This blog is dedicated to the creation and publication of Warlords of the Moon, a sword & planet-style campaign setting for the Old-School Essentials roleplaying game.
As suggested by the title, it is set on the moon, but this is not the lifeless satellite we know in reality. Inspired by Edgar Rice Burrough’s A Princess of Mars, HG Well’s First Men in the Moon, and HP Lovecraft’s Dream-Quest for Unknown Kadath, this is an ancient and dying world of decadent city-states and savage wastelands, haunted by weird entities from the abysses of deep space. In this world of rayguns and swords and sorcery, player characters can be visitors from Earth, members of the moondwelling species, such as the humanoid lunarians, the winged batkin, or the insectoid selenites, or even cats or robots.
Written by Swedish OSR-creators Mattias Närvä and Terje Nordin, Månens krigsherrar was originally published as three booklets.
- Book 1 En ö i etern (”An Island in the Aether”, cover by Björn Ramsten) described the bright side of the moon with over 130 places, along with stats for important NPCs and new creatures, as well as mysterious lunar phenomena such as the aether winds.
- Book 2 Kristalltornens stad (”The City of Crystal Towers”, cover by FSF-Ink) detailed the largest city on the moon, Issum, with its history, laws and government, interesting locations in the various city sectors, gangs and cults, and the dungeons beneath its streets.
- Book 3 Ranshais grottor (”Caves of Ranshai”, cover by Björn Ramsten) included the city-state of Orob, a major dungeon beneath the mountain of Ranshai, and details about the eldritch horrors lurking on the dark side of the moon.
The updated and expanded English edition will contain everything from the Swedish one, along with many new adventure locations, classes, monsters, and spells, as well as new art by FSF-Ink.
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