This is a real helmet. It’s part of a display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Arms and Armory Collection. A 16th century knight in what is now Germany wore this once. Here’s what the museum site has to say; This helmet is remarkable for the three-dimensional figure of a rooster’s head in the center […]
Wizards without Coats: Random
< PreviousWizards without CoatsNext > Hey, GM! Are you a fan of random encounter tables? How do you handle them? Do you have a random encounter table for each type of location? Do you apply situational modifiers? Coincidence checks? Are your random encounter tables so good they’re no longer random encounter tables? FISH!
GM Inspiration: An illustrated guide of contemporary monsters
Looking for a modern day monster you can terrorise players with? Want to avoid classics like werewolves and vampires but want to draw on contemporary myth and legend? The work Vladmir Stankovic put into the Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Cryptozoology might appeal then. These are all monsters that people still whisper about today, at least in […]
TradeCraft Bonus: 5 In character notebooks for RPGs
Whether you’re in a LARP, a GM looking for a player hand out or a player looking to have an in-character notebook for scribbling down clues, maps and ideas for your game then this collection might have something for you. Dual dragons sketchbook Buy this 100 sheets in a handmade, leather bound, notebook with a […]
Supernatural Collective Nouns
This collection of collective nouns (a murder of ravens, a pod of whales) applies to all sorts of supernatural creatures. Okay, supernatural types, a few extras and Jedi. It’s a jake of Jedi. A skynet of cyborgs. It’s also like a liberty of mummies. This image comes to my attention via Imgur via Reddit. However, […]
GM Inspiration: The legend of Bet She’an
This is a nicely animated and paced short movie about the fall of man. Some sort of apocalypse has triggered a change in man and, as a race, we’re morphing into large crows. This is the story of one man, a sculptor and perhaps the last human left, trying to leave a lasting trace of […]
A YouTube channel to watch: The DM’s Craft
The DM’s Craft is a YouTube channel from DM Scotty that, as the name suggests, interest DMs, GMs, STs and moderators of all shapes and sizes. It’s been on YouTube since early 2012 and at the time of posting has over 6,000 subscribers. The channel shares craft tips for DMs. Here’s the five most popular […]
Short film: Kin (GM Inspiration)
This short film, one of the first Kin Fables, reminds me of the RPG Beyond the Supernatural. I’m not sure why. Sure; there are supernatural elements in it but surely the project could remind me equally of Kult or a Cthulhu game? This is a Five Knights Production, a film by Seb and Ben McKinnon […]
GM Inspiration: Aztec mummy
Need to terrorise your players with an undead horror they’ll recognise … and yet have it be worryingly different? Geek Native does like to share RPG ideas so let me try and address the challenge. What about an Aztec mummy? Whether your game world has an Egypt or Mexico (style country) or not it may […]
GM Inspiration: Wooden whale monsters
These pictures from the artist David Kemp inspire all sorts of GM and world building thoughts in me. He found two derelict cove-boats and joined them together to create the “Wooden Whaler”. I can imagine barbarian hordes spilling out from between the teeth of fantasy sized alternatives. What do you think?
