Emberbound
A rebellion sparks in a forge-city where embers fuel trade and memory.
Levels 1-5Beginner
$4.95
View on Notion Marketplace→A cozy-mythic, story-driven D&D 5e campaign built for Notion. Run a living world shaped by embers, oaths, and trade with quests, NPCs, locations, factions, treasure, and sessions all prelinked for new DMs.
Narrative hook
- • A dragon-forge explosion reveals a conspiracy in the foundry guilds.
- • Smugglers move draconic embers that can ignite districts.
- • Rebel cells beg the party to sabotage the tyrant's furnaces.
Tone & themes
cozy mythic, industrial fantasy, moral choices
Who this is for
Beginner and returning Dungeon Masters.
Tables that want a prewritten story with linked references.
Groups that prefer to start the same night without prep.
- •Campaign Dashboard: A central home page for navigation, session tracking, and campaign overview
- •Get Started Guide: Step-by-step onboarding that gets you ready to run your first session in 10–15 minutes
- •DM Campaign Guide: Tone, pacing philosophy, story arcs, and player spotlight guidance for narrative-first play
- •Adventures (Quest System): Story-driven quests linked to relevant locations, NPCs, factions, and rewards
- •Locations Atlas: A world directory for towns, landmarks, dungeons, and fast scene-setting during play
- •NPC Directory: Track roles, secrets, relationships, and recurring characters with clean views
- •Factions System: Ideological groups that react to player behavior with evolving consequences
- •Treasure & Rewards: Items, artifacts, influence, and story rewards linked back to quests and scenes
- •Player Characters Hub: Lightweight tracking for backstories, motivations, connections, and growth
- •Sessions Calendar: Built-in scheduling plus session agendas and recap notes for continuity
- •Hub-First Prep: Keep the current act, active quests, and next session prep one click away
- •Relational Quests: Open a quest and jump to its linked NPCs, locations, factions, and rewards
- •Living Factions: Track evolving alliances and consequences without losing the big picture
- •Session Rhythm: Use agendas + recaps to keep the campaign coherent week to week
- •Filtered Views: Instantly surface “what’s next” across quests, NPCs, locations, and rewards
- •Single Source of Truth: Update once and every connected view stays consistent across the workspace
FAQ
Frequently asked
FAQIs this too complex for new DMs?+
It is built to onboard new or returning DMs with guided agendas and linked references while still offering meaningful choices.
Can I tune the difficulty?+
Heat and suspicion meters include levers to scale enemy response and rewards up or down.