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The Worm of God, virtue name: InsightAngels become stranger and more difficult to relate to the longer they live. Eventually their attachment to humanoid puppet-bodies...
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A single monster derived from discussion in the purple server, because my brain is a fog of nothing interesting at the moment.-Hunter-Killers are large (like 8 foot long)...
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The Harpooners are to the islanders of the Lantern Berth roughly what the Errants are to the Nomads, or the Mercenaries are to the Barony. They are a class of warriors, not...
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Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and the Dying, Turner, 1840The people of the Lantern Berth are fishers and sea people. They are unafraid to sail in open water, unlike the...
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The Academies are old and storied institutions. In the days of the old capital there was only one - now there are fourteen - two major, and twelve minor.The minor academies are...
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NB: Baronials are the only people in the setting whose origin myths involve them arriving to the land on ships - they are supposed to have immigrated from the dreamlands and...
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For this system/dungeon.The inimitable Susperia, Dario Argento, 1977The King of BirdsAn infamously cursed play - no actor in their right mind would consent to act in it. During...
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The sea. There's only one in the Barony, so no one thinks to distinguish. They call it that because of the colours at the end of the day when the sun is sinking and dying and...Linked by the ring
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A followup to this post. You can also use this table to generate a company of noble house troops. -Kill Squads and deniable assassins are the norm. When territorial borders are...Linked by the ring
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Inspired by recent doll chat in Phlox's discord (and especially this doll by Thistle). The secrets of manikin construction died with the cursed King Magda, but they were known...
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I've been thinking about the image game again. Undoubtedly this is for my sins. The game players in the White City have several centuries of cultural experience to draw on in...
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I am currently trying and failing to write anything worthwhile or coherent. The fault, I suspect, is in the brain. So it goes.In the interim:Barony Kill Squad GeneratorAs...
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I have been enjoying writing up little dungeons recently, so here is another, this time set in the heart of the Baronial Capital. THE ORCHIDS BATH HOUSEThe Prince of Psychics...
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I had a good little exchange with the lovely Morgan last night about shit and sewage in dungeons. The basic premise was that, if you have monsters (or humans) in your dungeon,...
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A few days ago I gave Loch a prompt for a dungeon, here. They have given me one in return: Decay. -THE BLISTERFar too far out into the Forest of Worms is a strange excavation...
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The sun and its kindness, the joy that it brings. When it sets into the sea it lights the mirrored surface red and golden and gives that body of water its name; the colours are...
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There is a dividing mountain range north of the Barony, which forms the border between its territories and those of the Empire of the White City. It is famously impassable for...
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No one knows who will start the Hyperwar (it was Semi), or when and how it will erupt into existence, but the White City are prepared. The White City Hyperwarriors are a small...
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For this system/dungeon.Gustave Moreau, The Parca and the Angel of DeathSelinaeA well known and popular tragic Romance - the name Selinae is often given to girls who are...
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THE BARONYIn the Barony, the nominal power is in the capital, but this is not concretely enforced and the nobility have more or less uncontested military control over their...
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For the Total Theatre (parts one, two, three, four). The Gatehouse was where Madga's professional house troops were stationed on the grounds of the Manor complex. They were...
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Loch drew the Kingfisher 💖For The Total Theatre of the Petty King, the dungeon I am currently writing: First Floor, Second Floor, Basement. I recently wrote up some rough...
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First floor here. Second and third floors here.The Basement. Click to make it clearer!The entrance into the basement is via the stairwell in the Scullery on the first floor,...
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First floor here.Second and Third Floors - click to make clearer!The encounter table for the Second Floor is identical to that of the first floor, with the following...
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UPDATE, this dungeon is now finished. Other pieces can be found here: second floor, basement, gate house, theatre procedures, plays . Loch just put up what is probably now my...
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In the steppes to the south of the Barony there are legends of ancient maker-devils who fought against the star people in terrible, catastrophic wars that far predate human...
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The Beholder bandwagon has born compelling fruit. Very compelling fruit. I have enjoyed thinking about what a Beholder-type thing is; why it's such a compelling monster, what...
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There have been many interesting discussions around magic floating around the OSR spaces recently - a good opportunity to have a think about what it is, and what it means.I...Linked by the ring
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These few posts have coalesced into a pdf, which now has full rules and a couple of new tables for play. I think it's feature complete, and I am looking forward to running a...
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UPDATE: this has now been released here. I realised the other night that AYO! (lol) as originally written has developed a roughly week-long turn structure. This won't do at...