Umberwell: Blackened Be Thy Name
Discover Umberwell ¸ a fantasy metropolis of stunning strangeness and decadent splendor. Explore a city of urban dungeons¸ encounter marvelous artifice¸ and hear the prayers offered to the six goddesses of the City of Exiles. Tour the city's island sprawl¸ its underground warrens¸ its undersea domes¸ and the rusting towers that lead to its skyward reaches. Mingle with devious wizards¸ thieving gangs¸ and creatures drawn to the city from across the planar multiverse. All you have to do is learn to survive the streets¸ crypt-kicker! Beautiful fiends¸ deadly assassins¸ scheming secret societies¸ raucous cabarets¸ and horrid monsters await just beyond the harbors. Embark and taste the impossible fever dream. Umberwell: Blackened Be Thy Name is a system-neutral city campaign setting for picaresque urban fantasy adventures inspired by New Weird fiction. The book includes: Art by Tenebrous Kate. Details on the city of Umberwell¸ including information on its demoness mayor¸ its worm trains¸ its dangerous gangs and cults¸ its interplanar zones¸ and much more. Information on the myriad races who populate the city. Ideas for genre-appropriate characters and the reasons that brought them to the metropolis. Eleven factions and twenty-six NPCs to involve your players in intrigue. Advice and tools for running a fantasy RPG in an urban setting. Tools for use in game¸ such as copious adventure seeds¸ random tables¸ and a comprehensive adventure generator that gives you the basis of a scenario with little prep. A full index of subjects¸ an index of adventure ideas¸ and an index of the book's random tables. A design philosophy that prioritizes ease of use and speed of play. All "lore" entries are easy to scan¸ and make use of bullet points and bold text to draw your attention to the important bits so you can get on with your game. All pdfs include a bonus pdf of the first supplement: Scardogs and Scapegaces ¸ which brings the described number of NPCs to fifty. Umberwell exists on the same world as Cinderheim: The Land Under the Demon Sun ¸ so if you enjoy this product you may with to check that out as well and use them together in your campaigns. Check it out here.