Daggerheart Desert Campaign Encyclopedia
Version: 1.0
Canon through: September 17, 2026
This file is the entry point for the encyclopedia. All files use a flat directory structure and simple relative links.
Canon Conventions
- All project material is treated as canon unless a later conversation or document overrides it.
- Later decisions take precedence over earlier drafts.
- Meaningful revisions are identified in GM Notes.
- Rumors, religious claims, incomplete research, and unresolved theories remain framed as such.
- Official Daggerheart books are referenced where useful, but their general rules and setting text are not reproduced.
- Player names appear only to identify who plays a character. Personal player details are excluded.
Encyclopedia Files
| File | Purpose | Principal Contents |
|---|---|---|
| PlayerCharacters.html | Current and previous-life player characters | Current six-character party; backstories; patron gods; old Vecna: Eve of Ruin heroes; notable revisions |
| NPCs.html | Named and recurring non-player characters | Allies, patrons, antagonists, historical figures, unnamed but important roles |
| FactionsAndOrganizations.html | Organizations and collective powers | Priesthoods, cults, covert agents, criminal groups, adventuring parties, unresolved organizations |
| ReligionAndGods.html | Theology, divine politics, and soul concepts | Ra and Amun; Anubis; character patrons; Vecna; Ma’at and Isfet; Ka, Ba, and Akh |
| DivinePresence.html | How gods perceive, communicate, and manifest materially | Divine Eyes; holy symbols; idols; processions; living vessels; limits and costs of possession |
| Geography.html | Natural regions and large-scale physical features | River valley, Khat’Najat, Pharaoh’s Teeth, Sharian, Treacherous Land, Artery |
| Locations.html | Settlements, ruins, temples, mines, and dungeon areas | Amarna; Bowels of Anubis; ruined city; Catacombs of Ashur-Ka; Cinderquartz mine; old-world sites |
| CreaturesAndAdversaries.html | Monsters, supernatural beings, and custom adversaries | Desert predators, undead, temple guardians, quartz creatures, djinn, vampires, planned threats |
| ArtifactsAndImportantObjects.html | Important items, substances, recipes, and vessels | Cinderheart Seal, Burning Jewel, ’Iiskir Elixir, Oil of Anubis, Nullium, Cinderquartz, Intrepid |
| HistoryAndCosmology.html | Metaphysical history and campaign chronology | Vecna’s victory, the Unraveling, remade reality, memory echoes, regional divine crisis |
| AdventuresAndEvents.html | Played, developed, and planned adventure material | Ruined-city expedition, Catacombs of Ashur-Ka, Quartz Below, King Sabet material, Oil of Anubis arc |
| PlotHooksAndMysteries.html | Open questions and reusable hooks | Main plot, character mysteries, faction agendas, unused or partially developed hooks |
| SocietyAndCulture.html | Daily life and social structures | Penal mines, social status, economy, transport, crime, religious life, attitudes toward the supernatural |
| RulesAndMechanics.html | Campaign-specific mechanical notes | Party state, Hope and Fear, rests, grid movement, damage, conditions, adversary design, source references |
| VisualAssets.html | Inventory of campaign visual work | Character portraits, creatures, locations, objects, storyboard frames, style guides and revisions |
| AppendixNames.html | Alphabetical quick-reference index | Campaign-specific people, places, gods, factions, objects, creatures, and named events |
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Central Campaign Questions
- What happened to Amun?
- What is the true relationship between Ra and Vecna?
- How can the party descend into the Bowels of Anubis?
- Why did the Ashen Vow die?
- Why were Intrepid’s inhabitants abducted?
- What is happening in the Cinderquartz mine?
Major Notable Revisions
- Intrepid’s origin: The early “tiny cadets stole a Clank” concept was replaced. Intrepid is now the rebuilt husk of a once-sentient Clank, inhabited by magically miniaturized abductees led by Captain Jenna Marshall.
- Intrepid’s old artifact hook: The earliest idea that one shared society depended on a failing artifact no longer fits the revised origin and remains unresolved rather than current fact.
- Public cosmology: Early remade-world planning described an openly Vecna-centered society. Later campaign material presents Ra as the dominant public deity. Vecna’s metaphysical authorship remains canon, but the relationship between the two structures is unresolved.
- Visual style: Early epilogue work used black-and-white storyboard art. The later
art-style.htmlestablishes full-color cinematic fantasy RPG sourcebook art as the default; storyboard style is now used only when explicitly requested. - Current roster (September 17, 2026): The current party contains six characters, including Nakhtresh “Nakht,” Justin’s new character after Mulch’s death in the last quest. Mulch’s entry remains as a historical record. The previous-life party remains historical material rather than a mechanical template.