It’s once again the time of year when the Ancient of Pelgranes flaps its hoary wings and takes flight across the Dying Earth, when Simon runs his annual 13th Age game and – entirely co-incidentally – asks me to write up a monster. This time, it’s Underkrakens. Now, Underkrakens are described in 13 True Ways […]
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Behemoths: Paths of the Koru is going into editing in May and now it has its cover: another collaboration between Rich Longmore (pencils) and Lee Moyer (paints and light)! My concept for the cover was to show a kaiju-plus-sized Koru Behemoth’s face behind the central towers of Drakkenhall, as they’d previously been illustrated by Aaron […]
When brainstorming for new See Page XX articles, one comes up with lots of ideas that aren’t enough for a full piece, but might spark something if you put them out into the world. So, here’s a grab bag of ideas that almost, but not quite, made it. Maybe they’ll take root in one of your games. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
Sometimes, a monster’s just a bag of hit points attached to some fun attacks – the heroes roll in, spend a few perfectly enjoyable combat rounds fighting the creature, and then head on to the next encounter. Sometimes, a monster’s a major recurring foe, a devilish nemesis whose schemes and counterschemes reverberate through the campaign, […]
Roena I. Rosenberger gave us three versions of the Drakkenhall: City of Monsters cover. We can see arguments in favor of each, and we think Roena must have felt the same way. So what do you think?
Talk is again turning in Pelgrane Towers to my infrequently-written 13th Age campaign, Prophet of the Pyre, and when I’ll actually get around to delivering it. The first third of the campaign is set in a self-contained valley in the mountains, and that concept of the local sandbox can be useful tool for a 13th […]