The Land of Argyle The Argyle Lorebook, Podreczniki RPG, The Land of Argyle
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The Argyle Lorebook
Credits
Lead Writers:
Mike Huck and Brad Lean
Additional Writing:
John Mayhew, Dan Gwartney, Don Gollihue,
Kenneth Delie and Scott Baerst
Art Direction:
John Mayhew
Cover Art:
Marc Holmes
Interior Art:
John Mayhew, Shannon McIntyre, Jim Hall, Marc Holmes, Oliver Diaz,
Diogo Viegas, Manoel Magalhaes, Frederico Amorim, Christopher Paul
Pickrell, Daryl Mandryk
Editing:
Mike Huck and Scott Baerst
Layout:
Marg Negenman and Mike Huck
Playtesters/Content Reviewers:
Kelly Warren, Rob Hoedl, Olle Berg, Vesa Ruohonen, Travis Took, Jon
Schneider, Kevin Byiers, and most of the contributors.
Special Thanks:
Ben LaCount, David Henry, Brian Nelson, Jeroen Van Gampelaere and the
Argyle Online team and players.
Based on the original concepts of Chris Lissiak, Mike Huck and Matthew Edwards.
The Argyle Lorebook is copyright 2006, 2007 Silver Oak Studios. All rights reserved. The Land of Argyle, Silver Oak Studios and
associated logos are trademarks of Silver Oak Studios. D
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of Wizards of the Coast, Inc., and are used with permission. ‘d20 System’ and the d20 System logo are Trademarks owned by Wizards
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ISBN 0-9780040-0-0
All text in this book is Open Content with the exception of the section entitled “At The Shivering Mermaid Inn”.
Silver Oak Studios
118 Sidon Cr SW
Calgary, AB, T3H 2C5
Email: info@silveroakstudios.com
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Website: www.silveroakstudios.com
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Preface
From Mike
From John
Well, this leg of the journey has inally come to an end. It
is hard to believe, after more than four years of effort, that
John and I inally have an actual product in our grubby little
hands! I’ll be honest, when we started talking about a d20
Lorebook back in September 2001, we had no idea what we
were getting ourselves into. In some ways, we still don’t. I
suppose we’ll always be learning as we carry on with these
projects, but for our irst kick at the cat I’m pretty proud of
how things have turned out.
We’ve had a lot of ups and downs as we’ve gone through
the creative process here. Even once we had all our writing
compiled, I couldn’t believe the amount of work left to set it
all up – editing, layout, styles and more. The effort required
to massage our original ideas into something bordering on
professional was astounding. Considering that we were
trying to complete this book in our spare time, with busy
jobs and family commitments, I think we’ve done quite
well.
There’s no way this
book would be out in
any form if it wasn’t
for the great help we
got from a number of
people. I don’t want
my Preface blurb to
turn into an awards
ceremony thank-you
speech or anything,
but we’re deeply in-
debted to everyone
whose name appears
on the Credits page. All the contributing writers and artists
gave us great efforts, and their belief in the Argyle setting
is truly appreciated. Their creativity and enthusiasm was
infectious. Hopefully they are as proud of how their work
is represented in this Lorebook as I am.
We’ve got a lot of hopes and dreams for Silver Oak Studios
and the Land of Argyle. As I said at the beginning, this leg
of the journey is complete but the journey itself has a long
way to go. In the coming months this Lorebook will be
expanded, and we’ve got a list of projects we’d like to hit
next. We’re just touching on the possibilities inherent in
Argyle in this Lorebook, and future products will serve to
expand those possibilities.
The Argyle campaign setting has a ton of potential. The
racial tensions, the fear of magic and the rebirth of cultures
are all great starting points for interesting campaigns. Our
intention with this book is to provide gamers with the seeds
of those campaigns. Hopefully we have succeeded.
-Mike
April/06
The images that ill this book are unique in several ways.
First and foremost all were contributed for love of art and a
desire to share in our dream. As a group our artists took on
more than anticipated and delivered on each item promised.
We’ve learned much in the process. Those who were more
accomplished artists (their pictures speak for themselves)
always made efforts to share their experience and improve
the skill of those around them. I’ve been particularly glad
for such opportunities, for my own work is often in need of
the most improvement and the challenge posed by Marc,
Daryl, Shannon and the rest of our capable crew is always
enjoyed.
Deining the overall look of the book in collaboration
with Mike was not always easy but always worth the long-
distance effort. He’s far too accurate in his assessments
and all too happy to poke holes in my carefully constructed
theories. In the end, I’m as pleased as he with the results and
as grateful to those
who loaned pencil,
brush and imagination
to the project.
If you are a de-
veloping artist like
those who added to
this book, you will
benefit greatly from
finding a group of
like-minded people
with whom you can
share ideas. But be
warned, you’ll need to
develop a thick skin. I’m still ashamed to show the Dwarf
character illustrated in such a way as to make Dan, our
Dwarf expert, note “looks like he’s got a parrot pooping
on his shoulder”. I’ll recover eventually, and hope to soon
include an image worthy of Argyle’s stalwart stonecutters
as part of the Lorebook’s added features.
For now, the time has come not when we’ve inished our
work but when we’ve run out of time. To all who have added
their art to this book I thank you. To all who lip through
these pages I hope you enjoy Argyle’s images as much as
we did crafting them.
-John
April/06
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Table of Contents
Chorolos
(Scion) ...............................58
Mirimil
(Scion).................................59
Desus Tai
(Ascended) .......................60
Emeloth
(Ascended).........................61
Freyo
(Ascended).............................63
Grollob
(Failed Scion) .....................64
Krullin
(Ascended) ..........................65
Morados
(Ascended) ........................66
Sollist
(Ascended) ............................67
Sonas
(Ascended) ............................68
Toran
(Ascended) ............................70
Veraeth
(Ascended)..........................71
Wodan
(Ascended)...........................72
Yara (Ascended) .......................................74
Geography...........................................76
Arberdan ..................................................76
Demographics ...............................................................76
Culture...........................................................................77
The City ........................................................................78
Places of Note ...............................................................79
Major Organizations .....................................................80
Surrounding Lands........................................................81
Regional History ...........................................................82
Hearsay .........................................................................84
Argon ........................................................84
Demographics ...............................................................84
Culture...........................................................................85
The City ........................................................................86
Places of Note ...............................................................86
Major Organizations .....................................................87
Surrounding Lands........................................................88
Regional History ...........................................................89
Hearsay .........................................................................90
Caern Tor..................................................90
Demographics ...............................................................90
Culture...........................................................................91
The City ........................................................................92
Places of Note ...............................................................93
Major Organizations .....................................................94
Surrounding Lands........................................................94
Regional History ...........................................................95
Hearsay .........................................................................96
Estellond ...................................................96
Demographics ...............................................................96
Culture...........................................................................97
The City ........................................................................98
Places of Note ...............................................................99
Major Organizations .....................................................99
Surrounding Lands........................................................99
Regional History .........................................................100
Hearsay .......................................................................102
History ................................................... 6
At The Shivering Mermaid Inn.......................................6
The Creation Myth ..........................................................9
Timeline ........................................................................10
Races.......................................................14
Dwarves ....................................................14
Argon Dwarves .............................................................14
Cape Dwarves ...............................................................16
Meurig Dwarves............................................................16
Elves ..........................................................18
Gnomes .....................................................20
Gurud Gnomes ..............................................................20
Hozz Gnomes................................................................22
Mûrkan Gnomes............................................................22
Hallings ....................................................23
Softbottoms ...................................................................23
Grizzlefeet.....................................................................24
Half-Elves .................................................26
Half-Orcs ..................................................27
Humans.....................................................28
Classes ..................................................30
Barbarians ................................................30
Bards .........................................................31
Clerics .......................................................32
Druids........................................................33
Fighters .....................................................34
Monks........................................................36
Rangers .....................................................37
Rogues.......................................................38
Sorcerers ...................................................39
Wizards .....................................................39
Prestige Classes.................................41
The Shroudwalker ...................................41
Brogan Deathstalker......................................................42
The Vergor ................................................44
Caerrus Dragonfriend....................................................48
Magic ..................................................... 51
Mage Hate .....................................................................51
Spellcasters ...................................................................52
Crafting Magical Items .................................................52
Finding Magical Items ..................................................52
Pantheon............................................54
The Creator ...................................................................54
The Scions.....................................................................54
The Ascended................................................................54
The Afterlife..................................................................55
Ko ..............................................................56
Argarath
(Scion) ..............................57
Barana
(Scion) .................................57
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Hemdale ..................................................102
Demographics .............................................................102
Culture.........................................................................103
The City ......................................................................103
Places of Note .............................................................104
Major Organizations ...................................................104
Surrounding Lands......................................................105
Regional History .........................................................106
Hearsay .......................................................................106
Hozz Le’Dayth .......................................107
Demographics .............................................................107
Culture.........................................................................108
The City ......................................................................109
Places of Note .............................................................109
Major Organizations ...................................................111
Surrounding Lands......................................................111
Regional History .........................................................112
Hearsay .......................................................................113
Niire......................................................... 113
Demographics .............................................................113
Culture.........................................................................114
The City .....................................................................115
Places of Note .............................................................116
Major Organizations ...................................................117
Surrounding Lands......................................................117
Regional History .........................................................118
Hearsay .......................................................................119
Port Hope................................................ 119
Demographics .............................................................119
Culture.........................................................................120
The City ......................................................................120
Places of Note .............................................................121
Major Organizations ...................................................122
Surrounding Lands......................................................122
Regional History .........................................................123
Hearsay .......................................................................124
Shroudgard.............................................124
Demographics .............................................................125
Culture.........................................................................125
The City ......................................................................126
Places of Note .............................................................127
Major Organizations ...................................................128
Surrounding Lands......................................................128
Regional History .........................................................129
Hearsay .......................................................................130
Soberdan.................................................130
Demographics .............................................................130
Culture.........................................................................131
The City ......................................................................132
Places of Note .............................................................133
Major Organizations ...................................................135
Surrounding Lands......................................................135
Regional History .........................................................137
Guilds....................................................139
Ash Hand ................................................139
Bonewatch .............................................140
Brotherhood of Seven ............................140
Crimson Dominos ..................................141
Crossed Swords ......................................142
Dire Hounds ...........................................143
Krayken ..................................................144
Life-Givers..............................................145
Shields of Valour ....................................145
Twofold Path ..........................................146
White Mages...........................................147
Appendices ....................................... 149
Calendar .................................................149
Iconic Characters...................................151
Flynn Summersong .....................................................151
Mauss Tacite ...............................................................152
Torrad Devoril ............................................................152
Monstrous Societies ...............................154
The Black Renders ......................................................154
Drezloic.......................................................................154
The Fist Of Grollob.....................................................157
Dankwater Goblin .................................163
Gruthak ..................................................163
World Map .............................................165
URL Link Summary ..............................166
Glossary ..................................................167
Index ....................................................175
Sidebars, DM Tips & Tables:
DM Tip: Character Generation .............14
Dwarven Clans .........................................15
Dwarven Slayers ......................................17
Forsaken ...................................................19
DM Tip: Languages .................................29
DM Tip: Mage Hate.................................32
The Shroudwalker ...................................41
The Vergor ................................................44
DM Tip: Magic Treasure.........................53
The Cult Of Reckoning ...........................56
Vengeance Domain...................................75
Revelation .................................................75
DM Tip: Currency ...................................83
DM Tip: Magic Item Ratios ....................98
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