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Dungeons and Daedra Chapter 1 The Prisoner's Dilemma The first thing Lorelei noticed on awakening was the splitting headache, which kind of got in the way of noticing anything else. She tried to open her eyes, only to find her vision extremely blurry and the light in the area was only...

0.1: The Prologue to the Legend Over a hundred years ago, the Kingdom of Galifar began to fragment into a civil war that engulfed most of the continent of Khorvaire. As the conflict stretched on, it drove innovation and further fragmentation of the kingdom's five provinces. Five years ago...

A D&D 5e game where everyone plays as a robot! Specifically a Warforged or Autognome, depending on how you feel. Here, you'll be bringing your merry band of malfunctions into a world of magic and horror, where the gods are largely not active, and only really act through divine messengers. The...

The village burns, thick smog clouds forming from incinerating homes and families, and loud, wild cries from the invaders shake the air. Arrows, flint headed and jagged, are embedded in guards, killed in the initial overrunning of the defences. Three homes lie intact in various states of...

Deep in the astral sea, on the back of the enormous ray known to its inhabitants as Precedent, someone wakes up: Emotional energy suffuses those that generate it and their environment, but when a little too much emotional energy is focused around potential ritual components, [] a Demon wakes...

Hey everyone I'm currently in the process of building a DnD-Campaign set in the world of Final Fantasy XII (with alterations to make the game system click with the setting, of course), so I could use a sounding board to bounce ideas off of. The first adventure would be relatively simple...

A Song of Ice and Fire A Murder of Ravens The Dance of Dragons has ended. Both Aegon II and Rhaenerys Targaryen lie dead. Rhaenerys' son, Aegon III ascends to the throne, with a regency ruling until the boy comes of age. The war torn houses of Westeros begin the arduous process of rebuilding...

…the ship Stardancer has been found after fifty six hours of… Groan. …crew were found dead, with possible necromantic magic on display at the scene of the crime. Authorities are investigating for… Roll onto your back. …in lighter news, the marriage of the bard Dawnstar Bright and… Your eyes...

Chapter 1 Wake up. I wake with a start. The first sensation to register is the stone beneath me. Considering that I didn’t go to sleep on stone and there is none in my house I must still be asleep right? Upon opening my eyes I’m nearly blinded by a bright undulating light. “Ugg what is that?”...

The Sun beat down upon me like the fist of an angry overseer. The corn-yellow dunes of sand stretched all about me, looking almost akin to piles of gold dust in the heat of the noon sun. There wasn’t so much as a cloud in the sky or a hint of green anywhere to be found. Oh, and to top it all...

Introduction It was early evening in the town of Greencastle. The tavern was fairly crowded, for such a small community. Winter was ending here in the frontier, and while the ground wasn’t quite free of snow yet, no more blizzards were expected this season; therefore, both the locals and the...

(If you wish to join this RP, the recruitment thread is here: Not a Stitch (MATURE; bleak survival RPG; D&D 5e) Recruiting - IC - Fantasy) Helja Uvarenn, Tully Siva, and Tik Tak; the first thing that comes to your sleep-dulled minds is the lapping of cool water at your feet. Helja, it barely...

I will preface this be saying a few things. This is a horror one shot and thus, will consist of one adventure. It will also serve as a test for me, to see how a few thing work out. Personally, I'm hoping it works fine, but I'm infamously bad at getting stuff to work, so we'll see. The sales...

(IC thread linked here: Not A Stitch - Bleak Island Survival in D&D 5e IC - Fantasy - Horror) Here's my elevator pitch: Anyone played a game like Crash Bandicoot or FFX, and washed up on a shore? Seen Castaway with Tom Hanks? Heck, have you read the classic Robinson Crusoe? That's your brief...

Author's note: This story is a direct spin-off of Xandificer, and as such if you haven't read that you'll need to or you will be completely lost. In fact, it takes place in the same time frame as another spin-off of the same main story. It just asks the question, what if it was a different...

I am running a campaign where my players are themselves in an isekai world build. A little back ground information, the world was built in a one shot. Where they played level 20s defeated the big bad long story short they got God hood after the spell the big bad made a new universe. Where the...

There was no hesitation to her steps, each boot moving to the cheers of the crowd in the seated rings, burning red eyes looking down from boxes, some with approval in their eyes as her blades danced and sang. Brizafae was, as her name suggested, moving through the ranks of the slave creatures...

She died, and she died screaming. She died alone and unremarked on, for what was she but another young woman who could have been pretty if you squinted... and thus most likely vanished into the brothels of the ABB, there for her body and misery to yield wealth to the Dragon of the Bay. Or...

Choices: World breaker +12 Slaughterhouse is hiring +4 Marked, all three gangs +3 Total: 19 Powers: Alexandria -2 Eidolon -2 Kaleidoscope -2 Inspired inventor -2 Psychokinetic -2 Power manipulator -2 Shaper -2 Blank-1 Shattered limiter -1 Inspiration-1 First impressions-1 Cloak and dagger -1...

Author's note: Warning! This story has Gender-Bending. If that hurts your feelers, please know that bitching to me about it will get you severely mocked, because you were warned right now. Obviously, I do not own BtVS. If I owned it rather than dear old Joss Whedon this wouldn't be fanfic...

Every person in the world is born, and every person in the world will, at some point, die. These are the rules of life laid down by the Raven Queen, she who watches over the Great Cycle, and guards our souls as they live and die and live again. You are no different. You are a new soul, split...

Chapter 1 It took a few years for the many cities on the continent to recover from the sudden attack of the black dragon. The collective people were resilient and hardy folk; the cities and towns on the outside recovered quickly as to restore trade and the flow of resources. The capital took a...

Not a Very Gleeman (The Wheel of Time/Pathfinder/D&D SI) Prologue Homecoming The ancient and crooked wizard's tower swayed ominously as the strong wind steadily buffeted it, rocking it slowly back and forth like a wooden sign hanging out of a craftsman's shop. The tall building stood...

You Are a Party Member in a Fantasy Adventuring Setting, SV. Plz, Try not to TPK. Character Creation Part 1. A raucous, boisterous noise fills the inn's room. There are dozens of customers within this place, some sit at the corner tables, acting grouchy or secretive or mysterious or just plain...

"Welcome to the Maiden's sword inn, travellers. we have soft beds and fresh food, and the common room is waiting with it's warm hearth and crowds of patron, even if less than usual. you are travelling in unfortunate times, you see, for troubles are plenty. people are worried of the attacks that...