Author Archives: ibrahim
In the canals and crumbling towers of Eversink, secrets soar higher than the gulls and sometimes the truth flies in on feathered wings. In this intrigue-heavy mystery, your heroes are hired to investigate infidelity, only to uncover a tangled network of blackmail, vanishing investigators, attack birds, and scandalous secrets best left buried. Overview The heroes […]
by Adam Gauntlett Premise: a man shot dead as he drops his children off at school turns out to be a high-profile former Russian military man, who defected fifteen years prior and has been living peacefully in Madrid ever since. Was he killed by Russia’s current government, as the papers claim, or was he assassinated […]
By Jason Kraus Manipulating an opponent’s mind from within is much more difficult than lashing out with a telekinetic punch or willing the evidence in an interrogator’s hands to burst into flame. It is the dream of every special agent, spy, and clandestine operator to control the way an opponent thinks and feels, experiences reality, […]
by Tristan Zimmerman ‘My boy was scarcely ten years oldWhen he went to an eerie landWhere wind never blew, nor cocks ever crewWoe for my son, Leesome Brand!’– Leesome Brand, Child Ballad 15 Britain, 1813. You are amateur folklorists working as agents of the Crown. Across the island, the folk ballads of the common people […]
By Jason Kraus What follows are alternative rules for psychics in Fall of Delta Green that strain Health instead of Stability. Psychics use Paranormal Ability Points, which are a General Ability that can be improved and refreshed the same way. Using Paranormal Powers does not damage Stability when used, though the outcome of their effect […]
When I first started playing 13th Age, the living dungeon concept didn’t really click with me. Having spent over two decades in the world’s most popular tabletop roleplaying game, I was used to dungeons as static, trap-filled architecture: dead places built by someone, looted by someone else, and left behind. Dungeons that live, move, and […]
By Kevin Kulp High Concept Want to adapt Swords of the Serpentine to play a high fantasy game instead of swords and sorcery? Use these guidelines and house rules to capture a classic fantasy feel that features non-human heroes, classic magic, and gods who grant prayers and provide miracles. Character Generation Professions If you’re coming […]