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The Cyclopean Organ is a depthcrawl funnel for Cairn by Yochai Gal, using the Cairn Funnel Rules by Xenio. Roll up a desperate gang of villagers, and send them into the dark depths of an enormous musical contraption to save their homes and livelihoods. Put them face to face with nightmarish horrors of flesh and mind, discover bizarre treasures and tools to complete their desperate task. The few who leave alive will do so irrevocably changed.
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Brighter Worlds is a whimsical fantasy tabletop RPG with modular crunch. It is my attempt to bridge the gap between GMs (and players) who want minimal rules in fast, lightweight systems with players who want a more involved character creation, and fiddly rules to muck around with. Each Calling (class) has it's own set of rules that (mostly) don't interact or involve anything else in the book. So each player only has to worry about the things on their own Calling's page. Each of the (currently) fifteen Callings is designed to appeal to a different sort of player. Ranging from the Alchemist, for players who are constantly collecting every plant and animal part they find to mix together into potions. to the Cleric of Small Gods for players who prefer free form magic systems over spell lists.
Players act as fearless explorers of the Mediterranean of the Mythical Age, studded with mysterious islands, thick forests, legendary creatures, labyrinths and dangers.
Thálassa is based on Cairn SRD and is licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.
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Hireling is a dungeon exploration game about desperate everyday people in a semi-historical weird fantasy setting. Players are Hirelings hired by a big Hero to help explore a dungeon rumoured to contain both riches and ruin. Just when the game starts the Hero dies ingloriously. The Hirelings have a once-in-a-lifetime golden opportunity to ease their worries, and their only choice is to grit their teeth and delve into the dark.
Hireling is a hack of Cairn (by Yochai Gal, https://cairnrpg.com), Into the Odd and Electric Bastionland (both by Chris McDowall, www.bastionland.com).
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This is a Souls Like Cairn Hack in mini zine format. It's about a group of dead soldiers gathering people and resources to overthrow tyrants.
From the Mud is a TTRPG and it assumes that you're familiar with other games in the genre.
Keep it safe The oppression of marginalized people is part of the theme of the game. But make sure that it appears as a thing to be confronted. Talk to your players about the topics that you want to explore and make sure everybody is always comfortable.
You are an adventurer, a laborer, a wanderer, and a monster hunter. As a member of the International Brotherhood of Itinerant Sellswords (IBIS), you travel the rails of The Western States, selling your skills to whatever Neighborhood, Town Council, Grange Hall, or whoever will pay you for your next meal. You are a knight of the rails.
It’s a dangerous, precarious life, and probably not one you had planned to enter, but the people need your help. And righteousness is its own reward. Right?
The Knights of the Road is a tiny hack of Cairn/Into the Odd/Electric Bastionland by Chris McDowell (www.bastionland.com). Players assume the mantle of monster hunters who hop the rails of a dystopian early 20th century, taking contracts to kill creeps and monsters, all the while avoiding the wrath of evil Barons of Industry.
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In the Viridian hills, a cluster of silent mounds in the earth. They wait. Their dark mouths gape patiently, daring trespass. Ancient burial sites of some long lost order whose greatest wonders would never stand up to modern marvels. A cheap haul for a fledgling tomb robber, if anything still exists worth stealing from these humble monuments. They seem identical to a thousand other forgotten places burrowed in the earth like the husks of long-dead beetles.
They are not what they seem.
Enter a collection of bizarre crypts that commemorate a kingdom that never was. Learn the terrible secrets of these holes in the earth, and confront what lies yet further beneath. Dance upon the tongue of ancient horror.
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This is an island adventure written by Robin Fjärem for Cairn, the fantasy RPG by Yochai Gal. The quiet fishing town of Salthaven, located on an island with the same name, is suddenly plagued by terrible storms. No ships are able to leave or dock due to the relentless waves pummeling the shoreline. There are even rumors that people have been attacked by terrible monsters washing up on the shore. Panic is spreading among the populace and a sinister marsh cult is quick to take advantage of this by recruiting the scared townsfolk to their cause.
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Further along the river, according to ancient legends, lies an underground realm, a gigantic cavern so immense that inside it grew a dense forest of giant mushrooms. Inhabited by countless plants and animals, the likes of which can be found nowhere else.
Legends further say that an ancient, wise people once built a temple there. There are said to be still rich treasures there, almost forgotten by time and waiting to be discovered by brave adventurers.
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Seek and find the cursed treasure deep in Baaju forest in this adventure for the Cairn rules set.
Inside you'll find:
• Descriptions for Baaju forest: Landmarks, rumors and encounters with spark tables to help you flesh it out.
• A small witch’s cabin, the puzzle in it and the Witch o’ woods herself
• A tough decision to help yourself, the witch or the king she cursed.
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Piedmont: Critters of Wood and Mountain is a weird Appalachian bestiary for Cairn and other Into the Odd derived games
Critters of Wood and Mountain is the second part of Piedmont, an upcoming mystical Appalachian hack of Yochai Gal's Cairn. The first part can be found here: Piedmont: Songs of the Hills.
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The Prince has gone missing in the Winter Wood. He was heading for the waterfall in search of the fabled Moon Bell. The King has promised the Prince's weight in gold in reward for bringing him back. Be careful, something is on the move. Merry March in the Winter Wood is a snowy pointcrawl exploration adventure written for use with Cairn (by Yochai Gal, cairnrpg.com).
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GM & 1+ Players Here we have a Half-Dozen Random Tables pertaining to Forests. Expository Vignettes, Helpful Happenstances, Harmful Hinderances, as well as some potential results for attempts at Foraging for Plants or Hunting for Game within those wild Woodlands.
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“I saw a dark shape against the moon, big as a horse it was! Except with wings, which horses don’t have.”
A keening cry has been heard across the wood at night. Unbeknown to most, this is a mating call. The Terror Crow has come to roost near the village of Warberley, and given time, its eggs will surely hatch...
A small adventure for the tabletop role-playing game Cairn (https://yochaigal.itch.io/cairn). Can be played in a single session or left to slowly build in the background as the group do other things.
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This one-page supplement contains the rules for running funnel-style adventures with the Cairn RPG by Yochai Gal.
