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Unlocked Potential - Training the Untrained Mind

Written by Sysane, and first published on 2026-11-08

The first time it happened, Kareth thought he was dying. Which, in the wastes, meant very little. The sun had already taken his water, his strength, and most of his thoughts. It burned overhead like a merciless eye, waiting for him to stop crawling. Sand filled his mouth. His tongue had swollen so badly it felt like a second throat choking him from within. He remembered falling. He did not remember getting back up. But something inside him refused to stay still. It wasn’t courage. It wasn’t hope. Those things had dried up days ago. This was something uglier, something desperate. A clawing, blind instinct that pushed against the inside of his skull. Then the world moved. Not the wind. Not the dunes. Something else.

The sand before him shifted, not by breeze, but by intent. It trembled, then parted, as if something beneath it recoiled from him. For a moment, just a moment, the dunes revealed a darker line beneath the surface.

Moisture.

Kareth’s mind seized on it, and the pressure inside his skull surged.

He screamed, but the sound never left his lips. It exploded outward instead.

The sand burst aside in a violent spray, exposing a shallow seam of damp earth. Not water. Not salvation. But enough.

He dug like an animal. Like something worse than an animal.

When he finally collapsed beside the muddy trench, clutching the dampness to his cracked lips, he realized he was laughing.

Or crying.

Or both.

Ahrachuah, Part 2 - The Sacred Children of Ahrachuah

Written by AthasianLaborer, and first published on 2025-12-28

Herein is presented Ahrachuah as an Elemental Patron, with formatting inspired by 2e deity entries. Ahrachuah’s stat block is followed with divisions of specialty priests built using Player’s Option rules, in order to create diverse roles in a self-contained community, each committed to serving the madness of their patron.

FFN Offcuts - The Landguard (2e)

Written by AthasianLaborer, and first published on 2025-12-03

The FFN Offcuts are material that didn’t make it into the revised version of Faces of the Forgotten North for one reason or another. Today’s material covers the 2e version of an artifact: the Landguard, it’s associated items - the Thrones of the Landguard and the Chariot of the Landguard, and a number of new psionic powers.

Ahrachuah

Written by AthasianLaborer, and first published on 2025-11-30

Herein is presented Ahrachuah as an Elemental Patron, with formatting inspired by 2e deity entries. Ahrachuah’s stat block is followed with divisions of specialty priests built using Player’s Option rules, in order to create diverse roles in a self-contained community, each committed to serving the madness of their patron.