Having visited the tundra last week, our heroic characters have returned to the comparative safety of the nearest town or city. Of course, they’ll no doubt rest and recuperate while therein, but they also might do something more interesting. Perhaps a character needs a salve, or the group recovered old coins they’d like to exchange for local currency. Enter this week’s Urban Locales:
<... 2023-08-18 06:48:30 +0000 UTC View PostDo you have a burning desire to hurl white dragons, yeti and remorhaz at your characters? Are they venturing into the frozen north? Behold Wilderness Dressing: Tundra available in 5e, OSR, Pathfinder 1 and Pathfinder 2 editions. We’ve haven’t featured the tundra in the Wilderness Dressing line before, and I hope you find it a valuable addition to your tool kit.
All patrons at...
2023-08-11 07:01:56 +0000 UTC View PostI’m unsure why we waited until now to feature gorgons and griffons in the Monstrous Lair. However, for some reason, we did! This month, we give you two System Neutral Monstrous Lairs ready for your campaign for free as a thank you for supporting us here on Patreon.
Have your characters fight a gorgon or describe a griffon eating the paladin’s warhorse in great detail. They’ll thank ...
2023-08-04 06:33:05 +0000 UTC View PostYou can now lounge with Raging Swan Press on Patreon!
Earlier this week, I got word that Raging Swan Press was among a small number of creators selected to try one of Patreon’s new features—Lounges. Hooray!
Lounges are a community space where we can chat. It’s early days yet, but it seems like a nice, simple way to chat.
2023-07-29 10:27:24 +0000 UTC
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This week is one of those rare weeks when we don’t release anything to the general public. But fear not, we still have a free and exclusive mini-eventure for you! This month, we invite your characters to shop in Dulwich’s marketplace. Who knows what they might find? And where better to spend their hard-earned loot? (And why not add some of your own adventure hooks or stalls into the mini-ev...
2023-07-28 07:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostRuined and abandoned (and monster-infested) dwarven holds are a classic adventure locale. Dwarves delve deep, and their holds make excellent dungeons. This week, we give you the tools to easily and quickly add a fallen dwarven hold into your campaign with Blasted Donjon of the Erdukr Dwarves. As always, with a Dungeon Backdrop, we’ve provided you with a framework—all you have to do...
2023-07-21 06:29:54 +0000 UTC View PostWhy are adventures “one and done”?
As designers, we pour our hearts and souls into our adventures. We (hopefully figuratively) shed blood, wear our fingers to the bone, and make sacrifices large and small to create the best adventures we can. Inevitably, however, during the design process, we make compromises, run out of time, run out of words, or just don’t think of something that ...
2023-07-18 16:23:51 +0000 UTC View PostDeities and demons are eternal. Lurking elsewhere, they guide and manipulate humans and their kin in the eternal struggle of good against evil. Back in 2019, almost three years ago to the day, we released Deities & Demons—a first look at the otherworldly powers of Ashlar and the Lonely Coast.
Today, we are back with version 2 of the 5e, Pathfinder 1, Pathfinder 2 and System...
2023-07-14 07:03:37 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, the Wilderness Dressing line goes where it has never gone before—where, perhaps, only the bravest of characters will venture. Behold: Wilderness Dressing: Badlands.
We’ve done deserts before, and we’ve done hills, but Badlands are different. Their very name evokes images of a harsh, merciless climate populated by ravenous scavengers eager to sup upon the characte...
2023-07-07 06:48:18 +0000 UTC View PostJuly is upon is, and so we have two new Monstrous Lairs for your GMing pleasure. As always, these books are free to you as a thank you for your epic support here on Patreon.
This month, we focus on gargoyles and shadows with Monstrous Lair #89: Gargoyle’s Ruin and Monstrous Lair #90: Shadow’s Haunt. Both shadows and gargoyles are iconic monsters for low- and mid-leve...
2023-06-30 04:59:27 +0000 UTC View PostIn a slight change of plan this week, I’m delighted to announce our two new One-Pagers: Urban Locale #11: Derelict Building and Urban Locale #12: Pawn Shop. Both of these locales could serve as a backdrop to an interesting encounter or an adventure hook. Many things can lie hidden and not-so-hidden in a derelict building, and a character could easily buy something at a pawn ...
2023-06-23 07:09:19 +0000 UTC View PostI’m tremendously proud of our GM’s Miscellany: Dungeon Dressing books; I think they are a fantastic resource for a GM keen to make their dungeons more richly detailed and believable. But they are big books.
Enter One-Pagers: Dungeon Dressing. This smaller pocket-sized book is perfect for the GM on the go. It comes in print, PDF and epub (optimised for Kindle and Apple Books),...
2023-06-16 06:57:55 +0000 UTC View PostWhen we first released the Wilderness Dressing line (way back in 2012 or so and only for Pathfinder 1), we only focused on the traditional adventure locales—hills, mountains, forests and so on.
That meant we missed several kinds of wilderness we really should have fleshed out. We missed, for example, Caves & Caverns, Jungles and more. This month, we continue to put that right with <...
2023-06-09 06:48:17 +0000 UTC View PostAs you read this, I’ll probably be at UK Games Expo, indulging myself in geeky delights! But fear not, we still have some new GM’s Resources for you! This week, we focus on centaurs and ankhegs in our Monstrous Lair line. I’m pretty sure you could mash these two supplements together to whip up an adventure or side trek quickly. Perhaps your characters encounter a clan of centaurs who need...
2023-06-02 06:17:35 +0000 UTC View PostThis week is one of those rare weeks where we aren’t releasing something new to the general public. It happens every time a month is mean enough to have five weeks in it.
But fear not, that does not mean we have nothing for you! Rather, this week, we have a free Patreon-exclusive Mini-Eventure—Shopping at Eronen’s Safe Travels—for your GMing pleas...
2023-05-26 07:02:21 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we have a cracking Dungeon Backdrop for you—one that could serve as not only a compelling adventure site but also could help you with a spot of world-building. What’s not to like?
And—as is now standard—we publish FIVE editions of the Dungeon Backdrop. Everyone at the $2 and up levels gets the 5e, OSR, Pathfinder 1, Pathfinder 2 and System Neutral editions. Whatever gam...
2023-05-19 06:26:03 +0000 UTC View PostIn some regards, this could be a jolly bad combination of businesses. You’ve got a pack of gamblers—many of which will lose—and ready access to a supply of weapons. That could go badly wrong!
But fear not. This isn’t the setting for the characters’ next adventure (although it could be). Rather, it’s this month’s Urban Locale releases! behold Urban Locale #09: Gambling De...
2023-05-12 06:43:34 +0000 UTC View PostWe’ve repeatedly visited the Urban Jungle, but only once—in the 20 Things line—have we visited the actual jungle. In the first run-through of the Wilderness Dressing line back in the early 2010s we didn’t have a jungle instalment (like we didn’t have a caves instalment).
Now we do! Behold: Wilderness Dressing: Jungles (in 5e, OSR, Pathfinder 1 and Pathfinder 2). If your...
2023-05-05 06:59:25 +0000 UTC View PostFor the first releases in May (which you get in April!), we have two Monstrous Lairs for you: Orc Village and Cockatrice’s Den. I’ve featured orcs in many adventures (unsurprisingly), but cockatrices (or Petrifying Death Chickens) have not featured that often. I hope this month’s Monstrous Lairs inspire you to use both in your campaign as quickly as possible! (How much fun could a pack of...
2023-04-28 06:58:43 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s the time of the month when we give you a free mini-eventure as a thank you for supporting us on Patreon. These mini-eventures will never be available for sale in this format anywhere—they are exclusive to Patreon. This month, the characters can go for a drink at the Golden Skull—if they dare!
For patrons at the $5 and up levels, we also have the 5e edition of The Picaroon Penin...
2023-04-21 06:59:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe’ve all got that player. The player who thinks you know EVERYTHING about your setting. They’ll ask for a detailed breakdown of all the gods even though they are playing a fighter. They’ve never been a GM.
The same player will want to know what every single building is when you unveil the map of the next village, town or city the characters visit. Fear not! With the Urban Locale li...
2023-04-14 06:53:27 +0000 UTC View PostLast week, we released two Monstrous Lairs—Dragon Turtle Lair and Castaway’s Camp—to complement Wilderness Dressing: Isles & Islands. This week it’s the main event, with the aforementioned Wilderness Dressing (in 5e, OSR, P1 and P2 editions).
Isles and islands are great adventure locales which I do not think we utilised enough. After all, once the characters are on th...
2023-04-07 06:57:50 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we offer two Monstrous Lairs to complement Wilderness Dressing: Isles & Islands (which is next week’s release). Behold, Monstrous Lair 83: Dragon Turtle’s Cave and Monstrous Lair #84: Castaway’s Camp.
These are both free to you as a thank you for your epic support of Raging Swan Press on Patreon. Thank you!
Use both the next time...
2023-03-31 06:51:03 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we return to town after exploring the Lost Eyrie of the Demon King with two new System Neutral Urban Locales for your GM’s toolkit. Breathing life into a town or city can be extremely challenging for the busy GM. Some players feel compelled to explore everything—perhaps not understanding the horrors this conjures up in the mind of the want-to-be-prepared GM.
Fear not! With ...
2023-03-24 07:47:53 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we have a torrent of books for you—FIVE editions of Lost Eyrie of the Demon King. We have 5e, OSR, Pathfinder 1, Pathfinder 2 and System Neutral versions of our newest Dungeon Backdrop for your GMing pleasure. Desperately “need” to add a demon king to your campaign? (And who doesn’t?) Raging Swan Press has got you covered!
An otherworldly ev...
2023-03-17 07:39:52 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we round off our System Neutral elemental fane mini-collection with Monstrous Lair: Fane of Elemental Fire and Monstrous Lair: Fane of Elemental Water. I hope you enjoy them!
There are no prizes for correctly guessing which module these Monstrous Lairs are designed to complement. Some of my fondest gaming memories come from running Temple of Elemental Evil...
2023-03-10 07:58:08 +0000 UTC View PostThis year, I’m marking GM’s Day with four Monstrous Lairs designed specifically for use with a certain old classic module set in my beloved World of Greyhawk! This week, you get Monstrous Lair: Fane of Elemental Air and Monstrous Lair: Fane of Elemental Earth. Next week, we round off the mini-collection with Monstrous Lair: Fane of Elemental Fire and Monstrous Lair: Fane of Elemental Water....
2023-03-03 07:32:20 +0000 UTC View PostOur major release this week is GM’s Miscellany: Dungeon Dressing (OSR). This book moved up the release schedule during the OGL fiasco, and I couldn’t see any real reason to move it back down the order. This compilation of the Dungeon Dressing line gives you hundreds of pages of material for your OSR game.
But fear not, even if you don’t play OSR games, we have a book for yo...
2023-02-24 07:31:56 +0000 UTC View PostAre your brave and heroic characters taking a break from adventuring, or are they about to cause chaos in the local town? Either way, the Urban Locale line gives you the tools to near effortlessly add spice and flavour to proceedings! This week, we present:
Add them to your GM toolbox today!
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2023-02-17 07:46:33 +0000 UTC View PostWe are back in the wilderness this week, but it’s a wilderness with a difference. This month, we descend into the dark, sunless places of the world with Wilderness Dressing: Caves & Caverns. At some point, most campaigns delve underground into a cave or cavern network. Use this week’s release to add depth and flavour to your adventure!
And check out this epic image that M...
2023-02-10 07:56:30 +0000 UTC View Post