short NPC for use by non-heroic interests

Also known as ARGs, Argos, Arcos, Arcoboys, Arcobois, and other derogatory terms.

This long lost tome has a cover of smooth steel. On its surface a single glowing rune: Aphkwash - A Rune that translates as "Life". The tome whispers whenever someone comes close. The whispers are those of a soft, sensual male. It promises riches. It promises power. It promises eternal life.

Thirty l tattoos, some magical, some not, some of which are prized and desired, others of which are forced on those considered to be the lowest of the low, causing said people to be despised by right thinking society.

The Demons of the Underworld are powerful, but there is a price to pay for their help, that is often not worth it.

Some of my previous posts show how one can use Google sheets as standalone puzzles for role-playing games. This article takes things a step further by involving a progression of puzzles in order to get past a hurdle. The primary puzzle is based on Set, but the overarching puzzle involves an orchestration of other hurdles.
All resources are provided :D

Ever wanted to build a poor man's dialogue tree into a Google sheet? Well you came to the right place. This post shows how to do exactly that and then uses it as a quick little (and hopefully entertaining) puzzle. 

There was a time when a certain video game companies took their protectionism to such extremes that the Ministry had to resort to using black sites to secretly interrogate employees who relentlessly interfered with fan activites.

This simple self-contained puzzle is a lock/gate built into a Google sheet. This "firewall" requires that the players input a magic square.

This simple self-contained puzzle is a nice entertaining roadblock on your player's digital path to success. An anti-virus inspired 5x5 crossword puzzle lock/gate built into a Google sheet.

An international ethereal packet switched technomantic network of computers and routers.

"AAAAAAHH, it's a troll!"
"Protect the women and children! Grab your torches!"

"AAAAAAHH, it's a troll!"
"****head... we banned him five times and he keeps making new accounts about how he pwns all and that he>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>j00!"

The most common domestic companion animal of the Kel'Regar, the Kel'Mestath has been bred into a wide variety of sizes and roles. Humans and their allied species often think of them as similar to cats or dogs, a perspective that the Kel usually encourage, for the full understanding of the Mestath tends to cause a certain level of discomfort in many aliens, but especially that close ally, humans.

Magic system involving mages making mutually beneficial pacts with spirits for access to arcane power.

After listening to How to Defeat a Demon King in 10 Easy Steps (a total riff on Zelda) I was inspired by the highly colorful 'demon generals' employed by the Demon King and thus, this list was created. All of these individuals should be workable for powerful sub-bosses or even full on boss fights themselves.

A social group living in the damaged Eurasian Alliance city of Augustgrad

The Writers' Guild is an obscure, old club whose members are a gaggle of eccentric writers and dilettantes. It has long been a productive society, publishing a vast number of high quality, yet little known works.

The Valley of the Cursed Gods is full of exotic plants and animals, an isolated valley of wonder. Whether the adventurers travel through the valley by chance, or if they have been lured by the weird, serpentine smoke formation that clings to the mountainside, one thing soon becomes apparent: Something slumbers in the Valley of the Cursed Gods. Something immensely powerful that stirs in its slumber, trying to awaken, yet cannot. Will the adventurers be the force that tips the scales of that balance?

So you have been tasked with infiltrating the Ministry of Fandom eh? HA! Sucks to be you! No one has ever successfully breached the Ministry of Fandom HQ and lived to tell about it.