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Category: RPG World Building

City Settings – A City of Two Scales

January 17, 2018 jfoster RPG World Building

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

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City Settings – The Waiting City

January 10, 2018 jfoster RPG World Building

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

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City Settings – Padmeir Upon Tortoise

January 3, 2018 jfoster RPG World Building

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

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RPG Blog Carnival – Literature and Books

December 7, 2017 jfoster RPG World Building

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

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A Carnival of Superstitions

October 4, 2017 jfoster RPG World Building

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

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Fantasy Apocalypse 5 : The Unstoppable Forest

March 15, 2017 jfoster RPG World Building

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

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Fantasy Apocalypse 4 : The Impotent Heroes

March 8, 2017 jfoster RPG World Building

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

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Fantasy Apocalypse 3 : The Ceaseless Slimes

March 1, 2017 jfoster RPG World Building

The noble Knights of Gold brought down the mad lich witch Paubi after a year long campaign. The lich’s designs were undone, but their undead army continued.  It came to halt in the middle of the countryside where it stood,

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Fantasy Apocalypse 2 : The Good Death

February 22, 2017 Chris RPG World Building

The Last Spell Ingredient The trouble with magic is it that it is unexplainable and inexplicable. Diligent research wizards may find cheap and common alternatives for some spells but there is no guarantee all ingredients can be replaced. A healing

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Fantasy Apocalypse 1 : The Flooded Desert

February 15, 2017 jfoster RPG World Building

Aelaimo is the god of rivers; fresh water is his gift and promise to all who worship him.  When his clerics heard of a land far to the west where no rain fell, they felt compelled to bring relief to

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RPG World Building From The Bottom Up (Part 2 of 2)

December 15, 2016 Chris RPG World Building

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

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RPG World Building From The Bottom Up (Part 1 of 2)

December 13, 2016 Chris RPG World Building

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

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