This is a fun one.  You folks want nymphs?  Here’s nymphs.  Yes, they’re cute and nubile.  Also they want to eat you alive. — NYMPHS…

It’s finally time for the most metal setting element in the Speaking Lands: the horrific OGREWAR.  This started as an off-the-cuff reference in one of…

We’re back from hiatus with a big mystery: literally.  The Gracia Span was a massive stonework construction… when it was still standing.  Its mysterious loss…

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There’s something… not quite right about that tree.  Let’s camp somewhere else, somewhere nowhere near that… tree.  You say it’s just a tree, but maybe…

I usually like my magic-in-games to be both weird and tied into the rest of the setting.  And there’s nothing I enjoy more than a…

Can you have Arabian Steeds in your setting if it doesn’t also have an Arabia?  People may get a little giggle out of this, and…

This entry’s genesis was the Gazetteer’s prompt of “come up with something starting with the letter v,” and was almost some sort of vine monster.…

As a fan of both fantasy and science fiction, I often find that I really dig into what I call speculative fantasy, where the shape…

My pick for most under-utilized fantasy race is definitely satyrs.  Who doesn’t love these guys?  Scrappy, lusty, stubborn, and proud.  In the Speaking Lands, they’re…