tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post5439993268211397721..comments2024-03-25T00:18:14.319-07:00Comments on Against The Wicked City: More encounters from the City of Spires: the desertJoseph Manolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-80865991242692366942022-02-27T01:40:28.421-08:002022-02-27T01:40:28.421-08:00Thanks, Yami! Within the campaign all these things...Thanks, Yami! Within the campaign all these things do have some kind of 'origin story' explanation for what they are and why they're here, because I find that having these makes it much easier to hold the world together in my head. In most cases the PCs will never learn what it is, but I think that the fact the setting still runs on some kind of implicit (though often hidden) inner logic helps to make it feel more like a coherent world during play!Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-25761486330472193462022-02-26T05:18:33.194-08:002022-02-26T05:18:33.194-08:00I love these posts. Your encounters are so rich, ...I love these posts. Your encounters are so rich, they drip with atmosphere and implied setting details, but also just enough mystery to not cleanly explain what these creatures are or where they come from.<br /><br />The Desert Giants, for instance, aren't from a Monster Manual or anything like that. But what exactly are they? Genetically engineered giant humans? A tribe of mutants who benefit from their unnatural bloodline? Just normal, albeit rare creatures that lived in this region long before humans? It's details like that that really make entries like this.Yami Bakurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266174008401745128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-69813949324401845122022-02-25T10:22:50.998-08:002022-02-25T10:22:50.998-08:00This is terribly convenient timing, since literall...This is terribly convenient timing, since literally the next thing I'm going to be working on is populating a desert hex map. Those loyal giants are going to be a good start. LShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495083228566425216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-48584105786427408472022-02-24T09:06:21.745-08:002022-02-24T09:06:21.745-08:00The Red Architect told you that she believed the g...The Red Architect told you that she believed the god whose power she was trying to steal - He Whose Name Is Both Fire and Hunger - could be found somewhere far to the south, in an area guarded by obsidian warriors. Obviously you never got that far in-character, due to randomly turning around mid-desert, but you can assume this is the sort of story about the region you could learn from asking around among the caravanserais and desert clans...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-27557068685072741092022-02-24T08:54:42.000-08:002022-02-24T08:54:42.000-08:00Huge buried stucture!? Obsidian warriors!? 👀👀Huge buried stucture!? Obsidian warriors!? 👀👀Lucy Claire Hounsomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18323962723383039792noreply@blogger.com