Goblin Punch's latest post introduces a monster that can make lights become "thin" and "greasy" and eventually die so that the party can be consumed by the darkness.
What I love is that the thing affecting the torches and candles is a disease that lights can catch. This harkens back to his idea of rust being a disease that infects metal.
What other phenomenon from our world could be reimagined as a disease in our RPGs?
Goblin Punch's latest post introduces a monster that can make lights become "thin" and "greasy" and eventually die so that the party can be consumed by the darkness.
What I love is that the thing affecting the torches and candles is a disease that lights can catch. This harkens back to his idea of rust being a disease that infects metal.
What other phenomenon from our world could be reimagined as a disease in our RPGs?
Before the Black Death, brewing ale was primarily the domain of women, known as âalewives.â A common practice was to signal the availability of ale by placing a broom outside the door, giving rise to the term âalehouse.â
Alewives played a crucial role in maintaining a steady supply of ale, as it would sour within days, requiring careful management of quantities.
Before the Black Death, brewing ale was primarily the domain of women, known as âalewives.â A common practice was to signal the availability of ale by placing a broom outside the door, giving rise to the term âalehouse.â
Alewives played a crucial role in maintaining a steady supply of ale, as it would sour within days, requiring careful management of quantities.
#WritersCoffeeClub 3.1 â (Theme: New beginnings) How did your WIPâs premise take shape?
Funny story, but it took shape all because I'm a game master who plays a lot of #Cyberpunk2020 and #CyberpunkRED with my players. Alexios was a character of my own creation from about 15 years ago. I painstakingly built an entire original universe around him from that one epic character idea, and now here we are and he has his own book series. I never gave up on him.
#WritersCoffeeClub 3.1 â (Theme: New beginnings) How did your WIPâs premise take shape?
Funny story, but it took shape all because I'm a game master who plays a lot of #Cyberpunk2020 and #CyberpunkRED with my players. Alexios was a character of my own creation from about 15 years ago. I painstakingly built an entire original universe around him from that one epic character idea, and now here we are and he has his own book series. I never gave up on him.
#WordWeavers 3.1 â Introduce your MC to your best friend. Where would you do it? Would they get along?
(New thread! Talking about a long, ongoing fanfiction tale here, just to get something new out there. It might give me ideas. Sometimes I need a break from my original novels.)
Honestly, I wouldn't. Period, end of. They so totally aren't meeting. One of the MCs is a Sith named Nolana Disa, one who I know my best friend (who we call DJ) would get along with /far too well/. Pfft, the universe doesn't need a chaotic, messy friendship like that! I'd be stuck in the middle, trying not to let them commit war crimes. I'm cracking up thinking about this right now. I needed a good laugh.
#WordWeavers 3.1 â Introduce your MC to your best friend. Where would you do it? Would they get along?
(New thread! Talking about a long, ongoing fanfiction tale here, just to get something new out there. It might give me ideas. Sometimes I need a break from my original novels.)
Honestly, I wouldn't. Period, end of. They so totally aren't meeting. One of the MCs is a Sith named Nolana Disa, one who I know my best friend (who we call DJ) would get along with /far too well/. Pfft, the universe doesn't need a chaotic, messy friendship like that! I'd be stuck in the middle, trying not to let them commit war crimes. I'm cracking up thinking about this right now. I needed a good laugh.
I made a gentle #ttrpg adventure for a Valentine's Day date.
Set in a Forest Folk Festival, my partner had to help a little bear find the missing faeries. We did it over lunch so we could enjoy our tie-in food from the Food Carts and Presse Bar. Glad to report that all the faeries were found!
I made a gentle #ttrpg adventure for a Valentine's Day date.
Set in a Forest Folk Festival, my partner had to help a little bear find the missing faeries. We did it over lunch so we could enjoy our tie-in food from the Food Carts and Presse Bar. Glad to report that all the faeries were found!
If one half of #worldbuilding a #solarpunk#space#ttrpg is accommodating popular existing #scifi tropes, the other is fostering stories that heretofore have been absent for lack of the setting.
What are some examples of space stories and themes that are specific and exclusive to solarpunk?
Sunstones are a clear crystal(Iceland spar), which were said to be used during the Viking-age to help locate the position of the sun for navigation. đ§âïž
Due to lack of archeology finds, their use is debated, but one 2011 study does show that the crystals work for the task. In it, people were able to find the sun on dark cloudy days with incredible accuracy.
Incidentally, if anyone is interested in some of the research and modeling that went into "Architect of Worlds," my writing blog has a specific tag called "science!" that picks out posts where I talked about some of the details. Might be of interest if you're intrigued by some more recent developments in exoplanetary #science and how those affect plausible #worldbuilding.
Incidentally, if anyone is interested in some of the research and modeling that went into "Architect of Worlds," my writing blog has a specific tag called "science!" that picks out posts where I talked about some of the details. Might be of interest if you're intrigued by some more recent developments in exoplanetary #science and how those affect plausible #worldbuilding.
I love finding travel books like this in a #LittleFreeLibrary . There's always a lot of good #ttrpg#worldbuilding material in them - if only I could find the time to read them...
I love finding travel books like this in a #LittleFreeLibrary . There's always a lot of good #ttrpg#worldbuilding material in them - if only I could find the time to read them...
#Worldbuilding Prompt time: what locally cultivatable drink becomes widespread as a result of the development of large trade networks? How does the consumption of this drink reflect your civilization's attitude towards social class and exclusion? https://www.veritastabletop.com/worldbuilding-beverages-wine/
#Worldbuilding Prompt time: what locally cultivatable drink becomes widespread as a result of the development of large trade networks? How does the consumption of this drink reflect your civilization's attitude towards social class and exclusion? https://www.veritastabletop.com/worldbuilding-beverages-wine/
#ttrpg#worldbuilding tip: If you want to come up with plausible settlement patterns for your #fantasy setting, a basic understanding of Central Place Theory will help.
#WFRP 1E actually has a discussion of this right in the Core Rule Book!
I'm a writer, and one of the things I use social media for is to promote my own work.
I also know how annoying it is when authors never post anything *else*. So I limit myself to one post a week. That's today.
Here's my most recent book, published by Ad Astra Games. This is my current last word on designing scientifically plausible exoplanetary systems for fiction, at least until I produce a second edition.
I'm a writer, and one of the things I use social media for is to promote my own work.
I also know how annoying it is when authors never post anything *else*. So I limit myself to one post a week. That's today.
Here's my most recent book, published by Ad Astra Games. This is my current last word on designing scientifically plausible exoplanetary systems for fiction, at least until I produce a second edition.
Not sure how many people are interested in it considering this is an English-language blog and this is a (largely) German-language campaign newsletter⊠but anyway, here is issue 2 of GlimmermÀrkische Zeytungen.
I decided to create an In-Game chronicle here, as written by the scribe on Castle Aberwacht. Which largely concerns the doings of the group of player characters that go out and explore the dungeons in the area, with only a few other notes about other events in between. I have a channel in our Discord where I give current topics as talked about in the local tavern (Gilgameshâs), some of which are reflected in here.
Thereâs a few hints for further adventures/opportunities hidden in both the news-section and the chronicle, so thereâs that.
I also decided to add the player maps as created in the game itself, âŠ
Not sure how many people are interested in it considering this is an English-language blog and this is a (largely) German-language campaign newsletter… but anyway, here is issue 2 of GlimmermĂ€rkische Zeytungen.
I decided to create an In-Game chronicle here, as written by the scribe on Castle Aberwacht. Which largely concerns the doings of the group of player characters that go out and explore the dungeons in the area, with only a few other notes about other events in between. I have a channel in our Discord where I give current topics as talked about in the local tavern (Gilgamesh’s), some of which are reflected in here.
There’s a few hints for further adventures/opportunities hidden in both the news-section and the chronicle, so there’s that.
I also decided to add the player maps as created in the game itself, as an example of what the players actually know about the dungeons they are exploring. Of course both that are active right now are hardly unknown in the scene, so it might be interesting for you to see what they made out of the descriptions I gave them during the game. Yes, one is Dyson’s Delve, the other are the Caves of Chaos.
The maps by the way were created with the free online mapping tool mipui.net (although I went and redid them in the crosshatch style instead of the one that was used in the actual game, just to fit in with the mock-medieval theming of the newsletter).
Last page has our group house rules for this this game, and these are in English, because this game was not intended to be as German-language as it shakes out to be.
By the way, regarding the year: The game runs in 1:1 time, but I started it in July. So the year in the Glimmermark goes from July to June. So it’s gonna be 1204 for the next few months. I really should rename the months though.
