In my first glance at the fantastic Symbaroum RPG, I stumbled across this week’s Monster of the Week – the Blight Born Elk. Symbaroum is a game I’ve never ran or played yet, but I feel it offers something quite unique in it’s Corruption mechanics. The Blight Born Elk is one of several abominations that … Read more
We head over to Cthluhu to check out it’s version of the Vampire.
Monster of the Week #33! Dr. John Starkweather! This guy was a riot and out players had a blast.
Hi there! For Halloween, it feels only fitting to compare a couple of TTRPGs that we’ve been playing and provide the one that has stood out the most to us (for whatever reasons they may be). It won’t be a full review of these systems or games, but more what has been fun about them … Read more
This week we look at Kult: Divinity Lost. Kult has many interesting opponents for your players, but one that caught our attention this week was The Seamstress. The Seamstress is a cruel being that splits your body apart, only to offer to stitch you back together for a small price – to hear about your … Read more
This week we are sticking to the theme of witches! The Monster of the Week is A Night Hag. Many of you who have played D&D, Pathfinder or any fantasy RPG have likely came across this exact (or very similar) creature. Nighthags in D&D a slightly harder than their counterpart hags, and are by nature, … Read more
Introducing potentially sensitive topics in your game to your players is an important step to take if you intend to skirt around the edges of more serious themes. Regardless of system, being able to establish a theme for your game that is suitable for your players, and for the length of games you wish to … Read more
This week we are diving into custom stat blocks which I found on Pinterest, for those who are interested! The Thing – Stats So – for those who don’t know – the Thing is from John Carpenter’s The Thing which is a fantastic horror film about a group of researchers who are stuck in … Read more
This week we are taking another look at the Alien RPG – but this time, we are using the Neomorph. The Neomorph is used in addition to the Abomination that players can encounter – but they are much more dangerous. Similar to the Abomination, the Neomorph has multiple stages a player can encounter it in … Read more
Lethality in games Some games are harder than others. The difference between Call of Cthulhu and any level above 1 in D&D is quite the difference. D&D has up to 3 failed saving throws before someone dies, but one failed CON check in Cthulhu, or damage more than your max in one go, is … Read more
