Gaming Resources from the Swan (Patreon)

This week, Raging Swan Press has got some jolly handy updates and gaming resources for you, which I hope makes GMing a little bit easier. As always, if you've got any requests or suggestions for GM advice articles or 20 Things articles please let me know in the comments below and I'll add them to my list. 

Also, I'd like to welcome Jason O'Conal and Camille Weatherspoon who recently joined us. Welcome!

And so--without further ado...

10 Merchants with Personality

All too often, encounters with merchants and shopkeepers are little more than dry exchanges, where players whip out their rulebooks and handle the exchanges more or less on their own. While this is fine for some situations, for others merchants need a bit more personality, which isn’t always easy to come up with on the spot.

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20 Vile Things to Find in a Cultist's Lair

Cultists often seek out terrible deities and alien entities in their quest for power and to further their nefarious ends. They often use profane and vile accoutrements in blasphemous rituals to venerate their terrible, fell masters.

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5 Terrible Reasons to GM

GMs are a special breed of hero selflessly spending untold hours slaving away over adventures and even entire campaigns. For many, GMing is almost a way of life, a way to spend untold hours of fun with friends sharing amazing stories. But for others, it can serve a darker purpose.

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Gloamhold Updates

As part of my continuing quest to finish the Gloamhold Campaign Guide, I’m updating all the major dungeon areas to each fill a two-page spread. As part of that process, I’ve posted the following updates to the relevant pages on my blog.

The updates comprise:

Troglodyte Tribes of the Twilight City: Troglodytes are endemic to the Twilight City. In this section, I provide brief notes on four of the most notable tribes.

The Shoalstone: This dungeon isn’t actually part of Gloamhold, but explorers sometimes travel here to dream dark dreams about Gloamhold and to perhaps uncover previously forgotten or unknown lore about the dungeon. The Shoalstone appears on the Ashlar area map. Here’s a direct link to the area write-up.

Friday

That's it for now. I'll see you all Friday for the first of Novembers releases--GM's Monthly Miscellany: November 2016 and 20 Things #8: Cultist's Lair. Have a great week!