Chapters of Ptolus: City by the Spire
Part I : Player’s Guide to Ptolus
Chapter 1: A Player’s Guide to Ptolus
Part II: Background
Chapter 4: Cosmology and Religion
Part III : City Guide
Chapter 7: The City by the Spire
Chapter 15: Rivergate District
Part IV : Below the City
Chapter 19: What’s Down There?
Chapter 23: Dwarvenhearth (In Progress)
Part V : Above the City
Chapter 25: Jabel Shammar
Part VI : Living in Ptolus
Chapter 26: On Being a Resident
Chapter 29: Technology
Chapter 30: Chaositech
Part VII : Running a Ptolus Campaign
Chapter 34: Monsters
Chapter 35: Magic
Chapter 36: Prestige Classes
Gaming News / OOC Chat
D&D Ratmen as a Playable Race in Ptolus: Should You Allow It?
Should ratmen be allowed as player characters in Ptolus? A practical guide for Narrators on tone, consequences, moral ambiguity, and table buy-in.
My Favorite thing to do with the “Iron Mage” Ptolus Chatbot
Transform leveling up in D&D into an immersive story with realistic training periods and downtime activities that add depth to your campaign.
Level Up with Training Downtime: Make Your D&D Game More Realistic!
Transform leveling up in D&D into an immersive story with realistic training periods and downtime activities that add depth to your campaign.
Ptolus ChatGPT Chat Bot 2.0 Released
The new version of the ChatGPT based chat bot (aka the Iron Mage) on this website will now remember the previous chats you had with it. If you move around the website, click on different pages, or even sign out and back in again, your chats will be remembered.
The Greyson House Mystery: The Tragic Tale of Macreal Mingo : Homebrew
Homebrew: Investigating the "haunted" Greyson House? Discover the secret of Macreal Mingo, the exiled dwarf whose cellar holds the key to Ghul’s Labyrinth and Dwarvenhearth.
Catacombs with Shadowed Chambers and Bone Piles
Image credit: Patreon Download High Res Descend into the shadowy depths of these vast, interconnected catacombs, where every corridor and chamber tells a tale of ancient rituals and forgotten lives. This battle map captures the [...]
Hab’raman Delar The Unbreakable Prison Module
Hab’raman Delar is an abandoned, chaos-scarred super-prison which could work well for the Ptolus setting. This flexible dungeon can be used as a hidden extension of the Undercity Prison, a forgotten second prison beneath Ptolus, or a remote black-site holding the world’s most dangerous criminals.
Session CXVII – A Grand Finale
Second Ptolus Campaign Journal, #63 24th of Rain - Performance Night (concludes) Round 5 Up in the Balacazar box, Aliya attacks the mage Arkhall Vaugn another six times, dealing him a fatal blow even as [...]