Posted by Runeslinger on February 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This week’s seed is for Desolation, and is built around the idea of the growing paranoia and caution of survivors in a shattered wasteland that seems to be looking to destroy them too. The seed The PCs come across a healthy baby in the middle of nowhere. Planting the seed This is appropriate for any … Read more
Posted by Runeslinger on October 14, 2011 · 2 Comments
Assume for a moment that not that long ago, the world – for all intents and purposes – died. How long would it take for you to come to terms with the idea that there were certain things you would never again have the pleasure of experiencing? Certain tastes, certain events, certain places, certain scents … Read more
Filed under Call of Cthulhu, Casting the Shadows, Characters and Support Cast, Desolation, Playing in Games, Preparation and Preparedness, Rapture, Running Games, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Character Development, Cthulhu Mythos, Death, Desolation, roleplaying, setting development
Posted by Runeslinger on October 4, 2011 · 2 Comments
I don’t like wasting time. Although the excruciating length of some of my blog posts might challenge that statement, I prefer to engage in something meaningful rather than dick around. For this reason, I tend to take special care laying out campaign proposals and character creation options, and expect players to work together to get … Read more
Posted by Runeslinger on September 20, 2011 · 3 Comments
This past Sunday, my stint of being ‘just a player’ ended as Kyrei’s introductory story came to its dramatic conclusion with our characters stumbling across an incredibly compelling quest story, just as the world ended. I guess we had to expect that given that we were exploring the rich setting for Greymalkin Designs’ fascinating post-apocalyptic … Read more
Filed under Desolation, Running Games, The Blog, Ubiquity · Tagged with Desolation, Night of Fire, Obsidian Portal, Role-playing game, roleplaying, setting development, themes, Ubiquity
Posted by Runeslinger on August 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This is a very brief entry, but as usual, I feel that the possibilities contained within may spread outward like ravenous, carnivorous vines. This entry is for Desolation, and would be an appropriate encounter while the group is enroute from some awful place to some other awful place, through the humbled wreckage of what once … Read more
