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Are you a busy GM? Does session prep take too long? Do you never have time to work on the cool little details that can bring your adventures to life? These focused lists give you, the time-crunched GM, the tools to effortlessly add verisimilitude and detail to your urban adventures.
A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.
Read MoreAre you a busy GM? Does session prep take too long? Do you never have time to work on the cool little details that can bring your adventures to life? These focused lists give you, the time-crunched GM, the tools to effortlessly add verisimilitude and detail to your urban adventures.
A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.
Read MoreAre you a busy GM? Does session prep take too long? Do you never have time to work on the cool little details that can bring your adventures to life? These focused lists give you, the time-crunched GM, the tools to effortlessly add verisimilitude and detail to your urban adventures.
A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.
Read MoreThe House of Yspher sits perched upon a lonely hilltop south of Dunstone. It can be reached only by climbing a narrow, bramble-choked path snaking its way up along the hill’s rugged flanks. Stubborn thickets of holly and hawthorn surround the old manor, and vines of pale ivy crawl across its crumbling face like veins and exposed muscles. Only the sullen, eye-like windows are spared, behind which lurks an utter blackness, even on the brightest day.
Read MoreAs the summer hurtles toward us, we continue to Smash Out GM's Resources designed to make running your games easier, less stressful and more fun. GMs should have just as much fun as players, after all.
Read MoreAre you a busy GM? Does session prep take too long? Do you never have time to work on the cool little details that can bring your adventures to life? These focused lists give you, the time-crunched GM, the tools to effortlessly add verisimilitude and detail to your urban adventures.
A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.
Read MoreAre you a busy GM? Does session prep take too long? Do you never have time to work on the cool little details that can bring your adventures to life? These focused lists give you, the time-crunched GM, the tools to effortlessly add verisimilitude and detail to your urban adventures.
A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.
Read MoreAre you a busy GM? Does session prep take too long? Do you never have time to work on the cool little details that can bring your adventures to life? These focused lists give you, the time-crunched GM, the tools to effortlessly add verisimilitude and detail to your urban adventures.
A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.
Read MoreAre you a busy GM? Does session prep take too long? Do you never have time to work on the cool little details that can bring your adventures to life? These focused lists give you, the time-crunched GM, the tools to effortlessly add verisimilitude and detail to your urban adventures.
A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.
Read MoreAre you a busy GM? Does session prep take too long? Do you never have time to work on the cool little details that can bring your adventures to life? These focused lists give you, the time-crunched GM, the tools to effortlessly add verisimilitude and detail to your urban adventures.
A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.
Read MoreAre you a busy GM? Does session prep take too long? Do you never have time to work on the cool little details that can bring your adventures to life? These focused lists give you, the time-crunched GM, the tools to effortlessly add verisimilitude and detail to your urban adventures.
A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.
Read MoreAs the summer hurtles toward us, we continue to Smash Out GM's Resources designed to make running your games easier, less stressful and more fun. GMs should have just as much fun as players, after all.
Read MoreTo maintain the illusion of detail, utilise the descriptions below to describe chambers the party reach which you have not yet designed. Remember to modify the descriptions below to suit characters’ explorations.
A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.
Read MoreMany corridors are featureless areas of little or no interest. Other times, a corridor serves as the location of a random encounter or the scene of a trap. Remember to modify the descriptions below to suit the characters’ explorations.
A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.
Read MoreFew things are worse than a character showing interest in a throw-away monster. Perhaps, the heroes have entered a dungeon, butchered its denizens and now loot their enemies’ still-warm corpses. Use these lists to fill their enemies’ pockets with interesting but essentially worthless things.
A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.
Read MoreFew things are worse than a character showing interest in a throw-away monster. Perhaps, the heroes have entered a dungeon, butchered its denizens and now loot their enemies’ still-warm corpses. Use these lists to fill their enemies’ pockets with interesting but essentially worthless things.
A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.
Read MoreEven villains must have clothes or favourite foods, and these tables can generate such details. Such small items may spark the characters’ interest and could lead to interesting role-playing opportunities or could even give insights into the NPC’s personality and interests.
A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.
Read MoreEven villains must have clothes or favourite foods, and these tables can generate such details. Such small items may spark the characters’ interest and could lead to interesting role-playing opportunities or could even give insights into the NPC’s personality and interests.
A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.
Read MoreCampaign worlds need deep dungeons, lost dwarven holds, crumbling castles, ebon caverns and dusty necropolises for the characters to explore. Such locales need suitably evocative names.
A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.
Read MoreApril sees us continue our relentless release schedule. It’s a nautical month with Wilderness Dressing: Isles & Islands, Monstrous Lair #83: Dragon Turtle’s Cave and Monstrous Lair #84 Castaway’s Campperfectly complimenting The Picaroon Peninsula! If you fancy luring your characters onto a ship, this month you’ll be sure to find something useful to add to your GM’s toolbox.
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