That Familiar Holiday Spirit

 

A one page RPG about throwing a holiday party for vampires...

You are the familiar of an ancient Vampire, your vampiric master lives with a small group of other vampires for comfort & community. Your master promised that in exchange for years of loyal service they will make you a vampire too, albeit someday... Unfortunately, today, instead of becoming a powerful member of the undead community, you’re running errands to prepare for a Vampiric Yule Festival. The sun is just about to set & you have just six hours until the Midnight Celebration begins...

Last year I quickly wrote up a one-page RPG in the style of John Harper's classic Lasers & Feelings to run for one of my in-person gaming groups & this year I decided to give it a quick revision to polish it and published it as a 'Pay What You Want' game on itch.io. 

It's a silly game about being the servant of a vampire during the holiday season & you can download a pdf of it on my new itch.io page for free or name your own price.

Parasol of the Daywalker - Weird Magic Item #13

Inspired by the incredibly excellent Weird Magic Item generator over at Donjon.bin.sh, I've been coming up with a few of my own system agnostic weird magic items to put in the many games I run, be they 13th Age or Beyond the Wall...

Eventually I want to try and put them into a randomizer, but I need to generate a few first. I'm going to try and post one every other Wednesday. Please let me know if you end up using an item I've created in your own game. You can find the entire series here...

Antagonist Relations Weird Magic Item Generator Presents...

Parasol of the Daywalker

This pink silken parasol casts a much darker shadow than the diaphanous material would lead an observer to guess it would. There is enough shadow for a single human-sized creature to stand in. It allows a creature that would otherwise take a penalty or damage due to sunlight to avoid taking that from normal daylight. It also gives a +5 roll to any checks against heat exhaustion or other weather conditions that could be ameliorated by an umbrella or shade. It can be made to float above a creature with a command word, leaving both of a user’s hands free.