Danna Liurova

About this project

Ebonclad is a thieves’ guild fantasy campaign setting designed for the 5th edition of the world’s greatest roleplaying game! It’s perfect if you’re planning to start a new campaign, if you like stories about espionage and spycraft, or if you’re simply looking for a change from the norm.

Inside Ebonclad you’ll find:

170 pages of material accompanied by lavish illustrations and short stories to bring the setting to life.

7 adventures for character levels 1 - 4 GMs can use to introduce new players to the setting, or customize for use in their own campaigns.

Tons of character options including new backgrounds, subclasses, feats, equipment, poisons, and spells.

Tools for GMs to generate random citizens, valuables they may possess, the contents of their pockets or purses, and ways of determining how connected they are and how they’d react to witnessing crimes.

Dozens of new NPCs, from generic stat blocks to specific characters living in the city.

Over 30 random street encounters with different customization options a GM can use.

New Urban Chase Complications specific to the setting.

Queen Alanna, Northon, and Swifthollow are just a few of the NPCs who bring the Ebonclad setting to life

The setting is easily customized, allowing you to pick and choose which elements you want to use. You can easily adapt it to your game world in progress or use it to begin a new campaign altogether!

About the Setting

In this setting, characters take on roles as members rising within the ranks of Guild Ebonclad, proving their worth and gaining status as they complete missions for the guild. Ebonclad is a 170 page campaign setting available through this Kickstarter campaign in hardcover and digitally bookmarked PDF.

Kintalla, the Silver City. While the city sleeps, thieves are on the prowl…

Themes in Ebonclad

This campaign setting is designed around the following themes of play:

Theft. Most of the guild’s income is derived from its lowest-ranking street thieves, burglars, and con artists who blend in with the citizens of Kintalla and prey upon them daily. Recruits won’t gain full membership without proving they have the skill to a pick pocket or the mettle to pull off a heist. The guild keeps its eyes on big scores moving around Kintalla, sending its best agents after the most valuable prizes.

Subtlety. The world’s best thieves, spies, and assassins are the ones you’ve never heard of. Ebonclad asks its members to blend in, pick locks, cut purses, and operate from within the shadows. That’s not to say there’s no room for less discreet personnel among the Ebonclad ranks however, as guild enforcers and body guards are every bit as important to protect these spies and scoundrels.

Assassination. The guild’s major players are constantly at work, manipulating citizens of Kintalla like moving pawns on a chessboard. Sometimes, it’s necessary to sacrifice a pawn. When such a time arises, the guild sends parties of enforcers and assassins to ensure these pawns never return to the board again.

Sabotage. Secrecy is paramount, but some things can’t help but be noticed. Ebonclad carefully plans acts of sabotage to ensure such deeds do not expose its members. Better still is when the dirty work can be pinned on the unwitting; many citizens of Kintalla are locked in the city’s dungeons, serving sentences for crimes they never committed.

Espionage. Knowledge is power, and no one understands this better than the brothers and sisters of the guild. The spies of Ebonclad routinely bring information of what’s going on in the city, new scores to claim, new people to manipulate, and new places to explore.

The Great Wheel. Members of Ebonclad constantly refer to the turning the “Great Wheel,” a metaphor for how the guild works to manufacture important events within Kintalla and across the world. When the Great Wheel spins, kings are crowned, armies go to war, and nations are forged.

You never know who (or what) lurks behind the corner…

Perks of the life of guild members, such as guild marks and Eboncant - a special form of thieves’ cant

Lore Lowdown: Aetherytes