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Items

Corran's Scribe

Submitted: 2012-02-07 11:39 PM | Hits: 3 | Comments: 0

If you had writing as bad as Corran's, you'd look for a way around it too.

Items  (Tools)   (Magical)         By: Infested-jerk



Items

30 Steampunk Books

Submitted: 2012-02-04 01:45 PM | Hits: 108 | Comments: 8

30 books to be found within a steampunk setting. Manuals, tomes, and blueprints galore!

Items  (Books and Scrolls)   (Non-Magical)         By: Chaosmark



Items

Ruby Heart

Submitted: 2012-02-03 03:00 PM | Hits: 67 | Comments: 4

100 word magic item

Items  (Tools)   (Magical)         By: OmegaDraco



Items

Goliath Crown of Garim Darnore

Submitted: 2012-02-03 12:21 PM | Hits: 85 | Comments: 5

The King always has the coolest form of transportation.

Items  (Jewelry)   (Magical)         By: OmegaDraco



Items

Chakram of the New Moon

Submitted: 2012-02-03 10:56 AM | Hits: 85 | Comments: 8

Combating any monster is often as simple as having the right tool for the job. The nightmarish lycanthrop is no exception.

Items  (Ranged Weapons)   (Magical)         By: OmegaDraco



NPCs

Bodach the Straw Man

Submitted: 2012-02-02 02:05 AM | Hits: 96 | Comments: 4

I'm different. I have a different constitution, I have a different brain, I have a different heart... Dying's for fools, dying's for amateurs.

NPCs  (Mythic/ Historical)   (Mystical)         By: Scrasamax



Items

Bucky Batteries

Submitted: 2012-02-01 06:50 PM | Hits: 72 | Comments: 1

Bucky Batteries: when you need batteries to last a long long long time

A 100 piece of sci-fi minutia

Items  (Other)   (Non-Magical)         By: axlerowes



Lifeforms

The Hemangini Flying Squirrel

Submitted: 2012-01-27 07:36 AM | Hits: 148 | Comments: 8

100 word pest

Lifeforms  (Fauna)   (Mountains)         By: axlerowes



Lifeforms

Hemangini Tree

Submitted: 2012-01-25 12:18 PM | Hits: 176 | Comments: 15

A coveted tree, 100 words

Lifeforms  (Flora)   (Any)         By: Scrasamax



Lifeforms

Sivvers

Submitted: 2012-01-21 06:59 PM | Hits: 173 | Comments: 10

"Sivver is the common name given to crystalline parasites, which interact with the nervous systems of carbon based Chordate life forms."

Definition of the word Sivver provided by the Galactic Scouting Guild's Almanac

“The Sivvers are an alien weapon that turns people into murderous glass sweating zombies.”

Uwell Ofmobile, retired Galactic Scout  

 

Lifeforms  (Intelligent Species)   (Space)         By: axlerowes



Items

Materians- Mages' Orbs

Submitted: 2006-02-17 12:32 PM | Hits: 3044 | Comments: 5

The merchant grinned “Dear sir, I noticed you had your eye on that charm. Might I interest you in a little bit of its history? Of course I would. I will have you know, that charm has seen its way through many an adventure, and saved the lives of many of the adventurers therein. Legend tells that it was crafted centuries ago by Yurid Norcral, the greated Dwarven runesmith to ever live. Later it was said to have been enchanted by ancient Elven magics which have since been lost to the ages. Quite a rare find.”

Items  (Other)   (Non-Magical)         By: ArchPegasus



Society/ Organization

The Brave People

Submitted: 2009-11-20 01:25 AM | Hits: 3232 | Comments: 17

Isolated from the known world by the seemingly endless watery wastes of the fabled Vaet Ocean, the Eshal rule the watery continent of Tarrod with an iron fist, ever ready to carry out plundering raids on the subject races at the slightest excuse. Proudly calling themselves the Brave People,the Eshal are a race of savage warriors and fanatics that are driven by the consuming need to find an ever larger number of victims to feed the monstrous thing known simply as the Matriarch .

Society/ Organization  (Ethnic/Cultural)   (Regional)         By: Maggot



Lifeforms

VirginsBane Beetle

Submitted: 2006-12-09 06:31 PM | Hits: 4245 | Comments: 16

The VirginsBane Beetle has ruined the life of many an innocent girl. Many a forced wedlock or an honour killing has been caused by it’s sting.

Lifeforms  (Fauna)   (Plains)         By: Cheka Man



Lifeforms

The Calcobrinian Hotblood

Submitted: 2006-04-23 03:24 PM | Hits: 5451 | Comments: 9

“From the desert I come to thee on a stallion shod with fire.”

The calcobrinian Hotblood. One of the Oldest and purest of all horse breeds. Also a foundation breed for all know types of light riding/racing horses. It is considered by many to be the single most beauitful of all the breeds as well. With it’s refined head, dished profile, large expressive eyes, high spirits, and unique floating gait.

Lifeforms  (Fauna)   (Plains)         By: Appaloosa



Locations

Two Twines - The Elven Embassy

Submitted: 2005-11-30 12:47 AM | Hits: 6879 | Comments: 12

In the words of the Great Bard Taslinus Excellencus . . . yet on entering The Embassy one is conscious of calm and complete beauty echoing the mood of majesty and peace that is the essential quality of The Valley and Greater Elven Kingdom. . . . against a background of forest and precipice the architect has nestled the great structure of granite, scaling his design with sky and space and stone. To the interior all ornamentation has been confined, and therein lies a miracle of color and design. The Ancient Elven motifs, primitive yet timeless, are supreme . . . . The designs are stylized with tasteful sophistication; decidedly Ancient Elven, yet decidedly more than Elf, they epitomize the involved and intricate symbolism of Man . . .

Locations  (Establishment)   (Forest/ Jungle)         By: MoonHunter



Locations

The City of Asylum

Submitted: 2003-07-13 06:34 AM | Hits: 12176 | Comments: 30

Something occured and those in the grand city went mad. Was it a curse, a prophecy, a spell gone wrong, or a magik item opened? Nobody allegedly knows. The city guard on the city walls, saw the madness and were apparently not touched. They tried to keep the crazy ones inside, by blocking the gates and sealing the entrances to the large city wall. The region’s leader, eventually sent the Army there to reinforce the city guards, to hold the mad ones in. Since the mad men are incredibly strong and immune to pain, if they escape it would be a plague upon the land. There is still hope that someday they could be restored (perhaps a royal heir or a royal household was in the city). Perhaps they are nearly immortal. The city guards who occasionally decend into the city to drop supplies and stop fires believe that to be true.

Now it is a small town, with its own walls, that rings the old grand city. Over the years, the army and guards, have created a town that supports them. They think themselves immune to the madness, yet their proximity to them, means they are only slightly odd… perhaps becoming mad. The crazed watch over the mad. A running joke is that someday, someone will man their walls to hold them in.

Locations  (City)   (Any)         By: MoonHunter


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Locations

The Lost City of Akelor

Submitted: 2009-01-27 01:44 PM | Hits: 2585 | Comments: 19

Deep in the rugged Thunderhead mountain range lies the valley of Akelor, once a paradise, now a battleground where reality itself struggles to contain an alien, evil infestation

An adventure, Sourcebook and Monster Compendium set in the Locastus universe

Locations  (City)   (Mountains)         By: Ouroboros



Lifeforms

Centipede Nails

Submitted: 2003-09-08 06:23 PM | Hits: 12556 | Comments: 20

Many magical items adventurers seek out help them carry more loot, keep themselves fed and healthy, or just simply hack the bad guys to itty bitty bits. This one lets their loot carry itself.

Lifeforms  (Constructed)   (Any)         By: Agar



Lifeforms

Zhâo Wén Jûn, The Morning Lord of Writings

Submitted: 2006-09-28 08:36 PM | Hits: 10475 | Comments: 17

A beast made of writing; a strange, sad, and beautiful being that haunts the libraries and universities of the Sacred World

Lifeforms  (Unique)   (City/ Ruin)         By: Psalmanazar



Lifeforms

Bizzare Life-Forms Challenge

Submitted: 2005-10-29 03:50 PM | Hits: 77570 | Comments: 12

The Challenge:
Think of any bizzare life-form, WHATEVER life-form that lives a not-so-standard way. Not the way common sense would expect it. Make it in some way logical or not, just forget the boring everyday logic.

Lifeforms  (Unique)   (Any)         By: manfred



Lifeforms

The Great Demon of the Ocean

Submitted: 2009-05-11 12:02 PM | Hits: 2367 | Comments: 12

It is unwise to speak the name of the Great Demon of the Ocean if you are close enough to the sea to smell the salt in the air. It is inviting disaster to speak it’s name when you are on the ocean itself.

Lifeforms  (Ethereal)   (Water)         By: Scrasamax



Articles

Fantasy!

Submitted: 2011-10-21 12:58 AM | Hits: 175 | Comments: 5

Why is psuedo-Medieval Tolkien-esque fantasy the heart of the fantasy RPG genre?

Articles  (Humor/ Editorial)   (Gaming - In General)        
Scrasamax commented on Fantasy!
   33 Minutes ago

It was relevant at the time in the forum, but as I delved into the issue it revealed itself to be topical. Genre fantasy works because it's familiar.




Lifeforms

Hemangini Tree

Submitted: 2012-01-25 12:18 PM | Hits: 176 | Comments: 15

A coveted tree, 100 words

Lifeforms  (Flora)   (Any)        
Scrasamax commented on Hemangini Tree
   34 Minutes ago

True, it is rare that the tree would be sitting on a vein or precious metals, but lacking the precious metals, what says it would even survive. I imagine the tree as a creation of elfin plant shaping, and as they spread seeds, the trees that survive reveal the locations of valuable metal seams.




Items

The Blade of Intuition

Submitted: 2011-03-28 12:09 PM | Hits: 428 | Comments: 7

"This sword! It's helping me connect all the dots!"

 

"Yeah, even the dots that don't exist!"

Items  (Melee Weapons)   (Magical)        
Murometz commented and voted on The Blade of Intuition
   1 Hour, 16 Minutes ago

Who needs perception when you can wield THIS instead! Great way to to establish some gm-to-player repartee! Endless fun.





Plots

The Invisible Trebuchet

Submitted: 2012-01-05 01:35 AM | Hits: 146 | Comments: 6

100 word Plot

Plots  (Crisis)   (Side-Quest)        
Murometz commented and voted on The Invisible Trebuchet
   1 Hour, 23 Minutes ago

Love it.





Society/ Organization

The Shaolangan religion

Submitted: 2012-01-18 07:06 PM | Hits: 148 | Comments: 6

A 100-word religion

Society/ Organization  (Religious)   (Regional)        
Murometz commented and voted on The Shaolangan religion
   1 Hour, 44 Minutes ago

Very nice, and slightly 'deeper' than it seems at first. Great example of the power of a few words! After reading the second sentence I'm hooked and my 'sense-of-wonder gland' tingles.




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Society/ Organization

Order of the Celestial Sky

Submitted: 2009-04-17 08:33 PM | Hits: 1356 | Comments: 8

An order dedicated to the observation of the heavens above

Society/ Organization  (Religious)   (Regional)         By: Jarons20



NPCs

30 Assassins necromancer

Submitted: 2006-09-03 03:29 PM | Hits: 5453 | Comments: 8

You have been assigned to hire an assassin by another middleman to kill some rich mans enemy. You go to the assassins guild to find you have quite a choice.

NPCs  (Extras)   (Criminal/Espionage)         By: necromancer



Society/ Organization

The Mages of the Gray

Submitted: 2008-11-24 07:26 PM | Hits: 1762 | Comments: 1

These spellcasters are the few who survived the great trials to become a being of both arcane and divine magic.

Society/ Organization  (Mystical)   (Local)         By: The Spiritborn



Items

The Delver's Salvation

Submitted: 2009-01-20 09:25 PM | Hits: 1535 | Comments: 11

When all else fails, break the twig…

Items  (Jewelry)   (Magical)         By: klauston



Lifeforms

The Bygnok

Submitted: 2006-10-13 12:14 AM | Hits: 6074 | Comments: 9

The symbiosis of plants and animal has always been present, but long ago a special bond was formed to make the survival of plants coincide with the survival of their caretakers.

Lifeforms  (Intelligent Species)   (Any)         By: Andimia



Society/ Organization

A Cosmic Era

Submitted: 2009-02-20 05:10 PM | Hits: 1995 | Comments: 9

"Clearly our first task is to use the material wealth of space to solve the urgent problems we now face on Earth: to bring the poverty-stricken segments of the world up to a decent living standard, without recourse to war or punitive action against those already in material comfort; to provide for a maturing civilization the basic energy vital to its survival."
Gerard O’Neill, The High Frontier, 1976

Society/ Organization  (Technical)   (Trans World)         By: Scrasamax



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"This sword! It's helping me connect all the dots!"

 

"Yeah, even the dots that don't exist!"

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