Northern Strata Home Game: Session 1
Three adventurers start their journey at the scholar’s tower.
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Northern Strata Open Table: Session 2
The adventurers explore a ship buried beneath the snow and report their findings to the scholar’s tower.
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Northern Strata Open Table: Session 1
A choir with words that don’t make sense. A damnation of pigeons? Young halflings say “hold fast to the path.” An old man with a cowboy hat looks at us at the door. Brother Tom. Happy to have visitors, he says.
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The Northern Strata: Character Classes
These are presented as additional modifications on the standard b/x classes. Character Classes Fighter Fighters are those who have trained in combat with physical weapons and armour of all type 1d10 Why did I take up arms? 1 Because the sword is the seed from which all motion flows 2 To flee the geometer lords
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B2: The Caves of Intensity
Introduction A 200’ high cliff along the coastline hides a series of damp caves. The higher up parts are encrusted with old snow. The ground covered in pear-sized rocks and orange lichens. A hawk circles up above. There is an oppressive feeling here – wet and warm, as if something is inhaling and exhaling. Closer
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The Northern Strata: Wilderness Encounters
The Wilderness Topography: rather than distinct regions, the ephemeral boundaries between things are held in place only through the territorialization of plants and animals. Snow cover typically lasts 8 months of the year, with nearly year long snow in the mountains. Travel Methods Travel Methods Terrain type Speed – Hexes/day Load (lbs) Cost (gp) Crew
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The Northern Strata: Adventuring Rumours
A generator for adventuring rumours in the Northern Strata. All of them are true. Adventuring Rumours Adventuring Rumours (1d20 or 1d20/1d20/1d20/1d20) entity action target unforeseen complication 1 Everyone in Thomsbury Fears The sacred pools of Lake Silvaplana But not all who tremble are afraid 2 Captain Gerard Hom Guards The signs of their lost lover
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The Northern Strata: Background and Factions
Introduction Background Far above the Empty Center, two weeks’ trek by wagon ride from the Keep of Squares, marked only by a feeble line of scraggy brush, lies the serrated edge of the Northern Strata. No two strata imitate each other–they are each the judgment of gods. Six hundred years ago, the gods were all
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The Northern Strata: Gygax 75 Challenge Week 1
Out of the window,I saw how the planets gatheredLike the leaves themselvesTurning in the wind.I saw how the night came,Came striding like the color of the heavy hemlocksI felt afraid.And I remembered the cry of the peacocks. Wallace Stevens, “Domination of Black” This post was a project that was started originally started in 2022, and