fragments of a blue ruin
I’ve been lucky enough to begin running Vaarn with a regular group for the past three weekends. The sessions have taken us through the entire Pelerine Temple opening scenario and out into the wastelands of Vaarn, putting my random generators and improvisation skills to the test. The party consisted of: > Flim-Flam, a two-headed cacogen… Continue reading VAARN ACTUAL PLAY: SESSION 1+2
Vaarn lies at the very end of Urth’s history, amidst the ruin and decay of millions of years. It is known that this is the final age and there will be none after, as the sun grows red and weak and the brightest stars are visible even at noon. Of all the tales of the… Continue reading TITANS OF A FADED AGE
Four months after the initial ‘demo tape’ session for Vaarn, I got the chance to GM the setting again last night over Discord. Despite a few audio glitches I think the session went really well and was excited to play with three new players who I’ve never GM’d for before. This was a new, much… Continue reading VAULTS PLAYTEST 2
Skiff - a lightweight hover-bike, kept aloft by a sky-seeking stone. Skiffs are generally propelled by an engine at the back of the craft. They are fast and nimble but unstable, and can be lethal when they malfunction. Used by outlaws, Hegemony rangers, bounty hunters, and anyone else who needs to make a quick getaway. … Continue reading TRANSPORT IN VAARN
Back in January 2020 I GM'd the first ever playtest of the Vaults of Vaarn setting. This is an archival record of the Facebook post I made about that game. The inaugural expedition into the wastes of Vaarn was a great success from my POV. I had never GM’d my own self-written material before, so… Continue reading VAULTS PLAYTEST 1
They come from the depths of the blue desert, marching across the azure dunes in single file, their moss-green plastyflesh mottled by heat damage and their green eyes staring glassily at the horizon.
I’m glad you asked! Vaarn is my attempt to make a science-fantasy setting that I can design dungeons for and run games in. I don’t get that excited by the ‘default’ fantasy setting a lot of the material produced for table-top RPGs invokes, so this is my way of making it more interesting for myself… Continue reading WHAT IS VAARN?
The sun is dying and the wreckage of countless aeons litters the parched wastes of Vaarn, that desolate country that common folk call the blue ruin.
VAULTS OF VAARN 