Cartography by Meshon Cantrill It’s true I used to run with the Untamed—back when Owl was the leader. I don’t associate with ’em now though—not after what I saw. I got a stomach for all manner of things, but whatever it was I spied through the door at the back of the hideout…a room with […]
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Cartography by Meshon Cantrill I was taken by the evil dogs while camping near Agav’s bog. They dragged me into their lair, and it wasn’t until I escaped that I knew the truth of the place: a great and bony wing buried in the side of a hill. They chained me in the dark with
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Cartography by Meshon Cantrill The mountains are the border between our kingdom and the realm of the fire giants. Look far eastward—see how the peaks turn black? Their forges must burn night and day to mark the mountains so. Some mornings, sunrise dims from the smoke and soot. Long have we watched the pass and
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Cartography by Meshon Cantrill We were traveling the old trade road up near the Blind Hills when we found it: an overturned wagon in the ditch. Evas took to the shadows, scouted ahead, and returned with strange details. The wagon had been transformed—such that it appeared to be a fierce fortress. Signs of goblin-work were
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Cartography by Meshon Cantrill True, I was hired to sail them out past the Witch’s Teeth. Four adventurers looking to earn a name; who was I to throw vinegar on their fancies? I took ’em within a rowboat’s jaunt of the place: the door on the rock. I know as much of the place as
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You’ve made a great dungeon. It has riveting plot hooks, compelling challenges, custom-made traps, and all the atmosphere of an ‘80s goth music video. Now what’s needed are a few flavorful bits to finish it off. Prepared! is here to help with a worthy dungeon prop ready to drop into your spelunking masterpiece. The Enigmatic
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Traveling along a popular trade road, the party discovers a ruined village. Abandoned long ago, Velston now contains only the restless spirits of those who died in the village’s violent end. Prepared! offers the following small scenario for low-level characters. “Ain’t nobody in these parts willing to knock down what’s left of poor old Velston;
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For every successfully enchanted sword, there are a score of sputtering failures. A ring of great power must have several nearly mundane cousins—more suited to a smelter than a wizard’s finger. Sometimes your party’s actions deserve a reward that is heavy in flavor but light in power. Today, Prepared! brings you two items from the
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What else but earth is so willing to be tread upon? —Archdruid Naqua of Tellwood The party discovers the cruel truth behind a bath house’s curative mud in today’s elementally imbued scene. A crier, hired by local business owner Gamwit Silvers, calls out the following as the party passes through a market in a town
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In great laughter, wonder, loss, and grief it is there—water at the corner of eye. —Archdruid Naqua of Tellwood Dungeon delvers discover that an abandoned alchemist’s lab has one remaining assistant in today’s elementally imbued scene. The Forgotten Assistant Your footsteps echo off the crude stone walls as you proceed down the corridor. Here and
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Fires of creation, fire in the soul, a fiery heart—why do we so often evoke flame when we speak of the essential? —Archdruid Naqua of Tellwood Travelers meet and discover the truth behind an unending blaze in today’s elementally imbued scene. The Ever-Burning Shrine Recent rains have made the road muddy and pitted. Traveling along
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We started there, a mote from the heavens; we’ll return there—if the sky will have us. —Archdruid Naqua of Tellwood A bit of intrigue is just what your party’s stroll through the wilds requires. Today, Prepared! brings you a bit of the sky with this elementally imbued scene. Clouds Come Down The road vanishes now
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You’ve made a great dungeon. It has riveting plot hooks, compelling challenges, custom-made traps, and all the atmosphere of an ‘80s goth music video. Now it needs few flavorful bits to finish it off. Prepared! is here to help with a worthy dungeon prop ready to drop into your spelunking masterpiece. The Enchanted Bookshelf Read
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Sometimes hacking and blasting a monster to pieces is unavoidable. If you have too much of this sort of thing, though, players can get caught in a rut; every challenge becomes a combat and they miss out on the fun of…not murdering things for loot. Kill him or help him, today’s Prepared! scene brings you
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For every successfully enchanted sword, there are a score of fizzled failures. A ring of great power must have unimpressive cousins—better suited to a smelter than a hero’s finger. Sometimes your adventurers deserve a reward that is heavily flavored but lightly powered. Today, Prepared! brings you two items from the catalogue of not-quite-right magical treasures
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