The high holiday of Lady Death, the Dead Nights see the moon disappear from the night sky, and angry spirits manifest across the world. Powerful witches are able to dream travel to the shores of the dead with ease and without ritual, and the spirits of departed relatives sometimes appear in mortal dreams. It is … Continue reading The Dead Nights
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On the Fall of the Drakashi
The fall of the Drakashi Empire was one of the major causes of instability amongst the warring Istani kingdoms, but they also fought over dwindling supplies of silver and, after the Ascension of the Storm, water supplies. The descendants of many of those who fled the constant turmoil would become the conqueror-kings of the Old … Continue reading On the Fall of the Drakashi
Goldscale Lizardfolk inspiration
Ancestors of the Goldscale Lizardfolk
Hanu inspiration
Ancestors of the Hanu
Greyscale Lizardfolk inspiration
Ancestors of Greyscale Lizardfolk
Condensing my blogs
OK, I'm trying to be determined to be good and actually get back into the habit of blogging again. Of course, having a regular connection to the internet would help, as would Blogger not crashing my phone when I try and write something. But I've been feeling ill and sorry for myself today, despite it … Continue reading Condensing my blogs
Missing due to emigration
I've been out of the loop for a while. Terrible I know, but I was a bit busy emigrating to Ireland.I'm still technically without internet, but I can obviously borrow it occasionally. So, what's going on with me recently?It looks like someone out there keeps checking back on this page every few days. That, or … Continue reading Missing due to emigration
What happened in November?
OK, I've been dark for a month, so about time I picked this up again really.I've been a little preoccupied with other things: a job in a nightclub, my godfather's civil ceremony, a whole heap of trimming my life down a bit and finding the stuff I need to do and when. Etc etc.My fantasy … Continue reading What happened in November?
Forming an idea for L5R
In the last week and a bit, I've been messing with some ideas for a Legend of the 5 Rings game.My old 1st edition Unicorn character managed to pick up an ancient Crab katana whilst adventuring in the Shadowlands. For whatever reason, he promised the Hida daimyo it would pass on to the Crab upon … Continue reading Forming an idea for L5R
Chapter I: The True Accounts and Adventuries of Grozny de Gronzi, Kingmaker.
Chapter II shall begin, against my personal custom, at the beginning rather than the end. The story begins better much later on, but I know that some of you prefer it this way.So.I was born and grew up in a small village of the Forest of Gronzi. Its name is unimportant to you, but it … Continue reading Chapter I: The True Accounts and Adventuries of Grozny de Gronzi, Kingmaker.
Adapting the Malazan World
I've taken my time in actually reading them, but Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series and Ian C. Esslemont's Tales of the Malazan Empire are a great series of books.I'm not finished with Erikson's 10 novel saga, or with Esslemont's 5 novels (the fifth due out in November), but I really enjoy their … Continue reading Adapting the Malazan World
Additional Rules for Noble Houses
The other day, I had a brief conversation with a friend working on some noble families for a fantasy setting.Whilst she had been looking at developing them with the Song of Ice and Fire RPG, she mentioned using my rules to play the actual game.However.I think there's plenty of scope in there to adapt the … Continue reading Additional Rules for Noble Houses
A week of Indie+
This week, the good folks over on the the Google+ RPG community are coming together for Indie+, celebrating the Indie publishing community.As such, I've decided to pull my finger out and actually update my blogs, and get back into a writing mindset.This week I'll be posting updates here and over on the Kingsmead Chronicler, with … Continue reading A week of Indie+
Inquisitorial backtracking
A few years ago, I wrote a little piece for a creative writing class about a guy being led astray by his best friend. He was, however, led towards the open arms of a succubus, and only saved when the 'weird guy' who dropped out of high school turned up and arrested the succubus and … Continue reading Inquisitorial backtracking
More ideas clamouring for attention
So here's a little overview of what's currently bubbling in my head:A game set in a world where the Roswell Incident was the site of Earth's first extraterrestrial encounter, not a crash. Ship landed, aliens surveyed and encountered locals, contacted mothership and decided to stay. It is now the 70s or 80s (or now, not … Continue reading More ideas clamouring for attention
Roman D&D – Republic
The default setting for D&D (and Pathfinder) is medieval, and it's a fantasy world we all know pretty well, and understand.A few years ago, I got to play in a Roman-influenced game, and it was a lot of fun. We fought undead in the north, surrounded by Gaul-like people, then headed back south to the … Continue reading Roman D&D – Republic
The Nobles and their houses
I've been saying I'll do this for a while, but I never got around to it. No time like the present.So far, the only Noble households I've bothered with are Hawksmoore, Foxworthy, Mandeville, Wenlock and Dabbler. A great many of the nobles are resentful that upstarts with money are now able to buy themselves power … Continue reading The Nobles and their houses
A quick design breakdown
I thought today, since I've been thinking about it for a while, I'd do a quick design breakdown of the DiceBenedict system that I've been toying with. Specifically, where I stole a bunch of ideas from.So originally it spawned from the idea of a system built using only d12s, but after looking at how the … Continue reading A quick design breakdown
Races of the Old Crown
Well, I've more or less finished the races. Here's some blurb on them. I hope they whet your appetite some.MenfolkMenfolk are a youthfully active and opportunistic race, and a great many empires and kingdoms that cover the face of the world are led by Menfolk.They make their homes in all terrains, among all other races.Menfolk … Continue reading Races of the Old Crown
Cards
Based on this post over at Campaign Mastery, I've suddenly started thinking about a card game in game. Plenty of other stuff to think on, but I'm an odd duck like that.So there's four houses, made of nine cards each, for a total of thirty-six cards.The four houses are swords, shields, coins and cups, with … Continue reading Cards
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