Orcish Language of Drintera - Creative Commons License

In our Drintera fantasy setting, orcs aren’t treated as inherently evil monsters. They’re people. In fact, they’re cool people that we hope you’ll want to play as characters in your TTRPG campaign.

To add depth to Orcish culture, we commissioned a linguist to create a basic Orcish language, used on the continent of Niere. This language outline is free for you to use, modify, distribute, and republish under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribute-Sharealike license.

Language design by Logan R. Kearsley. Vyeghat stryeltso!

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Drintera Issue #5: Magical Auras

If you’ve played Ars Magica, you’re familiar with magic auras: places of enchantment that affect the very land and everything that lives upon it. We’ve adapted that concept for Drintera and made it an integral part of the setting. Magical auras mean high magic and low magic places can coexist near each other in the same world, and any kind of magical environment is posible.

Purchase this issue for $5 or become a supporter to save up to 20% off the cover price!

Cover image of Drintera Magazine issue 005, featuring two adventurers fighting plant creatures on a hillside. Artwork by Jeff Koch.

In this issue:

• Dwimmer: Magical Auras

• Elf Lineage

• Peoples of Drintera: Rootkin

• The Wandering Woods

• Drintera Behind the Screen: Adventures on a Single Plane of Existence

Drintera artwork: "Defense" by Jeff Koch

Jeff Koch has been a freelance artist for Shewstone Publishing since 2020, with illustration credits including Magonomia Core Rules and A Bestiary of Enchanted England. We selected his illustration "Defense” to be the cover illustration of Drintera Magazine issue#5, but had to crop it to fit the magazine format. Here is the full illustration for you to admire.

Three adventurers fight off an attack by tree spirits in Defense by Jeff Koch.

Jeff is accepting commissions. You can view his portfolio at ArtStation - Jeffrey Koch.

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Drintera Issue #4 slightly delayed

Issue #4 (June 2024) is currently in layout and proofreading. There is a good reason it's running behind. We've contracted with a talented new (to us) layout artist, Luna Norwood. She completely redesigned the interior look of Drintera Magazine.

Her results are so outstanding, I decided to restart the layout of the June issue using her design. Take a look at page 11!

I don't know exactly when Issue #4 will be ready. Layout for the July issue will be started as soon as June is done, so I have full confidence next month's issue will be delivered before July 31.

I'm very proud of the work the team is doing. Become a supporter to help Drintera pay freelancers like Luna for their outstanding work!

Drintera Issue #3: The Cradle of the Faceless

I realized quite recently the decision to use a published TTRPG setting vs. homebrew is not either/or. Every game master needs creative fuel: adventure locations, plot hooks, lore, characters, factions, wondrous places. That’s what Drintera is all about. Buy Issue #3 from our Patreon store, or become a supporter and save up to 20% off the cover price.

In this issue:

• Cover story: The Cradle of the Faceless, a bazaar of wonders and treachery for high-level characters.

• Zuvinar, goddess of the sun

• Creature lore: aberrant metamorphs (shapechanging monsters)