The City of Arches on Kickstarter

Sunlight reflects off scintillating waterfalls flowing into the public baths of the City of Arches. People of all species walk through the eclectic markets of the city, enjoying the intermingling aromas of foods from different lands and worlds. And all the while, above, below, and beyond the city's mysterious archways lie sites of endless adventure—and the shadowy grasp of an ancient evil seeking to return.

The City of Arches is a 160-page high-fantasy city sourcebook available in PDF and hardcover for your fantasy roleplaying games now funding on Kickstarter!

Designed for D&D and 5th edition variants, and easily used with any fantasy RPG, City of Arches gives you a site of endless adventure you can drop into any campaign setting.

This book has been built from the ground up on the principles of the Lazy Dungeon Master to make it as easy as possible for you to create and experience your own adventures in this fantastic city.

Two thousand years ago, a tyrant of unimaginable power conquered a city on a site of powerful planar magic, letting him build portal archways to hundreds of worlds he intended to conquer. A thousand years after his defeat and exile, all remnants of the tyrant, including his very name, have been magically washed from history. The extraplanar archways this Nameless King built are mostly dormant now, but beings still sometimes step into the city through one of these archways, usually with little memory of where they've come from.

Today, the city is a bustling metropolis filled with people of many races, species, ancestries, and heritages. Yet in the depths and outer reaches of the city, secret cults sense the void where the lost tyrant once ruled, and seek to bring the Nameless King back to power.

Key Features of the City of Arches

• An 160-page PDF and hardcover sourcebook designed to help Lazy GMs build fantastic adventures in, above, below, and beyond the City of Arches.
• Beautiful full-color art, overland maps, and dungeon maps.
• A city-based setting where every race, species, ancestry, or heritage makes sense.
• A mixture of potential themes, including political intrigue, shadowy conspiracy, and location-based exploration.
• A flexible city and setting you can drop into any published or homebrew campaign world, or which can serve as its own standalone setting.
• Limitless options to expand adventures in the world surrounding the City of Arches—or any other world.

Built for Lazy Game Masters

The City of Arches sourcebook is designed to make it as easy as possible for game masters to build their own adventures. Whether you use the city as a stopover location in a longer campaign or you build your own campaign in and around the city, you'll find tons of material to help you create your adventures.

Compatible with D&D 2014 and 2024, Other 5e Games, and Other Fantasy RPGs

The City of Arches sourcebook focuses heavily on the background, lore, hooks, and tools you need to run your fantasy roleplaying games in this unique setting. It does not focus heavily on game mechanics. Thus, it's extremely easy to use this sourcebook with a variety of systems, including 2014 D&D, 2024 D&D, Tales of the Valiant, and Level Up Advanced 5e. It can further be played with other fantasy RPGs such as Pathfinder 1 & 2, Shadowdark, 13th Age, Shadow of the Weird Wizard and others. The book includes guidance for shifting the theme of the world to support either games of high fantasy or those of a more grim survival atmosphere. Whatever fantasy RPG system you play, you'll find this book easily incorporated into your own tales of high adventure.

Free 42 Page Playable Preview

Visit the Kickstarter and check out the 42 page preview including an intro scenario and adventure you can run this very night!