Before he met his tragic end, Vørpé the Magic-User suffered just about every negative non-death setback a PC in my campaign could experience. I use death and dismemberment...

Burnt torchBent nailsBattered helmetSundered shieldBroken swordRotted leatherSnapped arrowsMoldy breadFragrant cheeseSkull (human)Skull (beast)Patched sackEmpty vial (50%...

Elves are classically pretty bishonen and self-serious, but the fact that in OSR games they fight as well as a Fighter while magic-using as well as a magic-user makes them the...

I wrote this yesterday in response to a player wanting to learn more about our campaign setting. Up until now I have been drip-feeding little details about the goings-on of the...

Chthonic squid monsters floating soundlessly through the Inverted Palace. Conical indigo bodies ringed with crimson eyes; dense membrane webbing chitin-barbed tentacles. In...

The same way equipment and gear help you get things done in the dungeon, friends and contacts help you get things done in the city.What this is forNo rules are needed to...

“So tell me,” Gredarius said, “how is Fabiola?” His prodigious waddle bobbed as he spoke. The particular emphasis he gave the word “is” could not have been replicated by any...

One for the Sex Bandwagon. Sex with a succubus is much like sex with anyone, which is to say it's absolutely horrifying. The first time a Lawful character sleeps with a...

This is what I sent my players as a little backstory for the big dungeon at the center of our campaign:The Inverted Palace On clear days, at dawn or dusk, you can see it on the...

I started writing little scenes about the locations keyed in my hex map and it's transformed my game for the better. The player-facing mapWhile preparing my campaign's hex map,...