In this far flung part of the world, magic is so strong that even topography can be warped. One such weirdness is the Spherical City Upon Isar. In the middle of a vast flat plain sits a crater that is
Category: RPG World Building
Hôtel d’Raccourci
No matter where it is in the world, all the Hôtel d’Raccourci have the same look. They structure is battered, the writing is faded and the architecture is unfashionable. Inside, they are even worse. The staff are unpleasant, poorly trained
6d6 Think Tank – Magical Items with a Dark Twist
Tonight’s RPG brainstorming looks at magical items with a dark twist. These are not cursed items or outright evil items, but devices with useful, desirable abilities which have an unpleasant aspect to them. They are items which force characters to
The Ruins of Celcoombe
So this picture of a ruined fishing village popped up on my G+ feed. An image search reveals it to have been taken just off the coast of a Sicilian island called Salina. As the poster Jon Bupp says, this
The Pantheon of Jimano’s World
Jimano’s World is the planet sized hermitage of Jimano, the god of the material. The races that live on this world must contend with the movements of the god deep below. These cause mountain ranges to form in years and
The Stone City of Jimano’s World
On Jimano’s World, continents move metres in years and the order of the seasons can change. This is because the planet is a home, a hermitage of a god of the material that responds to his movements deep below. In
Seven Kingdoms for the Players to Save or Destroy
Unless their out in the far and distant wilds, characters are going to be inside the boundaries of somebodies claimed lands. That nation is going to have unique set of quirks and customs to hinder and help the adventurers. Add
6d6 Thinktank – Kings & Things
A simple challenge this week. To create an interesting NPC ruler of a country or area or empire. They can be God-Kings, Queens, Presidents, tribal chiefs – anyone who is in charge in any setting or genre. There is no
Fear the Darkness
Deep in our monkey brains, there’s a little part of us that fears the night. Our primitive ancestors jumped at the slightest noise. Those who didn’t met death by big sharp point teeth. With our poor hearing and sense of
6d6 Thinktank – Things That Go Bump In The Night
Humans are very visual creatures which is a great evolutionary advantage but when the lights go out we are left with almost nothing except our over-active imaginations. Tonight’s RPG brainstorming topic is monsters (and other things) which prey in the
Religion of Jimano’s World
In building the religious framework for Jimano’s World, I’ve done a fair bit of thinking on religion before getting into the details. Jimano is the god of the material. He used his power to build himself a hermitage so that
Doomshrooms, Pig Iron and Bat People
With infinite diversity come infinite combinations. Quantum physics tells that a numberless amount of parallel universe could exist, each with their own quirk of fate. Life on these worlds was the subject of our Think Tank. Want monsters might we