Shadow & Fae

An article for GLoGtober '23 ,  Challenge 1: Failed Gods and their Consequences Art generated via Bing Image Generator "The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to." - Terry Pratchett, Small Gods . Practicing Religion While a cleric or similar class gains abilities from their associated deity or pantheon, any character may practice a religion of their choice. Adherents of a religion may:  seek out the blessing of their religion's priest (a d6 added to any dice roll, which is lost once used. Most priests may only have 1 such blessing active at a time),  pray for wisdom at a shrine of their deity (once per day, base 1-in-10 odds of receiving a minor but useful divine revelation, +1 each for an appropriate offering, a recent act of service, or additional follower present, up to 5-in-10),  pray for a miracle related to the deity's domain (X% chance of success, where X is the character's level. Praying for a miracle takes an action, and ca

From time to time I tinker with a ruleset that is an abominable crossbreed of OSR concepts and the Heroic Fantasy aimed at by 5e. This ruleset may never see the light of day, but here's a little portion of it, inspired by Skerples and various others.  Boss Fights A Boss is a unique creature that is designed to be dangerous for a full party of 3-5 adventurers of average level equal to its HD. Boss creatures are marked in the creature section with an *. A boss’s HP is equal to its HD*10. Boss Actions: A boss activates 3 times per combat round: once during its normal turn, once at the end of the combat round, and once as a telegraphed action. A telegraphed action is announced at the start of any player’s turn, and then occurs immediately following that player’s turn. Boss Saves: If a boss fails a saving throw it may choose to only partially suffer the negative effects. E.G. it may be polymorphed into a half-dragon, half-rabbit abomination. Or a knight targeted by the sleep spell may f