Waharom, what’s this now hawarom? Waha! Sisters! Looks like we have customers! Awaha! In the post about keeping bad guys alive, I mentioned getting creative with magic as a method for granting NPCs some survivability. The ritual Spell Trap and the lesser artifacts Spell Seals and Ritual Seals from the Advanced Player’s Guide give a […]
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The Sculpted
You are Slab, a rough sculpture as if slapped-together from pieces of mud. You were a gladiator for the enjoyment of your human masters. Never with more than your rough hands, you were forced to kill – men, dwarves, things. One of your dwarven victims whispered a secret with her last breath. The secret was […]
The Town of Jakaar
The Town of Jakaar on Felic Jakaar sits on the eastern shore of Lake Volgoma, at the outlet of a small river named the Felic – north of the mouth of the river Eanor and south of the river Malgomor. The town was established in -11, by one of the first migration waves from Alberetor […]
Torchbearer
The people of Ambria enjoy games. Gambling with dice, racing horses, competing in craftsmanship and chivalric arts are all popular passtimes and events to spectate – but in many ways these games are indicative of different social status. A noble would never be caught carrying a set of dice. A pauper would never be invited to a […]
The Wild Frontier
When people think of fantasy settings, it can be difficult to get away from the image of old ivy-covered castles and rickety towns that have stood for centuries – a land where the people have always been the way they are, and where the biggest upheaval is a change of colours that fly from the […]
Wiselads
Maroa of Glimmer. You are condemned for the practice of witchcraft and ungodly ritual. As witnessed by four neighbours, two wise lads, and the Lord Prios Himself, your crimes are beyond doubt. As a servant of the Church of the Sun, I sentence you to be hanged to death, to be left in the light […]
Witchsight and the Nature of Shadows
Witchsight The Witchsight ability seems strangely worded, and does not seem to fit very well with how shadows are actually described throughout the game and its supplements. As written, a character with Witchsight at Novice level would not be able to detect traces of corruption in a creature’s shadow. That is unless that creature has […]