Grave-Wights

Grave-Wights is a 4pp article in the Harnmaster Bestiary format, with general information about these loathsome creatures, brief descriptions of two possibly related species, and then a full page on each the male and the female (which have different abilities).
The Grave-wights are designd to provide a lot of spook-ability, accompanied by enough muscle to make the danger ...   [click here for more]

Tavern Games

Tavern Games is a 2 pp article detailing 6 popular tavern games found in Hârn and Lythia. 

In addition to the necessities of food and shelter, inns and taverns are centers of socialization for the community. News and gossip, songs and storytelling, gambling, boasting, and a wide assortment of games occupy visitors and local patrons alike.

Although there ...   [click here for more]

HarnMaster Third Edition

Core Rules

The HârnMaster character generation system gives players a rich Hârnic experience. Characters may start the game with a wide variety of interesting occupations, and at various levels of experience.

Introductions to religious, Shek-Pvar, and Military occupations are included. Average incomes for all occupations and information about the guild s...   [click here for more]

Tomes and Scrolls

This article describes influential and interesting books and other written works that may be found in a Hârnic campaign.

Different versions of a written work arise when they are translated into a new language/script, or are heavily edited to ensure greater appeal to a specific group. Some versions may omit original material; some add new material. Original and later versions ...   [click here for more]

Fyvria Expansion (Pages 7 to 12)

A compendium of spells, lore, and experiment notes assembled by Theron of Yisgaraen during his ill-fated expedition with Bognor of Barth to the Anoth Delta. Theron was the sole survivor of the journey which has come to be known as Bognor's Folly (see HârnPlayer). Contains 11 new Fyvrian spells. THERON'S LARDER (I) LURE OF THE FALCON (II) BEASTLY BURDEN (II) LOVE PERFUME (...   [click here for more]

Order of Mamaka, Master of Steel

The Order of Mamaka, Master of Steel, is the most politically powerful clerical order in the Hârnic church of Agrik, the evil god of war and violence. The order's grandmaster is the Agrikan church's highest representative on Hârn and the order's control over the Hârnic church is threatened by the other Agrikan orders.

The Order of Mamaka reveres weaponcrafting and alch...   [click here for more]

Peoni: Irreproachable Order

The Irreproachable Order is the clerical order for men in the Peonian Church. Its basic mission is to ease hardship in the lives of the poor and afflicted through agriculture and healing. The Irreproachable Order also seeks to combat the mental and spiritual causes of illness, a specialization that addresses the needs of those who are soul-sick, accursed, or possessed. In addition to covering t...   [click here for more]

Aquatics

Bestiary Article

Mariners oft tell tales of ferocious beasts they have faced, whilst plying their trade. It is rumored that terrors such as the wrecan and daranog guard the skeletons of sunken ships.

Gigantic whales are killed for their ivory, blubber and oil but, occasionally, the hunters are the victims. The smaller dolphins are dashing friends of all sailors since...   [click here for more]

Birds

Birds (Bestiary article)
Birds are ubiquitous across Hârn and familiar to all. They are found in cities and keeps, in fields and hedgerows, in the wilds, forests, mountains, and shores. They range in size from the small wren with a wingspan of six inches to the northern eagle, which reaches nearly 20 feet tip to tip.

This bestiary article describes how birds are used b...   [click here for more]

Dogs

Bestiary Article

Dogs play an important role among all levels of Lythian society. They are companions, trackers, guards, shepherds, fighters, and friends.

There are four broad classes of Lythian dogs. Dogs are selectively bred by dog trainers to preserve and propagate the best traits. Most dogs are of mixed parentage; those specially bred to type are expensive and ra...   [click here for more]

Ghosts

Bestiary Article

Ghosts features rules for manifestations allowing ghosts to scare the life out of the living.

Ivashu

Bestiary Article

Ivashu are creatures of Ilvir, known as the Fatherless Multitude by the faithful, or the Accursed Beasts of the Barren Circle by non-believers. Ilvir creates the Ivashu at Araka-Kalai, making use of a limited number of souls over and over again. Some Ivashu are fairly common, because they have proved most adaptable to survival, or because they are the easies...   [click here for more]

Tawedog

The "Old Ones of the Forest" are one of the most elusive and mysterious of the sentient species of the Misty Isle of Hârn. They once ranged throughout the primeval Peran region but today are rare even among the dense forests of the northern coastal plain.

Taller than a man by more than half, a Tawedog's rangy frame is covered in stringy, ruddy brown hair tinged blue-green with mos...   [click here for more]

Zhura (Fungi)

Zhura (pl. Zhuran) is the Khuzan name for mushroom, a staple of their diet. It has come to be used in human society as a general name for predatory fungi that require animal protein and/or minerals to reproduce.

Tournaments

Tournaments is a Military article.

The tournament is a martial sport that demonstrates the strength and skill of a knight in battle. In its present form, it comprises the Melee, in which groups of mounted knights engage in battle on a field, and the Joust, which is a contest between two mounted knights, armed with lance and shield.

Tournaments have been held for as l...   [click here for more]

HarnManor

Hârnmanor

HârnManor includes 4 generated manors and rules to create your own. Fully compatible with HârnMaster or any rules system.

Villages
Rules to generate useful, realistic Hârnic villages, populated with a variety of serfs, freeholders, and craftsmen.

Household
Rules to populate the lord's household. For most lo...   [click here for more]

Kubora Tribe

Barbarians Tribe

The Kubora are the tribal people who inhabit the Peran wilderness of northwestern Hârn. The civilized folk of western Hârn these ancient, complex people as an unpredictable primal force, as likely to torture a traveler as to welcome them.

This article is the original tribal article for the Kuboran tribe taken from HârnMaster Barbarians. ...   [click here for more]

Lia-Kavair

Lia-Kavair

This article describes the history, current situation, organization, and activities of the Lia-Kavair, better known as the "Thieves Guild" of Hârn and western Lythia. This article was originally published in 1985 as part of the Rethem Kingdom Module.

Innkeepers

In honor of the new upcoming release from Columbia Games, for HârnWorld, Inns of Harn. Innkeepers, an article detailing the workings of inns and taverns is avaialble for free for a limited time. 

INNKEEPER
Throughout western Lythia, the Innkeepers' Guild has a monopoly over the operation of inns and taverns. The masters of this guild are mostly ...   [click here for more]

Fishing

Fishing is an unguilded occupation.

The fishing article details the fisherman's methods and equipment as well as the common types of fish and methods of preservation.

Fishing has great economic and social importance to all coastal communities. The sea provides raw materials such as whale oil, mother of pearl, and ambergris.

Fishermen are unguilded and the majority a...   [click here for more]

Potions

Potions are found all over Lythia, in markets and fairs, on the shelves of apothecaries and physicians, in castles and in hovels. Some potions are well-known, but perhaps only in one region. Others are rare because they are difficult to prepare, have a short shelf life, or include rare or illegal ingredients. Magical effects are claimed for some potions, but most are intended as common rem...   [click here for more]

Real Estate

Real Estate

Everyone has to live somewhere and PCs are no exception. Given free rein, characters usually adopt nomadic lifestyles, staying in inns and carrying their possessions on their backs. This is a rootless, expensive lifestyle that real people would adopt only in dire necessity. If only to give PCs one more headache, GMs should encourage them to establish households, somew...   [click here for more]

Atlas Harnica Map [BUNDLE]

Atlas Hârnica map D7 includes Selvos Castle, Tesien, Golotha and Hyen Keep.

Atlas Map D7

Atlas Hârnica map D7 includes Selvos Castle, Tesien, Golotha and Hyen Keep.

Atlas Map D9

Atlas Hârnica map D9 includes Sarkum Castle, Hebon Keep and the windswept south coast of Kanday.