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 - Aftermath

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  08 Newkolt 349 AC Cedron found Parnitha moving from prisoner to prisoner. Her shoulder was wrapped where the silver draconian's jaws had torn into her but she was already unlocking chains. Cedron watched her for a moment before approaching. "I can see why they respect you." Parnitha glanced over. The minstrel-priest smiled faintly. "Tough as steel and unyielding." He placed a hand on her shoulder. Divine energy flowed from him, closing her wounds. The pain faded. "I'd light your beacon any day." For the first time since the battle began, Parnitha smiled. Beneath the dust, blood, and exhaustion of the morning, Cedron was fairly certain the commander of House Protector was blushing. The next prisoner in line cleared her throat. "Good morning, Commander." Parnitha froze. She turned and her eyes widened. "Lady Nihriome." The awkwardness vanished instantly as duty returned. "I—yes. Let me get you out of those shackles....
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Battlerina Action Figure

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Anastasia Volkhova: female Human Fast Hero 5/Charismatic Hero 4/Infiltrator 3 CR: 12     Medium Humanoid (Human)     HD: 5d8+5 plus Anastasia (circa 1960) 4d6+4 plus 3d8+3 (66 hp) MAS: 12 Init: +4     Spd: 30'     Def: 22 (+4 Dex, +8 Class, additional +1 vs. melee), t: 11, ff: 10 Attacks: (BAB +6; Grap +6); +6/+1 Unarmed Strike: 1d4 (20/×2) or +10/+5 PM Makarov: 2d4 (20/×2, 30', semi) or +10/+5 CZ 45 Holdout Pistol: 2d4 (20/×2, 20') SA: SQ: Class Features (Talents: Charm - males, Evasion, Favor, Uncanny Dodge 1), Improvised Implements, Sweep Align: N     Saves: Fort +5, Ref +12, Will +5 Str: 10, Dex: 18, Con: 12, Int: 16, Wis: 14, Cha: 18 Starting Occupation: Creative (gain Bluff, Disguise, and Perform - Dance as Class Skills) Action Points: 12     Wealth: +20 (Wealthy) Rep: +8 Skills: Read/Write and Speak Russian (Native), English, French, German,...
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The Generation Spanning Campaign

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(No.  Not that kind) I have been toying with an idea of late.  Last summer, I wrote out a Western campaign (that I am still waiting to run) based on a combination of the old Boot Hill Modules with some Deadlands and Fistful of Zombies thrown in.  I had also planned another set of adventures using the Gangbusters boxed set and modules mixed with Cthulhu by Gaslamp.  And then I said, "what if the characters in the 20's are the grandchildren of the characters from the Western?" How far could I take that idea?  What if the characters from the Western were the great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren of another group from the American Revolution?  And what if the children from the 20's characters were involved in the fighting during World War II?  What if there was an overarching story that combined elements of each of these campaigns? The players begin the campaign during the American Revolution.   Everything seems all f...
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Balifor Bay - Aftermath

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22nd Gildember 348 AC As the echoes of the explosions die away, the group moves in to investigate the remains. Shadow and Cedron remain aloft, scouring the forest for any other creatures that may be lurking nearby but spot nothing. Cedron glides along the back trail, looking for signs of where the monsters may have been lurking. After several minutes, he locates a spot where it looks like several creatures may have been watching the party from the night before. Grotto grabs the handle of his trapped axe and heaves, tearing it free from the draconian statue. The scarred dwarf laughs, "Well, I've seen folks full of hot air before but this one wins! He deflated and flew around like some sort of balloon!" His eyes dart from one companion to the next, taking in their injuries. Raven, Kysek, and Arthur all sport several small cuts from splinters and shrapnel, anything life-threatening turned aside or absorbed by their enchanted armor. Arthur returns Lawbringer to its sheath, ...
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Road Trip to the Dragon Isles (Styx)

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  10 Deepkolt 349 AC Altan circled the paladin. "So, the robes stay. They hide the armor." Davaa nods. "Going to need to dirty them up, though." For the next several minutes, Arthur's robes are rolled around on the ground amd have dirt tossed onto them. Bren stares at Arthur. "He still stands like an officer. He'll never pass for a dockworker. What about a caravan guard looking for a job?" Granite scratches his beard, "Yeah that could work." Agnes takes Lawbringer, closes her eyes for a moment and concentrates. The beautiful elven maiden vanishes, replaced by an older crone. Lawbringer takes on the appearance of a gnarled walking stick. With Arthur suitably dressed, Granite turns back to the party. "Professor, I want you, Altan, and Davaa to stay here. Bren, you're coming with us. You can keep us clued in on oficers that ya recognize." The dwarf looks around. "Anybody got any objections ta that?" "No o...
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Timekeeping

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Time is the greatest nonrenewable yet infinite resource in the universe but depending on your particular brand of philosophy, it may not actually exist.   And even if it does, all your money won’t another minute buy.   Still, we rely on time, a figmentary unit of measure that is made up wholly of the near future and recent past to tell us “when” something happened.    In the beginning of my campaign, I paid only the vaguest sense of attention to when things occurred “in game”.   As the story continued and began to grow and as characters from other games began to join what had become my “ main storyline ”, I had to begin assigning dates to keep track of my world’s own internal history.   Luckily, I had some rough estimates of when things happened so I started piecing together a timeline. It took months to compile all of the campaign’s history into a useable format but what I ended up with amazed me.   I had assembled a tool, a reference that I co...
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