‘In the Footsteps of Hercules’ Bonus Content
This page is dedicated to bonus content tying in with Skirmisher Publishing’s bestselling In the Footsteps of Hercules, a system-free sourcebook devoted to a pilgrimage trail that can be used in conjunction with any fantasy role-playing games. This 86-page publication was written by author Michael O. Varhola, includes illustrations by fantasy artist Amanda Kahl and maps by RPG cartographer William T. Thrasher, and is available at both the Skirmisher PDF Shop and DriveThruRPG.
++ D&D 5E Content ++
Zagreus, Steward of the Stygium
Inachus (Paladin, Athlete & Coach)
Monastic Tradition: Way of the Road
Olympia’s Female Pankration Team
Podaliro, Asclepion Staff Physician
Kapros, the Boar of Erymanthos
Megalos Ellada: Battling the Mares of Diomedes
Megalos Ellada: Stealing the Apples of the Hesperides
Megalos Ellada: Herding the Cattle of Geryon
Megalos Ellada: Riding the Bulls of Crete
++ d20/OGL Content ++
++ Fiction & System-Free Content ++
‘Footsteps of Hercules’/Peloponnese Encounter Table
‘The Most Lamentable Battle of the Nemean Baths’
++ Actual-Play Game Sessions ++
Venture to the Spring of Amymone
Interlude in Nafplion, Across the Wine-Dark Sea, Introduction to Crete
Dancing with the Bulls of Crete
++ Live Art Streams ++
Drawing the Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Inking the Stygium Hermitage Illustration
Drawing the Paleo Mykenae Hostel Illustration
Inking the Paleo Mykenae Hostel Illustration
Drawing the Iraxte Monastery Wine Fountain Illustration
Inking the Iraxte Monastery Wine Fountain Illustration
Drawing the Asclepion of Lerna Illustration
Inking the Asclepion of Lerna Illustration
In the Footsteps of Hercules was created as a specific example of a Pilgrimage Trail, one of the 85 general sorts of places that appear in Skirmisher Publishing's Adamantine-bestselling City Builder: A Guide to Designing Communities. As written, this trail is dedicated to the titular demigod and is set in a Dark Ages fantasy version of Greece and located within the company’s Swords of Kos Fantasy Campaign Setting.
Shown below are handout versions of six maps by William T. Thrasher, depicting places that appear in “In the Footsteps of Hercules,” the town of Tiryns, the Asclepion of Lerna hospital, the Sanctuary of Ares Stymphalus, the Baths of Nemea, the Cave of the Tables of Knowledge, and Megalos Ellada, a large farm near Olympia that has become a popular stop for pilgrims. Keyed versions of all of them appear in the sourcebook.
Shown above is a full-color version of the map that accompanies the entry for the Baths of Nemea, one of the places described in "In the Footsteps of Hercules"!
This handout map depicts the town of Tiryns, where pilgrims walking in the footsteps of Hercules begin and end their journeys. A fully-keyed version of it appears in the sourcebook.
This handout map is for the Cave of the Tables of Knowledge, an oracular site where pilgrims can get glimpses of their destinies. A fully-keyed version of it appears in In the Footsteps of Hercules.
This handout map is for the Asclepion of Lerna, a small hospital located near the place where Hercules slew the fearsome Hydra. A fully-keyed version of it appears in the In the Footsteps of Hercules universal sourcebook.
This handout map is for the Shrine of Ares Stymphalus, a holy site dedicated to an esoteric aspect of the war god that is located in the lake where Hercules battled a flock of dangerous birds. A fully-keyed version of it appears in In the Footsteps of Hercules.
This handout map is for the Baths of Nemea, a place on the Footsteps of Hercules trail where pilgrims can relax and deal with their aches and pains. A fully-keyed version of it appears in In the Footsteps of Hercules.
This handout map is for Megalos Ellada, a large farm near Olympia that holds monthly festivals dedicated to Hercules where pilgrims can votively recreate three of the demigod’s labors.
This handout map depicts the Stygium, a hermitage dedicated to the god of the dead that is located at the place where Hercules dragged the three-headed dog Cerberus up from the underworld!