The Death Cookie

1. Monster of the Week: The Devil Monkey
(Columns/Monster of the Week)

Also Known As: The “Belt Road Booger” encountered by several people in Georgia in the 1970s was in all likelihood a devil monkey. The Nalusa Flaya of Choctaw legend bears a strong physical resemblance ...

2. Monster of the Week: The Ghoul
(Columns/Monster of the Week)

... people in Texas during the 1970s and 80s. Most members of the clan were killed by a group of victims and police in 1986, but at least one is believed to have escaped. In 2003, two survivors described ...

3. Monster of the Week: The Wampus Cat
(Columns/Monster of the Week)

... with the demon and still walks the mountains as a protector of the Cherokee people. Among the descendants of the region’s white settlers, the Wampus Cat was once a human witch who would transform ...

4. Monster of the Week: The Mongolian Death Worm
(Columns/Monster of the Week)

... some will be inspired by fiction, some will be cryptids that some people say actually exist, and some of them I’ll just make up. Unless otherwise noted, the powers and interpretations of the monsters ...

5. Archetype of the Week: The Holy Man
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... of the Spirit, Vampire Suggested Weaknesses: Alcoholic, Anger Management Issue, Code of Honor, Demon Magnet, Enemies, Envy, Excommunicated, Glutton, Greedy, Hears Voices, Lust, Makes People Nervous, ...

6. Number Crunching
(Columns/QAGS Corner)

...  On a related note, there are times when two or more Words could be appropriate for a particular roll. For example, most people use Body when swimming, but if your character's Job is "Combat Diver," ...

7. Archetype of the Week: The Noble Savage
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... interacting with other people and can make him seem simple or dull. The easiest way to handle these societal differences it to require the character to take an appropriate Weakness or assign penalties ...

8. Archetype of the Week: The Boy Scout
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

The boy scout is the classic white-hat-wearing Good Guy. He believes that everyone should get along and follow the rules, and does his best to help people in need. The boy scout's strong values, incorruptible ...

9. A Six Pack of Stagger Lee
(Features/Gaming Articles)

... the badman was a ruthless figure who refused to live by society's rules. He was able to do this because most people, including law enforcement officers, feared him. While his ability to ignore society's ...

10. The Fine Art of Role-Playing
(Features/Random Stuff)

I've just started a series of articles about role-playing over at hubpages.com. The articles are geared towards people who are just get started with role-playing, so a lot of the materal covered (especially ...

11. Archetype of the Week: The Rookie
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... usually spend their time at bars, clubs, sporting events, and other places where people their age congregate. Social Circle Early on, a rookie's social circle will consist mainly of family and friends ...

12. The Rules: Robin Hood
(Features/Gaming Articles)

... wearing a hood. 3) Robin Hood Is a Hero of the People. In the real world, people who operate covertly keep a low profile. While Robin and his men do in fact do a lot of medieval cloak and dagger stuff, ...

13. Archetype of the Week: The Trickster
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... Mythological Characters Anansi Brer Rabbit Coyote Eris Loki Reynard the Fox Robin Hood Real People Banksy P.T. Barnum Jello Biafra Tony Clifton Stephen Colbert Salvador Dali Charles Fort Larry Flynt ...

14. The Price Isn't Right
(Columns/QAGS Corner)

... the success degree. While I can't help the AD&D people, I recently realized that the "Price Is Right" analogy that we often use to explain the mechanic might be part of the problem for others, since on ...

15. The Rules: Sword & Sorcery
(Features/Gaming Articles)

... Body). Rule #5: Sword & Sorcery Heroes Are Not Necessarily Good People While most Sword & Sorcery characters do have at least some sort of moral code by which they live, most would be considered criminals ...

16. Archetype of the Week: The Spook
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... chasing down bad guys and shooting at people. Suggested Jobs: ATF Agent, CIA Agent, Company Man, Conspirator, Double Agent, FBI Agent, G-Man, Handler, Intelligence Agent, Investigator, Interrogator, ...

17. Archetype of the Week: The Mentor
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... in most stories, regardless of setting or genre. The Name Game Because mentors are usually older than the other characters in the group, they are likely to have "old people" names. They may also have ...

18. WB101 Part 6: Son of The Big Picture
(Columns/World Building 101)

... advanced people of the world, are somewhere early in the 17th Century, with the Empire and most other parts of the world 50-100 years behind. I also make notes on a few interesting developments, such as ...

19. Con Report: Egypt Wars 1
(Features/Convention Reports)

... the form of Big Bad Bertha, the opposing team's star player, who missed the early part of the game due to illness but showed up midway through and started biting people. Two of the pre-gens were ESPN ...

20. Fratboy of the Week: The Big Man On Campus
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... his athletic skill, good looks, or his position in an important organization or clique. Some BMOC's even attain their status by being decent human beings who people naturally like. Major Pre-law ...