Shadowed Keep on the Borderland Retrospective

A couple of years ago, I wrote the Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands as a homage to the Moathouse from T1 The Village of Hommlet (perhaps a perfect low-level adventure). Before I started, I sat down and worked out what I wanted to achieve with the adventure and how I planned to achieve it. These four posts layout my evil scheme:

Gygax On…Henchmen & Hirelings

I’ve always had a soft spot for henchmen, but never been happy with the Leadership feat in 3e (and Pathfinder). I have fond memories of 1st edition D&D when you could have up to 15 henchmen (if you could afford to keep them and were charismatic enough).

By William McAusland (Outland Arts)
By William McAusland (Outland Arts)

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Shattered Star #50: The Ancient, Ruined Island of Nal-Kashel

At the end of last session, we left two of our heroes in grave peril. Both paladins had fallen into the rough sea and, clad in heavy armour, were rapidly sinking to their deaths.

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