"These four movies are the quintessential old school gamer movies:
Princess Bride: the aspiration of that novel you were writing while creating the game.
Labyrinth: the *%$& you go through in the dungeon.
Army of Darkness: how most PCs react.
Monty Python Holy Grail: what actually happens most...
I'm starting to brainstorm kaiju for my own purposes and realized that nothing really works currently so trying to figure out my model.
One of my favorite failed projects was Reach of Titan where the idea is you have a team that takes them down and then uses their purposes for building...
did some stewing and it came up with this, but unsure which sword be which and whether they fit at all, any ideas?
1. Wyrm Slayer
History:
Origins: Crafted by Wayland the Smith to combat the growing threat of dragons that terrorized the lands.
Significant Events: The sword was first wielded...
https://robinofsherwood.fandom.com/wiki/Seven_Swords_of_Wayland
been rewatching robin of sherwood and trying to see what these should be, and why?
these feel like serious plot hooks.
This is a 5e product for the Hodgepocalypse, my pulp post-apocalyptic fantasy world. in this case, it is the psychic book for my world, psychics!, Dragons!, Cats!, Western Canada!
curious to see how this group responds to this...
Like it says in the opening header, you have enough magic potions to dump into the local water supply to affect an entire village,
which potion, why and how does it become a plot point?
Okay let's take this in chunks starting with the Holy Roman Empire. As always opened to any and all suggestions.
Holy Roman Empire and Its Allies
In 1066, the Holy Roman Empire was under the rule of Emperor Henry IV. The empire was a complex and loosely connected collection of territories in...
https://breadthofpopsanity.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-elderberry-tales-part-5-adventuring.html
and thus we put in adventuring options for the elderberry tales.
now I'm kinda stuck and want to use this chat to figure out.
I have mapped out the world (see attachment) and well, I have a pretty...
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/206353/Strange-Monsters-from-History?term=Strange+Monsters+from+History
This is the book that started Elderberry Tales. It was written by a dear friend of mine and honestly was a blast. Think of this as a sneak peak. big question is to whether to use the same...
https://breadthofpopsanity.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-elderberry-tales-part-4-equipment.html
had a day off so got this early.
in particular it was a blast figuring out how reliquaries are actually benign necromancy and figuring out how that happens when your pc dies.
I was thinking of basing them on whatever saint they were going to.
I guess each pilgrimage will be based on what domain is based on. (ex. Arcana, Grave, etc)
I think I want to give it an almost ultima 8 virtues feel (so when done, get a divine boon).
Trying to figure out a model for doing pilgrimages as a dungeons and dragons adventure. Open to any and all feedback :
Introduction (Room One):
Location: Characters meet at the starting point of the pilgrimage, perhaps an inn or a town square.
Encounter: Introduce the main PCs and NPCs who...
https://breadthofpopsanity.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-elderberry-tales-part-3-classes-and.html
The next part of the Elderberry Tales, this time is classes and how they are used.
https://www.enworld.org/threads/viable-playable-species-based-on-medieval-myths.704546/
adding a link to the post with the viable species for this world.