This is Halloween!


Not counting Groundhog's Day, Halloween is my favorite holiday. I have made quite a few Halloween-themed posts over the years and thought I would compile them in one place for DMs who might want to mine ideas for a Halloween-inspired session.


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Sithelnost - The Gallery of Heroes (Part 2)

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08 Deepkolt 349 AC Romulus turned as reinforcements from the Ravagers of Kern rounded the corner two blocks away. They advanced at a trot, feet falling in step. Shields held at the ready, heavy chopping swords in their hands. Loose bits of gravel at Macula's feet rattled as they approached. The archmage shook his head. He raised his hand and spoke a single word. Frost evaporated. Breath stopped fogging in the air. The spell swept forward sucking every ounce of moisture from its borders. Skin shriveled. Eyes sank into hollow sockets. Skin pulled tight across bones as the muscles beneath were desiccated. Rank after rank of ogre crashed to the ground - dead of dehydration. The ogres at the back of the column slowed and began to look around, although whether they were seeking escape or a different route to strike at the wizard from was unclear. With no enemies nearby, Raven drew Luican's bow and set arrow to string. He saw the approaching dragon and fired. Four crystal-tipped a...
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Fey Weighted Throwing Hat

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Raven walked into the tavern. The bandit leader had a knife to the bartender's throat, using him as a human shield. "That's close enough, stranger. One more step and the old man gets it." Raven slowly unbuckled his sword belt and let it drop to the floor. He removed his green jacket and hung it across the back of a chair. A smile slowly spread across the criminal's face. "That's more like it." Raven reached up and removed his hat by the brim. For a moment, the bandit almost laughed. Then Raven threw it. The crimson hat spun through the air. The broad brim, which had always seemed soft and flexible, became suddenly rigid as it turned, striking the bandit across the jaw with the force of a mailed fist. The thug staggered, his grip loosening. The bartender dropped away from the knife. The hat curved through the air and returned neatly to Raven's waiting hand. Raven slipped his toes beneath Nightwatcher and flipped it into the air. The blade wa...
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Day Three of the Odinsleep (The Plains of Vígríðr - Ride of the Dark Elf Cavalry Part 5)

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Day Three of the Odinsleep – 9:40 am The surviving Svartálfar broke and ran.   All hell broke loose.   Raven dashed out onto the field, leaping into the saddle of the one horse that had been rendered riderless during the short-lived earthquake.   After more than a dozen years, he was back in the saddle and drawing back his bow the way he did when he had served with the Riders of Mistledale.   Only now, the bow, though more powerful, was oversized and the horse’s head and neck were in the way, keeping him from gaining a full draw on the string.   Cursing under his breath, he loosed his arrow anyway, sure that the distance between him and the nearest fleeing rider wasn’t enough to make him miss.   His shot passed just over Shadow’s right shoulder and sank into the calf of the running Svartálfar.   The corpse-pale runner stumbled and fell to the ground as Raven kicked his heels into the horse’s flanks to get it moving. Arthur called upon h...
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The Soviet Simian

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Apes – gorillas, chimpanzees, and even orangutans have long been staples of the comic book genre, appearing as either enemies or allies of the protagonists and sometimes (as is the case for Detective Chimp or the Marvel Apes storyline) the protagonists themselves.   Earth-218  is no stranger to the apes-as-characters trope.   I hereby present to you a brief history of the Soviet Simian.  The characters in my current campaign will eventually cross paths with the Soviet Simian or one of the other characters from superhero campaigns I have run over the years.  Perhaps, as is traditional in most of their crossovers, the two groups will fight and then become allies to battle some villainous plot together.  Who knows?  I don't. I haven't planned that far ahead yet. Soviet Simian (Ivan Ape)                            CR11...
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The American War for Independence D&D Style

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Happy 4th of July to all you Americans out there today!  I thought I would take a few minutes and share some of the American Revolution adventure seeds I have been working on for my campaign  that could be adapted to historical fantasy settings in general or to Colonial Gothic in particular. It is the time of the American War for Independence on Earth-218 .  The party, in addition to serving as couriers, soldiers, spies, and saboteurs, come to discover that supernatural creatures and magic still exist. • First Continental Congress 05 Sep – 26 Oct 1774 The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia. Peyton Randolph, the Congress President falls ill and is replaced by Henry Middleton.   Foul play is suspected and the group is asked to investigate.   They learn that Randolph has been poisoned (or cursed) by a British sympathizer who seeks to keep the Colonies divided. • Werewolf in Boston The siege of Boston in wel...
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Day Three of the Odinsleep (The Plains of Vígríðr - A Perilous Defense Part 4)

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Day Three of the Odinsleep – 9:50 am   What the heavens!?!” Cedron exclaims. “Thanks to Malazzarr for protecting his chosen, but our worries are not over as long as our friends are in danger. Here drink this.” Cedron passes a flask to Arthur while digging a scroll from his belt.   “Where are we?” Arthur asks, his voice edged with confusion.   “No idea. If I had to guess, it appears to be some type of space in the cloak, but I don’t have time to think about that now.”   Raven glances down at the leather and clockwork band encircling his left forearm once more and then around at his allies, those dead and those about to die.   Ra’ziir continues to battle the Jotun with both of his blades.   As he dodges the giant the best he can, he shouts over the fray, “It has been an honor these last several years!   If this is our day to die, I will see you on the other side!”   Raven drops Nightwatcher, the blade falling to the ground...
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