ARCADIA 9

Another ARCADIA is here!

It’s me, your James Introcaso, and I come bearing ARCADIA 9. Feast thy eyes on a cover from Gustavo Pelissari. As soon as I saw this image, I knew I had to make this scene come to life in a game. That’s an ARCADIA cover.

Inside ARCADIA 9:

Losing Our Religion by Mario Ortegón

Did your cleric have a falling out with their deity? Has your warlock’s patron gone silent? If you pissed off a higher power and need a new one, check out the Anathema Domain, Atonement Domain, the Swindled patron, and the Compound patron. Each option is story-rich and dripping with possibilities and power. Plus NPCs and retainers based on the subclasses! The incredible art in this article comes from Zuzanna Wuzyk.

Power Is Where You Take It by Sally Tamarkin

Some of the best political intrigue campaigns take place in cities, where all manner of people live in close-quarters and vie for power. This article provides guidelines for building a city for political intrigue campaigns and five new character backgrounds. Elisa Serio and Miska Fredman did the dope art for this article.

Filthy Peasants! by Chris Bissette

This is one of the most ambitious ARCADIA articles yet. Behold quick and easy rules for rolling up level-0 characters. Good thing they’re fast, because you’ll need to make more than one! After creating characters, these normal folk journey into a deadly troll’s lair to save their village. The characters that survive level up and form the campaign’s adventuring party! The delicious art in this article comes from Faizal Fikri, Miska Fredman, and MCDM Staff Artists and Art Outsource Manager, Nick De Spain.

Hang Outs and Playtests

Want to talk about the latest ARCADIA or discuss previous issues? Come chat on Discord and Reddit. And if you’re interested in seeing our upcoming rules for companion creatures and the next MCDM class, Beastheart, you have a few more days to jump into the playtest and let us know what you think.

Now to get back to ARCADIA 10…

—James and the ARCADIA crew

FAQs

Q: How long will I be able to download the ARCADIA PDF attached to this post?

A: Indefinitely. Though this wasn’t the case at launch, our policy has changed. All issues of ARCADIA remain attached to their launch posts. You can read more about it here.

Q: I know someone who wants to get a copy of ARCADIA, but they don't want to use Patreon. Is there somewhere else they can get it?

A: Definitely, and we understand! That's why, when we post the current issue of ARCADIA to Patreon, we add it to the MCDM Shop at the same time :D. On the MCDM Shop an issue of ARCADIA is $7.

Q: I want to submit an article for ARCADIA. How do I do that?

A: Thanks for your interest, but we currently don’t accept open submissions — you can check out this post to learn more about how we source articles for ARCADIA.

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