This week, or now I guess rather last week we have the Blood Rose, a plant monster that, like the driffit, appears on level 2A.
We're trying to get a post for Christmas week ready for y'all.
As always, art and layout by Chris Huth.
Been a while since we did a monster preview, so here's one! It's everyone's favorite improbably deadly plant monster here to make your catastrophe not so cozy! They are, of course, found on level 2A of Nightwick Abbey.
As always, art and layout by Chris Huth.
For our first post in December, we unveil some information about the treasures in level 2A of Nightwick. Since much of that level is made up of gardens, it made sense to me that some of the treasures should be rare herbs. When I first wrote it up I intended these to just be a gloss on treasure values, but after some thinking I have decided they ...
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This week we present a monster that is quite common on level 2A: the fungal zombies. They pose a long term problem for any party, and I have included a faction writeup (though the leader of the faction will appear later).
As always, art and layout by Chris Huth.
At long last, the first legitimate post of November! We're still dealing with stuff over here, so we decided to start with a simple one: a one room geomorph! It maybe just be one room, but I think you'll find it has some serious impact on how characters enter the dungeon.
As always, art and layout by Chris Huth.
Huth and I have both been dealing with (separate) issues this month, and so our more traditional posts have been delayed. I know we already missed a week, but I hope our double-stuffed October content helped ease that somewhat.
We are still dealing with those issues, but I didn't want to leave you without your Nightwick Fix, so these are ...
I promised you a treat yesterday for Hallowe'en, and here it is! These are the maps I made for my games (the in person one I had has moved online as well due to covid) using Dungeondraft. They are rough in some places, with certain effects poking out of the wall and such, but they should function well for anyone using Roll20 or another VTT.
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In honor of Hallowe'en, Huth and I decided to do one of the more holiday appropriate monsters from the Dark Country: the Rawhead. They are based on a spooky folklore book I read as a kid, and thus they are suitable boogeymen.
Tomorrow I hope to have a treat for you all.
As always, art and layout by Chris Huth.
This week (or rather last week, again) we have a commission from the Great Duke of Hell Warren Denning. This was not originally intended to be one of the perks of that level, but since an online game has not yet been able to manifest I thought he should get something for his money.
His request was for a table of party backgrounds to add t...
As promised, a bonus post for this liturgical month of Shocktober! Chris Huth has combined the players' material and the level one dungeon material published so far into two docs to make it easier for patrons to get started running in this spooky season.
We ask that if you notice any errors to please report them to us so that we can corre...
This week... or I guess actually last week... we present some of the possible hooks for Nightwick Abbey as well as a system for learning the Abbey's history (false and otherwise).
Our plans for the rest of October are some seasonal appropriate monster writeups and the collected Level 1. In November we'll begin exploring Level 2A: the Sunl...
This week's entry is the missing monster from level 1 - the Children of Stone. They are a mournful reminder of the psychic shock of the siege of Nightwick Abbey (and places similarly destroyed with fire and murder). My players have always referred to them as "lava babies" for some reason.
We hope to have a bonus post of the collected leve...
At last, and just in time for the spooky season: the last geomorph on level 1! The two encounters in this one are real doozies.
Early in October we hope to have a collected version (including the monster we forgot) ready on an off day (so you're not paying for something you already got).
As always art and layout by Chris Hu...
The last "boss" of level 1! This monster was the first I custom designed for the Dark Country - having been in a proto-Nightwick dungeon I ran sometime in 2009.
Huth's art this week is a prime example of why I wanted him for Nightwick in the first place.
Next week we'll have the last geomorph of level 1, meaning the dungeon should ...
This week we have the penultimate geomorph of level 1! Next week we'll have the last of level 1's "bosses" and by the end of the month you'll hopefully have what you need in time to run it for Hallowe'en!
As always, art and layout by Chris Huth.
This week we have another faction write up, describing the faction from last week's geomorph.
As always, art and layout by Chris Huth.
This geomorph presented a bit of a problem for Huth and myself, as we realized we had neglected to provide stats for two of the monsters! For the "wharwilf," simply use the stats for werewolf you prefer. For the children of stone I recommend checking my blog for OSE compatible stats. Versions for OSE will be forthcoming once the geomorphs for le...
2020-09-01 07:33:22 +0000 UTC View Post
This month we're announcing a new pledge level that allows patrons to play in the World of Nightwick! The game will be using OSE along with house rules and at least one third party book. The platform will be discord for voice and Roll20 for maps and things.
The easiest thing for me would be to run it in Nightwick Abbey, and based on the r...
This week's geomorph is the lair of last week's monster!
As always art and layout by Chris Huth.
2020-08-25 18:21:19 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we have the first of three "boss" monsters on level 1: the Butcher. He's also one of the few bosses that is a reference but not a song reference.
As always, art and layout by Chris Huth.
This week we have a preview post featuring one of the most common agents of the Pit to be found in the World of Nightwick: Devil-men!
As always, art and layout by Chris Huth.
Also, I've been debating making a pledge level that would allow those who pledge at it to participate in games run by me using Roll20 set in the World of Nig...
This week's geomorph is one of my favorites, though it's one that has presented... problems when I run the game in public.
As always, art and layout by Chris Huth.
If you're a member of the Peerage of the Pit (a Knight, Baron, or Earl of Hell) make sure to vote in the poll I posted earlier this week. Right now it's currently tie...
This week's monster is gross!
Art and layout by C Huth.
2020-07-20 04:17:23 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we offer up a description of the history and doctrines of the Church of Law, the dominant religious organization in the Dark Country. Nightwick Abbey acts as a diabolical perversion of the Church and thus it is necessary to understand what it is like when not-perverted.
At the suggestion of Huth, I have decided to make one post ...
Huth is still working on the art for this week's post (I unfortunately got the draft to him very late last week), but expect to see it very soon.
In perhaps more joyous news I plan at some point in the near future on creating a new tier that will allow patrons at that level to play in a World of Nightwick game on Roll20. Currently, I'm pl...
This month we're starting with a geomorph! The painting chambers are in some ways the home geomorph of the Cadaverites, though unlike other monsters/factions in my own game I didn't take them off the wandering monster table when it was cleared.
We plan to have the entire first level up by the end of August. Hopefully, y'all will be able t...
This week we have a common monster that appears throughout level 1 and prominently features in the next geomorph. Cadaverites are pitiable demoniacs who have acted as both a terror and a nuisance to many groups in the dungeons of Nightwick.
As always art and layout by Chris Huth. I think he did a particularly excellent job this week.
After much waiting we finally have this week's geomorph! In a way this acts as the home turf for the Deer-men faction, but in another way that lies in a geomorph yet to be released.
Art and layout by Chris Huth.
Hey everybody,
Huth's had a lot going on the past few days and is running a bit behind on this week's post. We'll try to have it to y'all ASAP, and as always there will still be a post for each week that was in this month. It just might take us a little longer.
I'd like to thank all of y'all again for supporting us. It's helping my...
This week we have the first geomorph of the month - the Sphere Chapel. It introduces some of Nightwick's perversion of the Church of Law.
Originally this week was going to be a write up on the Church of Law, but that required largely new writing from me and the Elkins household is currently having a health crisis. Hopefully next wee...