010 The Skeletal Lattice
The Skeletal Lattice A vast maze of bones… a fleshless world, a prison whose prisoners eventually become part of its very structure….
Continue reading →What is “Old School” Roleplaying?
This was originally posted over on RPG.net where it’s produced some interesting responses. Despite the fact roughly 10,000 times as many people will see it there as here, I want to put it here as well… There seems to be … Continue reading →
009 The Howling Reef
It is a place of screams, and storms, and ten foot tall multi-mouthed starfish with a bad attitude. "What is the Howling Reef, Alex?"
Continue reading →008 The Bloodworm Fields
The Bloodworm Fields Not everything in the Abyss is instantly, visibly, nasty. An aspect of chaos is deception, after all…
Continue reading →007 The Salt Sargasso
The Salt Sargasso Some scholars and religious writers claim the Abyss is "below" the mortal world, and that all things dark, evil, and wrong eventually "fall" into it. Whether this is a metaphorical or a physical truth, it does describe … Continue reading →
006 The Nests
The Nests A twisting rocky canyon, a thousand miles or more long, framing a torrential river of poison. And scorpion-wasps. Did we mention the scorpion wasps?
Continue reading →005 The Spider-Queen’s Hatchery
The Spider Queen’s Hatchery — When demons ascend to godhood, they sometimes leave their old planes abandoned… and sometimes, not so abandoned. In the body of a dead god, the most beloved of the Spider Queen’s children grow and … Continue reading →
004 The Mines
The Mines The armies of the Abyss are vast. While not nearly as disciplined as the great regimented legions which tromp the planes of Hell, the Abyssal forces are many times their equal in sheer numbers, and their chaotic, swarming, … Continue reading →
003 The Drowned Library
The Drowned Library I don’t know about you, but, to me, there’s few things more horrible than the destruction of books. The Abyss is a realm of unremitting horror, so…
Continue reading →002 Infinite Maw
The Infinite Maw A strange, living, realm, a place of unknown dimensions, within the belly of a beast of unknown purpose.
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