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Demlin 05 - Gold Rules the World
🕑 Added 2025-09-30 21:19:17 +0000 UTCThe economy is only real if you believe it is...
Welcome back to Demlin, adventurers! This release is all about Blynka's Reserve, the banking megacorp that funds operations across Svarnahelm. We've got two more collaborations for you today, 5 (!) music tracks, a beefy borough guide about one of our favorite oligopoly powers, and some killer maps that you'll love running adventures through. Let's dig in!
Borough Guide
This borough guide is all about Blynka's Reserve—both the company and the physical bank itself. If you think finance is boring... well, that's fair, I guess, but we've got heaps of tips for how to make bizarre arcane investments a fun and quirky gameplay mechanic for Svanahelm adventures. Plus, Archon Karg Schumpf is one of our favorite characters for campaigns in the megacity. As always, we have guidance about mechanicalizing the company, various NPCs, synergies and conflicts with other megacorps, and a table of rumors and plot hooks.
Maps
The primary map today is the southwestern corner of Demlin, with plenty of prime waterfront real estate. The standout point-of-interest in the bank itself. If anyone knows the real life inspiration for the bank's architecture, drop a comment below, and I'll give you a big ol' high five if you get it right. We're releasing a bunch of variant maps for Demlin, including Sunset, Misty, Rainy, Snowy, Desert, and Skyport. This release and others featuring the district's central boulevard also include a Traffic Jam variant.
Patrons at the Chief Courier tier also gain access to two floors of interiors for Blynka's Reserve. The stately architecture is only partially undermined by Karg Schumpf's entourage and their pigsty of a rumpus room. If you want to run heists in Svarnahelm, these interior maps are a must!
Music
We made 5 miniature tracks to help you score bank adventures. General Messenger tier patrons get the first two, while Chief Courier patrons get the whole set. Here's what you'll find inside:
Karg's Entourage is seedy music, the type that seems to imply an outlaw life for any NPCs nearby. It's also quintessentially city music.
Corridor to the Vault is militaristic and off-kilter, perfect for the well-guarded and bizarrely arcane vaults beneath Blynka's Reserve
Handshakes Under the Dome is slightly mysterious, slightly intriguing. It's music for tense negotiations and nefarious backroom deals.
In the Books of Sages is ambient and other worldly. This is what you play when talking to total space cadets who also happen to also be potent spellcasters.
Gracious Tellers is cheesy and cheery music for pleasant (if superficial) interactions with well-meaning bank employees.
Bank Vaults - Moonlight Maps
Surprise! We've got another collaboration with Moonlight Maps! The fine folks over at MM created a dense and dangerous map for vaults beneath Blynka's Reserve. If your players can find the well-hidden fliplift that will take them down, they can try to fight or sneak their way through hallways filled with guards and arcane traps.
Thanks again to Ollie and the Moonlight Maps crew for contributing so many awesome maps to our setting. If you dig what they're doing, check out the Moonlight Maps website!
Goldblooded Sorcerer - somanyrobots
5e creator somanyrobots has designed an entire subclass for the financial sages at Blynka's Reserve. This sorcerous origin lets you play as a mage obsessed with gold. somanyrobots wrote new spells and cleverly built this subclass so that it's compatible with any economy you design for your home games. If you play D&D and want to give your campaigns a uniquely Svarnahelm flavor, encourage one of your players to give this subclass a try!
You can check out somanyrobots on Patreon or purchase his massive collection of nautical-themed 5e content Songs of the Spellbound Sea.
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Get this week's files below:
Demlin 05 - Gold Rules the World - Delivery Kid Rewards
Demlin 05 - Gold Rules the World - General Messenger Rewards
Demlin 05 - Gold Rules the World - Chief Courier Rewards
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Comments
Borough Bound
We’re releasing part 06 in a few days, and then the DE in November!
Jed
Incredible work. When can we expect the definitive edition?
