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Nevermore
A 4e Campaign Setting
Credits
Author: Joseph Miller
Cover Artist : Joan Guardiet
Internal Artists: David Esbri, Joan Guardiet, Scott Purdy, Jeremy McHugh, and V Shane
The illustration on pages 11, 13, 17, 30, 53, 54, 64, 73, 83 are copyright 2006 Green Ronin Publishing, LLC.
Editor: Suzi Yee
Design and Layout: Suzi Yee
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Table of Contents
C HAPTER 1 N EVERMORE G AZETTEER ................5
Nevermore Campaigns.......................................5
A Short History of Nevermore............................6
Arrival ...............................................................7
Cycles............................................................7
Dream Shifts7
The Reckoning of Time................................8
Staying..........................................................9
Inhabitants..........................................................9
Geography of Nevermore....................................9
The Dreadlands............................................9
The Eye.......................................................10
The Heartlands...........................................10
The Hedge...................................................12
The Wyrd.....................................................12
C HAPTER 2 T HE H EARTLANDS ,
L AND OF R EVERIE ................................13
The History of Nevermore: Part I......................14
The Beginning.............................................14
The Fall........................................................14
The Ascension.............................................14
Age of Awakening........................................14
The Ethereal War........................................15
The Forgotten Age.......................................15
Northern Heartlands.........................................16
History.........................................................16
Inhabitants..................................................16
Geography...................................................16
Fomorian Foothills [Greater Realm]...16
Nightwood [Greater Realm].................17
Grenweald [Major Realm]....................18
Organizations..............................................18
Nightwatchers.......................................18
Nightspinners.......................................19
Unseelie Court......................................19
The Wild Hunt......................................19
Southern Heartlands.........................................19
History.........................................................19
Inhabitants.................................................20
Geography..................................................20
Avalon [Major Realm].........................20
Lumendhel [Greater Realm]................21
Mag Mell [Major Realm].....................22
Organizations.............................................22
Exarches of the Heart..........................22
Glaseelie...............................................23
Seelie Court..........................................23
Adventuring In the Heartlands........................23
Adventure Hooks.......................................23
C HAPTER 3 T HE W YRD , L AND OF L ORE .........25
History of Nevermore: Part II..........................26
The Two Wanderers...................................26
The Field of Flowers...................................26
The Realms of Night and Day....................26
The Betrayal...............................................27
History .............................................................27
Inhabitants........................................................28
Geography.........................................................28
The Free Camp [Major Realm].................29
Idavoll [Major Realm]................................29
Isle of Poesis [Major Realm]......................30
Oz [Greater Realm].....................................31
Wending Refuge [Major Realm]................32
Wonderland [Greater Realm]....................32
Organizations....................................................33
Dread Hunters............................................33
Free Riders.................................................33
Weavers of the Wyrd..................................34
Wordsmiths of Poesi..................................34
Adventuring In the Wyrd..................................35
Adventure Hooks.......................................35
C HAPTER 4 T HE D READLANDS ,
L AND OF N IGHTMARES ..........................37
History of Nevermore: Part III.........................38
Twins of Vengeance....................................38
The Fall of Empyrean.................................38
The Death of Diabolus................................38
The Year of the Red Death.........................39
History .............................................................40
Inhabitants........................................................40
Geography.........................................................40
Brimstone [Greater Realm]........................41
Isle of Discord [Greater Realm].................42
Isles of the Devourers [Major Realm].......43
Nyxia [Greater Realm]...............................44
The Thrice-Ten Kingdom [Greater Realm]45
Organizations....................................................45
Diaboli........................................................45
Dreadbringers............................................46
Nemeses.....................................................46
Order of Discordant Voices........................47
Adventuring In the Dreadlands........................47
Adventure Hooks.......................................47
C HAPTER 5 T HE H EDGE ,
T HE L AND THAT L IES B ETWEEN ..............49
History of Nevermore: Part IV.........................50
The Annunciation.......................................50
The Fall of Elysium....................................50
The Oneiroi.................................................50
The Thirty Years’ Siege...............................51
The Prophet’s Promise................................51
The Death of the Three Sons.......................51
The Arrival of Menhalig..............................51
Menhalig’s Mountain..................................51
Menhalig’s Death.......................................52
History .............................................................52
Inhabitants........................................................52
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Geography.........................................................53
Ordan [Major Realm].................................53
Shadow’s Keep [Greater Realm]................54
Shangri-La [Major Realm].........................55
Tir Tairngire [Major Realm]......................56
Organizations....................................................57
Church of the Hallowed.............................57
Hedge Wardens..........................................58
The Order of the Even Hand......................58
The Unseen.................................................59
Adventuring In the Hedge................................59
Adventure Hooks.......................................59
C HAPTER 6 T HE E YE , L AND OF H OPE ............61
History of Nevermore: Part V...........................62
The Tears of Mergia...................................62
The Resurrection........................................62
Menhalig’s Last Words...............................62
Age of Serenity...........................................62
Growing Concerns......................................63
Postscript....................................................63
History .............................................................63
Inhabitants........................................................63
Geography.........................................................64
Golden City [Major Realm]........................65
The Mount [Major Realm].........................66
Elfhame [Major Realm].............................67
Veratis [Major Realm]...............................69
Organizations....................................................70
Hopebearers...............................................70
Magi of the Eye...........................................70
Order of the Mount....................................70
Adventuring In the Eye......................................71
Adventure Hooks........................................71
C HAPTER 7 P LAYING IN N EVERMORE ..............73
Nevermore Hero Creation................................73
Backgrounds.....................................................73
Awakened...................................................73
Dreamborn.................................................74
Ethereals.....................................................74
Half-Ethereals............................................75
Non-Classed Creatures..............................75
Dreaming Surges...............................................75
Dreaming Surge Abilities...........................75
Optional Rule: Backlashes.........................78
C HAPTER 8 A SPECTS OF N EVERMORE .............79
Aspect Descriptions..........................................79
Aberrant Body Aspect.......................................80
Aberrant Body Powers...............................80
Aberrant Spirit Aspect.......................................81
Aberrant Spirit Spells..................................81
Angelic Body Aspect..........................................81
Angelic Body Powers...................................81
Angelic Spirit Aspect.........................................82
Angelic Spirit Powers.................................82
Dark Hunter Aspect..........................................82
Dark Hunter Aspect Powers......................83
Draconic Body Aspect.......................................83
Draconic Body Powers...............................83
Draconic Spirit Aspect......................................84
Draconic Spirit Powers..............................84
Elemental Body Aspect.....................................85
Elemental Body Powers.............................85
Elemental Spirit Aspect....................................86
Elemental Spirit Powers.............................86
Eye Aspect.........................................................87
Eye Aspect Powers.....................................87
Fey Body Aspect................................................88
Fey Body Aspect Powers............................88
Fey Spirit Aspect...............................................88
Fey Spirit Aspect Powers............................89
Fiendish Body Aspect.......................................89
Fiendish Body Powers................................89
Fiendish Spirit Aspect.......................................90
Fiendish Spirit Powers...............................90
Hedge Aspect....................................................90
Hedge Aspect Powers.................................90
Hopeful Aspect..................................................92
Hopeful Aspect Powers..............................92
Life Aspect.........................................................92
Life Aspect Powers.....................................92
Lucky Aspect.....................................................93
Lucky Aspect Powers..................................93
Luminant Body Aspect.....................................94
Luminant Body Aspect Powers..................94
Luminant Spirit Aspect.....................................95
Luminant Spirit Aspect Powers.................95
Minor Dreamlord Aspect..................................96
Necrotic Body Aspect........................................97
Necrotic Body Powers................................97
Necrotic Spirit Aspect.......................................98
Necrotic Spirit Powers...............................98
Paradigm Aspect...............................................99
Paradigm Powers.......................................99
Psychic Aspect.................................................100
Psychic Aspect Powers.............................100
Plant Aspect.....................................................101
Plant Aspect Powers..................................101
Totem Aspect..................................................102
Totem Aspect Powers...............................102
Wyrd Aspect....................................................103
Wyrd Aspect Powers................................104
C HAPTER 9 P ARAGON P ATHS AND E PIC
D ESTINIES OF N EVERMORE ..................105
Celestial Captain (Celestial Maiden)..............105
Celestial Captain Features.......................105
Celestial Captain Powers..........................106
Deacon of Healing (Deaconess of Healing)....106
Deacon of Healing Features.....................106
Deacon of Healing Powers.......................106
Dread Hunter...................................................107
Dread Hunter Features.............................107
Dread Hunter Powers...............................107
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Free Rider.......................................................108
Free Rider Features..................................108
Free Rider Powers....................................108
Elder Bishop (Elder Abbess)..........................109
Elder Bishop Features..............................109
Elder Bishop Powers................................109
Hedge Warden.................................................110
Hedge Warden Features...........................110
Hedge Warden Powers..............................110
Magus of the Eye...............................................111
Magus of the Eye Features.........................111
Magus of the Eye Powers...........................111
Major Dreamlord ............................................112
Major Dreamlord Features.......................112
Master Preacher (Lady Preacher)....................114
Master Preacher Features.........................114
Master Preacher Powers...........................114
Weaver of the Wyrd.........................................114
Weaver of the Wyrd Features...................114
Weaver of the Wyrd Powers......................115
Epic Destiny.....................................................115
Greater Dreamlord....................................115
Immortality.........................................116
Greater Dreamlord Features..............116
Greater Dreamlord’s Realm...............116
Greater Dreamlord’s Scry...................116
Greater Dreamlord’s Summons.........117
Greater Dreamlord Powers................117
C HAPTER 10 F EATS OF N EVERMORE ............118
Heroic Tier Feats.............................................118
Beloved by the Dreamlands......................118
Dream Blood.............................................118
Mark of the Faithful..................................118
Mark of the Pillars.....................................118
Master Dream Crafter...............................119
Master Dream Weaver.............................120
Paragon Tier Feats..........................................120
Complete Aspect.......................................120
Additional Aura........................................120
Dreamlord Ritualist.................................120
Greater Claim...........................................120
Epic Tier Feats................................................120
Aspect Attack Mastery.............................120
Lengthy Summons...................................120
Paragon Attack Mastery...........................120
C HAPTER 11 F LORA , F AUNA AND F OES ........121
Flora ............................................................121
Bladegrass.................................................121
Vice Fever..................................................122
Diabolus Weed..........................................122
Dread Brush..............................................123
Dream Berry Tree......................................123
Hope Hollies..............................................123
Hornblower Vines.....................................124
Mab Poppies..............................................124
Mana Trees................................................125
Mab Poppy Pollen.....................................125
Mergia’s Eye..............................................125
Mesmerose................................................126
Neverite Bloom..........................................126
Neverwood Trees.......................................126
Night Elm..................................................126
Phoenix Shrubs.........................................127
Shadow Alder............................................127
Silent Creeper............................................127
Smoking Cedars........................................127
Tanglefoot Thistles...................................128
Torchwood Trees......................................128
Warden Pines...........................................128
Weave Root...............................................129
Wispwood..................................................129
Fauna and Foes................................................129
New Keywords...........................................129
Diabolic...............................................129
Mythic.................................................129
Progeny..............................................130
Dreamspawn vs. Nightmares............130
Airavata....................................................130
Cait Sith.....................................................131
Cu Sith.......................................................132
Diaboli.......................................................133
Diabolus Phylactery............................133
Acedia.................................................133
Avaritia...............................................134
Gula.....................................................135
Invidia.................................................136
Ira........................................................137
Luxuria...............................................138
Superbia.............................................140
Hedge Lion................................................141
Hleapan.....................................................141
Neverant....................................................142
Redcap.......................................................144
Wicked Willow..........................................145
Viceling......................................................145
C HAPTER 12 I TEMS OF N EVERMORE .............148
Armor ...........................................................148
Mount-Forged Armor..............................148
Hedge Lion Armor...................................148
Nyxian Armor...........................................150
Weapons..........................................................150
Dread Hunter’s Weapon..........................150
Free Rider’s Weapon.................................151
Implements......................................................151
Slotted Items....................................................155
Arms Slot Items.........................................155
Neck Slot Items.........................................155
Rings..........................................................155
Wondrous Items..............................................155
Banner of Hope.........................................156
Book of Faehalig........................................156
Dream Fount.............................................157
Fairy Dust..................................................157
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Chapter 1
Nevermore Gazetteer
I ascended into a wondrous realm,
Through waters dark and deep.
I came ashore where dreams do dwell,
And die…but I was not asleep.
– Poesi, The Poet Prince
Nevermore is an ever-changing world where reason fades
into the mists of slumber, and imagination emerges into
a land of fanciful dreams and dreadful nightmares. It is
a world where exotic and unpredictable encounters are
as common as eddies swirling along a rocky shore. It is a
realm of surreal landscapes awash with dramatic deeds
and teeming with creatures both beautiful and bizarre.
Nevermore offers a plethora of possible and even
improbable adventures for those who traverse its
strange domains. It pushes its inhabitants and visitors
beyond the mundane and into a fantastic realm of near
boundless potential for both good and evil. Nevermore
ampliies and accentuates, twists and skews and is a
place where nothing remains the same for long.
Nevermore Campaigns
Nevermore assumes Game Masters (GMs) are using it as
a fantasy campaign setting. However, the setting can be
used for any genre or time period with a few tweaks of
the background material. In light of this, the rules have
been designed in such a way as to it whatever genre and
time period a GM sets his campaign in, whether it is
Horror, Modern Fantasy, Future Fantasy or something
else entirely.
Once a decision on genre and time period have
been made, it is important to make the world live and
breathe by developing the adventure hooks, story lines
and subplots presented in this material into a unique
vision of the dreamlands. Make sure from the moment
the campaign starts that the players understand that
this is not just another dream. Their actions have
consequences for the world around them as well as
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