Hey, explorers!
My collaboration with Heroic Maps and D&Demetrius continues as we explore another part of The Broken Expanse!
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Download ➤ The Broken Expanse #03 - The Banner Wastes
Available to Arcane Enthusiast tier patrons or higher.
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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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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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Regional Map Artwork: D&Demetrius Cartography
Battlemap Artwork: Heroic Maps
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I am releasing most things a bit late this month, but there's tons more coming (as usual), so stay tuned!
Until next time...
May Starlight guide your way my friends!
~Kelf