Ledger of the Hollow Shard
a duergar merchant lodge hollowed inside a single giant geode
You step through an arched band of hammered iron and find yourself inside a cavern the size of a hall, every surface inlaid with facets of amethyst and citrine that fracture torchlight into drunken…
Vault of Sharded Coin
the geode merchant lodge beneath the basalt river
You step through a carved basalt corridor and the world narrows to the glitter of crystal. The lodge is hewn inside a single, cavernous geode whose inner wall blooms with amethyst and smoky quartz…
Soot, Steam & Silence
the inn at the heart of the warm cavern
You push through a low, stone arch and are met by soft steam and the hollow hush of water against rock. Heat blooms from a basin sunk into the flagstones; lantern light trembles on wet surfaces and…
The Hearthmoss Hollow
the inn beneath the sleeping ember
Steam curls from shallow basins sunk into flagstones; mica veins in the cavern walls catch the light and scatter it like a faint morning. The main room is low-roofed and warm from a sleeping fire…
The Whiskered Ledger
a drainside den of whispered debts
Low, yellowed lanterns burn in jars along slime-dark beams; the air is warm with steam, sour with old ale and the tang of spoiled cheese. Conversation slinks in the corners—half-sighed bargains…
Ledger & Sluice
the ledger beneath the city's drains
You climb down a slick iron ladder and step into a low-ceilinged corridor of brick and slime. Oil lamps in overturned jars throw guttering light; the air smells of stale ale, wet stone and something…
Bell and Broken Pick
the miners' beer hall beneath Ironfold
Smoke from peat braziers bends low under the low ceiling; every surface is ringed with a soft halo of coal dust. The hall is a long, torchlit barrel of a room with benches bolted to carved stone, a…
The Iron Bell & Bit
the miners' hall beneath Stonevein
Stepping through the low, timbered doorway is like walking into the belly of a forge. Soot and wet wool hang in the air, mingled with the sharp, yeasty tang of boiled barley and the coppery smell of…
Cinder and Oars
the waystation on the beneath-river
You climb down a slick flight of stone steps and the river's breath meets you first: a wet, metallic smell undercut with smoke and fear. The common room is built into the tunnel's bulge where the…
The Sinking Ledger
the cutthroat waystation under the black tide
You push through a curtain of seaweed and cold air and step into a low-ceilinged vault carved from wet volcanic rock. Lanterns gutter in oil-slick sconces; the only light bobs from lanterns lashed…
The Founders' Stoup
the alehouse at the mine's end
You push past a corrugated stone lintel and down three steps into a vaulted chamber that smells of hot grain, tallow, and wet stone. Strings of lanterns—paper replaced by mica thin as a coin—swing…
Founders' Final Keg
the alehouse at the mine's root on Founders' Day
You climb the last timbered ladder and step into a low-ceilinged vault hewn from coal-black stone. Lanterns strung from chains throw a warm, amber light on banners stitched with the mine's founding…
The Lanterncap Ledger
the mushroom bar beneath the stone lanes
You duck through a low stone arch and the stairwell exhales a cool, damp breath scented of loam and old ink. The bar's ceiling is a tangle of transplanted fungus—shelves of pale caps drip luminous…
The Three-Spore Ledger
the cellar where the mushroom ink remembers
You duck through a low, fungus-streaked doorway into a cavern warmed by glowcaps and slow-bubbling vats. Bioluminescent fungi hang in clusters from stout ribs, casting blue-green pools of light that…
The Candle in Bone
the tavern beneath the boneways
You descend a short flight of damp stone steps and the world narrows to candlelight and the whisper of old bones. Candles sit in sockets bored into skulls set along the low walls; they gutter and…
The Three-Gashed Lamp
the candlelit ossuary under the city
You duck beneath a low stone arch and the air slides cold and dry against your face. Candles squat in bone sockets along the walls; the light is thin and trembles, throwing cathedral-long shadows…
By setting and mood
Every kind of tavern
Each setting and each mood has its own page, with a short guide to running that kind of tavern at the table.
