Eye of Fire
GeographyThe Eye of Fire is a caldera lake over an active volcano. From above it is almost perfectly circular, a deep blue (except for some red of magma visible at the bottom), and steaming hot. It is...
View ArticlePillar of Souls
Most creatures, when they die, simply pass on. Their spirit may linger near the mortal world for a short time, and may even be called back by the right magics (such as raise dead and the like), but...
View ArticleGods and Alignment
Something I’m considering for my next campaign is largely divorcing gods and the like from alignments altogether. Basically, the more powerful the god, the less the god is aligned.The idea here is that...
View ArticleKreshtar Tribes
RoleThemeHorse-riding nomadic orcs (elites ride pegasi).ConflictsHomeland plains are encroached on by the Empire of the Sun.Blood feud with the Ssthar tribes (ancient enmity, and relatively recently...
View ArticleCeltic-Type Setting in D&D 3.x
This topic was started in rec.games.frp.dnd on May 24, 2007.The original thread can be read...
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Fantastic Locations: The Ghost Hills
I originally wrote about the Ghost Hills a few years ago, and it got kind of parked until I decided to expand on the material for use in a new campaign. That fell through, so I figured I’d present it...
View ArticleFantastic Location: Rime Tower, Part 1 – Inspiration
For the last week or so I have been talking about fantastic locations. I have described one, I have discussed even more the resources I use when devising them. I thought it time to describe another...
View ArticleFantastic Location: Rime Tower, Part 2 — Perspiration
A couple of days ago I came up with the idea of Rime Tower. I started basically from a blank sheet of paper, some dice, and a small (mmm… about six-inch) stack of RPG books and went looking for...
View ArticleFantastic Location: Rime Tower, Part 3 — Implementation
Finally, I am in a position to describe Rime Tower in (hopefully succinct) detail. I started more than two weeks ago looking for Inspiration, applied some Perspiration, and now move to...
View ArticleSometimes Adversarial DMs Can Be Fun…
Long, long ago we were playing in a campaign and had a flying ship. We hired troll shock troops. A little more expensive than normal mercenaries, but the extra cost was offset by reduced materiel costs...
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