Tower of the Archmage

"Go into the woods he says..." Irene says to herself, holding the torch aloft. "No magic, he says..." The forest was dar...

In my weekly Stonehell/Rappan Athuk game, there are a number of leveled NPCs that regularly join in on our adventures... but not always. Giv...

She's cute, bubbly, smart, but critical (of others) to a fault, and can be vicious when things go against her. One of 9 siblings, she sp...

One of the limitations of old school Rules Cyclopedia D&D is the way it treats demi-humans. It’s both restrictive, and tough, with a cle...

"Captain Tresh! There's someone at the eastern gate!" The young private all but yelled as he burst into the planning room. L...

"That's a mighty big sword for such a little girl." Nissa sighed loudly, and the bartender just stepped away shaking his hea...

The velvet robe of scarlet stood out starkly among the brown of the monks hard at work in the scriptorium, each of them hunched over their w...

The rain had fallen steadily for the last week. Never a torrential downpour, but constant. The fields and hills beyond the fort's walls...

"Why do you seek me out?" the lyrical voice chimed behind Nimble. Spinning around, Nimble crouched with his dagger in hand. ...

"Who?" Feris asked. "Old Vashoth. He lives up stream, about half a mile or so." The farmer pointed vaguely with his sc...

Last night I finally sat down to create my first 5e character. And like I promised, it's a mountain dwarf wizard. I was pleasantly surpr...

“Castle up ahead” Nimble reported as he rejoined them in the clearing. “Red banner with some sort of stylized golden dagger on it.” He shrug...

I feel like I already answered this back on day 8+9. Realistically, I would like to play pretty much any character in the future. I'm...

The rhythmic pounding of the yakmen's hooves across the field kicked up a low cloud of dusk. Off in the distance and directly in their ...

“Morak!” the boy yelled. “Kargar!” The three warriors looked up from the fish roasting over the campfire. Vladimir ran back to camp, his d...

Tenkar had a contest to give away a free copy of the S&W version of the Razor Coast and all you had to do was come up with a pirate sh...

The post below is from the blog Doctor Grumpy in the House . It's about a dog NPC that joined up with a US army unit during WWI. I...

"Which way?" a nasally voice drifted down the dwarven tunnel. "To the right... I think" replied a gravely baritone. ...

“Goober! GOOBER! Get back here right this instant!” Rrac waved his hooked hand in a vaguely threateningly way at the wolfish dog that was ru...

"And don't come back!" The barkeep threatened as she tossed the scrawny farmer to the ground. The cottar dragged himself off...