Paynia Dragonheart– (Monks name) Paynia Shadaria– (True Name) Age – 21 Sex – Female Height – 5’10” Skin Color – Grayish White Hair Color – Black Life was Hard Paynia hails from the Shadar Kai village of Borukai, deep inside the Shadowfell. As a little girl, she endured great hardship – her parents were slaughtered in front of her by a band of Tiefling mercenaries. [Read the article]
Glitch is a Warforged, built to be fighter and a bodyguard. He stands approximately 7′ 7″ and is 3 feet wide at his shoulder. He is rather fearsome to look at, but in all actuality possesses a child-like innocence and curiosity. Unfortunately, when Dr. Melkanin created him, he made a minor miscalculation. Rather than being a fighter, he is a barbarian. When directly addressed, he [Read the article]
Flashbacks are known from movies and TV, where they can be used to reveal important moments in the past of the characters, can reveal the motives of the villains, and can be used to surprise the audience when a well-timed flashback reveals that our heroes already had taken care of the villain’s alarms. In roleplaying games, the flashback can be used in much the same [Read the article]
Name: Laredd Brewer Race: Human Age: 40 years old Occupation: Brewer, Tavern Owner Family History: Laredd Brewer is a 12th generation Brewer and the 4th generation tavern owner. His great-grandfather Frobaen Brewer became very well known after he changed the family recipe to include more exotic hops procured from far away lands. With so many people wanting William’s ales, he decided to open up The [Read the article]
The realm of the Fae is strange, unknown to those who live in the “mortal plane”. They fear it, and none seek to live in its shadow. The mortals whisper about it, knowing it for its ties to nature, to the forests, to the full moons…and to the stars of night. Fade walks the mortal plane, exiled from it by a terrible upheaval of Fae [Read the article]
Background: Tal was born to a tribe of forest-dwelling Razorclaw Shifters. Though the members of her tribe all had tan skin and brown hair, Tal’s colorings were shades of gray and black. This might have simply been a natural genetic mutation, but the tribe believed it to be the mark of an evil god. Fearing a bad omen, they took the infant to a clearing [Read the article]
Thanks for joining us! In the last installment, we discussed why an origin story is important for every soon-to-be-memorable character to have. It can be two sentences or ten pages, that’s up to you. It defines the character in a way that guides the player through all manner of difficult choices. Some people believe that that is best handled on-screen / in game. If you [Read the article]
Famous Quotes: “Size doesn’t matter, all that counts is how you use me…eh, I mean, it.” “Call me an ‘ankle biter’ one more time and you’ll be missing an Achilles tendon!!” “Oy! Barkeep, get me like five beer bottles. No, I don’t need the beer. Time to start crackin skulls.” “Did you ever hear the one about the bartender that turned into a Platinum dragon? [Read the article]
Adventure writing is often viewed as a free-form creative exercise where the “sky’s the limit”. The fantasy genre, with its emphasis on magic, can especially leave the adventure ideas open to pretty much anything our minds can imagine. Science fiction isn’t as open-ended, since it’s supposed to be at least theoretically scientifically plausible (or at least feel like it is), but even here, the adventure-writer’s [Read the article]
He is named Fabian Livingston, though he’s known as “Chukun” to most. Chukun is a half-orc Wizard in a city where magic is forbidden, so he poses as dumb and illiterate during the day. Hardly anyone who knows him will realize how intelligent Chukun actually is, because he is so used to pretending not to be. He is quick to laugh and sees the small [Read the article]