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The spread of Laranianism throughout the Kingdom of Kaldor has seen it grow rich in lands. The Laranian clerical order, The Spear of Shattered Sorrow, granted Whyce Manor to its martial order, The Lady of Paladins (qv), in 593TR. As the first, and now most senior Chapterhouse of the fighting order, Whyce has become the de-facto headquarters of the order, and has become the training centre for the entire kingdom. Grown from an initial ten knights, Whyce now houses 173 souls. Many of the knights trained here end up at Nebulan Chapterhouse (qv), where there is an ongoing campaign against the tribes of the Pagaelin.

Another fabulous example of fan-developed work, this is mapped and illustrated in the finest tradition.

by Kerry Mould & Kenneth Malcom

 

When an individual becomes a satia-mavari shek-p’var (a journeyman mage), they will often forget the simple spells they learned and used as a mavari. But there may be a place for them in a mage’s repertoire.

This 78 page article contains over 70 small, slightly useful spells for any who care to make use of them in creative and innovative ways. Need the milk cooled? Chill it. Tired of washing the windows the old fashioned way; Clean it, or maybe Dust it. The master poking holes in the toe of his sock? Stitch it.

by Joseph McCallum

Lethyl is a prosperous, if slightly rustic, Laranian abbey dedicated to Saint Syrele. It is bordered by the dark Kirsta Forest on the northern border of Fethael Hundred. It is two and a half leagues from the town of Getha and the Silver Way. The little abbey has survived a number of assaults during Kaldor’s turbulent hostory, although the village has had to be rebuilt a number of times.

Maps by George Kelln.

by Joe Adams

 

A series of five mapped squares covering the islands of Anfla and Kamace and other islands that are separated from the main island of Hârn by the Emaba Strait. A sixth map combines all 5 squares, plus a sea square that completes the larger poster map of the area. These high quality maps have been completed in the standard Atlas Hârnica style developed by Columbia Games Inc.

by Oddgeir Drevdal

 

This article provides Gamemasters with a ready-made Jarin barrow tomb for heroes to explore, along with several adventure hooks. Three maps are included: a local map depicting the pasture where the ancient barrow has remained hidden until the present, interior plans for the barrow tomb itself, and interior plans for a small cave system that allows access to the hidden tombs. Additionally, stats are provided for a new type of Ivashu the PCs can encounter within the caves, along with a beautiful full-colour illustration by Richard Luschek.

by Rob Barnes

 

Emesa gives its name to the northernmost hundred of Hohnamshire in the Kingdom of Rethem. Temporal power now resides with the Warriors of Mameka but the small town has a rich history.  Its annual Beast Fair sees whale oil from Alesen, and the fruits of the Peran forests, and trades from the Kuboran Moot, exchanged for the finer products of southern civilisation.  Apart from the Beast Fair the south knows little of Emesa, though it’s boast of being the ‘gateway to Peran’ attracts a slow stream of adventurers and fools who believe the wilderness will make them rich. More often it makes them dead.

by Alun Rees

 

 

 

This 12-page article introduces a dozen new tomes for your Hârnic libraries. It concentrates more on mundane writings, leaving out theological works which are well covered by the previous release (COL #4055). The individual entries are done in the official style of the original and give all the pertinent information. The works covered are:

• Journal of Pymel the Meticulous (Arcane Lore/Earthmastery)
• The Book of the Sable Eye (Astrology)
• The Geography of the Heavens (Astrology)
• Fundamentals of Arithmetic (Mathematics)
• Vision of Transformation (Alchemy)
• The Acorn Armorial (Heraldry)
• Sire Huorn’s Quest (Chivalric romance)
• The Bonds of Love (Minstrelsy songbook)
• Musings of an Old Man (Statecraft)
• Codex Corani (Law)
• On Crime and Punishment (Law)
• On Town Law and Privilege (Law)

Some of these titles first appeared on the Hârnic book list available on the old Columbia Games website. These have been updated and fully fleshed out. My personal thanks go to Brent Bailey for his editing and layout.

By Bernhard Bihler

 

A number of Hârn fans have developed character sheets or profiles…even whole portfolios…over the years. They’re gathered here to make it easy for other fans to download and make use of.

The author of this simple 2-page character sheet is unknown.

This character portfolio was developed by Anders Bersten and is for HânMaster 2 (HM2). There are two PDFs meant to be printed and filled in manually (the fields are not editable).

This 3-page character sheet was developed by Andy Staples from ideas by Thorvald Neumann, and edited by Kerry Mould. It’s meant for HârnMaster Core (HM3 or HMC). There is a PDF with non-editable fields and a Word document.

Another character portfolio, this one is by Bill Gant for HârnMaster Gold. It is a multi-paged Excel spreedsheet that is totally editable, with a number of fields being filled by VBScripts, and a PDF user manual to explain how to use it. This is a deluxe character profile for use by the ‘serious’ Hârn gamer. Which means it is quite complex, even complicated.

Anders Bersten’s contribution is the first in a series of character sheets for Hârnmaster Gold, each with their own customized cultural flavour. This one is the 26 page long Feudal Edition.

If there appears to be enough demand, Anders will follow this up with the 39 page Viking, followed by the Imperial and Tribal Editions. The Viking Edition will see the introduction of a few elements imported and merged from the Pendragon system, specifically the Virtues & Vices, Traits and Passions tokens.

Here is a character sheet for HârnMaster version 3 by Linus Rowedda. This looks exactly like the sheets you can buy from Columbia Games Inc. but the PDF has editable fields. Not all the entries are editable, and no calculations are done automatically, but quite a lot of the data that never changes is able to be entered on the form on your computer, so it will look quite nice when printed. There’s also a journal sheet with moon phases and religious days attached for player notes, which is a nice add-on.

A comprehensive character portfolio by David Sprinkle. The sheets are designed to simplify character creation as much as possible. Skills are listed out, along with the formulas for the associated Skill Bases. This allows the player to open new skills during play without necessarily needing to refer to the rulebook. For those that use skill development rolls at the end of each session in order to improve skills over time, three checkboxes in front of each skill name are used to track skill usage during the gaming session. The sheets were created with a duplex printer in mind. Print them back to back as follows: character/combat; mystic/spells; campaign/campaign flipside. The NPC sheet is single sided. They have been left as separate PDF pages and combined into a single PDF in the suggested order for convenience.

The HM3 Character Profile is an all-in-one character sheet for HârnMaster 3rd Edition by Bill Gant that records a character’s attributes, skills, equipment, injuries, weapons and armour, notes on friends and foes, animal companions, your character’s religious calendar and quests, and (if applicable) divine invocations and Shek-Pvar spells. Calculations are made ‘on the fly’. No matter whether your PC is an armoured man-at-arms on foot, a mounted knight, an Ilviran priest or Odivshe Shek-Pvar, this tool will take the effort out of keeping track of your character’s statistics so you can focus on roleplaying. Also included is a comprehensive manual that describes each section of the HM3 Character Profile.

Ubael House is the Tashal residence of Karsin Ubael, Baron of Uldien. The house is a somewhat worn-out but comfortable townhouse in the Medrik district. This 10-page article details the house along with its residents both living and (mostly) dead. Meet fashion-victim Sir Tonan Yaronne, his conscientious wife Lady Enlyn, and the hidden star of Ubael House: Sir Crowsalot! Complete with numerous plot hooks, artwork by Bernhard Bihler, maps & plans, heraldry by Matt Roegner, and lay-out by Brent Bailey, it is another location in Kaldor’s capital enriching your game experience.

by Gina Bihler

 

Among the Ivinians and men of the north, among the skalds and wyrdsmen, are those able to divine the future and invoke the powers of the ancient runes. They are known as the Runemasters.

This article was originally available from the author’s website but that has since disappeared. Recovered by another enthusiast, it is once more made available. The article covers the origins of runes and runemagic on Kethira, discusses the HârnMaster rules mechanics (skills, runesets, powers, etc.) and describes each of the runes, what they represent and what their magical effects are.

by Aaron Kavli