Lions, tigers, dragons. These animals are used so often as the totems of knightly orders they are more cliche than trope. What about orders that embodied traits of other animals? Order of the Crocodile – “Dura et ieiunium” Clad in
Category: RPG World Building
Deep Space Post Office
The galactic travel network has a weird and twisted shape. Rather than freely connecting all the stars, there are several key nexuses that funnel traffic to them. Mega-Station-Blue is the service centre for the Blue nexus point. It was built
Four Household Spirits for 6d6 Magic
The fantasy world of 6d6 Magic is infested with all sorts of little magical creatures. The most encountered are the household spirits. Tiny divines, they have no grand power but can be very influential on our daily life. Tely –
The Mural on the Wall of The Temple
In the most ancient city of Bryarham is the oldest known building in the world. The Great Temple of Ceremony is dedicated to Wyr the god of the harvest and is a vast stone structure, a perfect cube of fifteen
The Spherical City
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
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