Hi all!
Really excited to share with with you the Part 3 of the collaboration project that I'm working on with Kelfecil's Tales and D&Demetrius! Each month we'll be releasing a triple-threat of adventure - a written GM resource for a region within the Broken Expanse, a close up regional map, and a battlemap of a core location, provided by yours truly. Over the year it'll build up into a complete GM toolbox for the Broken Expanse world.
The Broken Expanse is a location-focused mini-setting for the Starlight Chronicles. Each monthly release zooms in on a specific area, giving you lore, points of interest, tables, and a featured battlemap without turning it into a full scripted adventure. You can drop these locations into an ongoing campaign, explore them out of order, revisit them later, or ignore parts entirely.
This is the third release - The Banner Wastes!
One of the battlemaps is available free with this post - paid members, use the link below to access the VTT maps set, regional maps and supplement pdf!
Heroic Map Patrons - this battemap (Pilgrim's Beacon) is this month's Third Map for you guys. Look out for another post tomorrow with the full versions and Foundry etc.
The Banner Wastes mark the southern approach into the Broken Expanse. Torn standards, broken supply lines, and scattered remains show where armies once marched toward Eldwark. This was a contested path long before the fall of the Unmoving Vale, and the land still carries the weight of those clashes.
Pilgrim’s Beacon stands above the road, its flame visible across the open ground. Travelers look to it for direction, for orientation, for something that still holds. Few question who keeps it lit, or why movement gathers beneath it.
Across the region, battlefields remain exposed, caravans lie abandoned, and the ground itself shifts where blood and passage have worn it thin. The blight has settled into these scars, taking hold where the land has already been broken.
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The Banner Wastes is the third release in The Broken Expanse, a location-focused mini-setting built around exposure, movement, and positional danger. This release explores the southern entry into the region, where visibility replaces concealment and every step forward can be seen from afar.
Rather than presenting a fixed adventure path, this release provides a fully developed region centered on open terrain, disrupted routes, and layered encounters. The featured battlemap at Pilgrim’s Beacon focuses on controlled approach, elevation pressure, and coordinated threats built around light and movement.
This material supports open exploration, repeat visits, and player-driven outcomes. Movement concentrates along known paths, threats adapt to those patterns, and the land reacts where pressure builds.
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The Broken Expanse is a collaborative content line created by Kelfecil’s Tales, D&Demetrius, and Heroic Maps, developed through coordinated writing, regional cartography, and battlemap design. Each release expands a shared region one location at a time, keeping the setting modular and table-ready.
The content is system-agnostic at its core, with optional guidance written for use with 5E. Skill checks, encounter structures, and original blight creatures are provided as tools rather than requirements, allowing Game Masters to adapt freely.
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Included in this release:
- A zoomed-in regional map of the Banner Wastes
- x7 detailed points of interest with lore, usage guidance, and situation tables
- A featured battlemap set at Pilgrim’s Beacon
- Three original blight monstrosities (CR 1, CR 2, CR 7)
- GM-facing environmental pressure, blight behavior, and reactive tables
- Recommended Use: Open terrain encounters, controlled approaches, high-visibility threat zones
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Lore, writing, PDF and cover design: Kelfecil’s Tales
https://www.kelfecilstales.com/
Regional Map Artwork: D&Demetrius
https://www.patreon.com/c/dndemetrius/home
Battlemap Artwork: Heroic Maps
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