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caesar193
First Encounters with an Unknown Tribe By: caesar193

The great Wall Mounts have been scaled, or your ship's technology has reached a level in which it is possible to cross the oceans. And when the PCs or NPCs find other people, unknown people, what happens? Carnage.

by caesar193
130xp
11 replies
3195 views
1 HoH
EmilioV
Personalised Armour By: EmilioV

Armour should not just be for protection. It should tell a story, your story!

by EmilioV
170xp
11 replies
3128 views
1 HoH
EmilioV
Evoking Places in a Game By: EmilioV

A set of basic things to remember that will aid your description of the places your players are in.

by EmilioV
245xp
10 replies
2946 views
Scrasamax
7 Things about War and Magic By: Scrasamax

Caeser193 recently posted an article about how magic has made war obsolete, below please find seven ways to keep magic and magic users from dominating warfare

by Scrasamax
225xp
13 replies
4359 views
2 HoHs
caesar193
Magic: How it destroys conventional (medieval) seige By: caesar193

'Your wall is impenetrable, eh? Its so thick it can withstand 100s of direct hits from any siege engine? I have but one word for you: magic.'

by caesar193
129xp
9 replies
3611 views
Scrasamax
A Less Friendly World By: Scrasamax

A re-evaluation of the basic concept of Man vs. Nature

by Scrasamax
110xp
10 replies
2383 views
Scrasamax
The Quest Queue By: Scrasamax

A repository of all the quest ideas that have been brainstormed and then lost through the cracks

by Scrasamax
90xp
6 replies
3185 views
Scrasamax
7 Things about NPCs By: Scrasamax

Seven things I've learned about NPCs

by Scrasamax
270xp
8 replies
3426 views
3 HoHs
Dossta
Applying the Hollywood Formula By: Dossta

Learn how to apply one of screenwriting's most effective tools to your own campaign, for a game with better pacing and solid endings.

by Dossta
105xp
6 replies
4218 views
Forganthus
How I Vote By: Forganthus

When photons bounce off your subs and into my retinas, this is how my headmeats give me numerals.

by Forganthus
175xp
14 replies
3328 views
Forganthus
Just in Time By: Forganthus

So you’ve finally done it. With the best of intentions all around the table, your PCs have finally blundered into the blender like curious gerbils, and now they are hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned. They are doomed, unless you unleash Secret GM Gambit #4 on them.

by Forganthus
115xp
8 replies
2992 views
OmegaDraco
30 Ways to Cheat Death By: OmegaDraco

Everyone dies. But delaying that impending sentence is the holy grail. Science, scorcery, and wishful thinking do all in their power to bestow such delays. Be your deeds pure or evil, cheating death is neither easy nor reliable.

by OmegaDraco
345xp
19 replies
4314 views
3 HoHs
chilled
Current Characters By: chilled

A collection of everyone's current characters!

by chilled
65xp
6 replies
2653 views
Scrasamax
7 Things I've Learned By: Scrasamax

snagged from a tweet, what are seven things you've learned about writing in general, writing for gaming and gamers, or for the citadel?

by Scrasamax
420xp
18 replies
3690 views
2 HoHs
Kassy
How did you start? By: Kassy

After seeing the [My First Character] thread a while ago and it newly popping up in my inbox for some reason, I thought I'd add a scroll where players could share their introduction to roleplaying.

by Kassy
210xp
22 replies
3474 views
OmegaDraco
30 Simple Rhyming Riddles By: OmegaDraco

Wanderers beware, these gates open not,

Except to those only who the way have bought.

You may purchase the right to pass me by,

By each guessing my riddles. Care to try?

by OmegaDraco
170xp
29 replies
46937 views
Ted
CRTF: Session 6 By: Ted

And the walls came tumbling down...

by Ted
80xp
5 replies
2085 views
Ted
CRTF: Session 5 By: Ted

Letting one of my players encounter a Raccoon might have been a bad idea... (now with PC summaries written by their respective players.... if everyone does it)

by Ted
60xp
3 replies
2092 views
Ted
CRTF: Session 4 By: Ted

Get ready, a great deal happened.

by Ted
80xp
4 replies
2320 views
Ted
CRTF: Session 3 By: Ted

Interrogating the suspects doesn't go as planned.

by Ted
90xp
4 replies
2441 views