Xem’s Guide to Exploration completely overhauls the Exploration Pillar, putting it at the heart of the narrative.
Step off the beaten path and into the heart of adventure with Xem's Guide to Exploration, a ground-breaking supplement for Dungeons and Dragons 5e that re-imagines exploration as the driving force of your narrative. Where once exploration lurked in the shadows, it now takes the limelight, providing players the tools they need to control their own destiny. Want to create a nemesis and chase them through a multiplanar odyssey? You've got the power.
Our core design revolves around player engagement in exploration, fostering a shared commitment to the story while easing the DM's workload. We've overhauled core mechanics, including long rests, navigation, surprises, and DCs for ability checks, bringing them into the player's domain. This gives the DM more room to craft immersive encounters, role-play and world-building, while players orchestrate the exploration gameplay.
This is an early excerpt of our upcoming work, Xem's Guide to the Underdark. The focus of this module is to immerse the party in a gritty, deadly version of the Underdark where navigation is always challenging and the threat of darkness is always on the mind. This book will be a full setting with cities, npcs, magic items, monsters, and environs all its own.
- from the publisher's blurb