Frontier Forts of Kenore, part 1

Perhaps my favorite “module” of all time is Judges Guild’s Frontier Forts of Kelnore. The concept is that an ancient kingdom built a series of forts along its border. The idea is reminiscent of the real-life Roman Empire’s milescastles that were built along Hadrian’s Wall, though the map of the fort is clearly different than that of a milecastle.

The cover of the first edition. The illustration is an accurate representation of the fort.

In the untold centuries since the kingdom collapsed, each fort has become somewhat different. From the book itself:

Crowfield Spellbook Update #2

My last update on the Crowfield campaign’s spellboook was at the end of January. I thought it was time for another update.

• The first chapter is 95% done. It needs:

Why Good Characters Worship Evil Gods (and vice versa)

St. Athilda’s is the church of Crowfield. There is no doubt that this is a temple to Hume. As soon as you enter the narthex, you can see the larger than life sized statue¹ of Hume enthroned in the apse.

But there is a large, black cast iron gate on the narthex’s northern wall. Most of the time, most of the people shun this gate. On the other side is a temple to Gob.

Why do Gob and Hume share the same building? Why does such a lawful town have a temple to Gob? Why do good people pay homage to such an evil god? The answers lie in this statement I made back in June when I said:

Excuses

My original plan for this week’s post was “Why Lawful Characters Worship Chaotic Gods (and vice versa).” Instead what you’re getting is a list of excuses why I didn’t write that post:

• I was working my second job part of last week and this weekend. That’s an additional 8 hours of just commuting on top of the work time.
• As soon as I got home on Sunday night, I ran into the house to change and take my wife out for her birthday.
• The main excuse is that I got my second dose of the Covid vaccine on Saturday. I’d heard that some people experienced side effects, but my first dose only gave me a sore arm for a couple days. I was expecting the same this time around, but the shot completely drained me of all energy for a couple days.

So no post this week. Unless you count this post as a post, in which case I don’t need to apologize and I can delete it. But then I won’t have a post, and I’ll need to apologize…

…(several years later, after finally escaping the infinite loop)…

…So no post this week. Sorry about that. Next week will probably be “Why Lawful Characters Worship Chaotic Gods (and vice versa).”

One minor editorial note: Okay, so the shot made me achy and run down for a couple days. Don’t use that as an excuse not to get vaccinated. Being achy and run down is a lot better than getting Covid, or (worse yet) getting the virus and being asymptomatic while spreading it to other people. A few aches and some fatigue are but small prices to pay to do my part in making the world better for everyone. Get your shots when you can.