Under the Dome: Psionic Academies – Post Apocalyptic Fantasy D&D
In our last article, we explored Arcane Colleges and the role magic plays in keeping civilization alive beneath the Domes. From growing food in underground farms to maintaining the magical defenses that protect entire cities from the Chaos Storms, arcane spellcasters do far more than...
Aether Skies: The Wreck of the Crimson Horizon. An Arcana punk adventure for any RPG
Last week we ventured into Aether Skies and the Lawless frontier of Skyway Outlaws. But today we are going in anpther direction. Here's an adventure story to drop into any RPG with magic and airships The skies remember every ship that fails to return. Some disappear into...
Under the Dome: Arcane Colleges. Magic makes might n a Post Apocalyptic Fantasy Setting
In our last article, we explored Monster Hunter Guilds, the people who make a living dealing with the creatures that threaten life beneath and beyond the Domes. Some monsters crawl out of forgotten tunnels. Others are summoned by people who should have known better. Some...
Aether Skies: Skyway Outlaws and the Lawless Frontier
The known skies of Aether Skies have thirteen floating cities. They have merchant guilds, established trade routes, airship laws, military organizations, sky ports, and people who make their living keeping the great vessels of civilization moving between those cities. But civilization has limits. Beyond the trade routes are...
Under the Dome: Monster Hunter Guilds: D&D Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy Setting
In our last article, we looked at Mercenary Companies in Under the Dome, the soldiers for hire who take on the jobs that official military organizations cannot or will not handle. In a world protected from the Chaos Storms by massive Domes, there is no...
Aether Skies: Mapping the Uncharted Regions Beyond the Trade Routes
The known skies of Aether Skies are dangerous enough. Airships navigate aether currents, merchant guilds control trade routes, sky pirates hunt vulnerable vessels, and enormous creatures move through the clouds. Ancient ruins drift through forgotten regions, and every skywreck tells the story of someone who pushed...
Mercenary Companies: The Soldiers for Hire of Under the Dome
Last week, we explored the military organizations of Under the Dome and how the scattered nature of civilization has changed the way people think about warfare. With the Domes separated by dangerous wilderness and Chaos Storms, massive armies marching against one another are rare. Instead,...
Aether Skies: Skywrecks Every Adventuring Party Wants to Explore
The skies of Aether Skies are filled with airships, floating islands, strange creatures, ancient civilizations, and places that have never been mapped. But where there are ships, there are also wrecks. Somewhere beneath the clouds, a broken airship tumbles through the endless sky. Perhaps its crew...
Military Organizations: Fighting a War That Rarely Happens in Under the Dome
In a world where the Domes are scattered across the landscape, traditional warfare has become almost obsolete. Last week we wrote about religion without gods, now lets take this in another direction. That doesn't mean armies disappeared. Far from it. Every major city maintains soldiers, guards, scouts, pilots,...
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...
