GLOGtober 23' Index

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October arrives, and with it many a game design prompt! 

The prompts are here courtesy of Glass Candles. I am going to use this as an opportunity to expand my silk-road-inspired setting, unless I decide otherwise idk

Will update these as links once they're written and released.

 


 GLOGtober 2023


CHALLENGE #1

Minor Demons Cast in Copper, gain power at the cost of giving up a body part to a Jewish demon

Cool things to replace your eyes, teeth and fingernails with!


CHALLENGE #2

Random encounters on an ancient road.

Most excited for - will include some False Buddhas to defeat and slay, but focus on encounters on THE SHADOW ROADS! The roads never traveled, veiled in shadow, crawling with the afterimage of dead civilizations

 

CHALLENGE #3

A cool grimoire with unique spells and a riddle/trap

Tome of Refractive Planets, a Sufi / al-Buni grimoire shielded from those who would abuse it with the cloak of its own reputation.


CHALLENGE #4

Masks, mosques or musks.

(+ essential, non-TTRPG GM reading)


CHALLENGE #5

Treasure routes & trade vessels

[Heavy silk-road breathing]


CHALLENGE #6

Gardening (#4)


CHALLENGE #7

A cryptic lore post

Sheydim Lore

 

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