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Godless Lands Chronicles: Of Goblins and Charlatans

March 4, 2019 by The Chatty DM

"Graveyard of Dead Gods" by Shane Semler

We had two adventure hooks going in: working as an escort for a wagon bound for the frontier city of Phandalin. The second plot hook, provided by the party itself was that Phandalin was their next destination for their traveling tour!

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: dnd, dnd 5e, the godless lands

The Godless Lands: The Fall of The Divine

February 11, 2019 by The Chatty DM

"Graveyard of Dead Gods" by Shane Semler

As players were picking their character’s classes, I noticed that no one was jostling to pick primary divine-powered classes like clerics or paladins. That gave me a new idea to support my Godless Lands setting.

Filed Under: Adventure Prep, Campaign Logs, Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: dnd, the godless lands

The Godless Lands: The Troupe

February 6, 2019 by The Chatty DM

"Graveyard of Dead Gods" by Shane Semler

Once we’d established the foundation of the Setting in which we’d play, we proceeded to create the party. True to the principles of Cheetoism, we gathered together, ordered food and discussed the character’s recent past to establish the adventuring party’s Raisons d’Etre.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: dnd, the godless lands

The Godless Lands: Genesis

February 4, 2019 by The Chatty DM

"Graveyard of Dead Gods" by Shane Semler

As we settled on the core setting, the ideas of playing in a world were all the gods were violently snuffed more or less recently still churned in my mind. I decided that this was a theme I wanted to explore.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Adventure Prep, Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: the godless lands

The Godless Lands – Concept

January 7, 2019 by The Chatty DM

"Graveyard of Dead Gods" by Shane Semler

An alternate cosmology for D&D, Pathfinder, and other d20 fantasy RPGs.

Filed Under: Columns, Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: dnd, the godless lands

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