Ptolus
Ptolus: City by The Spire is a 3rd party, Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition setting, released by Malhavoc Press. This was the setting for Monte Cook's home games.
Setting in a nutshell
The world is called Praemal. It was created by Praemus and its purpose was to act as a prison for the Galchutt, who are basically Chaos Gods, so they couldn't go around corrupting worlds. Because of this people can't access any planes other than the Ethereal Plane, and anything you might summon from other planes is going to most likely be very angry at you once it realizes it's trapped here.
The city of Ptolus, the main location of the setting, lies at the edges of the empire of Tarsis, which is currently crumbling. The city was built around the eponymous Spire, which is what the party will be exploring and climbing. Go up for long enough and you eventually reach the former fortress of the local equivelant of Sauron, and above that the single largest stockpile of evil artifacts in the world, and the one way for PCs to become gods. Go down you find the city sewers, cities of dark elves (no Lolth, so no drow), and finally the lost, and sealed, city of Dwarvenhearth.
| Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Settings | |
|---|---|
| Basic D&D | Mystara (Blackmoor) • Pelinore • Red Sonja |
| AD&D | Birthright • Council of Wyrms • Dark Sun • Diablo • Dragonlance • Forgotten Realms (Al-Qadim • The Horde • Icewind Dale • Kara-Tur • Malatra • Maztica) • Greyhawk • Jakandor • Mystara (Hollow World • Red Steel • Savage Coast) • Planescape • Ravenloft (Masque of the Red Death) • Spelljammer |
| 3rd/3.5 Edition | Blackmoor • Diablo • Dragonlance • Dragon Fist • Eberron • Forgotten Realms • Ghostwalk • Greyhawk (Sundered Empire) • Ravenloft (Masque of the Red Death) • Rokugan |
| 4th Edition | Blackmoor • Dark Sun • Eberron • Forgotten Realms • Nentir Vale |
| 5th Edition | Dragonlance • Eberron • Exandria • Forgotten Realms • Greyhawk • Ravenloft • Ravnica • Theros • Spelljammer • Strixhaven • Radiant Citadel |