Created by Brent Knowles, James Ohlen, Jesse Sky Writers: Brent Knowles, James Ohlen, Jesse Sky, David Snee Editor: Marieke Cross Short Stories: David Snee Produced by Gwen Lee Graphic Designer: Michal E. Cross Subclass Illustrations: Lius Lasahido Species Illustrations: Sebastian Kowoll, Lius Lasahido Environment Illustrations: Julian Calle, Wadim Kashin, Erikas Perl Cover Art: Lius Lasahido World and City Maps: John Stevenson Character Sheet: Francesca Baerald Item Art: Michal E. Cross, John Stevenson Public Domain Paintings: Alamy Subclass 2024 Update: Pedro L. C. Ferreira, Alex Hansen Additional Design: Pedro L. C. Ferreira Playtesters: Dean Andersen, Sean Carriere, Ross Gardner, Michael Grimes, Andrew Howes, Jordan Lander, James LaValle, Chris Jones, Kevin Packard, Mike Schoen, Christopher Ohlen Special Thanks to: Sean Murrin and the Waypoint team along with Chris Birch and the Modiphius team. Special Thanks to: The legions of the Odyssey of the Dragonlords Discord community.
  • Introduction: WORLDS OF HEROES……………………………….3

  • Chapter 1: GRIMNIR………………………………………………………5

  • Chapter 2: CREATING GRIMNIR HEROES……………………32

  • Chapter 3: GRIMNIR SUBCLASSES……………………………….34

  • Chapter 4: GRIMNIR SPECIES………………………………………58

  • Chapter 5: THYLEA……………………………………………………….65

  • Chapter 6: CREATING HEROES IN THYLEA…………………91

  • Chapter 7: EPIC BACKGROUNDS…………………………………94

  • Chapter 8: THYLEA SUBCLASSES……………………………….104

  • Chapter 9: THYLEA SPELLS………………………………………..137

  • Chapter 10: DRAGONLORDS……………………………………..140

  • Chapter 11: THYLEA SPECIES…………………………………….150

  • Chapter 12: THYLEA EQUIPMENT……………………………..172

  • Chapter 13: GLORY……………………………………………………..174

  • Appendix A: GRIMNIR WORLD PRIMER…………………….176

  • Appendix B: THYLEA WORLD PRIMER………………………177

  • Appendix C: THYLEA CHARACTER SHEET…………………178

This work includes material from the System Reference Document 5.2.1 (“SRD 5.2.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC, available at https://www.dndbeyond.com/srd. The SRD 5.2.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. © 2026 James Ohlen, Jesse Sky, and Brent Knowles. © 2026 Malborn LLC. All rights reserved. Publisher: Arcanum Worlds (Malborn LLC), 202 Walton Way, Ste 192, Unit#670, Cedar Park, TX 78613, USA info@arcanumrpg.com | www.arcanumworlds.com

On The Cover A dragonlord rides upon a mighty bronze dragon. Disclaimer: The authors accept no responsibility for what happens to you in the lands of Thylea. This includes (but is not limited to): discovering your nymph lover has unexpected tastes in captivity, bronze dragons who insist they are gods (and get very offended if you disagree), and surprise raids by drooling, axe wielding berserkers from a place called Grimnir. Should you encounter the latter, we strongly recommend surrendering all valuables immediately. Resistance may result in Blood Eagle. If you do not know what that is, remain blissfully ignorant. Intended for ages 18+