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Daragaard Part Two
🕑 Added 2024-10-27 13:30:03 +0000 UTCTier Release Links
Hello everyone!
Damn the delay but we’re getting this done, one final part to go, and then we can move onto getting out our adventure modules! The full PDF is now 223 pages long, so we’re really going to be very similar to an entire full huge setting book, which we’re really happy about considering the small team and effort having gone into this so far. A reminder:
We are going to be offering TWO types of releases: ‘Settings’ and ‘Adventures’ (sometimes referred to as chronicles). A ‘Setting’ release (like this one) is comparable in style, length and content to a ‘Guide to Wildemount’ or another 5e setting book like that. They are there to (when they’re finished) give you absolutely everything you need to be able to run a campaign, adventure, or whatever you desire within that setting. This includes lore, history, guilds and factions, NPCs, all that good stuff. An ‘Adventure’ will be a one and done, one month release BASED in one of the ‘settings’ we have produced. So less focused on the lore, the factions and all that side of things, and more on the story - actual full one everything you would need to run that exact adventure (in Athana or elsewhere). But of course, as we promised an offering every month of Battlemaps, magical items, monsters, spells and character options - all of these are in BOTH settings, AND adventures, so really the only affected tier by the difference between the two types of release are the Chronicle Keepers. So join them if you want in on all the fun stuff!
For Daragaard Part Two, let's crack on.
Monsters - VTT ready, portrait and Topdown
Bring the party down to face the mighty and rageful Ekoll, or to face off against the truly horrifying Straaken - a real Athana staple. We’ll probably be adding more Straaken related content in the future, as they’re a classic ever present multi-CR monster in our world. Think of the Terminids in Helldivers, we have the tiny little spewer versions that just rustle around, all the way up to your Bile Spewers. We have a Straaken for everything, and may eventually just about get all the tokens and content for them made.
Quick Quests - Two Short Adventures, Four New Battlemaps
We adore these two adventures, AND you can use them in ANY setting! A lot of the time goes into making these work. Truly just pick them up and run them as a side quest or even as the basis for an entire side plot. You’re provided with dialogue, scene setting, environmental and exploration tips and roll tables, loot, encounters, scripts, it’s basically plug and play adventures. The two we have for you this time are the ‘Dawn of the Hive’: an opening quest which takes you from a tavern brawl to uncovering a plot of a hivemind obsessed cult, we also have ‘Back to Black’: a shorter quest which will find an investigative party uncover the truths behind ghostly apparitions alleviating people of their valuables.
Daragaard Setting History, Lore, Factions and Compendium
We have added the religion system for Athana and how that all works. Think of it as a strange hybrid cross between the Cosmere, American Gods and RAW 5e. Anyway, it would be a very real goal in a multiyear long high level campaign for your players to perhaps aim at becoming ‘Redemption’, ‘Solace’ or ‘Envy’. That will make more sense when you read how it all works in this universe, promise! We’ve also added in 4 new factions and coincidently Euphoria’s favourite - the Spectres. Another goal for certain PCs. As well as visiting Rellek and Roheline in the compendium. We’re in the endgame and looking towards Nardaveng and Archeus for the final instalment.
Character Options
We've expanded the character creation possibilities with new subraces and subclasses, giving you even more ways to customise your PCs. Honour to my personal favourite, the 'Path of the Primordial Barbarian'—a primal force of nature that channels the raw elements into devastating attacks, probably the most adaptable subclass we’ve ever made.
Shaman Class
Welcome to Rellek with our all-new Shaman class! Get in touch with the world and the soul as you channel spiritual energies and commune with the very essence of Athana. The Shaman comes with three distinct subclasses, each offers a unique way to interact with the world. The core idea is totem crafting and spellcasting. Imagine an Artificer crossed with a Druid.
Bandit Variations - Spicing Up the Usual Suspects
Ever bored or sick of the same old CR 1/2 bandits, CR 3 chiefs, or CR 5 warmongers? Adding variety into bandits has been a game-changer for us. Some heal, some know basic magic, others specialise in stealth or ranged attacks—they have their own roles within the camp, just like a well-oiled machine. It just makes sense! Think of them as more than just sword fodder; they're a living, breathing community with their own dynamics. Your players will appreciate the challenge and change, trust us.
Magical Items & Spells - 17 Items, 6 Spells!
Our items this release range from uncommon through to our very first in lore official vestige in Requiem. Take her from Dormant to Exalted or cast her to the depths of the abyss for her unnatural and unholy ways. We’ll be looking at adding another vestige and a Corestone in part 3. As for spells, we’ve enjoyed six new spells of varying levels of power this time around. Though we’re certainly looking at those high level spell slots for the next drop.
SORRY about the delay in this first release, these settings are really whole lot of work - and when we do our next one (in a LONG while) we’ll probably break it into 5-6 instead of 3, for more regular updates, as it’s not the maps, items or even monsters which are taking the time. It’s the coherent and immersive lore we want to make sense, and you know, be GOOD.
Anyway, Nardaveng and Archeus are already well underway. So as always - Peace and ON TO THE NEXT ONE!
Euphoria
