Designing Magic Items

I've been designing a lot of magic items recently, first with a Ravnica or Theros flavour, and now focused on domestic items that non-adventuring Dungeons & Dragons characters might use. The Magic the Gathering items were hard to think of, especially as so many had been created already. Now that I've moved on to the … Continue reading Designing Magic Items

Magic shops

I mentioned before that I was writing something involving a shop front. Well it's finally available for purchase! The Magic Shop Catalogue brings a whole load of different, system neutral ideas for stores (though generally embedded in fantasy) to populate your TTRPG games. I wrote Pawn's, a pawn shop run by a horrible man (who … Continue reading Magic shops

Collecting the Spells in the Unremembered Domains

What's this? My finger on the pulse for my 400th post?! How did I manage to do that? So, Wizards of the Coast has announced that the Forgotten Realms will be one of the planes visited during Magic the Gathering's 2021 releases.I suppose that will make the Planeshift supplement easier to write? This isn't exactly … Continue reading Collecting the Spells in the Unremembered Domains

Quick Roundup

So for the last few weeks, I've managed to write a new post to go up each Monday and Friday, but I missed one. I had a bunch of writing built up and then through a combination of extra training at work and travel, I didn't get around to writing one. Big mistake! Hopefully, I'll … Continue reading Quick Roundup

Writing 101, Day One: 20 minutes of freewriting

His eye jolted open at the sound of a distant screaming. His arms and legs were cold, his clothes and hair stuck to him with water. Saltwater and gritty sand covered his lips. He didn't know where he was. Razir had fallen asleep in his room at the inn, exhausted, fresh into port. He didn't … Continue reading Writing 101, Day One: 20 minutes of freewriting

Some random thoughts on the Old Crown

I was monotonously busy at work (I work in files) and I came up with some interesting ideas for my RPG setting, the Old Crown.Whilst there'll be more to follow in other posts, I just wanted to wander down my mindtrack openly for  a while.The way magic is set up in the setting, there are … Continue reading Some random thoughts on the Old Crown

Various pieces of information, and assorted ramblings

I decided today that it was due time for another development  post but I wasn't sure what to write about. For the past week or so, my mind has been buzzing with ideas not about the setting itself, but how I would like to play with it in the near future. I've decided that I … Continue reading Various pieces of information, and assorted ramblings