The Oracle Issue 18

The Oracle Issue 18 - Mischief And Merriment Theme

(Think gift giving, people pretending to be good but not being up to any good, winter solstice event, magic etc...)

Just as all characters are better equipped when they have a bag of holding, a potion of healing and a sunrod, a GM is better equipped when supplied with a steady stream of new material and ideas.

And that's what we have for you here.

This month we bring you, in one fully illustrated PDF the following system-neutral Fantasy RPG material:

Contents

• Game Advice - How to give gifts to gamers in-game to reinforce character grown and the setting (and just for the fun of giving!)
• 36 magic item gift ideas including tattoos, potions, ornaments, necklaces, scrolls and even invitations
• 10 Orders and 10 Cults briefly introduced along with a random table to generate their HQ name
• 1 Detailed organisaion - Lords of Misrule
• 1 Location - City of Lutece
• 10 Story Hooks
• Four new creatures to terrify and amaze your players with
• Meet an avatar of winter herself - the Winter Solstice Queen
• Winter Migrations - how to use winter to move your game world around and mix things up
• 4 Winter Incursions - how winter can extent into your world in magical and unsettling ways including storms, frozen rooms, and frozen places to hide treasure
• 12 Trinkets and treasures for characters to find
• Meet the King of Fools - a paper position of royalty that could be subverted by the right NPC
• 2 detailed winter NPCs including a sorceress and a werebear guardian
• Answers from readers to another readers creative challenges
• Seasonal Fun - 3 mini word games to relax with
• Picture Prompt - designed to get you thinking creatively
• Readers gift - good until the end of Jan 2022 this is for EVERY reader
• Ahoy 2022 - a look ahead at some of the things coming up in 2022 that might be worth parting with a bag of gold for

Fully Illustrated

Have a look at the quick preview and you will see the great range of images inside!

Why System-Neutral?

Because we personally play multiple games and systems, and so do virtually all the DMs and GMs that we know. By making it system-neutral, we can focus on strong storytelling without getting hung up on the mechanics and conversions across game systems. (You can read this content and use it at the gaming table inside of five minutes.)

And, let's face it – if we featured even just the top three fantasy RPGs, that would leave out a whole bunch of others.

So, we are embracing them all with clever, interesting, story-rich material that people can easily convert to their desired system.

We have been developing our format for over three years, and we are confident that you will find it entertaining and useful, regardless of the fantasy RPG system you use.

Professionally Edited

Our editor is Jane Spencer, a qualified editor and proofreader with over two decades of editing, publishing and literary project management experience. (She's also an RPG gamer and a lovely person!) And last, but not least, we are ably assisted by a number of player testers, content providers and technical advisers.

Modern Format

Created in a modern landscape format making it idea for reading on tablets, laptops and smart phones.

100% Guarantee

We have every confidence that any fantasy RPG fan reading the magazine will find it both entertaining and useful. However, if we've gotten that wrong, if you find that it is neither entertaining nor useful - then we will give you your money back without any fuss, argument or hassle.

You can't say fairer than that can you?