by Jay Godden, edited by Isaac Rolfe and Rob Heinsoo, art by Aaron McConnell Read the introductory post here. When the Terrible Emperor was overthrown by the first monks, there were many spoils of war. Wanting to avoid the sort of consolidation of power that this Emperor represented, the monks split up the most potent […]
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by Jay Godden, edited by Isaac Rolfe and Rob Heinsoo, art by Roena I. Rosenberger Read the introductory post here. In crypts within Imperial walls, setting up the rituals necessary to create vampires that are anything other than slathering, bloodlusting monsters is very difficult. Most of the calculating vampire nobles working for the Lich King […]
We’re excited to welcome Ellen Abolt to Pelgrane! Ellen handles all things VTT at Pelgrane, bringing your favorite Pelgrane games to your favorite VTT platforms. She also coordinates streams on the Twitch, and helps keep other behind-the-scenes work moving. You may recognize her from the Splitting Dragon Empire, Pelgrane’s 13th Age actual play stream where she […]
New Releases A Cigarette, A Blindfold and You – A PDF one-shot The Yellow King RPG adventure for The Wars setting. Drakkenhall: City of Monsters pre-order – A 13th Age choose-your-own-elements city sourcebook for GMs running adventurer and champion-tier campaigns. Fearful Symmetries pre-order – A William Blake-inspired magical 1930s England sandbox campaign setting for Trail of Cthulhu […]
Since last I wrote, Russia has invaded Ukraine. We join with the international community in condemning this action, and we support the Ukrainian people’s defiant stand in the face of this oppression. To that end, we’ll be donating 50% of all our sales for the next week to the International Red Cross’s Ukraine fund. And […]
by Jay Godden, edited by Isaac Rolfe and Rob Heinsoo, art by Aaron McConnell & Lee Moyer Read the introductory post here. These items were taken on a quest by a Knight of a past age. The Emperor’s Winter Court was interrupted by a creature from out of the depths of the Wild Wood. Similar […]
by Jay Godden, editing by Isaac Rolfe and Rob Heinsoo, art by Tangmo Cecchini) Introduced in Loot Harder, by ASH LAW, magic item sets can help to enhance some of the storytelling potential of magic items. Even in a game like 13th Age where magic items are limited by level and by chakra, by epic […]
Today, March 4th, is GMs Day, where we celebrate that most important of RPG superstars – the GM. Steadfastly supporting gamers everywhere by researching and sourcing new games, learning the rules, and running them, GMs are the driving force behind everything we do. To show our appreciation, for the next week GMs can get 50% […]
Close your eyes. Listen to the sound of your breathing, in and out, like waves breaking on the shore. Listen to the rush of blood in your ears. Did you know that the plasma in your blood is chemically very similar to the composition of the primordial oceans where we evolved. We’re part of the […]
There’s always a dragon. Maybe it’s down there in the darkness of the dungeon, last and greatest of the monsters. Its long sinuous body coiled around a bed of stolen treasure, it slumbers, waiting for some doomed fools to make their way down past the upper levels, waiting for the final battle to come. Maybe […]