History is recorded of those periods of time the victors want remembered. But sometimes it’s best to forget. In the many ages of man, there have been peaks and valleys. One of those valleys took… Read More »City States of Blood (The Vampire Lords of the West)
This idea came to me the other night and is burning a hole in my brain. I see all sorts of interesting adventure ideas in the future… ——————– There are a few priests, scattered throughout… Read More »The Burden of the Bones
Had a strange thought the other day while I was watching parts of Thor: The Dark World and Gods of Egypt… masks seem to be underused items in roleplaying games. If you think about it, we see… Read More »Masks of Power and Position
Amazingly, I am on vacation this week. My goals are simple. Eat. Sleep. Relax. Read. And write, of course. So while sitting in a hot tub with my family, I began to wonder what in… Read More »Take a Dip in the Pool…
As I work on a first level adventure for Mazes & Perils, I was struck by this odd thought… Why do we never seem to see NPCs in a lot of the dungeons we crawl? Sure,… Read More »Who will you run into in your next dungeon?
As I wrote up the “Wolves in the Walls” article about crafting dungeons, I realized I wasn’t sure what I was going to write about next. I’d covered ceilings, floors, and walls. A year ago… Read More »Exploring a Dungeon’s Atmosphere
By now we’ve covered ceilings and floors, I think it’s about time to focus on the walls of our dungeon and see how we might view them differently. If you search the collective consciousness (and… Read More »The Wolves in the Walls
Every item in a game world has a story. Sure, it might not be an exciting story, but it has a story. And when you go to a blacksmith or a “general store” you have… Read More »Where did that come from? (Item ownership)
What? A “wandering” tomb?? What the heck is that? Hold on a second there. Let me explain. In medieval times, especially during times of war, marauding groups would charge across the countryside and die in… Read More »The Wandering Tomb Table
Put yourself in the same dungeon your PCs are exploring. You see the torchlight dancing across rough hewn stone walls, small puddles of condensation, and in the reflection from the party’s armor and weapons. One… Read More »15 Noises to Explore in the Dungeon
