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Abythera

Build your campaign one mission at a time.

Run a standalone mission with whoever is at the table, then return to Abythera to develop the hub and carry your progress into the next expedition. Every mission changes what comes after.

Dark fantasy · Episodic playIncludes the Karrhold adventure
Three travelers face a bound figure suspended beneath a silver halo in the towering ancient hall of Abythera.
The idea

Keep the campaign going, even when the group changes.

Abythera is a hub outside ordinary space and time. Its portals lead to distant lands, other eras, and futures your actions can change. Each mission stands on its own, while returning to the hub keeps your campaign connected.

You get the hub's history, central NPCs, a campaign opening, and guidance for revealing the mystery over several missions. Start with the included Karrhold adventure, add the written missions, or connect your own one- and two-shots through the portals.

Format
Modular campaign framework
Play style
Episodic · Flexible player lineup
Tone
Dark fantasy & cosmic mystery
Includes
Hub, campaign opening & Karrhold
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01

A home between worlds

Bring Essence back from your missions and choose between two visions for how the hub will develop.

02

Places remember your choices

You may return to familiar places later. What you changed on your first visit is still part of their history.

03

Follow the mystery your way

Something is bound within Abythera, and every mission reveals another piece of the cosmic mystery around it. Follow the clues, choose what to pursue, and let the larger mystery take shape over time.

Characters

Keepers of the threshold

The central figures who wait between worlds as your group returns from each expedition.

Harmony, a frog-headed creature with mismatched wings and mushrooms growing from one arm.01
The Shattered One · Hub NPC

Harmony

Countless souls live within Harmony, each fighting for control.

Amon, a lynx-featured traveler wearing a feathered cloak and a glowing blue talisman.02
The One Who Returns · Hub NPC

Amon

Amon is condemned to live an endless succession of ordinary lives across different worlds and eras. He keeps his lynx-like form but loses every memory when one life ends, so the party meets him as a stranger each time.

Artwork & maps

Architecture of the hub

The portal chamber, ruins outside time, and a page from the campaign framework.

A circular stone chamber with a glowing portal dais at its center.Hub Zone 01
The Portal DaisThe heart of the hub, where expeditions set out for distant worlds and eras.
Ancient stone ruins and broken bridges glowing with faint blue lights in the dark.The Ancient City
The Outer RuinsRuins suspended in blue mist, where memories of what was hint at what might return.
Page 1 of the Abythera Campaign Framework explaining the role of the hub.Inside the framework
Campaign framework / page 1An introduction to the hub and how it connects sessions with changing player counts.
Take a closer look

The first two doors

Abythera mission 01 · One-shot/01.01

Karrhold

A Seed of Corruption · Mission 01 · One-shot · 3-5 players

Glowing fungal corruption is spreading through a village in the frozen Drelthar Mountains. Talk to its people and follow the clues to uncover weaknesses for a three-phase boss fight. An open-ended horror adventure you can also run on its own.

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Abythera mission 02 · One- or two-shot/01.02

Ephemera

Mission 02 · One- or two-shot · 3-5 players · Tier 1

About two thousand prisoners live in a sealed city deep inside a vast underground cavern. Getting them out takes allies, faction work, and an escape plan. Experiments on souls and a disputed artifact complicate the question of who gets free and what it will cost.

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Karrhold is included in full in the Abythera Campaign Framework. Ephemera expands the campaign with a second mission beneath the mountain.

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