Slumbering ursine dunes by hydra collective kickstarter. Love chriss blog, ill need to check out the book sounds like it has a lot of. For decades there was silence, and the iron roads of sybarra went untrod by soldiers feet as. Chris kutaliks slumbering ursine dunes is one of those very, very rare adventures. You get the final published copy of the slumbering ursine dunes in drmfree pdf format and the immediate. Receive the published copy of the slumbering ursine dunes in drmfree pdf format and the draft pdf. My 5e campaign is currently nearing the end of the miniarc taking place in chris kutaliks slumbering ursine dunes.
The result is a place which feels utterly new and demands attention. The first pointcrawl module, focusing on a single hex and the multiple factions vying for control there. A party numbering 47 pcs, with combined levels of 1420, should find the adventure tough but not impossible. Olrich the hermit has taken the party around his sheltered campfire, as smoke escapes from the eyes and ear of the colossal stone head. May 14, 2017 buy slumbering ursine dunes in print or pdf. One thing i have greatly appreciated from the slumbering ursine dunes project has been the. This is a pointcrawl with 25 locations and two dungeonlike areas. The slumbering ursine dunes are filled with bipedal bear soldiers, the delightfully evil and alien eld, and elements of various slavic myths and ghost stories. To that end, they comped me a pdf copy via rpgnow, and i set to reading it. As one travels, the climate becomes drier and the soil loose and sandy. Its weak points are that it could use a little more set. Nothing helps more than honest critical assessment and fortunately ive been receiving much to think about how to up my game from thoughtful participants in our milieu. Slumbering ursine dunes is what is known as a pointcrawl, that is to say, a series of hubs connected to each other via a fixed number of paths, the rationale being that actually crossing 350 foot dunes is going to take very fucking long, an appropriate invocation of. Jan 12, 2015 so, i was excited to see how chris would realize these ideas in a more formal product, such as slumbering ursine dunes original kickstarter, current rpgnow pdf.
By chris kutalik hydra collective labyrinth lord mostly hd24 except for the demigods. Punchline is that in a months time i will most likely have the whole package out as some kind of cheap forcharity pdf. It has been designed to work either as the framework for a. Slumbering ursine dunes 1 welcome to the dunes slumbering ursine dunes is an openended, minisandbox adventure focused on exploration in a small, bounded area. Slumbering ursine dunes is known to the outside world for three things. While dead babies is set in a dark lamentations of the flame princess european setting, dunes is in a mystical dream wilderlands worthy of a moorcock short story. Like slumbering ursine dunes before it, feverdreaming marlinko contains two complete adventure sites, one of which is a little bigger than the other. Slumbering ursine dunes and the myth of arctolatry. Designer chris kutalik, through publishing collective the hydra. Sep 15, 2014 slumbering ursine dunes is a gaming product currently being polished and kickstarted by chris k. Part citysetting, part fullblown adventure, feverdreaming marlinko is a standalone companion to the slavic acid fantasy weirdness of the slumbering ursine dunes. I have been thinking about high level games, how bizarre and impossible they seem now, when i mostly want to play and run games where tragically human, limited and fragile characters face off against the mythic underworld or cunning and merciless overworld factions dependent less on the dice then on player wit. It should be noted that the cave dwarf raceclass and war bear raceclass take up 3. A 25site pointcrawl of the otherwordly slumbering ursine dunes region.
Slumbering ursine dunes is now available for you nonbackers on drivethrurpg and rpgnow in pdf. At heart, one of the big weirdnesses of this adventure comes from the eld eldar melniboneans. Makes the setting more fluid and easier to adapt to player interruption. Apr 11, 2019 to prepare for the campaign, ive gone through all of the encounters for the dunes, and created a document in basic fantasy style with all of the conversions of every opponent from ll to basic fantasy. Apr 10, 2014 the golden barge adventure locale came easy and with that momentum i started fleshing out the surrounding minisandbox area of the slumbering ursine dunes and related sites as a pointcrawl. Review ursine dunes marlinko misty isles hill cantons. Age of dusk meditations on the importance of a timeline for a last age pt. Just lay them out in front of the players or behind the screen as needed. Whether you want to use the slumbering ursine dunes as the start for a campaign, or as a sidetrack for characters looking for new excitements, there are things for you in this module. Jan 19, 2016 slumbering ursine dunes is what is known as a pointcrawl, that is to say, a series of hubs connected to each other via a fixed number of paths, the rationale being that actually crossing 350 foot dunes is going to take very fucking long, an appropriate invocation of natural barriers to rationalize the design. Heres a snippet from the introduction to set the tone. Its compact, practical, and has slavic werebears, so whats not to love. Slumbering ursine dunes is a gaming product currently being polished and kickstarted by chris k.
So, i was excited to see how chris would realize these ideas in a more formal product, such as slumbering ursine dunes original kickstarter, current rpgnow pdf. Slumbering ursine dunes 2014 hydra cooperative edition. Ive read it three times now and that familiarity has not dimmed the enjoyment. Beyond the big ticket adventure sites you will find along the way a polevik. If you have slumbering ursine dunes, and you should, its great. Dec 07, 2014 the first release of the hydra collective one hopes the first of many and the first kickstarter i ever back to deliver on time. I bought slumbering ursine dunes and the thing i like best about pointcrawls is the ability to shuffle them as needed. I have said a few times that i like to focus on the works of people in the smaller press, and the people who are the selfpublishers, because the big companies generate plenty of press on their own by being the big companies. Ruined ghinor does the slumbering ursine dunes setting out east along the coast, the slumbering ursine dunes lie fifty miles from the port town of wolsdag. Slumbering ursine dunes players map of the golden barge. Punchline is that in a months time i will most likely have the whole package out as some kind of cheap forcharity pdf or bundle it up with the never.
A literal sandbox taking its cue its title, if not its cue, from sleeping bear dunes national lakeshore, slumbering ursine dunes is a minisandbox style setting designed for characters of between second and fourth level for use with goblinoid games. Slumbering ursine dunes is a great introduction to running. A city supplement, focusing on something usable at the table. The big mechanic of slumbering ursine dunes is the chaos index. Background and hooks for the citys four contradas, city quarters with their own peculiar traditions, sites and even gods. Jul 26, 2015 whether you want to use the slumbering ursine dunes as the start for a campaign, or as a sidetrack for characters looking for new excitements, there are things for you in this module. Beyond the big ticket adventure sites you will find along the way a polevikhaunted rye field, a zardoz headliving hermit, bearling pilgrimage site, antediluvian beaver engineers and other assorted madness. Note that this doesnt include many of the stretch goals available only to backers of the hill cantons completeish tier. This 9 page document is just a list of stats, but it still might contain spoilers if you were planning on playing through this campaign.
Slumbering ursine dunes is a sandbox adventure for a party of levels 24 using the old school revival system. Slumbering ursine dunes and feverdreaming marlinko yore. That it features daves own quirky art is just gravy. You can find a lettersized pdf as a download right here. April 4, 2020 a continuation of the previous posts. Run, play or splice up 66 pages of mayhem and weirdness in this slavic mythicinspired with an acid fantasytwist minisandbox for labyrinth lord or the wellaged fantasy rpg of your druthers. Slumbering ursine dunes run, play or splice up 66 pages of mayhem and weirdness in this.
You see, when you have read and continue to read as many modules and supplements as i do, a sense of fatigue, of been there, done that often creeps in and smothers excitement. Dont forget about the hill cantons quad such as slumbering ursine dunes. A new and terrifying age in the wake of dying tzyan and the tempests birth the world shuddered and groaned. These are fullykeyed, and more than suitable for use as intermittent sojourns between exploring the rest of zem. Want to run your players through the weirdinfested environs between the dunes, marlinko, the misty isles and this product. Apr, 2015 slumbering ursine dunes players map of the golden barge april, 2015. Slumbering ursine dunes strong points are wellrealised factions, two good dungeons, evocative imagery and trappings, and its pointcrawl layout, where instead of a hex or a freeform map, the setup layouts out the various points of interest that pcs are likely to encounter along the way. Another pointcrawl, this time dealing with a semiextraplanar invasion of the main campaigns reality. Explore the dreamlike fantasy of the slumbering ursine dunes. Slumbering ursine dunes was one of the first publications by hydra cooperative and represents the first of four so far major releases by chris. You can learn a lot about point crawls and how do create a mini sandbox by reading this title. Review of slumbering ursine dunes rpgnet rpg game index. I own slumbering ursine dunes and enjoyed it a lot.
Slumbering ursine dunes osr this adventurelocationsupplement clocks in at 68 pages, 1 page front cover, 1 page back cover, 1 page editorial, 2 pages of srd, leaving us with 63 pages of content. So we were pretty happy to have slumbering ursine dunes and strange stars artist david lewis johnson pitch us his manuscript for a gonzo city campaign, gathox vertical slum, with a heavy emphasis on the verticaland a rather clever downtime system based on the savage world of krul. Clonesimulacrum systems and related products count, but. The first release of the hydra collective one hopes the first of many and the first kickstarter i ever back to deliver on time. Its set in giant sand dunes with paths running along the bottom and has several factions and a decent amount. Also see city encounters by matt finch, ready ref guides by j guild, nocturnal table by gabor lux, d30 companions, hubris by dcc, yoon suin, red tide, wilderlands of high fantasy by j guild, vornhiem and of course dmg 1 by gary g.
Dec 04, 2014 whether you want to use the slumbering ursine dunes as the start for a campaign, or as a sidetrack for characters looking for new excitements, there are things for you in this module. This adventure is complete with two fullscale dungeons, over a dozen new monstersraces, and a couple of new unique spells. For a quick overview, the atmosphere of sud is one part slavic mythology, one part moorcock. Instead having a map, one could have a series of index cards to use instead. Slumbering ursine dunes is a great introduction to running premade sandbox games. Some areas, particularly the demonhaunted western half of the vat complex, are intentionally designed to be deadly and challenging to even medi umlevel parties. To prepare for the campaign, ive gone through all of the encounters for the dunes, and created a document in basic fantasy style with all of the conversions of every opponent from ll to basic fantasy. In an utterly puzzling move, the pdf version lacks any bookmarks, making it annoying as heck to run the module in its electronic version. My companys hill cantons series slumbering ursine dunes, feverdreaming marlinko, what ho frog demons, and to a lesser degree misty isles of the eld are set in a slavic mythandfolklore inspired setting that draws upon a host and a half of other inspirations as well. These are fullykeyed, and more than suitable for use as intermittent sojourns between exploring the rest of zem or your own setting.