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
Tag: monsters
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
Arean Birds
The Arean birds are creatures of myth created by Apollo to guard his temples. In the Age of Legends tabletop role-playing game the birds have spread further and are now a danger all over Ancient Greece. With their hard feathers
Art for Kids RPG
On my list (my long, long list) of RPGs I intend to make is a roleplaying game for kids and these cute monsters would be great for it. These could be the characters or monsters the characters need to defeat
Nightmares of the Dreamlands
The final piece of the Last Stand of the Rainbow Corps is the monsters that will bring about their downfall. In common with the player led theme of the adventure, the details of the nightmares are filled in by the
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
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
6d6 RPG: GMing & Monster Sheets
Something that was obvious the moment the 6d6 RPG fixed on the card mechanics was that monsters and NPCs were a problem. A starting PC has about twenty cards, a manageable amount. However the GM needs to run up to
Making Monsters Different
The best way to shake up a party is for them to encounter a monster they don’t recognize. This is especially effective on players who have that smugness that can only come from an encyclopedic knowledge of the monster manual.
A Finger-Licking Good Bucket of Links
There has been some top class blogging this week with analysis, review and comment on 4e, retro-gaming, WotC and more. All of which can be found in this week’s bucket. Top Ten D&D Monsters from The Dwarf & The Basilisk