Warden’s Guide

The Warden’s Guide includes tools, tables, and advice for running Cairn, with procedures to generate content that fits into the Vald setting or any fantasy world of your imagining. The following chapters offer resources and detailed instructions for creating immersive adventures, with an emphasis on dynamic gameplay and rich worldbuilding. It is our hope that with these pages anyone can craft unique, challenging experiences that engage and captivate players.

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Table of Contents

Part 1: World Building

• Setting Seeds
• Factions
• Topography
• Dungeon Seeds
• Forest Seeds

Part 2: Warden’s Tools

• Bestiary
• Creating Monsters
• Naming Procedures
• Growth
• Spellbooks
• Reliquary

Part 3: Advice & Examples

• Creating Backgrounds
• Pointcrawls
• Frequently Asked Questions
  • About the Example Party
  • Dungeon Exploration
  • Detachments
  • Wilderness Exploration
  • Bonds and Omens
  • Knowledge and Perception
  • Saves
  • Variable Difficulty
  • Combat
• The Setting of Vald
  • Vald
  • NPC Tables
• Bibliography