Wednesday 9 September 2020

EVERYTHING IS A BEAR

This is rapidly turning into my most popular post: I think you're probably trying to find this post:

Still here? Did you know there's an art-free PDF of PARIAH available for free download on itch.io? No? Well here's the link:

Pariah came with stats for only 3 monsters. There probably should have been more, but then again Tales of the Grotesque & Dungeonesque has some excellent advice:

When in Doubt, Just Use Bears – So, the characters go somewhere you haven't yet prepared and you describe some cool, weird-ass monster that you don't actually have stats for: "At the bottom of the Bone Pit of the Succulent Orb a vast form rises from the sinkhole; its reptilian body glistens with antediluvian slime and its pteroid jaw opens, revealing rows of serrated fangs in what appears to be a most unholy welcome." In situations likes these, I just use the stats for a bear and no one is the wiser. Re-skin appearance, methods of attack, and add special abilities on the fly if you absolutely must...but when in doubt, just use bears.
Don't say "Aww" she's probably just eaten your children.

In case that wasn't sufficient instruction, here's the 4 bears that came with the original B/X re-statted for PARIAH to help you get started. This isn't any discourse, nor is it a discussion of north European Palaeolithic bear cults... I'm just providing you with the bare-bones of some monsters to put into your campaign!

Saturday 5 September 2020

PARIAH ACTUAL PLAY — DISCORD SESSION 11 [BEACH EPISODE!]

A summary of the ELEVENTH session of the discord live voice-chat game of PARIAH. This is a continuation of events in the tenth session.

To find out more about PARIAH please read this post or trawl through the many, many posts tagged pariah at this link https://aloneinthelabyrinth.blogspot.com/search/label/Pariah.


SESSION 11: DAY 14 CROW MOON 

(This session took place on Saturday 22nd August)

Friday 4 September 2020

PARIAH ACTUAL PLAY — DISCORD SESSION 10 [TRIBUTES & TRIBULATIONS]

A summary of the TENTH session of the discord live voice-chat game of PARIAH. This is a continuation of events in the eighth session, but if you're curious what the ninth session was all about you can find out here.

An old-school proto-neolithic roleplaying game, you can find out more about Pariah at this page. Additionally there are multiple posts collected under the label pariah  including play reports, themes and mechanics, or you can pick up a copy at https://atelier-hwei.itch.io/pariah.


SESSION 10: DAY 12 CROW MOON 

(This session took place on Sunday 9th August 2020)

DAWN EXPEDITION

Wither and Antelope were still in recovery following their confrontation with the hill tribe raiders the previous night, so Rides-the-Grave was invited to join the the armed tribute expedition without his comrades. He was joined by a new face: Worm, a pariah fallen into the service of Etau for his wise counsel and powerful storytelling.