5 Minute Adventures – What Auto Dug Up
While originally a part of a larger serialized adventure, “What Auto Dug Up” became a stand alone low-level adventure. Made with White Box in mind the adventure is a small dungeon delve full of undead and a few nasty surprises. ~*~ What Auto Dug Up (Banned & Banished Part 1) A Swords & Wizardry: White […]
Creatures of Eira Preview – The Knuckler
Knuckler We pitched camp by loch late in the day. I was unlucky and took third watch. I sat, by the fire, watching the dark waters when I saw it, the giant wyrm, glittering silver in the moonlight, bringing forth from the waters, great wings spreading. Tis a beautiful sight, one that still brings me […]
Quick Note – A sequel and an all new adventure
“Helena’s Gauntlet”, the Edge of Space adventure that I’ve been working on for the last several months is going well. While the Sword of Hathor the Confederation ship from “Horus Adrift” makes an appearance in “Helena’s Gauntlet” the crew and members of the that ship are not the focus of the adventure. However, I had […]
Quick Note – At it Again
Started work on another short adventure wheile I wait for the caves of Innsfjord to flesh themselves out in at home playtesting. This will be my very first mid-level adventure (outside of Three Knocks at the Crypt Door). It is definately going to be bigger than my Two-Page adventures but not by much, five to […]
Raceless Classes of Eira – The Prodigal
Below is the final raceless class for the Eira Setting and joins the other two raceless classes that have come before it. Originally, the Prodigal went by the name “Wanderer” and was the only race-based class for the dropped “Changeling” race. The Changeling was dropped as a race when it was decided to make the […]
Getting back into the Groove – A magic Item for Swords & Wizardry!
The past week has not been good to me, but this is not the place for that. Rumors of my death have nearly been true … but not true enough. My apologizes to anyone who reads Genius Loci for my hasty and unplanned disappearance! So to get back into the groove of blog life I […]
Under the Horn – A Swords & Wizardry Compatible Adventure is now for sale.
Genius Loci Games newest 2-page adventure “Under the Horn” is available over at drivethrurpg and RPGnow for $1.00. In the ancient village of Coralius, built in the ruins of a lost empire, there has always been the Horn. Many have studied it, many have theorized about it, but no one has ever discovered its secrets. […]
Quick Note – Under the Horn – Map
Finished the map for “Under the Horn”. It has been a long time since I not only drew a map but used the lessons I learned from these tutorials to do anything in Photoshop. Thoughts? The full sized map will be part of the 2-page “Under the Horn” Swords & Wizardry compatible adventure that I […]
Contest Barking – The OSR Superstar Contest
Starting this weekend, +Erik Tenkar of the famous Tenkar’s Tavern will begin a 3+ weeklong contest that will pit OSR designers from across the globe (and maybe beyond?) in a contest of wits and design for a truly magnificent prize. I will be taking part in this (hopefully annual) contest in my bid to win the […]
The Caster – A magic-user for Swords & Sorcery Settings
Still rolling off of my excitement (and bitter denial) I continue to attempt to port some of the logic of Arame’s world into the terms of gaming. In this case the general practice of magic in Arame’s sword and sorcery world. A quick note before continuing: I introduce a new mechanic (for me anyway) called […]