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ephemeralstability	Trollish Measurements By: ephemeralstability Hathalfar holds the writhing troll down with his gloved fist and sword. The beast squirms at the touch of metal. 'How far is Kolm?' he demands for the third time. 'I said! A long way away,' replies the troll. Systems Technical/ Mechanical General	by ephemeralstability 235^xp 10 replies 9444 views 2 HoHs
ephemeralstability	Trivulo's Compendium By: ephemeralstability A dangerous book of maps... Items Books and Scrolls Non-Magical	by ephemeralstability 235^xp 12 replies 11636 views 3 HoHs
ephemeralstability	De Librorum By: ephemeralstability I don't know if I posted about it before, but I have always wanted to run an adventure set in a library. The following is a sketch of an unusual premise and a possible plot-hook. Plots Crisis Single-Storyline library	by ephemeralstability 355^xp 17 replies 7946 views 2 HoHs
ephemeralstability	Ars Dracopodemiae By: ephemeralstability A transcription, beyng the seminal introduction by Mr S J Ponsuler to the theory and praxis of Dracapodemy, the studie of Dragons' migration patterns. This tome ys to be founde in the librarie of Anserne University, alonge with many years of copies of the Dracapodemyst's Almanac not to mention verious othere tomes on the subjecte. (Another submission I'm transferring over to the main site from the fora). Systems Knowledge/Lore Specific dragon	by ephemeralstability 765^xp 25 replies 16963 views 15 HoHs
ephemeralstability	Tunguska Dreaming By: ephemeralstability A (fairly sketchy) outline of a one-off adventure I ran based around the (time-honoured/hackneyed) Tunguska Event of 1908. As such it is quite specific (hopefully not hackneyed) and will probably best serve as a specimen for dissection to get those parts you can use in your own adventures. But then this is an Ideas Guild after all... Plots Crisis Mini-Campaign	by ephemeralstability 180^xp 6 replies 4497 views 2 HoHs
ephemeralstability	Egg Cup of Summoning By: ephemeralstability This looks like an elaborately fashioned wooden egg-cup, but it is a powerful magical tool, used mainly by witches to conjure up spirits and familiars. Items Home/ Personal Magical	by ephemeralstability 205^xp 17 replies 15298 views 2 HoHs
ephemeralstability	Masque of Confusion By: ephemeralstability Unknown to anyone, a glamorous ball for the Duke of Erezi will turn into a confusing and chaotic bloodbath. Plots Event Multi-Storyline	by ephemeralstability 320^xp 19 replies 14275 views 5 HoHs
ephemeralstability	Muzzled Mouse By: ephemeralstability Sometimes locks need that extra sharp fingernail to twist the catch. Sometimes a thief might find himself locked in a prison with a wooden door. The Muzzled Mouse is a hideous little tool which helps one in such situations... Items Tools Non-Magical	by ephemeralstability 390^xp 33 replies 19185 views 4 HoHs
ephemeralstability	Rukuk-nurudni By: ephemeralstability The grisly anthropomorphisation of a rockfall... Lifeforms Fauna Mountains askharnn	by ephemeralstability 210^xp 10 replies 10297 views 1 HoH
ephemeralstability	The Piecewise Librarian By: ephemeralstability A disembodied hand enthralled by an evil wizard to fetch books for him. NPCs Extras Knowledge/Lore	by ephemeralstability 110^xp 9 replies 10885 views 1 HoH
ephemeralstability	The Great Gate of Calast By: ephemeralstability The Great Gate of Calast is not like other gates. It's got a mind of its own... NPCs Minor Combative	by ephemeralstability 515^xp 26 replies 20206 views 6 HoHs
ephemeralstability	Trollisquarry By: ephemeralstability A mysterious quarry. Feel free to suggest explanations - it's just an eerie thought that struck me that I intend to play with. Locations Other Any	by ephemeralstability 190^xp 17 replies 8070 views 1 HoH
ephemeralstability	The Blue Books: Part I By: ephemeralstability The characters are stranded on an island, where a wizard, corrupted by the powers of the first Blue Book, has been killed by his own magical experiments. They will discover the awful truth that lurks in his subterranean workshop, and a seed of evil will be sown... Plots Discovery Multi-Storyline	by ephemeralstability 145^xp 12 replies 10663 views 1 HoH

“ hey im new to this site but was here years ago w/ another name. anyways dont remember so im newbie by default. Firstly, I am a sci-fi reader and I hope to meet success with my writing. My favorite series of books are Larry Nivens RINGWORLD tetralogy (Ringworld, RingWorld Engineers, The RingWorld Throne, and RingWorlds Children) For those that havnt read the ring world is the greatest artificial structere ever discovered. A ring, its circumference equal to earths orbit, it is built around a sol-like star. Shadow squares halfway betwwn the ring and the sun provide 15 hours of night in a thirty hour day. 70 days equals one falan (one full rotation of ring world. The inner surface-the one exposed to the sun, is terraformed and is one millionkmwide cntrifugal force provides gravity, and rim walls 1000km high keep the atmosphere in. Population of RNH(ringworld native hominids) estimated in the trillions. The origins of who built it and why are too sticky to get into. But the ringworld , millions of years ago, was populated bt A race called Pak Protectors. Protectors are ancestors of all homo sapiens. they populated ringworld with homo erectus, but left no predators in the ecology. hence, hominids evolved into every ecological niche. (Vampires, Carrion Eaters, Giant Herbivores, Small Carnivores, some built great technologies and went interstellar. Oh, and ringworld is 300 million times the surface area of earth. post if youre interested, Ill elabortae on native species and alien vistors”

Kawaresksenjajok

“ The Rhenn Plains are serene and peaceful, beautiful, and quiet as if nothing had ever had happened to it, hiding away it's violent present and past. During some time ago, the countries needed land to fight on, for they did not want war to come to their home, so they chose the Rhenn Plains, Armies met there and men died on the lands, so the land has been empty always. But now there has been set an outpost and they are beset by the goverments wanting to keep it free, will the soldiers of the barracks prevail, or fall trying?”

Sentinel

“ Here at Dragonsfoot http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=65381 The post discuses the use of the classic arcade game " Dragon's Lair" as a playable dungeon but it approaches it like a normal D&D game. You cannot represent DL with " Ok Bob, it's your turn what are you doing?" So I've got a germ of an idea. The castle itself is a dream construct of the way-too-powerful-to fight Dragon. From a distance the castle is changing, growing towers, walls falling , getting bigger and smaller in rapid succession. The castle "eats" interesting things that the players will need to extract. It is also Multidimensional and planer and moves around. The way I am planning on running it is that individual rounds are broken into 3 parts and only one player gets an action to interact with the "trap". a second player will be able to aid the "phasing" player in what ever action he takes. casting spells will be broken up over the 3 partial rounds(depending on L of spell).The phasing player will in essence be the party leader for the 3 partial rounds. The phasing player "job " will be rotated in some fashion(havent got this worked out yet). This is all run w/ the idea that you are trying to recreate the frantic pace of DL The growing and shrinking nature of the castle forces constant movement on the players A brief description of the situation will be provided with the idea of "looking around" will be an action that takes up a whole "partial" round. A few normal combats to be sprinkled in. Since a lot of work will go into an encounter that should only take IRL 2 maybe 3 min., the rooms and traps are reusable (justified by the "dream logic") This will obviously not work for a large group of players. Prob want to keep it to 3 or 4. This will require MASSIVE prep time for what will prob amount to a 1 hour crawl at best (depending on how many standard fights you work in) That's why REUSABILITY is key. To make the prep worth it , you can rerun it w/ the "dream logic" Not sure if I'm going to pull the trigger on this. But I really like the idea.Not promising a part two if I don't.”

Aramax