Ten Islands of Rone

Here are ten islands of Rone. I named them and gave them each a small description for the game. Eventually, if luck holds, I'll produce a nice little RPG book out of this and expand on each, with some cool maps and such.

MURKHOLD

Small island with cavern system and a tower. Lair of Murkwand the wizard, if legend holds. Waters home to lonely sea serpent Issidor - said to be a lover of Murkwand unjustly transformed into a beast.

TWINKNOB

Two hillocks rise from the waters, a great stone arch joining them. Arch is filled with chambers once dedicated to the arts but of late inhabited by strange interdimensional travelers confused about where they arey.

GREENSOME

Once a vast, picturesque isle. Now a ruin of moss and decay. Who knows what dangers lurk in the chambers and corridors long forgotten by mortal eyes?

THE WEEPING WATCH

High and stoic, the Watch is home to the Watcher - a singular figure of great power and deep wisdom. Those who come here seek knowledge but few are prepared to pay the price.

KNOBBYBONES

A gnarly old isle lately occupied by knobby, gray bandits.

KEEPSAKE

The Old Egg lies still. The people of Keepsake ensure it remains that way.

ETTERISK

Remnants of a once-mighty palace sacred to the Queen herself. Now half-submerged and completely lost to foulness and monstrosities.

URTLESPIRE

The giant turtles surround it. A mad witch yet roams its tower.

OBBELON

What is that droning sound that wafts across the mist-winds? What shadow passes before that high doorway?

NEXPILOR

Six old towers, half-drowned. Bridges and lights and civilization. The smell of baked bread and wine? But will they welcome a traveler or toss them into the watery dungeons?

Lesser Gods of Rone Campaign

I am going to run a new campaign for the Monday night Doomslakers group. It is set in a world called Rone, which is a lake world I dreamed up maybe 15 years ago. I pitched it to the group like this:

Jack Kirby and Mike Ploog fall into an EC Comics fantasy world controlled by the better side of Vaughn Bodé's imagination. A mist-covered lake riddled with tall, mossy islands and weird creatures. Old gods beneath the dark waters. Strange races of weirdos. Long lost temples. Robots. Armies of ants. Waterlogged dungeons where slumbering computers reboot as you tread the dead hallways. It is a platform game slick with algae.

It's a BX D&D based campaign with 9 custom classes, including the one pictured here. Should be a hoot! Might even be a published thingie for Old School Essentials to be squeezed out of it.

Russ Hillborn (Old Art XXI)

Russ Hillborn is a cat person character I created long ago. He's sort of a Gandalf figure who appeared in a short comic called Winter.

Tremorworm (Old Art XII)

Here's another Fawn Rainchild pic, part of the Pan-Gea mythos. The setting here is a mystical lake called Rone. I have harbored serious thoughts that Lake Rone will be on my hit list of potential future projects. Perhaps a good old Old School Essentials setting. Who knows?