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Last Sunday, the 24th, Nathan ran the first session of his Evil Labyrinth: Of Gods and Monsters campaign, a very "back to basics" arcade style game where we begin with dungeon...
This Week
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Jenx is a nameSpecifically, the name of a character that I have played for years in various free-form RP games, as well as forum based offshoots of those games, in...
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I have been wanting to do a Caveman class in homage to NetHack for a while, and finally got around to it. Big inspiration is the Chef class from Nathan's Super-NatheQuest, as...
Last Week
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The Crownless Company deal the final blow to the Open Sores Orc Gang in Stonehell's first floor. Party Members Tina the Titanic - Level 5 Fighter Telperion Desh - Level 5...
Earlier
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The group explore the rest of of the forgotten wizard's laboratory and come out of it with a lot of magical loot as a result. Party Members Tina the Titanic - Level 4 Fighter...
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Played today in Mr.Mann's ongoing 1000 Statues game on the GCB OSR Discord server. The Party Misha the Wide (Myself) - Level 3 War Bear Liam Putterbaugh (brawgur) - Level 4...
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A mask made out of a delicate mesh of still living saplings. When placed over one's face the mask merges with you and vanishes. You are now perceived by everyone as a member of...
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With Captain Nasty as a guide, the party make it to the Kobold Market, strike some deals and also discover the secret entrance into the wizard's laboratory that they were...
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Tiny Tina and Telperion go on a side mission to find out what has happened with Coal the Bear, and end up recruiting a down on their luck gang of bandits. Party Members Tiny...
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OverviewVoid Stalkers are spies and assassins for the Elemental Lords. When a being angers the rulers of the elemental kind, but is too powerful or too evasive to simply...
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A being made out of raw meat and magic. Inspired by a conversation about classes that strictly require low attributes. The Meat GolemAttribute Requirements: No attribute higher...Linked by the ring
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The party finish exploring the first quarter of Stonehell's level 1 and lose one of their war dogs and Sinthia (again). Party Members Tiny Tina - Level 2 Cleric Telperion Desh...
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Disclaimer: To any of my players who might read this, please note that while there aren't any major secrets below, this post is broadly speaking not for you and I would...
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The party do some more mapping, have a tense fight on two fronts, encounter a potential friend and finally find the stairs down to level 2. Party Members Tiny Tina - Level 2...
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The Crownless Company clear out the Gatehouse from goblins, at the cost of some of their hirelings. Party Members Tiny Tina - Level 1 Cleric Telperion Desh - Level 2 Magician...
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The party engages in some very profitable tomb robbing and gets in a bunch of fights. Party Members Tina the Titanic - Level 2 Martial Artist Sneaky Jan - Level 3 Thief...
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The Crownless Company has two new members, and spend most of the session fighting against orcs. Party Members Tina the Titanic - Level 1 Martial Artist Vaco Adjacent - Level 1...
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The party spend some time exploring the valley outside of Stonehell and score some decent treasure. Party Members Tina the Titanic - Level 1 Martial Artist Vaco Adjacent -...
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The party gain a name have some unfortunate encounters with some enemies and make a pretty big score. Party Members Tina the Titanic - Level 1 Martial Artist Telperion Desh -...
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So, with the Bloggies happening again there was talk on discord regarding the nominees and what it is people actually want to see in blog posts. Idraluna Archives made a post...Linked by the ring
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Today was the first session of what I hope to be my Campaign 26 game. Party Members Tina the Titanic - Level 1 Martial Artist Grimthorpe - Level 1 Thief Recknik the Weary -...
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To say that there was a "winner" of the Wizard Wars is probably giving everyone involved too much credit, but as the world-warping conflict finally settled into an uneasy cold...
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Everybody's Doing It! So now I am too. Blame Nathan for this. One does not go out seeking martial arts in order to become more humble, more mundane, more normal and human. The...
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A topic discussed several times on and off on discord has been foundational texts (be it books, comics, movies, TV shows, whatever) that people have been exposed to as children...
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I wrote one of these back in 2023, after spending a year writing a bunch of blog posts. I did not write as much this year, and even less so back in 2024 (which is why I skipped...
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Every Sunday for the last [number] months over on the Gay OSR Discord server Bateman has been running a weekly D&D campaign called Devil's World Heroes, which I had the honor...
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I am posting the backgrounds I used in my Zandan megadungeon, as people seem to generally like those. You can also find them HERE in the player's document, but this is going to...
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As mentioned in the last session report, that was (unless I change my mind), the last session of my Zandan megadungeon campaign. There are various reasons for that, and I will...
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Characters Hoot (Owl Primal Chaos Worshiper) Brick (Ogre Bogatyr) Reynaert (Fox Journalist) Bruno (War Bear Beggar) Session RecapRecruiting Bruno the beggar, a down on his luck...
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OverviewOk time to finish up Dungeon of the Bear, see if any actual bears will show up as a motif (we've got....like half of one so far on Floor 1) and see what other...