Defining the Source, Effects, and Cost of Magic.Selden’s Catalogs of Objects for Celestia.Dating of Middle-earth events, using Precession of the Equinoxes and Tidal Friction.Cartography, Maps, Star Charts, and Writing.The Story and Structure of the Iroquois Confederacy.Victorian Era Family Day Life in England.Using History as Inspiration for Fantasy.The International Phonetic Alphabet – Audio Illustrations.Mythic Justice – Crime and Punishment in Your Fantasy World.Debate with the Squirrels: Sexism in Fantasy.
Historically Accurate Sexism in Fantasy: Let’s Unpack That.Cannibal/vampire that believes the party member with the rarest bloodline to be a rare and special delicacy.The party is in league with their enemies Similarly otherworldly creature that thinks the party is fun to annoy Similarly otherworldly creature that has decided to test the world by placing Get it out of the way while robbing its lair Someone else that the party is out to get them, presumably as a distraction to Opposing alignment that just wants to test out a new spell or piece of It “a magic-user trying to manipulate destiny” or “a seer that divined futureĮvents, out to re-weave the tapestry of fate” or something) Prevent a certain chain of events (if this is too sci-fi for your setting call Party is an imposter and they are the real oneīy the party secretly contains the soul of their master or loved one Or whatever as one party member that believes they are unworthy of membership Ghost or an heir if the spell/equipment is too ancient) Party member that claims they left without completing their contractĭefeated enemy, out to kill the one that killed themĭefeated enemy, out NOT to kill the one that killed them but to make their lifeĪ party member’s ancestor’s defeated enemyĮquipment being used by the party that thinks they aren’t worthy of it (or the Village/clan that wants them to come home to fulfill their destiny Rival clan from a particular party member Para-social relationship with the party and wants them to stop adventuring and They were kicked out of one of the members’ previous parties) The party at some point in the past (if the party was only recently formed, Married to one party member that has no real interest in them but can’t get The party that believes by capturing, disrupting, or killing the party they Patron to tempt a particular member of the party to evilĭestruction left by the party, in particular to monster-based ecosystemsĪssigned the party not as a real contract but as a challenge to earn theirĮnemy was previously defeated by the party, out for revenge for denying their Of their magical blood was wronged by an ancestor of a party member Some recent disruption to the magical or natural world That thinks the party’s actions negatively affect “the economy” Were revived by the party’s necromancer, etc.) a farmer whose fields were trampled, aįruit-cart owner whose cart was knocked over, an undertaker whose customers Trying to manipulate the party into a particular action to win a bet Most adventurers are fine but the players’ party specifically causes moreĬauses more problems than they solve to try and hide the fact that they causedīelieves some treasure held by the party is legally theirs by ancestral rights To steal something currently owned by the partyĪdventuring parties in general cause more problems than they solve
The Hobbit or Walter Peck in Ghostbusters. Opposes the party for reasons of their own, like that shitty Lake-Town mayor in
Real enemies of the campaign or assassins hired by the Big Bad, but an NPC that I was just digging through “Xanathar’s Guide to Everything”įor stuff to steal inspiration and I found the table of Rivals-not the