Continuing our exploration of the dirtier side of RPG world building (see part 1). Whose job is it? There is always a prejudice against those who work in waste disposal. It is a dirty, smelly job and one which often
The 6d6 RPG Blog
RPG World Building From The Bottom Up (Part 1 of 2)
Where Do Character’s Go To The Toilet? The point of world building in role-playing games is to give the players the sense their characters exist in a living, breathing world. If GMs and world builders ignore questions about toilets and
Heavy David, The Man of Garbage
Heavy David claims everything that’s thrown away in Crystal Town as his. At dusk he pushes around his huge cart by hand, collecting rubbish. He never takes anything that still has an owner, somehow sensing the difference between lost and
The Garbage Gardener
A small little humanoid, barely 2 feet tall, that’s obsessed with what others throw away. From amongst it’s rags can be seen six arms, two legs and many eyes. When the arrive on a planet, it will search for a
Junkyard Dogs
Inspired by our Junk Dogs monster published a few days ago. From @Tregenza as part of his #LearningToDraw project. Free to use under a CC-SA licence.
Plot Hooks Fit To Flush Down the Sewers
Intro Continuing this month’s carnival theme of waste and sewers in RPGs we have three more adventure seeds with a distinctive, scatalogical theme. Shadowkind Shadowkind are beings composed of living darkness that are harmed by anything stronger than starlight. In
These Plot Hooks Are Garbage
Garbage, effluent and the people who work with it are a great source of RPG inspiration because not all adventures take place in beautiful forests, gleaming palaces or sprawling dungeons. There are stories to be found and explored much closer
Slime snake
Over thirty feet of swimming serpent that’s just at home in the dark sewers as it was in the fetid swamps. It lurks amongst the debris that floats in the opaque water, waiting in ambush. It’s constriction is aided by
Junk Dog
Feral dogs that are living wild on abandoned landfills. The contents of the landfills have mutated them into something more insectoid than mammal. They feed on the garbage but are hungry for live food. The Junk Dog has been created
Porcelain Ghosts
There is little dignity in death but dying on the toilet is one of the least dignified ways to die and surprisingly common. Some souls are so shamed by this lack the dignity that they cannot face the afterlife and
Garbage Golem
Don’t have decent stone or a good supply of metal? The resourceful wizard uses whatever they have to hand including junk and refuse. Garbage golems are held together by their incantations alone as their constituent parts of rotting matter and
Garbage & Sewers: RPG Blog Carnival
Where are the toilets on the Enterprise? It may seem like a silly question but waste is an important part of life and therefore a potential source of role playing. For GM’s, thinking about toilets and garbage can give rise