Sentry mushrooms are a small, pale blue fungus which grow well in dark, damp conditions. They get their name from the peculiar effect their spores have; those who breathe the spores of a sentry mushroom find themselves wracked with involuntary hiccups. Sentry mushrooms are often planted by subterranean races in order to warn of impending […]
Discovery
The PCs hear pained howling in the distance OR
The PCs see a rustling in some bushes by the side of the road OR
The PCs see an animal
Animal
A bear OR
A wolf OR
A deer OR
etc …
Situation
The animal’s leg is caught in a hunter’s trap OR
The animal seems to be moving slowly and limping painfully OR
A large […]
The PCs are hired by some upper-class merchants to get rid of a neighbor of theirs who they’ve just learned is a witch, and responsible for a string of disappearances stretching back generations. She’s lived in the house for a long time, longer even than most of the people hiring the PCs, and they claim […]
Johann Glück is a man like any other. Each day he wakes up at the crack of dawn, bathes, has breakfast, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and finally goes to sleep. Some men are farmers, tending the land; some merchants, beholden to the almighty gold piece; Johann is the grim reaper, and he […]
It is the darkness between the stars; it is everywhere and nowhere; it is within and without; it has never been and shall always be. -Foreword of The Twilight Librum
The first time the PCs encounter one of the holes, it should be a thoroughly bizarre experience. A black sphere hangs suspended in the air like […]
Here’s a couple of encounters with a common theme: the PCs find a list with their names on it and no explanation.
The PCs stumble upon the body of a dwarf in an alleyway. Dwarves are uncommon in this area, and he wears traveling clothing. No cause of death is apparent, but a look of terrible […]
Life in the frigid north of Svalbard is difficult, but the resilient Muscovite people have long-prospered there. Their diet consists largely of gebbak, a tuber as tough and resilient as the Muscovites themselves. Raw it resembles the root of a particularly ugly old tree; cooked, it is very much like a potato in flavor and […]
Volgart’s warehouse is roughly 80′ long and 60′ wide. The center is dominated by a huge cauldron, 20′ in diameter and the rim is 10′ off the floor. Indigo-colored steam rises from the cauldron to the ceiling, 30 feet high, which has a series of catwalks suspended by chains. The chains are poorly maintained and […]
Volgart is a gaunt, wiry man of middle age who lives and works in a converted warehouse. His knowledge of the alchemical arts is, some say, unrivaled. Certainly he seems to think so. Unfortunately, he is also quite a bit off his rocker, perhaps from years of strange fumes and accidents. He is independently wealthy, […]
Thanks, Gary.
