Gazetteer posts, article about my campaign setting. For instance, my Campaign Cosmology article and my treatise on the place of weapons and armor in dwarven culture. I expect these to be almost entirely fluff, with any crunch coming as stats describing the items discussed, such as city stats or an NPC description. If a new game element (feat, spell, monster, character class, etc.) is introduced I expect to have a separate article with an appropriate tag.
Long, long ago we were playing in a campaign and had a flying ship. We hired troll shock troops. A little more expensive than normal mercenaries, but the extra cost was offset by reduced materiel costs — we didn’t have to pay for parachutes, the trolls would aim when they …
Finally, I am in a position to describe Rime Tower in (hopefully succinct) detail. I started more than two weeks ago looking for Inspiration, applied some Perspiration, and now move to Implementation. Potential (because I’m not describing them now) other entities are highlighted in bold. Text in <angle brackets> indicates …
A couple of days ago I came up with the idea of Rime Tower. I started basically from a blank sheet of paper, some dice, and a small (mmm… about six-inch) stack of RPG books and went looking for ideas. I ended up with a rough idea of what I …
For the last week or so I have been talking about fantastic locations. I have described one, I have discussed even more the resources I use when devising them. I thought it time to describe another one, and I realized that I didn’t feel like going back to revise an …
I originally wrote about the Ghost Hills a few years ago, and it got kind of parked until I decided to expand on the material for use in a new campaign. That fell through, so I figured I’d present it here, along with some of the supporting material. The original …
This topic was started in rec.games.frp.dnd on May 24, 2007. The original thread can be read at http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.frp.dnd/browse_thread/thread/6662e4aded1800d3/6c3ab66bcdcb182e http://www.gameskb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/games-dnd/9960/kjd-gaz-celtic-type-setting Here are some initial thoughts on a Celtic-type region in my campaign. I haven’t worked out much by way of names and the like yet; here I’m sketching out what game …
Role Theme Horse-riding nomadic orcs (elites ride pegasi). Conflicts Homeland plains are encroached on by the Empire of the Sun. Blood feud with the Ssthar tribes (ancient enmity, and relatively recently the Ssthar managed to wipe out the Kreshtar pegasi – and the son of their leader, who was one …
Something I’m considering for my next campaign is largely divorcing gods and the like from alignments altogether. Basically, the more powerful the god, the less the god is aligned. The idea here is that to gain full power over something, the god must encompass all aspects of it. This would …
Most creatures, when they die, simply pass on. Their spirit may linger near the mortal world for a short time, and may even be called back by the right magics (such as raise dead and the like), but even this is uncommon. Less frequently, a dying creature with unfinished business …
Geography The Eye of Fire is a caldera lake over an active volcano. From above it is almost perfectly circular, a deep blue (except for some red of magma visible at the bottom), and steaming hot. It is said to be a holy site of the good god of the …
