The Long Dark Tea Time of Barsaive – nethermancer treasures for Earthdawn

Of many a beautiful thing in the background and realisation of Earthdawn, the concept of the karma ritual has always struck me as one of the more incredible. And among the host of karma rituals, that of the nethermancer has to be my favourite by far.

A quick reminder: To (re-)generate their karma nethermancers sit down for a nice cuppa with some otherworldly entitities and chit chat about the great beyond. Continue reading

What is … Royal Games?

Royal Games by Suzi9mm… the question „What is … what we see in that picture?“ was once more raised by Shadom, this time after raiding the deviantart gallery of suzi9mm back in November of last year (thanks for the permission to use your work, even though it took us ages to get done with it!). Hasran and blut_und_glas went back and forth over Royal Games, coming up with ideas what this could mean in the context of Unknown Armies (twice), Warhammer 40,000’s Dark Heresy, Changeling: the Dreaming, Blue Planet, Nobilis and SLA Industries. Continue reading