In June 2023 we presented the Dragongrin Quick Deal featuring A Dead Man’s Guide to Dragongrin, the dark-fantasy 5E campaign setting from Absolute Tabletop. Evil reigns in the realm of Dragongrin, where once-free lands kneel to the Dismembered Lord and his tyrannical Lords of Ash. Only a few embattled heroes still oppose his dominion. With A Dead Man’s Guide to Dragongrin, a comprehensive campaign setting guide and worldbuilding toolkit, you can forge your legend.
Eons ago before the Godswar, the Titans used the word grin for “graveyard.” The continent once known as Arthunvale, the final rest of the ancient dragons annihilated in the First War, is commonly called Dragongrin. Long-buried dragon carcasses make the land’s northern region toxic and unlivable.
Evil has won the realm, and good is in retreat. Twenty years ago the Dismembered Lord crushed the forces of good in a catastrophic series of events called Lightfall. From his fortress, the Spire of Knowing, he rules over the Dominions of Ash – but not unopposed. The Copper Sun, a city that floats high above the desolate land, is being rebuilt in secret to become a beacon of hope. Though heroes aren’t welcome in Dragongrin, some – the Copper Jackals, the Peacemakers, the Undying Light – imagine the impossible. Against all odds, they take arms against the Dismembered Lord.
A one-of-a-kind Fifth Edition campaign guide jam-packed with usable content, as useful on-the-fly as it is in planning and prep, the 471-page A Dead Man’s Guide to Dragongrin is a hybrid campaign setting guide and worldbuilding toolkit. Along with the history and lore of the setting, the Dead Man’s Guide includes extensive descriptions of regions and cultures, villains, monsters, darkly beautiful landscapes, and inspirational tools and creative techniques. Use modular add-ons and dozens of tables to create your unique version of this twisted, troubled world. Build characters with seven new heritages (Darrow, Festir, Halfkin, Tomeheart), a dozen flavorful cultures, and 29 backgrounds (Barber Surgeon, Erstwhile Noble, Mapwright, Prydagger, Shatterfarer, Bleakscarred). Challenge your players with new rules for brutal combat, treacherous travel, and heroic infamy, and with monsters like C’War and Xur Kith Waster of Cities. Ultimately your heroes may confront the “Dead Man” of the title: the realm’s ruler, a chronolich who steals the days and memories of his foes to reshape time and keep himself alive.
This all-new Dragongrin Quick Deal presented the entire Dragongrin line for an unbeatable bargain price. There were seven titles in our comprehensive Dragongrin Collection (retail value $76) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks, including the complete 471-page A Dead Man’s Guide to Dragongrin campaign sourcebook (plus the pay-what-you-want Character Creation Kit); four Dragongrin supplements – The Copper Jackals: Soldiers Without Compromise, Deepvault: Machinations of the Ancients, and The Trapsmiths and Tieflings of Dragongrin; and two other Absolute Tabletop 5E Adventure Kits: Shadows Over Driftchapel and Oath of the Frozen King.
