Thargos Atlas
Here you have it, the fifth Cursed Empiretm Dark Fantasy Role-Playing Game Supplement. Cover artwork is by Rob Larson who did the superb art for the Sourcebook, Slavers of Karg and Darkun(tm) Supplement covers, interior art is by Rob Larson, Rik Martin, Paul Bourne, Andrew Dobell and Amandine Labarre.
Featuring over 20 complete city maps as well as a selection of 3D city views (see below) and a complete scenario set in the Imperial coastal city of Elios, this sourcebook for Cursed Empire covers all the cities, towns, villages, and surrounding regions of The Continent.
This is a valuable game aid, which not only defines the architecture and surroundings of the game setting but also provides an insight into daily life in the Empire and Karnarcos. This game aid is packed with material and remains “rules clear” enabling it to be used for other game systems.
Extract from the Atlas - A Day in the Life in Condar
After waking in a warm bed next to a warmer woman, the common Condorian resident dresses in dyed linens and grabs his wares—be it produce or a trade craft—to bring to the bazaar to make his day’s wages. On a bad day he may have to go to the Farm Union to work, digging up tubers and picking fruit for a share to feed his family…but today he has a full sack of his wares and has a good feeling about market. He takes the largest and most populated roads to avoid any muggers, and stops only briefly at the Temple of his faith to pray for a good price. After a small run in with a nasty pickpocket—who is summarily punished by an Onyx Knight wandering by—he finds his way into the bustling bazaar and elbows his way through the crowds to a proudly buying merchant. After some haggling, he is satisfied he is not getting too taken by the greedy merchant, and takes a handful of gold coins in exchange.
After narrowly avoiding an Imperial knight chasing down a suspected Karnacosian agent, the common Condorian seeks a break from the everyday stress and hardships that his life is surrounded by. A short jaunt to the Arena of Bravery and Honour, he happily gives up a pair of coins for a leg of mutton, two mugs of watered-down ale and a fine show. Two gladiators, chained at the waist, are set against a wild beast—one of the Rarlonn Kandor savages—with nothing but a pair of blade-knuckled gauntlets between them. It was a fine show, and after a few other lesser events it becomes close to nightfall. Knowing how dangerous the streets can be when dark, he tucks the last of his mutton into his empty satchel and heads for his quarter of town.
Seeing the very same man that was being chased earlier in the day duck into an alley—suspected of being a spy from Karnacos—our common Condar an feels a strange surge of pride for his city and Empire. Drawing the closest thing his is carrying to a weapon, he slinks forward to investigate—half-eaten mutton leg in hand. The “spy” is dealing with two mountain goblins, and one sees him. The
spy whips around, wicked blade in hand. Fearing for his life, he throws the meat at the man. The two goblins dive for the mutton, knocking the weapon and the spy to the ground—giving the Condar an the chance to bellow for help. In seconds two knights appear and arrest the spy.
Our common Condar an goes home with the commendation of the knights that helped him, and he still has seven gold coins in his purse. May be that tomorrow he will go to the barracks and see what it takes to join one of the Orders—such as it was today, he would love to do his part in the fight to come. |
