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A 5E Campaign Setting for the World’s Most Popular Roleplaying Game
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 CREDITS
Created, Designed, & Written by Product Identity
Riley Passmore The following items are designated Product
Art, Cover, & Additional Design by Identity, as defined in Section 1(e) of the
Vanja Mrgan Open Gaming License Version 1.0a, and are
subject to the conditions set forth in Section 7
Additional Monster Development by of the OGL, and are not Open Content:

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Ethan, Logan, and Tyler Utt Rhenge, the Coven, the Coven of Nine, the
Special Thanks to Constellatheon, the cloven, the riven, the
Mark Passmore Children of Marble, the Seven Ages of
Rhenge, proper names (including those used

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Reach Out to Us in the names of spells or items), places
On Twitter: @GamesMarble (including those designated as Landmarks,
Via E-mail: [email protected] Catastrophes, Boons, and the Four Corners of
Playtesting Provided by Rhenge), koruset, schiva, mechanica,
April Birdsong, Jennifer Carnes, RCS Hawkins, greensteel, fire briar, beasts of marble, blood
Kirsten Holt, Angela Horne, Christine Lasek, beasts, bog stalkers, caretakers, centurions,
Ashley Passmore, Chris Schlereth, Ira needle beetles, the reclaimed, thorn sirens, the
Sukrungruang, Ryan White Language (including the Alphabet, its font,
On the Cover
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The Matron, goddess of spirit, will, and unshakeable
resolve, welcomes you to Rhenge with four other members
of the immortal Constellatheon.
and all official Language vocabulary), the
Cicada Society, the High Rhengian Trading
Company, the H.R.T.C., the Vanguard of
Hunger, the Vestal Order.
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Copyright © 2020 Black Marble Games
All rights reserved. Version 1.0, December
2020. This work is owned solely by the author.
Any reproduction or unauthorized use of the
content, artwork, or maps contained herein is
prohibited without the express written consent
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of Black Marble Games.

Open Gaming License
This product is compatible with the fifth edition
of the world’s most popular roleplaying game,
published by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. It is
licensed under the Open Gaming License
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Version 1.0a Copyright © 2000, Wizards of the

Coast, Inc.; Authors Mike Mearls, Jeremy
Crawford, Chris Perkins, Rodney Thompson,
Peter Lee, James Wyatt, Robert J. Schwalb,
Bruce R. Cordell, Chris Sims, and Steve
Townshend, based on original material by E.
Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The full text
of the Open Game License Version 1.0a can be
found at the back of this book.

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 CONTENTS
Introduction.................................................... 5 The Luminary Tower........................................ 134
Using This Book ............................................ 6 Pariah’s Villa ...................................................... 135
Parts I-VI The Reclaimed Arboretum .............................. 136
Part I: Welcome to Rhenge ............................ 7 The Resolute Milestone.................................... 137
Rhenge at a Glance ............................................... 8 Temple of the Lost Star ................................... 138
The Thunderherd Stampede............................ 139

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The Seven Ages of Rhenge ................................ 10
The Lost Gods of Rhenge ................................. 14 The Unchiseled Statue ...................................... 140
The Four Corners of Rhenge ............................ 25 Wanderer’s Inn .................................................. 141
Life in the Age of Hunger .................................. 27 Willow Walker’s Spring .................................... 142
Part V: Relics & Wonders ........................... 143

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Societies, Orders, & Guilds................................ 33
Part II: Character Creation ........................... 37 Magic Items & Treasure ................................... 144
The Peoples of Rhenge ...................................... 38 Pneuma Devices ................................................ 149
Classes in Rhenge ................................................ 58 Part VI: Monsters ........................................ 152
Cleric Domains .................................................... 71 Monsters in Rhenge .......................................... 153
Backgrounds......................................................... 74 Monster Types ................................................... 153
New Feats ............................................................. 86 Monsters by CR & Type .................................. 154
The Language ....................................................... 89 Beasts of Marble ................................................ 155
Survival Gear........................................................ 92 Mechanica Bull ............................................... 155

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Part III: Adventures..................................... 103
Session Zero ....................................................... 104
The Journey System .......................................... 105
Tears of Marble ................................................. 110
Mechanica Stallion ......................................... 155
Blood Beasts ...................................................... 157
Blood Coil ....................................................... 158
Blood Fang ..................................................... 159
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Blood Mauler .................................................. 159
Introduction .................................................... 110
Blood Walker.................................................. 160
Running the Adventure ................................. 110
Blood Wing ..................................................... 160
Whitebriar & Beyond .................................... 111
Bog Stalkers........................................................ 161
Starting the Adventure .................................. 112
Caretakers ........................................................... 162
The Dreams .................................................... 113
Forest Caretaker ............................................. 162
Preparations .................................................... 114
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Temple Caretaker........................................... 163

The Journey .................................................... 115
Centurions .......................................................... 164
Obstacles ......................................................... 116
Legionnaire ..................................................... 164
Landmarks....................................................... 117
Hyperion ......................................................... 166
The Ruin .......................................................... 118
Juggernaut ....................................................... 167
Conclusion ...................................................... 121
Needle Beetles ................................................... 168
Part IV: Landmarks ..................................... 122 Oozes .................................................................. 169
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Bridge of the Triumvirate................................. 123 Carnivorous Sap ............................................. 169

Callus’ Cabin ...................................................... 124 Swamp Sludge ................................................ 169
The Coagulated Marsh...................................... 125 The Reclaimed ................................................... 170
The Crumpled Titan ......................................... 126 Reclaimed Armor ........................................... 170
The Dais of Hūul .............................................. 127 Reclaimed Column ........................................ 171
The Font of Travelers....................................... 128 Reclaimed Traveler ........................................ 172
The Great Conflagration .................................. 129 Thorn Sirens ...................................................... 173
The Henge of Memories .................................. 130
Open Gaming License ................................ 174
The Hilt of Yūsk................................................ 131
The Hunger Pit .................................................. 132 Logo & Copyright ....................................... 175
The Infested Watermill ..................................... 133

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 INTRODUCTION
“Do not be fooled by the silence out there, weary traveler, nor almost certain oblivion. Will you, weary traveler, be
the calm of the northern wind. Like a thunderhead on the able to hold back the wilds that seek to destroy
horizon of a great and grassy plain, Rhenge is a world what remains of civilization, or will you, like so
beautiful in all the ways it can kill you.” many others, fall to the beasts, the machines, and
the scythes of their teeth and swords?
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Rhenge is the first 5th edition campaign setting by
Black Marble Games, and features a challenging
THE WORLD OF RHENGE is not for the timid, world of terrifying creatures, magical technology,
nor for those who fear the creatures that stir within and mysterious, long-forgotten gods.

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the dark. No, Rhenge is for those with grit, with
spirit, with the unrelenting will to survive even in Riley Passmore,
the face of impossible odds. Black Marble Games
Started in the summer of 2018, Rhenge grew out Fall 2020
of a desire to challenge even the most basic tenets
of the World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game. More
than anything else, I wanted a world without the
sprawling kingdoms of European fantasy, a world

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without heroic adventurers but common folks just
trying to get by. I wanted a world of marble instead
of cobblestone, a world of spirits instead of gods,
a world home to ancient, otherworldly technology,
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powerful machines, and a fallen civilization.
After more than two years of development and
150 plus pages, I am proud to say that Rhenge has
delivered on that promise. There are no kingdoms
here, nor are there any kings or queens. There are
no noble bloodlines, no warring houses – not even
city states. Instead, Rhenge is a world of desperate,
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isolated communities, a world that has to fight and

scavenge in order to stay alive. Here, the biggest
threat isn’t each other – it’s nature itself.
Millennia ago, the world of Rhenge survived an
extinction-level event known as the Age of Lust. A
war between the spirits of nature and the gods of
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civilization, it nearly destroyed all life in Rhenge,

and ever since, its peoples have lived on the brink.
Starvation is rampant, and so is disease. The war
machines of a fallen superpower still wander their
ruins in search of foes, and divinely inspired beasts
still hunt humanoid prey of all kinds.
Like I said, Rhenge is not for the timid, nor for
those who fear the creatures that stir within the
dark. No, Rhenge is for those with spirit, with grit,
with the unshakeable resolve to continue on. It is a
world barely holding itself together, a world of
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 USING THIS BOOK
“The ruin is how far away? Matron’s grace, boy. A journey IV. LANDMARKS
that long and you’re bound to need a map.”
Landmarks are one of Rhenge’s new mechanics,
- Admus the Neverlost, a dwarven deepminer and represent locales both blessed and cursed that
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one page each, they are filled with history, social
Rhenge is divided into six parts, each of which will encounters, combat encounters, and even treasure.
help you craft your characters and create your own Part IV: Landmarks introduces twenty such
Rhenge campaigns. If you are a player, you are only places, and they can serve as either a one-time
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location or the setting of an entire adventure.
check with your Game Master before beginning
the creation of your Rhengian character.
V. RELICS & WONDERS
I. WELCOME TO RHENGE The Children of Marble left behind many artifacts
when they fell to the wilds, and Part V: Relics &
Part I: Welcome to Rhenge introduces the world Wonders lists more than twenty of their most
of Rhenge and what makes it different. Here, you ingenious creations. This part also includes their
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organizations. While there is no complete map of
the known world, what is known is also presented
here, as well as a glimpse into the lives of Rhenge’s
many diverse and interesting peoples.
most powerful Pneuma devices, the machines with
which they ruled, along with a number of other rare
ingredients, items, and potions.

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II. CHARACTER CREATION What beasts lurk in the heart of Rhenge’s ancient
forests? What mechanized horrors roam the halls
Rhenge is an entirely new world, and the characters of the Children’s ancient and abandoned ruins?
within it are new as well. In Part II: Character Part VI: Monsters answers these questions and
Creation, you can find new playable races, new more, offering twenty new monsters unique to the
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starting equipment, new class lore, and even new world of Rhenge. Part VI also updates the lore to
feats. This part also introduces one of Rhenge’s a number of different monster types, as Rhenge is
new mechanics: the Burden system. This will help a world unlike any other.
you and your characters keep track of equipment
and encumbrance across arduous journeys.
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III. ADVENTURES When referenced in this text, part titles are bolded
and section titles are italicized. Monster names and
Part III: Adventures introduces our new Journey magic items are also italicized when referencing a
system to help you structure overland travel, as well monster’s statistics block or a magic item available
as a sample adventure: Tears of Marble. Designed for in Part V and Part VI of this book respectively,
2nd level characters, this adventure is the perfect e.g., the legionnaire monster and the darklight lantern
introduction to the world of Rhenge. This part also magic item.
offers tips and tricks for running Session Zero, a
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PART I

WELCOME TO RHENGE
Gehenna hacked at the vines in her way, sweat drenching her sunburned brow. She and her brother had been chopping their way
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“How much farther?” Julian asked, hobbling along in her wake. A Lust-infected wolf – a blood fang – had been tracking
them for miles, and last night it had finally grown close enough to strike.
She stopped, frustrated, and took a deep breath. “Let me see it,” she said, nodding to his leg.
Her brother found a spot on a fallen tree, and carefully rolled up the right leg of his breeches. Beneath them, she saw nothing
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but bloody bandages, a makeshift tourniquet ripped from her brother’s cloak. The fang had sliced open his leg with its diseased
claws, leaving deep, excruciating gashes from the outside of his knee to the top of his hip. She was proud of him, in a sick way,
for having withstood the pain for this long.
She slung around her pack, and dug for her herbalism kit.
“Can we please turn back?” he asked, anticipating the pain. “Or stop, at least?”
She pulled out a small wooden box, a single red cross painted upon its lid, and looked him in the eye. “Is this what Father
would have wanted?” she asked. “No,” she said, answering for him. “He would have wanted us to continue, whatever the cost.
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He would have wanted us to find it.”

Her brother opened his mouth to protest, but his words, as ineffective as they may have been against her raw determination,
were cut short. In the distance, they could hear the howl of a wolf – and then another, and another, and another. The fang they
thought they had killed had found its pack, and indeed, had not been killed at all.
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