Peculiar Places: The Carrot & Stick

For generations, a lone building has stood along the road between Barlowna and Keppings. The Carrot & Stick was an inn remarkable only for the fact that it stayed afloat despite the high prices, terrible food, and terrible service. In fact, the only reason it stayed around as long as it did was because it [...]

The Festival of the Half-Hundred Hounds

Legend has it that hundreds of years ago, the town of Quainsbrook was besieged by kobolds. They were only saved when Canis, the lord of hounds, sent a pack of fifty wild hounds to help defend them. The villagers of Quainsbrook, to this day, have an amazing rapport with canines of all types, and Quainsbrook [...]

Random Encounters: Five

Fair warning: I get rambly here. I recommend just ignoring this post.
The big news (for me, at least) is that a milestone of sorts is rapidly approaching. Monday should be my 50th post! This is especially great, because it also means I’ve made 50 posts without missing a single day, which is very important to [...]

Races with Flavor: The Ravaged

all afflicted with the lazarus plague succumb to it. Whether they have some innate immunity or just an indomitable will to live, some continue living on despite it. Well, not living, so much, as persisting in a state between life and death.
Like all those afflicted by the plague, the ravaged wither and atrophy. However, their [...]