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Spellcasting in Fire Tales is based primarily on ideas from the spell-building system of Ars Magica combined with the earthy, fairy tale, folk magic present in Beyond the Wall,...Linked by the ring
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This is my contribution to the RANDOM BLOGWAGON hosted by Prismatic Wasteland. I recently played the Catan Dice Game and it got me thinking of how to use the dice for scatter...Linked by the ring
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When keying locations for the Pictish Campaign I use a variety of methods starting with researching the real life location's legends and history. After this I pull from my...Linked by the ring
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Roll a D4, D6, D8, D20, and consult the tables.Louis RheadHow many are there? (1D4)ThreeHalf a dozenA DozenA Horde (10 + Add up all dice rolled)Where is their hideout? (1D6)A...Linked by the ring
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This is inspired by Zelda-Style NPC Personalities. I am a big fan of using a variety of NPC generation tools in a single campaign to keep things fresh for myself and players. ...Linked by the ring
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Here is a random lockpicking minigame idea I had:Lockpicking is guessing. Each lock has a number from 1 to 10. Without any skill you have a 1-in-10 chance of picking the...Linked by the ring
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The DragonSince the "clock" of stamina is tracked by players, there is hopefully a bit of mental bandwidth budget to determine where the dragon is and track it's movement when...Linked by the ring
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Brainstorming PlacesThe Slumbering Castle will need plenty of hazardous places, and places with treasure to be looted. In an adventure with basically no NPCs, I also want to...Linked by the ring
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Challenges in the Slumbering CastleThere is only 1 enemy to fight in the Slumbering Castle¹. The place is empty. Initially I pondered including all kinds of enemies² but...Linked by the ring
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Each player has $(3D6 - 1) to purchase items their character happens to have in their pockets when they get spirited off to the magical realm. Players go in a circle and may...Linked by the ring
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Half a century ago a king ruled here - The ruler of a very small but ancient domain. The king had a princeling son, and a court bard, and a retinue of servants and vassals. ...Linked by the ring
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Each creature has an alignment. This alignment is their relationship to the four elements. The alignment of a mortal can shift over time by spending a long period in...Linked by the ring
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I rediscovered the Greek Magical Papyri when creating the magic systems for Fire Tales, while specifically looking for historical magic systems. What I found here was somewhat...Linked by the ring
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This is a hex for the Rankin Bass themed shared hexcrawl/blog bandwagon announced by Prismatic Wasteland. The Autumn Valley - A forested valley region nestled between wintry...Linked by the ring
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I am currently running an open world Arthurian Fire Tales campaign, complete with a full 5 mile scale hex map of Britain, Ireland, and Northwestern Gaul. When populating this...Linked by the ring
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This set of tables inspired by spark tables is designed to roughly emulate the style of prophecy in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Prophetiae Merlini. Every roll will have some gaps...Linked by the ring
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In order to invoke you must first know the true name of a god, demon or great spirit. This is well guarded information. High priests and warlocks may know true names but...Linked by the ring
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This is a tie breaking system I came up with for spells, but also as a potential universal tiebreaker. I don't think I will make any use of this system in Fire Tales. When you...Linked by the ring
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A clearing in a large forest with a small reflective pool of water. Ghosts can be seen here but only by some (have each player roll a dice and only those who roll odds may...Linked by the ring
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Here is an initiative system you may enjoy. I'm unsure if this has been done before but I haven't seen anything exactly like it anywhere so I will post it here. This is the...Linked by the ring