The Kompanions arrived in Nightside and found a wizard who works with gems and magical jewelry. The gentleman was quite impressed to see the collection of gems dug from the giant coprolite on their way to Nightside. A deal was struck where the jeweler got half the stones in exchange for polishing and finishing the …
Ludic Causality
Terry Pratchett, so far as I can tell, came up with the term "narrative causality." Narrative causality is when an event takes place in a story for the express purpose of driving the story in a particular direction. The hero doesn't have a lucky break because he's lucky. He has a lucky break because if …
They Don’t Want the Thing You Make
I have picked up a somewhat abstract way to think about how to go about game mastering, game design and writing. I think I originally learned it from Seth Godin but have seen it in other places. The concept is this, people don't want the thing you make. What they want is how the thing …
Reign of Blood: Game Report #9
The Kompanions swept up the remnants of Willems army they could manage. Kalador and the Kavalry returned to Vanessa's Lament as the army prepared to move on a defenseless Silverside. Taking advantage of the chaos of the defeated forces of Willem and the aristocratic houses of Silverside, they moved quickly to secure the city and …
Because He’s Fucking Busy!
A common NPC in RPG's, table top and video game both, is the "quest giver." There's that old platitude of, "If you want something done right, do it yourself." So why is the quest giver not just taking care of this problem themselves? I use this question as a prompt for creating adventures and world …
Not Going to Gary Con XII
I am sad about it, but I've decided to skip Gary Con. It cost me a little bit of money. I'm out the badge money and $50 in fees from AirBnB but that's sunk cost and a lot better than potentially passing COVID-19 to my 79 year old mother in law with asthma. We've had …
Beseiged!: Game Report #8
The Kompanions secured the captive Lord Willem and began looting the corpses of his fallen men. Stilgar, the Chaos Monk, picked up Willem's sword which proved to be a bad idea. A weapon forged by the powers of Law, it took umbrage to the unclean touch of the monk and sent a gout of blue …
Grumpy Wizard 
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