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Silveressa
The Darkest of Winters: Session #21 By: Silveressa

“In light of this whole zombie plague I’m thinking they’re going to have to redefine R.I.P to Rise in Putrescence.” –Riley, recalling the usual gravestone markings.

“How about Rot In Pieces?” –Jessy, proving acronyms can mean whatever the reader intends.

by Silveressa
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The Darkest of Winters: Session #22 By: Silveressa

“There’s another reason they call it the chain of command you know.” –Riley, recalling his military training.

“Because they tie you in chains if you don’t obey it?” –Renee, taking a wild guess.

“Because the lives of everyone under your command weighs like a ball and chain around your neck.” –Riley, remembering the troops who looked to him for leadership in the Gulf war.

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130xp
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The Darkest of Winters: Session #4 By: Silveressa

"Don’t think for a minute just because you’re “go’in commando” it’s going to improve your gun skills or our chances of gettin out of this alive.” -Jessy Hannaford, commenting on Heather’s lack of undergarments.

“Cheap talk from the guy wearing *my* panties on his leg.” -Heather Wilks, pointing to her makeshift bandage adorning Jessy’s leg wound.

by Silveressa
90xp
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What Lies Beyond Death By: Silveressa

The Diary of young girl who finds herself trapped in purgatory, searching salvation and trying to make sense of that which is deliberatly insane. (A prelude to the entry found in my Chasers submission.)

Ideally the creatures described within this (ongoing) sub will be detailed in turn as their own seperate submissions eventally painting a complete picture of purgatoy.

by Silveressa
335xp
22 replies
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The Darkest of Winters: Session #8 By: Silveressa

'I can't imagine anything more disgusting then throwing up in a gas mask.' –Riley Setson, commenting on the fate of an unlucky pilot.

'Really? How about crapping yer drawers in a hazmat suit?' –Jessy Hannaford, proving yet again things can always be worse.

by Silveressa
90xp
2 replies
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Post Apocalypse Gaming By: Silveressa

Nuclear war, zombie outbreaks, meteor strikes, economic collapse, alien invasion, no matter how it happens an apocalypse makes for a unique and engaging setting to run a campaign in, even for a jaded GM.

Here's a few quick tips that can make a good zombie or other post apocalypse game a great one, and keep the group coming back (from the dead?) for more.

by Silveressa
150xp
7 replies
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Running a Zombie Apocalypse By: Silveressa

A few quick and techniques any GM can use to make a zombie apocalypse campaign a success without becoming to stressful or repetitive for to run over the long term:

by Silveressa
240xp
12 replies
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Pet & Peer NPCs By: Silveressa

Sometimes playing a major NPC that’s part of the party can be tough. After all, it’s hard not to have the NPC come up with a winning strategy, spot a piece of evidence or find a trap the PCs overlooked. However, if one does this too much, the NPC becomes the crutch the group leans on as soon a problem presents itself.

When done too little, the NPC is usually treated as a useless addition outside of menial labor and an extra weapon in combat. Here are a few techniques to keep them fun and useful , and become a party member the GM and players will like having around.

by Silveressa
95xp
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Things Are Not Always As They Seem By: Silveressa

This humorous short fiction piece was inspired by a late night chat with a couple gamer friends about how alien cultures would possibly interpret some of the more "colorful" aspects of our society.

by Silveressa
240xp
17 replies
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Infestation By: Silveressa

There are places, you have to understand, where the dimensions-I'm not talking about that parallel dimension metaphysical stuff, I mean dimensions like length and breadth and time-where they curl into themselves, and begin to fester. Where foul things evolve and spread...

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212xp
9 replies
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Descriptive combat By: Silveressa

How to make combat interesting and more than: "Well, I’m going to hit him with my sword."

by Silveressa
185xp
12 replies
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Scrasamax
A Primer on Denizens of the Wastelands By: Scrasamax

a dossier of peoples of the wasteland according to several sources

by Scrasamax
50xp
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The Depressing Economy of Where Are You, Scooby Doo By: Scrasamax

The original series of Scooby-Doo, airing in 1969, is remembered for rubber masked monsters, stage magic effects, and wacky hijinks, behind the scenes, the world that the gang of Mystery Inc inhabits is in economy shambles.

by Scrasamax
50xp
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Tiers of Evil By: Scrasamax

Inspired by The Wheel of Time

by Scrasamax
100xp
833 views
1 HoH
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The Lovestruck By: Scrasamax

23 'dere character archetypes from anime broken down into the Male Main Character for genre romance

by Scrasamax
75xp
3 replies
646 views
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Cheka Man
30 Events within a Graveyard By: Cheka Man

30 things taking place within a large graveyard.

by Cheka Man
71xp
1 reply
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Progression Wheel By: Scrasamax

A game mechanic borrowed from Blades in the Dark, a weird dark fantasy game about building gangs in a weird let's go whaling for demons in a sea made of lightning setting. The mechanic is solid though.

by Scrasamax
50xp
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Broken Mirror: MMPR By: Scrasamax

Broken Mirror concept is reverse the roles in a show or media and have fun with it.

I present the Mighty Morphing Power Reavers

by Scrasamax
59xp
1 reply
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Klassyempire
''It was somewhere just outside of Whitespyre...'' By: Klassyempire

A short story teasing potential characters, setting and plot elements for a world-building project I've visiting on and off for several years. 

Regions:
Sister Cities
Westlands
Felldart Territory
Needle Mountains
Halëfas Forest

Mentioned towns/cities:
Westermeet
Whitespyre
Ross

Establishments:
The Horn and Sheaf Inn

Characters:
Ulimë the elf
Hainault the half-elf

by Klassyempire
50xp
2 replies
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Scrasamax
Gamma Psychosociosomantic Disorder (GPSSD) By: Scrasamax

The Petroleum Era was a time of enormous social stress, and a variety of social psychotic diseases emerged, a side effect of unregulated and increasingly sophisticated social communication and hive mind technology. GPSSD is also known as Wrong Way Distortion, or Hyperaggresssive Progressive Antagonistic syndrome.

by Scrasamax
54xp
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