In DERF, like Skulduggery, characters are created by the random assignment of attitudes and abilities. To this end, Hilary Wade has created six male and six female portraits which will fit any of the descriptions. Here are the womenfolk. She has reached a new level of drollery with these efforts.
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Commenter Carl, over at my See P. XX intro to DramaSystem, asks about the role deceit plays in the game. Is there a mechanism to ensure that characters who are deceived act accordingly? It depends on whether the interaction is procedural or dramatic. In the first instance, it occurs in pursuit of a pragmatic goal, […]
A draft of the Dying Earth Revification Folio cover, by Jerome.
TOOTH, TALON & PINION: Excellent Prismatic Spray Double Issue #7/8 The second double-issue of the Excellent Prismatic Spray magazine to be so voluminous as to (in this case literally) claw its way into being a DERPG sourcebook in its own right! Stranger, stay your hand a while… Wonder at the pets of the Dying Earth, […]
Double Book-Size Issue of ‘The Excellent Prismatic Spray’ (Volume 1, Number 4/5) A source book for the Dying Earth RPG To Ascolais, the Falling Wall and Beyond! This first double volume of the XPS is so vast in scope that it has graduated to its own page as a sourcebook in its own right. Once […]
“In the Footsteps of Fools… only other fools tread” The colloquially-described “Liane-Level” five-publication DERPG adventure series. [‘All’s Fair At Azenomei’, ‘Strangers in Saskervoy’, ‘The Lords of Cil’, ‘Beyond the Mountains of Magnatz’, & ‘And Thence…to Almery’] Welcome to the official page outlining all you need to know about this panoramic creation, which gaming systems of […]
Welcome to the Dying Earth RPG’s magnificent, nay superlative, index of publications Here you will find a brief listing of all the products available: each title linked to a full page of information RULE BOOKS Dying Earth RPG (the original rulebook) Turjan’s Tome of Beauty & Horror (advanced rules for Turjanic play) Rhialto’s Book of […]
A fine selection of Dying Earth maps for game enhancement, all by the magnificent Sarah Wroot You know, there’s just something about a good quality map: the GM places it onto the table and instantly everyone has a feel for where they are in the larger scheme of things. A great map not only enhances […]
For one day only, if you are in the US, you can get the three most prominent Dying Earth books for only $15; saving over $75, here. It’s via Ed Healey’s new venture, Loot – he’ll be offering new RPG goodness every day. Orders will be shipped out by Pelgrane.
‘THROUGH VIOLET CUSPS’ is the home of articles mostly by an ardent Dying Earth fan who wrote (primarily in an amateur capacity) for Pelgrane Press in the middle of the First Aeon. His advancement from the common rabble of roguish dabblers into the ranks of true Magicians means that he can no longer reliably expand […]