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Sample file SHARDS OF THE BROKEN SKY by ASH LAW & Rob Heinsoo Designers Art Directors Playtesters ASH LAW, Rob Heinsoo Cat Tobin, Rob Heinsoo Tim Baker, Caleb Shoemaker, Dave Ledvora, Marty Lund, Durkon, Kevin Developers Primeval Inklings Robertson, and other good souls we Rob Heinsoo, Paul Fanning Greg Stolze didn’t track Editor Layout Special Thanks Trisha DeFoggi Jen McCleary Tim Baker, J-M DeFoggi Cover Publishers Symnbols in Pascal Quidault Cathriona Tobin, Simon Rogers Dungeon Maps Monster Designers We use many symbols obtained Artwork via Creative Commons at: To populate this sandbox adventure, Gislaine Avila, Wagner Chrissante, http://game-icons.net Rich Longmore, Dagmara Matuszak, we’ve drawn in monsters from many of our previously published books. If Full license at: https:// Jeremy McHugh, Ernanda Souza you worked on a 13th Age book, your creativecommons.org Cartographers monster may be here! /licenses/by/3.0/legalcode Full list of symbols on next page. 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Sample file ii Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 The Lost City of Diabolist 40 Duskvakke 17 Messengers 40 Getting Started 2 The City of Duskvakke 17 Dwarf King 40 City Wall 17 Messengers 40 As Written 2 Marketplace 17 Elf Queen 41 As a Starting Point 2 The Palace 19 Messengers 41 As Inspiration 2 Interlude: Random Homunculi 21 Emperor 41 Chapters in Shards of the Broken Sky 2 Messengers 41 PC Ties to Redfield Valley 3 The Forest of the Dream Princess 22 Great Gold Wyrm 41 References to Other Books 3 Messengers 41 Into the Forest 22 High Druid 41 Chapter 1: The Forest of Dreams 23 Messengers 41 Redfield Valley 4 The Stream of Consciousness 23 Lich King 41 The Lake 23 The Village of Appleton 4 Messengers 41 The Dreaming Stones 24 Orc Lord 41 The Lucky Grape Tavern 6 The Repository 25 Messengers 41 Tavern Staff 6 The Repository’s Valley 25 Priestess 42 Tavern Patrons 6 Into the Repository 25 Messengers 42 The Village of Adventurer-Tier Battles 26 Prince of Shadows 42 Crownhill 7 Fight in the Deep Shaft 26 Messengers 42 The Quacking Goblin Tavern 7 The Interior 27 The Three 42 Tavern Staff 8 Dubious Treasures 27 Messengers 42 Tavern Patrons 8 The Lower Levels: Villager Stats 9 Champion-Tier Terror 29 Chapter 4: Vakefort 9 Epic-Tier: The Vault 31 The Icon-Related NPCs 9 The Corpse of Kroon 31 Merry Hosard, Half-orc Vakefort Kroon’s Body 31 Glitterfall 43 Commander 10 Limbs 31 The Post-Fall Environment 43 Lients Recharche, High Elf Bard 10 Torso 33 Glitter in the Air 43 Irkma, Half-Orc Bounty Hunter 11 Head 34 Falling Masonry 43 Gwyddion, Half-Elf Actor and Spy 11 If Vantage Has Fallen 35 Small Craters, Twisted Ruins, Rezlorkis, Dragonic Wizard 13 and Rubble 43 Bykki Gritsour, Burly Dwarf and Chapter 3: Glitterfall Adversary Groups 43 Possible Thief 13 Demons of the Prism 44 Elder Beck Rashman, The Fall of Dragonic Agents of the Three 44 Human Cleric 14 Vantage 36 Druids & Beasts? 44 Goblin Kidnappers 14 It’s the End of the World as Orcs of the Orc Lord 44 Goblin Camp 14 We Know It 36 Undead 44 Pre-shocks 36 Wizards & Spellcasters 44 Chapter 2: Vantage Appears 36 Random Glitterfall Wanderers 44 Adventures in Vantage Falls 36 Adventuring in the Glitterfall 44 After the Fall 37 Random Glitterfall Events 45 the Vakevale 16 Immediate Hazards 38 Major Warded Areas 52 Past Icons’ Hidden Uncommon Hazards 38 Redfield Rising 52 Secrets 16 Rescue Operations 38 Old Tusk 52 The LostSample City of Duskvakke 16 Iconic Angles 40 Stampede file 52 The Forest of the Dream Princess 16 Icon Messengers 40 The Orcwell 52 The Repository 16 Archmage 40 The Great Prism 52 The Corpse of Kroon 16 Messengers 40 The Forest of the Dream Princess 52 Crusader 40 The Repository 52 Messengers 40 The Corpse of Kroon 52 iii Shards of the Broken Sky Chapter 5: Chapter 6: The Heralds 98 Orc Cavalry 98 Shattered Thunder & The Great Beasts 98 Secrets 53 Redfield Rising 101 st Lightning 80 Adventures for 1 and The Secret of Redfield Valley 101 2nd Level Characters 53 Adventures for 3rd and 4th Level Characters 80 Adventuring in Redfield 101 The Shattered Spine 53 The Orcwell 107 The Lost Tomb 53 The Lightning Spires 80 The Orcwell and the Icons 107 Tension Table Rules 53 The Great Beasts 80 The Orcwell and the Orc Lord 107 The Shattered Spine 53 Redfield Rising 80 The Orcwell 80 The Orcwell and the Elf Queen 107 Entrances to the Shattered Spine 54 The Lightning Spires 81 The Orcwell and the Dwarf King 107 Adventuring in the Shattered Spine 54 The Orcwell and The Three 107 Magical Defenders of the Interior Overview 81 The Obelisks 107 Shattered Spine 56 Entrances to the Lightning Spires 81 The White Obelisk 108 Shattered Spine Constructs 57 Adventuring in the Lightning Druidic White Dragon Spells 109 Shattered Spine Areas 60 Spires 82 The Green Obelisk 110 A: The Circular Doorway 61 Magical Defenders of the The Blue Obelisk 111 B: The Seed of Fire 61 Lightning Spires 84 The Black Obelisk 112 C: The Lens of the Avatar 61 Lightning Spires Constructs 86 The Red Obelisk 113 D: The Pillared Hall 62 The Red Hand Tower 87 E: The Flooded Library 62 A: The Crystal Shards 87 Interlude: F: The Potter’s Wheel 62 B: The Hammer 88 The Sky Roads 113 G: The Unmade Bed 63 C: The Hall of Elegance 88 The Pylons 113 H: The Vault 63 D: The Hall of the Orb 89 The Platforms 113 I: The Inkwell 64 E: The Room of Mirrors 89 The Periphery 114 J: The Chapel 64 The Tower of the Elements 90 Spinning Blades 114 K: The Star Chamber 65 F: The Burning Room 90 Ever-Slick Paint 114 L: The Lower Stair 65 G: The Sphere of Water 90 Blast Wards 114 M: The Music Room 65 H: The Map Room 90 Force Spheres 114 N: The Higher Stair 66 I: The Room of Ravens 91 What’s on the Road? 115 O: The Open Room 66 J: The Room of Starry Doors 91 P: The Museum 66 The Tower of the Mind 91 Chapter 7: Q: The Armory 66 K: The Room of Secrets 91 Lost & Found 116 R: The Master’s Chamber 67 L: The Prismatic Brain 92 th th M: The Room of Lenses 93 Adventures for 5 and 6 S: The Shaft 67 Level Characters 116 T: The Observatory 67 N: The Room of Writing 93 U: The High Dome 68 O: The Panopticon 93 The Great Prism 116 V: The Barracks 68 The Golden Tower 94 Over the Rainbow 116 W: The Mess Hall 69 P: The Room of Wisdom 94 Rainbow Delivery: Demons 117 X: The Stables 69 Q: The Room of Excellence 95 Crystal-Smashers 117 Y: The Rookery 69 R: The Room of Higher Thought 95 Recapture 117 Z: The Underside 69 S: The Room of Transformations 95 Double-Cross 117 The Lost Tomb 70 T: The Room of Revelations 95 Old Tusk & Magaheim 118 The Tower of Power 96 Old Tusk and the Icons 118 The Outer Tomb 70 U: The Hall of Contradictions 96 Old Tusk and the Dwarf King 119 A: The Narrow Passage 72 V: The Room of the Silver Circle 96 Old Tusk and the Diabolist 119 B: The Chieftain’s Tomb 72 W: The Room of Cogs and Crystals 96 Old Tusk and the Crusader 119 C: The Pit 72 X: The Puzzle Room 97 Old Tusk: Geography 119 D: The Hall of Statues 72 Y: The Room of Lightning Fists 97 The Approach 119 E: The Throne Room 74 The Missing Tower 97 The