Backdrops

Backdrops at a Glance

• Thirteen ready-to-use locations for any fantasy campaign.
  
• New items, maps, and story ideas help stimulate a variety of plot ideas.
• Build a campaign around your favorite location or drop one into your existing game as needed.

Places to Go: More about Backdrops

Make your OGL gaming a bit easier with this Penumbra supplement. Backdrops provides a variety of locations to help stimulate plot and get you to the table faster. Drop a location into your existing game as needed, or build a new campaign around one of them. All you need is your favorite d20 system to play.

In Backdrops, you’ll find information on thirteen different locations. Each one has a map, flavor text, new items or things to explore, and plot and mechanics suggestions to help stimulate plot ideas. With a wide variety of locations to explore, this supplement offers suggestions to fit in any fantasy game.

Backdrops: Contents

This sourcebook contains the following locations:

• A bazaar
• An athenaeum
• A ship
• A wharf
• A stable
• A smithy
• A toll bridge
• A temple
• A caravanserai
• A tavern
• An alleyway
• A merchant’s district
• A city dungeon

Awards

• 2002 ENnie Award Nominee – Best Cartography.
• 2002 ENnie Award Honorable Mention – Best Graphic Design & Layout.
• 2002 ENnie Award Nominee – Best Aid or Accessory.

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