One article, two game ideas!
Oct. 15th, 2020 12:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreThis Gothic castle wasn't near water, wasn’t strategically important, and had no one living in it. So why was it built? According to legend, the answer was the only other logical option: to trap demons.
For Ars Magica, move the construction back to the 10th century and you have a tailor-made abandoned House Tytalus Covenant. Everyone says the portal was sealed, and that the old Covenant should be revitalized. . . but are they right?
For more rational FRPGs, the portal isn't to Hell, but an unusually large and shallow entrance to the Underdark. The fort was abandoned after decades of inactivity, but now it appears that something has taken over the old keep and is growing in power.
For Ars Magica, move the construction back to the 10th century and you have a tailor-made abandoned House Tytalus Covenant. Everyone says the portal was sealed, and that the old Covenant should be revitalized. . . but are they right?
For more rational FRPGs, the portal isn't to Hell, but an unusually large and shallow entrance to the Underdark. The fort was abandoned after decades of inactivity, but now it appears that something has taken over the old keep and is growing in power.
