Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Temple 46


It's not Temple number 46, it's the temple to 46. In Eagleport, they've got a temple to practically everything. The priests of the Temple 46, however, are particularly esoteric, eschewing gods with wings, with claws, or with mighty armies, to worship the pure untrammeled abstraction of a single number. With no particular attributes, they have nothing to tie them to the physical details that all other gods deal with. They are a uniquely, cold, dangerous lot; by turns more cruel that Astyborxovy, god of cruelty; more heartless than IGON the IRON; shiftier than Hylerat the Thief God.

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Monday, August 23, 2010

Eyebite Mews


There's more going on in Eyebite Mews than meets the eye. Like why has Moglin been seen climbing down his well after midnight? Who meets int he old chapel? How does the Theives guild keep such a keen watch on the place? And why are there no stray cats in the neighborhood?

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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Saint or Aint


The PCs find themselves dropped into a bizarre dungeon environment with no apparent exit!

A laughing spirt mocks the adventurers, while hiding a private sorrow of its own

A hodge-podge of rooms and dangers, arranged with no logic, or with a mad logic of their own

A self-absorbed medusa, dangerously unstable, but with an intense desire for personal contact and interaction with others

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Friday, February 26, 2010

Flamesprite Tomb


A brazen but charismatic con-man, wielding a misleading map

A seductive curse, offering great power, but at a terrible price

A devouring flame seeking ever more to slake its growing appetite

Exploding ghouls. Do you really need to say anythring more than "exploding ghouls"?

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Monday, January 25, 2010

Kobold Perfidy


In the south end of the Wildwoods, where the thick oak woods turn into steamy marsh, the usual run of goblins, ogres, and bandits give way to a particularly feral breed of kobold. It's easy to underestimate these blighters because of their size, but don't be tempted. They have a fierce cunning and attack without fear when they have the advantage numbers. You will find their lairs on rocky islands in the swampiest areas. Their dwellings are surprisingly sophisticated and built to a human scale. No doubt they were once the homes of some other people, but their names are lost to history.

This was an experimental dungeon to see if I could get the "old school blue" look using blue pens. I kind of like the effect, but not as much as my black-and-white dungeons.

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Friday, January 22, 2010

Hurray for Tanita Davis!


Young adult novelist Tanita Davis just won a Coretta Scott King honor for her novel Mares War. The Coretta Scott King award is awarded for distinguished portrayal of African American experience in literature for children. What does this have to do with dungeons? Tanita is the owner of the original of today's Writer's Block Dungeon. Yay Tanita! We're all very proud of you!

As you might have guessed, I drew this dungeon while struggling with a particularly nasty bout of writer's block. Dungeons aren't just about the monsters under the Earth. Some dungeons, like this one are about the monsters inside.

So keep delving!

 
 

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Friday, January 8, 2010

The Hell of Doors



It is said that if you kick in too many doors in the Apocalypse Megadungeon you will find yourself trapped in the Hell of Doors.

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