Either an elaborate practical joke disguised as an ancient ritual or an ancient sacred ritual that seems like a practical joke.
The ward level is where politics in the City of Ten Thousand Daggers gets really strange.
The thieves who prey on criminals and worship the Queen of Thieves.
How the imperials and Tarsaks differ in their views of Fate, Destiny, and Choice.
The Khezvaran's day adapts to the amount of available daylight.
The City of Fortune is just one of many underground systems that collectively form the city below the streets.
The Rooftop Highway is a method of travel by which one moves from building to building in a daredevil series of leaps, swings, and other feats of athletic ability.
The imperial calendar has been used in Khezvaros since long before The Eternal Empire annexed The City of Ten Thousand Daggers.
Fatespinners are able to see some of fate's web and can manipulate and trade in fates.
Varosimancers are urban wizards whose powers are tied to the city itself.
Summerlands are purgatories where the souls of the dead reside, usually temporarily while they await judgement, reincarnation, or simply for their "sentence" to be up.
Steve Johnson is the co-creator of QAGS (the Quick Ass Game System) and the co-founder of Hex Games. He has written, co-written, or otherwise contributed to numerous RPG supplements, including Spooky: The Definitive Guide to Horror Gaming, Sharktoberfest, and the ENnie Award-winning Hobomancer. Steve also publishes (mostly really dumb) books that aren't about gaming through Brainfart Press. These include Obscure Early Bluesmen (Who Never Existed), a chapbook about not-so-famous blues musicians who happen to be completely made up; The Callipygian Grimoire: A Discordian Activity and Spell Book; and Dispatches From The MGT.: Curious Signs From The American Workplace.
Game Design, Music, Movies, Politics, Fictional Non-Fiction
The Fisher King, The Big Lebowski, Sin City, The Brothers Bloom, Sharknado
The Orville, The Flash, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Deadwood, Community
Breakfast of Champions, The Illuminatus! Trilogy, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, Ill Met in Lankhmar, Supergods
Neil Gaiman, Warren Ellis, John Hodgman, Jon Ronson, Matt Taibbi
Hobomancer, Cards Against Humanity, Dominion, Fiasco, Small World