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There was an interesting question on Twitter about what is the best system for running The Green Knight. say any because at the core of the story is a simple question: Are...
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We return to the cleric campaign! Previously the PCs had negotiated some blue mushrooms for the return of an obedientary's soul.THE CALL OF THE WILDThe map outlines their...
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Previously...A IS FOR ABBEY AND WE BEGIN THEREBack in the confines of the Abbey, Brother Cadfael and Phelius have enjoyed their minor celebrity. The abbey has continued to...
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MC ESCHERMatt Colville posted on Twitter recently that this generation of 5e players doesn't have a good sense of what a dungeon crawl is versus just adventuring in a dungeon....
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Moldvay Basic (1981)These questions were from a Reddit post found here. I thought it would be good to answer them as a way to explore my own thinking on BX D&D. And since they...
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PART I HERE 19) 'Wishing for more wishes: this will result in an infinite time loop, putting the character out if play.' Is the game saying that characters asking for infinite...
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Return to the "super cleric bros. campaign", we left the PC standing in a hallway by the statue of the St. of Sleep (previous session here). And a riddle: I sleep behind the...
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I just want to point out this nice post from BX BLACKRAZOR about the calculation of experience based on prime requisite scores. Which is based on another post on...
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A return to the cleric campaign! Previous sessions here.Try to add DM Notes like this.The current state of the Ossuary. Each result is the mechanical class (in-game...
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Michah UlrichIn my current home campaign, each cleric according to the 90 + 10 Edict must have a sponsor in the Abbey in order to reside there and maintain good standing....
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AZLN the Lion of LightMore from the on-going cleric campaign started here.SESSION THREEThe Abbot still pushing the completion of the Ossuary, but this time the PCs have the...
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In my current BX game, both of my players have rolled clerics. Now, I didn't want to have to build a whole pantheon or build too much around those characters because-- BX...Linked by the ring
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In my current game of D&D (LINK), my two players have both rolled up clerics. In an effort to both provide an objective for dungeon delving and bring domain-level play to lower...Linked by the ring
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I decided recently to approach my brother and nephew about playing a D&D game online since we all are scattered across 3 states of the US and span 30 years of time.Two key...
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What is a Call of Cthulhu game? Like what is the structure or nature of it? Maybe a better question is what do people expect of it? It must be a few things because there is...
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Henry Heart survives his 3rd investigation; the sheet barely did.RECENTLYIn the previous investigation sheet post, I outlined how I thought Sean's sheet could be used to help...
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KNOCK! Vol.1 from The Merry MushmenIs KNOCK! the best RPG thing of 2021? Could very well be. Do you need it? Yes! Its worth 100% of the money. This is a collection of blog...
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Does the investigator on the right just think this all is a bad black mold infestation? Too calm...Recently, a friend started a pandemic Call of Cthulhu campaign with me using...
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So what is law & order for an anachronistic European-esque generic fantasy setting? I've thought about this since reading A Time Traveler's Guild to Medieval Europe. It's a...
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Dyson's Delve: The Original Mini Mega Dungeon (2019)SETUP: Partner occasionally likes to role-play a little bit and asked if we could have something set up so whenever the...
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Picture by the author himself Jon PetersonPeterson's editors must have held strong behind their shotguns and shield walls to force a much slimmer volume out of him. But it...
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Not surprising that Goblin Punch can whip up awesome potions for use in-game. One of Castle Xyntillan's charming features is that standard dungeon potions are remixed as...
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My previous Into The Breach post here, where I harp on the beauty of objectives: https://icastlight.blogspot.com/2019/04/objectives-for-combat-beyond-kill.htmlHere is Chris...
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This is a good post about the seasons and moons of Carcosa. I like the post because I don't think enough is done with seasons and astronomy in RPGs. They are some of the...
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And like that amber-encased mosquito in Jurassic Park, my little idea's DNA spawns a monster by Patrick's Jon Hammond-like hand. Behold Amber...
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From Throne of Salt: The First & Last Dynasty of MUhttp://throneofsalt.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-first-and-last-dynasty-of-mu.htmlFrom Hack & Slash: What To Do With A Dragon...
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Gus L. of Dungeon of Signs fame wrote four short essays on aspects of older editions of D&D (Alignment, Reaction Rolls/Morale, Asymmetrical Encounters, & Faction Intrigue) that...
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In an earlier post, I outlined the character sheet that I created for my Castle Xyntillian (great module) online-game. Like the character sheet, I wanted this one to be...
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What is old is new to someone else, especially if you are a new blogger in the old-school D&D scene.Great post from Against the Wicked City outlining 100 items for old-school...
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Last time I wrote about the overloaded encounter die (OED) and "dungeon weather". Another reason I like the OED is that once a DM completely fleshes it out, you have a pretty...