Well, that's a wrap on that series, for now. 200 items (with mechanics, some play balance, histories, fluffy narratives for interesting Divinations or Identifies, etc. is a lot. It's been fantastic shooting for the goal and crossing that finish line, and while we'll be taking a break from that content for a bit we won't... Continue Reading →
Tools are for Fools…
You can find the ever-growing list of “Better Than Nothing” items over on the right. Read ‘em, like ‘em, share ‘em, and comment. Rushboots Now that the brush was cleared away (thanks to Meilla's controlled inferno), what they saw was arresting and ominous. A long hallway cut right into the side of the hill, tiled with... Continue Reading →
Fiendish Drapery, A Study of You, Gangrel Were Awesome, Dark Sorcery Indeed, and St. Augustine Would Be Proud…
You can find the ever-growing list of “Better Than Nothing” items over on the right. Read ‘em, like ‘em, share ‘em, and comment. Blisterkrau Shroud "I do not love you, Quix. I don't even hate you. I regard you in the same way I regard the paper on which I scribble my careful messages or the... Continue Reading →
Grandfather Thunder, Savage Regalia, and The Science of Being -Resistable
You can find the ever-growing list of “Better Than Nothing” items over on the right. Read ‘em, like ‘em, share ‘em, and comment. Thunderhaeld Teller stared at the great, lumbering man. He'd only been with the group for a week, and already she couldn't stand him. Huge, ugly axe on his back and a feathered leathern... Continue Reading →
Orcs, the Panic of Banjos
This is part of a series exploring some advice on how to use certain monsters in your games–a resource for flavor and occasional combat tips. This is from an old post, being reposted--I expect I'll revise in the near future. By and large, I think most people feel they have a grasp on most monsters--so... Continue Reading →
Dramatic Gloves, Like a Foot Hammer, and Gilly Suits.c
You can find the ever-growing list of “Better Than Nothing” items over on the right. Read ‘em, like ‘em, share ‘em, and comment. Gloves of Ynx Love is war. That's what Grek-voke believed and in this moment, close enough to see every bead of sweat on his opponent's brow---each weary line of the old Captain's weathered... Continue Reading →
Secret & Safe: A Look At Codes and Spies For Fantasy Games
The history of espionage, even in the Classical or Medieval or Renaissance periods that so frequently inspire elements of fantasy settings, is enormous and deep. It's also probably filled with holes in information, because so many resources were probably destroyed or lost due to their covert nature. So, if you plan to use spies and coded messages in your game, how can you turn those story elements into challenges or hooks for player characters? Below are a few brief thoughts on the form that spies might take, along with notes on how they might be treated, and a few example methods for passing secret information that could be slipped into any game.
A Mad Book of Truth, the Lonely Song of Savages, and Whoopin’ Fisk
You can find the ever-growing list of “Better Than Nothing” items over on the right. Read ‘em, like ‘em, share ‘em, and comment. Darkle Fas Wendell let them walk right into the path of the swinging log. Served them right, afterall---always on about him. Always judging. them with their noses high and their ways. If he'd... Continue Reading →
Skinning a Godling, a Guide to Living Forever, the General Takes the Field, I’ve Been Reading a Lot of “Fables”, and Dirty Old Men…
You can find the ever-growing list of “Better Than Nothing” items over on the right. Read ‘em, like ‘em, share ‘em, and comment. The Cray of the Dead God Teller started the careful process of wrapping the long strap of boaxhide around her midsection. Around, then over, then around, then over--the motions were familiar to her,... Continue Reading →
Play the Madness, Been Re-Reading Fables, A Cheap Trick, Tiny Lair, and Blessed Nonsense.
You can find the ever-growing list of “Better Than Nothing” items over on the right. Read ‘em, like ‘em, share ‘em, and comment. Kortholt of the Brigh Delac "The Congregation wiles and pomps, For ever day and shine again, When Revelrie and Revelire, Set to dance the feet of men, The king! The king! In tally... Continue Reading →
Many-Sided Dice 