CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

For the fourth let's play for February 3rd, 2025, we welcome Meriador Mistaxe into the world of Swords n Magic and Stuff as it stands in 2025. Let the adventures begin!  

Lisel takes a trip into town, and then goes mining to fulfil her first town order.

Spring, Year 3, arrives, and we get to learn what Grandpa really thinks of the farm.

More errands and a trip to Azura.

Alta continues re-visiting Azura Island - this time taking a trip to the pirate town of Ramshackle Reef:

Home Aboard the Heartbreak is a science-fiction short story based in Fireside Creations’s The Lost 77 Worlds setting , and it was recently accepted for the next Apocalyptic Space anthology. I wrote Home Aboard the Heartbreak in early December, and received an acceptance shortly thereafter. You can FIND OUT MORE about The Lost 77 Worlds Setting HERE and the Apocalyptic Space anthologies HERE . AND you can order the first Apocalyptic Space Anthology HERE .

The Lost Bells of Angarune is a fantasy short story set in the world of the Dragonscales RPG . I submitted it to Fireside Creations in September, was excited to have it accepted into the Dragonscales Anthology, Volume 1 in October, and have just learned that it will release in January 2019. Talk about an awesome way to start next year! The Dragonscales Anthology is the only place you'll be able to find The Lost Bells of Angarune. The Dragonscales Anthology will be available in both paperback and Kindle ebook formats, and you can PREORDER the paperback NOW from THIS SITE .

AFTERMATH: If the PCs and Anika’s brood drive off the attacking forces, ask them to make an Earth (Senses) Test. For those who make a TH4, read, or paraphrase, the following: As the last creatures flee or fall, you see something gleaming in the grass: metal, reflecting sunlight shining through the canopy. Allow the PCs to examine the item. It’s a small, round disc made of beaten gold, on which is scribed the now familiar symbol of a long, upright shepherd’s crook, standing beside a half oval (flat-side down) above a long narrow rectangle broken by vertical wavy lines (lying lengthwise). It seems a strange alliance, these creatures with an Egyptian god, but things were different in Mythic times. Once the connection has been made, read, or paraphrase the following description. If the PCs do not make the test, incorporate the disc’s description in the description below, but as something they remember finding after the original fight: The disc gleams in your hand...

Scene 2: The Unicorn Maid and the Lady of the Bower You are needed. Your ally is in danger, and she is somewhere on the plains below, or ahead of you. You need to find her, and find her fast. Allow the players to make Air (Senses) checks to spot the horse and rider ahead of them, then read, or paraphrase, the following: You see her, just before you hear her, her cries urging you to hurry floating on the wind. If you weren’t so familiar with her voice, you might have thought it was birds calling. This time, your ally is dressed as an Erebean warrior maid, and she is pushing her mount at break-neck speed towards the dark line of trees marking the edge of the Arcadian forest. Allow the players to make Air (Senses) checks to hear faint sounds of battle coming from within the forest. If they are successful, they can choose between following Anika into the forest, or travelling with her towards the sound. If they fail, they can follow her, or any brood mates that hurry t...