Recent content by Shades of Eternity

To make it easy, this is the map before the space ship struck the planet.

I was listening to Greyhawk Grognard and he was grumbling how he thought it tainted the barrier peaks and made them assume it was just a place of tech. so want to invert it. lets build a fantasy world where the focal point is a space ship crashing on the planet what was it like before? What...

Bogeys running black-market bug zappers, Elves powered by banjos & bug lights, Ghost Magpies stealing your keys and your dignity, and Trollitariot fixing everything while complaining loudly. Explore Part 2. Come meet the neighbours...

I'm inspired. I'll write up a white paper first and then I'll see how hard it can be to widdle something up. Feeling the need to stretch my legs. I already figured out the cast of npcs/characters to pick been having an incredibly silly time writting up dialogue interaction. :D

Here's my elevator Speech for such a game. DALEFIRE ASCENDANT A Forgotten Realms Campaign Elevator Pitch** When shadows stir in the Dalelands, old villains don’t stay buried — they rise. Rumours whisper that Fzoul Chembryl, long thought gone, is clawing his way back to power. His resurrection...

That's technically correct, the best kind of correct. :D

ok removing all vulnerability to thunder for now. also adjusting stonecunning text. and yes landslide sounds better. :D Oh, no worries, think of them as an add-on to those who want variety with their gargoyle. Masque Gargoyle Amphitheater/Emotion-Born Gargoyle Large Elemental (Gargoyle)...

Gothic fears damnation.Lovecraft fears nothing.Part III dives into the Eldritch Horrors. When the stars are right, even the universe files for bankruptcy. https://breadthofpopsanity.blogspot.com/2025/11/gothic-vs-lovecraft-part-iii.html

let me rephrase it I want a game that happened in the dalelands since the year 2000

Essentially, I want a Baldur's Gate-type game to be done there. It was the original heartland of the realms, key connection to the underdark and it's close to the Moonsea, Cormyr and Sembia And if it happens to allow Saurials or Stonelander Minotaurs as PCs...so be it. :D So how would you...

ok any spells should be 1. useful 2. thematic If I can reskin a spell, I will. so before I do that, what do you expect? I'll post my own opinions later. in the meantime Gargoyle Class Synergy Guide (5e) How a living statue fits into every class—and how every class transforms the gargoyle...

keen here's my rough draft to viable gargoyle pcs Gargoyle (Player Species) Play as a living statue touched by faith, fear, or memory. Ability Score Increase Increase one ability by +2 and a different ability by +1, or three different skills by +1. Creature Type Elemental. You count as...

now I got time to respond @dave2008 I need to explain. I am an old greybeard, anthropologist by training (if not by trade), and amateur historian. I have been gaming for a long time. when you say "But I see no reason to so thoroughly change 50 years of D&D tradition", where is the break off...

Pretty much last of the fluff, but still has crunch to post. I added my own world: the elderberry tales: an actual medieval world inspired by the Norman invasion, the peasant rebellion and the Smurfs. :D...