side-quest-ish and open-ended to be sure.

For the coddling of the weak and mewling shall one day be the Downfall of All Races!

—Morkoel Rasher, denouncing Moleskin in verse.

A peculiar guild of specialists. "Flick your ticks, slice your lice, squeeze your fleas."

Before there was the National Enquirer, there was Kaboo.

From the same school of thought as, 'Hey GM, which book did I just randomly pull from the shelf of the wizards' library?' No plot hooks here, just flavor additions.

Food of the gods.

After Buddha died, his shadow was still shown for centuries in a cave—a tremendous, gruesome shadow. God is dead; but given the way of man, there may still be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown. And we—we still have to vanquish his shadow, too.

-Frederick Nietzsche

“Like a great, green god he stalks the savannah!”

Spare me your Epics!

The sea is calm, the morning mists clear, the seagulls cry out, and land comes into view

Destroyer of Dynasties, Killer of Kings, Bane of Broods, Curse of the Ruling Elite!

Viva la Musca!

30+ slightly-off or downright demented flies for your campaign.

Gifts from the King! Given to those explorers and adventurers, his highness deems worthy of being commissioned to travel on his business, into the northern territories.

Torture...pure and simple.

Colossal Water Lilies

Beachcombing and coast-hugging, fantasy style. Animal, mineral, and vegetable. Sea-Junk. Flotsam and jetsam. Encounters and other oddities.

Send in the clowns.

We all remember our first loves!...Thats right! I mean our first rpg characters of course. For many of us, it included a ratty piece of paper, a #2 pencil, and six sided die. Didnt need much more than that back then :D.

Got this idea while reminiscing with Scras. Just post your first character, a few lines to a paragraph, thats all I ask. In the words of Fiddler on the Roof, 'Those were the days my friends.'

Everyone can think of a favorite song or two (or three) which can easily be translated into a fantasy rpg concept, be it an item, plot, location, or what have you. Just take the lyrics of your favorite real-life ditty, and go from there!

A short tale about a shovel, a spade, and two trowels