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What kind of dragon is that?

1. Aluminium. The other dragons make fun of it because itโ€™s weaker than they are; it has hollow metal bones, great feathered wings, and its maw is more beak than teeth. Instead of gouts of flame, it emits a stabbing jet of superheated air with an ear-splitting screech that can easily melt through steel. Its […]

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Whatโ€™s weird about the club downtown?

1 – Itโ€™s run by the fey, and alongside the coat-check, you can hand in your reflection for the evening as well. Without a reflection, your soul doesnโ€™t get stained from sin, so you can do whatever you wish and not end up karmically tainted by it. (In more concrete terms, you donโ€™t feel bad […]

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So: you broke up with a witch. How bad is this going to be?

1 – Itโ€™s fine, because they kept some of your hair, and made a copy of you that doesnโ€™t complain or leave the cupboard doors in the kitchen open. So itโ€™s fine. Itโ€™s all fine. It doesnโ€™t want to hunt you down and eat you or anything; and even if it did, that wouldnโ€™t make […]

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What’s weird about this flying castle?

1 – Itโ€™s powered by divine energy, rather than arcane, so the central structure is a huge chapel with a hundred-strong choir belting out devotional hymns around the clock. If they stop singing, the god who makes the thing fly will look away from it, and itโ€™ll crash to the ground – or thatโ€™s what […]

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What’s weird about these goblins?

credit: Hammermancer image by Iguanamouth 1 They worship seagulls, after being caught at sea on a particularly treacherous voyage, and view them as pecky angels. The worship is not at all mutual and many of the dropping-caked goblins are blind in one or more eyes. 2 They love explosions. They were raised in a mine, […]