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Gazetteer of the Speaking Lands: Ivory Queendom
Check It OutLast week’s poll came up with a one vote margin of victory, and so this week we are turning our attention to the largest state…
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Gazetteer of the Speaking Lands: Genius Loci
Check It OutI’m so excited you guys picked Genius Loci, because this is one of my favorite bits of this setting or any other setting that features…
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Gazetteer of the Speaking Lands: Ogrification
Check It OutLast week’s poll was handily won by ogrification, which did not really surprise anyone, I think. As someone confided in me, it’s simply fun to…
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Gazetteer of the Speaking Lands: Gajanana
Check It OutIn the end, it was hardly a contest: Gajanana won by a landslide, netting 76% of the vote. So let’s check out our first entry…
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Gazetteer of the Speaking Lands: Caer Larionad
Check It OutAlright, let’s kick this off! Welcome to the inaugural post of the Gazetteer of the Speaking Lands! In this series I will be your guide…
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Gazetteer: a worldbuilding writing tool
Check It OutFor the past few months, I’ve been doing a fun daily writing exercise loosely based off of Neel Krishnaswami’s Lexicon. The premise is that you’re…
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The Treasure of Hoth
Check It OutBack in the Smallville days, I made a handful of con-ready campaign scenarios for Cortex Plus. These were my go-to scenarios that I could break…
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Tutorial: Trait Halo Character Portraits
Check It OutOne of the most iconic looks for Cortex games is the “trait halo” character images where a character portrait is ringed by a thin-lined circle…
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About Miriam Robern (from the Patreon)
Check It OutHi, my name is Miriam Robern. I’m a white, queer, transgender creator making books and games and things. My creative output is a grab-bag of…
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Embracing the Artifice
Check It OutOne of the primary goals of the second level of Keystone, bombastically titled The Blasted Battlements of Tour Toriel, is to teach the players about…