These minor magical effects are almost all bad, but can be exploited by clever players. Inspired by cantrips and first level spells but with nasty twists. You can roll 1d20 to add a bit of chaos to a situation, or you can pick and choose based on the type of challenge you want to add … Read more
Northern Cyre rises in gentle, rolling hills to form the Crown plateau. In the past, this was the hideout of bandits and goblins, a violent history that can still be seen in many fortified buildings and romantic ruins. It is now a simple place of farmers, miners and woodcutters, far removed from the glamour of … Read more
Deep in the Mournland is a nearly intact House Lyrandar storm tower, surrounded by a permanent deadly storm. Lightening still crackles around its upper reaches, but its base is encased in frozen ice. For this short side-quest my players went on, I used a modified version of Gus L’s Dungeon of Signs module Lone Colossus … Read more
The plains and hills of central Cyre are dry and most suited to pasturage. Many of the local people are still nomadic herders with their own colorful traditions, although there are small settled villages and towns along the main trade routes or around castles that specialise in different trades. Spinning and weaving are what this … Read more
When I looked at the upper left corner of Cyre that sort of sticks out into Scions Sound, I thought it would make sense to either by quite hilly (hence the shape) or swampy. I settled with wetlands and marshes, since there weren’t that many other areas in Cyre that didn’t seem like they’d be … Read more
I’ve been working far too much on a side project to create a hexcrawl exploring the Mournland in Eberron for Dungeons and Dragons 5e. For those that don’t know, the Mournland is a landscape warped by magic and covered in dense mist, and it’s described by the creator of the setting, Keith Baker, as a … Read more
The first adventure in the Oracle of War Adventurer’s League campaign is DDAL-EB-01 The Night Land by Shawn Merwin. It’s a solid introduction to the setting, and the three adventures it contains introduce the weird nature of the Mournland, the church of the Silver Flame and Daelkyr abominations, and the Emerald Claw quite effectively. The … Read more