{"id":412,"date":"2024-11-30T17:47:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T17:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/?p=412"},"modified":"2025-07-26T11:43:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T09:43:49","slug":"brimstone-wytchbane-a-very-brief-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/index.php\/2024\/11\/30\/brimstone-wytchbane-a-very-brief-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Brimstone &amp; Wytchbane: A Very Brief Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69fb3d9feae9e&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69fb3d9feae9e\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1148\" height=\"850\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/wytchbane_background.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/wytchbane_background.png 1148w, https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/wytchbane_background-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/wytchbane_background-1024x758.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/wytchbane_background-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/wytchbane_background-676x501.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1148px) 100vw, 1148px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past few weeks I have been working on an RPG setting that is in part influenced by folk horror, Clark Ashton Smith&#8217;s Averoigne and Robert E. 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