Another First Ones Iconics made for Power is Fickle.
Female First One (harovite) wizard 11 (master of the veils)
You trained at the Althrezzar School where you spend years learning about the many planes of existence, their relations with each other, and how they could be conquered. You are not merely interested in them for scholarly pursuits, but seek to subjugate them.
You know what is terrible for a writer?
Waking up at 5AM, convinced that your adventure is completely missing its mark. That while fun, it is nothing more than a re-hash of what you wrote previously.
That's when you must confront yourself, give a good analysis of yourself, and find a remedy. Well, here I am, blogging at 5AM staring a another Word document trying to find a plot twist that would ease my mind and allow me to sleep.
There are times when being a writer is great, when inspiration hits and words flow. Reminding me of the Rush song Losing It... I find myself looking at the page with tears of rage.
Okay that's a little extreme.
Not really.
What to do now? How will I get through this? How will the idea that resolves everything come to me? Will a beautiful woman comes to me and whisper the answer? O Calliope, Muse of epic poetry come to me!
So this will not be an easy win. It will take blood, sweat, and tears (of rage) to get this one done. All right, I time to go to go back to writing instead of complaining about it.
A few weeks ago on my blog, I posted about a sudden burst of inspiration. That fun moment when you wake up in the morning with an adventure all planned out with some twists and turns to make it into some. The full post is When Inspiration Strikes! from June 4th 2022.
I had the chance of play-testing the adventure already, leading to some tweaks but the core of the idea worked. It ran a little longer than I expected, but that's not a problem. may also be with my slower GMing style when things aren't action-packed.
This joining of the Cthulhu Mythos and the creepy pasta called the Backrooms has fascinated me ever since I happened on that random now-viral YouTube video. This adventure attempts to join the two into something horrific yet coherent.
In all, this adventure will run 4-8hours. But the framework is there to run it multiple times, particularly if the adventure is run in a time constrained way where some of the mini-events can be separated over multiple sessions.
Beyond the Door is currently available on DriveThruRPG through the Miskatonic Repository (Call of Cthulhu's equivalent to the DM's Guild).
As a writer going back to Call Of Cthulhu was an oddly refreshing experience, after years of almost-exclusively D&D. For those who do not know, my first ever writing credit was in a Call of Cthulhu inspiration book called "More Tales of Terror" by Pagan Publishing (full info on RPG.net).
Another First Ones Iconics made for Power is Fickle.
Male First One (grexodite) paladin 11 (oath of the Whip)
Trained from birth to be the a brute and the enforcer, taking slaves and forcing them into service. You learned are merciless and draw pleasure from knocking opponents off their feet.
Terrain for Gencon. What are these crystals for? What are their impact upon Olympia?
I made this floating crystal with the broken piece from Crystal #2 (I think it was Hypericon 2018).
Earlier, I posted about replacement sidekicks. These models will serve as these replacements. I will also have them for sale if anyone wants to go home with one of these little guys.
The Akhamet Campaign Setting is vast and you can create a vast number of different characters.
These models are from the Persian range from Old Glory. There are less crisp than Crocodile Games or Foundry, but they paint up nice and are cheaper.
I started a new series of post where I will be discussing thoughts about mini-settings I have in the works, partially or completely.
The series begins today with a new installment every Tuesday and Thursday through July.
Check it out! FOE Mini-Settings Series on our Patreon.
Earlier, I posted about replacement sidekicks. These models will serve as these replacements. I will also have them for sale if anyone wants to go home with one of these little guys.
These models are from Wargames Foundry, perhaps my favorite company for historical models.
More goodies for Gencon.
The dragon is a creature that will see use in at least two different adventures, playing a different role in both.
The Olympia Campaign Setting can be the home of any number of monsters and creatures you can imagine.
It is from Reaper Bones 5, I think.
Yesterday, the Game Keep held the finale part of Die Inspired's Convoy to Straith. This is the same game I have been posting about since mid-April (See this post and these updates May 8th, May 25th, andJune 25th).
I have yet to catch my breath...
Just as I thought the craziness was cranked up to eleven, the team cranked it up to FIFTEEN! I mean, without going into details, they used a few tools to help speed up the process and it worked... The pressure rose and things got worse and worse as more people died.
Again, most of the encounters were pretty simple (as I posted in a previous Old Pro Tricks on simple effective scenes) and... deadly.
Epic things leading to incredibly entertaining - but sad - deaths. As we tried to reach the find a way to leave this accursed island, things got from wild, to crazy, to insane, to COMPLETELY MAD! The breaks we took barely managed to cut the tension. I found myself holding my breath multiple times and my blood pressure shot through the roof!
As we died, everyone stayed to hear who would live, how they would live, and what would happen.
Even after sleeping over it and write about it... My pulse races and my breath quickens.
Yeah. It was that good.
I am sure I said this before, but I am not one who listens to actual play online. I just don't like them. But I will definitely tune in for this. I'm curious about how the games went for the other early groups and I will want to see those "simple effective scenes" again and how they will work those into post-production.
One of the things that was very interesting to see were the many ways people tried to survive: some use great teamwork, others focus on their own resourcefulness, other had a game plan. Everyone worked together during the event itself.
Ma' Hawkins didn't raise no stupid boy!
Edit I edited this post at the request of the Die Inspired crew.
If you don't know, at Gencon, one of the adventures will have the players take on the role of First Ones... I had a great time thinking about which characters to use. There are so many combinations possible...
I went with about it quite simply: I first went through the many races found in the new Power is Fickle. This book updates, expands, and upgrades of material what was first published in Service is Eternal.
What does that mean? New art. Tightened the writing. Tightened the rules. And made the material more multiverse-specific than "just" Tyrants of Saggakar, even a short mini-setting of a world the First Ones recently took over. It is just full of options, magic, archetypes, monsters, and the usual good stuff!
I put down the eight races and their iconic class. Boy did I dream of really interesting, unique combos. But I limited myself to one class. Then, I trimmed down the choices.
Now Power is Fickle has 8 playable First One races and four minion races. So I actually have another 6 unique races to create a second group of iconics... another time! So without further ado, here are the iconics, with their miniature.
Female First One (spiderling) bard 11 (Dark Dancer)
From a young age, you trained as an entertainer with your mother who was a Dark Dancer too. From her, you learn the secret dances of the school. Like many spiderlings, you prefer to manipulate events rather than control them directly, let others take the fall.
Much to my surprise, I made it to the final event of the first season of Die Inspired! It's seems like so long ago that I sat down to create Jim Hawkins, the halfling son of the owners of the Admiral Benbo Inn.
I am really happy that I was able to use my 3-point background to create someone who is unique, easy to slot into any campaign, and really fun to play. I had a blast playing Jim, pulling from that background all the time. "Ma' Hawkins didn't raise no stupid boy." I will be using it on ALL my characters going forward and asking the same of my players.
Also in character-building, I went with a combination I felt was a little different that the more iconic role. Jim is a lightfoot halfling bard 3 (college of lore) whose background is Guild Merchant. Not typical but something I thought fit the character, and something I was able to bring in multiple times during the game. Yes, my membership in the Guild of Culinary Delights came up quite a few times. My spell list included a few utility spells that came in handy multiple times - and that failed as many times.
As I prepare for the final event, I can only hope Jim will be able to survive to escape his current predicament.
And predicament it is.
Tomorrow is the final - and fatal - day. Wish Jim luck!
Terrain for Gencon. What are these crystals for? What are their impact upon Olympia?
I received this crystal for free as a broken piece at a convention in Nashville (I think it was Hypericon 2018).
Earlier, I posted about replacement sidekicks. These models will serve as these replacements. I will also have them for sale if anyone wants to go home with one of these little guys.
The Akhamet Campaign Setting is vast and you can create a vast number of different characters.
These models are from a mix of Old Glory and Crocodile Games.
Earlier, I posted about replacement sidekicks. These models will serve as these replacements. I will also have them for sale if anyone wants to go home with one of these little guys.
The Olympia Campaign Setting has a wealth of miniatures from historical sources that can be used and most of them appear human. So you can use many such models for your character.
These models are from Wargames Foundry, perhaps my favorite company for historical models.
