Explore a blazing fey realm of endless dawn - the home of the jewel-bright dawn elves! Welcome to The Court of Dawn and Flame, a new fey demiplane for Draw Steel. 🌸🔥🌈
Ignite your table with the Court of Dawn and Flame, a radiant new demiplane for Draw Steel where the sun never sets, and shadows dare not fall!
The myriad manifolds that drift in the sea of stars - ceaselessly they dwell in solitude. Alone, they yearn for connection.
Astray in the astral sea, Val's children sought union. Their wills outstretched and yearning, some found a distant partner and forged a chiral alignment, an overlapping fusion that birthed something new...
Heart of Arcana and Tabletop Nonsenseverse are proud to welcome you to the Court of Dawn and Flame! A setting guide to a new fey realm created from the overlapping manifolds of Arcadia and Quintessence.
Within 50+ pages, you'll learn about the home of the jewel-bright dawn elves, including:
The court's numerous regions from the swirling Magma Sea to the ghostly Incandescent Wode.
Dawn Elf culture, including their deities, festivals, and secret rituals, such as the Century Slumber, the time once every hundred years when the dawn elves must rest, and their entire court temporarily passes into a magical respite.
A robust roster of Dawn Elf warriors and unique monsters, including the Faerora, elemental motes of sentient light that populate the luminous realm. The final document will have at least 15 stat blocks ranging across each monster band.
Notable Dawn Elf NPCs, equipped with motivations and pitfalls for negotiations, such as Navanax, the Dragon of the Smoking Sea, a dragon guardian who defends the court from the frigid and bitter frost elves.
Unique treasures, titles, and rewards like the Petals of the Ruby Rose, which, when crushed, allow you to burn your foes to a crisp!
Layout sample, design not final. Layout by Nicole P.
Stat block sample, design not final. Layout by Nicole P.
The Court of Dawn and Flame is full of whimsy and strange delight. There, the flowers may harmoniously sing as they bloom, the light itself may splinter and fragment into crumbs of laughing crystal, and the dawn elves may rejoice as they bathe in colorful flames.
But don't be tricked by the joy that blossoms and burns in the eyes of the dawn elves - the realm is just as deadly to those who would dare steal or pry secrets to smuggle back to the mortal realms. Beware!
Dawnwarden - $15 Get the digital release of the Court of Dawn and Flame.
Sunweaver - $20 Get the digital release and the Print-on-Demand version of the Court of Dawn and Flame.
Duskbringer - $60 Get the PDF of the Court of Dawn and Flame, plus we'll print and ship the Print-on-Demand version to you at no additional cost. Plus, you'll be credited as one of the elusive Duskbringers in the document!
Prismwright - $100 Get the PDF of the Court of Dawn and Flame, plus we will print and ship the Print-on-Demand version to you at no additional cost. You'll also get digital copies of all the add-on content! Additionally, you'll be credited as one of the luminous Prismwrights in the document, as your pledge directly contributes to the funding of custom art in the product. Each pledge at this tier will add one community copy of the PDF to the final store page.
Pyrarch - $175 - only 10 available Get the PDF and the no-cost PoD version of the Court of Dawn and Flame, plus all the digital add-ons. You'll also be credited as one of the radiant Pyrarchs in the document. Each pledge at this tier will add two community copies of the PDF to the final store page. Finally, you'll be able to turn your character build or suggested PC into a pre-gen complete with commissioned art!
Examples of character portraits:
Johnny by JacqJohnson Art
Cambry by JacqJohnson Art
Laash by JacqJohnson Art
Character portrait examples originally completed for Rise Heroes Rise.
Writer and Designer Paul Ligorski (he/him) is a TTRPG writer, designer, and community organizer. He grew up in New York but moved to California's Central Coast in his late 20s, where he fell in love with the enchanted Big Sur wilderness. He draws much of his inspiration from myth and Indigenous folklore, and believes that playing TTRPGs together can be a form of modern myth-making. He has worked as a freelancer for Huckleberry: a Wyrd West RPG, Kobold Press, and has contributed to multiple issues of the Blacksmith's Guild. You can see his original work at https://heart-of-arcana.itch.io/
Writer and Designer Subharup Roy (he/him) is the producer, a writer, and the mastermind behind the Blacksmith’s Guild, the #1 Draw Steel pro zine. He has 5+ years of experience writing and producing projects for TTRPGs. He has worked on products such as The Lost Art of Hexcrawling (5e), Monster Menagerie, and Necronomicon (Shadowdark). Recently, he has written for Draw Steel Encounters (MCDM Productions). You can see his work and all the issues of the Blacksmith's Guild at https://tabletopnonsenseverse.myshopify.com
Layout and Graphic Design Nicole P. (she/her) is a freelance graphic designer who helps businesses and creative teams bring their brands to life with clean, strategic design. When she's not designing, she's usually cooking, planning epic parties for her RPG family, or making art. Check her out at https://nicolepahl.com
Cover Artist Tom Kilian (he/him) is a freelance illustrator from Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Around age five, he came to terms with the fact that all the dinosaurs were going to stay dead no matter how hard he looked for one, and so decided to pursue a career in the arts. He subsequently attended the Maryland Institute College of Art, where he received his BFA in Illustration. Tom now lives and works in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife and fellow artist Patti Pogodzinski. You can see his work at https://www.tkillustration.com/ Portrait Artist Jacquelyn "Jacq" Johnson is a stylized fantasy illustrator and concept artist, focused on fantasy themes and character art. Their work is inspired by MMOs and TTRPGs, especially Draw Steel! Previous work includes: Character art for Rise Heroes Rise's YouTube series, Illustrations for It's Complicated, and Interior Art for Look Out Behind You! Studio's The Kiln. Get in touch at https://bsky.app/profile/jacqjohnsonart.bsky.social
Stretch Goal Authors:
Carlos Cisco (he/him) is a screenwriter and TTRPG designer who grew up bouncing between Hawaii and New Mexico, before making Los Angeles his home. He has an insatiable love for horror, fantasy, and science fiction, so it's a good thing he tricked someone into letting him write for television and games. He wrote most recently for season 5 of Star Trek: Discovery. His design work can be found in Star Trek: Adventures, Draw Steel, Daggerheart, and many others, as well as his solo-produced Western supplement, Pistolheart. You can see his work at https://carloscisco.carrd.co/
Kat Kruger (she/her) is a freelance game designer, author, and professional game master at her owner-operated company, Steampunk Unicorn Studio. Having worked for clients such as Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, MCDM, Hit Point Press, and Larian Studios, her game credits include: Blood in Baldur’s Gate, Betrayal at House on the Hill 3E, HeroQuest, and Divinity Original Sin the Board Game. In the sphere of TTRPG actual play, she was the Dungeon Master on the family-friendly podcast d20 Dames. Her latest book, How to Be More D&D (Running Press Books), is an officially licensed publication through Dungeons & Dragons (Wizards of the Coast). When she’s not designing games, she’s raising a geeky kid with her partner in the Pacific Northwest. Visit steampunkunicornstudio.com for a complete list of Kat’s work.
Work is already underway on many parts of the design. We expect all the elements of the crowdfunder to be completed by early Q1 of 2027. Depending on funding and stretch goals, other elements may be released in late Q1 or early Q2 2027.
Here is our estimated timeline for the project:
Crowdfunder conclusion: September 1st, 2026
Surveys sent out: September 19th, 2026
Lock orders: January 8th, 2027
Estimated release date: February 7th, 2027
At-Cost Print-on-Demand Codes from DriveThruRPG. When the product is finished, you'll receive an email from DriveThruRPG with an at-cost Print-on-Demand code, allowing you to print the physical version of the supplement at cost. You also pay shipping and handling fees. The Duskbringer, Prismwright, and Pyrarch tiers receive the Print-on-Demand code at no additional cost!
This project is made by humans. Generative AI has never and will never be used to create content for the Court of Dawn and Flame. Supporting it means supporting people!
