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The Peddler rides in to town, their pack beast carrying exotic goods from far-off continents, each with a compelling tale behind it. That glint in your eye makes them smile and they say, "I know just the perfect thing for you."
The Legend in the Mist Launchfest is here! While we wait for the Legend in the Mist books to make their way to your shelves, we've been cooking up more opportunities for adventuring with:
The Peddler's Cart!
So what does the Peddler have to offer? The Peddler's Cart is a collection of game options for Heroes and Narrators to use in your next Legend in the Mist game, exploring new genres of fantasy beyond the rustic homesteads.
- Use new Character Tropes and Theme Kits to generate your next Hero.
- Discover recipes and Ways of Magic during your adventures.
- Overcome all new Challenges and Journeys!
Each day during the Launchfest, the Peddler's Cart will update with a new piece of content. This will be a daily drop, and each week will have a unique theme! Check back here every day to see what the Peddler has in store.
Do you have any guesses what their next theme or content will be? We'd love to hear your guesses in our Son of Oak Discord server !
The Peddler's Cart will be available for anyone who has backed or pre-ordered Legend in the Mist! You can still join by pre-ordering the Corebook , Hearts of Ravenholme setting book , or any of our bundles .
Take a look what the Peddler has to offer below!
Week 6: Spark of Brilliance
Day 41 - Theme Kit: Mural Making
Create larger-than-life art on temple ceilings and building walls, to strike awe for generations to come.
A painter by trade, your canvas is not limited to frame-bound fabric. You create beautiful grand scenes for entire crowds to gawk at, promising nothing short of a marvel.
Day 40 - Journey: Deep Meditation
Dig deep within your soul to search for answers, clear doubts, or confront inner turmoil.
When doubt gnaws the mind or something troubles the spirit, some answers can only be gleamed through searching one's soul.
Day 39 - Tropes: Visionaries & Pioneers
Led by your passion, you trust that your discoveries can change the world.
Intellectuals who use their gifts to push the boundaries of knowledge, unraveling the secrets of the past or experimenting with exciting alchemical reactions.
Day 38 - Challenge: Metallic Guardian
Moving suits of armor infused with magic and machinery, ever on guard, protecting ancient places.
Sorcerers from ancient times have left behind animated suits of armor who serve as defenders of arcane secrets. Invulnerable to most spells, this mighty guardian still stand watch.
Day 37 - Journey: Industry-Ravaged Land
Progress demands sacrifice. Witness its consequences and face nature's vengeful inhabitants.
As towns turn to cities and workshops into factories, greedy entrepreneurs encroach on the wilderness. As you cross these ravaged lands, you encounter first hand the results of such carelessness.
Day 36 - Recipe: Wonderful Innovations
Curious minds develop strange contraptions never seen before!
Unleash your creativity and develop outstanding machineries and tools: faux wings that let you join the birds in the sky, a metal ship that sails through battlefields, and a black powder that can ignite into a colorful spectacle!... or deadly explosions.
Week 5: To Distant Lands
Day 35 - Way of Magic: Warriors of Inner Spirit
Surpass the limits of the body through years of work and intense dedication, and achieve impossible feats.
Reach the very pinnacle of human physique, and beyond! Jump over mountains in a single bound, throw punches that knock out dragons, and defeat armies with a single spear. Through discipline and training, you wield your body as the ultimate weapon.
Day 34 - Challenge: Turbulent Boat Ride
Hold fast against the crashing waves or be pulled under them!
Inexperienced sailors may find themselves out on the waves in a boat too small for the weather or the torrents, tossed and crashing under sudden turbulence that carry them toward doom.
Day 33 - Recipes: Coveted Famous Elixirs
Learn to brew potions straight out of legend.
Many have attempted to find the recipes for a medicine that can cure any illness, a liquid that turns anything to gold, or a potion that can turn one invisible.
Day 32 - Journey: Logic-Defying Landscape
Venture through lands both bizarre and awe-inspiring.
World beyond ours follow strange laws of nature. Witness mountains floating in the sky, valleys made of crystals, and gargantuan jungles that make you feel like an insect in comparison.
Day 31 - Tropes: Strangers from Afar
A Hero whose origins are elsewhere, who came to these parts seeking - or escaping - something important.
You have traveled far to reach these lands. Are you an avid explorer, mapping the worlds beyond your homeland? Or is there something more to you - a person of royal blood who left their kingdom in fear of their enemies?
Day 30 - Theme Kit: Overflowing Backpack
"Let's see... teapot, dagger, box of spices, a cursed bone... My handkerchief must be in here somewhere!"
Stuff your pack to the brim with various implements, tools, and wares, and be prepared for any situation!
Day 29 - Challenge: Frenzied Sharp-Maw Swarm
Beneath the calm river water, a storm of teeth await - to bite your leg or chew your boat.
Even the bravest of anglers and the most terrifying of crocodiles make way for the sharp-maw swarms: ravenous fish that can strip flesh off the bone in seconds. They'd easily tear through your boat if it means making a meal out of you.
Week 4: Land of Monsters
Day 28 - Way of Magic: Beast Speech
Speak in the secret tongue of the beasts, to befriend animals and command them.
Develop a deeper understanding with beasts by learning the secret language of all wild things. Learn to bond with any animal, and even command monstrous creatures.
Day 27 - Recipe: Monstrous Gear
Use the monsters' natural gifts against them, as armor, tools, and weapons.
Monsters' parts are more than trophies, they're tools of survival. Ride the waves inside a hollowed giant turtle's shell, create fireproof armor from the hide of a salamander, and turn a manticore's spines into throwing blades.
Day 26 - Journey: Inside a Behemoth
Enter the literal belly of the beast.
Find your way through the guts of a colossal creature! Whether you've been swallowed by one or traverse the remains of a gargantuan corpse, you must face various dangers inside this living ecosystem.
Day 25 - Challenge: Herald of Rot
Death and decay follow the Herald, a harbinger of disaster upon entire villages.
There is a creature in the bog, a figure of fungus and vegetation. Swarms of disease-spreading insects swarm around it constantly and rot follows wherever it walks.
Day 24 - Tropes: Monster Slayers
Protect the innocent by chasing down the evils that lurk in the shadows.
You are the only thing that stands between the common folk and the creatures that prey on them. Weed out witches who mask themselves within the peasant population, or take contracts as a professional monster hunter.
Day 23 - Recipe: Monster Dishes
Eat them before they eat you.
Some cultures or desperate adventurers have developed a taste for man-eating creatures and devised delicious recipes off their hunts. Cook up a comforting yet tangy slime pudding, sautéed spider innards, and roasted basilisk with these recipes.
Day 22 - Theme Kit: Wyvern Mount
Ride through the skies atop a draconic companion!
You ride with a wyvern. Although it is still a dangerous and proud creature, your bond is unbreakable.
Week 3: Cruel Villains
Day 21 - Challenge: Bloodsoaked Redcap
Cruel creatures sent by feylords to drain heroes and innocents of their blood
Redcaps are violent fae compelled to keep their caps soaked with the blood of grisly murders. Once they've drawn or sensed the blood of a human, they can follow them for leagues and will not be content until they bleed them dry.
Day 20 - Journey: Volcanic Wastes
Lava-spewing volcanos and demon-infested wastes: the perfect location leading up to a villain's final confrontation.
A sweltering and ash-filled barren with an active volcano. Rivers of lava burn across the land and the world itself rumbles with every eruption.
Day 19 - Way of Magic: Dark Pact Magic
Who could resist being offered that which their heart yearns for most of all?
Consorting with evil magic for power comes at a price: it will twist your soul into something unrecognizable or demands a terrible toll from someone important in your life. Make a deal with dark entities to receive powerful artifacts and spells. Is such power worth the horrible price you must pay?
Day 18 - Theme Kit: Demonic Heritage
Will you fight against your demonic nature or use its power for selfish gain?
The fiery blood of a demon runs through your veins. Do you fall to the proclivity of your fiendish ancestors, or choose to remain true to your human side? As a child of two worlds, become something more than your lineage.
Day 17 - Challenge: Classic Necromancer
Stop this sorcerer from disturbing the dead and raising them as servants.
An evil sorcerer who practices necromancy for the sake of creating servants from the disturbed dead. Face off against their unholy spells and stop them before they can create an undead abomination from the bodies of a whole graveyard.
Day 16 - Recipe: Cursed Crafts
Create malicious implements to harm your enemies - or your neighbors.
Create accursed tools to use against your worst enemies. Set up a Nithing Pole that brings disease and misfortune to a hated neighbor, harm a target from miles away with a Cursed Poppet, and listen to dirty secrets by scrying the Glass of Secrets.
Day 15 - Tropes: Horrendous Villains
Unleash your evil side! Rampage as a greedy ogre or take control as a power-hungry lich.
Not all Heroes are good, some are barely heroes at all. Become a marauding ogre ravaging the kingdom or a monstrous lich seeking ultimate power
Week 2: Cozy and Personal
Day 14 - Way of Magic: Living Art
The highest form of art can give life to its creations.
Artists know that their craft is an extension of both expression and their soul. Sculpt statues that walk and drawings that come out of the pages as you create works of art that literally take a life of their own!
Day 13 - Journey: Traveling Faire
Enjoy the attractions, games, and even secrets that the traveling faire has to offer!
The circus has come to town! Watch death-defying performances of acrobats or maybe test your luck at the games and win fabulous prizes—we promise they're not rigged.
Day 12 - Challenge: Small But Mighty Goat
This adorable, cute little goat is absolutely insistent on not letting you pass.
A farmer's miniature billy goat has claimed a pass or bridge as its territory. But don't let its size fool you, this goat can pack quite a punch and underestimating it is a sure way to get charged off a cliff.
Day 11 - Theme Kit: Talking Farm Animal
Life on the farm is pretty great when you're an animal with a human-like mind. Just be careful who sees you talk...
Everyone wishes that they could understand their most beloved pet. You are one of these animals who has somehow gained the intelligence to speak.
Day 10 - Recipes: Pastries and Sweets
These delectable baked goods will be your Fellowship's favorite right from the first bite.
Enjoy baked goods such as sugar-filled bread, steamed rice cakes with fillings, and a savory-sweet cake made from spun pastry
Day 9 - Journey: Picnic From Hell
You're going on a lovely outdoor lunch in a secluded meadow. What could go wrong?
Gather friends and family for a meal beside a scenic vista. Enjoy good food, company, and a view while also having to deal with pesky insects and rowdy guests.
Day 8 - Challenge: Overindulging Host
A host who insists on giving the full treatment - and becomes offended if refused.
Your grandmother who hasn't seen you in forever, a noble who enjoys flaunting their luxury by treating their guest; these hosts take hospitality to a new level as they spoil their guest rotten and stop them from leaving their homes.
Week 1: Heroes of Legend
Day 7 - Way of Magic: Tale-Weaving
Sing ballads and recount tales of glory to captivate audiences and imbue them with fiction made real.
There are countless tales of heroism who've faced adversity or charged into glorious victories against evil. You practice a magic that not only narrates these legends, but imparts their lesson to their listeners. Imbue legendary heroes' strength to your allies through song, write poems that amplifies sorrow or hope, or inspire a whole nation to action through a book.
Day 6 - Theme Kit: The Sworn Rival
Your Hero is locked in a bitter rivalry or friendly competition with an opponent that borders on obsession
Whether this is a friendly competition between siblings to prove which of you is the better swordsman or a nemesis that outmaneuvers your carefully laid-out plans, you have made a rival that equals your strength. Use your drive and your knowledge of your enemy to not only defeat them but surpass them in every way.
Day 5 - Recipe: Legendary Weapons, Reforged
Reforge these three mighty weapons of old that fell into ruin - if you possess enough skill, that is
Three legendary weapons: the dragon-killing bow Wyrm-Piercer, the symbol of rulership that is the Jeweled Blade of Ahgadash, and the Maul of the Tempests which can summon great storms. These ancient weapons were once broken but must be reforged to serve its purpose once more.
Day 4 - Journey: Test of a Hero's Worth
Only the worthy may enter. These Vignettes test your Hero's strength, but even more so, their heart.
An artifact which can only be wielded by a true hero, or a gate that only the pure-hearted can pass through it. Prove that you are worthy in body and spirit are permitted to venture further. Will your Hero make the correct choice when given an impossible dilemma? Will they survive the scrutiny of the spirits? Will they be able to retrieve a fabled weapon when so many have failed to do so?
Day 3 - Challenge: Retired Grizzled Adventurer
Could it be that the quiet old shopkeeper is actually that famous hero from the great war?...
Every adventurer must one day settle down and return to a life of peace, taking a simple livelihood such as farming or peddling. But when threats encroach on their home once again, can they be convinced to take up the blade again?
Day 2 - Tropes: Classic Elder Races
Tropes (character recipes) for the archetypes of an Elven Wyld Warden and a Dwarven Gem-Smith
Become one of the most iconic fantasy races. Be a long-lived elf sworn to protect their millenia-old forest, or make your home in the mountains as a dwarf cutting the most beautiful jewelry from earth's heart.
Day 1 - Theme Kit: Overly Righteous Sword
A sentient blade of pure light, it seeks to continue its never-ending crusade against darkness - through you
Everlight, a living weapon with a mind of its own, was made to bring light to the world. It imparts its fighting prowess to its wielder but can also assert control over them if they fall short of being the perfect hero.
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