The witch lives on the edge .  You will find it to be the case in Jackson, IL . There, teenage witches separate the town’s older, darker und...

 August Derleth is not really one of my favorite authors. But he has two redeeming qualities. First are his Solar Pons stories. They are a ...

I have two modern horror campaigns. They let me play with similar ideas under different assumptions and even different rules. My oldest call...

I have a West Haven in many of my worlds.  They are not always the same place. They do not always have the same people, the same history, o...

One of the old masters of the Dungeons & Dragons experience, and indeed of many role-playing games, is H. P. Lovecraft. Since tomorrow w...

 Since this is also Witchcraft Wednesday, let’s talk about desire . Occult magic begins with wanting. Not wishing. Not hoping. Wanting. The ...

 Vera is a character I keep seeing differently with regard to the world she is in. Take Jackson, IL for instance. There you have Vera Rook ...

Strain is what happens before something breaks. In Jackson, IL, everyone is under some kind of strain. The students are trying to act norma...

Another Witchcraft Wednesday. Let's talk about my favorite witch.  In most versions of Larina, she has lost both of her parents. I have ...

Mercy is the hardest magic for a witch to learn. Any witch can curse. Any witch can hex. Any witch can call down fire, rot, silence, madnes...

Learning and dealing with occult magic is all about reach . It reaches across the veil, into dreams, through mirrors, down bloodlines, into ...

I love public domain and open source characters. More specifically, I love characters that creators can pick up, reinterpret, remix, and sen...

 A while back, when I was talking about my witch Elowen Hale , I said that the Daggerheart playtest witch played a big role in who she is a...

 The new Daggerheart set is out, Hope & Fear , and of course I had to grab it. It features new domains and the new Witch and Warlock cla...