Under the City: Sewers
Under the City presents opportunities to add new layers to your urban adventuring… Canneries, chamber pots, knacker yards, latrines, slaughterhouses, and tanneries—all that waste has to go somewhere....
View ArticleYour Whispering Homunculus: Fifty More Passersby, Part Two
“Are you sure you didn’t just make these up, sluglet?” “Lie to you? Never, master!” Continuing our encounters with more peculiar (and some frankly improbable) NPCs, here are 25 more strange or odd...
View ArticleShades of Magic: Elven Secrets
The Elves abandoned Midgard for other realms many ages ago. However, many of their mysterious, epic enchantments remained behind. Their unique artifacts and puissant magic items are still hidden deep...
View ArticleMemoirs of a Lich: Foreshadowing, Part 1
Dear Osvaud, This is Osvaud. Let’s say you’ve put time and effort into erecting the perfect deathtrap. The protagonists run through your maze of horrors like well-armed rats, finding you within the...
View ArticleOut of the Frying Pan: Muttering Madness
Encounters have consequences. Every slain bandit has friends who will want revenge, and every devil banished back to the Eleven Hells reports its failure to its Dark Lord. What happens when the PCs’...
View ArticleGaming in the Perilous Southlands (with Kids!)
Way back when time began, I started gaming with Basic Dungeons & Dragons and moved quickly to AD&D. For the next few years, I was into anything TSR put out—Top Secret, Gamma World, Gangbusters,...
View ArticleWelcome to Midgard: Zobecker Scout
Welcome, friend, to the world of Midgard. Maybe you’re brand new to this world. Or maybe you’ve been around since the beginning. Either way, stay—all are welcome! Please, sit and listen to the tales....
View ArticleRaces of Midgard: Aridni
Those that call Midgard home are many and varied, and adventure awaits them all. This series presents some potential player races that you might not have considered. Aridni Description: Aridni are...
View ArticleDM Selfie: The Winners
What a wonderful turnout of photos for the DM Selfie contest! You really made me want to get my game on. It’s always so much fun to see how different yet how similar everyone’s game is—to see all the...
View ArticleWarlock’s Apprentice: Jann of the Burnished City
The genies of the Elemental Planes keep slaves, but they also need servants—individuals powerful enough to run their petty citadels and elemental empires but not rise to become rivals to their power....
View ArticleWelcome to Midgard: Beer Domain
Welcome, friend, to the world of Midgard. Maybe you’re brand new to this world. Or maybe you’ve been around since the beginning. Either way, stay—all are welcome! Please, sit and listen to the tales....
View ArticleOn the Road with Phileus J. Abbertale: Fields of Doom
Well met and well-traveled, friend. Introductions are certainly in order. I am Phileus J. Abbertale—explorer, naturalist, and scholar. Neophytes refer to me as a guide, but I personally find the term...
View ArticleThe Far Side of the Table: Conflict and Villainy
The adventurers were in trouble, and Val knew it was his fault. Standing before a group of guards, Val, Tyrash, Azreal, and Strass watched as a portly shop owner squinted at each of them. As the...
View ArticleWelcome to Midgard: Grandmother Baba Yaga
Welcome, friend, to the world of Midgard. Maybe you’re brand new to this world. Or maybe you’ve been around since the beginning. Either way, stay—all are welcome! Please, sit and listen to the tales....
View ArticleUnder the City: Salon of Higher Studies
An arcane college offers endless opportunities to its students with its centuries of intellect suffused into its foundation and fortifying an arsenal of knowledge. But unlike most universities, this...
View ArticleYour Whispering Homunculus: Crooked Characters—Emilia Bittersweet, Part One
“Master, we have a visitor.” “Good, I’ve been expecting her. I have a little gentle pilfering to commission. Fetch my finest absinthe and then bring me the bottled imps. I’m not entirely sure I can...
View ArticleWelcome to Midgard: Lands of the Dragoncoil
Welcome, friend, to the world of Midgard. Maybe you’re brand new to this world. Or maybe you’ve been around since the beginning. Either way, stay—all are welcome! Please, sit and listen to the tales....
View ArticleShades of Magic: Roguish Charms
It takes very little to become a criminal. A highway bandit needs nothing more than a club, and a pickpocket needs even less. However, the greatest of criminals, be they noble rebels or the most...
View ArticleMemoirs of a Lich: Foreshadowing, Part 2
Dear Osvaud, This is Osvaud. Last time we touched on the first half of foreshadowing, which is making sure you establish at least the smallest hint of how amazing you are. This is important because it...
View ArticleWelcome to Midgard: Nuria Natal
Welcome, friend, to the world of Midgard. Maybe you’re brand new to this world. Or maybe you’ve been around since the beginning. Either way, stay—all are welcome! Please, sit and listen to the tales....
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