What’s In a Market?
Usually, a trip into town during a roleplaying session means downtime, scouring the books for the next item to buy, and maybe a quick snack-break before the next leg of the adventure. But what happens when you or one of your players wants to explore the bazaar before battling on? A little primer into such a profitable precinct is in order!
Rates of Ruin
Ruins factor prominently in tales of adventure – they are exotic locations that tell a story of fate and inevitability – they have elements of familiarity, failure, and abandonment. The mood is set by such a setting. But modern world-builders have little experience with ruination outside of the occasional un-mowed lawn, urban blight, ramshackle shed, or museum visit. The main question is: how fast does decay happen?
Obsidian Portal Campaign of the Month May 2019 – Aether and Ashes
There was a time when superstition and folk belief protected mankind; safeguarding them through the horrors of antiquity. But no longer. Technological innovation has stripped them of these defenses, and given them a false sense of security. In these hazy, gaslit streets Creatures of the Unknown prowl, free to lurk and stalk. If something does not change, humanity may soon find the lantern of hope reduced to Aether and Ashes – May’s Campaign of the Month! So come with me as we meet Nicesociety, GM of this fantastic campaign!
