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Welcome To Windsong

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What's Inside?



  • A lawless Treetop town rich in history, culture and lore.

  • New Guilds, Races, Backgrounds, Monsters and NPCs

  • Hex Slinging (A new style of Arcane pit-fight)

  • A unique tattoo system used by rogues and refugees

  • A secret University that trains outlaws and rogues

  • Activists and Vigilantes who fight for peace and justice

  • Everything you need to run an adventure / campaign






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PLUS

A bonus murder mystery one-shot which will lead your adventure party to discover the hidden city of Windsong and become embroiled in its affairs...



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Windsong Wood is haunted, or so they say. You only have to listen to the ghostly howls and ethereal noises that emanate from within its ancient heart both night and day...



Windsong Wood certainly does hide a secret, but whether the truth or the lies turn out to be more deadly, remains to be seen.

High amongst the branches, deep in the forest's core, a band of monsters, misfits and miscreants ( outcast from the world by chance or choice) have made their home...



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Welcome To Windsong is a lawless treetop setting for 5e inspired heavily by my own, Romani, culture, history and folklore. You won’t find any Vistani, innate magic users or cringe-worthy Gypsies touting crystal balls and mumbling curses here.

Instead you’ll find devout clerics worn ragged as they try to preserve the shreds of their secret religion, refugees fleeing persecution and war… you’ll find people deeply entrenched in both poverty and pride; vigilantes and villains and everyone in between, all marinated in a richness of dark humour and deep heart and the overarching fears of life lived on a knife’s edge…



My people aren’t the colourful, carefree, curse-wielding Gypsy-creatures that we’re so often portrayed as in fantasy fiction. We fled war-torn India centuries ago as refugees, carrying our artisan skills, unique martial arts and our precious religion with us; preserving what we could and persevering through hundreds of years of slavery and persecution in Eastern and Western Europe (and for a few of us, other continents such as Africa and America as well).

In Welcome to Windsong I have tried to capture some of what that life of desperation looks like – even once a place of alleged ‘safety’ has been reached – and offer up a city where you and your players can have awesome adventures and explore the soul-touching, terrifying, blood-boiling, heart-melting experiences that can explode out of such a melting pot.


I have been playing Dungeons and Dragons since 2e and I wanted to gift back to our beautiful, kind and supportive community something that would help to heal the scars left by the misrepresentation of Roma people within the game so far. I know, from speaking to people in the community, that many DMs would love to have a more authentic way of engaging with our culture in a fantasy setting and I hope that this – and the other products I'm working on – will help you to do that.



If you enjoy Welcome to Windsong, please look out for 'Atching Tan' – a supplement which will provide many varied, authentic and respectful options for adding Travellers to your game and 'The Devil's Daughter' – a playful re-working of Curse of Strahd, which removes all problematic and racist content from the setting.


Opre Roma! Nothing about us without us.




I don't want anyone to miss out on this product so I'm making it pwyw for as long as I can - if you can manage to pay 0.50, that would be great as it would help Windsong to perhaps get a metal badge which would be so wonderful! However if you need to, do grab it for free and I hope you have lots of fun with it! :D 



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Sa S September 14, 2022 1:32 am UTC
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I am a relatively new DM (have only hosted a sporadic, built from scratch RPG mini-campaign so far), and it's incredible resources like this one that have me so excited to get into the world of DnD. Thank you for sharing this!
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Penny B September 17, 2022 8:01 am UTC
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You're so very welcome! I hope it helps you on your epic DMing journey and that you have lots of fun in the future with your DnD games! :D
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Charles C September 12, 2022 10:23 pm UTC
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Fantastic setting, lots of cool ideas and a wonderful location that could fit into a lot of campaigns.
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Penny B September 17, 2022 8:02 am UTC
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Thankyou so so much for your kind words! I really hope you have lots of wonderful adventures in Windsong!
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Emma H September 12, 2022 2:14 pm UTC
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So much work has gone into this incredible product, I couldn't believe the page count when I saw it. Penny is an amazing creator and it's clear she has created this with all of her heart. I can't wait to get stuck in!
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Penny B September 12, 2022 2:35 pm UTC
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Emma thankyou so so much! I'm so happy you like it and hope you have many wonderful adventures there! :D
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Joseph H September 12, 2022 1:36 pm UTC
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This is an incredible product, Really appreciate all the time, effort and forethought gone into it.
Very impressed with the quality of the work, and will certainly be back for more.
Well worth the purchase, thanks Penny!

(This is Sightdesigns btw)
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Penny B September 12, 2022 1:38 pm UTC
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Aw, thankyou so so much Sightdesigns! That's so hugely appreciated - I'm really glad you're enjoying it so far and hope you have many wonderful adventures in Windsong!
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Awfully Queer Heroes . September 12, 2022 1:34 pm UTC
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Absolutely brilliant work again from Penny. Wonderful woman, brilliant work, excellent representation. 100% recommend
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Awfully Queer Heroes . September 12, 2022 1:36 pm UTC
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Not sure why it doesnt show me as a purchaser.... thats weird. still well worth buying tho!!
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Penny B September 12, 2022 1:40 pm UTC
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Aw, thankyou so much Kel! I'm really glad you enjoyed it - and that means so much come from you whose work I also adore so much as well! I hope the launch of Selanar's Socketed Items goes well on Kickstarter tomorrow! :D
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Ross H September 12, 2022 1:34 pm UTC
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Awesome content and easily worthy of a £30 pricetag! To put this up for Pay-what-you-want is wild!
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Penny B September 12, 2022 1:42 pm UTC
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Aw thanks so much Ross - I hope you have lots of fun adventures in windsong! I just want everyone to be able to access it, even if they can't afford to pay for it :)
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Stuart A September 12, 2022 1:31 pm UTC
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Looks like another fantastic offering from Penny. Once I get back to D&D I will be sure to present this one to my table.
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Penny B September 12, 2022 1:44 pm UTC
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Aw, thanks hugely Stuart - that means the world that you enjoy my work an I hope you have lots of fun when you get back to DnD! :)
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