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I've already mentioned Encounter Critical, but there's never enough crazy, right? I also found out about deadEarth, an RPG that (unlike EC) does take itself seriously, but...
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Useful, versatile and well-liked everywhere in the Galaxy, ray guns are a staple of space-faring adventurers. They are rather rare on Vanth outside of the God City, so having...
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I had really weird dreams these past few days. Here are two that make at lest some sort of sense when put to words. I'm working at the Ministry of Thought, except not in an...
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As you travel along the caravan trail in the Unchartable Woods, you will sometimes happen upon a group of foreigners from the west. Such Westlanders often ride steeds much more...
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d50 Trinkets A golden coin that has your face on it, along with the name of the current local ruler. The face changes with the ownership of the coin, and the name with...
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Browsing through the Encounter Critical blog ring, I noticed that many blogs linked there are, unfortunately, lost to the ages by now. However, I also found several newer blogs...
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My girlfriend decided to think up some magic items that she would definitely need as a sorceress. So here they are, some fashionable trinkets and useful paraphernalia you could...
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Unless you want to be rather hard in your cosmic sci-fi game, you will need a spaceship that can zip between star systems. Instead of giving everyone some generic FTL drive,...
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This is an expanded bestiary for Abyss of Damned Souls, though you could use the bogeymen in any game. They used to be human, but they lost so much they could either die or...
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I submitted an entry to the 200 Word RPG Challenge. It's basically a card-based deck-building RPG. Sort of. From here. It is intended for 1 game master (the Abyss) and 1+...
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There was nothing but darkness full of hungry, horrible things. As they drew ever closer, I screamed in terror: "Let there be light!" And there was light. And I saw that the...
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From here. Broken sword (d3 damage) An ancient, filthy arming sword, shattered so that only a short stump of the blade remains. The party will find it in a chest of rotten...
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New IVAN release is out! Get it here. Changes: Add Black Market, an end-game shop to spend all your excess gold in. Add game lore and fiction to the Doc folder. Magic helmets...
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I ran a superhero* one-shot using the Super: Brains & Brawn one-page ruleset. The rules are quite solid for a short, free-form game, and offer a simple resolution for nearly...
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I like randomized starting gear much more than letting the players buy it from a boring shopping list. The table below was made for Encounter Critical, but should be...
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Here are some sites and sights your players could find in the yellow and red zones of the Unchartable Woods. d50 Encounters in the Unchartable Woods A well. Old and...
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There is a saying in Vanth, that lost things travel west, until they eventually all reach the so called Unchartable Woods. This wide swathe of forest stretches along the...
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Most demons worth their Evil have teleport without error, and actually most Outsiders and powerful magical beings in general will have some form of teleportation, as instant...
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Reading through the rulebook of Encounter Critical, I happened upon several rules that I wouldn't mind in the least to see adapted in other games. Low Attributes, High Skills...
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"Don't press the button," the scientist screamed, "or we'll get..." "Don't press the button," the scientist screamed, "or we'll get..." "Don't press the button," the scientist...
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Encounter Critical is a science fantasy role-playing game designed by Hank Riley and Jim Ireland from Racine, Wisconsin and published in early 1978 by Battle Star Games. When...
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Here is a sneak peak on what I'm currently working on for IVAN. (Click on the pictures to enlarge them.) If you ever survived to the late game with a purse full of gold and...
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Alternate and enhanced senses can add interesting, non-numeric bonuses to the PCs, or a little flavour to an alien or monster. Add these to your mutation table. Superhuman...
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What you all need right now is a bit of TRUE SCIENTIFIC REALISM in the form of a d100 mutations table for Encounter Critical. The table is of course applicable to any other...
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The ritual was apparently working perfectly, but the summoning circle not so much. The electric candles flared and one after another flickered out. Ariman'ja looked over the...
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Here are four more patrons for the cultists of the Thousand Gods Heresy. Woe shall be to those who stand against the tide. Ahazu, the Seizer in the Dark It is pitch black....
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Maybe you want a traditional vampire, but with a little bit of randomness sprinkled in. Maybe you just want to stop the sparkling... d30 Vampire Weaknesses Animosity: Most...
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NSFW warning. When I think about sword & sorcery spellcasters, I imagine evil high priests invoking their incomprehensible gods, or mad sorcerers working their cruel rituals....
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Inspired by Dune, of course. Dune is the best. Flux shields are a rare piece of pre-Turn technology sometimes found in the ruined government vaults and military bases lost...
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Do you have any recommended 'things that might give you random psychic powers' ideas? - Ezra Bloom Sure!Some of the entries below are more suited for a fantasy setting, some...