Story Starters

  • You Never Long the Greatest Man to Be

    April 19, 2025

    Random Prompts for Role-Playing Sessions

    Situation: Trouble
    Denizen Type: Dark witch
    Outcome Direction: Is generally favorable
    Mundane Problem: You dislike learning new skills and today is training day
    Theme Quote: ‘You never long the greatest man to be.’ Goethe.

  • He Who Loves with Purity

    April 12, 2025

    Random Prompts for Role-Playing Sessions

    Situation: Trapped by enemies
    Denizen Type: Rogue
    Outcome Direction: Provides unexpected good fortune
    Mundane Problem: Your feelings of privilege are causing issues
    Theme Quote: ‘He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.’ Thomas à Kempis.

  • Dinna Lift Me Before I Fa

    April 5, 2025

    Random Prompts for Role-Playing Sessions

    Situation: Pleasant memories
    Denizen Type: Great person of authority
    Outcome Direction: Tripped up by intoxication
    Mundane Problem: You lost your phone
    Theme Quote: ‘Dinna lift me before I fa’.’ Scotch. Proverb.

  • Glittering Gains

    March 29, 2025

    Random Prompts for Role-Playing Sessions

    Situation: Serious quarrel
    Denizen Type: Forest Folk
    Outcome Direction: Doomed by difficulties
    Mundane Problem: You forgot laundry in the washer
    Theme Quote: ‘From glittering gains of learning.’ Lewis Morris.

  • Wear a Hat Day

    March 28, 2025

    Miuna, pirate and entrepreneur

    If you want to join the Sisterhood of the Hat, the first step is finding the hat that fits your personality. Look at Edweeda’s hat — pure chaos.
    #wearahatday

  • International Scribble Day

    March 27, 2025

    Mollie Crenshaw, dark witch

    I once had an enchanted feather that created a new magic ritual every day. The ritual stayed written for twenty-three hours before disappearing.
    #internationalscribbleday

  • Good Hair Day

    March 26, 2025

    Miuna, pirate and entrepreneur

    Our good friend, Oma Louloodi, the nymph has glorious hair. She runs our local Athena Essentials.
    #goodhairday

  • Tolkien Reading Day

    March 25, 2025

    A wise man once said

    Celebrate the works of the master storyteller, J.R.R. Tolkien, by playing the epic The Untrodden Ways: White Bluff, an urban fantasy setting for the Ironsworn game-engine.
    #tolkienreadingday

  • Tick Bite Prevention Week

    March 24, 2025

    The world according to Weed, Fae assassin

    Ticks sized for giants are trouble for everyone. They easily crush human carts and eat horses. The wonderful things are nearly indestructible.
    #tickbitepreventionweek

  • World Bear Day

    March 23, 2025

    A wise man once said

    When the Congress of the Bears passes down the law of the forest, few creatures on the Untrodden Ways will disobey them.
    #worldbearday