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Faction Friday: The Caves of the Undead
Note: This faction is intended more as an element of one adventure than a long-term ongoing faction. Kids in the nearby village of Willowbrook often dare each other to enter the Caves of the Dead. The passages seem to twist and turn forever in a confusing maze. Here’s a good map. The Caves of the … Continue reading
Faction Friday: The Dragon’s Charming Tavern
The PCs are approached by a dwarven woman named Baera, who asks them to investigate the Weeping Willow Tavern. It opened only a few months ago and is always full of people for no obvious reason. Baera runs a tavern on the same street and finds this suspicious. The proprietor of the Weeping Willow Tavern, … Continue reading
Faction Friday: The Emperor’s Wolves
This is an era of bandits and monsters. The roads are unsafe, villages burn, and the emperor holds lavish parties while ignoring the suffering of the people. This hash reality planted the seeds of revolt. Rebels gather among the teeming masses in the Capital, plotting the overthrow of the emperor. This will not be easy, … Continue reading
Faction Friday: The Cult of the Crystallized Dragon
When the city’s sewers were last expanded, the workers accidentally broke into a vault and discovered a life-sized young dragon made of crystal sitting, ominously motionless, in the center of the vault. The workers immediately plugged the hole and told nobody of what they found (none of the workers wanted to deal with all the … Continue reading
The Confederacy Corps of the Shattered World
This is part of my ongoing series on the Shattered World setting, which contains pieces you can drop into your own game. This post introduces the Confederacy Corps, which is the military arm of the independent coalition of nations that calls itself the Charter Confederacy. I’ve also got an NPC for you. The Confederacy Corps When … Continue reading
The Silver Shield League of the Shattered World
This is part of my ongoing series on the Shattered World setting, which contains pieces you can drop into your own game. In this post, I’ll introduce another of the three major factions of the Shattered World, and several NPCs. The Silver Shield League Several dwarf tribes organized the Silver Shield League about fifty years … Continue reading