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Muc-Mhara 05 - Abyssal Fae and the Ambergris Coven

Do not fall afoul of the witches from the depths

Welcome back to Muc-Mhara all! This week we're descending even deeper into the weirder parts of Muc-Mhara. Gone are the pristine homes of the azure elves; we're staunchly in abyssal fae territory now. Here we go!

Borough Guide

Muc-Mhara 05 is all about the unseelie creatures of the Yartharen Sea: the abyssa...

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Thestwick: Definitive Edition

Hi all!

Thanks so much for your patience! We're finally ready to unveil the Definitive Edition of Thestwick. This includes some new content and some slight tweaks to old content. A summary follows!

Patrons at the Chief Courier tier can download absolutely every piece of content we've created for Thestwick by heading to the 2022-06-12 15:12:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Muc-Mhara 04 - Toward the Depths

Deeper

We're going deeper into Muc-Mhara, everyone. With this fourth release, we enter the bottom half of the Trench of the Lost. There are spooky rifts into the unbessed waters below, and stranger creatures than we've seen so far. We've got some killer collabs for you today as well. Let's dive in!

Borough Guide

This document rounds out the Trench of the Lost port...

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Muc-Mhara 03 - Into the Trench

Find what you seek

Hello all, and welcome back to Muc-Mhara! In this newest release, we finally enter into the Trench of the Lost, a strange part of the city filled with massive heaps of lost treasures, trash, and traps. This is certainly one of the most unusual maps we've released so far, and there's a lot to discover here. Let's dive in!

Borough Guide

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Muc-Mhara 02 - Shallow Fae and the Council of Contracts

The bearer of the crown shall control the seas

Welcome back to Muc-Mhara, all! Today we're taking a close look at the shallow enclave, the entryway into the fae-inhabited corners of the great underwater city. This release includes beautiful music, even more map variants than usual, and a plot hook that you can use to craft a wonderful social dungeons for your players. Let's div...

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Borough Request Poll

It is time yet again for LIMINA to seek out new partner realms to explore. While we are currently dedicating our efforts toward plumbing the depths of Muc-Mhara, time moves a bit nonlinearly here at LIMINA HQ. What you see before you is refracted and distorted through time and space. Though it may seem as though we have just discovered Muc-Mhara, we are in fact already deploying wayfinders acro...

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Muc-Mhara 01 - Where the Snàmh Ùra Can Breathe Like Fae

All things lost find their way to Muc-Mhara

Weary adventures, welcome to Muc-Mhara, the underwater fae city of your dreams. In the depths below the great Yartharen Sea, a slumbering titan enchants the waters. The sea fae have been drawn to this place, and—perhaps—so have you. No matter what you've lost, they say it can be found in Muc-Mhara. Do you dare take the plunge?

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Belciennes | Collaboration with The Griffon's Saddlebag

The murkfolk are coming, and we'll be ready

Welcome all to Belciennes, the amphibious city of rangers and lilies! This release is unique in a couple of ways:

  • First and foremost this will be our first "one-shot" release, a self-contained city or district. While the city of Belciennes is larger than what we show here, we think this snapshot map should be all you need ...

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Crabwell: Definitive Edition

Hi all!

Thanks so much for your patience! We're finally ready to unveil the Definitive Edition of Crabwell. This includes some new content, some bonus content (!), and some slight tweaks to old content. A summary follows!

Patrons at the Chief Courier tier can download absolutely every piece of content we've created for Crabwell by heading to the 2022-04-12 17:44:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Thestwick 04 - Irredeemable

As goes the fen, so goes the keep

Welcome all to the final release of Thestwick-on-Alderham! We're so pleased with how this city came together, and we're thrilled to go out with a bang. This release brings you more bonus content, a satisfying conclusion to the monster hunt, and a full map to explore. We will be releasing the "Definitive Edition" of Thestwick sometime in the nex...

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Thestwick 03 - Reeds and Peat

We live off the land... for now

Welcome back to Thestwick, everybody! This week, we're taking a look at the southwestern corner of town. A bog troll has been causing mayhem, the reeds are drying up, and there seem to be more signs than ever that a collapse is imminent. Let's dive in!

Borough Guide

This week's borough guide focuses on the local craftswomen of Thest...

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Thestwick 02 - The Old Ways

Life in the fen will never be the same

Welcome back to Thestwick-on-Alderham! This second release features more great collaborations, some bonus music, and incredible maps and art from our talented art team. Just as a reminder: Thestwick will consist of 4 releases. We'll be wrapping up the city in mid-April, and a Definitive Edition will follow a couple weeks after. If you ever...

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Thestwick 01 - Reclamation

One way or another, I will drain this fen

Welcome all to Thestwick-on-Alderham, the haunted fen city! Deep in the Alderham Fen, a small community toils away in the shadow of a long-forgotten keep. Now, the greedy lord of their duchy has come to reclaim the fen. Slowly but surely, he and his team of lackeys are draining the hostile environment of its waters. He wants your party ...

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Spring Cleaning 01 - A Whole Bunch of New Content!

A Multiversal Hodgepodge of New BB Stuff

Hey all! We're trying something a little new today. We're dropping the first of our "Spring Cleaning" releases. This is a bundle of content that's often requested but doesn't really fit into our normal release schedule. This is a hefty bundle, and you'll get be getting a little bit of everything. Let's dig in!

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Crabwell 04 - The Trouble to Come

Ill omens abound

At long last, here's our final release for Crabwell! This bundle is a big one. We've got our first proper collaboration with Cze and Peku, a super-sized document, an epic plot hook to round out your Crabwell adventures, bonus music, and so much more. We're so excited to be able to complete ...

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Vyndurvoht: Definitive Edition

Hi all!

Thanks so much for your patience! We're finally ready to unveil the Definitive Edition of Vyndurvoht. This includes some new content and some slight tweaks to old content. A summary follows!

Patrons at the Chief Courier tier can download absolutely every piece of content we've created for Vyndurvoht by heading to the 2022-02-23 16:51:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Crabwell 03 - The Bellringer

Someone's got to do the actual work around here

Welcome back to Crabwell everybody! Today' release wraps us around to the southwestern corner of the ancient city, with its massive bank vaults, peaceful stables, and grand vistas from the Great Belltower. We've still got two more releases this month after this one, so keep your eyes on this space!

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Crabwell 02 - The Scriveners

Someone to make sense of the noise

Welcome back to Crabwell all! In Crabwell 02 - The Scriveners, we explore how Entac's decrees became actual laws. The Scriveners are a unique order of scholars / lawyers / judges / philosophers / executioners that clarify how Crabwell residents are to live their lives. Explore more of this walled city, and try to avoid accidentally ge...

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Crabwell 01 - The Omniphone

The city of the eternal voice

Welcome to Crabwell, our fifth borough! We're so excited to bring you this mixture of medieval fantasy with bizarre magic. Those of you who love our maps are going to find tons of uses for this walled town, and those of you who dive into our lore are about to uncover a mysterious city with a central plot hook that you are absolutely going ...

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Vyndurvoht 04 - Darkness and Sacrifice

Dear noble martyrs locked within

Hey all, and welcome to the final release of Vyndurvoht. We've worked our way all the way down to the base of the butte, the lowest level of the library. This release concerns the final sub-order of dwarves: the martyvórn. We also take a look at the last two genres of books, and finally the darkness that lurks in the subbasement. 

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Vyndurvoht 03 - Secrets and Steel

We build the mountain through its maw

Welcome back to Vyndurvoht, everybody!

Today, we explore deeper into the library. Taboo texts seem fairly innocuous, whereas Imbued texts are exceedingly dangerous. Egalitarian forgelords make mechanical marvels, but their prominence wanes. Your party might enjoy their time in the accursed library, but can they survive a lockdown? The...

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Borough Bound FAQ

Hey y'all! We've had an influx of new patrons recently (hello!), so we figured now was a good time to compile some  frequently asked questions. As always, if you have any questions or concerns about BB content, please feel free to reach out here, on Discord, or by email.

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Q: Wait... I'm overwhelmed. What am I supposed t...

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Vyndurvoht 02 - Text and Ink

The ink that binds us to our cause

It's time to delve into the great dwarven library. The first layer of stacks contain the Spellcasting tomes, texts that either instruct in the ways of magic or else produce arcane effects when read aloud. The library is filled with arcane glyphs, the work of the inkbinders, masters of both magic and bureaucracy. There's danger and opportunity ...

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Ancora Bay: Definitive Edition

Hi all!

Thanks so much for your patience! We're finally ready to unveil the Definitive Edition of Ancora Bay. This includes some new content and some slight tweaks to old content. A summary follows!

Patrons at the Chief Courier tier can download absolutely every piece of content we've created for Ancora Bay by heading to the 2021-12-30 14:35:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Vyndurvoht 01 - Duty and Exodus

We keep the things you do not know

Welcome to Vyndurvoht, the dwarven book vault. Far in the highest reaches of the Vyndur mountains, a hollowed-out cloudshard spire protects the world from the most dangerous texts. Evil books are cared for by northern wardens, the noble dwarves who guard the books from the outside, and the outside from the books.

When we asked what you w...

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LIMINA Backgrounds

While LIMINA strongly discourages "adventuring," "questing," or "time off," we understand that many use their agency positions to springboard themselves into more intrepid roles, either within other LIMINA departments or (lamentably) beyond. Would-be interplanar trave...

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Ancora Bay 08 - Halfling Village

Old Gods protect us if they take our land

Welcome to the final new release of Ancora Bay! This is the halfling village, high up in the hills above the city. Though free from the hustle and bustle of the busybodies below, times are changing even for the halflings. This idyllic village is unlikely to last. 

Please note that we will be releasing the Definitive Edition o...

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Poll: More D&D 5e Content?

Hey all! We're currently putting the finishing touches on Ancora Bay 08, and we're well on our way toward the announcement of [BOROUGH #4]. In the meantime, we'd love your input! 

When we started Borough Bound, one of our primary objectives was to make content that was truly system agnostic. You can use our maps, documents, and peripheral content to play D&D, Pat...

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Ancora Bay 07 - The Pink Quarter

Is it possible to build up faster than the water can rise?

The Pink Quarter is the fanciest part of Ancora Bay, home to the wealthiest residents who want to be as far away from the rising floods as possible. After repeatedly regrading their streets, the district now sits high above the surrounding city. However, there are secrets waiting beneath the ritzy manors.

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Ancora Bay 06 - The Renforth and the Black Pit

Corians, Couriers, Courtesans, Coopers, and Constables

Ancora Bay's western hills are a true melting pot: off-duty sailors, craftsmen, bartenders, devotees... this is where they all converge. Meet a parade of interesting characters at The Renforth, then check in on the Gospel of Treachery over in the Black Pit. At any moment, you're not far from the colossal Corian HQ or the fa...

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