Religious Orders: What Do You Believe In When There Are No Gods? Under the Dome
For the people living beneath the Domes, the Chaos is real. The Domes are real. Grind is real. The ancient ruins scattered throughout the world are real. The spirits whispered about in the forests may be real. The ancestors who appear in dreams might be real. Gods? That is where things become...
Grind Syndicates: The Hidden Power Beneath the Dome
We have spent the last several weeks looking at power in Under the Dome. We have seen how the Grind Barons of Crystalia use wealth and industry to shape their city, how Balaria's guilds turn knowledge into influence, and how nobles build their homes high...
Aether Skies: Predators of the Aether Currents
Last week, we explored Aether Skies: Designing Sky Leviathans for Epic Encounters, looking at how enormous creatures can become more than monsters. They can become living landmarks, sources of resources, pieces of ancient lore and even campaign-defining threats. But not every creature that rules the...
Power: Who Really Runs the World Under the Dome?
For the past several weeks, we have been exploring the cities of Under the Dome. We have looked at Crystalia and its Grind Barons, Balaria and its industrial might, Gloaming Arbor and its ancient heights, the ruined streets of Vergussian, the underground districts that shelter...
Aether Skies: Designing Sky Leviathans for Epic Encounters
Last week, we explored Aether Skies: 10 Fantastic Creatures That Live Above the Clouds, looking at some of the strange and wonderful creatures that make the skies feel like a living ecosystem. This week, we're taking that idea to a much larger scale. The skies...
City Campaign Ideas: D&D Adventures Under the Dome
Over the past several weeks, we have been exploring the cities of Under the Dome and discovering that civilization beneath the Chaos is every bit as dangerous and complicated as the wilderness beyond its walls. We have climbed into the noble districts, descended into underground...
Aether Skies: 10 Fantastic Creatures That Live Above the Clouds
Last week, we ventured into the shadows with Aether Skies: Secret Societies and Hidden Agendas Above the Clouds, exploring the organizations quietly manipulating events across the skyways. But civilization isn't the only thing that calls the skies home. Long before the first airship took flight,...
Slums: Life at the Bottom of Under the Dome
Last week, we looked upward. The noble districts of Under the Dome represent wealth, influence, and the desire to live as far above ordinary life as possible. In Crystalia, the Grind Barons hang their estates from massive stalactites. In Balaria, the wealthy retreat into towering structures...
Aether Skies: Secret Societies and Hidden Agendas Above the Clouds
Last week, we explored Building Sky Pirate Crews Players Will Love to Hate and discovered that not every threat in the skies flies beneath a black flag. Pirates are dangerous because you know they're coming. Their cannons roar, their banners fly proudly and their intentions...
Noble Districts: Living Above the World in Under the Dome
Last week, we journeyed beneath the streets to explore the underground districts that form the hidden foundation of every great city. We saw how stone itself shields civilization from the Chaos, making the deepest parts of every settlement the safest places when the storms arrive....
Underground Districts: The Cities Beneath the Cities of Under the Dome
Last week, we explored the hidden settlements that exist beyond the protection of the great Domes. Those forgotten communities survive because they discovered something civilization overlooked. The earth itself offers protection from the Chaos. Deep caves, ancient tunnels, and buried ruins weaken the terrible energies...
Aether Skies: 5 Powerful Factions Battling for Control of the Skyways
No matter how vast the skies may seem, someone always wants to control them. The skyways are more than empty stretches of open air connecting distant ports. They are arteries of commerce, lifelines for entire kingdoms and the pathways to forgotten wonders hidden above the...
Hidden Settlements: The Forgotten Communities Beyond the Dome
Most people believe there are only two ways to survive beneath the Chaos. You either live inside a Dome or you die outside of one. It is an easy belief to accept. The towering Domes dominate the landscape, their protective fields standing between civilization and the impossible...
Aether Skies: Festivals and Holidays of the Skyfolk
Every culture celebrates something. Harvests, victories, the changing of the seasons and the remembrance of heroes all shape the traditions of a people. In a world where civilization lives among the clouds, however, those traditions evolve alongside the skies themselves. When airships replace wagons, floating...
Storm Scars: The Marks That Change Everything in Under the Dome
Every world has people who carry their past with them. A veteran bears old battle wounds. A sailor's hands are hardened by years at sea. A wizard's robes may still smell faintly of ozone after decades of spellcasting. Under the Dome leaves its mark in a different...
