Make travel memorable with Cards and Caravans — New Setting (Rules) and Subclass! (Patreon)

Thanks for your patience with this release from last month, heroes! I hope it was worth the wait: I sure think it is!

Whether carrying goods from town to town, escorting nobility, or hiding dark secrets, caravans offer a unique opportunity for roleplaying, exploration, and combat opportunities for players on the road to their next destination. The rules presented below offer a way to generate unlimited caravans in your campaign to make each highway or dirt road different from the last.

Parties traveling between locations on their adventures can be boring, or filled with routine campsites and run-of-the-mill beasts and baddies. Use these rules to randomly generate a vast array of memorable caravans and groups that are traveling the same roads as you are, but on their own journeys. Encounter merchants, royalty, zoos, theater companies, artificers with...death rays? And so, so many more. There's no telling what you'll find out on the open road, but these rules will certainly help you figure it out quickly and easily.

The subclass for the setting is the new Bard college: the College of Four Suits! Change fate itself with your magic using actual playing cards to enact your various abilities. Hurl magic-powered cards at your enemies (get your Gambit on!), grant temporary hit points to your allies, and play royal face cards to command other creatures! This subclass has gone through some super fun rounds of playtesting, and I'm sure you'll have a great time with it!

Speaking of the subclass, here's a reminder that we also have official subclass playtest sessions on the Discord! So please feel welcome to sign up for them and get early looks and hands-on time with them! As always, further revisions will be made here with published updates as they're released!

What's Included:

• 21 pages of optional rules allowing you to make the road to any destination filled with believable traveling groups.
• Encounter all manner of creatures and characters on even the most mundane dirt roads. No more boring trips!
• Bonus maps donated by Cze & Peku!
• 6 new game set and cart-related creature statblocks!
• New bard subclass: the College of Four Suits! Control your own destiny by playing the same game as fate itself. Create a magical deck of cards that float before you, pairing like suits together to hurl at targets for damage or support!

Credits

I was responsible for direction, design, and additional editing for this setting. However, this couldn't be possible without extra help. If you like this setting, consider supporting these other incredible creators:

DMDave — Writing, editing

TheArenaGuy — Monster design

Cze & Peku — Maps

Aaron Riley — Subclass illustration

Damien Mammoliti — Monster Art

Benjamin Sommeregger — Cover art

Jelke Ludolphij — Additional layout

This release is also made especially possible by the extra generosity of $13+ Legendary Heroes! Thank you all so much for you support, and be proud of your place in the end credits! You've earned it!