[{"categories":["Homebrew"],"content":" voodoo dollby Lelyk777, 2013. CC BY-ND 3.0. Unmodified.\nWitch Subclass: Poppet Master Witches of this tradition bind poppets, small dolls linked to living flesh by taglocks, and work through them at a distance: scouting, hexing, and casting the beneficent and maleficent effigy rituals without standing in the open. Many come to it through folk magic or hedge practice; others after someone else’s likeness took a blow meant for them.\nUnofficial homebrew. Requires the Witch class from Tales of the …","date":"2026-06-08","permalink":"https://www.homebrewtactics.com/homebrew/poppet-master/","section":"homebrew","summary":" voodoo dollby Lelyk777, 2013. CC BY-ND 3.0. Unmodified.\nWitch Subclass: Poppet Master Witches of this tradition bind poppets, small dolls linked to living flesh by taglocks, and work through them at …","tags":["homebrew","witch","subclass","poppet-master","tales-of-the-valiant","tov"],"title":"Poppet Master (Witch Subclass)"},{"categories":["In-World-Fiction"],"content":" Herbal medicineby Natalia2323, 2019. CC BY-SA 4.0. Unmodified.\nThe Shape of the Absence The forest here radiates its age, much older than the village. I can feel that the moment I step past the last of the fences and into the trees proper. Qi\u0026rsquo;Quilan\u0026rsquo;s edge is one of those thresholds I\u0026rsquo;ve started to notice, the way a banner-line marks where one lord\u0026rsquo;s authority ends and another\u0026rsquo;s begins. On the village side, the trees know they are useful to humans. On this side, …","date":"2026-05-16","permalink":"https://www.homebrewtactics.com/posts/the-shape-of-the-absence/","section":"posts","summary":" Herbal medicineby Natalia2323, 2019. CC BY-SA 4.0. Unmodified.\nThe Shape of the Absence The forest here radiates its age, much older than the village. I can feel that the moment I step past the last …","tags":["salen-freeblade","downtime","torkil","blackthorn","qi-quilan","spirits","four"],"title":"The Shape of the Absence"},{"categories":null,"content":" Bonfireby Aprocryphan, 2024. CC BY-SA 4.0. Unmodified.\nWhat Watches Back The Sun Fly feast is loud tonight. Drums, voices, fat hissing in the coals. I have a bowl of something rich and gamey in my hands and I should eat. Mother always said: eat when there is food, sleep when there is shelter. I will, in a moment. I needed to write this down first while it is fresh.\nI have been watching the fire. I have been watching the things in the fire.\nThere are shapes leaping from log to log. Not figures. …","date":"2026-05-15","permalink":"https://www.homebrewtactics.com/journals/salen-freeblade/what-watches-back/","section":"journals","summary":" Bonfireby Aprocryphan, 2024. CC BY-SA 4.0. Unmodified.\nWhat Watches Back The Sun Fly feast is loud tonight. Drums, voices, fat hissing in the coals. I have a bowl of something rich and gamey in my …","tags":["salen-freeblade","four","sunfly-tribe","spirits","gloria","familiar"],"title":"What Watches Back"},{"categories":null,"content":" Orcby LadyofHats, 2019. CC0 1.0. Unmodified.\nThe Weight of the Shard and the Strength of Many The Shard is gone. It hissed and popped under the holy water like a dying viper, and with it, the cold, insistent pressure in the back of my mind finally vanished. I argued to keep it—convinced myself I was the only one disciplined enough to manage its influence—but Zoot\u0026rsquo;s logic was, as usual, annoyingly sound. My family, the Freeblades, taught me that the greatest danger isn\u0026rsquo;t the …","date":"2026-04-12","permalink":"https://www.homebrewtactics.com/journals/salen-freeblade/the-weight-of-the-shard/","section":"journals","summary":" Orcby LadyofHats, 2019. CC0 1.0. Unmodified.\nThe Weight of the Shard and the Strength of Many The Shard is gone. It hissed and popped under the holy water like a dying viper, and with it, the cold, …","tags":["salen-freeblade","crimson-shard","sunfly-tribe","zoot","lexxi","keeran","torkil"],"title":"The Weight of the Shard"},{"categories":null,"content":" Zoot the Lute\nThe Price of Rashness The Pitt continues to be a theater of the absurd. We have a new companion, a man named Zoot who was—quite literally spit out of the Dispensary\u0026rsquo;s portal like an unwanted coin. He is a strange, melodic soul, but in the heat of the pit, his music hummed with a power I didn\u0026rsquo;t expect. I had to be convinced to step into the fighting ring, but the \u0026ldquo;test\u0026rdquo; offered by the gnome Tuvog was too informative to pass up.\nTuvog\u0026rsquo;s clockwork …","date":"2026-03-27","permalink":"https://www.homebrewtactics.com/journals/salen-freeblade/the-price-of-rashness/","section":"journals","summary":" Zoot the Lute\nThe Price of Rashness The Pitt continues to be a theater of the absurd. We have a new companion, a man named Zoot who was—quite literally spit out of the Dispensary\u0026rsquo;s portal like …","tags":["salen-freeblade","zoot","cassie","tuvog","pitt","crimson-shard"],"title":"The Price of Rashness"},{"categories":["In-World-Fiction"],"content":" Potions Classroomby Mike Prince, CC BY 2.0. Unmodified.\nThe Alchemist\u0026rsquo;s Process: A Study in Emerald The floorboards beneath my desk vibrate with the rhythmic thumping of a minotaur\u0026rsquo;s dance in the common room below. Even through the heavy oak door of my room at the Pitt, the muffled roars of laughter and the clinking of tankards are inescapable. It\u0026rsquo;s a far cry from the silent, incense-filled libraries of Golden Bay, but the flickering candle on my bedside table provides enough …","date":"2026-02-28","permalink":"https://www.homebrewtactics.com/posts/a-study-in-emerald/","section":"posts","summary":" Potions Classroomby Mike Prince, CC BY 2.0. Unmodified.\nThe Alchemist\u0026rsquo;s Process: A Study in Emerald The floorboards beneath my desk vibrate with the rhythmic thumping of a minotaur\u0026rsquo;s …","tags":["salen-freeblade","alchemy","healing","seelia","pitt"],"title":"A Study in Emerald"},{"categories":null,"content":" Fountain with a Naiad Seated on a Shellby Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre, c. 1740. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0 1.0. Unmodified.\nThe Poisoned Heart of Seelia The corruption is purged, though the cost was nearly paid in our own blood.\nWe tracked the pollution to a natural cave, where the water was so foul it burned the skin. Inside, we found ourselves in a shrine to Seelia, locked behind a door requiring three distinct types of purified water. The path to obtaining them was a trial of both …","date":"2026-02-28","permalink":"https://www.homebrewtactics.com/journals/salen-freeblade/the-poisoned-heart-of-seelia/","section":"journals","summary":" Fountain with a Naiad Seated on a Shellby Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre, c. 1740. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0 1.0. Unmodified.\nThe Poisoned Heart of Seelia The corruption is purged, though the …","tags":["salen-freeblade","seelia","naiad","thoradin","marquis-of-muck","temple"],"title":"The Poisoned Heart of Seelia"},{"categories":null,"content":" Koboldby LadyofHats, CC0 1.0. Unmodified.\nOf Truescales and Tainted Springs The \u0026ldquo;Wood Sower\u0026rdquo; is dead, though its shadow lingers. We returned to the Pitt with the carcass in tow, only to be met with the roar of a blood-sport crowd. A minotaur was dismantling three ratkin with nothing but brute force and horns. It was a stark reminder of the world I now inhabit: one where strength is the only currency that never devalues.\nI spent a few coins on a round of drinks for two local …","date":"2026-02-14","permalink":"https://www.homebrewtactics.com/journals/salen-freeblade/of-truescales-and-tainted-springs/","section":"journals","summary":" Koboldby LadyofHats, CC0 1.0. Unmodified.\nOf Truescales and Tainted Springs The \u0026ldquo;Wood Sower\u0026rdquo; is dead, though its shadow lingers. We returned to the Pitt with the carcass in tow, only to …","tags":["salen-freeblade","kobolds","truescale","rilla","wood-sower","seelia","lyd"],"title":"Of Truescales and Tainted Springs"},{"categories":null,"content":" Tree feb 2012by kathia909, CC BY-SA 3.0. Unmodified.\nThe Wood Sower\u0026rsquo;s Toll The second skirmish with my new companions. We handled ourselves well; they perhaps better than I. They seem a less tactical sort, but my mother always said there comes a point where tactics cease to matter and one must simply let the steel fly. They seem well-suited for that.\nI am a bit concerned by their mercenary streak, though I suppose it is common enough. I only hope they are not the type to sell others out …","date":"2026-02-14","permalink":"https://www.homebrewtactics.com/journals/salen-freeblade/woodsowers-toll/","section":"journals","summary":" Tree feb 2012by kathia909, CC BY-SA 3.0. Unmodified.\nThe Wood Sower\u0026rsquo;s Toll The second skirmish with my new companions. We handled ourselves well; they perhaps better than I. They seem a less …","tags":["salen-freeblade","lydi","cassie","wood-sower","cockatrice"],"title":"The Wood Sower's Toll"},{"categories":["In-World-Fiction"],"content":" Cockatriceby BarnCat601, CC BY-SA 4.0. Unmodified.\nCampfire Roast Cockatrice A simple camp roast for adventurers, treating cockatrice like game fowl with basic seasonings.\nServings: 4\nIngredients 1 cockatrice, cleaned and gutted 1 tablespoon salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 3 tablespoons butter or lard 4 garlic cloves, crushed 3 sprigs fresh thyme or rosemary 1 onion, quartered ½ cup ale or water Steps Prepare the fire. Build a good bed of coals from hardwood. You want steady heat, not flames. Set …","date":"2026-02-06","permalink":"https://www.homebrewtactics.com/posts/campfire-roast-cockatrice/","section":"posts","summary":" Cockatriceby BarnCat601, CC BY-SA 4.0. Unmodified.\nCampfire Roast Cockatrice A simple camp roast for adventurers, treating cockatrice like game fowl with basic seasonings.\nServings: 4\nIngredients 1 …","tags":["salen-freeblade","recipes","cockatrice","camp cooking"],"title":"Campfire Roast Cockatrice"},{"categories":["In-World-Fiction"],"content":" The Siege of Acreby Dominique Papety, c. 1840. Chateau de Versailles. Public domain.\nThe Shadow of the Freeblade Salen Freeblade was born into a legacy of iron and ink. As the second son of Valara and Renald, the legendary commanders of the Freeblades of Agahven, his life was defined by the walls of the Citadel in the merchant-city of Golden Bay. While his elder brother was groomed to one day lead the mercenary company, Salen was the \u0026ldquo;contingency\u0026rdquo;—trained with the same brutal …","date":"2026-02-01","permalink":"https://www.homebrewtactics.com/posts/salen-backstory/","section":"posts","summary":" The Siege of Acreby Dominique Papety, c. 1840. Chateau de Versailles. Public domain.\nThe Shadow of the Freeblade Salen Freeblade was born into a legacy of iron and ink. As the second son of Valara …","tags":["salen-freeblade","backstory","golden-bay","freeblades"],"title":"The Shadow of the Freeblade"}]