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 Patchwork Cloak Varain told the shopkeeper he was from Pekal, about what life had been like in the village by the Stone Hill as a child with the wars raging on and... Continue Reading →
Adventures in the Bog of Horrors…
This is part of a collection of ideas for building out a less-than-common adventure where you can put your own dungeon or NPCs--things that test the players and PC's ability to think differently. These will be revised in future posts with increasingly detailed mechanics and shaped for more specific play. Take what you like, let me... Continue Reading →
Humility for the Bold, Thieves Tricks, and Taking Tavern Brawler…
You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Penitent's Chains The clink. The rattle. The sounds of shame and loss. Arin shuffled along behind the group, his chains making their subtle and audible reminder that he was lost and still searching... Continue Reading →
Carving Knives, No Fear of Death, and the World Waits…
You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Woodsman's Knife Travel light. Travel fast. That's the difference between living and dying in the wild. That's what Faber said, years ago, and that's what Wexel took to heart. He'd won the knife... Continue Reading →
Making Nobility Work for Players and PCs
So, truly, I like the idea of expanding the DMG a bit in the direction of motivating the players to find reasons for the PC's to want to gain holdings and land and titles and all of that. Rather than have unending sessions of murder-hobo (which is a fine enough way to play), I want... Continue Reading →
Birth from Death, Cult-mastering, and Locking Minds…
You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Muria's Jessamine Kwen Chi knelt over Twidward's body, holding his hand as the dwarf slowly succumbed to his injuries. He was dying. Whatever foulness the creature tainted him with would kill him. There... Continue Reading →
Not a Good Day to Die, Pitch Perfect, and the Sacrifice of Life…
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 Martyr of Inx His body told the story of a man the world had not yet stopped trying to murder. Long gashes, short puckered grey scars, scabbed over cuts all crissed and... Continue Reading →
Safety At a Price, A Good Death, and When You Play the Game of Thrones…
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 Dome of the Lost Pria lunged and the skitterling gurgled its last at the end of her sword. Behind her, the rest of her comrades were bloodied and weary--the whole night had... Continue Reading →
A Dark Sight, Rewinding Fate, and True Names
You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Lifedust The battle raged around Tiberius. The smoke from the fire, the screams like a low tide crashing over and over against distant rocks--everything about a battle was chaos and yet he knew... Continue Reading →
Next to Godliness, A Night’s Rest, and The Right Tool
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 Short Supply of Lavishness Brand hummed a tuneless old melody that he couldn't have hoped to have placed or recalled where he'd picked it up--the sort of song that was lost to... Continue Reading →
Many-Sided Dice 