Adventurers Wanted
I've always loved studying different myths and folktales from around the world, and learning how these beliefs in the supernatural, magical, and divine help to shape our understanding of the world around us. Games like D&D offer a unique opportunity to explore these different perspectives within worlds where gods and powerful beings can reach out… Continue reading Worldbuilding: “By the Gods!”
There are a lot of different opinions and interpretations of character alignment in the RPG world and just as many ways to use it in your game! Some groups use it as a definitive compass for how their characters will handle situations, while others see it as more of a flexible guideline. Some groups don't… Continue reading D&D for Kids: Alignment
Hey Scribblers! As always, thank you for your support and patience this past week or so...as you may have noticed, I had to put some posts and projects on hold as I was finishing up a school paper-- to make it up to you, I want to give you guys a sneak peak into some… Continue reading Update Time: Sneak Previews
How much do I love RPGs? Let me count the ways...I love the role-playing, the sense of community, the exploration and storytelling...but let's be real here. One of the most exciting things in D&D is, without a doubt, the loot!! It's a great way to reward your players, help balance out a party and make… Continue reading D&D for Kids: Roll for Loot
Hello Adventurers! This post is the first in a series of Campaign Diaries for our Heroes of Iyastera family campaigns! The story will be told in a series of journal entries and letters from the people the adventurers meet during their travels. To begin, here are two entries from Merrick, the innkeeper at the Dancing… Continue reading Campaign Diaries: A strange sickness
During our last Worldbuilding post, we explored some of the things that impact the development of a community's sense of culture and identity, like geography, how they transfer knowledge, and how they feel about other cultures. Today, let's look at the way different cultural norms and values are reflected in the language-- I don't just… Continue reading Worldbuilding: Culture and Language
This article was written as a guest post for my friend Draconick! If you haven't seen his blog yet, check it out here for some more fantastic D&D content! The art of oral storytelling has been part of our collective consciousness since the very beginning. It’s how we communicate our histories, beliefs, fears, and dreams…and… Continue reading D&D for Kids: Opening the Doors to Multigenerational Storytelling
May the winds fill your sails, the waves guide your passage, and the storm be your harbour." In every port city and coastal village across Iyastera, on every sailing vessel that leaves the safety of the harbour and ventures out to unknown shores, sailors cast their thoughts to Llyr, the Sea Father. Followers of Llyr… Continue reading Llyr, the Sea Father
So you've created a world full of adventure for the heroes to explore, populated with a diverse cast of beings, and now you have to determine what day to day life is like, and how the different cultures feel. It is easy to fall into the comfortable tropes: dwarves are miners, elves live in forests,… Continue reading Worldbuilding: Thinking about Cultures
The Serpent Watches. It Listens. It Waits. Uraeus is an ancient being, one of the more primal of the Iyasteran deities. While many of the other gods have a multitude of names across the kingdoms, Uraeus is known most simply as the Cosmic Serpent, guardian of knowledge and secrets. They are a true neutral being,… Continue reading Uraeus, the God of Knowledge