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IMHO. Rogues are a difficult class to integrate into a fantasy setting. Thieves/Assassins/Spies/Conmen. Lots of different options, but they are unlikely to operate on their own. They need organisation. Therefore, they need some attention when it comes to world-building. ve Narrative Anchors...

There is a difference between "default setting" and "default rules system". Yes, Traveller could be used as a rules system for lots of sub-genres. It's versatile, because it's a simple system. I can see it being a good choice for "Lost in Space", "Sliders", "The Expanse", or "Dollhouse". You...

"Fantasy" is stories about stuff that does not exist in the real world. There are many possible settings, but we choose to set most Fantasy RPGs in a low-tech world that vaguely resembles medieval Europe. Let's call this choice "Heroic Fantasy" (although Thud and Blunder might be a good name)...

This will sound very vague.... I would like to have fun with friends. I want a sense of achievement. I want MEMORABLE enemies. They should be appropriately powerful and annoying. I want to lose SOMETIMES. Being defeated occasionally makes the final victory even sweeter. I would like...

Bugbear → Busbear (a bear that is encountered on public transport) Carrion Crawler → Carrion Trawler (the aquatic version that uses nets) Dire Wolf → Dice Wolf (It eats the dice you've lost) Flesh Golem → Flash Golem (a REALLY fast golem) Gas Spore → Gag Spore (looks like a Beholder, is really a...

Jaguar? The Sly One? Clever Cat? The Hidden Paw? The Hooded Claw?

Here is a large scale idea that I always wanted to try: Many fantasy settings have a back-story involving an ancient war/cataclysm that resulted in the creation and loss of magic items, powerful monsters, and dungeons. But what if the apocalypse was last month? Example: A group of PCs...

You open by saying that your pike is "a maximum of 10 feet long". That's not a pike: that's a spear. Pikes can be up 25 feet long.

There's an area in England known as "The Black Country". This name might be because it contained the first industrial towns, or because it's also a coal-mining area. The inhabitants are sometimes (unkindly) called "yam-yams" because of their dialect; they might say "you am", not "you are"...

How about "The stolen ones"? Or "The blackened ones"? This would be the name given to them by other cultures. I like el-Remmen's idea: use different languages. Combine the german word"Geshstolen" (which means stolen) with, say the Irish for "black" ("dubh") and you might get Dubeshtollen...

Encounters inspired by movies 1. From "Mad Max 2": A small community of survivors from ANOTHER crash. They're children and young teens. 2. From "Flight of the Phoenix". A single survivor is important: the engineer/tinkerer who can build a (smaller) balloon from the wreckage. 3. From "The...

I see an obvious problem If there's an easy/cheap solution, ALL of the Drow would be using it and they'd be conquering the "sunlit lands" in your world. If you really need a solution to the problem, I'd suggest that there might be something legendary or expensive that would allow Drow to...

I like the idea. Like many earlier posters, I don't see any major problems. IF YOUR PLAYERS ARE OK WITH IT. But, I do have a suggested change. The "neutral/safe space" only exists because the Overlord permits it to exist. It's always useful to have a trade nexus where diplomats and spies can...

Not acceptable as written. BUT how about this for a modification? The blade is intended as a "last ditch" weapon. It is powered by the user's life energy and the drop in hit points is a temporary problem. If you want the double damage then you have to pay 75% of your current hit points...

Suggestion: watch an episode of a reality show like "The Bachelor", or "The Bachelorette"and base you scenario on that. It'll give you ideas for some really bizarre NPCs. The in-game setup is that a local ruler is trying to find a spouse for their offspring (the bachelor, or bachelorette)...

Also. The sarcophagus is made of some valuable material that would be really useful to the settlers.

The Demon isn't stupid; it anticipated that the volcano would erupt - and that it would need to hide from the goddess. Therefore, there is a demon-built "fallout shelter". This is a vault where the demon's body is preserved in some sort of hibernation (maybe it's in a protective casket or...