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The fun thing is to follow the standard fantasy trope of starting with a village, then expanding outwards, which works especially well in Canadian small towns. I even have a series to find one and then tweak it. https://www.cbc.ca/television/stillstanding I chose Bruce Alberta as my starter...

https://www.hodgepocalypse.com/2022/01/miquelon-commune-lair-of-garter-folk.html including a bit of the back catalog. In this case, a Garter folk commune in Miquelon!

Beyond the drowned towers of Prairie Atlantis, the real weird starts. Skyports in Airdrie. Windlifts in Cochrane. Psychic floods in High River. Explore the edges: https://www.hodgepocalypse.com/2025/06/thornlands-part-2-prairie-atlantis-part_29.html

Prairie Atlantis – Part 3 Welcome to S.A.I.T.—now The Forge, Calgary's last bastion of flaming wrenches, haunted profs & mnemonic tattoos. Ride zip-lines. Dodge midterm spirits. Worship vending machines. https://www.hodgepocalypse.com/2025/06/thornlands-part-2-prairie-atlantis-part_23.html

Prairie Atlantis – Part 2 Cybercult airports. Ghost towers. Psychic mercs. A giant blue ring that hums like a god’s tuning fork. Explore more haunting landmarks in the drowned ruins of Calgary: 🔗 Thornlands - Part 2 - Prairie Atlantis - Part 2 - Locations of Note #hodgepocalypse #ttrpg #dnd5e

half casters need synergy their other abilities need to build on their spell list. Paladins' do Artificers do Rangers do not.

the ranger spells lists should be loaded to the gills with trick arrows that would make hawkeye/green arrow proud (edited) With the patriot arrow being the capstone arrow The fact that what little work they have done isn't competitive with the equivalent of similar classes at similar levels is...

Okay, 1st part of the revision of Prairie Atlantis - Calgary. If Hadestown and Mad Max had to rebuild Alberta. Thornlands - Part 2 - Prairie Atlantis - Part 1 - Overview

When you pick your ranger, it should be based on your concept and how it is interpreted, with the ability to support it. for example Dex/Con - Gritty outlaw, parkour bandit, long-distance runner of Sherwood - Kevin Costner’s or Errol Flynn interpretation of Robin Hood. This also covers the 4e...

Welcome to Jargon’s Realm—where the slopes are sacred, the sermons drop beats, and a teenage dragon rules from a gondola throne.Thornlands - Part 5 - Jargon's kingdom All hail the Wyrmfire Code. All raids are livestreamed. Glory is mandatory!

your are not wrong. I recently picked up the following book and it's full of great buildings to use. I think its in part, my grumble about Edmonton: They always seem to remove the wrong building, so it's easy enough to fix. (with your imagination). also been using the facebook groupss ...

Finishing what's left of Saskatchewan, explore the rugged Battlefords, where tensions simmer between East Battleford’s Beaverfolk and restless ruins. Plus Laser Gophers! More adventures await: https://www.hodgepocalypse.com/2025/06/flatlander-expanse-part-8-beyond.html

Explore the strange and magical roadside relics of Saskatchewan: Adventure awaits in the weirdness! Flatlander Expanse - Part 7 - Giants of the Prairie

I miss 4e's role niches It made it easier to determine what you needed for your party and allowed everybody to be special. I liked some of the class concepts that came from it. If they had followed a similar stringency with the 3 pillars, I think it could have been amazing.