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I’m excited to run Epyllion but am having trouble finding different colored glass beads or something similar.

I’m excited to run Epyllion but am having trouble finding different colored glass beads or something similar. Was wondering if you guys knew of source or had some creative ideas for substitutes?

Hey everyone!

We just released new versions of the playbooks in the Encyclopedia Draconica, including the first release of a brand new playbook: The Orphan!

Here’s the update on Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1921129910/epyllion-a-dragon-epic-rpg/posts/2099599

This also means we won’t be approving new members, but we’ll tackle that when we get back!

This also means we won’t be approving new members, but we’ll tackle that when we get back!

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Happy Holidays!

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Make sure to get all your orders in before Dec 18th, as we’ll be out of the office during the holidays. Any orders that come in after December 18th will only be processed once we come back on January 8th of 2018.

Send in any questions you have for us, but we will only be returning emails after the 8th.

Look at my new dice bag !

Look at my new dice bag !

So, I print out playbooks in sets of six, bring them to conventions, then keep the leftovers and put them into my…

So, I print out playbooks in sets of six, bring them to conventions, then keep the leftovers and put them into my pool.

I have not scientifically gone back through all my Clutch sheets / games to record the most picked playbooks. However, it should come as no surprise that from my leftover pile, I can almost make four sets…

…Except the Daredevil.

First session advice, anyone?

First session advice, anyone? I know the book kinda covers this, but I’m feeling like I don’t have a grasp on how to easily come up with a hazard.

I’ve got three characters – a nature adept, a seer, and an academic. I’ve got a few things marked on the map, and some Fellowship stuff filled out on character sheets.

How do I get from this to creating and introducing a hazard without being all “So Elder Dragon Grendrik the Great needs you to…”?

When is the Encyclopedia Draconica happening? Things seem to have gone awfully quiet since Gen-con

Just a note – we’ve turned all our communities to Ask to Join, as there has been a flood of spam and bots.

Just a note – we’ve turned all our communities to Ask to Join, as there has been a flood of spam and bots. Don’t worry – we still want you!

Accounts without a profile pic are automatically rejected, but if you’re a real person who likes RPGs – you should be fine. And just let us know if you have any problems.

Anyone done any Roll20 playbook conversions or the like for Epyllion?

Anyone done any Roll20 playbook conversions or the like for Epyllion? I’m likely to be running a game of it soon, and I’m exploring my options in that regard.

Make Dragonia feel Dragonic

Make Dragonia feel Dragonic

That is the first agenda of the game, and the most specific to Epyllion.

And also the one I have the most trouble with. I am just not used to dragons being the good guys, probably 🙂

I find it quite difficult to depict a Dragonia that feels draconic.

I have started a campaign with my two boys, 8 and 12 years old. Aside from the different reasons that make the game a good choice to play with kids, I chose to try Epyllion with them because of the Friendship Gems, and the hope that it could help them taking good habits of friendly relations (instead of fighting and arguing and dirtytricksing all day long…).

They seem to have no problem picturing themselves as dragons, they have fleshed out their dragonselfs very well and always have a lot of amazing ideas each time I ask for things to build on. Most of the time I have to hit the brake after a few sentences so that we stay somewhat on track. I am amazed at how quickly they appropriated the idea of “mixed beasts” and how many wonderful creatures they have created 🙂

Right now, it is mostly working well, with a few sessions under our belt. I just try to prepare the description of a few dragons or beasts between each sessions and all the rest is taking shape dynamically.

Still, I feel a little uneasy as far a describing dragons, the houses of dragons, the cities of dragons, the lands and other inhabitants of Dragonia, and so forth. I am not quite used to describing a world without any humanoid bipeds in the primary roles. I feel like I use up ideas too quickly.

I think the main thing is that, in order for dragons to craft objects, or read books, they need to be a little more anthropomorphous than what is described in most fantasy literature (at least from what I have read). Like, they need to be able to sit, carry bags, put elbows on a desk in order to write, etc…

I have started looking for some fantasy literature showing the world from a dragon’s point of vue. My first, easy find was the dragon series from E.E Knight, which gives me a lot of ideas. But still, the dragons that are depicted can’t do a lot of things with their clawed paws. AuRon seems to be able to read humanoid books, but beside that he isn’t able to do much more than any quadruped.

I also found the adventures of Sir Benfro, written by J. D. Oswald. He describes a village of dragons, with houses and tables and everything. They seem to be able to do a lot of things, but the way they are depicted, they might as well be humanoids. There is nothing in the text that explicitly explains how they do all these things. If you jump to a random chapter narrated by Benfro, you couldn’t tell he is a dragon from the way his actions are depicted. He might as well be a human. Disappointing.

I would be glad to see any sharing of ideas and source of ideas about how would be a world of dragons like Dragonia 🙂