 10 meter radius. Burns for up to a shift of time, but

roll D8 after each stretch of time. On 1 the lantern goes out and

must be refilled and relit (action).

Oil Lamp 1 gold Common 1 Illuminates a 10 meter radius. Burns for up to a shift of time, but

roll D6 after each stretch of time. On 1 the lamp goes out and must

be refilled and relit (action).

Tallow Candle 1 copper Common — Illuminates a 4 meter radius. Burns for up to a shift of time, but

roll D4 after each stretch of time, or if the bearer attacks or is

attacked. On 1 the candle goes out.

Torch 5 copper Common 1 Illuminates a 10 meter radius. Burns for up to a shift of time,

but roll D6 after each stretch of time, or if the torch is used as a

weapon. On 1 the torch goes out.

TOOLS

TOOL COST SUPPLY WEIGHT EFFECT

Crowbar 2 gold Common 1 2D6 damage against a door or wall, without risk of being

damaged. Hits automatically.

Hammer 1 gold Common 1 2D4 damage against a door or wall, without risk of being

damaged. Hits automatically.

Needle & Thread 3 silver Common — Mends clothes with a BUSHCRAFT roll.

Pickaxe 3 gold Common 1 2D8 damage against a door or wall, without risk of being

damaged. Hits automatically.

Saw 5 gold Uncommon 1 Cuts metal or wood in one stretch.

Shovel 2 gold Common 1 Reduces the time spent digging by half.

Sledgehammer

3 gold Common 2 2D10 damage against a door or wall, without risk of being

damaged. Hits automatically.

Blacksmithing Tools 20 gold Uncommon 1 Used for CRAFTING (page 34).

Carpentry Tools 8 gold Uncommon 1 Used for CRAFTING (page 34).

Tanning Tools 5 gold Uncommon 1 Used for CRAFTING (page 34).

MEDICINE 

ITEM COST SUPPLY WEIGHT EFFECT

Poison, Lethal (dose) 2 gold × potency Uncommon 1 See page 52.

Poison, Paralyzing (dose) 12 silver × potency Uncommon 1 See page 53.

Poison, Sleeping (dose) 6 silver × potency Uncommon 1 See page 53.

Herbal Concoction (dose) 1 gold Uncommon 1 Boon on HEALING rolls for resisting disease

(page 53).

Healing Potion (dose) 50 gold Rare 1 Instantly heals 2D6 HP. Stronger potions heal

more HP, but are more expensive.

Bandages (10) 5 silver Common 1 Required to avoid a bane on HEALING rolls for

saving lives. Each attempt consumes a bandage.

Surgical Instruments 15 gold Uncommon 1 Boon on HEALING rolls for saving a life.

CONTAINERS 

ITEM COST SUPPLY WEIGHT EFFECT

Backpack 3 gold Common — Increases carrying capacity by 2. A person can only use one backpack

at a time.

Barrel 2 gold Common 2 Holds up to 15 weight units. Can take 10 points of damage, armor

rating 3.

Basket 4 silver Common 1 Holds up to 10 weight units.

Bottle 1 gold Common 1 Contains 1 unit of liquid.

Bucket 5 copper Common 1 Contains up to 5 units of liquid.

Chest 5 gold Common 3 Holds up to 20 weight units. Can take 25 points of damage,

armor rating 5.

Clay Jug 5 silver Common 1 Contains 1 unit of liquid

Saddle Bag 6 gold Common — Increases an animal's carrying capacity by 2. An animal can carry no

more than two saddle bags.

SERVICES

SERVICE COST SUPPLY EFFECT

Bath at an Inn 6 copper Common Heals a condition of your choice in one stretch. Only one bath per

day has this effect.

Bodyguard 2 gold/

day

Uncommon Stats as a typical guard on page 105.

Bowl of Stew 5 copper Common Covers the daily need of food.

Clothes Repair 5 silver Common Eliminates the effect of torn clothes (page 102).

Courier 1 silver/

kilometer

Common Delivers a message to the recipient.

Feast 2 gold Uncommon Covers the daily need of food.

Goblet of Wine 2 silver Uncommon After drinking two goblets in a single shift, each additional goblet

causes a condition of your choice.

Haircut 2 silver Common Heals a chosen condition in one stretch.

Can only be done once per week.

Healing 5 gold Uncommon HEALING rolls succeed automatically.

Lodging at Inn, Separate Room 5 silver Common A shift rest can be had without a BUSHCRAFT roll.

Lodging at Inn, Dormitory 1 silver Common A shift rest can be had without a BUSHCRAFT roll, but roll D4 each shift. On a 1 someone's snoring prevents anyone else in the room from sleeping.

Lodging at Inn, Luxury Suite 2 gold Uncommon A shift rest can be had without a BUSHCRAFT roll.

Meal at an Inn 3 silver Common Covers the daily need of food.

Road Toll 2 copper Common Allows passage.

Stagecoach 3 copper/kilometer Common Transportation to a specified destination.

Tankard of Mead 4 copper Common After drinking three tankards in a single shift, each additional tankard causes a condition of your choice.

Teacher 5 gold/shift or more Uncommon A shift of instruction grants an extra advancement roll.

MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION 

VEHICLE COST SUPPLY EFFECT

Canoe 6 gold Common Can carry two people and 10 weight units

Cart 15 gold Common Pulled by one horse or donkey. Can carry two people and 50

weight units.

Rowing Boat 15 gold Common Can carry four people and 50 weight units

Sailing Boat 40 gold Uncommon Can carry six people and 100 weight units

Wagon 30 gold Common Pulled by two horses or donkeys. Can carry four people and

100 weight units.

HUNTING & FISHING

ITEM COST SUPPLY WEIGHT EFFECT

Bear Trap 3 gold Uncommon 1 Can be used for hunting (page 103).

Fishing Rod 8 silver Common 1 Gives D4 rations of food when fishing (page 103).

Fishing Net 2 gold Common 2 Gives D6 rations of food when fishing (page 103).

Snare 5 copper Common 1 Can be used for hunting (page 103). Can only be used once.

ANIMALS

ANIMAL COST SUPPLY COMMENT

Chicken 4 silver Common Yields one ration of food when slaughtered.

The meat should be cooked (page 103).

Combat Trained Horse 400 gold Rare Can carry one rider and 10 weight units, or two riders

Cow 10 gold Uncommon Yields D4 rations of food (milk) per day, and 2D10 rations of food

when slaughtered. The meat should be cooked (page 103).

Donkey 12 gold Common Can carry 10 weight units. Cannot be ridden.

Guard Dog 15 gold Common Protects its owner. For stats, see page 99.

Homing Pigeon in Cage 2 gold Uncommon Flies home to its dovecote when released, wherever it is

Pig 2 gold Common Yields 2D6 rations of food when slaughtered.

The meat should be cooked (page 103).

Riding Horse 60 gold Uncommon Can carry one rider and 10 weight units, or two riders

Sheep 3 gold Common Yields 2D4 rations of food when slaughtered.

The meat should be cooked (page 103).

You can use Barter skill to try to get a better deal, success adjusts price 20%. Dragon adjusts price -50% or +100%. Demon = offended, merchant refuses trade.

Trystan

THE FALLEN

TRYSTAN the Bard - Jelly.  Trystan the Bard grew tired of court life and has come to the Vale looking for inspiration and romance! He fell in with Krisanna the Bold in the western cities, and travelled with her to Misty Vale in search of adventure. He fell in battle with goblins in the Iron Forest, still playing his beloved flute.

MAKANDER OF HALFBAY - Tony You are the youngest son of the Baron of Halfbay, who resides at his seat of power many days’ travel to the east. Knowing that the title will pass to your older (but lesser) brother, you searched your soul and decided to forge your own path. You take great pride in your name and honor, and accept missions that help the weak and punish the wicked. Now you have joined a company of adventurers, drawn by rumors of treasure in the Misty Vale. Makander was slain by Cultists of Sathmog outside the Tomb of Um-Durman in Outskirt.

MARKUS, TILEAN LANDSKNECHT - Max  A Tilean mercenary Landsknecht. Tymma liked the look of his hat. Anyone with a hat and moustache like that must be good for a song.  With fabulous Hats and a glorious mustache and beard, Markus adventured for hats and ale. Markus was killed by a skeleton campaign on the fringe of Magna Woods.

Markus the Landsknecht

Makander

RETIRED

KRISANNA THE BOLD - Kimberly 

Krisanna

Growing up in a city in the west, you were always coming up with wild ideas and daring your friends to take ever-greater risks in the alleys. You became an adept pickpocket and later started burglarizing luxurious mansions. You were caught and thrown in prison, but escaped shortly thereafter. Now you keep clear of the city, always looking for new challenges and experiences together with a party of adventurers. You are currently on your way to the Misty Vale, which is said to offer plenty of both.

Gods of the Kin

The Sky Father (Tyus), God of Men. The Shining God. God of the Sky & Summer. The Warrior. King of the Gods.

The Great Wolf (Mavors), God of Wolfkin. The Hunter. God of Winter. Son of Sky Father & Earth Mother. 

The River King (Donn), God of Mallards, God of Rivers & Lakes. The Traveller. God of Autumn, Journeys & Death. May be an aspect of the Sky Father.

The Great Mother (Anesidora), Goddess of Halflings, Goddess of the Hearth, Goddess of Spring. Mother Moon. Wife/Mother/Daughter of the Sky Father.

The Smith (Kazad), God of Dwarves, God of Crafting & the Forge. 

The Hunter (Herne), God of Elves. The Laughter in the Woods. The Lone God. God of the Forest.

The Great Church

The Great Church was a religious institution of the Thulian (Eledainic, or Dragon) Empire, formed from an amalgamation of the nine most influential faiths among the Thulians. Eight of the original deities honored by the Great Church are shown on the table below. The ninth “deity” was called Anyastos, who was, according to orthodox interpretation, not a deity at all, but rather an abstract concept—The Divine—representative of the power above and beyond all the other gods. Anyastos had no priesthood or temples of his own, instead being revered by all of the Church’s constituent faiths. Of course, there have always been tales of secret societies and esoteric orders devoted to him. The Church itself ceased to exist with the fall of the Thulian Empire, though many of its constituent faiths continue to cooperate with one another. Likewise, the titles employed in most religions today are evidence of the Church’s continued influence even after its institutional cessation.

The Eight

Anesidora goddess of grain, fertility, marriage, and law 

Asana goddess of strategy, heroism, and science 

Caint god of medicine, poetry, and music 

Donn god of the dead, rivers 

Mavors god of warfare 

Tenen god of travelers, craftsmen, and invention 

Tyche goddess of fortune, prosperity, and destiny 

Typhon god of judgment, discipline, and trade 

Demon Lords

Sathmog (Power, Tyranny), Tsienra (Ferocity), Eldyr (Deceit), Umalu (Pain), Adelmar (Eternity), Akresh (Thunder), Sarasathsa (Mystery, Paradox), Kojuro (Sword), Kesh the Serpent, Engala (Undead), Kyrax (Blizzard), Hragahl (Intellect).

BARONY OF GOSTER

Celestial Champion Azura, at Kavargo's Tor (stasised)

Over thirty years ago, in the year 795 AI, Vaer Goster, with his sisters Fangrid & Yasmina, took these lands from the Orcs, by fire and sword. Vaer became the Baron Goster, while Fangrid founded the Abbey of the Righteous Lady, training a cadre of holy Sisters dedicated to the goddess Asana. Yasmina took a darker path, for it is said she consorted with the Demons of Chaos, who granted her great sorcerous power in return for an unknown service - perhaps her immortal soul. Today Vaer is still bluff and vigorous. His eldest child Sir Torius commands the Knights of the Immaculate Flame, while Fangrid still rules her Abbey with the iron fist of Law. And Yasmina, she keeps her own counsel.

Vaer is married to the Lady Guthred, of a prominent northern family. His younger son Carolus is also a Knight of the Immaculate Flame, and likely to head the Order when Torius succeeds his father as Baron. Vaer is said to be looking for a good husband for Elizabeth, his youngest child and only daughter.

There is a trade route that runs from Tilea east through the Barony of Goster across the isthmus, to the eastern town of Muncaester on the shores of the Grey (eastern) Sea.

Major NPCS

Baron Vaer 'the Bald' Goster (m): Knight Champion. (772-)

Sir Torius 'Golden Beard' Goster (m), Commander of the Immaculate Flame: Knight Champion (797-)

Abbess Fangrid 'the Sturdy' of the Righteous Lady (Asana) (f): Noble (774-)

Yasmina the Witch (f): Mage (776-)

Lady Guthred Goster: Noble (777-)

Sir Carolus Goster: Knight Champion (799-)

Elizabeth Goster: Noble (802-)

Vaer, the Baron Goster

Abbess Fangrid 'the Sturdy'

Sir Torius Goster, elder son of Baron Vaer

Yasmina the Witch

Lady Guthred Goster, Wife of Baron Vaer

 

Sir Carolus Goster, younger son of Baron Vaer

Elizabeth Goster, youngest child of Baron Vaer

The Arch-Sorceress Ravenna Braga

Helena the Wise Woman

The Blackmarsh Region, South-East of Misty Vale

Dominion Rules - 'Fields of Blood' Conversion

Spend 10gp for 1 RP

Draw 1 RP for 5 gp.

Province = 4x5km hex (20km across)

Unit= 100 men

Unit Costs To Maintain (per 90-day season)/Raise

100 Militia (1sp/man/day) = 10gp/day>900gp/season > 90 RP/180 RP

100 Regular (2.5sp/man/day) = 25gp/day>2250gp/season>225 RP/450 RP

100 Elite (5 sp/man/day) = 50gp/day>4500gp/season>450 RP/2250 RP

Human Domain Base RP Production (per season)

Desert/Waste, Mountains, Underground 100 RP

Hills, Marsh 200 RP

Coastal, Forest, Plains 400 RP

Province/Hex Population Centre RP Multiplier - Max Units per Province

Thorpe 0.25 - 5

Hamlet 0.5  - 8

Village 1 - 12

Small Town 2 - 16

Large Town 2.5 - 24

Small City 3 - 36

Large City 4 - 50

Metropolis 5 - 100

Province/Hex Population Centre RP Multiplier - Max Units per Province, Settlement Build & Upkeep

Thorpe 0.25 - 5, 750 & 0 RP (initial cost includes clearing wilderness)

Hamlet 0.5  - 8, 500 & 50 RP

Village 1 - 12, 1,000 & 100 RP

Small Town 2 - 16, 5,000 & 200 RP

Large Town 2.5 - 24, 20,000 & 250 RP

Small City 3 - 36, 70,000 & 300 RP

Large City 4 - 50, 400,000 & 400 RP

Metropolis 5 - 100, 500,000 & 500 RP

Outskirt: Human Plains Village, 400-100=300 RP/Season

Province Improvements

Arcane Tower, Chapel, Druidic Grove: 1500 RP per level 1-3

Arcane Guild Hall, Temple, Stone Circle: 3000 RP per level 4-6

Arcane University, Cathedral, Sacred Mound 6000 RP per level 7-9

Thief Gang 1000 RP per level 1-3

Thief Mob 2000 RP per level 4-6

Thief Cartel 4000 RP per level 7-9

Mine (hills or mountains) 200 RP, Smelter 400 RP

Logging Camp (forests) 400 RP, Sawmill 800 RP

Crop Rotation (plains) 600 RP, Irrigation 1200 RP

Fishmarket (coastal) 300 RP, Fishing Fleet 600 RP

Signal Tower 50 RP, Upkeep 10 RP

Hospital (100 bed) 500 RP, Upkeep 125 RP

Marketplace 100 x (population RP multiplier squared), village or larger 

Hill Fort 100 RP/unit

Wood Fort 125 RP/unit

Castle 200 RP/unit

Fortress 400 RP/unit

Citadel 800 RP/unit

PC rulers can take 1 or more 'realm actions' per month in addition to normal play, examples given are Annex Land (take over an area and build settlements), assign generals, bank income, cast realm spell, creat formation, declare peace, declare war, espionage, forge alliance, muster troops, sacrifice, train troops, buy improvement etc. Actions typically take 1 Season (3 months) to resolve.

Regent Actions (1 Standard Regent Action per Month)

Annex Land (Standard). Establishing a thorpe costs 750 RP.

Assign Generals (Free)

Bank Income (Free, Civilised only)

Cast Realm Spell (standard, cost varies)

Create Formation (Free)

Declare Peace (Standard)

Declare War (Standard)

Espionage, Disrupt Trade (Standard, 1000 RP)

Espionage, Infiltrate Guild (Standard)

Espionage, Spy (Standard, 500 RP)

Forge Alliance (Standard)

Muster Troops (Standard)

Name Formation

Reform Formation

Sacrifice

Sever Ties

Trade

Train Troops

Realm Actions (1 Standard Realm Action per Month)

Bank Surplus

Buy Improvement

Build Permanent Fortification

Build Port

Build Road

Build Thorpe (750 RP)

Garrison Population Centre

Improve Guild

Improve Road

Upgrade Population Centre:

200+ Thorpe>Hamlet 500 RP, 1 Season

400+ Hamlet>Village 1,000 RP, 1 Season

800+ Village>Small Town 5,000 RP, 2 Seasons

1,600+ Small Town>Large Town: 20,000 RP, 3 Seasons

3,200+ Large Town>Small City: 70,000 RP, 4 Seasons

6,400+ Small City>Large City: 400,000 RP, 5 Seasons

12,800+ Large City>Metropolis: 500,000 RP, 6 Seasons

Province Improvements

Arcane Tower, Chapel, Druidic Grove: 1500 RP per level 1-3

Arcane Guild Hall, Temple, Stone Circle: 3000 RP per level 4-6

Arcane University, Cathedral, Sacred Mound 6000 RP per level 7-9

Thief Gang 1000 RP per level 1-3, Mob 2000 RP per level 4-6, Cartel 4000 RP per level 7-9

Mine (hills or mountains) 200 RP, Smelter 400 RP

Logging Camp (forests) 400 RP, Sawmill 800 RP

Crop Rotation (plains) 600 RP, Irrigation 1200 RP

Fishmarket (coastal) 300 RP, Fishing Fleet 600 RP

Signal Tower 50 RP, Upkeep 10 RP

Hospital (1 unit) 500 RP, Upkeep 125 RP

Supply Store 200 x (population RP multiplier) per week of supplies, maximum 13

Marketplace 100 x (population RP multiplier squared), village or larger 

Trade Fair 100 x (population RP multiplier)

Hill Fort 100 RP/unit

Wood Fort 125 RP/unit

Castle 200 RP/unit

Fortress 400 RP/unit

Citadel 800 RP/unit