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Aldis: City of the Blue Rose
Welcome to City of the Blue Rose! This beautiful, full color sourcebook lavishly details the capital city of the central nation in the Blue Rose RPG, providing players and Narrators alike the tools needed to tell stories using the city as a focus. From the intrigues of nobles in the High Ward to the entertainments in the Middle Ward to the roughest parts of town found in the Outer Ward, this supplement details people, important sites, and historical events of the City of the Blue Rose. Romantic fantasy narratives frequently remain focused around singular locations, giving time and opportunities for heroes to develop friendships, romances, and rivalries with the people to be found there, and this sourcebook provides everything to allow players in a Blue Rose RPG campaign to do just that!
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216 pages, Hardcover
First published December 11, 2018
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January 21, 2026
I don't ordinarily go for city books; picked this one up partly because I'm a reflexive completist, partly to help Green Ronin out a little since their distributor is trying to steal tens of thousands of dollars of printed material from them.
The background details that fill in the picture of day-to-day life in Aldis are useful, but way, way too many of the "story seeds" for locations boil down to "an odd looking thing happens that doesn't actually demand anyone's intervention let alone reel in the PCs". Even worse are the 22 random scenes of city life later on, which don't even have the virtue of being unusual. A thing happens & absolutely nothing turns on what if anything the PCs do. Then the book turns around & delivers a genius little starter scenario about tracking down a missing child & his favorite pig, who may just have been uplifted to sentience by the gods.
The new rules material at the end of the book is pretty tasty; a (basically) parkour talent is so obviously a thing every city needs you wonder why no one had done it before. There's also a quick NPC personality/appearance generator that you can pair with the stock statblocks to come up with a huge variety of NPCs on the fly.
The background details that fill in the picture of day-to-day life in Aldis are useful, but way, way too many of the "story seeds" for locations boil down to "an odd looking thing happens that doesn't actually demand anyone's intervention let alone reel in the PCs". Even worse are the 22 random scenes of city life later on, which don't even have the virtue of being unusual. A thing happens & absolutely nothing turns on what if anything the PCs do. Then the book turns around & delivers a genius little starter scenario about tracking down a missing child & his favorite pig, who may just have been uplifted to sentience by the gods.
The new rules material at the end of the book is pretty tasty; a (basically) parkour talent is so obviously a thing every city needs you wonder why no one had done it before. There's also a quick NPC personality/appearance generator that you can pair with the stock statblocks to come up with a huge variety of NPCs on the fly.
May 2, 2020
One of the best settings for a RPG that I’ve read. Its main quality is that every single place shown feels warmth, alive, and is relevant to city life. Mundane places like laundries or guildhalls are filled with interesting characters, a lot of story seeds, and enough details to make them interesting. A wonderful place that has everything in it, with unsurpassing beauty and intrigue.
December 15, 2022
Decent city supplement which, with a shift in emphasis, could also be used in other fantasy RPGs. Full review: https://refereeingandreflection.wordp...
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