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RAGING SWAN PRESS GM’S MISCELLANY: WILDERNESS DRESSING A SYSTEM-NEUTRAL RESOURCE Sample file UPPORT AGING WAN ON S R S PATREON, AND I WON’T EAT YOU…PROMISE Sample file GM’S MISCELLANY: WILDERNESS DRESSING Tired of glossing over the details of your PCs’ overland journey (except for the inevitable, violent random encounters)? Want to add in minor features of interest to their journeys? Want to make re their journeys seem mo “real”? Then GM’s Miscellany: Wilderness Dressing is for you! A compilation of the Wilderness Dressing line, each instalment focuses on a different type of wilderness or a feature therein and gives the harried GM the tools to bring such features to life with interesting and cool noteworthy features. GM’s Miscellany: Wilderness Dressing presents loads of great features and details to enliven your PCs’ travel both overland and by sea. Designed to be used both during preparation or actual play, GM’s Miscellany: Wilderness Dressing is an invaluable addition to any GM's armoury! Design: John Bennett, Creighton Broadhurst, Seamus Conneely, Product Identity: All trademarks, registered trademarks, proper Brian Gregory, Eric Hindley, Greg Marks, Brian Wiborg names (characters, deities, artefacts, places and so on), dialogue, Mønster, David Posener, Josh Vogt and Mike Welham plots, storylines, language, incidents, locations, characters, Development: C reighton Broadhurst artwork and trade dress are product identity as defined in the Editing: Creighton Broadhurst and Aaron T. Huss Open Game License version 1.0a, Section 1(e) and are not Open Cover Design: Creighton Broadhurst Content. Layout: Creighton Broadhurst Interior Art: John Batten, Herbert Cole, Walter Crane, Paul Daly, Open Content: Except material designated as Product Identity, Pawet Dobosz (The Forge , Studios) Gary Dupuis, Rich the contents of GM’s Miscellany: Wilderness Dressing are Open Hershey, Earl Geier, Garth Jones, William McAusland, Game Content as defined in the Open Gaming License version Bradley K. McDevitt, Brittany Michel, Matt Morrow, Claudio 1.0a Section 1(d). No portion of this work other than the Pozas, Arthur Rackham, Marc Radle, V Shane, Sylwia Siwiec material designated as Open Game Content may be reproduced (The Forge Studios), Frank Walls, Jae Young and Maciej in any form without written permission. The moral right of John Zagorski (The Forge Studios) and the Book of War. Some Bennett, Creighton Broadhurst, Seamus Conneely, Brian artwork copyright Paul Daly, used with permission. 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Published by Raging Swan Press September 2015 ragingswan.com [email protected] file C ONTENTS Contents ....................................................................................... 2 Desert: Dressing ......................................................................... 56 About The Designers .................................................................... 4 Farmland: Minor Events ............................................................. 58 Farmland: Farmland Dressing ..................................................... 60 F EATURES & E V ENTS Forests & Woodlands: Minor Events.......................................... 62 Campsite: Minor Events ............................................................... 8 Forests & Woodlands: Dressing ................................................. 66 Campsite: Features ..................................................................... 10 Forest(Primal): Minor Events ..................................................... 70 Small Castles ............................................................................... 12 Forest (Primal): Dressing ............................................................ 73 Large Castles ............................................................................... 14 Frozen Lands: Minor Events ....................................................... 75 Castle Dressing ........................................................................... 16 Frozen Lands: Dressing ............................................................... 78 Castle Names .............................................................................. 18 Hills: Minor Events ..................................................................... 80 Castle Hooks, Complications & Opportunities ............................ 19 Hills: Dressing ............................................................................. 82 Lord of the Castle ....................................................................... 19 Mountains: Minor Events ........................................................... 84 Small Ruins ................................................................................. 20 Mountains: Dressing .................................................................. 86 Large Ruins ................................................................................. 22 Plains: Minor Events ................................................................... 88 Ruins Dressing ............................................................................ 24 Plains: Dressing .......................................................................... 90 Small Caves ................................................................................. 26 Swamps & Marshes: Minor Events............................................. 92 Small Cave Dressing .................................................................... 28 Swamps & Marshes: Dressing .................................................... 94 Extreme Weather: Rainstorms ................................................... 30 Y EA Extreme Weather: Snowstorms ................................................. 32 B S Extreme Weather: Windstorms .................................................. 34 Coast: Minor Events ................................................................... 98 Coast: Coastal Dressing ............................................................ 102 F OLK Sea Voyages: Shipboard Events................................................ 106 Bandit Rank & File ...................................................................... 38 Sea Voyages: Omens ................................................................ 108 Bandit Leaders ............................................................................ 39 Sea Voyages: Minor Encounters ............................................... 109 Bandit Hooks, Complications & Opportunities ........................... 40 Shipwrecks: The Wreck ............................................................ 110 Travellers: Peddlers, Merchants & Traders ................................ 42 Shipwrecks: Shipwreck Dressing .............................................. 112 Travellers: Bards, Minstrels & Troubadours ............................... 44 Pirate Ships: Designing A Pirate Ship ........................................ 114 Travellers: Mercenaries, Sellswords & Freebooters ................... 46 Pirate Ships: Ship’s Name (Subject) .......................................... 116 Pirate Ships: Ship’s Name (Descriptor) ..................................... 117 B Y L AND Pirate Ships: Knowledge ........................................................... 118 Borderlands: Minor Events ......................................................... 50 Pirate Ships: Flags and Figureheads ......................................... 120 Borderlands: Dressing ................................................................ 52 Desert: Minor Events .................................................................. 54 Sample file 2 Sample file 3 A BOUT T HE D ESIGNERS John Bennett makes his lair in -‐ the tree cloaked hills of New GM he has taken up the mission to add writer and designer to Hampshire. He enjoys heavy metal, beer and cigars as much his list of credits. With a passion for setting the scene so that he enjoys playing RPGs. John has been writing since the age of 6 others may tell the story, he has sought out ways for GMs to add when he would narrate stories about dinosaurs and robots to his flavour and texture to their settings. mother. He has a degree in film production and a pile of reject New to publication and being a freelancer he is started his letters to go with his scripts. Currently, he is pursuing his long journey. He brings with him 25 years of running and playing Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership. He is also striving role-‐playing games of various genres. A former professional chef, to achieve at least one skill rank in Perform (guitar) but too little he turns his ability to mix up various ingredients into a recipe for avail. Coerced into playing 1st edition D&D by an older (and fun and creativity. Whether on the fly or in a planned session his bigger) kid in the neighbourhood at the age of 8, he would like to goal is to make developing