Veneranda Isle: An Adventurer's Guidebook

Veneranda Isle is a setting guide for tabletop RPGs. It includes creatures and items with stats for Knave, Cairn, and Lilliputian that can very easily be adapted into any other tabletop roleplaying game or system.

Shrouded in mist and mystery, Veneranda Isle is a place where legends breathe and the landscape itself seems alive with secrets. Located far from bustling trade routes, the island is largely forgotten by the outside world, its rugged shores battered by treacherous waters and jagged cliffs. Travellers who dare to land on its shores speak of eerie ruins, ancient rites, and unnatural occurrences that defy explanation. Once home to thriving settlements and shadowed by a turbulent past, Veneranda Isle now lies abandoned, its only inhabitants the desperate, the curious, or the foolish...

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Veneranda Isle is a setting for any tabletop roleplaying game that is laid out like a traveller's guidebook. It will work in any TTRPG system, especially, but not exclusively, those with an OSR play style. The creatures and items in the guidebook include stats for Knave 2e, Cairn, and Lilliputian, but those can easily be adapted in to any other similar system.

There are separate downloads for each of the three games listed, with the only differences between them being the creature stats and the effects of some of the items. The rest of the setting guide is entirely system-agnostic, and does not include mechanics, making it playable in any system.

The guidebook include:

• Separate downloads for Knave, Cairn, and Lilliputian.
• 14 pages of adventure and intrigue.
• A beautifully illustrated map with 10 described locations.
• 9 different adventure threads for players to pick up on as they explore the island.
• 14 unique and interesting creatures found on the island.
• d10 random encounters that can happen while players explore.
• d10 unexpected events that can change the setting or lead to new adventures.
• 30 new items, both magical and mundane, including weapons and armour.
• d10 rumours to spark new stories and adventures for players.
• A design that mimics a well-used and battered guidebook.
• PDFs available as A5 spreads and singles.
• Alternative print-friendly PDFs making home printing a breeze.
• Printable maps in colour and black outline.

This gives any game master the tools they need to lead many sessions of adventure, intrigue, and excitement for players at any table.

Coming soon:

• Item cards for Lilliputian
• Physical book orders

Note that this setting will be free to download until the Knave 2e Adventure Game Jam is complete.

How you can use this

As an open setting, you can use Veneranda Isle in any way you like and let your players take the lead with exploration. Here are some ideas:

• Use the d10 rumours table to give them an initial motivation for travelling to the island - they could hear the rumours in a tavern on a different island.
• Use the d10 unexpected events table to create sudden and exciting new situations that they are forced into.
• Let them explore the island on their own, while you describe the locations with their listed adventures, so they can decide what they do.
• Use the d10 encounters table to create engaging situations that could escalate into new adventures. 
• Set up a notice board on a nearby island with the different adventures listed as quests for adventurers to complete.

As long as your players are intrigued and enjoying themselves, you're on the right track.

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Map illustration by Fernando Salvaterra - used with permission.

Veneranda Isle: An Adventurer’s Guidebook is an independent production by Hugh Lashbrooke and is not affiliated with Questing Beast LLC or ManaDawn Tabletop Games. Cairn is by Yochai Gal.

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