Iam Pace
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Iam Pace
@ipace.bsky.social
Research assistant and editor.

And, long ago, I won some neat awards while writing for Dr. Ed Madison, Erik Bender, and Miranda Anderson.

I usually post about real-world locations and objects that offer inspiration for games and stories.
On the cold shore Loch Shiel waits a lonely tower, a monument to one of the many struggles for the English crown (1745).

Glenfinnan Monument offers ideas for a wizard's tower or watchtower in #ttrpg games & #writing.

#dnd #art #writingcommunity
📷️: Stuart Mckay; Gary Saddler; & Nigel Cole
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
At the edge of the Danube River stands a rocky spur, a crag on which the 14th-century ruins of Golubac fortress rest.

The fort traces its history to that of a Roman outpost and offers ideas for locations in #ttrpg games & #writing.

#dnd #art #writingcommunity
📷️: Nikolas Kolis & Nikola Kojević
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The Dark Hedges (Na Fálta Dorcha; Ireland) is a lonely road leading into a beech forest, and the tangle of branches overhead weaves a cathedral-like canopy of arched boughs.

#dnd #art #writingcommunity #ttrpg #writing
📷️: Stephen Emerson; Adrian Chandler; Maggy Morrissey; & Colette Cannataro
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
With lofty walls of white ashlar and crowned with conical towers, Château de Pierrefonds (France) looks like it rose from the pages of Arthurian legend.

The château offers location ideas for #ttrpg games & #writing.

#dnd #art #writingcommunity
📷️: Marcel; Elsa Cyril; & Idarvol
December 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
From the narrow reaches of a rocky shore stretches an ancient bridge, battered by wind and waves. It leads to Gaztelugatxeko Doniene, a 10th-century hermitage atop a lonely islet.

The location offers ideas for #ttrpg games & #writing.

#dnd #art #writingcommunity
📷️: Jabi Sanz & Andy Roberts
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
An evening mist tide sweeps over Sacra di San Michele and Mount Pirchiriano (Italy). The lights of the Roman-fort-turned monastery ignite the fog from within, a silent flame in the ebbing twilight.

The site offers ideas for #ttrpg games & #writing.

#dnd #art #writingcommunity
📷️: Valerio Minato
November 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Yellow Mountains (Huangshan) are a vast swathe of karst peaks, immense spires of rock erupting from a sea of mist.

Once called “Yishan,” the region was renamed during Emperor Xuanyuan's fabled pursuit of alchemy.

#dnd #ttrpg #fantasy #writing #china #history
📷️: Max Rive & Andreas Skielboe
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Bastei Bridge integrates the natural spires of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains into its architecture.

Bastei means bastion, and the bridge was once part of a fort.

The mountain bridge offers ideas for dwarven #architecture in #fantasy #writing & #dnd / #ttrpg.

📷️: André Alexander & Michel Struhárová
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Set amongst the many isles within an artificial lake is the medieval fortress complex of Castle De Haar.

Destroyed in 1482, the castle was rebuilt and expanded.

A medieval compound spread across closely packed islands offers ideas for #fantasy #writing & #dnd / #ttrpg games.

📷️: Giulio Groebert
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Towering from roiling mists are the sharp, sheer cliffs of the Lofoten archipelago (Norway), which stand in stark contrast to the rolling sea lapping at their edges.

Such a location offers ideas for exploration in #fantasy #writing & #dnd / #ttrpg games.

📷️: Giulio Groebert
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Within Salina Turda (Transylvania) are massive chambers hewn from the earth deep below.

The salt mine dates to antiquity and has been converted into a tourist attraction replete with restaurants and offers ideas for a dwarven city in #fantasy #writing & #dnd / #ttrpg games.

📷️: National Geographic
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
As evening comes, the wind strikes the snow from a mountaintop, sending the frost whirling heavenward before the setting sun ignites the flurry with the colors of fire.

The sun refracting through wind-whipped snow can set the mood for travel in #fantasy #writing.

#dnd #ttrpg
📷️: wegotravel_8 세계 풍경
November 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Near the village of Watkins Glen weaves a 400-foot-deep gorge flowing with waterfalls dancing amongst pools of clear water.

Stone footbridges and paths cut into the very rock bring visitors to the ravine.

#dnd #ttrpg #fantasy #writing
📷️: Pure Passion Photography; Markus Bar; & Stephanie B.
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Resting in the village of Bukowina Tatrzanska is a house built by Polish architect Sebastian Piton.

Informed by fairytales and folklore, Sebastian engraved amongst the fine timbers intricate symbols inspired by Polish myths and culture.

#dnd #dnd5e #ttrpg #fantasy #writing
📷️: Sebastian Piton
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Upon a woodland hilltop Wallace Monument stands in Gothic splendor. At festive moments, its stone edifice is awash with a variegated glow in the night.

The Stirland folly offers ideas for a wizard's tower or eerie ruin in #fantasy #writing & #dnd.

#dnd5e #ttrpg
📷: Barry Hughes & Stuart Mckay
November 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Nestled between snow-crowned peaks are the icy-blue waters of Lake Erskine.

The remote alpine lake is located in New Zealand's Fiordland National Park at 1,340 meters and offers ideas for exploration in #fantasy #writing & #dnd.

#dnd5e #ttrpg
📷: Chance Allred; Ryan Resatka; & Rach Stewart
November 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
On the verge of the arctic circle is a hole hewn into the stone of a Lac de Gras island.

The Diavik Diamond Mine exudes more than 3,500 lb. of diamonds annually.

Such a site offers ideas for exploration in #fantasy #writing & #dnd.

#dnd5e #ttrpg
📷: Dr. John Bullas; Rio Tinto Group; & Fred Lum
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A humble islet is home to a modest building that has safely guided ships and sailors for more than 150 years.

The Pokonji Dol Lighthouse (Croatia) stands watch off the shore of Hvar Island.

A tower upon an island offers ideas for #fantasy #writing & #dnd.

#dnd5e #ttrpg
📷: Alen Vrbos & WNDRLUST
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
A massive crest of stone cuts through the high desert of New Mexico. The ridge leads to an inselberg named Tsé Bitʼaʼí, "rock with wings," in Navajo, towering over the arid landscape.

Curious rock formations offer ideas for #fantasy #writing & exploration in #dnd.

#dnd5e #ttrpg
📷: Ronald Söthje
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
A twilight mist floods the forest around Alnwick Castle, leaving the castle's towers like islands in a sea of violet.

The 11th-century Northumberland fortress was the location for 𝐷𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑦.

A castle in a twilight forest offers ideas for #fantasy #writing & #dnd.

#dnd5e #ttrpg
📷: Jim Scott
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Polish wildlife photographer Igor Siwanowicz carefully cultivated mushrooms upon books to create living art.

The position of the fungi implies that they are sprouting from the pages, as though some ancient magic is escaping from the tome.

#dnd #dnd5e #ttrpg #fantasy #writing
📷️: Igor Siwanowicz
November 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
These gorgeous images of the Patagonian mountains evoke a deep sense of wanderlust, of navigating mysterious wilds.

Sometimes, bringing the verisimilitude of travel to players requires not but evocative descriptions that instill life and history.

#dnd #dnd5e #ttrpg #fantasy #writing
📷️: Max Rive
November 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Built into a massive cliff overlooking the forests of Paro Valley, Taktsang Monastery (Bhutan) connects to a cavern network known as the Tiger's Nest that weaves throughout the mountains.

#dnd #dnd5e #ttrpg #fantasy #writing
📷: Tom Anderson; Vinayaraj; Bernard Gagnon; & Subhadeep Mondal
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Constructed in the 13th century to protect Glamorgan, Caerphilly Castle dominates an island within an artificial lake.

As the largest castle in Wales, the fortress saw extensive fighting throughout its life.

#dnd #dnd5e #ttrpg #fantasy #writing #history
📷: Hawlfraint y Goron & cadw.gov.wales
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
From its vantage on a spur-like island in a dark vale, the 12th-century Eltz Castle (Germany) watches the evening fog roll through the autumn woods.

A tall castle in a dark forest offers ideas for #fantasy #writing & #dnd, especially this #Halloween season.

#dnd5e #ttrpg
📷: Carl T. Loveall
November 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM