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Under the Dome: The Creatures We Keep (D&D campaign setting)

Designing Companions and Pets in a Post-Apocalyptic D&D Campaign [caption id="attachment_89367" align="alignright" width="281"] Players love weird pets and familiars.[/caption] In Under the Dome, chaos reshaped the world — but it didn’t erase companionship. This post explores how pets and companion creatures function in a post-apocalyptic fantasy campaign, and...

Names Matter: Titles, Call Signs, and What People Refuse to Say (Aether Skies D&D campaign Setting)

How identity becomes leverage in Aether Skies In most fantasy RPGs, a name is just a label.In Aether Skies, a name is a position. What someone calls you—and just as importantly, what they refuse to call you—reveals power, debt, fear, and survival strategy. Names shift depending on...

Under the Dome: Controlled Faith (A TTRPG and D&D Setting)

Worldbuilding Belief in a Post-Apocalyptic D&D Campaign In Under the Dome, faith does not disappear with the gods. It mutates. Belief doesn’t need deities to be dangerous. There are no gods beneath the Dome. No answered prayers.No divine miracles.No holy authority waiting beyond the chaos storms. And yet — people still...

Alien RPG & Alien: Destroyer of Worlds — A Masterclass in Cinematic Sci-Fi Horror Roleplaying

Few tabletop roleplaying games understand their source material as completely as Alien RPG. Designed by Free League and powered by a specialized version of the Year Zero Engine, this game translates the dread, brutality, and existential horror of the Alien franchise directly into tabletop form. Although...

Under the Dome: Beyond the Barrier (D&D – TTPRG)

D&D Adventure Ideas for a Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy Campaign Under the Dome is a post-apocalyptic fantasy campaign setting where civilization survives beneath massive arcane domes—barriers built to shield cities from chaos storms capable of rewriting reality itself. Most adventures take place inside those domes. This one doesn’t. This is an...

After the Final Whistle (A D&D adventure in Aether Skies)

An Urban Hunt Adventure in the Skies Genre: Espionage Thriller / Urban Pressure CookerSetting: A floating city immediately after a major Aetherball matchThemes: Panic, misinformation, loyalty, time pressure, hidden enemies The crowd hasn’t even finished cheering when the sky starts to close. In Aether Skies, danger rarely arrives...

Rebuilding Under the Dome: How Power, Wealth, and Control Shape Recovery (A post apocalyptic D&D fantasy setting)

Rebuilding does not follow suffering. It follows money. When winter chaos storms tear across the Dome and reality buckles under their force, destruction is widespread — but recovery is not. When the storms recede and the lights stabilize, reconstruction does not begin where the damage was worst. It...