A Review of the Role Playing Game Supplement Amric of Burgöthia

Amric of Burgöthia by Cliff Dunn is a role playing game supplement published by ZealZaddy for use with Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. As such, it is covered by the Open Game License and some parts are considered to be Open Game Content as a result.

The supplement is available as an 11 page Pay What You Want PDF from DriveThruRPG. One page is the front cover, one the front matter, one the Contents and one the Open Game License.

The first two pages of content are taken up by some links to Free City of Vadashar material, a sidebar, Welcome to the Free City of Vadashar, that is duplicated from other supplements and gives background and history of the city, and some details on using the NPC in a non-Vadashar or a Vadashar campaign.

Amric of Burgöthia gives details on Amric’s father, Strom, a barbarian warrior who later became a king (strong Conan vibes here). It then gives Amric’s own history as he wandered, his capture and sparing by the Red Wizard of Vadashar and their exploits together, Amric’s return to the free city and foiling of a plot to assassinate the newly-crowned prince, management of the prince’s lands until setting forth again after being convinced his talents had another use, though he is currently displeased with his situation and is biding his time before heading out again. 5th Edition stats are also given for Amric.

Amric of Burgöthia in Review

The PDF is bookmarked, but only the sidebar on the free city is linked. The Contents is more thorough, but only parts of it are hyperlinked. Navigation is adequate. The text maintains a two-column format and appeared to be free of errors. There are a number of colour illustrations, up to full page in size, which appear to be stock. Presentation is decent.

This is an NPC with an extensive history, one that dates back to before his birth, and it’s stated that characters could encounter him at any point in his career. However, only the stats given for Amric at his present level of ability are given, which does make using him at a prior point harder; GMs will need to come up with their own stats. Having multiple versions would make this more useful, but it is Pay What You Want. Amric of Burgöthia is a well described NPC and can be found by clicking here.