Fever-Dreaming Marlinko (d20)
Visit Marlinko¸ a borderlands city where life takes a strange fever-dream cast¸ in this 72-page urban adventure fantasy supplement. Part city-setting¸ part full-blown adventure¸ Fever-Dreaming Marlinko is a stand-alone companion to the Slavic acid fantasy weirdness of the Slumbering Ursine Dunes.
What you will find inside:
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Background and hooks for the city's "four contradas¸" city quarters with their own peculiar traditions¸ sites and even gods.
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Gorgeous isometric city maps by Luka Rejec. Download them for free at full-sized¸ high resolution here.
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Two complete dungeon adventure sites.
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Two new players classes (the Mountebank and Robodwarf).
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Chaos Index with escalating events/triggers scattered throughout the city.
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News generator with full news briefs and hooks.
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Tiger-wrestling mini-game.
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Weird nickname generator.
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Section on running scams¸ hoaxes and grifting activity in a fantasy campaign.
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Carousing system tied into the contrada system.
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A"fair play/pay" guild system for hirelings.
What Others Are Saying:
"If a wealthy NPC owning an "all-weather tiger pit" appeals to you¸ and you generally like your games to be loud and chaotic¸ Fever-Dreaming Marlinko is a must-have...Even the Labyrinth Lord/DM possessing no desire to run a game in Marlinko specifically¸ will unearth ample ideas portable to any town or city."
‐ Corey Ryan Walden
"[T] his is really a model of what a good urban supplement should look like¸ and many of the tricks it uses to create [an] evocative and interactive setting are worthy of emulation in any campaign."
- Gus L.
"[I]t's one of the best city supplements every produced¸ if not the best...Everything in this contributes to the fun. Everything is a hook. Everything is interactive...A perfect home base for your party."
- Bryce Lynch
"Fever-Dreaming Marlinko's strong points are the clever and evocative writing¸ and the abundance of gaming-oriented material. The book explicitly tells you that rather than focusing on shopping lists and dull descriptions of shops¸ it's going to focus on the interesting bits¸ and it does a great job of this. You come out of it with a clear idea of what Marlinko is like as a city¸ and what parts to focus on."
- John Bell