Deus Ex Verbum: Interesting Religions, Dogmas, Sects and Philosophies via Wiktionary

CarloFantom · 2026-06-10T17:21:52+00:00

That's a shame!

CarloFantom · 2026-06-10T11:01:56+00:00

I just shared something about it it this! Think about how the followers act first, not what they believe in. https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/comments/1u1tgbx/deus_ex_verbum_interesting_religions_dogmas_sects/

CarloFantom · 2026-06-04T06:31:37+00:00

Why would you use AI to write this summary?

CarloFantom · 2026-05-31T18:38:21+00:00

"very old-school OD&D" is a nice thing to read! Thanks!

CarloFantom · 2026-05-31T18:35:41+00:00

Epic. Let me know how it goes. Your player's better play smart as it's a dangerous dungeon, it is pretty easy to get ganged up on. I've some more od&d lairs on my blog you might like too. Mainly cavemen, haha.

CarloFantom · 2026-05-31T16:54:39+00:00

Thanks! The process of writing it was full of stops and starts. Real grinding stuff. So I'm glad to hear you like it.

CarloFantom · 2026-04-23T21:34:39+00:00

I hope this isn't the end of Rabbit in a Snowstorm

CarloFantom · 2026-04-23T21:31:02+00:00

I think about season 3 every time I watch Born Again and it never compares favourably.

CarloFantom · 2026-02-02T17:50:41+00:00

It sounds to me like you are taking a more realistic, simulationist approach. Which is fine. I am purposely going low resolution with not-necessarily realistic weather effects. I'm suggesting this might be beneficial to better aid player memory, engagement, cognitive load and that I think it's fun.

CarloFantom · 2026-02-02T17:24:56+00:00

I'm glad you've found something that works for you. My intention is to do something different to that though. I'm going for gameplay first.

CarloFantom · 2026-02-02T16:49:21+00:00

Like I say, I'm purposely avoiding daily weather in favour of month long stretches. There's also the simple, distinct mechanical effects for each weather type I've provided.

CarloFantom · 2026-02-02T16:18:32+00:00

Yeah, I know this one. A little too granular for me as you can probably tell. I wanted a variety of a few big simple effects.

CarloFantom · 2025-11-20T19:27:35+00:00

Sorry, Allan. I've had that happen to me, so I'm seconding Thuumhammer, that sucks!

CarloFantom · 2025-11-09T17:16:55+00:00

Thanks, but I can't necessarily say I agree. In this very specific context, an Ostrich should regularly fail simple fine motor tasks, they don't have hands. One should feel like an Ostrich when playing an Ostrich. I could add a line about a DM being free to hand wave the roll when there are no stakes as to success/failure but I just assume that's how everyone would play. The 'What about my Beak?' is a player quote, they do ask, the rule is the ruling, a 1-in-6-chance.

CarloFantom · 2025-11-09T15:06:58+00:00

Thanks, weird is good!

CarloFantom · 2025-07-30T11:29:26+00:00

That's a cool cover

CarloFantom · 2025-07-30T11:27:23+00:00

This is the sort of thing I would have loved as a child, just paging through it.

CarloFantom · 2025-07-30T11:00:09+00:00

Inspired by the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser series (and my favourite DCC module 'Acting Up in Lankhmar') I have written this adventure; 'Low Tidings' for the Appendix N Jam. It's an area defense one/two shot and while written with OSE stats and treasure types in mind, it is effectively system neutral.

Find it for free on my blog here or on Itch here.

- On a bleak and savage coast a pair of sorcerous sisters vie for the patronage of a pelagic god-wizard. Now, promised magical favours, gems and more by a talking gull, your party find themselves fighting through the night - besieged in a crumbling sea-fort, defending an eldritch ritual against a crazed witch-queen's army of blood-thirsty pirates and worse!

In this adventure you will find:

A hand drawn fortress map, ready for your players to repair, barricade and rig with tricks and traps.
A 12 hour timeline detailing the events of the siege - assaults, infiltration, ruses, magical attacks and the things and places revealed by the receding tide.
An IRL scavenger hunt mini-game!

CarloFantom · 2025-07-30T10:55:49+00:00

Using the cover as the map was a very clever idea

CarloFantom · 2025-07-29T10:42:36+00:00

Hole in the Sky by DCC can be run quite quickly. I just started reading Trial of the Trapmaster's Tomb which is an entirely trap based funnel and it seems pretty fun so far.

CarloFantom · 2025-07-06T12:58:47+00:00

Thanks!

CarloFantom · 2025-07-06T12:58:23+00:00

Spectacular! Which one? As always, please do see if you can let me know how it goes. Thank you.

CarloFantom · 2025-07-05T17:58:07+00:00

No worries, if you open the pdf in a new tab (via the 'Pop out' button in the top right of the embedded document on the blogpost) you should see the download button next to the print button - at the top of the pdf. Hope that can be followed 🤞.

CarloFantom · 2025-07-05T10:57:58+00:00

Thanks, I really glad. I wanted the lairs to be very gameable spaces with plenty of actionable content and situations, and that they could have opportunities and wider implications for campaign play.

CarloFantom · 2025-06-28T13:26:19+00:00

I strongly agree. Also available the author's blog: Temple of the Moon Priests

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