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Corrupted Horn A coarse dagger, crudely shaped from the twisted horn of a demon-touched beast, which is unpleasantly cold to the touch. After a minute’s commune with the...
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“You know what the fellow said: In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and...
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Every day, another scribble. One day, maybe I’ll walk through here with a scalpel, excise the bits that turned out interesting despite the haphazard nature of the effort, and...
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Demonic Ember A fist-sized crystal, pale blue with flickering traces of red and orange, it feels quite warm to the touch. When the bearer clutches it in one hand and speaks the...
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As any of us who’ve spent enough time playing and reading about D&D know, Appendix N was Gary Gygax’s list of influential authors and works on his game. Classic sword & sorcery...
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Knockback Bolts These dense, black crossbow bolts have blunt tips, often fletched with white feathers for identification. A creature struck by a bolt is knocked back by (1d6)x5...
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Fossil Blade This sword, knapped from the petrified bone of an ancient beast, is razor-sharp and brittle, dealing +1 damage to attacks. Any target struck by the blade must save...
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Nautiloid Amplifier A coiled shell the size of a peach, traced with faint runes, which may be held against the ear while speaking a command word. For 10 minutes, the bearer...
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More maps, more keyed entries, more weirdness developing every day. A hideout for the Bloodeye Rats, where their mouse captives plead for release from our heroes. A small...
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Brittle Nature Cost: 3 HP / read as a major action, 4 HP (trained roll for Intelligence – HP cost) Weakens a nearby object or individual, causing all hard and sturdy parts to...
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Shield of Force Cost: 3 HP (trained roll for Intelligence – 3) A shimmering bubble of energy surrounds you, offering a degree of protection from physical harm. When you would...
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Bestial Aspect Cost: 2 HP / read as a major action, 3 HP (trained roll for Intelligence – HP cost) Touch a creature and grant them bestial fangs and claws which deal d6+1...
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Illusionist’s Chalk 1 HP. Creates a static visual illusion on a solid surface, up to 25 square feet per use. Lasts 8 hours, or until sufficiently smeared or wetted into...
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Voice Jar A delicate glass jar with a cork lid, etched all around with imagery of clouds. When opened, it can collect a single, short, spoken phrase, repeated back when the jar...
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Sparkle Salt A small pouch, tied with rainbow-dyed string, filled with very coarse salt crystals. When crushed, they emit flashes of multicolored light. When dissolved in...
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Eyes of Flame Brilliant red crystal lenses in copper frames. While worn, the bearer can see in near-infrared light, to the exclusion of all else, for up to ten minutes. This...
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Card of passage This delicate card, paper-thin, seemingly carved from ivory or bone, depicts a two-faced god. When pressed against a closed door (or equivalent), the bearer may...
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Crystal Bubble Breaking this delicate, 3-inch-diameter sphere instantly conjures a 10-foot-diameter bubble around the point of breakage. Any creatures within the area find...
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Toadstool soap This plum-sized lump of bitter and odd-smelling soap, when held in the mouth, allows the user to halve or double their size for as long as they can hold their...
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Magic is miraculous, the achievement of the impossible, the bending of reality, and not in the way that intense gravitational fields bend space-time. Which seems like magic,...
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Trickster’s Coin A mostly-heads coin which, when tossed, grants the bearer confidence and charm in an attempt to deceive, allowing a double-positive roll or other bonus at the...
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I don’t know about you, but I’m always on the lookout for new players who’ll enjoy sitting at the table. But I fully get that I live in a small town; that adult life is...
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Day by day, still keeping up, although I set aside the haphazard megadungeon on the first day of February. Instead, I’ve been exploring ideas for a notional Mausritter game,...
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Conjure a Case of Wine Cost: 1 HP (trained roll for Intelligence -1) Instantaneously create wine to fill up to a dozen bottles. Whitehack spells: anything you goddamn please....
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I recently nabbed a copy of Mausritter, back in print, with an eye toward the possibility of setting up RPG adventures for my kids. They’re fascinated by the almost-weekly D&D...
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Here we are, one month in, with pages of jumbled dungeon scrawl. What have we learned so far? If I don’t begin with a concept or other organizing principle, there will be...
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Spirit Candle A pale gray, finger-sized candle made of grave wax, with a wick of braided hair clipped from a body still hanging from the gallows. With the proper, whispered...
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Charm of Ghost Sight A plum-sized bone carving of a seven-looped twist. It is charred and blackened on one side, but remains intact. When used, it grants the bearer ten minutes...
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One little dungeon room each day, with a brief note to key it. No overarching idea, no theme yet developed. Just a few minutes each day, for as long as I can plod along. Have...
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Some pretty basic tools for a year-long project. A selection of pens I enjoy working with. A dot-grid notebook with sage cover. Lots of blank pages with a million possibilities.