Hello, Randal here, back for more Groundbreaking. I recently moved from the rather flat and boring central valley of California to the Pacific Northwest. Since then, I have taken my family on walks just about every other day. There...
Hello, Randal here. I recently moved from California to Washington (state), driving for over 12 hours during the trip. A long, flat boring valley floor gave way to hills, then mountains. From farmland to forest, I saw a lot...
Groundbreaking is meant to be a world building experience, and I like to think I have been providing a lot of different ideas and concepts, often from randomly (and possibly radically) different angles and directions. Sometimes they flow together...
Much of the lives of our PCs involves chewing bubble gum, kicking down doors, taking names, and running out of said bubble gum. Even the codified downtime system in 2e assumes that downtime is used either to recover from...
Clang, clang, clang, hisssssss. “Ah, the sounds of a smithy in action. That, my boy, is an honest way to earn a living. Unfortunately, there will always be fighting to be done, and where there’s fighting, there’s a need...
Winter means different things to different people. Climate and culture are often leading reasons for these differences in the real world, and so we should try to remember that in our fantasy worlds as well. One commonality of winter...
Title Image: Riders by Sandara. “The sign clearly says ‘No animals!'” growls the bartender. He stares daggers at the huntsman who’s wolf is currently lapping up some ale that spilled when a scared server dropped a tray. The huntsman...
Fall weather ushers in all manner of changes. The migrations of animals are of high importance to those that live off the land. While it can be difficult to see herds of deer or the like on the move,...
The Human Premise. Growing up, many kids want nothing more than to be a grown up. When they are able to focus on this desire, they want to go do grown up things with their parents, trying to fulfill...
“I remember the first time my parents took me to The Festival” the man says as he smiles down at the children next to him on the wagon. “I was the same age you are now! I remember Pops...