If I Knew You Were Coming I’d Have Baked a Cake!

Villages and cities are being razed over night with no warning. The few survivors speak of an entire army appearing from nowhere, blind-siding the city’s defenders.
The army in question could be traveling through the underdark, emerging from caves near their intended targets.
A great enchantment creates a field of invisibility, preventing anyone from outside the field [...]

Welcome to the Jungle

The PCs are scientists working for the US government in the years building up to World War II. Hitler has just come into power, and is not quite yet seen as the threat he truly is. The US government discovers strange radio signals coming from deep in the Amazon rainforest, and sends the PCs along [...]

The Harbinger

While out chopping firewood, not far from their village, the PCs are interrupted by the sound of a horse. The man riding the horse is wearing armor and the King’s Seal is easily recognizable on him. Both he and his horse look battered and ragged and as if they’re about to collapse from fatigue.
Approaching the [...]

Cleaning House

Newly-crowned King Thornwald III spent the first month or so of his reign abroad, making allies and learning the political landscape. He’s come to the conclusion that many feel his kingdom is weak, and so Thornwald decides to do something about it.
He’s begun bolstering his army, and on top of that has decided to complete [...]

Peculiar Places: The Fort at Weston Hill

The old fort on Weston Hill is nothing particularly interesting or unusual. It stands vigil over the countrysides in that western bit of the empire, sort of like a gargoyle on a ledge warding against evil spirits. Like the gargoyle statue, though, the old fort is nothing but a symbol. It’s was abandoned before construction [...]

Finders, Keepers

An American spy was in Russia, investigating a suspected terrorist cell. He had retrieved two new weapons developed by the cell, a microwave gun capable of stopping a man’s heart and a powerful airborne biological weapon.
Some teenagers on the train, seeing the American man and thinking he looked like he’d have some valuables on him, [...]