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Previously in Nightwick...This week's adventurers:Blossom (Rogue 6)Mayfly (Magician 5)Mechtilde (Fighter 5)Liminal Space (Changeling 4)Krupe (Cleric 3)Voorhis (Fighter 2)Poppy...
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Yeah, no feelin'AN ORIGIN STORYIn the latest session of Where Hell Comes To Prey my Nightwick Abbey campaign, the players made an interesting gamble. Two players decided to...Linked by the ring
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I think for 2024 and beyond I will try to start running a microblog collection of RPG posts that I find and like. Microblogging I feel is one thing that is not quite bridged...
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ill: Fernando FJLIll-met and hell-wrecked are these haunted halls of Nightwick Abbey. And now after years of wandering its menagerie of hubris, I too sit in one of its many...
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SiblingsIn December, I finished Doom Guy: Life in First Person by John Romero. I highly recommend the book in large part because it captures and conveys what its like to be...Linked by the ring
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A still-life painting might be a great source for these tablesI currently use a d66 "I Search The Body" table in my Serpent Song DM pamphlet. It's a classic of the OSR. Players...Linked by the ring
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Previously in Nightwick...This week's adventurers:Blossom (Rogue 5)Mayfly (Magician 5)Mechtilde (Fighter 4)Yevegniy the Coward (Cleric 4)Verinka (Changeling 3)Cherwe (Cleric...
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I never feel that I have a good handle on retrospectives and I don't have awards to give out yet, so instead let me talk about an RPG goal that I have in 2024 given it is the...Linked by the ring
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I've recently completed the first level of my "wine dungeon", run it for 12 sessions, and finally have strong thoughts coalescing for a level 2. Given that next year will be...
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Couldn't help making a book cover for the campaign usingthe King story that in part inspired Nightwick, Rose RedFinished our 76th Session of Nightwick Abbey and that session...
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I like this illo because it looks like the heads are singingSince running the "More Wine!", the wine cellar-turned-dungeon, I have been collecting various tables & rules that I...
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Found this from some notebooks I had. Dated around 2016 which I think was when I was just getting an inkling about the OSR.I love a good cleric class because they should be...
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What self-respecting old-school blog would be complete without a carousing table? This is part of an effort to build my own pamphlet DMG, The Serpent Song Hymnal, which is a...Linked by the ring
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More microblogging from the scrap pile.I think the following might be one of the single best things I've written to make a BX monster seem fresh:➽ Monster Shaggy Humanoids:...Linked by the ring
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In an effort to "microblog" more and just get ideas out there, I've been going back through fragments of post not-yet-complete. May be a good setting for OD&D or pending the...
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A last reflection on my con experience a few months back. Never hit post so thought I'd get it up later than "never".CON Games are an interesting species of game to me because...
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In the sun-soaked isles this week, my regular character Skleras is taking a bit of a rest after losing his hand to a geo-thermal vent. So, I rolled up two additional characters...
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Previously...Level 4!Blossom (Rogue 5)Mayfly (Magician 4)Mechtilde (Fighter 4)Yevegniy the Coward (Cleric 4)Verinka (Changeling 3)Cherwe (Cleric 3)Liminal Space (Changeling...
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Session 71. What. A. Nightmare.Tonight, on a very special Weeknights in Nightwick, the party learns that despite having felled giants with fireballs and possessing the sword of...
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Great illo from the Pyramid of the UndyingLast Friday I was asked to run a game of D&D over pizza and beer. A classic pairing and impossible to say "no" to. The hosting couple...
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Jesper MyrforsApparently, one thing I really like is strange moons and in particular, those that, like a Cuckoo bird, have displaced the native moon. Here is a quick set-up...
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REAPERCON 2023: Great fun! This was my second time going and I had an even better time than in 2022. If you found me and chatted, you got this ribbon: Moldvay Basic 1981Classes...
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Attending REAPERCON 2023; since the dissolution of PAX South, this and NTRPGCON are my nearest gatherings of nerdom. Here are just some quick thoughts:While being part of the...
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I got a text from a friend of mine that they were going to play their first game of D&D with 3 other people of which the designated DM has only played 1-2 times before.Although...Linked by the ring
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art: Mark TedinOne of the most frustrating questions for me to read is, "Is X-OSR system compatible with Y-OSR adventures?" or "Can I use BX rules with AD&D modules?" or "Can I...
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MORE WINE!: Session 6The general setup is here. But I have not recorded the first 3 sessions; previously... I have skipped session 5 where the party has completed 2/3 of the...
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Over on Discord, I got into a discussion about the link in this older post that discussed the power of loops to make dungeons interesting. And I generally still think that is...Linked by the ring
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You did this to me!One of the neatest mechanics from InPlacesDeep's Nightwick Abbey that I have experienced is that PCs who are killed and left in the dungeon tend to return as...Linked by the ring
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We return to the isles of Cuccagna where Skleras (C3) and the party are exploring Serpentona.Upon arrival, we found a town devoid of inhabitants except for womenSkleras offers...
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MORE WINE!: Session 4The general setup is here. But I have not recorded the first 3 sessions.Returning once more to Aeolos' cellar are the following:Captain Buffet Dwarf...