Salthaven
A downloadable game
This is an island adventure written by Robin Fjärem for Cairn, the fantasy RPG by Yochai Gal.
Also available for Dragonbane as an expanded edition with new art and layout. Get it on DrivethruRPG here.
Note: This is an anthology of all Salthaven content. It includes the original adventure together with these previously released supplements: Town Gazetteer, Sewers, and Myths & Legends.
The quiet fishing town of Salthaven, located on an island with the same name, is suddenly plagued by terrible storms. No ships are able to leave or dock due to the relentless waves pummeling the shoreline. There are even rumors that people have been attacked by terrible monsters washing up on the shore. Panic is spreading among the populace and a sinister marsh cult is quick to take advantage of this by recruiting the scared townsfolk to their cause.
Packed in 12 pages of content you will find:
- A town under attack from both sea and land
- An impostor pirate captain
- A sinister cult trying to awaken a terrible monster
- A clock counting down the impending doom
- A one-page dungeon
- 18 enemies with stats for Cairn
- A town map with 11 keyed locations
- d6 random jobs
- 2d6 random events
- 6 crew members to hire
- d100 items found on the street
- A system for procedurally generating the Salthaven underground
- 18 underground locations filled with story hooks
- A description of the enigmatic eelfolk
- 4 legends that serve as adventure sparks
- Adventure hooks for each legend
- Several relics
Purchase
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Community Copies
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Development log
- Salthaven anthology!Mar 02, 2024
- Updated version with minor errataMar 13, 2022
- Free supplement for Salthaven!Jan 24, 2022
- Errata and rasterized coverJan 06, 2022
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hi there
Just wondering if any more community copies will be available?
Kind regards
Just added a bunch. Enjoy!
Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity in providing community copies of your game. I’m a disabled pension who can’t afford much so these free gifts really help me out in playing games and keeping my mind active. I won’t be broke forever so plan on coming back when I’m able to help out.
I really appreciate your hard work and kindness in providing community copies.
The "Sewers" supplement mentions Sea Devils and says to "see Salthaven" but I can't find any mention to them in basic game module. Is there a missing Bestiary?
Also, it says that Captain Brackwater has a pistol and it seems appropriate for there to be canons. Does anyone have resources or suggestions for primitive guns in Cairn?
Thanks- D
Ah yes, they are named sahuagin in the basic module. I thought I had updated it to sea devils, but apparently not. Thanks for pointing it out!
There would definitely be cannons! I don't know of any resources for that, but I'm sure you can find something in the Cairn discord, they are usually very helpful over there. https://cairnrpg.com/discord-server/
I have been looking for an on ramp into TTRPGs for my 13 and 11 year old and picked Salthaven in Cairn as my starting point. I have never GM'ed and it has been decades since I played, but this well developed setting in a rules light system I think will be good for us.
That sounds like a great time. Have fun!
Hmmm, I'm thinking this would go well with Lilliputian - adventure on the open seas.
I was talking in the Mausritter Discord about how much I absolutely love this setting and adventure, so I thought I'dleave a comment. I haven't played Cairn, but this adapted easily to smaller mice and my group thoroughly enjoyed our sessions playing this as an island themed version of Mouse Guard lol.
We usually play a 'mice in a human world' setting (whether the humans are still around, or have since vanished, is variable), but this was great as a little grittier of an environment than we were all used to.
Combined with the Gazetteer and the Sewers supplements, Salthaven will always have a place in my worlds =) Thanks enabling some great memories with your lovely world!
Thank you so much for your comment! It means so much to me to see people playing what I make. And Mausritter is just fantastic. Fun to see it adapted to the world of mice :)
ADVENTURE CONTENT! - what we need more of. Thank you for providing this.
I agree! Glad you enjoy it!