![]() ![]() He's only seen this edge of it in his short life. The forest at the edge of his home was vast and dark. The ball bashed in against the tops of trees and rustled leaves. The deep black paws rushed ahead and the dog vanished well into the line of trees at the edge of the family home. The loyal dog leapt off in a fast run after it. The boy bared his teeth in a wince as he saw it arc incredibly high. He took the ball from the beast and gave it another stern throw. He smiled down at the mottled brown fur holding the ball in slobbering jaws. The mid spring sun was warm and comforting while the eager hound galloped back up to him. The bright red ball arced up across the pale blue sky above and thumped into the grass a few short feet away. With the family dog by his side he was content to simply wander. ![]() On the fringes of a small human settlement, a boy was playing in the field. It features some light horror elements as I was free writing this and did not imagine it to get this creepy. The Fell Consumer works on the thing many fundamentally fear.Ĭontent warning for those ahead: this is a short story to preface a monster for your upcoming Dungeons and Dragons games. It's not that this being breathes fear or shock into their soul, nor does it frighten with the doom of it's claws and jaws, or threaten with malice and ill intent. In the deepest places, on the fringes of our world, our players find themselves up against a creature truly terrifying. It's all good to look deep into the mechanics of our favourite, and the world's best, role playing game but now we go back. We here at Apotheosis Studios have talked about the ways a character can grow in other posts, but now we have to go back to our roots. We support our wandering and uncertain protagonists looking across the world to find conflict that help our players grow their characters. The life of adventurers are perilous and uncertain. ![]()
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