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Bonded Beastkin

Lethal hunters protecting the wilds and their pack. Friend to all creatures and a force of supernatural power. 

Wildlings are fierce protectors of their clans and lands.

Feral at Heart

Wild beasts are dangerous even after training with experts. A Wildling is no exception. A Wildling may come from a settlement or a city. Once drawn into the wilds, they lose their domestication, gaining ferocity from their companion.

Unleash the pack within and stride into the dungeon beside a loyal, snarling companion.

This supplement gives you everything you need to add the Wildling—and its beast allies—to your Shadowdark RPG table.

What’s Inside

Full Wildling class (Levels 1-10). Lethal hunters with Beast Tongue, Ranger-like advantages, and a unified talent table that lets you grow more savage—or more cunning—each time you level up.

Companion system. Choose from twelve companion stat blocks (from dire wolves to basilisk steeds) that rely on their wildling ally. With their critical-hit “Feral” rules, Frenzy mishaps, companion personalities, mount rules, barding, and gear slots—these companions have everything you need to create and run the wildling class and their beast buddy or a stand-alone companion.

• Companions. Basilisk, Giant Bat, Giant Dung Beetle, Elk, Mastiff, Owlbear, Panther, Giant Spider, Stingbat, Terrorbird, Dire Wolf, and Wolverine.

Downtime Rules:

• Trial of the Claw & Fang. New wildlings prove themself worthy of a new beast ally. This session zero ruleset adds an option to let the dice tell a story about your wildling's quest for a companion.
• Ally Quest. Allow other classes to hunt for a companion with Pack Counsel & Companion Search tables that turn “find a companion” into an adventure all its own.
• Armor Hunt. These downtime rules include a subsystem to craft hide, carapace, scale or plate armor and barding from the monsters you’ve slain, complete with outcome table and 20 material traits.
  • The Armor crafting rules offer a unique approach to awarding armor to players and their companion. The Armor Hunt enables gold-ladden players to track down an armorer to forge panopoly like petrification resistant basilisk hide armor, bewildering cave brute carapace, or fire dragon scale mail with resistance to fire and much more.

Additional Content

• New equipment. Hud’s Axe, a woodsfolk weapon, and other gear for mounts.
• Flavor & extras. Wildling Epithet generator, wildling pack names, and titles from Beastmate to Beastlord to weave into your campaign lore. 

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Quick Facts

System. Shadowdark RPG (rules-light, OSR ethos).

Pages. 28-page overall 23-pages of content, bookmarked PDF.

Use. Requires the Shadowdark RPG core book; references to “SD #” and “CS2 #” are noted throughout. Cursed Scrolls are not required but add optional rules.

License. Wildlings is an independent product published under the Shadowdark RPG Third-Party License and is not affiliated with The Arcane Library, LLC. Shadowdark RPG © 2023 The Arcane Library, LLC.

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Why Add Wildlings?

Party roleplay gold. Every Wildling comes bundled with a handy beast with a personality that enhances play, sparks memorable encounters, and turns combat into thrilling, action-packed bite-fests.

Loot-driven progression. Hides you harvest today become tomorrow’s dragon-scale plate—perfect for treasure-forward, old-school play.

Minimal prep for GMs. Unified rules and downtime mini-games drop straight into your existing campaign.

Forge your bond, heed the howl, and join the hunt—Wildlings are ready for your next delve!