Crime Districts of Irongate

Crime Districts of Irongate is a dungeon crawl meant to be played using SAKE (Sorcerers, Adventures, Kings, and Economics) TTRPG. It may be possible to use other systems that use d20 dice and skills system for resolutions. The adventure takes place in SAKE homeworld – Asteanic World.

SAKE is a modular point-buy TTRPG that blends strategy game elements with fantasy TTRPG experience. SAKE has domain management, trading, battles in company scale, ships and sea battles, a system of magic and an afterlife inspired by real-world magical beliefs, rules for dungeon crawling and exploring the wilds, and lot more. 

The dungeon crawl can be played using the Basic Rules edition of SAKE, which can be freely downloaded: https://rainer-kaasik-aaslav.itch.io/sake-sorcerers-adventurers-kings-and-econom... 

Crime Districts of Irongate

Crime Districts of Irongate is a dungeon crawl in the form of a city district. During the dungeon crawl, PCs clear out the criminal gangs of the city and reclaim their ancestral forge-villa, which has fallen into the hands of the Iron Runners gang, using it as their headquarters.

The Crime Districts of Irongate is an open-world style dungeon. There is no story to follow, PCs simply have their goals, and the adventure follows. That means PCs can't fall off the road, as there is no predetermined way to solve the dungeon.

The player interactions with the dungeon will vary uniquely at each table. Players can opt for full-on violence or take a more diplomatic approach by trying to make friends with the district’s inhabitants. Or go totally different route, and using Domain rules, build their own domain in Crime Districts.

In addition to the core dungeon crawl, the book also includes:

• Hidden mini-adventure: "The Headhunter"
• Poison rules for SAKE and common poisons in the Asteanic World
• New Kali equipment
• New narcotic drug – Seadust and a new madness - Ocean's Call
• New Monsters: Orenic Unicorn, Orenic Giant Ants, and Kali Warbird

Depending on players' decisions, the dungeon crawl may take one to six (or even more) game sessions to resolve. It's faster but more dangerous for PCs if they beeline straight to the forge-villa. Crawling through the districts, defeating lesser gangs, collecting loot, and gaining EXP would give them a better chance against the Iron Runners.

The adventure can be considered complete when the Iron Runners are ousted from forge-villa, but total completion requires the elimination of all criminal gangs in the districts. Only after that, the Crime Districts cease to be a dungeon, and players can traverse them without rolling for Hazards.

The adventure is meant to take place in the SAKE homeworld – the Asteanic World. However, feel free to adapt and integrate it into any other fantasy world of your choice.

Crime Districts of Irongate

2024

ISBN 978-9916-4-2254-0 

Adventure design and writing by Rainer Kaasik-Aaslav.

Illustrations by Midjourney AI; maps, plans, and weapon schematics by Rainer Kaasik-Aaslav.

Published by Seventh Son Publishing, LLC

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