A meandering journey into the world of fantasy.
by Giuseppe Parisi Back to the Wastelands. This time around in our #10monstersetting we've gone out into the wastes. Once again we have some strange portals and a few factions... Mainly the "magic school" up north and the "undead(?)" taking over further south. But the main feel I want is arid desolation. I'm mainly talking … Continue reading The Wastelands – #tenmonstersetting
Swamp Dragon by Calvin Chua So we come back to our motley crew of.. three commoners who have wandered into a nasty swamp. Currently they have a rough camp at the base of the drop (a massive cliff) and nearby a freshwater swamp forest - the drained sea.===== Aedra is fuming at the death of … Continue reading The Fearless – Session 2
Expulsion - by Thomas Cole It has been hard trying to find imagery of what The Shatter would look like. Portals, broken land, broken everything. I think this painting by Mr Cole grabbed me - water, desert, sunshine, night. All at the same time. I think this would be a perfect view of the Shatter. … Continue reading The Shatter – #tenmonstersetting
Peasants, by Lorenzo Mastroianni With the random generation going along swimmingly, I decided that it was time to get some actual exploration of this setting "on the ground" as it were. =====Our four unlucky contestants wereBysen: a tough, callous woodsman Aedra: a strong, yet forgiving miner.Syn: the pot-bellied, simple-minded Butcher.Elene: the cautious washer-woman with hidden … Continue reading The Fearless – Session 1
by Ward Lindhout This time i'm focusing back on the Rust Plains, giving them a little more depth by taking a pass with the #tenmonstersetting filter. Its been pointed out that I didn't actually explain what the #tendmonstersetting experiment is - basically you take 10 monsters (given a specific set of types - humanoid, undead, … Continue reading The Rust Plains – #tenmonstersetting
So it's time to take a closer look at the drained sea. A lovely idea was suggested (again by the OSR discord) which was the #10monstersetting. Which I think is just perfect for giving a particular area a good theme/feel. I might not do this exactly (as I'm going to be choosing from a variety … Continue reading The Drained Sea – #tenmonstersetting
Don't know who did this... OK. So its done? Not really. I have a complete map now, and a large number of potential encounters/interactions. But they are the results of a RNG... I need to still do a little massaging of things to try to make some coherent factions and places. But let's get the … Continue reading The Broken Land
This entire region is dominated by the Spire. Not only does it literally tower over everything here, but all thoughts are directed towards it - either how to get in, how to stay in, or how to destroy it. The great tower is a city in and of itself. I loved the results I was … Continue reading In the Shadow of the Spire.
I was totally looking forward to rolling up encounters for this region. A mountaintop community based on survivors at a resort, a monster infested forest surrounding it. But, what else is around? Lets see what the RNG gods give us this time around D4Atlas Forest RuinsRuined fortress inhabited by raiders(?) With some kind of dangerous … Continue reading The Central Massif
Back into the Shatter, but this northern section was concerning me. I didn't see a whole lot of interesting possibilities looking at the Atlas Map. But, once again the Random Gods proved me wrong. At first I was rolling poorly, and nothing was coming up, but one strange combination made me re-evaluate this area totally! … Continue reading The Northern Shatter
Wandering Wombat 