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“What is it you wish?”“To see terror on the face of evil.”Songs of ViolenceThe Paladins are not in service to the Gods. This is a common misconception. Yes, many bear holy...
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Stolen by Bats is an unformed idea I've had for a GLOGhack based on Failbetter Games' Fallen London (and linked games Sunless Sea and Sunless Skies). All I know about it are...
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I found the questions HERE (Thanks to Dan over at Throne of Salt). Mordolic is a gigantic, labyrinthine industrial hell-city, in the bleeding heart of the world. It’s riven by...
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It’s the Great Wheel, right? But why is it the Great Wheel? Well, because the Wheel is a Modronic model, and Modronic machine-philosophy has great influence on Sigilite...
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You either are, or were taught by, one of the ancient Night Hags of the Lower Planes. Perk: You start with a Heartstone, a shiny black gem made from carbonised Larvae...Linked by the ring
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Inspired by the generatiors of the cursed and ineffable Semiurge. One thing I have wholesale nicked from Eberron is a giant, magic powered WW1 equivalent.My Warforged...
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Based on the Skill System of Disco Elysium. Click the StarCredit to Dan over at Throne of Salt for putting the idea forward here. And thanks to the neatly maintained and...
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Holgoch, a Dretch. A philosophical creature, but a ravenous one. Keeps dismembering its debate partners. Will mock you if you mention that it is a Dretch - “A category so broad...
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As Sahh of the OSR Discord challenged: a d100 Loot the Body for Aclas.Feel free to roll a few d100s and see what you find!Again, this is specifically Iskadar, the city where...
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THE ORRERY HAS PONG'D BACK - BEHOLD, COUNTERSERVE! But first, the image to which I was assigned: A conundrum, to be sure... for a fool! For I know exactly what this image...
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For a Tiefling PC in Planescape. I like both the 2e → 3e and the 4e → 5e Tiefling. So i decided to combine that rad new aesthetic with the cool old variability. To set a...Linked by the ring
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The Wise and Ever-turning Cosmic Orrery posited a Three Way Picture Pong! Intriguing. I was supplied with this image, which depicts:BEDLAM IN THE STREETS AFTER HALLUCINOGENIC...
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Jojiro of Dungeon Antology pointed out, with fair reasoning, that he was expecting the 13 items post to be about my main setting, Aclas. So uh... boom. Part 2. Why not.Here's...
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Answering the setting questions found over at The Slopyard. Answering these questions for Aclas. 1. Is there Blood Magic? Necromancy? Can I start off with these powers or do I...
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Equipment:Battered black armour, wrapped in silk, inside a cuir bouilli box. Hammer. Two small silver bells hang from it. Iron crock-pot full of nails and tacks. Battered...
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For a Pirate Setting. Might end up as a GLOGhack, dunno. Mood MusicFirefolk Most numerous folk. Humans. Come in all colours and shapes. Like Fire, in that they spread, they...
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By Parabolic Decree Level 1: Gain 2 abilities at rank 1Level 2: Rank up an ability you have, then gain a new ability at rank 1Level 3: Rank up 2 abilities you haveLevel...
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“The great thing about Glasgow is, if there’s a nuclear attack, it’ll look exactly the same afterwards.” – The Big Yin, Billy Connolly Skerples’ Magical Industrial Revolution...
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This was a trend among posts back in 2018-19 – see Tidelock, Mother Stole Fire and The Home Setting over at The Bogeyman's Cave. It’s a trend I really liked. It’s a trend I’m...
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Le NaturalisteThis blog will return to the regularly scheduled 'Planescape Shit and Magical Steam Trains' in a bit, but I wanted to ask some setting questions of my own, since...Linked by the ring
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The questions, because I felt like it. 1. Your players arrive in an abandoned city – the first thing they do is enter a home, asking what’s left of the pantry. What do you say...
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Because I was bored at the time! Here's the post with the questions.PurpleCthulhu of VelvetInks once said a blog-post without pictures is boring. I realised I agree. 1)...Linked by the ring
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Just a rambling post on metaphysics in my Planescape. Death Is much the same. Musket shot, sword stab, dragon fangs, purple worm venom. The degradation or destruction of the...
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In the Lady’s Ward of Sigil, there is a campus, upon which stands a ramshackle building. It is encrusted entirely with dark spires, oddly placed balconies, dramatic porticoes...
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The mythical creatures of Ireland and England are pretty famous. Leprechauns are almost cliché at this point (use Gancanagh instead, is my advice) and any depiction of giants...
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I'm currently running a game in the Planescape setting, or at least my more early-modern, more chaotic version of it. For this game, I wanted to have a way to generate Sigil's...
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Slush Pile Stuff, Go:A setting that’s two mirrored version of the same timelines. Meet your counterparts in the other realm. Two realms, one pantheon. Large, round, floofy...
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I really like slush piles. I love just violently scribbling ideas until they begin to form a cohesive whole. I always enjoy reading Throne of Salt's Slush Pile posts (The most...Linked by the ring
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The Monstrous Compendium was an interesting idea, no? Big, modular bestiary full of stuff. Great idea. Unfortunately, a lot of it seems to have fallen into the trap of 'Giant...
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Inspired by the posts over at Throne of Salt and Archons March On. Big Bandwagon Energy. 1. Vilnius Microfiche contained inside heavy briefcase found in bomb shelter in...Linked by the ring