LATE PLEDGE: The handbooks and related products will be available from May 2026. This date may be subject to delays in delivery to ensure the best possible outcome.

This order includes:

Marco Polo’s Legacy 5E: Road to the Celestial Empire

From the authors of Lex Arcana, a brand-new historical-fantasy setting for 5E based on the Travels of Marco Polo and Chinese folklore and myths!

THE SETTING

In Marco Polo’s Legacy, you play as members of the Brotherhood of Guardian Merchants, a secret organization dedicated to protecting and studying magical artifacts of diverse origins.

You find yourself investigating the presence of supernatural beings in a secluded Mongolian village, exploring ruins in the desert of Lob in search of a lost relic, or navigating the crowded streets of Khanbaliq to stop the machinations of a mad cultist of Hùndùn.

The world you live in is rich with wonders, infinite challenges await you!

THE HANDBOOKS

Join the Guardian Merchants, fight against evil supernatural forces, demons and even gods. Go on the most famous adventurous journey in history along the Silk Road and throughout all the Celestial Empire! This January on Kickstaster with Three books: The Setting book, Road to the Celestial Empire, the actual Travels of Marco Polo illustrated, and the 5E bestiary based on Chinese folklore and myths with more than 50 creatures, and dragons obviously!

Road to the Celestial Empire – Setting Book

It contains all you need to know to venture forth across the Silk Road and the Celestial Empire, from new subclasses, species, and backgrounds to the descriptions of the places and the people you’ll encounter in the campaign. The book will also present the new mechanics developed by our game-design team: the Ars Mercatoria, which provides an exciting framework for your diplomatic and commercial negotiations, as well as special Stronghold mechanics to manage your caravan. Plus, a full game campaign ready to play throughout the Silk Road!

Monsters of the Celestial Empire – Bestiary
A collection of 50+ monsters from all over the Silk Road: whether it’s folktales from the ancient Mongolian steppe, Persian poems, or Chinese myths, you’ll find a plethora of creatures never seen before in a monster manual. You’ll get stats, location maps, adventure hooks, and amazing illustrations plus, of course, unique DRAGONS, from the wise and noble to the terrifying!

The Travels of Marco Polo
Part travel tale and part merchant diary, it was written in the late thirteenth century by the Venetian Marco Polo after he came back from an incredible adventure across the Silk Road and twenty-five years living in China: this edition will be beautifully illustrated and in two languages, Italian and English!