Wilderness Dressing: Castles by Eric Hindley is a role playing game supplement published by Raging Swan Press for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. 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 a 14-page PDF from DriveThruRPG for $3.75 but was purchased at a reduced price as part of a special bundle. Two pages are the front and rear covers, one is an ad, one the front matter and Contents and one the Open Game License. The PDF comes in two versions, one intended for print and high-end devices, one intended for low-end and mobile.
Table A: Small Castles is a d100 table with 50 results for smaller fortifications.
Table B: Large Castles is another d100 table with 50 results, this time for large fortifications.
Table C: Castle Dressing is a d100 table of minor features of interest.
Table D: Castle Names is a d100 list of castle names.
Table E: Hooks, Complications & Opportunities is a d12 list of adventure hooks.
Table F: Lord of the Castle is a d20 table of names with sex, species and class, as well as some examples of minor titles.
Wilderness Dressing: Castles in Review
The PDF is bookmarked with the various sections linked. The Contents is to a similar level of depth and is hyperlinked. Navigation is decent. The text maintains a two-column format and appeared to be free of errors. There are some black and white stock illustrations, up to full page in size. Presentation is decent.
Castles and fortifications are a common ingredient in fantasy settings and this settlement does what it sets out to; provides different fortifications to flesh out a journey along with some extras. If the GM wants to make a fortification more detailed, perhaps because the characters are going to be spending time there, this will require more work as this supplement just provides the basics. Wilderness Dressing: Castles can be found by clicking here.
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