Tidebound Curios — Maritime Relic Art and Story Kit

Bring six curious objects to a tabletop session: Tide Compass, Returning Bell, Dawn Glass, Pledge Ledger, Witness Shell and Ferry Key. The Borrowed Dawn provides three people, three locations and several paths through a harbor mystery, with player-facing cards and a separate GM guide. Blank illustrated PDF cards and editable sources let you adapt the text. The art, play kit and source ZIPs form one collection delivered in four parts. Share only player materials during a session; GM and source content includes spoilers.

Free sample: a spoiler-free compass card in a separate free demo ZIP, with a fillable PDF, editable live-text and outlined SVGs, and fonts for the live-text SVG. Personal evaluation only. Check your PDF/SVG viewer and save/reopen edits before printing; physical printing has not been tested.

Included

• 6 unique transparent relic illustrations, each at 1600, 512 and 256 px square: 18 working PNG exports of 6 designs, plus 6 native 1254 × 1254 px generation PNGs
• 6 player-card designs as 750 × 1050 px PNGs at 300 dpi, plus 6 live-text and 6 outlined 2.5 × 3.5 in SVG card sources
• 8 PDFs / 14 pages: 2 six-card player sheets, 2 blank illustrated fillable sheets, 2 four-page GM guides and 2 one-page GM table references, with A4 and US Letter versions of each
• Each blank illustrated sheet has 12 AcroForm text fields, a short name and notes for each of the 6 relics
• Editable English Markdown, JSON content and Python layout source; 6 reduced 640 px layout-art copies and separately OFL-licensed original/derived fonts

Compatibility

Use PNG art in compatible image software and SVG cards in an SVG-capable editor. Live card text needs the included named font derivatives; outlined cards do not. Fillable sheets require a PDF application with AcroForm support. Specific PDF viewers, virtual tabletops and rules systems were not tested.

Limitations

- The 1600 px art is padded from 1254 px native canvases, not upscaled; illustrations are raster without painted layers.
- No live playtest, balance, duration or specific game-system compatibility claim is made. Use your own rules for uncertain actions.
- Physical printing, cutting and sleeve fit were not tested. Cards are single-sided with no backs or duplex alignment. Save/reopen forms and inspect text fit before printing.

AI disclosure

AI-assisted raster relic artwork and AI-assisted scenario, descriptions, layout and code. Technical alpha cleanup and padding preserved retained source pixels without repainting/upscaling. The artwork is not represented as human-painted, exclusive or guaranteed unique.

Licence

Commercial project use is included. You may adapt the material for personal or commercial finished work and deliver necessary editable artwork within a specific client project. Session sharing of player handouts is permitted; GM materials include spoilers. Finished commercial work must add substantive new content. Do not redistribute the pack or standalone stock/templates as a reusable collection. Third-party fonts retain their bundled OFL licences. See LICENSE.txt for complete terms.