Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Forging Ahead

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Confanity

If you’re looking for random fantasy terms, whatever your purpose, there’s worse you could do than “The Forge.” There are four “generators”: one for creatures, one for locations, one for magical-sounding stuff, and one that’s sort of all-purpose. Choose one, … Continue reading →

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Setting Idea – Animism / Spontaneous Generation

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Confanity

There was a time when human knowledge of biology was underpinned (and dragged down) by the theory of “Spontaneous Generation” – the idea that living organisms need not necessarily be born, but may spring wholly formed from some appropriate substrate, … Continue reading →

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Megadungeon Idea: Vertical Highway/Abyss

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Confanity

Preamble A common setting for D&D adventures is the dungeon: an enclosed, usually underground space, divided into rooms and hallways and so on, filled with monsters (some sentient and some not; not all of them necessarily hostile), traps, and treasure, … Continue reading →

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Mini (“Doom”) campaign

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Confanity

A few years ago, a death cult was found operating in Slakiv lands.  The self-styled “Sons of Du Van Ku” simply set up a secret lair and start scouring the countryside for likely-looking victims to kidnap and murder or drug … Continue reading →

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