Molten Sulfur Podcast

The Völsunga saga from late 13th-century Iceland is an amazing story of love, heartbreak, adventure, violence, and betrayal. It tells the story of a Germanic warrior named Sigurd, the treasure he wins, the politics he gets caught up in, and the bloody aftermath of it all. It’s incredibly gameable! Let’s look at the relevant parts of the saga and see how they lead to a moment that’s perfect for your PCs to show up, get involved, and probably change the course of this amazing story. Plus, it works in just about any setting, and can be easily inserted into an ongoing campaign.

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In the remote desert of Arizona, in Petrified Forest National Park, there sits an odd structure. It looks like a Native American pueblo. But instead of being made of adobe or stone, its walls are made from chunks of quartz the size of your head. This is the Agate House. It’s an archaeological marvel, and when placed in the fictional setting of your RPG campaign, it’s an adventure site that is its own plot hook!

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In the 16th century, Ming China was beset by coastal raiders from Japan. The Chinese army, defanged by two centuries of systematic degradation, was powerless to stop these ‘pirates’. It’s a perfect place for PCs to step in!

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Caddo Lake, Texas, is a meandering swamp full of bayous and alligators. It has a nefarious history full of bandits, pirates, and warring vigilantes.

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Part two of a two-part series on gameable, mythic details from the Medieval travelogue of Sir John Mandeville!

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Folklore is full of villains and antagonists. By a striking coincidence, so are RPG campaigns! Here are four villains drawn from folklore: a Russian singer-sorcerer, a Roma witch-queen, a Persian hero-villain, and an Irish kidnapper-princess.

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The mbojo lion-men of the Turu people of Tanzania are an interesting take on lycanthropes that have some cool baked-in plot hooks!

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Check out the Never Going Home campaign dossiers – now in their last week on Kickstarter!

‘Ice captain’ Bob Bartlett was a fearless navigator and explorer – and makes a terrific NPC!

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Part one of a two-part series on gameable, mythic details from the Medieval travelogue of Sir John Mandeville!

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Legal dramas are an enormously popular genre, but they effectively don’t exist in the RPG space. Let's create a template for how to do a legal drama as an RPG adventure by looking at a fascinating and high-stakes case: the argument by the Lakota nation that the U.S. government’s seizure of their land was illegal.

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