In the late 1700s, many of the earliest Gothic writers turned to Shakespeare for inspiration. Two centuries later, the Spanish writer Marías took a page out of their book with “Corazón tan ...

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Witch-Lords of Skull Mountain is (hopefully) a learning tool for new/intermediate GM/DM/Judges to help them build out their own hexcrawls. Aside from that, this is a kick ass sword-and-sorcery ...

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