I am converting this adventure to a one-shot for conventions. The characters, for their own reasons, board the tramp steamer Jolly Marie, bound from Galitia to the city of Dela. The boarding and launch takes place at night from the docks in the Esler district. I happened to have a large steamer ship terrain piece…
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B-Movie Inspiration: Alien Invasion: S.U.M.1
Alien Invasion: S.U.M.1 is a 2017 science fiction film written and directed by Christian Pasquariello and starring primarily Iwan Rheon, from Game of Thrones fame. He plays Private S.U.M.1 – a soldier living in a post-apocalyptic Earth after a (supposed) invasion by an alien weirdly called the Nonsuch. He like many soldiers before him, is…
Missed Dues (Savage Bloodshadows)
I am converting the CoC adventure Missed Dues to Bloodshadows setting using Savage Worlds rules – yes, not only am I converting the system but also the setting. While the feel will still remain mysterious and investigative, there will be some place I can insert the setting to make it different. The Gangster aspect of…
Highlander: The Gathering Second Edition
This is something I had in my archives, saved from some newsgroup or another. We used it when we integrated by Ian FLannery McKern character into the World of Darkness. Hopefully the authors won’t mind me posting it. This is from the mid-90s. “There can be only one.” Prologue “No one has ever known we…
Common RPG Plots
I am not entirely sure where I got this – but I used it often for inspiration Breaking and Entering~Mission objective: enter the dangerous place, and retrieve the vital dingus or valuable person. Overcome the area’s defenses to do so. Common Twists & Themes: The goal is not to extract a thing, but to destroy…
Riddles
A collection of riddles i got off a mailing list, way back when… Riddle: I have many tongues but cannot taste By me, most thigs are turned to waste I crack and snap, yet I stay whole I may take the largest toll I assisted all of the first men And I will pay them…
Role Playing Profile
My RPG Profile Instructions Copy and paste this into a new note and replace my answers with your own. Then tag all your gamer friends and ask them to do the same (and tag me back!). If you’re new to creating notes, go to your notes, click the “Write a New Note” button in the…
SW RPG Mailing list: Consumables
Something I saved from the SW RPG Mailing list ALCOHOLIC DRINKS (a drink is a little more than a shot, unless otherwise noted) Eth fire water 2D+2/drink Hoojib’s Revenge 1D/drink (you here voices in your head) Renan Irongut +2/sip, 2D/guzzle Elshandruu Pica Thundercloud 1D/drink Pink Lizard Thunderbolt 1D+1/drink StarShine Suprize 3D/drink Tatooine Sunburn 5D/drink the…
GameMaster Improvisational Contest
For several years at the Guild and at MACE, I ran a GM Improv contest. You would get the name of every GM and what system they want to run (each making generic pre-generated characters for that system). Each GM would end up writing for another GM a single paragraph summary of an adventure and…
FORTRESS AMERICA Variants
From: Michael P. Owe Subject: Re: [FORTRESS AMERICA] Variants Date: Thursday, January 15, 1998 12:33 PM Fortress America Variants Summer, 1996 Revised January, 1998 Michael P. Owen Seattle/Spokane Washington AutoDuel Team (SWAT) Car Wars Club owenmp@hotmail.com MOBILE UNITS = ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS / INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHCILES In order to increase their strategic value and their…





