Casting Runes 2: Populating a Peculiar Place
Posted by Runeslinger on January 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment
This post continues the exploration and implementation of RuneQuest 6th Edition for the creation of a sword and sorcery campaign setting. Decades ago, when I was running fantasy stories as a matter of course, my worlds were planets circling stars and followed the laws of physics as I understood them. About the only thing that … Continue reading →
Saturday Seed ~ 139 (HEX)
Posted by Runeslinger on January 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment
This week’s seed is for Hollow Earth Expedition, and involves a rare moment when the characters are at home doing nothing. We all know how the universe hates that. The seed The seed involves giving the characters a choice about becoming aware of forces seeking to meddle in world affairs to their own benefit behind … Continue reading →
Category Hollow Earth Expedition, Saturday Seeds, Ubiquity · Tagged with Hollow Earth Expedition, Plot Ideas, roleplaying, Story Hooks, Ubiquity Roleplaying System
Saturday Seed ~ 138 (Call of Cthulhu)
Posted by Runeslinger on January 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment
This week’s seed is for Call of Cthulhu either in the 20’s or in the modern era and combines fear, wonder, and inconvenient locations to give your Investigators more reasons to doubt the motives of a universe which allows them to live in it. The seed The seed involves the opportunity to participate in an … Continue reading →
Category Call of Cthulhu, Saturday Seeds · Tagged with Call of Cthulhu, Plot Ideas, roleplaying, Story Hooks, Trail of Cthulhu
Casting Runes 1: Percentile Violence~
Posted by Runeslinger on January 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment
There are many reasons why I selected RuneQuest to support my serious foray back into fantasy gaming after all these years (No, Vampire: The Dark Ages does not count). Chief among these reasons is the basic simplicity of the core mechanics and the enjoyable lethality of the combat system. At this point in time, I … Continue reading →
Saturday Seed ~ 137 (Aces & Eights)
Posted by Runeslinger on January 5, 2013 · 2 Comments
This week’s seed is a grim idea to spark a manhunt in Aces&Eights. It is suitable as a motivator for one story in a campaign, or as an ongoing theme. The seed The seed entails offering the players the opportunity to involved their characters in a search for a prisoner who has escaped from justice … Continue reading →
Category Aces & Eights, Saturday Seeds · Tagged with Aces&Eights, Plot Ideas, roleplaying, Story Hooks





