My intention is for two central tensions to animate the Lakelands setting. This post will lay out the first of these tensions, which I think of as...| Advantage on Arcana
While working on my "" post, part of the "" RPG blog carnival at , I had an idea for a random table to generate magic trades that might be available in a cit...| Advantage on Arcana
At the start of the month I introduced the 2025 RPG Blog Carnival topic for June, Magic Shops and Their Alternatives. As a brief reminder, I asked participants to consider the ubiquitous but oft-maligned magic shop, as well as their various alternatives, like magic item brokers or crafting mechanics, or ripper docs and black market alien tech shops. I was hoping for responses that approached magic item shops as a problem in the hobby and that provided a variety of solutions.| Advantage on Arcana
Magical settings should have magical diseases. In a world with basilisks and ghouls, sicknesses with weird effects should be at least as common as those mons...| Advantage on Arcana