Dungeons need not be a collection of mismatched monsters and slapdash snares. Some dungeoneers pride themselves on creating unique works of deadly art.
Dangerous Scales – A Dungeon of Balance
Origins of the Rare and Powerful: 150 Magic Item Short Backstories
If you enjoyed WTF Is My Ridiculous Magic Item Generator (or even if you hated it), you’ll enjoy 150 backstories for magic and powerful items. Some silly. Some serious. It’s a solid spread. Continue reading “Origins of the Rare and Powerful: 150 Magic Item Short Backstories”
The Divine Vehicle – OR How I Stopped Being an Atheist and Learned to Worship the Gods to Prevent the Apocalypse
A silly conversation of “How would religion change if all of the gods were in an airplane instead of a plane” turned into an actual ideas and explanations for everything from good luck to the gods not listening to how conflicting religions coexist.
One Page Lore: Elves
People are a mix of accepting and rejecting parts of their environment as well as how they view and wish to view themselves. For elves, so much of what they’re known for is societal: elitists, elegant, proper. Those are things you learn as you develop, not things you start life with. Continue reading “One Page Lore: Elves”
50 Plot Hooks for Monks
From classics to new ideas, we members of the Gollicking crafted fifty plot hooks tailored to fit the monk (or similarly styled character) in your party.
One Page Lore: Quericu
Races in RPGs are often built as one note stereotypes and players get to either play into that or be the exception. Continue reading “One Page Lore: Quericu”
One Page Lore: Halflings
In the past, I struggled with how to use halflings in games, since most of there traits as a people are societal or personal. Continue reading “One Page Lore: Halflings”
One Page Lore: Fairies
Shout out to Monte Cook’s Arcana Evolved for showing me how fun it is to play a size tiny person who can fly. Continue reading “One Page Lore: Fairies”
One Page Lore: Dwarves
This is the first post of a series fleshing out playable folk for fantasy tabletop RPGs that purposefully removes associated stereotypes and social limitations while grounding them in unique traits… And does it in one page each. Continue reading “One Page Lore: Dwarves”
