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Megadungeon Idea: Vertical Highway/Abyss
Preamble A common setting for D&D adventures is the dungeon: an enclosed, usually underground space, divided into rooms and hallways and so on, filled with monsters (some sentient and some not; not all of them necessarily hostile), traps, and treasure, … Continue reading
Location: Sella Island
Geography Located about sixty miles southwest of Kyper, the nearest major island is Sella. The island is roughly saddle-shaped, with a mass of high cliffs dominating its northern third and another, slightly lower mass of hills to the southwest. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Archipelago, campaign, geography, map, Sella, setting
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Creation Legend (Retold from the Amsa of Ya-Khem family)
Long before the world was divided into Halls, all things were mixed and uniform. This was called the living world. It went on for such a long time that each element slowly changed into each of the others and then … Continue reading
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Tagged creation, creation legend, Four Realms, legend, living world, setting, Shankhar
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The Last Labor of the Titans
The Last Labor of the Titans (A creation legend of the Slakiv Empire, from Hloen’s Tales of Our Mothers) Listen to what I say, you young and old, for I tell of how our world was made and what its … Continue reading
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Tagged archons, creation, creation legend, dream, labor, legend, setting, Shankhar, Slakiv Empire, titans, twilight
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Setting: A Cultural Miscellany for Fair Vickelt
Languages The large part of the Archipelago’s business is conducted in a pidgin tongue called Pata Ila. Every island speaks a different dialect, but in general any one speaker can understand any other. Pata Ila shares a number of points … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure setup, Archipelago, Diarchal, Fair Vickelt, groups, languages, money, setting, Shankhar, time
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Setting: Groups of Interest on Kyper
In town Fair Vickelt and Low Vickelt are rife with guilds: organizations that act in part as unions (protecting their members, providing training, advancing capital, guaranteeing quality, and setting prices) and in part as protection rackets (doing their best to … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure setup, Archipelago, campaign, Diarchal, factions, Fair Vickelt, groups, setting
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Mini (“Doom”) campaign
A few years ago, a death cult was found operating in Slakiv lands. The self-styled “Sons of Du Van Ku” simply set up a secret lair and start scouring the countryside for likely-looking victims to kidnap and murder or drug … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure setup, campaign, Pathfinder, setting, Shankhar
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Location: Fair-Vickelt-after-the-Flood
History and overview The island of Kyper lies in the northern reaches of the Diarchal Archipelago. Even less hospitable than its neighbors, for centuries its largest sign of civilization was the thrice-rebuilt city of Vickelt, a sea-town with decent natural … Continue reading
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Tagged Archipelago, campaign, Diarchal, Fair Vickelt, history, setting, Shankhar
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The Diarchal Archipelago
“Setting” entries detail various aspects of the world itself. Here’s a colorful one that I hope to use for a coming RPG campaign. Geography The continent of Vestan, heart of the known world, is a vast open grassland, surrounded by … Continue reading
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