The Warmlands

I wrote this as a teenager in the 1980s. I found a copy on my PC along with other stories I wrote. I was heavily influenced by Jack Vance, particularly Dying Earth. The Chronicles of the Bitter Stars “In the waning centuries before the Deluge, when the heavens themselves warred and the Immutable […]

The Vanquished Cavalier

I wrote this as a teenager in the 1980s. I found a copy on my PC along with other stories I wrote. I was heavily influenced by Jack Vance, particularly Dying Earth. The Vanquished Cavalier I Acts of bravery did they wonderfully excel, Our Francish souls will fully swell, When we know in the […]

The Constraints of Honour

I wrote this in the 80s as a teenager. Found a copy on my PC along with other stories I wrote. I was heavily influenced by Jack Vance. Set in the Traveller RPG universe. The Constraints of Honour Domagnon of the Third Bastion dreamed of war. His narrow cot quivered beneath a bombardment of […]

The Deed, Concluded

I wrote this in the 80s as a teenager. Found a copy on my PC along with other stories I wrote. I was heavily influenced by Jack Vance. The Deed, Concluded The matter is finished at last — and with uncommon finesse, I dare boast. The Warrior sprawls, quite dead, upon the flagstones of my […]

Glitch Faerie

Glitch Faerie This lithe, diminutive creature looks like a humanoid with wispy, mothlike wings and long, thin ears. Glitch Faerie […]

Sorcerer Bloodline – The Cold Prince (OSE)

Just published an OSE version of much of the 5e science-fantasy content of this blog over on driveThruRpg. Here is some supporting content for the Sorcerer class presented in that book. Here is a Cold Prince Bloodline (Dolmenwood inspired) for the OSE Sorcerer class. Bloodline: The Cold Prince Your innate magic comes from fey blood, […]

Wizards & Machineguns (OSE)

Just published an OSE version of much of the 5e science-fantasy content of this blog over on driveThruRpg.

dart gun

Custom/converted magic items for my homebrew campaign world “The Ninth World”. Placed here for my PCs to reference. DART GUN Weapon (relic), rare GP: 3,000 XP: 300 Damage 1d4 piercing plus poison. 5 lb. (1 slot) Finesse. Range 40/120. Proficiency: Martial Range A dart gun makes use of nanotechnology to craft a small pointed projectile […]

scatterlight suit (grey)

Custom/converted magic items for my homebrew campaign world “The Ninth World”. Placed here for my PCs to reference. Scatterlight Suit (Grey) AC 11, MAX DEX +8, radiant attacks have disadvantage to hit the wearer, depletes 1 in 20 (checked whenever the wearer is targeted by a radiant attack). A scatterlight suit is a tight, form-fitting […]

psychokinesis

Whenever PCs are exposed to radiation and fail a saving throw they gain a mutation. I use the giant tables in Metamorphica for this. The vast, vast majority of time the mutations are minor – for example “you can detect earthquakes before they happen” or “you compulsively count things”. However, one of my characters got […]