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- The Trivium Proportion, Part 11 (A Cyberpunk Tale), by David Phillips
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- The Trivium Proportion, Part 11 (A Cyberpunk Tale), by David Phillips
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Gravesite I, A Sinister Little Plot
Posted on December 8, 2010 | 2 CommentsThis is the first of a series of articles about graveyards, interment, crypts, coffins and similar issues, for role-playing games. It employs 4E Dungeons and Dragons rules. Encounter Level 4... -
The City State of Corwyn Full Color Map
Posted on November 13, 2010 | 3 CommentsBrother Ptolemy & The Hidden Kingdom, our new 4E D&D adventure setting, features several excellent maps, including a regional map of the The City State of Corwyn. Being a small... -
Encounter: Rooftop Rumble
Posted on September 14, 2009 | No CommentsThe party finds itself in a twisted maze of narrow alleys strewn with refuse and broken dreams, caverns of stone and mortar between the cramped tenements that fill this impoverished section of the city. Washing lines, laden with drying garments, crisscross between the buildings, obscuring the darkening sky and making the alleys, already gloomy by the light of day, even darker. -
Bastion of the Hidden Kingdom
Posted on August 12, 2009 | 1 CommentThe Duke von Brandt manor is a shell of its former glory. Once, a welcoming hall of respect and nobility, the estate has now fallen victim to decades of disrepair, and the overwhelming presence of dark magic. Acting as the primary headquarters for a strange group known as the Hidden Kingdom, this ancient structure is now home to the group’s many followers, and of course, the mysterious Brother Ptolemy himself. The walls of von Brandt manor echo with the ghosts of the past, while the shadows of the ancient walls hide dark secrets and forgotten memories which may hold the very keys needed to unlock the true nature of the Hidden Kingdom and its shrouded ruler.





