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 →
Walking the Beat, The Fears of the Brave, and Single-Minded Focus…
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 Divider "It looks like they're all grouped together, Marius". Something about the grizzled brawler made Brother Service uncomfortable. Where most of their group seemed to at least pay lip service to the... Continue Reading →
In the Grim Darkness of Overacting, Why Not a Lance, and Mighty Strong Words…
You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Raptor and Thorn Broadways groaned as Tanu turned a tense situation into what had promised to be a bloody and expensive one. The governor's own guard stood unmoving and impersonal, like an iron... 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…
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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 →
Grappling Teeth, A Nail in the Head, and a Drop of Rain
You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Faahngheim Birken Rage-on-the-Mountain was not scared. Six times, he had fought the Kwearanim. Six times, he had broken their backs and made a gift of their lifeless shattered body to his people. The... Continue Reading →
Ancient Armors, Wrenching Guts, and Deathly Bears (Oh My)
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Footsteps, Pain and Pain, and “Just Like the White Winged Dove…”
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Horrors, Airbags, and Jerkknives
You can find the ever-growing list of "Better Than Nothing" items over on the right. Read 'em, like 'em, share 'em, and comment. Bag of Horror Devan leaned on the couch, while the old priest eyeballed him suspiciously. "I bet you never thought I'd make it this far, did you? Into your inner sanctum. Into the... Continue Reading →
Many-Sided Dice 