Showing posts with label Transitions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Transitions. Show all posts

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Edge Creeper [Wermspittle]


“Intelligence is the ability of a living creature to perform pointless or unnatural acts."

Arkady Strugatsky​


Edge Creeper
No. Enc.: 1d4
Alignment: Neutral
Movement: 90' (30')
Armor Class: 7 (as Studded Leather)
Hit Dice: 2 [Advance as Magic-User/Thief Dual-Class]
Attacks: 1
Damage: (by Spell)
Save: MU2
Morale: 8

Special: See in all directions, Immune to Sleep, Use Detect Invisible at will, Move Silently gains bonus of +10%, Find Traps gains +20% bonus however they cannot remove traps, cannot be back-stabbed, ignore all damage rolls of 1 or 2.


Silent, patient, playful...these beings are as much animal as vegetable and yet not quite either. Their tall, central body mass is very flexible and they easily contort themselves to get into tight spaces. Their sturdy four legs allow them to clamber about through rubble, debris, or uneven terrain with the seemingly effortless grace of a deer. Eyes of several types and sizes form apparently at will or at random all over their main body, allowing the Edge Creepers to see in nearly every direction. They have displayed a deep and abiding interest in discovering and uncovering all manner of concealed doors, secret passages, lingering booby-traps, unexploded bombs, mines, and so on. Sometimes they leave markers or Warning Signs, but other times they seem satisfied with merely leaving a formerly hidden thing exposed. So far the Wall Guard have not been able to enlist their help along the Inner Ramparts or the Outer Precincts.

Little more is known about them, aside from the few encountered so far have all been spell-casters with an intense interest in the Black Zones and the Glow Field. They seem to avoid the White Orchard for some reason, but may have some sort of affinity for or connection to the Cold Roads. It is rumored that the Edge Creepers first appeared in Wermspittle by way of the Cold Roads, though there are some who are convinced that they first entered by way of the Glow Field or the White Orchard...so far no one knows, so there is a potentially lucrative opportunity for someone to go forth and discover the answers so many Experts and Academics are arguing about...



The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.
Carl Jung

Friday, January 31, 2014

January 2014 RPG Blog Carnival Wrap-Up


January 2014's RPG Blog Carnival was hosted here at the Hereticwerks blog. The topic for the month was Transitions. Several RPG bloggers participated in the Carnival. Thanks to all of you who participated!

Here's a round-up of the ones we know about:


Alesmiter contributed a post looking Behind the Screen in '14.

Book Scorpion discussed some of the transitions currently taking place in her Endlands and 7th Sea campaigns.

Big Ball of No Fun shared recent revolutionary developments in their gaming group--the players are making the transition over to running games and becoming GMs, offering them a chance to regroup and experience things from the other side of the screen for a change of pace.

Grimnir talked about Feast and Famine in terms of how their group has been impacted by real-life commitments and schedules. Losing a particular character/player for a while can really shake things up.

G. K. Coleman has just made the transition to becoming an RPG Blogger. Welcome to the blogoverse G.K.! We're looking forward to reading about your blogging adventures.

Rick Hammell offered some very cogent thoughts about various real-world transitions that could be ported into an RPG environment and he provided a d20 random table as well!

Martin L. at Warehouse of Trinkets has also transitioned from being the GM to being a player for a while...and it looks like he might not like it. At least not yet. This can be a particularly tough transition for some folks. A lot of us get used to being the DM/GM, making it difficult to surrender the control, to step back from the screen, and let someone else take over for a while. For whatever it might be worth, I have always found it energizing and inspiring to switch-over to being a player from time to time. Even at its worst, no matter how badly a game session gets botched, you come away with ideas for how to do things next time, and it is valuable to gain some insight into what it feels to be on the other side of the screen. I've found that has helped make me a better referee/DM. But it isn't necessarily an easy transition.

Porky gave us Near Future Wor*fare; a look at a world where Zonetech has brought about a transition that has horribly mingled and mangled the boundaries between consumerism and violence in unsettling ways. This is also part of the ongoing From the Zones community project hosted by FATEsf.

Speaking of FATEsf, John Till's contribution 'Thursday Night Punctuated Equilibrium,' came in just under the wire. He wrote about some of the transitions his gaming group has gone through in the last year, and some of the exciting things in store in the months ahead.

NukeHavoc/Ken Newquist over at the Nuketown blog posted about the various and sundry transitions his gaming group is going through in 2014, moving into new systems, new roster of members, and a new venue--2014 certainly does appear to be a real Year of Transitions for these folks!


February's Blog Carnival will be hosted by Enderra, and the theme is 'The Icy Embrace of Winter.'


Everything you might want to know about the RPG Blog Carnival is available all in one place, including How to Participate, How to Sign-Up to Host a Carnival, as well as some handy advice for How to Host a Carnival if your topic gets accepted. You can also browse through the Archives of Past Carnivals and check to see what's coming next.

The RPG Blog Carnival is sponsored and supported by the RPG Blog Alliance. You can find out more about the RPGBA by clicking these links:

The RPGBA site
The RPGBA FAQ

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

RPG Blog Carnival for January 2014: The Theme is Transitions


This month's RPG Blog Carnival is being hosted here at the Hereticwerks blog. The topic for the month is Transitions. What do we mean by 'Transitions?' Well, the established definition covers a lot of ground: "the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another."

What sort of Transitions will you make in your game or campaign this year? Will you be making the transition to a new game system, starting a new game, or picking up an old favorite? Are you going to take your first turn as a GM, or step back and be a player for a while? Or would you rather tell people about the kinds of transitions taking place within your game, the sorts of changes and transformations taking place among your characters or the game-world itself?




A blog carnival is a cross-blog event where a group of bloggers collectively post something on a particular topic or theme, last month it was 'Taking Charge,' this month the topic is 'Transitions.' Each blogger handles the topic or theme however they like. Readers can then click from one participating blog to another through the course of the blog carnival, sampling a wide range of writing styles and approaches.

To follow the blog carnival, check back regularly through the month and read the comments on this post where, hopefully, participants will be leaving links to their contributions. At the end of the month, we'll compile a wrap-up post here on the Hereticwerks blog [link due: January 30, 2014] that will provide links to all of the blog carnival participants for easy access. You can take a look at past blog carnivals over at the Archive, which is currently being maintained by the RPG Blog Alliance.

To participate in the carnival is easy. Once you have written a post on this month's topic, leave a comment on this page with a direct link. You can use the RPG Blog Carnival image on your post if you like. You can right-click and download it from here or any other blog displaying it, or it is also available at the RPG Blog Carnival page. Feel free to do more than one post, we just ask that you leave a link for each of your posts here in the comments as each one goes live. It's super easy and the blog carnival is open to anyone who wants to participate, you don't have to be a member of the RPGBA.

To Host a future blog carnival is also quite easy and fairly painless. Just click over to the handy How to Host a Carnival info at the RPGBA site and follow the instructions. Feel free to ask one of the former hosts for advice or assistance if you're considering it, but would like more information. The RPG Blog Carnival is always looking for new hosts and new topics, so feel free to jump right in!



Transitions...
Fiction, games, life; they are filled with transitions from one level to the next. Joining a new group or leaving an old one. Starting out on a path to adventure, leaving the service of a former employer, setting up your own stronghold. Voyaging past the edge of the map, delving deeper than anyone has gone before, exploring an uncharted wilderness...or simply changing places at the bar. Having and raising children, either in-game or in life is a major transition. Gaining experience, going up in level, growing in power, moving up in the world—or crashing down in flames and madness; these are all transitions.

Coping with the repercussions now that you've been infected with lycanthropy, uploaded your consciousness to a machine, or been bitten by a vampire (sparkly or original flavor), are all interesting transitions. Maybe a character has decided to switch classes or professions; perhaps they'd like to drop the whole spell-casting business and take up the exciting role of a cat burglar instead. How has the mighty fighter adapted to his new hand, the one they bought from that weird peddler from somewhere unpronounceable? Where will the thief go now that they've been blacklisted by their Guild? Traveling to a new city, journeying to a new country, shifting to another plane, visiting strange new worlds, entering a new setting...

It's a wide open topic. Feel free to interpret it any way you like.

We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with...



Everything you might want to know about the RPG Blog Carnival is available all in one place, including How to Participate, How to Sign-Up to Host a Carnival, as well as some handy advice for How to Host a Carnival if your topic gets accepted. You can also browse through the Archives of Past Carnivals and check to see what's coming next.

The RPG Blog Carnival is sponsored and supported by the RPG Blog Alliance. You can find out more about the RPGBA by clicking these links:

The RPGBA site
The RPGBA FAQ