Encounter-a-Day

A wizard named Thorin built a tower in the middle of a forest to study his arts in seclusion. Thorin loved dogs, and brought many of them along with him. At some point, he created a spell to uplift all the dogs, giving them rudimentary intelligence and the ability to speak.
Thorin is long dead, but [...]

She lights up a candle for hope to be found
Captive and blind by the darkness around
Firm as a mountain, she never will mourn
Timeless, she waits for the break of dawn
-The Maiden’s Hymn
On the northeastern coasts, just below the frozen wastes of Nordica, a small town named Maiden’s Watch operates a small, but successful, port.
The town [...]

When some strange new creatures appear on the fringes of civilization, the kingdom is at a loss for what to do. At first the bizarre, serpentine creatures are easily repelled, but they quickly start putting up more resistance and becoming more aggressive. While once content to feed on forest creatures and the occasional livestock, recently [...]

For as long as anyone can remember, the ogres to the north in the Catclaw Mountains have been nought but an occasional nuisance. Once in a while they’d steal a couple goats, and every few generations a particularly charismatic leader would emerge and whip the ogres into a drunken frenzy, bent on conquest. These raiding [...]

Fuller Murdoch wasn’t born with that name. In a sense, he wasn’t born at all, actually. though you probably shouldn’t try to convince his parents of that. Fuller, you see, is a warforged, but one in an unusual predicament. In addition to his warforged personality, he also has the mind of a former comrade-in-arms permanently [...]

The PCs are tasked with investigating a rash of disappearances in and around a small town called Beetleburg. Families in the outlying farms have been disappearing without any signs of struggle. It started a few days ago, and each day more and more are disappearing.
Baron Obarof, the lord of the area, is not terribly concerned [...]

The PCs come a long a man laying in the road. An arrow is sticking out of his neck, and a thick, white goo covers the lower half of his head (including mouth and nose) as well as his shoulders. His hands are stuck to his face, as if he was trying to tear the [...]

There was once a great hero, a paladin known as Sir Glorious. Early in his career, Sir Glorious was entrusted with a vile artifact known as the Narpa Sword. So great was Sir Glorious’s piety, that he was able to turn the Narpa Sword from evil into a vanguard of good, and it was renamed [...]

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 [...]

We, who seek to coexist peacefully and lawfully, and who through no fault of our own, but through birth, circumstance or affliction, are branded monster, must take it upon ourselves to improve our lot in this life, for there are none who would give us aid or succor in our times of need but we [...]