Last update: Nov 1, 2009
INTRODUCTION:
I have long loved the old TSR fantasy board game, Divine Right. I
often wondered when I was younger how it could be that Dragon magazine would
publish histories (Minarian Legends) of a world that
they did not use for role-playing. An ambition of mine for some time has been
to translate the writings of Glenn Rahman, one of the
designers of the board game, into something suitable for RPG. These documents
below are an attempt to take the world of Minaria and
turn it into a setting suitable for 3rd edition D&D.
I have worked quite hard at reconciling the various Minarian Legends, including incorporating the newer
material which made its way into the 25th anniversary edition of the
game. I am sure it will come as no surprise that there are some gaps in the Minarian Legends, including chronological blanks, so I have
made a “best guess” where necessary. To that volume of material I have added my
own creations, blending them (I hope) seamlessly into the existing information.
Glenn has been supportive of the attempt and permitted me access to unpublished
material on the Scarlet Empire (Girion) and Reiken.
Also included here is a Minarian Legend
(Dwarves) first published in Dragon Magazine in 1981.
This particular legend I have not found elsewhere on the Internet and so it is
offered here.
Many thanks to
Glenn Rahman for his tolerance with my meddling in
the world of Minaria.
-M Gemmell, March 2003.
Gazetteers
A Player's Guide to the world of Minaria
Alphabets & Languages of Minaria
Commerce and Coinage in Minaria
Gazetteer: The Kingdom of Yannagyhara
Gazetteer: The Kingdom of Afgaar
Gazetteer: Northeastern Minaria
Gazetteer: The Troll Vales
Gazetteer: The Dwarf Kingdoms
Gazetteer: Southeastern Minaria
Gazetteer: The Kingdom of Pon
Gazetteer: The Banished Lands
Gazetteer: The Kingdom of Hothior
Gazetteer: The Kingdom of Shucassam
Gazetteer: The Kingdom of Muetar
Gazetteer: The Kingdom of Rombune
Gazetteer: The Kingdom of Mivior
Gazetteer: Neuth, the
Forest Kingdom
Gazetteer: The Arcane Republic of Lered
Gazetteer: The Kingdom of Immer
Gazetteer: Zorn, the Goblin Land
Player’s Guide to
the Town of Fursten,
Hothior
History of The
Town of Fursten, Hothior
Gazetteer: the Village of Yando
with material excerpted
directly from Minarian Legends, the Scarlet
Empire material, and unpublished material by Glenn Rahman
Game
mechanics material
Character Races of Minaria
Character Classes in Minaria
– NEW Nov 1, 2009 – complete rewrite
Prestige Classes of Minaria – UPDATED Nov 1, 2009- Knight Order of the
Hippogriff
Maps
A modern Hemispheric Map(Minaria, Reiken, Girion, and Trazig) 1371 AC (UPDATED September 1, 2008)
A map of the Lloroi
Empire at its peak
–75 BC (UPDATED September 1, 2008)
A map of the Bel-Beni Empire
at its peak c.900 AC
A map of the Wisnyo empire, 907 AC (UPDATED September 1,2008)
Continental map
of Minaria
Expanded map of Eastern Yannagyhara
(NEW- September 1, 2008)
Expandee map of Western Yannagyhara
(NEW- September 1, 2008)
Expanded map of north and east Afgaar
(UPDATED September 1, 2008)
Expanded map of south and west Afgaar
Expanded map of
the Wild Lands and Zards
Expanded map of
the North Country and Mystic Lake
Expanded maps of Ghem:
Rosengg
Alzak, and Aws Noir
Expanded maps of Moonrune: Bakarhm and Tostog
Expanded map of eastern Kelga
and the Barbarian Frontier
Expanded map of northern Pon
Expanded map of southern Pon
Expanded map of Hothior and the
northern Banished Lands
Expanded map of western Shucassam
and the southern Banished Lands
Expanded map of eastern Shucassam
Expanded map of Immer
Expanded map of Lered
Expanded map of northern Muetar
Expanded map of southern Muetar
Expanded map of eastern Rombune
and the Wastes of Vah-ka-ka (UPDATED September 1, 2008)
Expanded map of western Rombune
Expanded map of Mivior
Expanded maps of Neuth
Expanded map of Zorn
Expanded map of
the Withering Desert and the
northern Barbarian Frontier (UPDATED September 1, 2008)
Expanded map of
the Blasted Heath and southeastern Minaria
Provincial map of
Darmiyane
fief, part of the Kingdom of Hothior
Map: The town of Fursten
, Hothior, and the Key to the Fursten
Map
Map: the port of Lapspell,
Hothior
Map: the town of Nazlon,
Hothior
Map: the town of Sephir,
also known as Stubstaff Keep
Map: the town of Freeport
Map: the village of Yando
Map: the City of Beolon – CC2
version (detailed), jpg version
(low res)
Map: City of Tadafat – CC2 version
(high res), JPG version (low res)
Dungeons
The Tombs of the Soraskier
is a dungeon set in Hothior. Here is the accompanying
map.
The Ship in the Fens is a
small dungeon set inside an ancient fossilized Lloroi
shipwreck. Here is the map.
Other
Minarian Legends: History of the Dwarves (first
published in Dragon Magazine in 1981)
MADHAT’s Divine Right Website contains early unedited drafts of the Minarian Legends, maps, and other interesting
DR information. It is a bit out of date (being superceded
by the new 25th anniversary edition of the board game), but does
still have interesting material.
The Yahoo
Divine Right group is chock-full of interesting discussion about the board
game.
Campaigns
Why not visit
some of the RPG campaigns already set in Minaria? My
old campaign
was set in Hothior in 1371 AC, as a war between Hothior and Shucassam threatened
to draw in the neighbours…There are several other
campaigns appearing on the net, but they appear to be defunct and the links
have been removed to them. If anyone knows any other Minaria
campaigns, please drop me a line.
To Wargaming Scenarios Page .
