Midgard Campaign Setting (2012)

The World Is Ready. Are You? Deep in an ancient forest, a trembling young woman enters the clearing where a ramshackle hut crouches on birds’ legs Far below the earth, a caravan of kobold merchants passes through a stone archway carved with the faces of leering ghouls High atop a northern mountain, a dwarf grips his battle-axe and gazes over the rim of the world toward whatever fate the gods have in store for him This is Midgard, and its gates are now open The Midgard Campaign Setting brings to life a dark world of deep magic, with seven regions flavored by the folklore of Central and SMYLIE_Amazon_PerunEastern Europe plus a heady dose of weird fantasy. Lead designers Wolfgang Baur, Jeff Grubb and Brandon Hodge led the Open Design community in a two-year project to build a sprawling setting supported by adventures and sourcebooks compatible with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Dungeons & Dragons, AGE System, and more Midgard is ley line magic and warped alchemical experiments; the Western Waste’s giant, shambling horrors and magic-blasted landscapes; diabolical gnomes and the schemes of immortal Baba Yaga; wild, wind-riding elves and swashbuckling minotaur corsairs; the Mharoti Empire’s lethal assassins and exotic splendors; and the dragon-haunted crags of the icy Northlands The Midgard Campaign Setting 296-page book includes: - Pathfinder RPG and AGE System rules for gearforged, kobold, and minotaur PCs - 26 new backgrounds, 3 new schools of magic, and new specialties for AGE System - New clerical domains including clockwork, moon, hunger, and beer - More than 50 kingdom write-ups, with new feats and traits for each region of Midgard - New spells, magical items, and incantations - New gear and weapons unique to the setting - Ley line magic and the secrets of the shadow roads! From the Northern fjords to the hidden tombs of the gnolls, from the raven-headed reavers to the ruins of the great mage-kingdoms: all of Midgard is yours! The World is Ready. Are You? Midgard is lost in an age of war: of dark wilderness, and lost empires sunk beneath the waves. Only magic and the warmth of hope keeps lights aglow when dread things prowl, and priestly wardings tremble and bend before the fury of demonic rage. In this dark time, new heroes must arise to claim the crowns of Midgard, and restore the jewels to her scattered thrones... The Midgard Campaign Setting brings to life a world of dark fantasy drawn from the great European traditions. Within this book youll find ley lines and deep magic; the Western Wastes giant, shambling horrors and magic-blasted landscapes; diabolical gnomes and the schemes of immortal Baba Yaga. Mark Smylia, Amazon of Perun Youll sail the wind with wild elves and cut through the waves with swashbuckling minotaur corsairs. Midgard is a land of lethal assassins and exotic splendors as well as the empty, dragon-haunted crags of the icy Northlands. The 298 pages of the Midgard Campaign Setting include: New Pathfinder RPG and AGE System rules for gearforged, kobold, and minotaur PCs 26 new backgrounds, 3 new schools of magic and new specialties for AGE System New clerical domains including Clockwork, Moon, Hunger and Beer More than 50 kingdom write-ups, with new feats and traits for each region of Midgard New spells, magical items, and incantations New gear and weapons unique to the setting The secrets of ley lines and shadow roads! The setting can be expanded even more with any of the Midgard adventures and sourcebooks from Open Design and Kobold Press. From the Northern fjords to the hidden tombs of the gnolls, from the raven-headed reavers to the ruins of the great mage-kingdoms: all of Midgard is yours!