Go forth to war my son, and be absolved of your transgressions.

St. Acre the Just, Confessor General

All too often, a new magical creature, or plant is not seen with wonder or awe, but rather a keen eye for exploitation. In the often violent and brutal realm of role-playing, the wonders of nature are often overlooked, and never realized. I though I would start this thread to see if anyone else had any ideas along these lines. With that being said, may I present...

Also known as the mantle of riddles, the necklace of koans, or the Band of Enigmas.

A wasteland, a vast expanse of ogre infested, nightshade choked swamp...

The 13 living statues of the Dal Nastro ruins

Recently unearthed this gem of mine, and thought to post it. Its writing predates my joining of Strolen, and I found quite a few interesting bits in it. It is nearly completely written and I am going to endeavor to finish writing it out. Until then, I plan to post it here, perhaps a section a day or so. Enjoy, expand, criticism, comment.

The Wanderer is a demigod/demiurge associated with travel

Curiosity killed the cat...

We all go a little mad...sometimes

A hyper-prototype war machine intended to replace mecha, aerospace craft, and armor vehicles.

Intersectionality is the nebulous web of privilege and discrimination that is the crux of social justice/injustice, and protoculture is the passing of behaviors from one generation to the next among non-human primates

30 painted ladies of the oldest profession. Reader discretion is advised.

When does a boon become a bane? The wise often falter and make foolish mistakes under the guidance of those who are treacherous in design.

The Gjallarman are a violent primitive tribe that serves chaos, and are appropriate foes to be fought and slain without moral compunction

A cursed and terrible relic

A world of drifting sky islands and air ships

A tall lanky man with a distracted air, well versed in arcanotechnology, parapsychology, and a collector of molds, spores, and fungus.

Inspired some years ago for a Kult/CoC Halloween game

Hammered from Stygian steel and inlaid with demonbone and bejeweled with demon jade and black diamonds, the blackest of blackguards are filled with lust and envy to possess this armor

The whales of the deep are not to be trifled with, those who hunt them are as mad as those who think to slay dragons.