
A Wayfarer's Guide to Eprea
Overview
A Wayfarer's Guide to Eprea provides both players & DMs with a setting to play D&D 5th edition campaigns. This source guide provides all the necessary content to play within the world or expand upon it. It includes eight chapters and an appendix, the contents of which can be seen to the right.
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For this project I wrote, designed, and printed this lore guide on my own. The book contains a total of eight chapters with an appendix. I have been working on this setting for four years, however the book's production was an endeavor that took six months.
Process:
Programs:
When I first began this project, I was using Google Docs to both write and design the book, however I quickly realized that this method, although accessible, would not fulfill my needs for the project.
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Because of this, I made the decision to swap to using OneNote and Adobe InDesign in tandem with one another to both write and design the book. This swap allowed me to better organize my writing in one place, while offering far more powerful tools when it came to designing the book and its content.
Content:
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D&D 5th Edition Campaign Setting
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Planar Cosmology
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Divine Hierarchy
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World Timeline
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Societies & Organizations Overview
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World Atlas
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Digitally Drawn World Map
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Peoples & Races Overview
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Additional Rulesets
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New Character Creation Options
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Thespian Class
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Subclasses
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Feats
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Backgrounds
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Tools Used
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Adobe InDesign
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OneNote
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Photoshop
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Wonderdraft
Maps:
I have gone through multiple iterations of the map over the life cycle of my world, however for this project I wanted to recreate the map and provide something that really fit my needs.
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The first map I ever made for this was about four years ago, and from then I have made major progress on my map making skills, both in terms of visual appeal and game flow within the map.
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Future Updates
In the future, I plan to expand certain portions of the book to include more content that I am currently working on for the D&D campaign I am currently running. These additions include:
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Expanding societies and peoples chapters
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Include additional house rules
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Revise certain character options
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Add more character options
