A Monster Inspired by Horror

I wanted to create a monster inspired by the old horror film Poltergeist, by Steven Spielberg. It would have be a monster capable of attack in several different areas of a location. My solution was to imagine a ghost-like being that was haunting a large area, but made up of several smaller monsters. Implementation was […]

Nimirien Books is on Patreon!

Hey folks, I’m very excited to announce the next step in my plan to develop Nimirien Books. I’ve started a Patreon page where I’ll be providing free resources for Fifth Edition and other roleplaying games. Check out the link here: https://www.patreon.com/nimirienbooks. My first offering is a downloadable cavern map which I developed for an adventure […]

The Worldbuilding Conundrum

Yesterday I wrote about my first steps into building a whole world. One of the reasons for doing that was that I wanted to set the stage for talking about worldbuilding as an endeavor. Worldbuilding can mean a variety of things. For instance, Brandon Sanderson is well-known for his take on worldbuilding where specific things, […]

My First World

Several years ago I got an idea for a story that took me away from poetry, which had been my literary form of choice. The story, never written, was of a transgender person born into a medieval Icelandic setting. Would her family protect her? What form would that protection take? What challenges would she face […]