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NPCwednesdays #9
Guild Mages are a type of character found often in a group of heroes (I think it has been years since I played in a group that didn't...

Karsten
Nov 23, 20223 min read
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NPCwednesdays #8
Mercenaries can be hired by anyone with enough money, be that heroes in need of support or villains in need of protection from said...

Karsten
Nov 16, 20222 min read
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NPCwednesdays #7
Valeria Delazar, as a witch, was missing a quite important aspect: her familiar. Familiars can be just a bit of flavour or almost a...

Karsten
Nov 9, 20221 min read
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Travia, Homestead and Family
In a way Travia represents a the ideal some of the twelvegods protect through their domains. How could you feel safe in your home if...
fpruller
Nov 3, 20223 min read
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NPCwednesdays #6
Knight of the Order of the black Thistle The Order of the black Thistle was founded by the noble House Fenwasian in the Middenrealm...

Karsten
Nov 2, 20222 min read
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NPCwednesdays #5
Noble from Albernia Albernia is rich in myths and legends, in particular regarding fairies. And quite a lot of those stories are true....

Karsten
Oct 26, 20222 min read
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Efferd - The ever changing temprament of the sea
Efferd might seem clear cut, he is the god of the seas after all. In reality it's not exactly just as simple as that. Today I'd like to...
fpruller
Oct 20, 20223 min read
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NPCwednesdays #4
Alrik, the moody guard. After I mentioned him in my first article https://thedarkeyeblog.wixsite.com/thedarkeyeblog/post/npcs-in-tde I...

Karsten
Oct 19, 20223 min read
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Looking at the Mechanics #2: Combat
So last time I talked about TDE mechanics, I talked about how it does an excellent job of supporting games that are not combat focused,...

Alisdair Smith
Oct 19, 20226 min read
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NPCwednesdays #3
Rashid Ben Omar, the desert guide Traveling through the Khôm desert, even on one of the more frequented caravan routes is a dangerous...

Karsten
Oct 12, 20222 min read
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Rondra - Family politics
I read fpruller's great article about Rondra, and thought instead of commenting I might write this instead. The world of The Dark Eye,...
Lambert Behnke
Oct 10, 20224 min read
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The Dark Eye and Dungeons and Dragons - a Comparison
In this post I will try to show you the differences between D&D and TDE - but not in a hard, crunchy way. Instead of comparing how many...

Moritz Schmid
Oct 7, 20223 min read
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Rondra: The Sword and Shield of the Gods
The Blessed One of Rondra is one of the most played Blessed Ones in the Dark Eye. I'm going to look into that as well as dissect the...
fpruller
Oct 6, 20224 min read
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Looking at the Mechanics #1
The Dark Eye is a pretty well rounded-game compared to many other TRPGs, particularly when compared to something like Dungeons & Dragons....

Alisdair Smith
Oct 6, 20222 min read
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NPCwednesdays #2
The Investigator The Horasian Empire is the most advanced realm in many aspects. If you think about the intrigues of the Borgia in...

Karsten
Oct 5, 20222 min read
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Why choose The Dark Eye.
There are countless RPGs out there and in particular in the genre of medieval style fantasy with knights and orcs and the like you find a...
Lambert Behnke
Oct 4, 20227 min read
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Making a living in TDE
Every group is different, every game is different. I wanted to preface this post with that statement because everything from this point...

Alisdair Smith
Oct 3, 20224 min read
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NPCwednesdays #1
First Example Another GM recently was in need for a villain in Al’Anfa and asked me to help her. She eventually went with a modified...

Karsten
Sep 28, 20223 min read
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Purchasing Crafted Items
Crafting: The Aventuria Compendium gives rules on how to craft items as a PC, but what about if your character instead wishes to...

Alisdair Smith
Sep 23, 20221 min read
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NPCs in TDE
When I use NPCs in TDE they come in a variety of flavours from the limited stat block as a combat or skill obstacle without even a name...

Karsten
Sep 21, 20222 min read
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