Crumbling UpKeep: Strongholds and Followers
I’ve been on the fence about grabbing this book for a while. In theory it promises a lot of things that I love: Castles, stewardship, and Heroes becoming more than lone adventurers in the world, . It becomes less about dungeon delving and more about leadership. I’ve read other books that tackle these issues, however, and rarely are they satisfying. Often, they’ll be needlessly complex without pay off. Either that, or they aren’t meaty enough, glossing over the difficulties inherent in ruler ship. I know that is a tall order to fill, but I kind of want both. I want it to be complex and comprehensive, but I want it to flow easily within the already established rule set.
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The Silver Skull of Azarg – A Magic Item for 5e
What do you do when facing down a Demon of Samsarras? Simple.. you run!!! Unless you have this artifact!
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Season Two of the Isles of Samsarras has Begun!
The recording and editing of Season 2 has started and I am sooo damn excited. We have new players entering the mix and a good few surprises for the PCs. I just love that sound of shock and loss in their voice…
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The Soarghugre
Guest writer Eva Brown is putting out some of the most interesting and visceral 5E content out there. The fiction she writes is uncomfortable and her spells make you cringe in the best possible way. Visit her patreon for more Dark Fantasy.
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Crumbling UpKeep: The Jerry Swiggums Effect
The players have latched onto some NPC you never meant them to care about.
What comes next?
The Light Bauble- A Magic item for 5E
This little bauble is handy for sending into the darkest corners. Better yet, it’s like a magical voice mail, allowing you to send a message to your companions.
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A Family Gathering
The pool was a brilliant shade of blue, a dazzling contrast to the rocky hill of Red Jasper that housed it. Many alive on Samsarras believe that the demon realm of the Sribinet can not house such beauty, but they are wrong. There are sites of natural wonder in that damned place that would leave them in tears. While many of its denizens are monstrous in appearance, there are others who match that grotesqueness with their inhuman beauty. Those among the living that have seen them are hard pressed to say which they fear more.
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The Longest Night Comes!
A log popped and hissed loudly, sending sparks drifting into the stone room. Grahlius drew her child a little closer into her breast, sighing heavily. The little girl reached up, her small fingers twirling around her the wispy hairs protruding from her mother’s chin, just like her wife had used to do. She stroked her child’s hair tenderly, feeling the lack of ease this night always brought with it.
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Engage your Players
It’s easy to engage your players. Just make them do the work.
Crumbling UpKeep: Add Holidays to your World Building
Have you made your own campaign world? Let’s give it some holidays to celebrate!
The Coming of the Astar Uln, Part 15
Qua’Jon’s body hit the ground with a thud. He lay there for a moment, unsure of what was happening. He had seen Gwenich walk behind him with the knife, and suddenly his body was no longer supported by the bounds that held him. He rolled to his back, soft black dirt clinging to his tattered garments. Gwenich stood above him, knife in hand. The strange smile had never left her face.
The Coming of the Astar Uln, Part 14
“I know you like the elf, Eernon, but we can’t be riskin’ him being close to his people. He’d find some way to alert the guards and you won’t ever learn no magic. This is crazy. Jus’ let me put a point in ‘im and we don’t have to worry.”
Eernon looked at Vanlaug with anger in her eyes. “The elf lives. I’d sooner kill you at this point.”
“He’s right, Eernon. We don’t have to kill him, but we can’t take him with us.”
Crumbling UpKeep: Using the Players Backstory
The Coming of the Astar Uln, Part 13
“Gwenich!”
The voice was Ingdols. Gwenich could recognize it, though she could not see its source. He sounded far away, as if he were yelling through a wall. Her eyes were full of ghost images of the forest: vague outlines of trees and brush, a grey smudge where the cave had been. It was all fading slowly to black, leaving her field of vision a dark impenetrable curtain.
“Gwenich! Yarlloth fight me, girl. Can you hear me?”