This is a modification of the Lexicon rules.
The main purpose is to make selecting topics for articles a bit more open-ended instead of requiring alphabetical order.
I've also tried to make nominating new topics proceed a bit more predictably, as last time we played this we ended up generating far more nominations than we actually used.

Scholars
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Another set of spirits, this time city-style. This is a bit of a crapsack world, so here the forces of evil are dominant ( Read more... )

A set of deities derived from kjdavies' Polyhedral Pantheon method. Suitable for use with the Pathfinder role-playing game. The primary domain is always listed first, the rest are in no particular order.

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I've been working on my untitled game from late 2012 (see here and here). It occurs to me that the game is in some ways pataphorical, in that the nobles are simultaneously metaphors for the planets and also the planets themselves. Likewise for the Stars and Comets: they both signify a natural star or comet and are also the thing signified. ( Read more... )

When the Invaders came, humanity changed forever. We never saw them coming, too caught up arguing amongst ourselves to heed the sightings of strange ships near the border colonies. By the time anyone really knew what was happening, the Invaders' ships were already rolling in, subjugating one star system after another with lightning-fast armies of ( Read more... )

1. Avian Restauranteur: Jodt Goldwing
2. Bald Assassin: Merost Tarka
3. Corvielle, leader of the morth (bonus post: The Castle)
4. Despairing Queen Ruha
5. Elemental Outpouring

Due to personal reasons I haven't been able to finish the A-Z list. I do have some titles of things to write up but it will have to wait until later. I'd apologise for the inconvenience if I thought that anybody was actually bothered by it.

Vulpine Scholar: Nerzul the Learned
Theme: In body a common fox; in mind a great sage
Challenge: Nerzul is a cantankerous old man/woman; even shapechange can't alter that personality. His/her only interest is in books and study for its own sake. The application of knowledge to the real world is a mere sideshow. Convincing Nerzul to assist you ( Read more... )

Umbral Horror
Theme: It is pitch black here. You are likely to be eaten.
Challenge: These insane shadowy undead spirits lurk in patches of darkness, seizing poor unfortunates and ripping their minds out of their heads. A person slain by an umbral horror may return to unlife as another of the kind after a year and a day. The horrors are ( Read more... )

Thaumic Trace: Odunn
Theme: The magical imprint of a long-dead being haunts this room
Challenge: Odunn was a resident of the Castle long ago, who suffered a strange accident while trying to return to his home dimension. The accident resulted in an "imprint" of his body and consciousness being stamped on the local magical fields. Centuries later, ( Read more... )