To Cut a Long Story Short... Announcing Storylines!

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstJanuary 11, 2021The Lonely Coast, Dungeon Backdrop, StorylineComment

Coppers

Coppers offers a vast array of wares. Disorganised, piled-high shelves fill the shop’s dingy interior, and everything costs less than a silver penny. Albin Panu (LE old male human) owns the place and has a reputation as a peerless skinflint.

Ten-SecondCreighton BroadhurstJanuary 11, 2021Ten-Second, Ten-Second Low City, Ten-Second LocaleComment

Aatami Himottu

Aatami Himottu (CN male half-elf) cuts a dapper figure in his fine red doublet and matching hose. A fop and a dandy, Aatami fancies himself a master with a rapier and loves duelling to first blood. A thin scar on his left cheek adds to his look of derring-do.

Ten-SecondCreighton BroadhurstJanuary 8, 2021Ten-Second, Ten-Second NPC, Ten-Second Low CityComment

4d4 Besieged Castle

The besiegers and the defenders must contend with the vagaries of nature, logistics, morale and their enemies. The minor events below will not turn the siege’s tide in anyone’s favour, but canny commanders can use them to their advantage.

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstJanuary 7, 202120 ThingsComment

Blood Alley

Blood Alley runs behind a row of butchers, chandlers, tanners and other foul-smelling businesses. Blood, offal and other unidentifiable things make the muddy ground slick. Heaps of rotting, stinking rubbish, and swarms of voracious rats, makes this a place to avoid.

Ten-SecondCreighton BroadhurstJanuary 7, 2021Ten-Second, Ten-Second Low City, Ten-Second AlleyComment

Ari’s

Ari’s—cramped and dingy as it is—has a reputation as a place where anything can be had. Most assume this basement-shop is a thieves’ guild front, and they’d be right. The pale and skinny owner, Ari Osma (CN male human), drives a hard bargain, and never forgets a face.

Ten-SecondCreighton BroadhurstJanuary 6, 2021Ten-Second, Ten-Second Low City, Ten-Second LocaleComment

20 Minor Events in a Siege

The besiegers and the defenders must contend with the vagaries of nature, logistics, morale and their enemies. The minor events below will not turn the siege’s tide in anyone’s favour, but canny commanders can use them to their advantage.

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstJanuary 5, 202120 ThingsComment

Ahti Leino

Ahti Leino (N male human) broods over past failures and future disasters. Wracked by inadequacy, Ahti is a taproom regular, enthusiastic brawler and drunkard. He is bald and has shaggy eyebrows, bulging arms and a solid paunch.

Ten-SecondCreighton BroadhurstJanuary 5, 2021Ten-Second, Ten-Second NPC, Ten-Second Low CityComment

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Dandy’s Way

Dandy’s Way is a notorious trouble spot. This gloomy, shoulder-width wide alley runs between two rough taverns. It is a handy cut-through, if no one is coming the other way. Visitors should be wary of what lies underfoot, in this fetid rubbish-strewn alley.

Ten-SecondCreighton BroadhurstJanuary 4, 2021Ten-Second, Ten-Second Low City, Ten-Second AlleyComment

Have You Got Another Ten Seconds?

Earlier this week, I posted up a first look at some ten-second material. I thought you might like to see some more examples:

Ten-SecondCreighton BroadhurstDecember 18, 2020Ten-Second Comments

Have You Got Ten Seconds?

I’ve been thinking about how to make our dressing-style materials easier to use in game.

Ten-SecondCreighton BroadhurstDecember 14, 2020Ten-Second Comments

4d4 Farming Village

Farming villages are often the site of neophyte adventurers first adventures, quests and tests (or at least the party's base from which they sally forth into the wildernes. Such locales often stand on or near danger-filled borderlands rife with opportunities for adventure. Use these lists, to breath life and detail into the farming villages in your campaign.

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstNovember 25, 20204d4, Wilderness Dressing, Urban DressingComment

12 Jungle Dressings

While vast swaths of a fecund jungle may seem boring and unremarkable, travellers will—no doubt—encounter some things of minor interest.

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstNovember 6, 202020 Things, Wilderness DressingComment

What Creighton is Doing in November

I’ve got a plan for November, and I can’t wait to get started.

Raging Swan Press NewsCreighton BroadhurstOctober 30, 2020Raging Swan Press, Shadowed KeepComment

20 Torture Chamber Dressings

Torture chambers are replete with horrors beyond the imaginations of most sane folk. Not all such features, though, are as large and domineering as an iron maiden or rack. Use this list, to generate minor points of note in a torture chamber:

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstOctober 22, 202020 Things, Dungeon DressingComment

20 Captive Adventurers

Captives are a staple feature of almost every dungeon. No doubt, the dungeon’s denizens have dealt with intruders before—or emerged from their lair in search of slaves, sacrifices or food; captives (of all sorts) are the result.

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstOctober 19, 202020 Things, Dungeon Dressing, NPCsComment

Wolfsbane Hollow at a Glance

Shielded to the north by the Vurdfell Spine’s lofty peaks and protected from the Hordelands of the east by the Greatshadow Gorge, the town of Wolfsbane Hollow has persisted in relative isolation for hundreds of years. Seemingly a simple border town, a dark shadow hangs over this hard, rough settlement. For here, the rule of law is tenuous at best, and the mayor is but a figurehead. The true power of Wolfsbane Hollow is the shadowy thieves’ guild and their monstrous, bestial guildmaster who lurks in his lair carved from the fallen, mouldering bones of an ancient empire.

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstOctober 12, 2020At a Glance, Campaign BackdropComment

Aldwater at a Glance

For centuries, the people of Aldwater have guarded and revered the wooden labyrinth holding the their ancestors' remains. Only the Spiritspeaker ever ventures inside, using an ancient relic to hold council with the dead. The wisdom of the council is vast, but not without fault, and for several years the advice of the ancestral spirits has done nothing to halt Aldwater's increasing plight. Each season, the fishermen and trappers bring back a little less, and the children grow up a little hungrier.

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstOctober 9, 2020Village Backdrop, At a GlanceComment