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Languard: City of Adventure, Explained
Languard: City of Adventure, Explained

Storied Languard is a noisy, dirty place. Here, amid broad, muddy streets teeming with life and shadow-mantled, danger-filled alleyways, there is little beneath the sun that cannot be had somewhere—for a price.

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Ashlar, GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstMay 14, 2025LanguardComment
Kalervo's Blade | Time of Two Crowns | Sundered Hill | Galvac | Mounds of Starry Doom

Kalervo's Blade | Time of Two Crowns | Sundered Hill | Galvac | Mounds of Starry Doom

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Sunday SupplementCreighton BroadhurstMay 11, 2025Sunday SupplementComment
Sceptre of the Lost Isles | Pillars of Creation | Ilsham | Labyrinth of Dancing Steel | Rotting Priest

Sceptre of the Lost Isles | Pillars of Creation | Ilsham | Labyrinth of Dancing Steel | Rotting Priest

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Sunday SupplementCreighton BroadhurstMay 4, 2025Sunday SupplementComment
A Third Dread Thing
A Third Dread Thing

Our third Dread book is almost ready for your bookshelf. The Dread Dungeononomicon is now in final proof.

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NewsCreighton BroadhurstMay 2, 2025NewsComment
Codex of Elder Times | Kraken Bloodweed | Fallen Orc Empire of Nithor | Ravencrag Keep | Vanished Treasure Fleet of Talazar

Codex of Elder Times | Kraken Bloodweed | Fallen Orc Empire of Nithor | Ravencrag Keep | Vanished Treasure Fleet of Talazar

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Sunday SupplementCreighton BroadhurstApril 27, 2025Sunday Supplement Comments
Varakar and the Isles of Sorrow | The Thunderaxe | The Dancing Dragon Tavern | Crystal Caverns of the Arn Stone | Dark-Forged Weapons

Varakar and the Isles of Sorrow | The Thunderaxe | The Dancing Dragon Tavern | Crystal Caverns of the Arn Stone | Dark-Forged Weapons

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Sunday SupplementCreighton BroadhurstApril 20, 2025Sunday Supplement Comments
Shadowland of Ashlar | Kildrak the Mad | The Screaming Death Stone | The Whispering Angel | Cave of the Dead

Shadowland of Ashlar | Screaming Death Stone | Cave of the Dead | More

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Sunday SupplementCreighton BroadhurstApril 13, 2025Sunday Supplement Comments
GMs! Details Matter
GMs! Details Matter

To be a successful GM, your adventures and settings must connect deeply with your players.

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GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstApril 11, 2025Dungeon Dressing, GMAdviceComment
Raging Swan Press Loves Markdown So Much...
Raging Swan Press Loves Markdown So Much...

At Raging Swan Press, we love Markdown so much that we’ve started offering some of our supplements in Markdown formats alongside our traditional PDFs.

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NewsCreighton BroadhurstApril 7, 2025NewsComment
Vilimzair Aralivar | Wreck of the Anvar | Sentinel Hill | Sparkwell Farm | The Grey Angel

Vilimzair Aralivar, Sparkwell Farm, the Grey Angel and More

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Sunday SupplementCreighton BroadhurstApril 6, 2025Sunday Supplement Comments
The Riven Keep | Grim Lands | Kal Voren | Hamlet of Pebble Mill | Tordel

The Riven Keep, Grim Lands, Kal Voren and More

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Sunday SupplementCreighton BroadhurstMarch 30, 2025Sunday Supplement Comments
Asheldon the Everwyrm | Emrikol the Reviled One | The White Dwarf Tavern | Cult of Valam Deszeld | Fonthill

The Everwyrm, the Reviled One, the White Dwarf Tavern and More

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Sunday SupplementCreighton BroadhurstMarch 23, 2025Sunday Supplement Comments
The Hamlet of Pebble Mill
The Hamlet of Pebble Mill

Standing near the mouth of the Tanu River, Pebble Mill is a miracle of Abarinite engineering. The mill—powered by the Tanu’s tidal bore—gives this small hamlet its name (and purpose) and is the inhabitant’s main source of employment.

A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.

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GM's Resource, Free DownloadCreighton BroadhurstMarch 18, 2025One-Pager, Hamlet, Ashlar Comments
The Dismal Sea | The Bloodstained Prince | The Crown of Cth | The Mirewood | The Rotting Manor

The Picaroon Peninsula, Dismal Sea, Bloodstained Prince and More

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Sunday SupplementCreighton BroadhurstMarch 16, 2025Sunday Supplement Comments
First Look: The Picaroon Peninsula
First Look: The Picaroon Peninsula

Set sail for adventure on the Picaroon Peninsula! Stretching from the isolated pirate stronghold of Deksport in the west with its three violent, feuding rulers, to the mysterious Forest of Gray Spires in the east, the Picaroon Peninsula is home to ruthless buccaneers, cannibal cults, crumbling tree-choked ruins and pirate curses.

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Picaroon PeninsulaCreighton BroadhurstMarch 11, 2025Picaroon PeninsulaComment
The Baleful Wanderer | The Blood Moon | The Well House | Cinderspire | Bibeldoop

The Baleful Wanderer, Blood Moon, Well House, Tavern Cinderspire and Bibeldoop

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Sunday SupplementCreighton BroadhurstMarch 9, 2025Sunday Supplement Comments
Lost Cellar of the Nameless Mage
Lost Cellar of the Nameless Mage

Centuries ago, another settlement stood where Dulwich now stands. Much of the area's ancient history has been forgotten—lost to time and memory. However, some buried or lost fragments of the past yet remain…

A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.

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GM's Resource, Free DownloadCreighton BroadhurstFebruary 25, 2025One-Pager, Dungeon Backdrop, Dungeon Dressing, Ashlar Comments
Hidden Sanctum of the Nameless Mage
Hidden Sanctum of the Nameless Mage

Everyone—even the powerful—has enemies, and the Nameless Mage was no exception…

A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.

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GM's Resource, Free DownloadCreighton BroadhurstFebruary 11, 2025One-Pager, Dungeon Backdrop, Dungeon Dressing, Ashlar Comments
February 2025 at Raging Swan Press
February 2025 at Raging Swan Press

We storm into February with a small flock of new resources for your gaming pleasure along with some new pages for our website.

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NewsCreighton BroadhurstFebruary 3, 2025NewsComment
The Orc's Head
The Orc's Head

Famed inn popular with adventurers and their hangers-on

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GM's Resource, Free DownloadCreighton BroadhurstJanuary 28, 2025One-Pager, Ashlar, LanguardComment
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