The Gritty Realms
D&D 5e (2024)

Gritty and unforgiving adventure. 18+ Mature themes. High-fidelity, real-time, persistent, living world; neither narrative, nor game. Grim and Raw themes. Highly-immersive environments, cultures, factions, economy, ecology, biomes, politics, prejudices, lore, & small sensory details. A land of myth and magic, sprawls across the continent. A world of vibrant cultures, ancient mysteries, and ever-present danger.

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The Premise

A Living World that has teeth

Genre: Dark Fantasy, High Fantasy

Level: 1-3 level start - you can adjust ANYTHING

Rules: D20, DnD 5e (2024) rules

**GM Operating Principles** have to be pinned so the world simulates properly

Gritty and unforgiving adventure. High-fidelity, real-time, persistent, living world; neither narrative, nor game. Grim and Raw themes. 18+ Mature themes. Highly-immersive environments, cultures, factions, economy, ecology, biomes, politics, prejudices, lore, & small sensory details. A land of myth and magic, sprawls across the continent. A world of vibrant cultures, ancient mysteries, and ever-present danger

Craft's Discord channel:

https://discord.com/channels/1490398767587918017/1537423661454069790

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Author's note

Work in progress.

Genre: Dark Fantasy, High Fantasy

Level: 1-3 level start - you can adjust

Rules: D20, DnD 5e (2024) rules

**GM Operating Principles** have to be pinned so the world simulates properly

Craft's Discord channel:

https://discord.com/channels/1490398767587918017/1537423661454069790

Inside the World

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Adventuring Gears
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Armor
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Backgrounds
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Calendars
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Campaign Eras
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Campaign States
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Characters
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Classes
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Class Features
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Conditions
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Consumables
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Creatures
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Creature Individuals
6 total
Damage Types
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Dimensions
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Effects
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Encounters
142 total
Equipment
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Establishments
7 total
Events
92 total
Factions
146 total
Feats
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Floras
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Food Items
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Game Master Instructions
33 total
Game Starts
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Genre Overlays
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GM Brains
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GM Instructions
78 total
GM Session Logs
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Languages
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Legacies
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Lexicons
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Locations
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Lore
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Magic Items
307 total
Monsters
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NPCS
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NPC Memory Vaults
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Optional GM Instructions
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Party Trackers
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Point of Interests
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Pressures
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Quest Trackers
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Regions
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Rules
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Scene States
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Shields
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Songs
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Species
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Spells
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Subclasses
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Substances
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Table Contracts
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Tools
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Weapons
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World Events
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Game Worlds
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