Barrow Builders Themes

Roll 1d12 or 1–2 themes from a table to establish tone for barrows, ruins, and NPCs from the Barrow Builders era—the violent centuries after the Makers fell. Themes range from revo...

Roll one or two themes when prepping a barrow, ruin, or NPC tied to the Barrow Builders era. Themes set the tone of the bloody centuries after the Makers fell.

Roll 1d12 · Family Faction Themes · p. 35

d	Result	Detail
1	Revolution	Hunting down the Stone Lords, upending the status quo.
2	The works of the Makers, undone	Torn down, vandalized, repurposed, lost.
3	Societal collapse	Famine, shortage, hoarding, violence.
4	Sorcerers and necromancers	Recklessly wielding power they can't control.
5	Human sacrifice and blood magic	The courting and open worship of The Things Below.
6	The horrors of war	Pillaging, looting, slaughter, dislocation.
7	Refugees	Desperate and afraid, seeking safety, settling for survival.
8	Sorcerer-kings and petty warlords	With their grand, bloody ambitions.
9	Conquest, oppression, enslavement
10	Intrigue, betrayal, civil war
11	Rulers clinging to power, even from the grave
12	Heroism and hope and perseverance	The casting off of tyrants, the slaying of monsters, the forging of a new age.