Cairn RPG 2e Warden's Guide

I was genuinely surprised by how much structure the adventure generation tables add to prep work. The advice on running factions and wilderness travel alone is worth the price.

The content generation tables are incredibly detailed — I’ve already used the random encounter procedure to build a session that felt organic and lived-in. I was surprised how much the setting-agnostic tools let me adapt Vald without feeling tied down to the lore.

I was a little worried this would be too esoteric, but the tables for generating dungeons and wilderness encounters are incredibly practical. It’s saved me hours of prep for my homebrew setting.