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EPIC HIGH FANTASY!Home to the City State of the Invincible Overlord and other classic Judges Guild products, the Wilderlands of High Fantasy is the ultimate epic high fantasy setting. The Wilderlands of High Fantasy was the fi rst campaign setting ever fully fl eshed out in print for fantasy roleplaying and now Necromancer Games brings this classic Judges Guild setting to d20!

THE MOST DETAILED FANTASY SETTING OF ALL TIME!The Wilderlands of High Fantasy Boxed Campaign Set is the defi nitive Judge’s Guide to the Wilderlands. A companion to the Player’s Guide to the Wilderlands, this boxed set is unmatched in scope and detail. This box contains:

• 18 highly-detailed poster maps overlaid with 5-mile hexes covering every part of the Wilderlands!

• Two Map Books full of hex by hex description weighing in at over 400 pages!

• Details on more than 3,000 cities, villages, ruins, lairs, islands, citadels, castles and geographic features!

• Includes Special “Judge’s Only” information such as terrain and encounters, unique geography and random ruin generation tables.

• New magic items including many powerful artifacts!

• Over 400 NPCs and unique monsters!

No setting ever produced includes this much detail!

This Product Requires the Use of the Dungeons and Dragons® Player’s Handbook, Revised Edition 3.5, Published by Wizards of the Coast®

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Epic High Fantasy!Home to the City State of the Invincible Overlord and other classic Judges Guild products, the Wilderlands of High Fantasy is the ultimate epic high fantasy setting. The Wilderlands of High Fantasy was the first campaign setting ever fully fleshed out in print for fantasy roleplaying and now Necromancer Games brings this classic Judges Guild setting to d20!

The Most Detailed Fantasy Setting of All Time!

The Wilderlands of High Fantasy Boxed Campaign Set contains 18 highly detailed poster maps overlaid with 5-mile hexes. Every city, village, ruin, lair, island, citadel, castle and geographic feature is described in detail in the two included map books. Also includes detailed DM information as well as encounters, unique geography and random ruin generation tables.

No setting ever produced includes this much detail!

This Product Requires the Use of the Dungeons and Dragons® Player’s Handbook, Revised Edition 3.5, Published by Wizards of the Coast®

FANTASY—SWORDS AND SORCERY CAMPAIGN SETTING CORE D20 SYSTEM

©2005, Necromancer Games, Inc. and Judges Guild

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Epic High Fantasy!Home to the City State of the Invincible Overlord and other classic Judges Guild products, the Wilderlands of High Fantasy is the ultimate epic high fantasy setting. The Wilderlands of High Fantasy was the first campaign setting ever fully fleshed out in print for fantasy roleplaying and now Necromancer Games brings this classic Judges Guild setting to d20!

The Most Detailed Fantasy Setting of All Time!

The Wilderlands of High Fantasy Boxed Campaign Set contains 18 highly detailed poster maps overlaid with 5-mile hexes. Every city, village, ruin, lair, island, citadel, castle and geographic feature is described in detail in the two included map books. Also includes detailed DM information as well as encounters, unique geography and random ruin generation tables.

No setting ever produced includes this much detail!

This Product Requires the Use of the Dungeons and Dragons® Player’s Handbook, Revised Edition 3.5, Published by Wizards of the Coast®

FANTASY—SWORDS AND SORCERY CAMPAIGN SETTING CORE D20 SYSTEM

©2005, Necromancer Games, Inc. and Judges Guild

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W I L D E R L A N D S O F H I G H F A N T A S Y

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DEVELOPERS:Bill Webb and Clark Peterson

PRODUCER:Clark Peterson

ART DIRECTORS:Mike Chaney & Richard Thomas

INTERIOR & BOX DESIGN::Mike Chaney

INTERIOR ART:David Day, Peter Bergting, Nate Pride, Mark Smylie,Richard Thomas, & Jeremy McHugh

FRONT COVER ART:Frank Frazetta

CARTOGRAPHY:Rob Lee and Craig Grant

SPECIAL THANKS FROM BOB BLEDSAW:To all the loyal fans of Judges Guild over the years for keeping thedream of epic, heroic roleplaying in the classic tradition alive!

CREDITS

CREATED BY: Bob Bledsaw and Bill Owen

BASED ON ORIGINAL MATERIAL BY:Bob Bledsaw and Bill Owen, with Bryan Hinnen, Scott Fulton,Dan Hauffe, Paul Jaquays and the original Judges Guild staff

WILDERLANDS OF HIGH FANTASY

PRIMARY AUTHORS:Bob Bledsaw, Clark Peterson, Bill Webb, CaseyChristofferson, James Mishler, Robert Conley, GregGeilman and Patrick Lawinger

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS:Scott Greene, Patrick Lawinger, Bryan Hinnen and Chris Bernhardt

NECROMANCER GAMES/JUDGES GUILD DESIGN TEAM:Bob Bledsaw, James Mishler, Robert Conley, Bill Webb, ClarkPeterson, Casey Christofferson, Jim Collura, Scott Greene,Kevin Walker, Bjorn Stroecker, Chris Bernhardt, Erica Balsley,Skeeter Green, Jeff Black, Jim Collura, Steve Edwards, GaborLux, Richard Thomas, Sean Stidd, Jeff Harkness, Jay Raglund,Allen Thomas, Patrick Lawinger, Terry Murray, LanceHawvermale, Bob Sarvas, Greg Geilman, Ed Mortimer, An-thony Pryor, Jim Morris, Stephen Stottrup and Ralph Wilson

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Third Edition Rules,First Edition Feel

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CITY STATE OF THE INVINCIBLE OVERLORD

BOOK ONE

INTRODUCTION 3

USING THE MAP BOOKLETS 22

CHAPTER ONE: ELPHAND LANDS 30

CHAPTER TWO: VALON 56

CHAPTER THREE: VALLEY OF THE ANCIENTS 80

CHAPTER FOUR: VIRDISTAN 102

CHAPTER FIVE: CITY STATE OF THE INVINCIBLE OVERLORD 135

CHAPTER SIX: TARANTIS 194

BOOK TWO

CHAPTER SEVEN: DESERT LANDS 217

CHAPTER EIGHT: BARBARIAN ALTANIS 244

CHAPTER NINE: EBONY COAST 277

CHAPTER TEN: LENAP 294

CHAPTER ELEVEN: ISLES OF THE BLEST 312

CHAPTER TWELVE: ISLES OF THE DAWN 340

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: SEA OF THE FIVE WINDS 350

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: GHINOR 369

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: SILVER SKEIN 380

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: AMENT TUNDRA 404

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: GHINOR HIGHLANDS 418

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: SOUTHERN REACHES 434

LEGAL APPENDIX 447

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CITY STATE OF THE INVINCIBLE OVERLORD

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INTRODUCTION

in decline or new rebirth, filled with ruins and ancientmystery. In many places, civilization is just beginning toreturn. It is the perfect backdrop for high fantasy adventurefocused on your player’s characters.

This setting is different from many popular publishedsettings in four key ways.

First, though there are powerful individual NPCs in theWilderlands, the setting is designed to focus on the actions ofthe player characters. There are no secret groups of highpowered meddlers to control the destiny of the world or savethe day as in some published settings. The PCs are not pawnsin a greater game, they are the game. No other setting has asmuch flexibility for the PCs to be heroes, to carve outstrongholds, to lead armies, to become kings in their ownright, to establish major temples and churches, to become themost powerful of wizards, to unite the barbarian tribes, be-come a legendary pirate captain or to found their own cities.The possibilities are endless and the materials needed to runsuch campaigns are all fully detailed here in these books.

Second, unlike many current published settings where every-thing has been discovered and most of the world is known, theWilderlands are largely unexplored and overland travel — oftenan overlooked portion of game play in other settings — is in thissetting both crucial and dangerous. Much of the setting is wildand unknown, riddled with the ruins and relics of many pastempires. Civilization is but a candle in the dark. In fact, much ofthe mystery and fun of the setting is the exploration of the wilds.

Third, the setting is designed to be truly high fantasy,encompassing many varied classes, races and settings. Fromthe ice wizards of Valon, secluded in their shimmering silverand gold towers or using weather mastery to propel theirships over the Uther Pentwegern Sea to the red-skinnedbarbarians of Altanis carving out history with their bloody

Welcome to the Wilderlands of High Fantasy CampaignSetting Boxed Set!

This product is truly like no other. This boxed setcontains 18 maps detailing a campaign setting approxi-mately the size of the Mediterranean Sea in 5-mile hexes,with each city, castle, geographic feature, lair, ruin, island,citadel and special location noted and detailed in thesetwo accompanying map booklets.

Whether you are a veteran Judges Guild fan or a new DMjust now discovering the Wilderlands, this Campaign BoxedSet provides you with the ability to run a detailed andextensive campaign in the Wilderlands setting.

Our design goal was to provide you, the DM — or“Judge” as we call them — with detailed information whileat the same time allowing wide latitude for customizationand providing evocative details that inspire further adven-ture. You should flesh out the details given here with yourown ideas, creating a setting that is uniquely your own.

We invite you to use these maps and the accompanyingmap booklets as a springboard for adventure in theWilderlands of High Fantasy!

THE WILDERLANDS SETTINGFrom the otherworldly Great Race and the draconic

First Men and their dragon allies to the evil and mysteriousMarkrabs who engulfed the world in the Uttermost War;from the Ancient Kelnorian Empire, the Orichalan DragonLords and the very gods themselves who immersed thelands in the War of the Pious and Philosophers to thecurrent struggle between Viridistan and the emerging citystates, the Wilderlands is a place of conflict, fallen empiresand disparate cultures and races. The feel is one of a world

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