Character Creation Questions
Everyone does this, in some way. A Session Zero should include talking about how much detail players want to put into their characters,...
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Cast-offs
A being of incredible divine power regularly creates or borrows bodies. It imbues them with tremendous power, does its work, then...
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The Castle
For hundreds and thousands of years, two families have warred over what little territory there is in the Castle. Surrounded by Demons and...
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The Call
At the start of a campaign, run each character's origin story. Grab their level 1 sheets, and reverse a child out of it. Run a short few...
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Bottled City
A city shrunk down, Kandor-style, to escape a great disaster (flood or earthquake, maybe). It was lost for some time, perhaps buried or...
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Bottle-bugs
These devices are magical constructs not dissimilar from homunculi: usually made of twine, wire, and clay, they resemble fat-bodied...
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Bomb Shadows
A magical experiment goes wrong, and there's an explosion not unlike a nuclear bomb. The entire city is left more or less pristine, but...
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Body-Leaping Lich
A high level "boss" monster: a demilich that leaps from 'body' to 'body' among a personal army of helmed horrors/golems/undead minions as...
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Best Boat
A tubby little jolly-boat, shaped like a tug-boat or a much oversized kayak. The boat is maybe twenty feet long and twelve wide, and can...
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Barren Wing Farm
An ancient wreck of some alien craft, a pale gray arc of hull or wing that pokes up over the crest of a hill, almost an acre of metal....
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Antique Fashion
Thin pieces of wood are steamed and bent to form a corset or dress panels, cushions and upholstery are cannibalized to turn into vests...
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Animorphs!
Okay, an adventuring party, but you're all playing druids. Either you're actually druids or, more likely, you're in a super-low-magic...
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Ancient Relics
There are many little magical items that were made custom. After all, no wizard creates a +1 longsword without knowing who's going to...
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Real, Bad, Injuries
When playing by these rules damage stacks up very quickly, making for an exceedingly deadly game – ideal for threatening characters of...
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Star Signs
Fantasy star signs deserve more in-depth information and attention than "you are an astrologer, you can get a +1d4 once per day." If you...
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Sorcerer's Boon of Intuition
A sorcerer of 5th level with a boon, or a sorcerer of any level that takes a feat, gains Intuition. They may attempt to cast any spell on...
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Martial Maneuvers for Mad Monks
Fighters of all stripes need cool abilities that set them apart from spellcasters, and perhaps the best way to model that is maneuvers ...
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The Ancient Ginkgo
There's a ginkgo tree that's 1,400 years old in the Zhongnan mountains at the Gu Guanyin Buddhist temple in China. The ginkgo has...
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Alchemy in Flesh
The goal of alchemy has been, at its core, eternal life ever since the practice was founded. Rather than seeking some arbitrary infinite...
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Mob Combat
Mass combat can be simulated with a new set of rules, but converting the current set of rules is more economical and allows PCs to...
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