Well, here we are. I’ve been toying with the idea of moving stuff to a new address for a while now. Actually try and engage with a more professional look than the WordPress free account can give me. So why the move now? Well, everyone is trying new things during the global pandemic and lockdown.I’d … Continue reading First post on the new site
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Not quite a new idea – Planescape
So I'm starting to get withdrawal from my Planescape game. I always wanted to play a game in the setting, and it was a really enjoyable experience. I have a whole host of other settings that I could run a game in, but I think I'd really like to run a planar game now, with … Continue reading Not quite a new idea – Planescape
Draft One Page Campaign Opener – Hollow World
Within the Hollow World, vast continents and seas are the home of great empires, crumbling ruins, forgotten masters and wise scholars. The ancient Pillars of Heaven hold the Sun high in the centre of the Hollow World, basking all the surface in the slowly blinking light. To scale the Pillars of Heaven is an almost … Continue reading Draft One Page Campaign Opener – Hollow World
Draft One Page Campaign opener – Sky Island Saga
Almost a thousand years ago, conflict between the Gods of Light and the Gods of Darkness tore the world asunder. Legends speak of the time before this event, when all of the world was held together beneath one sky, and power of flight was a dream to most races.Now the world a great stretch of … Continue reading Draft One Page Campaign opener – Sky Island Saga
Draft One Page Campaign Opener – The Sprawl
Once distant, separate settlements near the last oases in the World Desert, the Sprawl is now a huge mess of streets, avenues and boulevards carved from the blasted rocks and sands.The Sprawl is a city that would take weeks to walk across, home to fantastic races, the Guilds, and the Inquisition. Most folk make do, … Continue reading Draft One Page Campaign Opener – The Sprawl
New Idea – Sky Island Saga
OK, so I know I said I was going back to work on old ideas, but this has been rattling around recently. So, a thousand years ago a war between the gods of light and dark shattered a world, and now it exists only as islands drifting around on various levels. The upper levels still … Continue reading New Idea – Sky Island Saga
Back after a long break
So, it's been a while! I still have a couple of posts to finish up with Loge and Planescape. There won't be any more going forward after that.Over Christmas, our DM passed, so we had a bit of a rejig. And then, after calling out one of our players on a particularly homophobic joke (it … Continue reading Back after a long break
New Idea – One Shot – Lost Brother
So, I've got the idea of a one shot forming, just trying to work out some of the details. Players take on the role of one of six brothers, on a rescue mission to save the seventh.He's been taken prisoner by a Prince, who is blaming him for a crime he didn't commit. He's due … Continue reading New Idea – One Shot – Lost Brother
Draft One Page Campaign Opener – The Endless Sea
The shining Aetherium saltwaters of the Endless Sea are a nexus for lost seafarers, washed away in storms, trapped in long calms, and turned around by thick fogs.Finding oneself in the endless sea is the easy part of course. No one is known to leave the waters, at least alive. The islands of the Endless … Continue reading Draft One Page Campaign Opener – The Endless Sea
Draft One Page Campaign Opener – Ginnungagap
The many atmosphere processing plants have mysteriously shut down, and without them the air of Midgard is quickly becoming colder. In the past, the gods or their representatives would have arrived to repair the ancient mechanisms in short order. None have arrived this time. The age of the Fimbulwinter has come. The gods have grown … Continue reading Draft One Page Campaign Opener – Ginnungagap
Draft One Page Campaign Opener – Cambria
Hundred of years ago, the world had become a thriving metropolis powered by arcane energies.But of course, arcane energies are chaotic and hard to control. Eventually something went incredibly wrong, and the world was plunged into a dark age. Today, the cityscape is a ruin, with few remaining towers becoming the bustling trade hubs. The … Continue reading Draft One Page Campaign Opener – Cambria
Draft One Page Campaign Opener – Ostromarka
Legend says the Wastes were created in only one night, when arcane rituals and dead gods warred over those lands once known as the Satrapies.Today, the far eastern edge of the Empire is the Ostromarka, the last part of civilisation before the demon-infested Wastes, eager to swallow up the brave and the stupid. The city … Continue reading Draft One Page Campaign Opener – Ostromarka
Loge’s patron comes calling
Loge has a terrible dream. He's in a temple, surrounded by snake men, and they're killing his friends, and then there's an icy cold blast in a dark void, but luckily he wakes up here, safe and sound. In the stone circle. In the snow, and fir trees. The place he sometimes goes when he's... … Continue reading Loge’s patron comes calling
Draft One Page Campaign Opener – Out West
After the Lich Wars, everyone wanted to forget the past and move on, but that was pretty difficult when you lived right beside people that fought for the other side, or when all your family and friends were long gone, or when your whole reason for being was the Wars. Out West it's easier - … Continue reading Draft One Page Campaign Opener – Out West
A break from creativity
So I've had a bit of a break from the creative itch for a while there. Between work and looking after a newborn and moving everyone into a new house, things have been hectic. But I'm going to try and set aside a little time for me so that I can keep blogging. So what … Continue reading A break from creativity
Old Gods versus New Gods
This is an idea I think I've formed for both Ostramarka and the Old West. There should be some form of conflict between worshippers of the Old and the New. In both settings, there's sort of a frontier tension to that too. Ostromarka is about being on the edge of civilisation with only demonic wasteland … Continue reading Old Gods versus New Gods
Magic Item – Chaos (Crossbow) Bolts
You may remember that recently, one of my players brewed up a strange purple potion and tipped his crossbow bolts with it. Well, he seems to have forgotten, as he hasn't used any in recent uprisings in the Palace, however I thought I'd set out what I'd given him. Given the pretty chaotic nature of … Continue reading Magic Item – Chaos (Crossbow) Bolts
Out West again
I've been thinking some more about my Out West idea, and I think I'm starting to fill in the world a bit. The expansion westwards takes place not long after the end of the Lich Wars.A council of mages ruled a coalition of city-states justly until they were corrupted and turn to liches. They fought … Continue reading Out West again
Thinking about a return to the Old Crown
I keep telling myself to work more on the Old Crown. It's been slowly evolving for years, and it still feels like it needs work, but who has the time? Most recently I've been thinking about the politics of the setting. I'd centred the idea of the government around a Senate of old landed gentry, … Continue reading Thinking about a return to the Old Crown
Twixt Flower and Thorn locations
I was brainstorming and came up with a list of different locations I'm thinking of writing a bit more for the setting. Her'es what I've got so far: - GrimwoodThe BlightsDurrowsMushroomtownMerroweirPloversMistmountFoggShriekStonewoodThe Warrens
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