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Ouroboros University: Chapel of Saint Alberic, Concluded
Posted on March 21, 2012 | No CommentsThere is more to the Chapel of Saint Alberic than the physical building. Stone Columns There are six ancient columns stand inside the chapel. Each column is of granite, about... -
#SteampunkGear on Twitter – The Next Steps
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s been a few weeks since I started tweeting the names of fictional steampunk gear – everything from weapons, goggles, and cameras to flying gyrocopters and armored personel carriers. Everything... -
Gunplay and Powder Weapons III
Posted on December 29, 2010 | No CommentsThis is the third of what should have been a two part series about including firearms in a fantasy role-playing game. This article covers the design plan that went into... -
Gunplay and Powder Weapons II
Posted on December 21, 2010 | 29 CommentsThis is the second of two articles about including firearms in a fantasy role-playing game. This article covers a shop selling firearms and seven separate firearms using the 4E Dungeons... -
The Winters Hollow Workshop (Winter Times Part 2 of 3)
Posted on December 16, 2010 | No CommentsIn the fair hollows where Winters goes to rest, You can hear the hammers pounding out a wicked winter-fest. All his toy men draw up their tools and let out... -
Gunplay and Powder Weapons I
Posted on December 14, 2010 | 12 CommentsThis is the first of two articles about including firearms in a fantasy role-playing game. This article discusses including firearms in terms of game philosophy and game preferences. The next... -
The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker: Part III
Posted on November 23, 2010 | 2 CommentsMost fantasy settings include something so fundamental that many people miss it and its ramifications. That is that the extraordinary has always been a part of the setting. Therefore, the... -
The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker: Part II
Posted on November 17, 2010 | 5 CommentsMost fantasy settings include something so fundamental that many people miss it and its ramifications. That is that the extraordinary has always been a part of the setting. Therefore, the... -
The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker: Part I
Posted on November 8, 2010 | 7 CommentsMost fantasy settings include something so fundamental that many people miss it and its ramifications. That is that the extraordinary has always been a part of the setting. Therefore, the unusual should influence even the most “ordinary” aspects of a setting. A series of three articles will describe “mundane” shops – the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker – each touched by the fantastic and each shop may add some flavor to your game. This article describes the butcher shop while other articles in this series will describe the baker and candlestick maker shops. -
Automated Antagonist Artifacts
Posted on October 7, 2009 | No Commentshis heavy tome is bound in a sturdy - albeit dull - metal binding, the secrets within protected from prying eyes by solid metal clasps held closed with an intricate locking mechanism. The cover is adorned with a gear, on which is depicted a rune-inscribed anvil and hammer. A thin chain trails from the lower spine, ensuring that the book never more than a arm's length away from its owner. -
Items of the Hidden Kingdom
Posted on August 6, 2009 | 3 CommentsMagical relics have long been key in the pursuit of, or defense against, undeath. From simple holy symbols fortified with divine blessings to cowls that allow the undead to walk amongst the living, a great number of magic items deal exclusively with those horrid beings that refuse to go gently into the ever-after. Below are a few such items inspired by the Red Monks of Von Brandt. -
The Diviner’s Tools
Posted on July 22, 2009 | No CommentsThose with a guilty conscience often seek the aid of gods and spirits of the underworld. Many priests can seek a direct audience with their agents of their deity. A few priests have come to mistrust the deities they serve pushing them to seek answers from other spirits. Those who are not priests and yet seek otherworldly guidance, look to strange devices to make contact. Take a look at several of these divining tools... -
Objects of Desire
Posted on July 14, 2009 | 3 CommentsMany devices have been created as protection against the seduction of the demon as well as mortals. Herein are four types of magical creations to aid heroes in their question against The Desire or more demonic opponents.
