Wilderlands 4, Session 1

The crew couldn't all assemble for our bi-weekly Discord game of Numenera on the 22nd of April, so I asked if we wanted to pivot to a back-up game so we didn't have a dry week of gaming. Getting answers in the positive, the group began to make first-level Pathfinder characters to play in my take on the Wilderlands setting.

The group started their careers in my homebrew town of Bugbear Falls, a fortified site on the far eastern reaches of the territories held by Viridistan, the fabled City-State of the World Emperor. Having newly made their individual ways there after hearing the promises of wealth and fresh starts in the territory made by the Emperor's court to any willing to explore and tame the marches.

Sitting in the local tavern, The Desecrated House, the newly chartered adventuring guild, the Glorious Slayers, decided to take on a job before their funds started to run out, so they looked at local postings. There were three notices on the board outside the bank/pawn broker:

• Unbreakables estate clearance! Inquire inside!
• A return of a bracelet belonging to Elle, from the river by the Hermit's Shack.
• Rubbings from the fey gate to the east of town. See Sym the Sage for details.

Both of the jobs outside of town seemed appealing and they quickly settled on getting the rubbings, heading to the shop of Sym the Sage. A slate outside reads "Walk-Ins Welcome: Readings, Debates, Research, Taxidermy." The troupe enter and find the small woman surrounded by books, mumbling about proving someone wrong. After introductions are made and business rates discussed, Gregor speaks up and negotiates the terms of the job posted previously. Sym gives them charcoal and paper and sends them on their way.

Once down on the River Road, the party can see the top of the gate, a beautifully carved relief on a cliff face depicting two trees, their trunks covered in runes, branches meeting to create an arch. The fey gate, as it is known, has no opening. A blank rock face is all that greets the party as they approach and take out the supplies to begin making rubbings.

Shortly, however, the party is interrupted at first by one, then another small, blue humanoid coming out of the rock wall as it shimmers and ripples before them, speaking an odd language. They look perturbed, but Echo also speaks the Sylvan tongue and can communicate. They inform her that the adventurer's "kind" had not paid their debts and that they should leave immediately. The little ones seem to personally feel like taking rubbings isn't going to hurt anything and warn the PCs to be gone by the time they come back with their master, at which point they walk back into the gate.

Our heroes speed their efforts and begin to feel immense heat coming from the gate and hear loud, clanging footsteps. They gather their supplies and beat a trail out as quickly as possible by the time whatever is coming reaches their side of the gate, being out of sight and on the River Road back to Bugbear Falls to collect their reward, 10 gold coins and a future research of their choice for free!

Cast of Characters

Gregor and Victoria Palesun, Human Spiritualist 1 and Phantom (Taylor)

Echo Tovun, Elf Magus (Eldritch Archer) 1 (Rachel)

Taric, Human Barbarian 1 (Brenden)

Baila, Halfling Rogue 1 (Rachele)

Notes: You'll notice there are four PCs in the cast, but only two mentioned in the actual body of the session. That's because the players for Taric and Baila left early in the session. I had planned a combat for the session, as well, but put that off when the only two characters left were a Spiritualist and a Magus.

Edit: Changed some names as I've come to rediscover my notes.

Exalted, Sessions 1-5

On alternating Saturdays, Chris runs his Exalted chronicle for our group. The chronicle is set in a modified Creation that mostly plays to how the Exalted setting is presented, but with the agreement that anything that he wishes to change will be changed on a whim, as the events and characters will be presented as the ancient history and some of the most important figures (perhaps gods) of a shared campaign setting in the future, which will mostly host D&D and Pathfinder campaigns.

The Story So Far...

Our chronicle began in K'losis, a city carved into and around a fallen enormous humanoid war machine. There, we had learned some history of the campaign world and that the construct the city was built into is actually the husk of a being from another reality that invaded in the distant past and now there were factions that were trying to bring it and others like it back to life and summon more to this reality! Additionally, it was learned that powerful individuals were involved in these groups, speeding up their timeline by funneling money and resources into their aims.

Reports surfaced during this time of one of the great threats marching across the land as our band made haste to various locations, dismantling cult cells and the portals they had begun to erect. We flew out to face the engine of destruction and were able to dispatch it with the ship's weapons and a sprinkling of our own attacks, then made on our merry way to prevent the onset of the end of the world. 

Our leads took us to the city of Palanquin, where we strong-armed our way into their strange cult politics by having enough knowledge and materiel from capturing and destroying construction from other cult cells, thus locking in our access to the working portal in the city that leads to what we had learned were the giant war construct things' home plane. 

We took the first opportunity to make the jump through and emerged into a barren cityscape. Once we entered we find the place inhabited by the spirits of thousands of the dead, many of which showing signs of physical trauma. Most of these spirits didn't give us a notice, but one approached and engaged us, answering a few questions about the place, then leading us to a building where a council gave us audience, further providing information about the place. We had assumed this was the home plane of the aggressor war machines, but we were told this was also a conquered world, and their undeaths were spent in servitude.

During the trip through the portal, Exton experienced a vision in which an entity revealed to him that in order to fulfill their task of destroying the colossi, they would have to assemble a collection of artifacts. There were eight in total, but it was unclear if all of them were needed, and only a few were revealed. Our "map" was a tome that turned out to be in possession of one of the party, a key, a sword, the Shield of Ancel, the Hands of Tyr, and the Keeper's Dagger.

The form of the last five named and the two unnamed were unknown to us, but we had a start. Exton told the Circle about his visions and the decision was made to cross back into our world to find the artifacts. When we arrived, we discovered that two years had passed, even though we has spent a touch less than eight hours in the other realm. We assessed our situation and set a few affairs straight once we found that our ventures had continued as usual without us, then we took the opportunity to divine where other artifacts could be located.

Our key was in Brightonvork, an island located in the northwest, and the sword was in the Burning Sands, to the south. We decided to head toward the island and made contact with an older lady who explained to us that if what we were after ever existed, it was at the bottom of the ocean with her father's ship, which sank when she was young. It didn't take us long to ascertain the approximate location of the shipwreck and we went diving, recovering a metal rod with no discerning markings on it, as well as some other valuables from the wreck, which were mostly returned to the old lady, after which we set off for the Burning Sands, at which point we left off.

When we pick up next, I will be taking over for the next arc of the chronicle. The Circle knows that one of the colossi are headed to sea, presumably to Brightonvork, and the other is heading in the direction of the Burning Sands. Are these things now moving to intercept any who are trying to retrieve the artifacts? Are they wanting the artifacts, themselves? Hiow do they know about them? The Circle is so far clueless to the actual history of the items.

2022: A Year in Summary

 Always open to questions and commentary when it comes to the lists of media I consume! I write these every year so that maybe if someone sees this, it might act as recommendations. Having said that, I do not claim all things on this list are good!

Books (Many, many of these are 5-40 pages. Sorry I don't have the authors of some)

Trinity Continuum: Anima (Onyx Path)

Shadow of the Demon Lord master adventure Oblivion's Edge (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Monstrous Pages: Of Monstrous Mein (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord novice adventure The Apple of Her Eye (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord master adventure The Darkness in Shadowturrets (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord expert adventure Feast of the Father (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord novice adventure The Demon's Wetnurse (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord expert adventure The Gorgon's Tears (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Lands in Shadow: The Kingdom of Sails (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Unholy Champions of the Demon Lord (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Lands in Shadow: Weight of the Underworld (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord master adventure With My Last Scream (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord expert adventure Wretched (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord novice adventure The Knife in Your Hand (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord master adventure The Man Who Fell to Urth (Schwalb Entertainment)

The Phylactery (Planet X Games)

D&D 5e Unearthed Arcana: Eberron (Wizards of the Coast)

D&D 5e Unearthed Arcana: When Armies Clash (Wizards of the Coast)

D&D 5e Unearthed Arcana: Creating New Class Options (Wizards of the Coast)

D&D 5e Unearthed Arcana: Psionics and the Mystic (Wizards of the Coast)

D&D 5e Unearthed Arcana: Modern Magic (Wizards of the Coast)

D&D 5e Unearthed Arcana: Prestige Classes and Rune Magic (Wizards of the Coast)

The Phylactery #2 (Planet X Games)

D&D 5e Unearthed Arcana: Psionics & The Mystic, Take 2 (Wizards of the Coast)

D&D 5e Unearthed Arcana: Artificer (Wizards of the Coast)

D&D 5e Unearthed Arcana: Warlock & Wizard (Wizards of the Coast)

D&D 5e Unearthed Arcana: Revised Subclasses (Wizards of the Coast)

D&D 5e Unearthed Arcana: Fiendish Options (Wizards of the Coast)

Geist: The Sin-Eaters 1e SAS: Dem Bones (White Wolf)

Geist: The Sin-Eaters 1e SAS: The House Always Wins (White Wolf)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors Introduction (White Wolf)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors - The Razorkids (White Wolf)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors - Host of the Clutter (White Wolf)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors - Frankenstein's Mobster (not a typo!) (White Wolf)

The Phylactery #3 (Planet X Games)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors - Empty Space (White Wolf)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors - The Man with the Gray Beard (White Wolf)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors - Meeting the Frostbite Girl (White Wolf)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors - Getting Her Back (White Wolf)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors - Body of Evidence (White Wolf)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors - Caveat Emptor (White Wolf)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors - No Escape (White Wolf)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors - Good for the Soul (White Wolf)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors - Serpent's Tooth (White Wolf)

Warhammer Age of Sigmar Battletome: Soulblight Gravelords (Games Workshop)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors - The Mother of All Wrong Turns (White Wolf)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors - Mother to Monsters (White Wolf)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors - Dead to Me (White Wolf)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e SAS: Collection of Horrors - Mr. Theleme (White Wolf)

nWoD SAS: The Devil's Night (White Wolf)

Exalted 2e Scions of the Scarlet Dynasty (?)

Tombpunk: Rogues (Outland Entertainment)

Marvel Heroic Roleplaying What If...? Ed Gross Had Thor's Hammer in His Collection (Margaret Weis Productions)

Marvel Heroic Roleplaying What If...? Bruce Banner Was A Prisoner at the Raft (Margaret Weis Productions)

Scion 2e Nile War Gods (Chris Handforth)

Scion 2e Relics of Origin (Crystal Mazur)

Scion 2e The Deicide Compact (Travis Legge)

Exalted 3e Occult Charm Homebrew (?)

Scion 2e Cheat Sheet (?)

Changeling: The Dreaming The Norse Fae (?)

D&D Dark Sun A Little Knowledge (?)

Mage: The Ascension One-Page Jumpstart A Breakdown of Order: The Alchemist's Schism (High Level Games)

Werewolf: The Apocalypse adventure Curse of the O'Tolley's Burger (High Level Games)

Vampire: The Masquerade 5e homebrew Clanbook: Maeghar (Jasin Holliday)

Vampire: The Masquerade 5e homebrew Clanbook: Ravnos (Jasin Holliday)

Dark Sun Cosmology (David Schwartz)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Monstrous Pages: From Beyond This World (Schwalb Entertainment)

They Came From Outer Space! New Tropes and Archetypes (Onyx Path)

Trinity Continuum Terra Firma: Boston (High Level Games)

Scion 2e The Republican Pantheon (Mike McCall)

Mork Borg module Under the Abbey (Flamberga)

Forgotten Realms module The Dead Tell No Tales (Mikael Mansen)

Demon: The Fallen Angels of Death: Lore of the Slayers (Travis Legge)

Rayguns & Robuts (Planet X Games)

Demon: The Fallen Flames of Perdition: Lore of the Devils (Travis Legge)

Demon: The Fallen Infernal Might: Common Lores (Travis Legge)

Storypath System Preview (Onyx Path)

Trinity Continuum Leviathan: Mabuhay (Travis Legge)

Scion 2e Vampire (Lilith Grishaw)

Scion 2e Mysteries of the Otherworld (David Taylor)

D&D 5e adventure The Haunting of Valentyne Manor (Ryan Loyal Stueve)

Dark Sun Sorceror-Kingmaker conversion for Pathfinder Kingmaker AP (Luke Swadling)

Brancalonia The Daily Jinx #0 (Acheron Books)

Call of Cthulhu adventure Black Goat of New Orleans (Golden Goblin Press)

Vampire: The Masquerade 5e Sioux City by Night (Martlett Games)

Vampire: The Masquerade 5e homebrew Clanbook: Tzimisce (Jasin Holliday)

Vampire: The Masquerade 5e homebrew Clanbook: Nagaraja (Jasin Holliday)

Vampire: The Masquerade 5e homebrew Clanbook: Old Clan Tzimisce (Jasin Holliday)

Vampire: The Masquerade 5e homebrew Clanbook: Gargoyle (Jasin Holliday)

Vampire: The Masquerade 5e homebrew Clanbook: Daughters of Cacophony (Jasin Holliday)

Vampire: The Masquerade 5e homebrew Clanbook: True Brujah (Jasin Holliday)

Vampire: The Masquerade 5e homebrew Clanbook: Salubri (Jasin Holliday)

Werewolf: The Wild West Welcome to Purgatory: Osage Character Option Supplement (High Level Games)

Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition one-page jumpstart Heirs to the Mountains of Madness (High Level Games)

Vampire: The Victorian Age one-page jumpstart A Musical Interlude (High Level Games)

Deadlands Horror at Headstone Hill Player's Introduction (Pinnacle Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Monstrous Pages: Forces of Nature (Schwalb Entertainment)

D&D 3.x SiglO: 100 Feats for Ravenloft (Dion Fernandez)

Cavaliers of Mars module Witch-Queen of the Shadowed Citadel (Onyx Path)

Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)

Scion 2e Solo Adventures (Peter Rudin-Burgess)

Symbaroum Throne of Thorns Campaign Overview (Jarnringen)

King Tut's Rootin' Tootin' Extravabonanza (Planet X Games)

Conan d20 to 2d20 Conversion Guide (Modiphius)

Final Fantasy RPG 4th Edition CD 1 (Bruno Carvalho)

A Guide to the Storyteller Adventure System (White Wolf)

nWoD Dudes of Legend (White Wolf)

The Mud, the Blood, and the Beer (Calvin Johns)

Vermilium Jumpstart (White Witch Games)

Vampire: The Requiem 1e SAS: Scenes of Frenzy (White Wolf)

Mummy: The Curse 1e Lore of the Deceived (White Wolf)

Shadowdark RPG: Blades, Guts, and Gold (Laurin-David Weggin)

Dawn of Worlds (Legends)

Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition Believe in Magick! (Sebastian Freeman)

Numenera In Strange Aeons (Monte Cook Games)

Numenera adventure Vortex (Monte Cook Games)

The Strange Impossible Vehicles (Monte Cook Games)

Blood & Chrome 1.1 Technopunk Descriptors (Marlowe House)

Blood & Chrome 1.2 Technopunk Types (Marlowe House)

Blood & Chrome 1.3 Technopunk Foci (Marlowe House)

D&D 5e adventure Shadows of Lastwatch Keep (The Arcane Library)

AD&D adventure DA1 The Lottery (Dan Armstrong)

D&D 5e adventure Crypts of Azarumme (The Arcane Library)

Numenera Cypher Collection I (Monte Cook Games)

Numenera Artifacts & Oddities Collection I (Monte Cook Games)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Monstrous Pages: Foulest Reptiles (Schwalb Entertainment)

D&D 5e Unearthed Arcana 37: Downtime (Wizards of the Coast)

Hopeless, Maine: The Roleplaying Game (Outland Entertainment)

D&D 5e Unearthed Arcana 32: Traps Revisited (Wizards of the Coast)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Victims of the Demon Lord: Only Human (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Poisoned Pages: Insupposable Instruments (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Victims of the Demon Lord: Ghosts in Machines (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Lands in Shadow: Borderlands of Tear (Schwalb Entertainment)

Exalted 3e A Mirror Darkly Abyssal homebrew (?)

Exalted 3e Metagaos Charmset Infernal homebrew (Revlid/?)

Big Eye Chungus (Planet X Games)

Dungeon Crawl Classics 72: Beyond the Black Gate (Goodman Games)

Gods of the Fall Gods Beyond (Monte Cook Games)

D&D 5e Unearthed Arcana 33: Mystic Class (Wizards of the Coast)

D&D 5e module Temple of the Basilisk Cult (The Arcane Library)

Odyssey of the Dragonlords Player's Guide (Modiphius)

Geist: The Sin-Eaters 1e Ready-Made Characters (White Wolf)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e Ready-Made Characters (White Wolf)

Promethean: The Created 1e Ready-Made Characters (White Wolf)

Vampire: The Requiem 1e Ready-Made Characters (White Wolf)

Werewolf: The Forsaken 1e Chronicler's Guide I: To Isolate (White Wolf)

Werewolf: The Forsaken 1e Chronicler's Guide II: To Rebuild (White Wolf)

Comics

Hopeless, Maine Book One: Personal Demons (Tom & Nimue Brown)

Justice League: Last Ride #1 (DC)

Nightwing #74 (DC)

Batman: Fear State Omega #1 (DC)

Movies

Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

Death on the Nile (2022)

The Batman (2022)

The Night House (2020)

Candyman (2021)

The Man from Toronto (2022)

Free Guy

The Cloverfield Paradox

Uncharted

The Black Phone

Ghosts of the Ozarks

Jurassic World: Dominion

Halloween Ends

Nope

The Northman

Champagne & Bullets

Killer Workout

TV

The Witcher, Season 2

The Masked Singer, Seasons 5-7

The Book of Boba Fett, Season 1

Archive 81, Season 1

Castle Rock, Season 2

Burden of Truth, Seasons 1 & 2

The Amazing Race, Seasons 33 & 34

Law & Order: Organized Crime, Seasons 1 & 2

Obi-Wan Kenobi, Season 1

No Cover, Season 1

Stranger Things, Season 4

The Umbrella Academy, Season 3

The Last Kingdom, Season 5

The Sandman, Season 1

Anatomy of a Scandal, Miniseries

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Season 1

The Sinner, Season 4

House of the Dragon, Season 1

Unsolved Mysteries (Netflix), Season 3

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, Season 1

Servant, Season 1

Video Games

Battlechasers: Nightwar

Tabletop Gaming

(Jon G)Pathfinder 1e Ruins of Azlant AP, 12 Sessions

Shadows of the Demon Lord: Shadows of Castle Whiterock, 12 Sessions

(Jon R)Pathfinder 1e Game Shop setting homebrew, 1 Session

Numenera One-Shot

Numenera: Those Who Move Clouds, 1 Session

A Return to Things

 Unsurprisingly, another year+ has passed since any content has been posted to this blog.

Also unsurprising is that I'm here to say that I hope to remedy the lulls I've had the past few years, and start posting at least semi-regularly.

You see, my absences have been driven by changes. Changes in workplace, changes in schedule, changes in health, changes in living conditions, and very importantly, changes in happiness. Too heavy for a blog that deals with make believe? Perhaps. True, nonetheless. I have allowed various things and circumstances in my life to dictate my mood and attitude toward almost everything for too long, and I've decided (with the help of some good old introspection) that I'm going to take the things that bring me joy and relaxation back. 

More gaming, more talking about gaming, more reading and just soaking up entertainment, in general. In the past few years, I couldn't tell you about things I've read or watched because they mostly were just to distract from stress.

I want to engage and create again.

Do I still have anyone that follows this blog? Do people still try to engage with my other endeavors, elsewhere? I'm not sure, but I know I want to try to do the things that I have loved in the past and this is one of those things.

More to come! 

My 30 Day World - Who Is the Most Renowned Hero in Your World?

 I'm participating in the #My30DayWorld exercise partially because I want to see how fleshed out my world of Khardtha actually is, and also to see what I can add, prompted by questions I may or may not have already asked myself.

Jumping back into this after a few years. Previous answers to questions 1-3 can be found here, here, and here.

Day 4 - Who is the most renowned hero in your world?

Kronor Makal was the leader of a Filian expedition to a continent that had appeared to the west of the Fartucian continent. Upon arrival, he and his expeditionary force encountered a land populated with a large race of humanoids calling themselves the Uhgur. These "Ogres," as Makal's notes called them, were an enslaved people, forced to toil and fight for a being they described as made of pure darkness.

Makal was a canny diplomat and accomplished battle-mage. He led his forces in early strikes to liberate the Uhgur and help them free more of their kin. Though there were tribal enmities to overcome, the ogres fought fiercely against ashen-skinned forces clad in black that could use darkness as weapons. After long years of war, Kronor led the coalition forces against the stronghold of their mutual enemy, clashing personally with a massive giant seemingly made of shadow. The battle shattered the lands on the southern tip of the continent, and in the aftermath, Makal asked the Ughur if the humans could settle the desolated lands. 

There, Makal built a settlement on the ruins of the enemy stronghold and the Uhgur tribes dispersed to the rest of the continent, returning to their tribal ways and working to cultivate good relations with the Filian newcomers. The Uhgur bestowed the honor of naming the continent Makalus after Kronor for his devotion to freeing their peoples.

2021: A Year in Summary

 Late with last year's list of stuff I read, watched, and played, but here it is. As with the last two years' worth (that I posted in the last couple of days), I have no excuses. As always, I welcome commentary and questions!

2021 Use of Time

Books

People of the Crossroads Continent (Onyx Path)

In Fluid Silence (G W Tirpa)

D&D 3.x Dragonlance Holy Orders of the Stars (Sovereign Press)

Tombpunk: Lo-Fi Adventuring (Outland Entertainment)

Exalted 3e Infernal Homebrew (Sandact)

Elder Scrolls RPG Delve Mode Scenario: Path to Glory (Modiphius)

Scion 2e Quick Character: Annie X (Onyx Path)

AD&D 2e Dark Sun The Player's Guide to Balic (Dark House Rules)

Deadlands Reloaded Independence Day Conversion (Pinnacle)

Deadlands Reloaded one-sheet Death in Dodge (John W Thompson)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana Rune/Swarm/Revived (Wizards of the Coast)

Exalted 3e Adversaries of the Righteous: Cynis Borok (Onyx Path)

Exalted 3e Adversaries of the Righteous: Regara Feria (Onyx Path)

Exalted 3e Adversaries of the Righteous: Ifraja the Librarian (Onyx Path)

Exalted 3e Adversaries of the Righteous: Harrowing Silence (Onyx Path)

Exalted 3e Adversaries of the Righteous: The Broker (Onyx Path)

Exalted 3e Hundred Devils Night Parade: Mouse of the Sun (Onyx Path)

Exalted 3e Hundred Devils Night Parade: Rantai (Onyx Path)

Exalted 3e Hundred Devils Night Parade: Zicnal of Asmari (Onyx Path)

Exalted 3e Hundred Devils Night Parade: Strix (Onyx Path)

The Underwarrens (Arcane Library)

Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Watcher Sheet (Margaret Weis Productions)

Chronicles of Darkness The Golden Watch (Dawn Prough)

Chronicles of Darkness A Night with Jack (Eddy Webb)

Vampire: The Requiem 1e The Man Himself (White Wolf)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Races of Ravnica (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Greyhawk Initiative (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Feats for Races (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Feats for Skills (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Starter Spells (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Wizard Revisited (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Mass Combat (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Sorcerer (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Ranger & Rogue (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Paladin (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Monk (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Fighter (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Druid (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Cleric (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Bard (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Barbarian (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Encounter Building (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: The Faithful (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Quick Characters (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Feats (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Gothic Heroes (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Kits of Old (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: That Old Black Magic (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Light, Dark, Underdark (Wizards of the Coast)

Warhammer: Age of Sigmar 2e Quick Rules (Games Workshop)

Warhammer: Age of Sigmar 3e Core Rules (Games Workshop)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana: Waterborne Adventures (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D One Grung Above (Christopher Lindsay)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Poisoned Pages: Unhinge the Mind (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Poisoned Pages: Tooth and Claw (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Poisoned Pages: The Witching Wood (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord expert adventure The Star's Refuge (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord starter adventure The Slaver's Lash (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord master adventure The Last Train to Darksville (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord novice adventure The Huntsman's Isle (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord novice adventure The God Below (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord expert adventure The Flute of Farewell (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Monstrous Pages: Slaves in Death (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Poisoned Pages: Riders of the Wind (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Poisoned Pages: Power in A Name (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Monstrous Pages: Odd Monsters (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Poisoned Pages: Flesh of the Fallen (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Poisoned Pages: Fever Dreams (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Poisoned Pages: Dark Passages (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Poisoned Pages: Children of the Restless Earth (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Poisoned Pages: Battle Scars (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord novice adventure One Perfect Moment (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord expert adventure A Measure of Faith (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord expert adventure Beware the Tides of Karshoon (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord novice adventure Blood Will Run (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Lands in Shadow: City of Death (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Poisoned Pages: Do We Not Die? (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Lands in Shadow: Freeholds of Nar (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord master adventure The Giant's Tribute (Schwalb Entertainment)

Dungeon Master's Little Black Book (Squarehex)

The Bork Morgue #666 (GWHY)

Shadow of the Demon Lord master adventure Heart of Winter (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord master adventure Measure of a Man (Schwalb Entertainment)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Monstrous Pages: Noisome Beasts (Schwalb Entertainment)

Magic and Shit (Levi Combs)

Movies

Coming 2 America (2021)

Midsommar (2019)

Color Out of Space (2019)

Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Tenet (2020)

Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

Thunder Force (2021)

The Tomorrow War (2021)

The Empty Man (2020)

Monster Hunter (2020)

The Keeping Hours (2017)

Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)

Sweet Girl (2021)

The Old Guard (2020)

News of the World (2020)

Secret Societies [Documentary] (2007)

The Family [Documentary] (2016)

Halloween Kills (2021)

Eternals (2021)

Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021)

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

The Matrix: Resurrections (2021)

TV

His Dark Materials, Season 2

Into the Badlands, Seasons 1 & 2

The Stand (2021), Miniseries

The Sinner, Season 3

Sharp Objects, Miniseries

WandaVision, Season 1

The Amazing Race, Seasons 26-32

Britain's Outlaws, 3-part Docuseries

Seven Deadly Sins, Season 4

Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Season 1

Jupiter's Legacy, Season 1

The Nevers, Season 1.1

Deadwater Fell, Miniseries

Mare of Easttown, Miniseries

Loki, Season 1

NCIS: New Orleans, Seasons 1-7

Lore, Seasons 1 & 2

Kitchen Nightmares (USA), Seasons 1 & 2

American Horror Stories, Season 1

Knights, 3-part Docuseries

The Normans, 3-part Docuseries

Invincible, Season 1

Ragnarok, Season 2

The Chestnut Man, Miniseries

Cowboy Bebop (live-action), Season 1

Arcane, Season 1

Hawkeye, Miniseries

CSI: Vegas, Season 1

The Wheel of Time, Season 1

Tabletop Gaming

Battletech Escape from New Dennyson (2 Sessions)

(Sam)Pathfinder 1e Wrath of the Righteous AP 2nd Playthrough (5 Sessions)

(Jon G)Starfinder homebrew (1 Session)

(Jon G)Pathfinder 1e Ruins of Azlant AP (5 Sessions)

Shadow of the Demon Lord Shadow of Castle Whiterock (4 Sessions)

Malifaux (3 games; Resurrectionists Loss vs. Outcasts, Resurrectionists Loss vs. Arcanists, Explorers Loss vs. Guild)

*Games with names in parenthesis denotes who ran that game.

2020: A Year in Summary

 Another year's worth of things I've consumed/done. This one, also just inserted where it would have been with no excuses.

2020 Use of Time

Books

Deadlands: Reloaded (Great White)

Small Favor (Jim Butcher)

Vampire: The Dark Ages The Curse Pole module (High Level)

Vampire: The Requiem 1e Core Rulebook (White Wolf)

Vampire: The Masquerade Beautiful Spiders bloodline book (David MacDowell Blue)

Vampire: The Masquerade 101 Plot Ideas (Guido Alfieri)

Vampire: The Dark Ages Clanbook: Baali (White Wolf)

Castles & Crusades one-page adventure The Hunt (Davis Chenault)

One-page dungeon Broken Bridge Mill (Gothridge)

Mythoard Game Card #7 Man of the Mountain (Justin Andrew Mason)

Mythoard Game Card #9 Wrath of Heaven (Justin Andrew Mason)

Exalted 3e Dragon-Blooded: What Fire Has Wrought (Onyx Path)

In Hollow Houses (Gary A Braunbeck)

Zombie: The Coil Core Rulebook (Daniel Solis)

Magazines

The Dungeoneer 12

Comics

Pathfinder: Runescars 1 & 2

Movies

Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)

Season of the Witch (2011)

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)

The Irishman (2019)

Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

The Curse of La Llorona (2019)

Crimson Peak (2015)

Hobbs & Shaw (2019)

Bumblebee (2018)

Nosferatu (1922)

A Trip to the Moon (1902)

The Alchemist Cookbook (2016)

Grave Encounters (2011)

Pet Semetary (2019)

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018)

Badlands (1973)

Death Wish (2018)

Let Me In (2010)

The Dark (2005)

Under the Skin (2013)

IT Chapter 2 (2019)

Angel Has Fallen (2019)

Wildling (2018)

Killing Them Softly (2012)

The Midnight Meat Train (2008)

The Lighthouse (2019)

Mud (2012)

Joker (2019)

Hangman (2017)

The Babadook (2014)

Uncut Gems (2019)

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)

Project Power (2020)

The Field Guide to Evil (2018)

The Shed (2019)

Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

The Invisible Man (2020)

Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)

Scoob! (2020)

Doolittle (2020)

The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)

Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)

Knockaround Guys (2001)

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

TV

Dark, Season 2

The 4400, Season 4

The Amazing Race, Seasons 10-25

Ragnarok, Season 1

Carnival Row, Season 1

The Outsider, Season 1

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse, Miniseries

What We Do in the Shadows, Season 1

Castlevania, Season 3

Tiger King, Docuseries

The Masked Singer, Seasons 1-3

Seven Deadly Sins, Season 3

Sword Art Online, Season 2

Ancient Aliens, Seasons 7-13

Expedition Unknown, Seasons 1 & 2

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Season 1

Perry Mason (2020), Season 1

Haunting of Bly Manor, Miniseries

Blood of Zeus, Season 1

Ripper Street, Seasons 1-5

Hinterland, Seasons 1-3

The Mandalorian, Season 2

Video Games

Call of Cthulhu (XBox)

Tabletop Gaming

Deadlands "Getting the Hell Out of Dodge" (7 Sessions)

(Sam)5e D&D Dragon Heist/Dungeon of the Mad Mage (9 Sessions)

Vampire: The Masquerade V20 "Easy Street" (7 Sessions)

(Taylor)Pathfinder 1e (One-Shot)

(Sam)Pathfinder 1e Wrath of the Righteous AP 2nd Playthrough (10 Sessions)

Battletech "Escape from New Dennyson" (4 Sessions)

*Games with names in parenthesis denotes who ran that game.

2019: A Year in Summary

 Writing this in 2022, but putting it where it belongs with no excuses. I have no context to give, but I welcome any commentary or questions, as always.

2019 Use of Time

Books

AD&D 1e Dragonlance module DL9: Dragons of Deceit (TSR)

Changeling: The Lost 1e QuickStart: Dwelling in Darkness (White Wolf)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana 18: Revised Ranger (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana 46: Elf Sub-Races (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana 44: Eladrin and the Gith (Wizards of the Coast)

Changeling: The Lost 1e SAS: The Rose Bride's Plight (White Wolf)

Scion 2e Guide to Cryptids of North America (David Fuller)

53 D&D Unearthed Arcana 43: Three Pillar XP (Wizards of the Coast)

5e D&D Unearthed Arcana 35: Three Sub Classes (Wizards of the Coast)

Art & Arcana: A Visual History of Dungeons & Dragons (Ten Speed Press)

Scion 2e Many Names of Heimdall (Joshua Heath)

Space Master Companion I (ICE)

Aberrant 2e Core Rulebook (Onyx Path)

Exalted 1e Storyteller's Companion (White Wolf)

D&D 3.x Races of Eberron (Wizards of the Coast)

Comics

The Wicked + The Divine, 1-4

Ignition, Volume 1

Movies

Polar (2019)

Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

Captain Marvel (2019)

Bleach (2018)

The Highwaymen (2019)

The Mummy (2017)

Rampage (2018)

Mercy Black (2019)

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

The Nun (2018)

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)

Halloween (2018)

Snowpiercer (2013)

Annabelle: Creation (2017)

Lifechanger (2018)

Apostle (2018)

The VVitch (2015)

Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers (2018)

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewold (2018)

Ready Player One (2018)

The Founder (2016)

Machete (2010)

The Predator (2018)

Tag (2018)

Aquaman (2018)

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

A.I., Artificial Intelligence (2001)

House of the Witch (2017)

In the Tall Grass (2019)

The Ritual (2017)

St. Agatha (2018)

Happy Death Day (2017)

Fractured (2019)

The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)

Eli (2019)

Rattlesnake (2019)

The Influence (2019)

Crooked Hoyuse (2017)

The King (2019)

The Lodgers (2017)

The Golem (2018)

An Inspector Calls (2015)

Murder by the Book (1987)

Dark Places (2015)

Family Blood (2018)

Shazam (2019)

Us (2019)

Jacob's Ladder (2019)

Night School (2018)

TV

Criminal Minds, Season 12

Longmire, Season 6

NCIS, Season 12

Daredevil, Season 1

Stranger Things, Season 1-3

Black Mirror, Seasons 1, 2, and Bandersnatch

Top 10 Secrets & Mysteries, Season 2

Love, Death, and Robots, Season 1

True Detective, Seasons 1-3

Murder Maps, Season 1

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Season 1

Transformers: Prime, Season 1

Confessions of a Serial Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, Miniseries

Dexter, Seasons 1-3

The 4400, Seasons 1-3

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Miniseries

Weird Wonders of the World, Seasons 1 & 2

Jessica Jones, Season 1

Deadwood, Season 1

Conspiracies, Season 1

The Chef Show, Season 1

Good Omens, Season 1

The Boys, Season 1

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, Season 1

Seven Deadly Sins, Seasons 1 & 2

The ABC Murders, Season 1

NOS4ATU, Season 1

Marianne, Season 1

American Horror Story: Armageddon, Season 8

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Seasons 2 & 3

The Amazing Race, Seasons 1-9

Commander VS, Season 1

Penny Dreadful, Seasons 1-3

Watchmen, Season 1

His Dark Materials, Season 1

The Witcher, Season 1

The Mandalorian, Season 1

Tabletop Gaming

(Sam)5e D&D Dragon Heist/Dungeon of the Mad Mage (21 Sessions)

Pathfinder 1e Legacy of Fire AP (11 Sessions)

(Taylor)Starfinder Homebrew (13 Sessions)

D&D 3.x Sandbox/Tentpole "Kellan's Cellar" (7 Sessions)

(Sam)5e D&D Forge of Fury (One-Shot)

(Jon G)Pathfinder 1e Gestalt "Wardens of Absalom" (1 Session)

(Sam)5e D&D White Plume Mountain (One-Shot)

Hunter: The Vigil 1e (One-Shot)

Changeling: The Lost 1e "The Grass Isn't Always Greener" (3 Sessions)

D&D 3.x "Forgotten Realms II: Legacies of the Past" (13 Sessions)

Exalted 3e "The General Direction" (7 Sessions)

(Sam)Call of Cthulhu Masks of Nyarlathotep (5 Sessions)

(Sam)5e D&D Christmas-themed adventures (2 Sessions)

D&D 3.x Dark Sun (One-Shot)

*Games with names in parenthesis denotes who ran that game.