To keep Kethar bound requires a spirit binding spell so powerful that it has captured and bound all spirits from within five thousand miles of the stone to an area of just four miles around the stone. The spell did
Author: jfoster
City Settings – The Alexandria of the Astral Plane
The Astral Plane isn’t an actual place. It a transition that you pass through when moving between spaces and dimensions. Normally you transit too fast to notice it for more than a short thought. Even if you did pay attention
City Settings – A City of Two Scales
The master theurge of the Tower of Suhina surmises that the humans came to Ranthas via a powerful spell, though they don’t know if the gateways were sent to rescue these tiny people or was the cause of their worlds
City Settings – The Waiting City
The city rises up a shallow hillside from the estuary side docks and beach front but stops before the hill is crested. The houses are all prefabs of only five different models, arranged in a fixed grid pattern that pays
City Settings – Padmeir Upon Tortoise
The tortoise, called Ogan by the Keebra, moves at the speed of a human crawl and despite its size its footfall barely shakes the ground. The land behind Ogan is deeply carved by its footprints and the forests are left
RPG Blog Carnival – Literature and Books
This month’s RPG blog carnival is about literature and is hosted by Pitfalls and Pixies. Here are four books to inspire plots and problems for your RPGs. The Book of Blood Speech A textbook in black leather, it contains detailed instructions
First Monster Man Contest – Shell Witch
Gonzo History are running a monster design competition [http://gonzohistorygaming.blogspot.hk/2017/11/the-first-monster-man-contest.html]. The core of the rules is to find yourself a cheap toy and then write it up as a monster for the role playing game of your choice. Here’s my entry,
Poor Amongst the Stars
Poor Amongst the Stars is a setting for Malandros that takes the players below decks on a generational starship. It’s written by myself and is now available on DTRPG. The core of the game is setting up the generational ship
A Carnival of Superstitions
The RPG Blog Carnival for October is about superstitions, so here are three little rituals. Thieves Lock Pick Murmur Lock picking is a quiet is an action that takes quiet, patience and a little luck. The thieves guild teaches its
Monster in the 6d6 Dark
This month’s RPG blog carnival is about what hides in darkness [link]. Here are three monsters that make shadows dangerous. Drop Snake This winged serpent inhabits tropical forests. It flies up high into the canopy where it watches closely what
Fantasy Apocalypse 5 : The Unstoppable Forest
Lord Rarder, The 4th Duke of Orindest was a petulant and egotistical young man. He became jealous of the other nobles with their mountainous or coastal estates. In particular Earl Brabant’s extravagant spending on building a new mountain tweaked Lord
Fantasy Apocalypse 4 : The Impotent Heroes
Adventures In A Doomed World The lava never stops. Rivers of thick, sticky, liquid rock stretch out for hundreds of miles from the Rift. The great forest of Salidour has been burned and the cities of men obliterated. As the