Adventure College Student Handbook for Dungeons & Dragons 5e

by Fiona Shade Stories (60 pages)

Adventure College Student Handbook Cover

Welcome to a magicpunk world brimming with opportunities for drama, comedy, and mystery! While this setting pokes fun at both the college experience and adventuring career, it contains seriously novel mechanics, gorgeous illustrations, and inspiring narrative flavor for both players and Game Masters. This book includes diverse representations of brains, bodies, and identities. While it includes a custom setting, it also contains standalone content easily tailored to other worlds.

Character Customization

5 New Species:

  • Treelike Arborstars
  • Snakelike Nagandr
  • Partially skeletonized Hels
  • Nimble, fey-touched Pookahs
  • Reconstructed-at-death Reebies

7 New Backgrounds:

  • Collectivist Anarchist
  • Debtor's Heir
  • Diplomat's Scion
  • Mechanic
  • Pledgie
  • Pop Culture Afficionado
  • Scholarship Student

Includes tips for integrating custom options into character stories!

Magic Items and Adventuring Gear

  • Dozens of unique items: Consumable flasks and ammo, boomerangs, firearms, variant melee weapons
  • Highly customizable "Elemental Engine Vehicles"
  • Body modifications
  • Crystal-Swap gaming set, Barista Kit artisan's toolkit
  • Magicpunk gadgets!

Worldbuilding, Systems, and Setting

  • A character drama minigame using social media!
  • A reputation system (with 3 examples & rules for creating more)
  • Full-page map of Adventure College (with professor/faculty details)
  • Full-page map of the college town, Vernadeut (24 locations & NPCs)
  • Overview of major planes and pantheon

A Note on Inclusivity

The NPCs include diverse representations of brains, bodies, and identities. Beauty Inside Out offers a place to acquire assistive devices and prosthetics, spell tattoos, and the Piercing of Splendor. Characters (including collaborations with Wyrmworks Publishing) offer positive representation of disabilities. Locations like the Game'N'Skate roller rink, Ira's Teahouse, and the Creature Comforts Cafe provide diverse social settings.

Fiona Shade is a professional sensitivity reader dedicated to creating welcoming and encouraging content for all!

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