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• Musician’s Grave Module Playtest

  By Castor on January 16, 2020 • ( 1 )

  My players shouldn’t read this Greetings! It is a momentous day, friends! I’ve recently taken to compiling a dungeon I made for my home game into a module. While the module is tested, it isn’t that tested, so I’m designating… Read More ›

• The Inhabitants of the Fifth Moon

  By Castor on January 6, 2020 • ( 1 )

  “In my travels, I have spoken to many wise men, both in the universities, and in the wilds of the world. The practitioners of the scholarly or arcane arts are all in agreement on this matter, that the ring has… Read More ›

• The Rivers of Mysticism

  By Castor on October 29, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Translator’s Notes: The Rivers of Mysticism represents one of the more complete works on the origins and means of the “innate” practitioners of magic, often termed adepts, but just as frequently confused for practitioners of the arcane arts by the… Read More ›

• To-Hit X, and the Heights of Magic

  By Castor on October 24, 2019 • ( 2 )

  Ah, shit. Well, I was going to write all those posts and changes I mentioned, and I did for a few, but then something came up, and then another thing came up, and now here we are a couple months… Read More ›

• Adept Spell casting Mechanic

  By Castor on May 24, 2019 • ( 0 )

  So, the Adept’s spellcasting mechanic was spell points but I found that this was too tedious and required far too much book-keeping, since it was pretty well expected that an Adept’s spell points amy go up and down pretty much… Read More ›

• Academic Year AAR

  By Castor on May 16, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Despite Advanced Lab’s best efforts, I have not yet died, and have now returned to blogging. This post really should’ve come little less than a month ago, around when we actually stopped playing, but what with finals, final projects, and… Read More ›

• The Devil Princes of Carbax

  By Castor on March 3, 2019 • ( 1 )

  The sky has two suns. One provides life and light to the ring, glowing white and bright in the sky. The other is Carbax, the Devil Sun. It simmers red and hateful, day and night. It also gives life, but… Read More ›

• Mendicant, Beggar Houses, and Caravansaries

  By Castor on February 20, 2019 • ( 2 )

  The Resplendent Empire contracted behind the Ochre River, as internal strife and external invasion gnawed at the borders. This saved the remnants of the state, but millions were left on the wrong side of the river, in depopulated towns and… Read More ›

• Era of the Dead

  By Castor on February 7, 2019 • ( 2 )

  The Elves had favorites in their rule of the Ring. Humans and societies given the secrets of magic, life, and death. The hated lich-kings and reviled elves worked hand in hand. Following the Gigantomachy, as the elder folk waned, and… Read More ›

• Damned Dirty Demi-Humans

  By Castor on January 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  There weren’t many demi-humans in my campaign. None of these are playable right now, save half-elves. The campaign does not take place in the Bright Empire, but most demi-humans are nonetheless very rare in most of Eurus. Some classes will… Read More ›