Rifts is my eternal problematic fave, and also a source of bizarre, contradictory, and confusing lore. However, something that’s easy to let fall through the cracks of the gonzo setting is that there are actually many survivor states in the post-apocalypse. That’s right, places that directly trace their lineage, governance, culture, and dominant populations back to the Pre-Rifts era. And this Backgrounder as an overview of them!
Old timers and grognards alike in the RPG hobby like to complain. “Things were better back in…”, “We didn’t have or need that when we played in…”, and so on and so forth. But one of the oddest complaints I hear is about how games today, and specifically, D&D, are too much like video games. So let’s take a look at a very interesting cycle of mutual influence, and see what we can learn from it. For ease of bracketing years, I’m going to use console generations for this.
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Lizardfolk. They’ve been in the game since 1e, and peopel have wanted to play them since about the moment they saw them! But what they all about in Chult and on the Peninsula? Check out this episode ot find out!
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Magic. It’s a core component of fantasy, but is often unevenly distributed and developed. On the outset, this seems sensical, until you dig into it a bit. At that point, other disparities and issues come into sharp relief. So this is a short post on decolonizing magic.
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The Yuan-ti are everyone’s favourite serpentfolk to fear, and with good reason! This episode I dive into their evolving lore, how they fit into the Forgotten Realms, and how you might use them to make your game better! Don’t forget to like and subscribe!
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