Faceted Search: Fiction

“Torture is never about answers. Torture is about the breaking of one will and the triumph of another. It’s a subtle, intimate, erotic interplay of heretic and inquisitor, warden and prisoner, fiend and petitioner, you and I.”A hand brushed deli ...

Article - Shemeska the Ma... - 2008-07-04 20:03 - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Here's a link to a story I wrote a few years ago about a battle in the war of ideas in Sigil, a dangerous game that can damage souls as surely as a sword wounds flesh... http://www.bukisa.com/articles/209161_the-planar-debating-club ...

Forum Topic - Samloyal23 - 2010-01-03 07:51 - 7 comments - 0 attachments

The air was thick, almost like dirty water, and the guests were more than fitting: Demonic creatures, mephits, even a steam elemental. As one of the rare mortals, Alluenith felt like he'd die any moment - whether more probable by suffocating or ...

Article - joyblood - 2008-07-04 20:03 - 4 comments - 0 attachments

I am a proud citizen of Imaskar, the Empire of Portals. You've neverheard of it, I presume? I thought not, but it was famous once. Listen,please, to my story, a tale of epic foolishness and tragedy.   With our empire so vast, stretching across ...

Article - ripvanwormer - 2008-07-04 19:53 - 4 comments - 0 attachments

"You come to me seeking wisdom. Know, that everything I am going to tell you is a lie. Know, that even if I knew the truth, I could not speak of it. Know, that no matter what you do to me, my words will remain the same, for they ar ...

Article - Zadara the Titan - 2011-08-13 15:03 - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Dear Clueless, We've decided to ask for the insights of the greater interwebs in progressing on Dicefreaks' latest setting. Since it's linked to our own alternate Great Wheel cosmology (which is not all too dissimilar from Planescape), you were ...

Forum Topic - Jaerc - 2010-12-22 19:36 - 4 comments - 0 attachments

The first war was begun by the first of the fiends. On leathery wings they rose from their first home in the Gray Waste, dripping gore and spiritual slime, hungry as only a new-hatched thing can be. They rose to devour the Upper Planes, which were ...

Article - ripvanwormer - 2008-07-04 19:49 - 5 comments - 0 attachments

This is my attempt to spark interest in the demodands, who I feel are somewhat ignored in D&D. This is the introduction and Part I of an ongoing essay collection. This is my attempt to spark interest in the demodands, who I feel are som ...

Article - sciborg2 - 2011-06-22 18:11 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Hello everyone, I hope the title wasn't intimidating, I really only have the beginnings of an idea, I'm going to be making it up as I type. Not that the setting of Planescape is stagnent, but I need a new spin on it. ~ Picture a differen ...

Forum Topic - TheSky - 2010-07-31 10:50 - 15 comments - 0 attachments

The Four Ways Of Knowing are represented by the Archetypes of The Challenger (senses & undertaking), The Thinker (reason & language), The Shaman (feeling & alternative states), and The Mystic (intuition & sacred silence). Each ...

Forum Topic - Yemeth - 2010-07-26 03:56 - 8 comments - 0 attachments