Midgard Dungeons: Profahnter Water Station, Zobeck
The verdigris plaque is barely a hand’s width wide, set into the door frame. Its raised letters have an antique flourish, an artful design from the days when the Trade Tongue alphabet resembled...
View ArticleWarlock’s Apprentice: Bazaar of Ineffable Wonders
Author’s Note. Parts of this article are taken from the Nine Chthonic Papyri of Heknusret the Temerarious, former member of the Honorable Society of Portal Wizards, a secretive order of Nurian mages...
View ArticleWelcome to Midgard: Mazeborn
Welcome, friend, to the world of Midgard. Maybe you’re brand new to this world. Or maybe you’ve been around since the beginning. Either way, stay—all are welcome! Please, sit and listen to the tales....
View ArticleOn the Road with Phileus J. Abbertale: Fire and Sand
My uncle Reginald, a cosmopolitan fellow with a flair for the dramatic, regaled me throughout my youth with marvelous tales about his adventures in the Southlands. His stories of sleek sandships...
View ArticleThe Far Side of the Table: In with the New and Out with the Old
Tyrash’s arms ached, and a sharp pain in his spine reminded him of his recent scrape with a group of thugs. A clawing fear slithered down his spine, causing the sharp pain to flare up again—he was...
View ArticleWelcome to Midgard: Kyprion
Welcome, friend, to the world of Midgard. Maybe you’re brand new to this world. Or maybe you’ve been around since the beginning. Either way, stay—all are welcome! Please, sit and listen to the tales....
View ArticleThe Courts of Fey: Seelie Champion
Since the rise of the “young” races, the boundaries of Faerie have waned and receded farther into the shadows. Once great powers and influences have been diminished or forbidden or forgotten. As the...
View ArticleYour Whispering Homunculus: Crooked Characters—Emilia Bittersweet, Part Two
“Ah, Emilia, or should I call you Sister Ingratia today? Come in. I’ve been expecting you…” Crooked Characters are detailed NPCs to slip into your adventures however you wish. Free from class and...
View ArticleWelcome to Midgard: The Genie Lord
Welcome, friend, to the world of Midgard. Maybe you’re brand new to this world. Or maybe you’ve been around since the beginning. Either way, stay—all are welcome! Please, sit and listen to the tales....
View ArticleOut of the Frying Pan: The Children of Granny Evô
Encounters have consequences. Every slain bandit has friends who will want revenge, and every devil banished back to the Eleven Hells reports its failure to its dark lord. What happens when the PCs’...
View ArticleDungeons of Midgard: “Sunken Treasure” of Hammra Cistern
(click image for larger map) For 9th-level characters Dragon Lord Ibbalan the Illustrious—eldest and greediest of wind dragons, the gold-cloaked khan of Mezar—ascends to Irkaly Palace’s highest...
View ArticleWelcome to Midgard: The Wasted West
Welcome, friend, to the world of Midgard. Maybe you’re brand new to this world. Or maybe you’ve been around since the beginning. Either way, stay—all are welcome! Please, sit and listen to the tales....
View ArticleCult Activity: Helvetesfönster
An ancient immortal creature stalks the Margreve Forest, and an entire village of cannibal cultists worship it as their god. They will gladly use any trespassers as ritual sacrifice to keep it...
View ArticleWarlock’s Apprentice: Spells from the Fire
These spells are suitable for a campaign that visits the City of Brass or that takes place in a setting where fire, heat, and the desert loom large, such as the Southlands. They’re geared toward...
View ArticleWelcome to Midgard: Dust Goblins
Until the Great Mage Wars, goblins mostly lived in the dark places of the world. Midgard’s populations dwelt below the Pytonne Mountains and the contested western range of the Ironcrags. The darkness...
View ArticleOn the Road with Phileus J. Abbertale: Earth and Water
I have always felt an affinity for the sea. Watching the blue tapestry stretch out to the horizon while cutting through the waves inspires me to dream of distant lands and perilous journeys. It would...
View ArticleMemoirs of a Lich: Outside-Context Problems
Dear Osvaud, This is Osvaud. We are fond of saying that on a long-enough timeline the seemingly impossible becomes merely implausible. This means we occasionally get gloriously blindsided with...
View ArticleWelcome to Midgard: Primal Path of the Ancestors
While other barbarians lose themselves to their fury, the Path of the Ancestors channels the power of the ancient spirits of a tribe through rage. When the rage takes you, the spirits of the ancients...
View ArticleUnder the City: Vault of the Mad Mage
Among the various circles of treasure hunters, rumors speak of a dungeon built beneath mazes of streets and aqueducts, of a trove right under the noses of everyday citizens. According to legend, it was...
View ArticleYour Whispering Homunculus: 100 Notable Kobolds, Part One
“Ah, slug, I want you to go into the upper east cellar and fetch Nadger for me.” “Upper east cellar, master. I’ve never been there before, but I happily perform any task you wish however dangerous or...
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