Puca – Creatures of Fae preview
In Gaelic, Caeltic and Welsh folk lore the Puca (or puck (English), pwwca (Welsh)) is a mischievous nature fae who can bring either good or bad fortune onto the person or peoples that cross his path. Some folklore claims them to be purely evil man-eaters, while other tales show the puca as being friendly and […]
Enchanted Muira – Creatures of Eira Preview
The enchanted Moira is surprisingly of Spanish and Portuguese folklore and not the Gaelic I normally go for. However, I have always enjoyed the idea of these women bound by some oath or curse to protect a place or treasure. They are, too me, some of the saddest figures in the realm of folklore because […]
Fae Cat – Creatures of Eira Preview
Fae Cat Armor Class: 7[12] Hit Dice: 1/per level Attack: Claws (2d4+2/4 levels), Bite (1d4+2/4 levels) Save: 18 Move: 15 Specials: Empathic Alignment: Neutral Challenge Level/XP: 2/40 Fae cats are small felines that look almost like a normal domesticated house cat. However, Fae cats have larger eyes and ears than their domestic cousins. Despite their […]
Fenodaree – Creatures of Eira Preview
Fenodaree Armor Class: 7[12] Hit Dice: <1 Attack: 1d4 Save: 18 Move: 12 Specials: None Alignment: Neutral Challenge Level/XP: B/10 Fenodaree are small child-like fae who, when the war between the courts began, fled to the mortal realm. The Fenodaree look like young, healthy children with wild, strangely colored hair and have goat legs. The […]
Eira Preview – Selected Letters of Fili Brigish on dwarves and the Alfheimer
Letter 17 The dwarves have spoken little of their time in the far lands. They seem as if both wanting to forget the war they fled and prepare for its eventual return. Not even in drink will they speak of the old world, of strange dark-haired men and creatures known as Alfheimers. If they do […]
Quick Note – Updates Galore!
This is the first post I am writing in Google Docs. I am somewhat excited about this as I may finally be free of the claws of Office! Update 1 – OCR Super Powers OCR Supers has gone back to the drawing board and the 20 pages I had of powers, skills and genral non-combat […]
Revenant – Creatures of Eira Preview
Revenant “Old Tom was a bastard to be sure. A highway man in his youth and a swindler and money-lender in his later years. No one morn him when he was found with a knife in his back. Mayhap we should have because Old Tom came back. Old Tom came back.” Revenant are the returning […]
Quick Note – I am your master … if you go to MEPAcon
On the weekend of November 8th (specially the 9th) I will be running two games for the Swords & Wizardry OSR system at MEPAcon. If anyone is in the Northeastern PA or nearby New York and New Jersey and isn’t doing anything for that weekend. From 9 am to 12 noon on the 9th I […]
Fear Doirche – Creatures of Eira Preview
Fear Doirche Hit Dice: 10 + 6 Armor Class: 1[19] Attacks: Weapon (Fae Great Sword (unique), 2d10+4) Saving Throw: 5 Move: 12[60’] Special: Fae Step, Greater Immortal Fae, Iron Resistance Challenge Level/Experience: 13/2,300 The Queens of the Au-Sidhe and Un-Sidh courts have many agents in both the mortal and immortal realms. However, these agents pale […]
Raceless Classes of Eira – The Enchanter – Eira Preview
Once again I present one of the “raceless” classes of Eira. In the Eira setting every race has between two and four race-specific classes that they can be. However, there are also 4 raceless classes that nearly any race can in the game setting can take up. The following is one of those classes; The Enchanter. The Enchanter […]