Stone Boat
August 22, 2017
I wanted my players to encounter a boat in the Underdark, one that had been abandoned for centuries. I also wanted it to be weird and a little bit alien. Of course, boats don’t last for centuries, so this is what I wound up creating. The boat is made of stone, thirty feet long, ten […]
Aristodemos
August 14, 2017
The 5th century B.C. Greek historian Herodotus records an interesting story about Aristodemos, the one Spartan who survived the battle of Thermopylae. It’s the sort of thing that could make some great PC backstory. Quick background: the Battle of Thermopylae, best known these days from the movie 300, was a three-day battle fought in 480 […]