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At Raging Swan Press, we believe that games set in a richly detailed, immersive world are better than games that are not. It should come as no surprise that we are huge fans of dungeon dressing, but what exactly is dungeon dressing, and why do we keep going on about it?
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The ghoul is a creature of nightmare. From the packs of mindless, carrion-eating undead to the ancient civilisations deep underground, screaming adulation to their sheep-headed god Orcus, all ghouls have one thing in common: an eternal, gnawing hunger that no amount of flesh can sate.
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Read MoreMany secrets and dangers lurk in the world’s noisome, fetid swamps. Sunken civilisations, primitive lizard folk tribes and more all await adventurers brave enough to dare the sucking mire.
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Read MoreSepulchre of the Wolf King is a new adventure for Fifth Edition (5e), OSR and Pathfinder 1st Edition for 5th-level characters.
Read MoreAdventurers are drawn to marshland towns like flies to dung. Opportunities for wealth and glory lurk in deep, remote swamps and such towns are welcome places to rest, recuperate and resupply.
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Read MoreCrypts, catacombs and sepulchres are common adventuring locales. Therein lurk the undead and glimmering treasures long lost to the world.
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Read MoreEvery village, town or city has its own laws, traditions and customs. Others have notable buildings and features. Some are normal. Some are decidedly odd.
Read MoreA System Neutral GM's Resource for busy GMs running virtually any fantasy roleplaying game
Read MoreSepulchre of the Wolf King is a new adventure for Fifth Edition (5e) and OSR of 5th-level characters
Read MoreA free system neutral GM's Resource for virtually any fantasy roleplaying game, but particularly designed for Fifth Edition (5e), Pathfinder (First Edition) and OSR games.
Read MoreThe most ferocious of all the chromatic dragons, red dragons are terrifying enemies. Their lairs are unique places full of danger.
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Read MoreA free system neutral GM's Resource for virtually any fantasy roleplaying game, but particularly designed for Fifth Edition (5e), Pathfinder (First Edition) and OSR games.
Read MoreWoodlands are ripe locales for adventure. Under their boughs old ruins moulder, bandits lair and evil humanoids plot their next raids. Almost every adventurer will one day sally forth into a woodland in search of gold and glory.
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Read MoreDungeon Backdrop: Pit of Unquiet Souls comes in separate releases designed for the fifth edition of the world’s most popular Roleplaying Game involving dungeons and/or dragons, Pathfinder First Edition and Old-School Rules (OSR).
Read MoreCivilisations rise and fall. Peoples come and go. Whether it be crumbling walls, moss-wreathed burial cairns or sunken lanes these earlier people leave their mark upon the landscape.
Read MoreSaare’s Pit has another, more lurid, name—and for good reason. The Pit of Unquiet Souls squats at the centre of a nest of macabre tales of madness, horror and death. It is said, those who spend too much time in the abandoned mine often go mad or disappear entirely, and old miners’ tales tell of the pit’s very rocks whispering horrible secrets to those toiling in its bowels. Still, there are those who think treasure yet lurks in the mine and will brave its terrors to retrieve them.
Read MoreWoodlands are ripe locales for adventure. Under their boughs old ruins moulder, bandits lair and evil humanoids plot their next raids. Almost every adventurer will one day sally forth into a woodland in search of gold and glory.
Read MoreThis question popped into my head yesterday:
What is the most challenging thing about GMing for you?
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It’s no secret that at Raging Swan Press, we are big fans of dressed dungeons. A dressed dungeon feels more real than an undressed dungeon. A dressed dungeon engages your players’ imaginations, promotes creative play and helps them immerse themselves in the adventure.