Antique and shadowy Kem, located south of Prustan lands along the Southern Sea, used to be a place of great magic and sorcery. Now it lies in ruins, brought low by the same spells that made it great almost five thousand years ago.

May 5, 2021 · GMs will need a copy of Ptolus: Monte Cook’s City by the Spire to run adventures in the city of Ptolus, but A Player’s Guide to Ptolus is an accessible and portable option for players who want quick access to myriad details of the city.

Polluted Wasteland: Kem is a land blighted by magical conflicts called the Wars of Fire millennia ago. Only the toughest, coarsest of plants grow in Kem, and few natural animals make it their home.

Ptolus lies forever in the shadow of a towering stone spire reaching impossibly high into the sky, itself an enigma and a reminder of evil long past. And it sits atop a seemingly endless network of ancient dungeons that draw adventurers from all corners of the Empire.

May 21, 2020 · Praemus creates the world as a trap for the Galchutt, the main purveyors of evil, chaos, and non-existence in the multiverse at the time. Praemus’ children revolt in order to free the intelligent races he created from servitude. The War of the Gods ensues.

Explore a sprawling fantasy city, presented in amazing detail and steeped in lore and atmosphere. Delve into the extensive dungeons beneath its streets. And maybe, when you're ready, ascend the Spire that looms overhead, the heart of an ancient and restless evil.

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Players wishing to have charac- matter and energy (the essence of both of which Ptolus and can tell you about all the interesting ters from lesser-known lands can be expressed as air, earth, fire, and water) and and sometimes exotic lands. might choose Kem, a place still that matter is made of particles smaller than a

A Shield of Ptolos is a kind of magical shield based on a design first discovered in tombs in the far south of the Old World. Enchantments on the shield misdirect enemy projectiles. [1a] [2] The Shield of Ptolos is magically inscribed with myriad distracting patterns and designs. The patterns...

Mar 14, 2020 · The fugitives ran south, toward Kem, a wasteland destroyed by a generations-long war between wizards. (If you like this recap, and would like to help me get my Ptolus character -- Baeril Underhill, gnome illusionist-turned-detective -- illustrated in the new 5E and Cypher editions, click here and complete at least one of the promotional ...