During a full-day ritual, place a prepared wand (oak shaft, copper mount, amber tip) point-up in a place likely to be struck by lightning, such as the top of a barren hill, a field well away from trees. In the city, placing it at the top of a lightning rod …
The Ritual of Darkened Silence starts with rendering the recipient of the ritual being symbolically immobilized, blinded, and deafened for the three-day duration of the ritual. Customarily this is done by putting the recipient in an sarcophagus, but binding the limbs and using a blindfold and earplugs can work (but give disadvantage …
The Ritual of the Waning Moon is initiated three days before the new moon, culminating on the night the moon is darkest. A crystal ring (quartz or even glass will do) is charged with a single use of the Invisibility spell. Until discharged, the Ring of the Waning Moon reflects the …
Patrons otherworldly beings that mortals — usually ambitious, often desperate, possibly self-destructive — turn to for power. Low Fantasy Gaming doesn’t have much to support them. But it will soon.
For about a year and a half, my Saturday night group has been playing a Low Fantasy Gaming campaign — the longest-running campaign this group has had! Steve Grodzicki generously makes the core rules available for free. He also has a compatibility license that allows others to publish supplements to support …
I’ve always liked the idea of demesne-level games, but it seems they often become exercises in counting peasant families and calculating – to the coin – tax revenue and expenditure. Many benefit from the use of spreadsheets. Spreadsheets and other tools can have their place in tabletop gaming. They’re probably …
AGE of Rediscovery is a ‘points of light’ setting. This post describes the kingdom of Bandisal, the supposed center of a point of light and nominal homeland of the PCs. Kingdom of Bandisal Role Relationships Identification Status Mechanics This campaign uses the Fantasy AGE system, with some changes. Races
Long ago, the gods walked this world. Then something happened, and the gods left and the world changed and much was lost. Gods… knowledge… even places and entire races were lost. In the time since this upheaval, though, some of the things thought destroyed were actually found. We have relearned some of …
The greater gods created the seed of Paradise. The lesser gods came out of the waves of amorphia and joined their wills to those of the greater gods to make Paradise greater. Where did the greater gods come from, though? Amorphic waves only created lesser gods and the greater gods …
When the gods created Paradise, it was purely through their instinct and will to survive. As much as it did shelter them from the worst ravages of amorphia, it was not perfect. It kept amorphia away from the gods, mostly, but was itself within amorphia. It required constant effort from …
