Category Archives: Setting

Fire Down Below teaser

Posted on February 18, 2020 by

“Your community sits at the mouth of a cave that stretches impossibly far into the unknown depths of the earth. Since time immemorial, your heroes have been guardians of the surface world against the horrors beneath. “But now an age … Continue reading →

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Magic Monday – God-eaters – The Sun-Rider

Posted on May 13, 2019 by

The Sun-Rider (The Hero; White Bull Rider) Description: Legend has it that the sun, an iridescent bull elephant of monstrous size, once roamed across the heavens at whim. This wreaked havoc on the land and seas below. The other gods … Continue reading →

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Seedling

Posted on January 28, 2019 by

(Shortly after leaving college, I think, I had an idea for a cyberpunk retelling of the Lord of the Rings, crossed with a hefty dose of Lovecraftian Dreamlands mythos and a bit of The Matrix. This fragment is all that … Continue reading →

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Magic Monday – God-eaters – Shiranuhi

Posted on July 23, 2018 by

Shiranuhi (Seafire) Description: Sometimes, on clear nights, pale lights can be seen hovering low over the waters of the bay as if mirroring the stars in the sky. First a pair, known as the “parents,” appear, off over the sea. … Continue reading →

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Campaign idea: Medusa’s Vault

Posted on December 18, 2017 by

I was talking with some gaming friends the other day and we got onto the topic of people being turned to stone (e.g. by a Medusa-type monster) and then back again (e.g. by a Stone to Flesh type spell). We agreed … Continue reading →

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Magic Monday – Campaign Concept – The Fire From Down Below

Posted on June 27, 2017 by

This post was brought to you by the very fun “You’re Welcome” song from Moana. I’ve talked before about an “unlocking” campaign, in which the main draw is to explore and plan, negotiate and fight, and acquire new tools that … Continue reading →

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Magic Monday – Physical magic – I’m’a cut you!

Posted on April 3, 2017 by

    Hamonnoah Hahd (Embladen; Spirit Sword; Psiblade) Physical adepts of the Fells often fight bare-handed, and when resorting to weapons they often fight with sticks instead of metal weapons. That doesn’t mean they can’t cut things when they need … Continue reading →

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Magic Monday – God-eaters – The Stars

Posted on March 20, 2017 by

The Stars (The Dancers of the Astral Plain; the Lights) Description: It turns out that the world really is ringed in a shell, nest, or shield of rotating crystalline spheres. The innermost face of these – which we call the … Continue reading →

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Magic Monday – God-eaters – Id

Posted on November 21, 2016 by

Id (Old Man Fear; The Orb of Serenity, The Black Mirror) Description: The Black Mirror is an utterly immobile sphere of a hard, translucent-black material, shot through in its depths with faint suggestions of color. It floats at about chest-height … Continue reading →

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Magic Monday – God-eaters – The Fourth King

Posted on November 7, 2016 by

The Fourth King (Grandfather, Great-Grandfather, the Ancient) Description: Many human households across the land engage in ancestor-worship. Whole communities may venerate a likeness of a particularly influential figure from their area’s history even when there is no family connection. Most such … Continue reading →

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