Wednesday, 28 January 2026

Campaign '26 Pariah Generator

This is the PARIAH GENERATOR used for the Campaign '26 game I'm running. It's set up to generate either 1d4, 1d6 or 1d8 hit die pariahs, which has a corresponding effect on their likely background, traits and starting gear. As the campaign progresses I'll add backgrounds more tailored to A Thousand Thousand Islands

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Campaign '26 – Exiles of a Thousand Islands: Session 2

Campaign '26 is a challenge issued by RPG blogger/epic poetry enthusiast N.Bateman in this post: in short, participants pledge to run or play a game for most of the year. I have sworn a sacred oath to run a PARIAH Campaign using the ATTI zines (and accompanying adventure, Reach of the Roach God) for the whole of 20026, details of which can be found here and here.

Sumatran Tiger caught on trail cam, courtesy International Tiger Project https://www.internationaltigerproject.org/

Alone in the Wilderness

Real World Date: 15th January 2026

We were 3 payers short this session (2 due to unforeseen life stuff, 1 who'll be AWOL for at least 6 weeks due to travel) but still had 3 players ready to go. We picked up the morning after an uncanny visitor in the night had interrupted the youths, departing with a wooden pangolin but leaving some interesting information about the nearest settlements: Quiet Lake and the Death-Rolled-Kingdom.

City of 100 Gods Pt.8: The Serpent of the Sky (ward 49)

This post is the in the City '26 series and continues our ongoing exploration of the City of a Hundred Gods:

Part 1... City Limits

Part 2... Gates and Ladders
Part 3... Further Along the Ladders

Part 4... The Last Ladders

Part N.... Navigating the City

Part 5... Traders Wake

Part 6... Final Traders Wake Wards
Part 7... Artisans Quarter

I will need to return to the Artisans and add the NINE other wards I have failed to include at a later date, but I feel obliged to show my working to a wider audience than Instagram... thus this post.

Roman Serpent Carving

...this ward centres on the The Temple of the Sky Serpent: being the penultimate ward of the Artisans' District, the Sky Serpent is a god of a particular craft requiring a particular set of skills...

City of 100 Gods Pt.7: The Artisans Quarter plus Ward 41. The Gardeners

In a Neolithic proto-Megalopolis where each individual ward has its own deity, it's hard to find a denizen embracing the concept of a single, creator god. But the artisans know, for they carry the divine knowledge that can only be imparted by The Creator. For She made this world through craft and by design, and She shared this power with her children – through her ten avatars.