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Welcome to Dungeon World!

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“Attention, ah, lost souls. It is I, the Game Master. You may know me for my recent work sponsoring spellcasters or teaming up with Thor and the Wizards Three to defeat Vecna, but I am an ancient being of *chuckle* unmeasurable power. After a long exile from a corporal existence: I am back! Well... I have started manifesting in physical form and do I have an opportunity for you!” “ I once again rule over my favorite pocket dimension. In my absence, bad things have happened. The dungeons below my cosmic adobe are a mess! As I still have a few hundred years until I achieve full physical form, I am flummoxed as to how to clean them up. This is where you come in. You see, I thought you could end your days of being adrift in the astral sea and, instead, come to my cozy dimension and be ADVENTURERS!” “I am currently granting licenses for seven adventuring classes: cleric, dwarf, elf, fighter, halfling, magic-user, and thief! Some might find this strict policy old fashioned or maybe even out ...
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The Dwarves of Dungeon World

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Dwarves are said to be native to Dungeon World-- made from the maggots that feast on the corpse of Rainbow Queen. Some believe that these dwarves are the origin point of all dwarven kind throughout the planes. Regardless of the veracity of this truth, many dwarves do find themselves at home in the demi-plane. Dwarven hands carved its tunnels and their hands helped lay the stones of its oldest structures. Of the Dwarves native to the pocket dimension, only Brok of the Forge of the World lives in Topside. As a result, he is the default elder of the settlement's dwarven community. With his background in metal working, he has cultivated a community centered around the traders. The community he leads is made up of a diverse smattery of the dwarves found throughout the planes. Here are four of the most common background these dwarves hail from: The Bargainers- Some dwarves are known for their knowledge and skill with gold. Gold is often the most coveted of precious metals. These dwar...
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Clerics of Dungeon World

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Throughout the realms, adventurers sworn to service of a deity are known as clerics. On other planes, clerics may sometimes arm themselves with bladed weapons. On Dungeon World, however, the memory of Tiamat flesh being cut from her bone by the gods is still stings too sharply. Any cleric wielding any non-blunt weapon while in the demi-plane, regardless of what rules may apply for them in other dimensions, faces the wrath of the Mother of Monsters herself. Of deities, the Game Master is wildly jealous. He may be an immortal being of vast cosmic power but he is not possessing of divinity per say. His time as a patron for spellcasters who forge arcane pacts for a piece of his power has made him jealous of the devotion a cleric bestows upon their deity. The Game Master may be an entity of awesome might but he is also petty. Currently he only acquiesces to clerics serving two deities on Dungeon World: Bahamut and Thor. Bahamut Known as the King of Dragons, the platinum dragon name...
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The Districts of Topside- Cardinal Hill

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  Cardinal Hill (The Heart of Topside) At the center of Topside sits its necropolis- a hill covered with arching paths lined with sepulchers and sarcophagi. It can be seen from any point in the settlement making it a key directional landmark. All of the graves here sit above ground as the people of Dungeon World have learned the hard way that only bad things come to those that inter the dead in the soil born of Tiamat’s decaying body. 12. The Rose Mausoleum At the top of the hill, a tall mausoleum rises to tower above the settlement. The head of the Grave Wardens based here, the shockingly tweenage High Sexton , claims its pink marble walls protect its inhabitants from the effects of the phlogistan. The structure's entrance is marked by a skull relief that possesses eyes set with rubies. Carved into the floor are the words, “Remember that you must die”. Visitors are known to perform Spiritual Execrises in the form of offerings to the dead they have interred there. The attempts se...
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The Districts of Topside- Royal Bay

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  Royal Bay (Southeast Topside) Bluestone and slate-roofed cottages overlook the harsh rocks lapped by the flow of phlogistan rolling in from the Astral Sea. The remains of beached monstrosities and wrecked astral vessels dragged in by the cosmic tide litter the rocks. 10. The Three Wizards This crumbling coastal estate has been repurposed into lodgings for those lost souls who have yet to establish a permanent domicile in Topside. Callidine , one who speaks with two voices, is like a midwife ushering those newly arrived into life on Dungeon World. The following lodgings can be secured on a monthly basis as no one is just “passing through” Dungeon World: *The Common Room (3gp) - a spot can be found among the tented silks around the room’s pool of fresh water. Those that do must pass a Constitution check or suffer a -1 penalty to attack and damages on their next delve due to bad sleep. Those that fail also have a 1-in-6 chance of falling to memorize a spell (roll for each slot they ...
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The Districts of Topside- The Pitch

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The Pitch (Northeast Topside) Tall buildings with blackened timber frames line the narrow, dark cobble stone streets of the Pitch. Its smoke choked paths are home to what entertainment there is to be found in Topside. Often light on foot traffic during the day, the district comes alive with pleasure seekers and spectators of Dungeon World's many contests. 7. The Forge of the (Dungeon) World Pressed against the side of Cardinal Hill stretches Topside’s only smithy. It’s large size seems absurd for it houses but a single ironsmith- Brok . The Dungeon World native is a licensed armorer capable of crafting 5 weapons or 3 shields or 1 suit of armor a month. When drinking at the nearby tavern, he is known to fall into sad lamentations about the Splendid Items he used to forge with his dwarven siblings. 8. The Alchemist’s Jug This halfling-run tavern is the last of Topside’s public drinking establishments. While the taps of the rest of the drinking holes long went dry, the Full-Pint fam...
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The Districts of Topside- Emerald Terrace

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Emerald Terrace (Northwest Topside) Moss-covered paving stones carve a path through the overgrown landscape of Topside’s northwestern quarter. Sparse, ivy-covered residences mark hilly terrain otherwise dotted with pavilions and pagodas. Herds of goats forage grasses in the shadows of small-scale terraced farms. 4. Seedholm Overlooking it all, high on the edge of Dungeon World, sits the baroque manor house that is center to Topside’s elven diaspora. Founded by refugees of a wilted branch of Yggdrasil, the estate was constructed at the site where their migrational samara marooned them on Dungeon World. Their matriarch, the Lady-Bound-in-Leaves , has shrewdly leveraged their colony-ship supplies to position them at the center of Topside’s high society. Their balls and soirees are packed with the who’s-who of Dungeon World’s surface society- often making it the perfect place to Find the Right Buyer for antiquities and curios dragged out of the halls below. 5. Thunder Grove A large but s...
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The Districts of Topside- Ashtown

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Ashtown (Southwest Topside) It is said that all the narrow streets and twisting alleys of Ashtown lead to the fountain courtyard catty-corner of the necropolis. They are dotted with the white-washed homes of petty bureaucrats, the families of dragoons, and the occasional arcanist. At the courtyard itself rest the three most significant buildings in Ashtown.  1. Ashtown Stationers Labyrinthine aisles of book crafting supplies snake around this single-floor establishment. The smell of pipeweed smoke and the sounds of magic-users locked in joyous debate lead to the shop’s oak counter. There, the blind proprietor named Old Emrys holds court in front of a shelf of rare materials for the spellbook illuminations essential for completing Spellcraft downtimes. The following mundane supplies can be purchased here: *A vial of ink (1gp) *A quill (1gp) *Parchment (1gp per 2 sheets) *Scroll case (1gp) 2. The Lodge of the Five Dragons An old sign featuring five dragons locked in a pentangle ma...
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