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Myrmidons were created by the gods to repopulate a land where nearly everyone was killed by a terrible plague after its ruler prayed that his country be made as populous as a nearby ant colony. Its inhabitants were, accordingly, transferred into people that were manlike in form but which remained antlike in many ways.
This article contains write-ups and detailed D&D 5E stat blocks for five clergy devoted to the deity Hercules, ranging in power from Acolytes to High Priests!
Cynocephalians are dog-headed people who, like Humans, vary greatly in height, build, coloration, and even the specific appearances of their most characteristic features, which can be similar to those of wolves, jackals, or any other sort of canines.
Slings were among the most widespread weapons of antiquity and, while they were simple weapons typically used by people of humble origins, they and their users often proved formidable in battle.
Given the prevalence of the sea in just about every aspect of life in the Mythic North, it is no surprise that the waters of the Nordic imagination hold many inhabitants, some delicious, others dire, and some downright deadly.
Seafaring plays a major role in the lives of the people of the Mythic North and for millennia there boats and ships of various sizes and styles have been used for fishing, whaling trading, exploration, and war.
Zagreus is a reclusive hermit who dwells by himself in the Stygium, a sanctuary dedicated to Hades, god of the underworld. His duties include acting as a custodian of the place, assisting visitors to it, and guarding the treasures and relics contained within it.
Warders of Hades are clergy devoted to gods of death who learn to wield potent necromantic powers and to control Undead creatures for purposes both of keeping them in check and, when needed, using them in the accomplishment of their goals.
In the stories written by Robert E. Howard, Cormac mac Art sails the seas of the North, from his native Ireland to Britain and beyond as far as the Dane-Mark.
Skyspells represents the life’s work of the legendary wizard and meteographer Fulmenica Levinholt, who dedicated her life to the scientific and esoteric study of weather phenomena and the potent elemental forces that rule the air.
Shades are the semi-corporeal spirits of the dead, shadowy creatures that normally dwell in various netherworlds but which might sometimes be called into the worlds of the living with appropriate powers and for any number of reasons.
Monks who practice the Way of the Road are consummate travelers and are often dedicated to keeping paths and highways of all sorts safe from dangers like bandits, wild beasts, and environmental hazards.
This robe is adorned with cloth patches of various shapes and colors resembling a normal robe of useful items in all ways, except the items summoned from the patches are shoddy at best and dangerous at worst.
Reaching within this bag crafted from humanoid skin reveals a feculent object made from grave soil, bone, and decomposing flesh.
This incense is of incalculable value to clerics and paladins who hunt those restless spirits that have slipped free of the grave’s embrace.
Attunement is a simple method of preventing characters from getting outside the parameters of bounded accuracy and a storyteller could modify the rules associated with it to make them more thematic or wondrous or to provide more adventure hooks. Attunement can also be used for other forms of magic and this article introduces the Mystical Location.
One of the stops on the Footsteps of Hercules pilgrimage trail is the city of Elis and its stockyards, depicted here, which are located on the site of the ancient “Augean stables” that Hercules was obligated to clean as one of his 12 Labors.
Olympia is a sports complex widely believed to have been founded by Hercules after he completed his 12 Labors and is one of the key stops on the pilgrimage trail that follows in his footsteps.
This post contains a short randomized list storytellers can use when placing significant magical treasures!
