Das Steinschloßmesser
A 18th century German “hunting hanger” with a 10mm flintlock on one side of the blade. Wooden handle covered in fish skin & an ornately engraved brass nut holding it together.
Author: Mark Krawec
IT guy, RPG nut, martial arts fanatic (he/him/his)
The Groaning Board
Along with the better known Decanters of Endless Water & Daily Bread Pouches (which produce enough fruit bread to keep four people fed for a day), you’ll occasionally find larger serving boards that can conjure a whole feast. Unfortunately what you’ve stumbled across may also turn out to be a Groaning Board. It isn’t the […]
The Bigger Picture
They had taken every precaution in the ceremonies that attended each burial. No one had been laid down without the prescribed prayers & every grave was supplied with at least a minimally protective marker. Even those who left no one behind didn’t go unattended; the groundskeepers made sure to leave everyone pancakes, eggs & flowers […]
Duty Is A Mountain, Death A Feather
Or at least that’s what the Synod of Necromancers insists. Those who fail to do their duty to further the glorious struggle to extend the boundaries of the Bone Republic to the farthest corners of the world – even if that was because they were unfit for military service in life – clearly don’t deserve […]
At the Temple of the Goose Goddess
If you seek swiftness, ferocity, implacability, then make the trek over the granite hills to the abandoned lakeshore, given over to the dozens of birds that prowl it in tireless rage, where all that now remains is the idol to the Lady of Geese. If – big if – you manage to withstand the gauntlet […]
Urban Hexcrawl Encounter 32: The Rooftop Ondine
Just appeared one day in the pond-sized pool of water that had collected on the roof since the “real estate mogul” who owns the building found that a little benign neglect of the drainage system was another good way to squeeze a little more profit out of the place. The pool is barely more than […]
A down-to-earth warrior takes the field
The sunflowers on her greaves are a nice touch.
Wizards of Tokyo
Three modern magic-users out for their customary Thursday lunch meet-up.
Baba Yaga & Her Fledglings
Eagles bring her tidings from the four corners of all nine worlds, ravens harry & peck at any who trespass in her clearing, her hut roams the taiga on chicken legs, but it still somehow comes as a surprise to people when they encounter Baba Yaga’s bird maidens. Conventional wisdom has it that they’re what […]
Rummaging In The Junk Drawer 