You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Baneful Paerma The camp was quiet, but the old paladin was not. "You can come out. I know it's time... I've been waiting." The moon was new and the forest dark, had there... Continue Reading →
Worship Gone Wild: Nature Clerics & Reverent Druids
THIS IS PART OF A COLLECTION OF THOUGHTS ON FLESHING OUT THE USE OF GODS AND DIVINE POWER IN GAMES, SO YOU CAN PROVIDE MORE FLAVOR AND HOOKS FOR COMMON OR DEVOUT WORSHIPPERS. Druids revere and protect nature. Clerics worship and are the servants of the gods. You think this would be a simple distinction,... Continue Reading →
Unwords, Forever Changing, and Where Legends Come From…
You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Voca Caparison Mad Hanz stared at the goblet---finewiss crystal cupped at the base by a twisting silver stem. The cup was worth more than the entirety of Hanz's earthly possessions. Even serving him... Continue Reading →
This Is What Dragons Actually Believe: A Draconic Creation Myth
Every intelligent creature will on occasion consider its place in the universe, and this is doubly true in a world where gods might walk the earth while mortal magicians can toy with the very forces of creation. So what must dragons think of all these ridiculous humanoid beings claiming to be at the center of... Continue Reading →
A Robe of Good, a Robe of Neutral, a Robe That Is Likely To Make Some Enemies…
You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Mantle of Charity Sophia pulled her old leather boots off with all the groans and aches of an old woman lowering herself into a bath. She hadn't seen her twentieth birthday, but she'd... Continue Reading →
Quicker Knives, A Man With No Name, and the Irresistible Arc of Heaven…
You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Zephyr Spines Rita leaned back against the straw, the wind howling outside made the inside of the old barn almost peacefully quiet by comparison. She'd outlived the Far Wars (robbing the weary refugees... Continue Reading →
Harvesting That Nectar: How to Get the Most Out of Gods
This is part of a collection of thoughts on fleshing out the use of gods and divine power in games, so you can provide more flavor and hooks for common or devout worshippers. The role of gods in many fantasy realms seems like it must be pretty boring. Think about it for a moment. Your... Continue Reading →
A Dashing Shield, Crossbow Love, and Steve Rogers…
You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Heraldic Shield of Marquis Stasch Patrician Fylo ir'Crenum stood in the practice yard with his peers and sworn mortal enemies. The young men all stood about in the very finest hose and boots... Continue Reading →
Polytheism or Serial Monotheism?: Focusing on Pantheons Over Deities
This is part of a collection of thoughts on fleshing out the use of gods and divine power in games, so you can provide more flavor and hooks for common or devout worshippers. When making a character in game settings with what might be called a “loose pantheon” there is a tendency for characters, especially... Continue Reading →
It’s Not Cursed, Master of Shovel-Fu, and Twin Sisters…
You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Accursed Ring of Krin the Arcane As the earth came pouring and tumbling down--a dark, earthly flood of soil and stone and mud and sand--Belinda recited the half-remembered parable of the day the... Continue Reading →
Many-Sided Dice 