Ancient Gamer's Hall of Honour Submissions - ( 42 )

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A Dark Moon over Sagranz By: Ancient Gamer

The players; survivors of an elite squad of mercenaries, are assigned to an assassination mission. Their task; to penetrate enemy lines during night, enter the fortified Holzberg Monastery where Sagranz has his command, and kill the elderly Hexenjaeger in his sleep.

If only it was so easy...

by Ancient Gamer
195xp
11 replies
4779 views
1 HoH
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Korinthan Cracker Powder By: Ancient Gamer

The Korinthan Master Thieves employ the Cracker Powder as a form of safeguard: An alarm system warning them of approaching guardsmen and their like

by Ancient Gamer
190xp
15 replies
12508 views
1 HoH
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Battles out of History By: Ancient Gamer

A follow up thread to MoonHunter's NPCs out of History. These are battles out of history that may serve to inspire GMs to create cool battle scenarios or mythical battles / rumours of battles.

by Ancient Gamer
170xp
22 replies
14006 views
1 HoH
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Beasts of Urghul By: Ancient Gamer

The beasts of Urghul are found in the valley of Urghul, a remote, forested valley within the Cyllerean Mountains. These unstopable creatures are gigantic carnivores with a physique resembling gorillas, but with dark bluish-green scaly skin and huge ram horns protruding from their low foreheads.

by Ancient Gamer
130xp
5 replies
11584 views
1 HoH
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The Mask of the White Witch By: Ancient Gamer

A white silken mask with burnt edges. A white little mask which eventually led it's wearer to be burnt at the stake.

by Ancient Gamer
290xp
20 replies
10633 views
2 HoHs
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Memories of the Asdarien By: Ancient Gamer

On one of the adventurers' many journeys through the lands, they one day enter a very strange village surrounded by a palisade. Therein all villagers seem to be sleeping, their hair long and flowing and their nails ever growing. Snow has settled on the land and the few found outdoors are covered in a thin layer of powdery white snow. Nothing can be done to awaken these mysterious sleepers and there seems to be no escaping this village either.

Then the night falls...

by Ancient Gamer
320xp
16 replies
11426 views
3 HoHs
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The Angaoth By: Ancient Gamer

An enormous Angoath was holding a young recruit in his hands, his body broken and blood seeping freely from between the cracks of his banded armour. The dead legionary's head lolled unnaturally; obviously the neck had been crushed. It was amazing how fast these creatures could move and suddenly it lowered its head and charged headlong towards me, no doubt intending to skewer me on that sharp, spiky ridge. All around me I glimpsed similar scenes. The Angoath were washing over us like a wave of black silver, their claws rending us apart, their teeth chewing into our armour.

by Ancient Gamer
210xp
11 replies
7621 views
2 HoHs
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The Bridge of Fates By: Ancient Gamer

At this time an old man, one who told the Prince wondrous tales during his childhood, walked upon the bridge and witnessed the prince commit suicide, saw him fall into the water. 'This is the Bridge of Fates. I foresee great sorrow and happiness. This bridge shall never remain neutral, shall know tears of joy and the blood of innocents'.

by Ancient Gamer
340xp
12 replies
9570 views
4 HoHs
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Of The Eternals By: Ancient Gamer

The Eternals are one of the few races who survived the awakening of the Gods and the fall of Prime Creation. They were solitary, but powerful, weavers of essence and were locked in a bloody war with the Other Ones, another race which survived the Gods.

by Ancient Gamer
250xp
8 replies
11327 views
4 HoHs
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Social Tricks for the GM By: Ancient Gamer

This is devoted to those common problems facing a GM. How do you get enough players? What do you do when there is a bad atmosphere within the group?

Everyone, please post those tips and tricks that come to mind. There is no one true solution. Different GMs, different solutions.

by Ancient Gamer
315xp
26 replies
8970 views
2 HoHs
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The Black Legion By: Ancient Gamer

In the quaint little town known as Golothei, the infamous black legion makes it's last stand against the mountain tribes of the Ugeroth. On the Asylum River Island the battle rage most intensely, legionary squad mages barely holding their own against the onslaught of chaos worshipping tribal sorcerors. To this location the PCs are destined to travel in search of the powerful artifact known as the Tallow Candle. But not all is as it seems within the halls of the asylum.

by Ancient Gamer
415xp
17 replies
11837 views
9 HoHs
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The Mercenary Shrine By: Ancient Gamer

In the ramshackle town of Spear Malice only a single building still stands. It has defied the Great War and its spears of light; nuclear blasts that devastated the entire state, and ever since then it has defied the onslaught of time.

Its halls have not yet been breached, and a wealth of technological treasure await, ripe for plunder! But there are others who crave this treasure; others that will do anything to claim it.

by Ancient Gamer
385xp
15 replies
11951 views
5 HoHs
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The Malisso Cabinet By: Ancient Gamer

The Malisso Cabinet is an ordinary piece of luxurious furniture, but one that might create a lot of trouble for its owner.

by Ancient Gamer
320xp
10 replies
13008 views
4 HoHs
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Loot and Rewards By: Ancient Gamer

Some GMs, and the computer game industry too, seems to think gemstones, gold and magic weapons are the only way in which to reward the players. Most experienced GMs know this isn't true, so I created this thread here to let us remind each other of the different alternative rewards a player can receive, and to have a place where ordinary item descriptions can be posted.

by Ancient Gamer
310xp
37 replies
36638 views
4 HoHs
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The Magic of Art By: Ancient Gamer

This is a scroll for posting spells to be used with fantasy art, or just debating possible effects and uses for magic together with art. Come join the creative effort.

by Ancient Gamer
190xp
32 replies
27163 views
1 HoH
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Barrow Dragon By: Ancient Gamer

Barrow Dragons is a race of lesser dragons, nearly as small as wyverns or about the size of two oxen, that most often make their abode within dark and dry subterranean lairs.

by Ancient Gamer
195xp
9 replies
8189 views
1 HoH
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Of Dreams By: Ancient Gamer

'Dreams are the only reality' suggests some of the ancient manuscripts. Dreams and the dreamers often reveal secrets long forgotten, or dreams can hide the truth only to make it resurface decades or even centuries later

by Ancient Gamer
275xp
13 replies
9446 views
3 HoHs
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The Music box of Mordalin By: Ancient Gamer

One of the toys of the ruler of the lost realm, the music box of Mordalin gives great powers at an even greater cost.

by Ancient Gamer
300xp
24 replies
22743 views
4 HoHs
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Necromancy: The Three Paths of Undeath By: Ancient Gamer

Necromancy: By some it is considered as nefarious black arts and by others a vault of opportunities, the very key to the secrets of life. A substantial part of the necromancer's practice is devoted to undeath; a state in which one is neither alive nor dead. Unbeknownst to the general populace there are three ways in which undeath can provoked, and the curse of unlife bestowed upon the recipient.

by Ancient Gamer
180xp
8 replies
8234 views
2 HoHs
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The Azul Deck of Shadows By: Ancient Gamer

The Deck of Shadows is bound to other dimensions through demonic blood magic infused in the wood, and the eldritch essence woven into the vivid paintings on the cards.

by Ancient Gamer
150xp
13 replies
7162 views
1 HoH