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The Journal of Zong-Tossu, Entry 10 - The Visions of Zong-Tossu

Written by Adam Cieszlak and Azog the Defiler, and first published on 2024-10-13

This is the journal of Zong-Tossu, a master ghav-urath (life-shaper) from the Rhul-thaun capital of Thamasku. Zong-Tossu was sent by the har-etuil (judgment-makers) along with a detachment of junior life-shapers and lawkeepers to investigate a mysterious ring of standing stones and the strange creatures said to occasionally appear within. The expeditionary force was accompanied by a thri-kreen emissary known as Cho’ka.

Having descended deep beneath the Island of the Pariahs alongside Oracle, Zong-Tossu, Tr’Shadai, and Cho’ka met the so-called “Dervish Octopus” and watched the Pariahs produce vision-inducing elixirs from the creature’s inks.

Quick Plot Hooks #4

Written by Adam Cieszlak, and first published on 2024-10-06

The Quick Plot Hooks series started as a fun thought experiment - how to develop interesting but reasonable encounters using two types of creatures from randomly determined Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium entries.

The Sorcerer's Workshop: Items of The Black

Written by ErinM, Neujack, and Adam Cieszlak, and first published on 2024-09-15

Legends, myths, and stories populate the tales of bards. Ancient and neatly-forgotten legends lurk in the minds of these prolific storytellers, sometimes rising to the surface like a morning mist to expose secrets not revealed since the Green Age, if not longer.

Parasites of Athas

Written by Woodwose, and first published on 2024-08-18

Four creatures that live as parasites within humanoids on Athas.

The Journal of Zong-Tossu, Entry 9 - The Dervish Octopus

Written by Adam Cieszlak and Azog the Defiler, and first published on 2024-07-14

This is the journal of Zong-Tossu, a master ghav-urath (life-shaper) from the Rhul-thaun capital of Thamasku. Zong-Tossu was sent by the har-etuil (judgment-makers) along with a detachment of junior life-shapers and lawkeepers to investigate a mysterious ring of standing stones and the strange creatures said to occasionally appear within. The expeditionary force was accompanied by a thri-kreen emissary known as Cho’ka.

Having met and befriended the Pariahs - a group of malformed halfling-like folk - Zong-Tossu and the surviving members of his group discover that they were long expected and must go meet the “The Dervish Octopus”.