Homebrew Vault
The Mechanolith, an ancient dwarven construction, encircles the World Mountain on the lowest layer of existence, the hellscape known as Zadumir. Long ago Nalana, goddess of protection and strength, entrusted the dwarven people with the eternal defence of the World Mountain against the foul forces of the dark god Throx. This mechano-fortress thousands of leagues long has a vast array of defences that turn away the forces of evil, including Realm Defenders, automatons so huge they may battle the greatest of creatures that Throx might throw against it. Since the Age of Formation it has stood protecting all the layers above, but now cracks have begun to emerge. In a Mechanolith campaign, you’ll play heroes who are tasked with investigating faltering defences, strained alliances, insidious infiltrators, and potential traitors all with the goal of preserving the Mechanolith.
Welcome to the hellscape of Zadumir and the Eternal War that is fought by the brave defenders of The Mechanolith! This is the first Campaign Frame from Garblag Games and as well as the standard CF format and content contains:
- 1 new Ancestry - The Hobgoblin
- 2 alternate Communities - Forgeborne and Warborne (our version)
- 1 Environment - are you brave enough to traverse the Sky Tether to a Stalactite Bastion?
- 3 Adversaries - avian creatures attack in the form of Bestial Pteros, Hell Hornets, and the vicious Wild Jitterwing!
- and a new tool for GMs: the Encounter Template.
Encounter Templates, introduced here, allow GMs to quickly pick a flavourful scenario with guidelines as to the types of adversaries would be present and how they might act. Let the Template worry about the Battle Points system, so you don't have to!
As the Zadumir layer expands and more enemies are discovered this Campaign Frame will be updated.
I hope you enjoy adventures on the hellscape layer of Zadumir!
Design by Peter Lattimore
Artwork by Dean Spencer
World Mountain content is © 2025 Peter Lattiomore.
Some artwork © 2015 Dean Spencer, used with permission. All rights reserved.
