Rethinking Ritual Magic, Part II
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Q3E Performance Rules
The interplay of social interactions and game rules can be tricky. They often either create a situation where the player’s social skills trump the character or reduce the interaction to a die roll, effectively making the actual interaction happen off-screen. I’ve been working on some rules that aim for a happy medium. You can read…
The Vandam Street Puppet Head
I just finished Road Kill by Kinky Friedman–it’s the one where he has to save Willie Nelson from an Indian curse–and it occurred to me last week that there are no Kinky-related American Artifacts. Let’s fix that. If you’ve as much as skimmed the first few pages of Kinky Friedman novel, you’re probably already familiar…
Persuasion Rules for Q3E
I’ve been working on coming up with mechanics for social rolls in Q3E. Let me know what you think. Fast Talking This is the “Is that a rabbit over there?” type of persuasion: The character wants to elicit a somewhat specific, immediate response with a simple statement. Distractions, misdirections, and taunts would all fall into…
Khezvaros Cartography Part 14
When I last posted here over a year ago, I had a map that looks like this: At that point, I was planning on mapping out the rest of the world and adding new nations and cultures, cool landmarkes, and all that jazz. I looked at some articles of weird natural wonders and stuff to…
I Have A Dream. I Have A Vision.
Since it’s so late I’m going to wait until tomorrow to share my Mojo World article with the unwashed masses, but you get it right now! Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Babalu!
I’m not “officially” posting my write-up for The Ricky Ricardos until tomorrow, but you can read it today. I’m leaving tomorrow to go to Lexington for a few days, so I don’t know if I’ll post anything new this weekend, but I’ve only got 1500 words left to go so I think I should be…
Red Light Green Light
It’s been a couple days, but I finally got back to World Ember. I wrote this article on color codes mainly because I mentioned the color-coded fallout zones in a few of the region writeups. Since that would have been a short article, I decided to combine it with the “trail markers” idea I’ve been…
Swamp Country
The writeup for The Swamplands is now up at World Anvil. That finishes up the regions (though I plan to revisit the Promised Land, RRV, and Lake Browning writeups I did previously after WorldEmber), so now I can start doing some other categories. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Big Sky Country
Today’s WorldEmber entry is a little short (it’s for one of the smaller areas of the Boomlands), but it’s got Silo People! Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
