Dungeon Master's Guide (Valgora Supplement)

“ The mighty blow, the stoutest foe, but all should know, as I behold, no one rose that day who wasn't under the pay of Meloku's gang ” —Douie Solitude, Famed Bard

This page is part of the Valgora Campaign Setting

Any player can roll dice to kill a troll anywhere, but the Dungeons & Dragons game allows for plenty of said action. However, what really brings a game session to life is the Dungeon Master's ability to provide a colorful and enthralling world for the player's to explore. As Dungeon Master, Valgora can meet and exceed all of your party's game needs. The content on this page is designed to assist you in providing a vibrant setting for your players. Before going any further, remember: You're the Dungeon Master! As such, any parts of Valgora you don't like, you can change! Add or alter the world to your whims!

Campaign Setup Overview

Prep Station

Take a moment and change, delete, or exchange any specifics of the Valgora setting that you prefer before the game begins. Though small changes can be made later (such as minor town names or characters), major changes should be known to your players before beginning, such as deciding to use the standard Greyhawk Pantheon in lieu of Valgora's. If you're a strong planner, come up with some plot hooks, storylines, or characters that you can use to help keep your Player's in action and keep the game moving. Remember, never rely solely on one plot, as PCs should be free to explore the world at random. Some DMs prefer to mostly wing it at the table, and if so, just think of some base ideas to at least get your players talking together and initiate the first encounter. If all goes well, the rest should do itself.

Choose where in Valgora to begin

Before the first dice is rolled, a good player should have a character concept. When you begin recruiting for your campaign, you should be able to provide a general background so that the characters know certain things. Valgora provides players with a vast array of concepts to run with. Generally, you should know what part of Valgora you wish to start your campaign in. The adventuring party should have a home within reasonable distance to the starting area (Starting at level one but saying you've already traveled the entire globe seems odd). Read up on the lands of Valgora and decide where you wish to have your setting begin.

Player Character Building

Begin by explaining the general basic of Valgora to your players. If a player asks about what setting the campaign is in, you can tell him/her something along the lines of "This game is running in Valgora. A typical medieval fantasy setting with a strong roleplaying emphasis. You'll be starting in [your starting region here - for example: Talara], a peaceful island City-State with strong ties to the shipping industry." This allows your player to get a vague idea of where they are playing and allow them to begin a character concept, while not giving away any plot details. This small amount of information may allow a player to come up with a backstory ("My character is a lower-class son of a dock worker, looking to do more with his life than his father"), and get the gears of the character creation process moving.

Character Introduction

Decide how you intend for your characters to meet. Maybe they were all drafted or of age to join the local militia or guard and meet at boot camp. Perhaps they are all University Students sharing the same Dorm. Even a seemingly coincidentally timed Tavern visit can bring PCs face to face for the first time.

Begin your Campaign

At this point the players should be your main focus, and the world should shape around them. Alter any Valgorian details to meet you and your player's needs, and remember: Have Fun!

Understanding Valgora

As DM, there is an amazingly large amount of knowledge that no one person can remember that you're expected to know. Sometimes, small setting-specific questions arise from your players ("How cold is it out here during this season?" or "Who is the cute barmaid"). Sometimes just a quick on-spot impromptu answer can settle these questions, yet on other occasions you can provide a more in-depth world by expanding upon the information provided to the player's about the world they live in.

Provide your characters with the regional names of the days of the week or the month (The Valgoran Calendar is the same as earth's, just different names. Remember this and your life will be easy.) With a good enough knowledge (local) check, tell your players the history of Costea Musat, the shaman head of state for the Ghikvan state of Quaristan. Use the categorized information below to help you in this deed:

Valgorian Leaders & Legends

Knowing whose in charge can help player's get a grasp of their surroundings (and try to climb the social ladder a bit). Below is a chart of the regional leaders and local legends and what your player's know about them depending on their Knowledge (local) check.

Table: Valgorian Leaders & Legends

Country or Organization	Leader	Race	Class	Alignment	Knowledge (local) 15
						20	25	30
Blüdfrost	Head of State Vladmir 'Ice' Aristarkh	Human	Swashbuckler	CG	A fisherman-turned politician, Vladmir serves from the capital of Cape Beckon	He received the nickname Ice because of his ability to swim in the cold coastal waters	He constantly rallies the Allied Parliament to ensure that the economic prosperity of his country's fishing is good.	His only child, Anna Maria Aristarkh is a celebutaunte of the state, and posters of her can be found in ship cabins around the region.
Cape Myst	His Majesty the right Honorable Brill Saxton	Gnome	Sorceror	CG	King Saxton is a funloving and adventurous king	He is currently in his seventh year as king	The tragic death of his father at sea has left him shaken as of late	Since his father's death, he is fearful of the sea and refuses to step into it.
Carallion	War Lord Kell	Human	Fighter	LG	A lifetime military man, Kell keeps every detail of his country in order	He never gives out information about himself from his time before joining the service	He is embarrassed by his non-military upbringing	Born Barthelomew Arthur Kell to civilian parents.
Centrasotta	Prime Minister Sharon Musatiton	Halfling	Ranger	CN	Sharon enjoys a nomadic lifestyle	The only female head of state	Is a distant relative to the ruling Musats of Quaristan	Troubled love life, very lonely
Drella Leonistine	Chief Xindel-Leone	Kobold	Warlock	TN	A shrewd businessman with his own interests at heart	Rules through fear and propaganda	Nervous of the Allied Parliament	Jealous of Kennett & Ko
Drexsistan	Lord Valormark	Human	Paladin/ Soldier of Light	LG	A noble knight who wishes for peace and prosperity	Member of the Order of Vargach	Rumored to be on the Round Table for the Order	Wishes to find an heir to his title so that he may retire and serve his God in another capacity
Finlay	King Magre Bronzesteel	Dwarf	Barbarian	CG	Beloved King and Partygoer	Has multiple wives whose names he can't remember	Restructured the national workdays to add drinking breaks.	Was beat in a drinking contest once by Dewey Solitude
Fritzstland	President Barvan Bane	Elf	Bard	CG	Nicknamed BB by his citizens	A bachelor playboy of epic proportions	No lame duck, BB is very active in the Allied Parliament	Has become the de facto go-to man for King Delpear in the Parliament.
Galvland	Chief Kruak Magim	Centaur	Fighter	LN	Wishes to rid the world of Centaur stereotypes	Secretly implementing weapons factories to seek revenge for stereotypes	His son is currently involved in a political sex scandal	The scandal was actually not his sons, but his, but his son took the heat for political reasons.
Harkinshire	Gnorman Krinkles, Earl of Rivington	Gnome	Rogue	CG	Earl Gnorm in the press	Huge fan of the Rivington Rollers	Has an office in Coilspring for "vacations"	Building his own business in Coilspring and attempting to open up a hockey franchise there as owner
Holnstead	Chieftain Teraul Stouthoof	Minotaur	Barbarian	CN	Teraul represents the Stouthoof tribe that has always ruled Holnstead	Has no son and is old, and as such this is causing political concerns on who will rule	His daughter Veronice is campaigning for her husband to rule	Tensions are high as each tribe positions itself in hopes of gaining rule
Kingdom of Ghikva	King Uron Delpear the Third	Black Dragon	Sorceror	LN	Called Uron the Black by his constituents	Relationship with son Drubai is highly strained	Recently removed his son from the palace residence of the family	Son Drubai is in cahoots with Prince Thraun of Malsivir, and building an army in the Frell Mtns. to overthrow his father.
Lockeport	Unknown leader, represented in the Senate by Wrestin Feathermoore	Elf	Wizard	LN	The country sealed itself off suddenly and only Wrestin has ever came out publicly since	The official country name is Alda Marillion, but most call it Lockeport due to it's sealed in status	Capital is assumed to be Venwe	The Lockeport Rangers that can be seen guarding the wall are considered some of the world's best marksmen.
Mollarok	Alezander Droven	Halfling	Priest	LG	The Twenty Seven Monastaries of Mollarok are autonomous in all but name	Alezander leads the civilian population and represents them	The state's civilian population is less than 10 percent, the rest residing within the monostaries.	Droven is officially the leader, but answers to dwarven monk Brother Razheen
North Zineland	Stuart Ridok Redbeard	Dwarf	Paladin	LG	Leads from the mountain capital of Stormforge	Member of the Order of Vargach	Sends son Aiden to represent the state in the Allied Parliament	Is secretly preparing to make son Stuart and retire
Order of Vargach	War Lord Azule StrongArm	Half-Orc	Soldier of Light	CG	Resides on Talara	Would rather venture to every disturbance personally	Feels personal pain when an Order member dies in duty	Is secretly a Demigod
Quaristan	State Shaman Costea Musat	Orc	Shaman	CG	Reclusive leader of state	Does not fret over national issues much	Secretly hates the secession of Fritzstland	Jealous of Barvan Bane's cult of personality amongst his people
Rendigo	Head Duke	Flux	Flux	Flux	The dukes of Rendigo counties elect a Head Duke	The Head Duke represents the state in the Allied Parliament	New Dukes go by Head Duke, never their name	Current Head Duke was formerly Waldo Rogers
South Zineland	Duke Kilrey Longtail	Kobold	Rogue	LN	Elected leader of the country	Lame Duck figurehead with no real power	The country answers to Kennet & Ko, who employs most the country at the Mines and Quarry	Kennet & Ko Knight Kobolds give Kilrey directions
Talara	Martiver Caex	Human	Sorceror	LG	The reclusive member of the House of Caex	Seems to be up to something more than the public notices	Plotting to unroot the Radiant Dragons	Secretly evil and planning to take over as King
Uriktar	King Genivious	Red Dragon	Sorceror	LN	King for several centuries	Son Thraun influences his father's policy making more annually	Unknowingly a pawn to his son	Son is currently planning an aggressive overthrow and expansion
Vren Drux	Count Duncan Von Trisk	Alleged Human	Wizard	TN	The rarely-seen totalitarian leader	Uses common man John Harkinger to relay information to the public	Seems to be more active at night	Could be the world's first decent vampire
Weinderston	CEO Eerly Weinstein	Goblin	Rogue	CG	A businessman first, then a ruler	Has yet to see a quarterly report in the negative	Richest Goblin in the World	Wishes to expand his borders on both sides to allow urban growth
Yrengia	War Chief Rual Saurfang	Orc	Fighter	CN	A short-tempered ruler	Still bears scars from the Yrengian-Holnstead Battles	Personally executed a chief from each Minotaur Clan	Misses the battlefield, would use shady tactics to reignite the war

Valgorian Weather by Country

The climate experiences of your players depend on their location in the Valgoran world. The chart below gives the typical expectations for the weather when traveling in certain regions during each season.

Table: Valgorian Weather

Country	Record High	Record Low	Common Storms	Worst Season	Spring
						Summer	Fall	Winter
Bludfrost	26 degrees	-167 degrees	Hurricanes	Winter	Cold	Extremely Chilly	Cold	Unbearably Freezing
Cape Myst	104 degrees	42 degrees	Hurricanes	Spring	Warm	Casually Hot	Warm	Slightly Chilly
Carallion	98 degrees	12 degrees	Thunderstorms	Fall	Room Temperature	Warm	Slightly Chilly	Heavy Coat Weather
Centrasotta	102 degrees	8 degrees	Tornados	Summer	Luke Warm	Mildly Hot	Slight Chill	Windy Cold
Drella Leonistine	114 degrees	22 degrees	Coastal Storms	Summer	Warm	Uncomfortably Hot	Warm	Very Chilly
Drexsistan	92 degrees	-3 degrees	Winter	Mountain Snowstorms	Slightly Chilly	Luke Warm	Cold	Freezing Snowstorms
Finlay	124 degrees	24 degrees	Late Winter	Heatwaves	Warm	Very Hot	Warm	Slight Chill
Fritzstland	96 degrees	4 degrees	Early Fall	Jungle Storms	Warm	Hot	Chilly	uncomfotably Cold
Galvland	102 degrees	11 degrees	Winter	Sandstorms	Very Warm	Uncomfortably Hot	Slight Chill	Cold
Harkinshire	96 degrees	34 degrees	Spring	Coastal Storms	Warm	Warm	Warm	Slight Chill
Holnstead	102 degrees	11 degrees	Late Fall	Tornados	Very Warm	Uncomfortably Hot	Slight Chill	Cold
Kingdom of Ghikva	107 degrees	-17 degrees	Late Winter	Thunderstorms	Warm	Hot	Slight Chill	Cold to Freezing Cold
Lockeport	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Mollarok	92 degrees	-3 degrees	Winter	Mountain Snowstorms	Slightly Chilly	Luke Warm	Cold	Freezing Snowstorms
North Zineland	96 degrees	34 degrees	Spring	Coastal Storms	Warm	Warm	Warm	Slight Chill
Quaristan	96 degrees	4 degrees	Early Fall	Jungle Storms	Warm	Hot	Chilly	uncomfotably Cold
Rendigo	107 degrees	-4 degrees	Late Spring	Tornados	Warm	Hot	Slight Chill	Cold to Freezing Cold
South Zineland	96 degrees	34 degrees	Spring	Coastal Storms	Warm	Warm	Warm	Slight Chill
Talara	96 degrees	34 degrees	Spring	Coastal Storms	Warm	Warm	Warm	Slight Chill
Uriktar	98 degrees	12 degrees	Thunderstorms	Fall	Room Temperature	Warm	Slightly Chilly	Heavy Coat Weather
Vren Drux	42 degrees	21 degrees	Coastal Storms	Early Fall	Chilly	Slightly Chilly	Cold	Uncomfortably Cold
Weinderston	96 degrees	11 degrees	Fall	Heavy Polluted Rainfall	Warm	Warm	Slight Chill	Cold
Yrengia	106 degrees	11 degrees	Late Spring	Tornados	Very Warm	Uncomfortably Hot	Slight Chill	Cold

Valgorian Races by Country

Knowing what race is more predominant can decide your party's travel plans (its never a good idea for comrades to lead their friendly ranger into a country filled with his favored enemy). Below is a chart of racial demographics by Country. Once again, make your players roll a knowledge (local) check so that they earn the information.

Table: Valgorian Demographics

Country	Predominant Race	Second Populous Race	Third Populous Race	Fourth Populous Race	Major Monster Race
						Peaceful	Indifferent
Blüdfrost	Humans	Ice Dwarfs	Halflings	Orcs	Giants	Storm Giants	Cloud Giants	Half Giants
Cape Myst	Halflings	Humans	Elves	Gnomes	Subaquan Humanoids	Some Atlantean	Sea Elves	Some Atlantean
Carallion	Humans	Dwarfs	Orcs	Ogres	Drow	Most Drow	Domesticated Drow	Underbrow Village Drow
Centrasotta	Elves	Humans	Halflings	Centaur	Giants	Hill Giants	Cloud Giants	Half Giants
Drella Leonistine	Kobolds	Goblins	Gnomes	Halflings	Subterrain Humanoids	International Thieve's Guild Members	Kennet & Ko Kobolds	Independently Contracted Kobolds
Drexsistan	Humans	Dwarfs	Elves	Minotaurs	Evil Humanoids	Sethil Cult Members	Nestor Parrisioners	Rogues
Finlay	Dwarfs	Humans	Halflings	Gnomes	Duergars	Dark Iron Clan	Domesticated Duergar	Wild Hammer Clan
Fritzstland	Elves	Humans	Gnomes	Hill Dwarfs	Trolls	Jungle Trolls	Domesticated Trolls	Darktusk Trolls
Galvland	Centaurs	Halflings	Elves	Humans	Trolls	Prarie Trolls	Domesticated Trolls	Darktusk Tribe Trolls
Harkinshire	Gnomes	Halflings	Dwarfs	Goblins	Kobolds	Wild Kobolds	Kennet & Ko. Kobolds	Vacationing Drella Leoninstine Kobolds
Holnstead	Minotaurs	Humans	Halflings	Centaurs	Orcs	Yregian Orcs	Runeclan Orcs	Half Orcs
Kingdom of Ghikva	Black Dragons	Humans	Other Dragons	Dwarfs	Duergars	Dark Iron Clan	Domesticated Duergar	Wild Hammer Clan
Lockeport	Elves	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Mollarok	Elves	Humans	Orcs	Half Elves	Evil Humanoids	Sethil Cult Members	Nestor Parrisioners	Rogues
North Zineland	Kobolds	Goblins	Humans	Gnomes	Greedy Humanoids	International Thieve's Guild Members	Politicians	Rogues
Quaristan	Humans	Orcs	Half Orcs	Halflings	Greedy Humanoids	International Thieve's Guild Members	Politicians	Rogues
Rendigo	Dwarfs	Halflings	Humans	Elves	Wild Beasts	Rendigo Resevoir Beasts	Domesticated Beasts	Natural Beasts
South Zineland	Kobolds	Goblins	Humans	Gnomes	Greedy Humanoids	International Thieve's Guild Members	Politicians	Rogues
Talara	Humans	Elves	Dwarfs	Halflings	Pirates	International Thieve's Guild Members	Sea Elves	Atlantean Naval Force
Uriktar	Red Dragons	Kobolds	Humans	Elves	Orcs	Bloodcrow Clan Orcs	Yrengian Orcs	Half Orcs
Vren Drux	Vampiric Humans	Vampiric Elves	Lycanthrip Humans	Humans	Vampire Hunters	Rygarian Order Members	Human Women	Order of Vargach
Weinderston	Goblins	Kobolds	Gnomes	Halflings	Greedy Humanoids	International Thieve's Guild Members	Politicians	Rogues
Yrengia	Orcs	Trolls	Humans	Dwarfs	Minotaurs	Holnist Minotaurs	Tremtotem Clan Minotaurs	Half Minotaurs

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