Jacob Blackmon Blogs

King Snurreson Forgebelly The fire giants of the world used to be a force to contend with. They were among the most feared craftsmen and warriors to walk the world since the Dawn Age. Even though the cloud giants and the storm giants boasted even greater strength and power, these giant species dwelt in regions even more remote and isolated from the mortal races than others.  Hill giants breed quick, like orcs, allowing them to replenish their numbers quickly. But they are oafish brutes and possess the least intellect among the giant kinds. Frost giants breed more like humans over time. However their tendency to live in climates too cold for humans to survive prevent regular interaction.  Fire giants, on the other hand, breed slowly, like dwarves. As such, their populations tend to be small. And when one of the most powerful fire giant nations takes a massive hit – like that of King Snurre Ironbelly – the chance to recover is slow in coming. King Snurre and Queen Fruppy were se...

  My home D&D campaign of Embria is, and always has been, based off the classic adventures, modules, and concepts of Dungeons & Dragons. I borrow elements of various classic D&D worlds, such as Greyhawk, the Forgotten Realms, and other popular D&D worlds; mixing them up to become a fun world of my own. The timeline I use is almost exclusively built using events from classic D&D adventures. When building such a world, I also try to keep in mind who the powerful movers and shakers of the world are. These include such characters as: Eclavdra Eilservs (from the G and D-series modules), who is now the Queen of the Vault of the Drow. Her gambit to lure surface world adventurers to attack the Queen of Spiders in the Abyss paid off, allowing her forces to destroy the Lolthites of the Vault and assume control of one of the most powerful drow cities of the Underdark. She has since made alliances with various other underworld factions, such as the duergar and the illithid...