Warning: Sexual assault, violence, and language. Read with caution.

The classic love story, tainted with death.

After she ate the middle part of my wife's body she gestured me out the door. Then she paddled me to the den of the Sage. All the while I stared at her rune marked back, my hand on the hilt of my sword, and I thought of my father and the hens.

Maxilan Carth, the Hunter of the Bayous, was the bane of the gatorfolk in life. To those who follow Jampiri, he provides protection from those beasts from beyond the grave.

An old Devotee of the Way of Roarck and High Official in the Kingdom of Parna

A young Noble and Holy Warrior

'Pass me the blue one.' said Quinn.

'Are you sure?' asked Elise. 'It's just, you were sure about the last two combinations, and that ceiling got closer both times.'

'It's a gamble, I agree,' replied Quinn, 'but whatever's behind this door has got to be worth it.'

Elise passed Quinn the blue stone which he placed carefully in the final slot. As the grinding began, Quinn looked to the door while Elise looked up...

A young Holy Warrior and Noble.

Augscannens are common handheld devices used by security and law enforcement agencies

'We just thought the winter was worse'n usual. Turns out we had an unexpected visitor. Wasn't until poor Dave and Glenda... died... that we finally got a clue. By then it was almost too late. You know how many of us'll never be the same? Oh, you doubt me, do you? Look in my eye, son, and tell me what you don't see. Yeah, I thought so. Damned Snow Devil!'

'Rrrbit! Rrrbit! Great Jove has found you unworthy, human! Now prepare to die !'

Are they really lucky or the GM is toying with me?

Methinks we have hugely mistaken this matter of Life and Death. Methinks that what they call my shadow here on earth is my true substance. Methinks that in looking at things spiritual, we are too much like oysters observing the sun through the water, and thinking that thick water the thinnest of air. Me thinks my body is but the lees of my better being. In fact take my body who will, take it I say, it is not me.'

? Herman Melville, Moby Dick

If life hands you lemons, make lemonade.

If life puts you in charge of defending a gold mining operation and you are only a mage....well

All you need to stop a brain is a bullet.

Dossier of Cosmic Era character compiled and modified from the PS1 game Tekken II

Normally Goblins tend to be the targets of PCs, but it could be that the PCs do something to aid them and the grateful Goblins give them something in return. Here are thirty great, ghoulish and ghastly goblin gifts.

A strange mask containing a merciless demon, a parasite on those around it.

An introductory text to the demands of demon summoning.

The author's quips and comments on making the most of your first submission

'That one, you might want to be careful with that. It doesn't like people...'

'A potion? '