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 …
Golsimea, the Coming Change is the scorched land’s promise of a fertile field. She is the chaotic bowels of the earth giving birth to a diamond and the young adventurer’s broken arm teaching a valuable lesson on the path to glory. Golsimea, the Coming Change was the centerpiece patron of a mini-campaign we played last …
“Pwyk, the Huntsman of the Wild is the satyr master hunter of the court of Elfland. He is fast and agile, but nevertheless a formidable warrior.” This week’s piece on KitN continues the coverage of the Court of Elfland with Pwyk, the Huntsman of the wild. This patron links up well with the rules for …
“Formally under the Elfland court, Lady Wyel lives in the cold north of the Elflands. Her touch is frozen, her hand is cold.” The Cold Lady of the Elflands was a necessity for our campaign, and I’m absolutely joyful as Antti joins us as a writer on the blog. There’s a civil war going on …
“Ho ho hoo!” – Jolly Old St. Nicholas of Yule Mountain Just too late for the holidays, it’s the patron we all remember growing up: jolly ole Saint Nicholas! He is fairly unique in that none of his abilities can be used on the caster themselves and that he requires a character be generous to …
“What if someone had eyes to see your future from beyond time? Would it matter, or would it be the same?” Nekthelos, the Emperor Oracle continues my long standing saga of the ancient hyperboreans (previously mentioned here and here). The invoke patron plays around with probabilities and future, standing beyond time and space of the …
“Journal of Alexei Ridworff, Cog-o-Mancer Extraordinaire, Entry 1337.5/2: My mind constantly flashes with inspiration! Mayhap I could combine the powers of the sun with a multi-bolt crossbow design? And then mount it on the cogwork man I worked on last week? Or possibly power the contraption with the phytophlogiston from the rootdistiller out in the …
“Worlds exist, this we know. And between them, something else. A non-space, limitless and incomprehensible. Not a dimension, but the lack of it. In that unfathomable realm, things float. And watch. And wait.” This weeks article is a double whammy: an eldritch, existential, ectoplasmic patron from beyond, and a magic item to introduce it to …
“I saw that man, y’know, one ‘a the weird ones who came ta town las’ Monday. ‘E climbed the highest steeple of tha temple, an’ sat there for hours, wit’ them pigeons… Methinks the town’d be better without that lot, no matter ‘ow much gold they bring in…” I’ve two DCC games I run, one …
“Bigfoot, the Abominable Snowman, Sasquatch…these names refer to things seldom seen and often feared. Their forms and colorations are as varied as the names used to describe them. Giant creatures that often live in isolated wilderness, but sometimes come into conflict with civilization. Even when in contact they are often described with a timidity that …
