Friendly: clear skies, moderate breeze (1d4 for direction), no precipitation Indifferent: cloudy skies, no wind, no precipitation Neutral: overcast skies, moderate breeze (1d8 for direction), intermittent fog Unfriendly: stormy skies, light wind (1d8 for direction), light precipitation Hostile: Stormy skies and lightning strikes, heavy wind (1d4 for direction), occasional dangerous precipitation Continue reading How’s the Weather?
House Rule: The current adventure is scaled for four to five characters. At three characters in a session, I reduce numbers of bad guys (morseo as the session progresses), and apply an attack penalty. At six characters in a session, I increase the number of bad guys (within the #appearing range), and/or apply an attack bonus. Continue reading Difficulty Scaling
In Akkadian mythology the Rabisu (“the vagabond”) or possibly Rabasa are evil vampiric spirits or demons that are always menacing the entrance to the houses and hiding in dark corners, lurking to attack people. It is said that pure sea salt can ban them as the salt represents incorruptible life (salt preserves, and life was first born from the sea). In Hell, they live in the Desert of Anguish, attacking newly arrived souls as they travel down the Road of Bone to the City of the Dead. Continue reading Rabisu
How druids are shaping up so far: Alignment: Neutrality Prime Requisite: Charisma Hit Dice: 1d6 Armor: Leather or Worse Weapons: Any one handed, no dual wielding, no shields, no iron weapons Spell list: see Section Three (spells) Races: Human or Halfling May replace a stronghold at ninth level with a Henge, and make the followers sylvan creatures rather than humans. Continue reading Druids – Initial
He appears in later iconography paired with Kusarikku, “Bull-Man”, a similar anthropomorphic character, as attendants to the god Šamaš. As one of the eleven spawn of Tiamat in the Enûma Eliš vanquished by Marduk, he was displayed as a trophy on doorways to ward off evil and later became an apotropaic figurine buried in buildings for a similar purpose. Continue reading Urudimmu
In the Sumerian myth, Angim or “Ninurta’s return to Nippur”, the god “brought forth the Bison (gud-alim) from his battle dust” and “hung the Bison on the beam”. He is one of Tiāmat’s offspring vanquished by Marduk in the Epic of Creation, Enûma Eliš. Continue reading Kusarikku
On the one hand, this is clearly Dagon. On the other hand, this is clearly how someone trying to pronounce “Cthulhu” underwater would sound. On the other fin… Continue reading Kulullû
Formerly human, but now flesh-eating undead mockeries of their former existence, ghouls are fearsome enemies of all things living. Continue reading Gallûs
In addition to paying salary and expenses, employers are also responsible for outfitting mercenary troops. Light Cavalry 3 javelins (6#), longsword (4#), shield (10#), leather armor (15#), light warhorse 176 SC, 35 lbs. Mounted Crossbowfolk light crossbow (4#), 20 quarrels and case (2#), short sword (2#), chainmail armor (30#), mule 126 SC, 38 lbs. Horse Archers composite bow (2#), 40 arrows and quiver (6#), scimitar … Continue reading Mercenary Gear Loadouts – Cavalry
In addition to paying salary and expenses, employers are also responsible for outfitting mercenary troops. Peasants Spear (6#) 3 SC, 6 lbs. Light Infantry 3 javelins (6#), short sword (2#), shield (10#), leather armor (15#) 26 SC, 33 lbs. Heavy Infantry Spear (6#), long sword (4#), shield (10#), banded mail armor (35#) 108 SC, 55 lbs. Slingers Sling (-#), 20 bullets (4#), short sword (2#), … Continue reading Mercenary Gear Loadouts – Infantry
Perilous Paths 