Space ripples and twists as the Searcher’s Hope emerges from meta-space. Huge solar sails unfold to capture the starlight as the ships awakens from hibernation. A dozen probes disperse to scan this latest solar system. Apparently not finding what the
Captain Keimura takes the adage dead men tell no tales as a crew management philosophy. An exceptional necromancer she has crewed her ship with reanimated corpses. Not only does she have the unwavering loyalty and silence of her crew, she
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
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
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
So pleased was I with the previous post about potions, this post is all about adventure hooks for those potions. Jittertery – A new gang of street thieves are prowling the streets of Palperroth. They’re robbing large crowds by snatching
What happens when science meets magic? Machines possessed by demons? That’s science fantasy, which is the topic of this month’s RPG Blog Carnival, as hosted by Daemons & Deathrays. What separates science fantasy from science fiction is the introduction of
This month’s RPG Blog Carnival is about the Fey and is hosted by Pitfalls and Pixies. Fey folk are found on most of the mortal planes, known as fickle tricksters and troublemakers. Mischievous but mostly harmless the onward march of
The city of Redfort is an ever growing metropolis at the forefront of the magical industrial revolution. Expanding not just up and out but down as well. The city has commissioned a new metro line to connect the old city
As circuses move from place to place, they can make a great framework for long campaigns that use episodes. The party could comprise characters from the cast and crew. The owner or ringleader would be best as left as an
Complete and combined sets of armour are well known. Much less well known is the set of magic items that the bard queen Sophietta collected during her days as a thrill seeking adventurer. Sophietta became famous for her matching red
Cunning and obsessed with wealth, the elder dragon Ambylen became determined to defeat even death. She attacked libraries and mage colleges in pursuit of necromancy. From her captured tomes Ambylen learnt how to syphon the souls of powerful mortals to
