Sean Does Games

I know I'm usually all about gnomes, but I'm trying something a little bit different with this post (while still being semi-related to gnomes). This is a goblin bard. She's an NPC I've used in my campaigns and with me now playing a goblin bard in another game I felt it was time to breathe some more life into this character. So, I hope you enjoy this one. Shoor Purdi ( SURE per-dee ) "The rhythm is gonna get you, one way or another.” Shoor Purdi (CN) is a frenetic, 24-year-old female goblin whose visceral drum performances inspire goblin forces and intimidate goblin foes. Purdi was born into the Lashers caste of her tribe where she quickly took to the drums used to communicate orders during combat. That talent was battle tested when a gnome horde blitzed the tribe in a vicious attempt to wipe it from existence. On that day, the stress of combat, her desire to save her tribe, and her hatred for the gnomes who were slaughtering her people awakened a wellspri...

The following is a table of random events that I use in my Skyfell campaign to build a little more depth into the setting. The table includes five different areas: city, town, village, rural, and wilderness. I do not have a “kingdom” category because, ultimately, any event occurring inside a kingdom will happen in one of these five locations. City, town, and village are per the description in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Rural is a sparsely populated area with no centralized settlement or governing body to speak of. There might be a location where the locals gather, such as an isolated temple or tavern, but otherwise the few folks living there remain mostly to themselves. Wilderness is not settled and is perhaps even unexplored territory. It’s where truly heroic adventures are found. I generally treat these as in-game, monthly events where one event takes place in each area that either affects the player characters or that the player characters care about. For example...