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Alex Kammer

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Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

And that's very much what we want to try to accomplish here. Cool.

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

And that's very much what we want to try to accomplish here. Cool.

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

Sure. Yeah, the Eastern Marches is a smaller part of a larger continent. And that's what you see when you pick up our guide or if you go on to our site and look at it, the map you referenced, that's what it is. It's focused on that portion of the larger continent, and we call it the Eastern Marches. But yeah, it is, as you described, there is a... frozen, colder.

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

Sure. Yeah, the Eastern Marches is a smaller part of a larger continent. And that's what you see when you pick up our guide or if you go on to our site and look at it, the map you referenced, that's what it is. It's focused on that portion of the larger continent, and we call it the Eastern Marches. But yeah, it is, as you described, there is a... frozen, colder.

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

There's a northern hemisphere kind of analog. The history is that there was a mediocracy located in the north that dominated this region for thousands of years. And that's why that area is rife with ruins and abandoned watchtowers and things like that, that have all kinds of interesting things and all kinds of storytelling opportunities bordered on the

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

There's a northern hemisphere kind of analog. The history is that there was a mediocracy located in the north that dominated this region for thousands of years. And that's why that area is rife with ruins and abandoned watchtowers and things like that, that have all kinds of interesting things and all kinds of storytelling opportunities bordered on the

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

on the West by the, uh, uh, Columbus mountains, as you described, that is the, the second age in our setting is a, is an work kingdom that actually, um, established the legal system, uh, in our setting, uh, and also established all kinds of other institutions of learning and universities and so on. Um, and, uh, that was the second age and, uh, going forward in time.

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

on the West by the, uh, uh, Columbus mountains, as you described, that is the, the second age in our setting is a, is an work kingdom that actually, um, established the legal system, uh, in our setting, uh, and also established all kinds of other institutions of learning and universities and so on. Um, and, uh, that was the second age and, uh, going forward in time.

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

Now we're in the modern age where, um, There is no central authority that governs the Eastern Marches. It's a series of basically almost feudal in that they're separate city-states and just regional powers. That is why the alliances are a thing. The alliances are the only overarching authority that have control or that can exert influence across the entirety of the Eastern Marches.

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

Now we're in the modern age where, um, There is no central authority that governs the Eastern Marches. It's a series of basically almost feudal in that they're separate city-states and just regional powers. That is why the alliances are a thing. The alliances are the only overarching authority that have control or that can exert influence across the entirety of the Eastern Marches.

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

There's one that say, for example, merchants and one that is more of a nature conservation, the Golden Conservancy. And their aims are then can be expressed throughout the setting because again, there is no central governmental authority. Larger cities in the South, It tends to be a little more rural in the south as well as sort of the breadbasket of the setting.

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

There's one that say, for example, merchants and one that is more of a nature conservation, the Golden Conservancy. And their aims are then can be expressed throughout the setting because again, there is no central governmental authority. Larger cities in the South, It tends to be a little more rural in the south as well as sort of the breadbasket of the setting.

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

And then of course, more mountainous to the west and then this massive ocean, the Sapphire Sea to the east. So it's not heavily populated. There are a couple of bigger cities, but this is not like the Sword Coast for the Forgotten Realms in terms of just population density and stuff that's there.

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

And then of course, more mountainous to the west and then this massive ocean, the Sapphire Sea to the east. So it's not heavily populated. There are a couple of bigger cities, but this is not like the Sword Coast for the Forgotten Realms in terms of just population density and stuff that's there.

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

Oh yeah, yeah. No, we're ready to, we could go, we could start now. I want, you know, the player's guide, this handout should, you know, hopefully answers most of those questions, at least in broad strokes. So We're going to start at GamelCon 2025 is the first time that you'll actually play. And then it's open source.

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

Oh yeah, yeah. No, we're ready to, we could go, we could start now. I want, you know, the player's guide, this handout should, you know, hopefully answers most of those questions, at least in broad strokes. So We're going to start at GamelCon 2025 is the first time that you'll actually play. And then it's open source.

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

So anyone who wants to run this anywhere at a convention, a store, anywhere else are absolutely free to do so. We will have the adventures up for sale at a discreet price through our site and likely through the usual website. usual suspects where you can buy things. We're still talking to Beyond. We're talking to Wizards about this.

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

So anyone who wants to run this anywhere at a convention, a store, anywhere else are absolutely free to do so. We will have the adventures up for sale at a discreet price through our site and likely through the usual website. usual suspects where you can buy things. We're still talking to Beyond. We're talking to Wizards about this.

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

They're interested, but they have so many things that they're doing with third-party content right now. I don't know if we're going to be carried on Beyond or not. TBD. But so once you start then, I guess you can bring a character from any... This is an interesting... Mike Shay asked me the same question. Yeah, so what happens if you bring a character from some really obscure publication?

Mastering Dungeons
Wardens of the Eastern Marches! (MD 210)

They're interested, but they have so many things that they're doing with third-party content right now. I don't know if we're going to be carried on Beyond or not. TBD. But so once you start then, I guess you can bring a character from any... This is an interesting... Mike Shay asked me the same question. Yeah, so what happens if you bring a character from some really obscure publication?