Creature Feature (5e): Rook
Outsiders are often struck with fear and awe at the Rooks. These mighty constructs are considered by many to be the grandest Pieces of the Kings; mobile fortresses that dwarf …
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Creature Feature (5e): Knight
The thumping of a Knight’s hooves is a frightful thing. The Board’s stone cracks under their step, sounding not unlike bone after bone breaking as they charge. The sound often …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Bishop
The Pieces worship the Game in exclusivity. They do not deny the existence of outside deities, nor even the possibility one such deity may have created their Game in the …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Pawn
The Pawns exist only for war. Only for service. It is not theirs to ask questions, to disobey. They march to destruction in the ecstasy that is obedience. There is …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): The King in White
White’s creation marked the beginning of the Game in more or less the form it is seen today. He was bold, innovative, and, although both will argue otherwise, equal in …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): The King in Black
King in Black’s creation marked the beginning of the Game, although it was very different back then. The Board was unscarred, with its hills and stone trees untouched by war …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): The Queen of the White Court
Outsiders are often confused by the nature of the Queens. The Pieces generally chalk this up, probably correctly, to the fact that many outsiders are from lands where royal ladies, …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): The Queen of the Black Court
There are stories of an ancient and forgotten place, a demiplane 800 miles by 800 miles across. Here there are pure white mountains and forests with trees whose leaves are …
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