An old dirt road, now overrun with weeds and sickly vines, rises towards the ruined citadel. A grisly sight bars your way: a pair of bodies, secured to poles by long ropey vines. The wicked vines have wormed their way inside the bodies ‘ eyes, ears and mouths. To your horror, you realize the bodies …
And what’s that tune he’s always whistling? What’s he building in there? What’s he building in there? We have a right to know “What’s he building in there?”, Thomas Alan Waits, 1999 This article is an extension of an older piece, one that’s certainly served our table quite well in the past (and is available …
Centaurs are a race of wandering tribal nomads. They are most at home on rolling, verdant plains but are known to adapt to many types of environments all over the world. Most centaur tribes trace their ancestry back to the everlasting summer of Elfland, and indomitable centaur chargers are a common sight among the armies …
Big things are afoot in our weekly campaign. All currently active characters are at least level 5, and consequently have the clout and the means to acquire followers and monsters to fight for them. From the faerie followers granted to our halfling graverobber to the scribe hired by our street-thug bard, there’s a lot to …
“Tonight tonight, my plans I make, tomorrow tomorrow, the blood I take. The nobles, they’ll not win their game, for Krompleripskins is my name.” – mutterings of the Redcapped Hermit from Lonely Rock (since banished) Today I give you my version of the redcap! My group is traveling in the Elflands at the moment, the …
the bell, the bell it calls the bell, the bell its blistering roar when the night has fangs and the day despairs the bell, the bell brings warriors forth This week’s patron piece is a collaboration between Ville and myself. We try to spend a night writing together every few weeks, since it lets us …
Let us pray for Shelter so that those who left us behind may one day find their way home. Mothers are all important, and I found the DCC deity list a little lacking in protective and mothering goddesses. Enter Auranne, the Expectant, designed to fill the role of a simple deity providing succour to the …
This week’s piece is dedicated to all of the parents who play DCC with their kids – I know there’s a bunch of you out there based on social media discussion. A lot of the content we post on the site is a little gloomy and rough around the edges, and doesn’t necessarily jive well …
We’ve been enjoying some well-deserved downtime before the hustle that is the start of 2020. So, we’ll end the year with a lighter note: helper sheets for tracking your yearly DCC! I got the idea for this piece from a discussion on the DCC RPG Facebook group, and most of the trackable entries on the …
“In the heart of winter hide your hearth, lest cold Knut take it’s warmth away.” – old boreal proverb Our Solstice offering is a mean monster: Knut from the North, the Half-Troll Horror. Loosely based on old Finnish Christmas lore, Knut made his very successful debut appearance in our seasonal game last weekend. Luckily, the …
