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The Sins of the Fathers - 12/29/2019 Sigil is often called the Birdcage, mostly because of junk and ruin stacked upon itself in the Hive; the city’s largest ward and garbage pit combined. But, Sigil was also a cage, requiring a key to leave. So, doesn’t that mean that every plane is a cage...

The Gambit - 12/22/2019 The first rule in dealing with fiends is: don’t. The second rule is if you can’t do the first rule, then you better be in a position of strength. This is tricky; fiends are immortal, and very patient. They have seen more, know more, and have been manipulating mortals...

Unfunny Moments -- 12/18/2019 I never think of myself as ‘funny.’ I might say something clever that gets a chuckle, but that isn’t the same thing as having that gift to say the perfect phrase, that causes everyone to roll with laughter. I relish it when I can laugh like that and forget the...

Ghosts of the Forgotten - 12/8/2019 To planewalkers, there are many pieces of the chant needed to survive a trip to any plane. Some are simple: avoid the lower planes and the Blood War. Some obvious: don’t try to deal with slaad, and don’t try to cheat a modron. Violating those is likely to...

The Crossing of Madness - 12/2/2019 The multiverse is a wonderous place. You really could say that anything and everything is possible at the proper place and moment. Wonderous things. Glorious things. Unexpected things. And some of those things are best left alone, unexplored and...

Death in the Darkness - 11/26/2019 I could always see in the dark. I can see even better now, but it doesn’t change the fact in slightest. But there is a game that Sensates play, called “A Game of You.” Part of the game is using your experience to understand something around you, and with...

The interplay of a campaign is what makes it fun; its why we play (or least why I play.) Trying to capture the essence, while cleaning it up to make a story is a challenge, and I am glad you like the results.

The Pool of Refuge. - 11/19/2019 Pure water is more valuable than ale in Sigil, and much harder to find. So, there is a mystique about how water is a cure for almost all ills. How the taste of nothing is a sign of quality. How it washes away our tears and filth so easily. So, the greatest...

The Highborn - 11/10/2019 The history of the elves may have started in Aborea, but their journey passed through the Feywild. From there some left for one of the many primes, while others stayed behind becoming Eladrin. Some of those returned to Aborea, becoming noble Ealdrin. It an...

It was a nasty trick...and the dm probably lifted it from The Dark Knight. But Iesa lost the chance to being as smart as Batman. The rest of us had no chance.

The Crying Game. - 11/3/2019 In times of crisis, we turn to our comforts for relief. Friends. Family. Faith. Drink even. But sometimes, that isn’t enough. You have to have the strength and will to look at yourself, to gaze within to find the answers to the toughest questions, to reflect...

The Quarry - 10/29/2019 Goblin, Hobgoblin, Bugbear. All describe cruel creatures who believe in their own sets of rules and expected all others to follow them. Order matters; their rules matter. Pike that. There are some fundamental laws, not rules that I follow set down by my power. You...

Fifteen Birds… 10/24/2019 Families can create such strong bonds, that their impression can be felt just by watching them interact. The subtle motions, touches, smiles, phrases all are the mark of kinship. So, watching the elves, you realize they are all kin to each other, that they all...

I could use the long rest. But I am editing and trying to proofread while drugged. I'll survive it somehow.

@HalfOrc HalfBiscuit - Well sometimes it takes a while for the message conduit to reach its destination. Whether you blame planar time dilation, or just a heavy dose of cold medicine is up to you. The running - 10/17/2019 The multiverse is full of races and cultures. But even Tieflings...

@HalfOrc HalfBiscuit Done! Caving for Firbolgs - 10/10/2019 Sigil doesn’t really have caves. It has tunnels and passages underneath the city. A city built up from piles of trash. But not natural caverns. In fact, the only “cave” you can find is in the Great Gymnasium where one was built...

The Little Cabin in the Woods – 10/3/2019 Surprise can be a wonderful thing. The new and the unexpected is what sustains a Sensate. That unique experience is to be savored and treasured. But it can also be found in the most ordinary places. Things you thought you knew, or things that you...

Drinking with Giants - 09/27/2019 If there is one thing about Sigil is that everyone drinks. Ale is safer than the water in the Ditch, or anywhere else. In fact, water from Oceanus costs twenty times the cost of a good ale, and a hundred times the cheapest bub. So, a good chunk of the...

The Importance of Vetting - 09/19/2019 Knight of the Post. Shiv. Thief. So many words for the same type of profession. Says nothing about the person behind it. Some hold to codes obscure to any but themselves. Some just want the finer things at the lowest price. And some just look at...

Carriage Ho! - 09/11/2019 Sigil is called the ‘City of Doors’ by some, ‘the Cage’ by others. To most, the only difference is a key. To wiser cutters, the real difference is who is holding it. The carriage slowly made its way southwards, wedged between lumbering carts and wagons of the...