In the latest episode of their prophetic podcast, Ken and Robin talk fun vs. punishing obstacles, Dracula’s brides, film shot composition, and Nostradamus.
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May
May
By Kevin Kulp The problem with a sinking city is all those sub-basements. Things set up shop down there, turning your great-great-grandmother’s long-forgotten ballroom into their personal lair. You’d never know if you didn’t find the burrowed tunnels… and if your friends didn’t keep disappearing. Eversink, it turns out, occasionally has a ghoul problem. The […]
It’s episode 600 of Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff, and you know what that means—LIGHTNING ROUND!!!!
by Rob Heinsoo Tonight’s the night for our Teachers of the Court 13th Age campaign. We just turned 4th level and it’s my job to choose monsters-worth-playtesting for tonight’s action. The campaign is named after the cover story the PCs adopted to put off agents of this campaign’s infernal Archmage: “We’re not weird adventurers, we’re Teachers […]
In the latest episode of their lovingly roasted podcast, Ken and Robin talk sovereign citizens of Carcosa, the death of a White Helmet, a vampire museum, and, at the behest of Pelgrane publisher Cat Tobin, time machining vegetarian cuisine.
One of the more curious subplots in The Borellus Connection involves an Agent attracting the attention of the god Hypnos (p. 035 of the massive tome). We call out several places where Hypnos (or “Samuel Loveman”) might intercede, but if you wish to delve into the perilous regions of slumber, here are some added options: […]
All the pregenerated characters in The Paragon Blade – Conn the Unslain, Aletheia, and Puc – have a supporting cast consisting of a human Companion and an Artefact. Conn travels with his old trainer Genkai and the Paragon Blade; Aletheia has her mechanical owl and her servant Aram, and Puc has the Demon Amulet and […]
In the latest episode of their strictly intelligible podcast, Ken and Robin talk playing when you might be the mole, shifting Swords of the Serpentine to Venice, Voyager’s warning from space, and the lindworms of Erviken.
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May
May
Dear Mrs. Fernandes: In response to your telegram of last week, I continue to assert my reluctance to turn over physical possession of any items of regime technology that I may or may not have, pending a legal framework enacted by, and I cannot emphasize this enough, a democratically elected post-interim government. While I understand […]
In the latest episode of their croquetas-consuming podcast, Ken and Robin talk Shadowcon, the sights and foods of Barcelona, and the rest of Ken’s Potomac book raid.