Yeah, I know it’s a strange combination. But after two devastating earthquakes in Nepal, I was thinking about the power of nature to change the environment. I feel awful for all the people killed, injured, displaced, or otherwise affected by these events, but it’s made me think about how they might affect a campaign world.…
Yesterday we focused on developing a villain for the world of Phaedrus using Insta-NPCs #3: Scum and Villainy, Inc.. We got as far as working through the worksheet and deciding on a few broad concepts for our villainess. Here’s a refresher with the details we figured out yesterday… Origin: Unmatched intelligence Goal: Achieve justice Methodology:…
This has been a fun series of articles to write so far, but I had some feedback from another designer who suggested I needed to slow it down and focus more on a single product at a time. So to address that concern, today we’re going to focus on Insta-NPCs #3: Scum and Villainy, Inc..…
Today I just want to muse a bit about lands of the dead. I had a strange thought the other night where I saw a PC heading into a room to speak to an animated corpse about an adventure in my mind… One of the worlds I created involved the idea that gods are wandering…
When filling your game worlds with people, places, and things, how often do you think about the art on the walls or in the halls? How about the artists who created such pieces? This is an area of world building that is often glossed over and completely missed as a source of opportunity. Imagine a…
In our fantasy worlds, we often focus on the things on the ground. Sometimes we may remember that a few things can fly. But just like our PCs, sometimes we forget to look up. In this case, it’s the skies above we forget to mine for ideas. Until modern astronomy came along, most folks interpreted…
As GMs and world builders, we have a lot of shoes to fill. From the guy that gives your PCs all their jobs to the walk-on role that barmaid has just delivering their evening meal and everyone in-between. Some of those shoes are more colorful than others. And some change over time from lowly flip…
When you look up the word “martial” in the dictionary, most definitions tend towards the use of a few key adjectives – warrior, warlike, or military. So I’d be lying if I said that the Martial Flavors book from Chaotic Shiny Productions focuses on mostly peaceful people. Most of these cultures could be described as mercenaries, . . . → Read More: Book Review: Martial Flavor – Chaotic Shiny Productions
