Cauldron (Shackled City)
Encyclopedia
Cauldron is the primary setting in the Shackled City
Adventure Path
, a collection of adventures for the Dungeons & Dragons
fantasy
roleplaying game. The city is nominally located in the World of Greyhawk, though it is designed to be easily adapted to other campaign settings.
as serials of 12 modules, one adventure per issue over the course of a year. Before the publication of the Shackled City Adventure Path, Cauldron was an obscure part of the Greyhawk landscape without significant background or development. In the Adventure Path, the city was expanded greatly, and became the center of multiple plot threads within the overall evolving Greyhawk lore that Paizo developed, eventually dovetailing with the later Adventure Path, Age of Worms which was initially centered on a city not far from Cauldron.
The Adventure Paths were widely lauded throughout the industry, and the collected issues of Shackled City, including extensive background and location notes on Cauldron and its residents, were nominated for multiple ENnies
in 2006.
of a dormant volcano
, Cauldron is a medium-sized city. The city has extensive sub-terrainian caverns that connect at various places to the Underdark
.
In the World of Greyhawk, the city is set in the Hellfurnaces, near the Amedio Jungle, east of the Sea of Dust, and southwest from the Azure Sea and Jeklea Bay.
In the Forgotten Realms, the city is set somewhere on the Chultean Peninsula in the Jungle of Chult.
Shackled City
The Shackled City Adventure Path is a role-playing game campaign designed for Dungeons & Dragons, originally appearing as a series of modules in Dungeon Adventures, later published in a hardcover edition collecting all previous installments plus an additional chapter written especially for the...
Adventure Path
Adventure Path
Adventure Paths are serial adventures for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. Though originally applied to the series of Third Edition modules beginning with The Sunless Citadel, the phrase has more recently come to apply nearly exclusively to several lengthy series, each consisting of...
, a collection of adventures for the Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...
fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
roleplaying game. The city is nominally located in the World of Greyhawk, though it is designed to be easily adapted to other campaign settings.
Shackled City's impact on Cauldron
The Adventure Paths were published by Paizo PublishingPaizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing is an American publishing company in Redmond, Washington that specializes in game aids and adventures for "the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game" and its flagship spin-off game and setting, Pathfinder...
as serials of 12 modules, one adventure per issue over the course of a year. Before the publication of the Shackled City Adventure Path, Cauldron was an obscure part of the Greyhawk landscape without significant background or development. In the Adventure Path, the city was expanded greatly, and became the center of multiple plot threads within the overall evolving Greyhawk lore that Paizo developed, eventually dovetailing with the later Adventure Path, Age of Worms which was initially centered on a city not far from Cauldron.
The Adventure Paths were widely lauded throughout the industry, and the collected issues of Shackled City, including extensive background and location notes on Cauldron and its residents, were nominated for multiple ENnies
ENnies
The Annual Gen Con EN World RPG Awards are annual, fan-based awards for role-playing game products and publishers hosted at Gen Con in Indianapolis, Indiana...
in 2006.
Geography and population
Located in the calderaCaldera
A caldera is a cauldron-like volcanic feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption, such as the one at Yellowstone National Park in the US. They are sometimes confused with volcanic craters...
of a dormant volcano
Volcano
2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...
, Cauldron is a medium-sized city. The city has extensive sub-terrainian caverns that connect at various places to the Underdark
Underdark
The Underdark is a fictional setting which has appeared in Dungeons & Dragons role-playing campaigns and Dungeons & Dragons-based fiction books, including the Legend of Drizzt series by R. A. Salvatore...
.
In the World of Greyhawk, the city is set in the Hellfurnaces, near the Amedio Jungle, east of the Sea of Dust, and southwest from the Azure Sea and Jeklea Bay.
In the Forgotten Realms, the city is set somewhere on the Chultean Peninsula in the Jungle of Chult.