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

This area caused trouble for me. I really couldn't wrap my head around a desert so close to hot/wet swamplands... then some of the lovely people on the OSR discord explained to me about rain shadows, and "a wizard did it". Which changed my perception of the whole Broken Lands. The low/wet Drained Sea, surrounded … Continue reading The Wastelands

So now i'm moving into an area that looked interesting. Still making the "random setting" with the technique I outlined here I admit that I already had some ideas of what I wanted this place to look like going into this stage. When I was making the atlas map, this area was mountains and hills … Continue reading The Southern Shatter

With the last region - The Drained Sea - I ended up with a tangled swampland - not a whole lot of room for ruins. More like a tangle of living things out for your blood. This time I want something more classically post-apocalyptic. Hence - The Rust Plains. I don't know how much time … Continue reading The Rust Plains

So I was thinking about what has made setting that I've loved gaming in. A post that covered a lot of the same territory is from "OSR aesthetics of ruin". I do indeed love the idea of exploring something ruined. Not knowing what it was, and having no instructions about it. Possibly why some post-apocalyptic … Continue reading The Drained Sea