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NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist: Day 17

This is terrifically delayed, and a departure from plot hooks because I’m in need of a palate cleanser. I’m also not as present in the TTRPG spaces as I have been previously and so I’m playing a little catch up on some of the discourse (which should shock no one). Let’s all keep in mind these are my views and opinions on the topic(s) that follow and that they are by no means the be-all, end-all.…

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NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist: Day 16

Reminding myself that I’m working on these on my terms, which is good but also bad because now I’ve got four to work on today. I’m under no obligation to make sure I do four so as to catch up, but with the way my brain works I am in fact obligated to do exactly that. Anyway – back to it! They Lived in the Sky You and your now-adventuring party remember it like yesterday – the day the sky…

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NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist: Day 15

Another ink-specific plot hook? Don’t mind if I do. This one takes some liberties with the established rules/lore, so enjoy this with a grain or two of salt. Another Day Serving Elixirs Until… Life—or rather, afterlife—as a Boorista has been pleasant enough, if not predictably routine. You provide a critical service for the other Spirits navigating The Ink by refining its poisonous waters into…

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NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist: Day 14

Manifesting Dreams Your adventuring party, tired from an especially challenging dungeon crawl, happens upon an idyllic inn and tavern in a scenic village. They paid for their rooms, enjoyed a meal, and turned in for an early night. The adventure that followed seemed so real—at least the parts your party could remember of it did, at any rate. The enchanted forest. The spectral dragon who only…

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NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist: Day 13

Happy Monday, fellow adventurers and GMs! I’ve been looking forward to sharing this one, but held off for the 13th…which, in hindsight, doesn’t make as much sense as using this on the 5th or saving it for the 20th. That’ll make sense in a couple of sentences, I promise. This is another one that you can run in just about any system you’d like with some tinkering and retooling, but it was…

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NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist: Day 12

What Slumbers Deep Beneath the Ice Warmth and life has gradually begun to return to the realm after an especially bitter, cold, dark winter, and with the warmth your adventuring party too finds themselves returning to some of their familiar haunts that were less hospitable in the frigid days. The scenic village of Umbraport is one of the party’s first stops. Known for its bustling marketplace,…

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NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist: Day 11

Lucky 11/11, or 11/11 if you type the date that way. Hope you remembered to make a wish! You’ll need it if you happen upon the item in today’s NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist. This works best with games that incorporate tarot decks in them, but can be modified for just about any TTRPG. Any tarot works, but if you’re so inclined I would suggest breaking out your favorite tarot deck from a small…

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NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist: Day 10

Couldn’t quite manage to write last night, so here we are with two days worth of NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist. Coincidentally, this ended up with more American Gods flavor than I originally intended, but I’m not mad about that. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Anyway? Onwards! Old Gods and New Truths Your adventuring party is approached by a cloaked figure at a crossroads late one night…

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NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist: Day 9

Preventing Tragedy at the Theater Hard to believe it’s the 9th day of NaNoWriMo (partially because it feels like this has been going on for ages and yet it also feels like it just started; or maybe I’m just super rusty when it comes to writing regularly). This is a plot hook I used for a Scum and Villainy one-shot…that turned into a multi-session mini-campaign that’s still in need of resolution.…

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NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist: Day 8

Coins for the Ferryman…and More, with Some Luck This plot hook is specifically for the ink RPG. It can be used for any game, but will likely work best for ink. Let’s get spooky! You awaken to a dull pain, surrounded by relative strangers, on a glittering black sand beach just beyond the reach of ominous obsidian waves. As you blink the world around you into greater clarity, you catch a glimpse…

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NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist: Day 7

You Meet at a Tavern… Your adventuring party meets at a tavern. It’s not the first time they’ve been there. The barkeeper swiftly greets them with your typical orders and the party settles in at a table you’ve sat at a dozen or so times before. Tales of adventure are shared before raucous laughter gives way to heart-warming drinking songs. Other patrons offer up quests for reasonable rewards to…

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NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist: Day 6

Adventure Deja Vu You meet in a tavern. Your party feels like they’ve been here before, and of course they have. The barkeep is friendly, and clearly knows your party well. The regulars regard you with warm smiles and inside jokes that for some reason don’t fully feel familiar. All is largely well in the Kingdom, even if you can’t shake the feeling you’re being watched. And all is as it should…

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NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist: Day 5

We’re now five days into November, which means we’re five days into NaNoWriMo. This is equal parts encouraging and terrifying. How are you doing? Remember to be kind to yourself no matter what your goal is for the month! (And hydrate and all that jazz.) Anyway, without further ado as I am le tired: Luci and the Sky Diamond The first game/system specific plot hook/one-shot idea! This is…

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NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist: Day 4

A Time Without Heroes The adventurers find themselves facing down their arch-nemesis after a seemingly endless journey riddled with perilous pitfalls and fearsome foes. They square up, ready to fight, as their arch-nemesis gives the fully-anticipated monologue. Time seems to stand still. That’s when the adventurers suddenly, inexplicably, fall into a trance-like state. Everything goes black.…

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NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist: Day 3

The Glass Expanse + Glass Menagerie Content Warning: Includes horror elements including body horror, loss of self/identity, and death Your adventurers braved their way across the vast, inhospitable desert and found themselves at a glass city. It is incredibly difficult to traverse due to every surface reflecting its surroundings. Should the adventurers make their way to the heart of the city…

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NaNoWriMo With a TTRPG Twist: Day 2

The Forgotten Starfall and the Glass Expanse Ages ago, long before the party was soiling wee adventurer diapers, there is a story of a star that fell from the heavens. It was no ordinary star, of course, but a wishing star—the colors that spilled outward from it across the sky as it tumbled to the ground were quite the spectacle, showing any who saw it glimpses of what wonder it could bring to…

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NaNoWriMo with a TTRPG Twist: Day 1

I’m no stranger to National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), having participated a handful of times (and having succeeded…most of those times? I can’t remember). Unless the calendar is deceiving me, it appears December of 2023 has arrived, and I happened to have an idea that’s not quite a novel but instead a nerdy act of rebellion to both dust the cobwebs off from the bits of my brain that make…