Blood Over Gold: The Trader Princes of Maniria
Trader Princes is set in the tribal lands of Western Maniria where they preside over a network of Houses ruling through treaties, bargains, and pacts. Over the last four hundred years, the Trader Princes have grown wealthy and powerful as caravans travel under the protection of their knights and castles.
Forty years ago, the seas Opened, undoing everything. Many Houses have abandoned their heritage to become petty lords over barbarian peoples. However, a few struggle to retain their way of life, seeking new paths as they following in the footsteps of their saintly founder, Caselain the Wanderer.
What's in this book?
This book contains everything needed to explore the dangerous life of working for a Trader Prince. It includes four new homelands, extensive background information on trade and travel in the Manirian wilderness, barbarian customs, Trader Prince Houses, and new occupation and magical keywords.
Other sections include a gazetteer detailing Western Maniria, House Caroman (a "typical" Trader Prince family), and their home, the demon-haunted city of Fay Jee. Also provided are numerous adventures and scenario seeds, gathered into a story arc that allows the heroes to rise from humble beginnings to the very pinnacle of their House.
At the climax, the heroes will live or die by the friend and eneimes they have made in their rise to power.
Design notes to follow.
Jeff
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