Upon the Northern Isthmus: somewhere deep in the woods there is a hole in the ground, and so far neither man nor magician knows what lies below.

Originally published October 9th 2024

The first adventure for the upon the northern isthmus campaign setting has been released. I don't post about it much but it does exist a quite extensively in my brain. You can find it as a free blogpost on my itch.io with downloads of a pdf version being available for purchase. https://500poundsofnothing.itch.io/whatliesbelow

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Upon the Northern Isthmus: The Afterlife and Undeath

The Afterlife

In death there is the gravhela. After death the dead begin their trek to the bottom of the world. Deep underground in the cold and dark beyond the Death Goddesses’ lake sits the realm of gravhela. The winds are cold and biting, there is no light. The only solace is ale provided down there erases all memories of what you were before you died, so your soul can finally rest.

Virtuous…

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Upon the Northern Isthmus: Lindworm Generator

Originally Published February 21st 2021

When Ragnarok comes it shall be the lindworms that eat away at the earth itself, in the meantime, they hide away in their corners of the world.

When encountering a lindworm these will be the first things you notice

The Lindworm has a head of a(n)

With a great mane of

It has a long serpentine body supported by d4 sets of legs.

What is not immediately…

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Upon the Northern Isthmus: Troll Generator

Originally Published February 21st 2022

Far in the north sits an Isthmus, the history of this land is a history of cyclical time, now is the third age. Monsters inhabit the woods where humanity dear not tread. One of the inhabitants of those woods is the troll. When the party encounters the troll they may wonder what is the deal with it?

The troll looks mostly human except for

What makes this…

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