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On the ring since 2026-05-25
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These are all the magic swords in the world. Munemasa: -2 Sword. The wielder takes 1d6 damage from insults. If they roll a natural 20 they cut their own head off. The head...
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So you wanna build a hexcrawl kid? In the online spaces I travel the hex crawl has become one of the most common formats suggested for structuring a campaign. There's a lot of...
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I've been working on getting my next campaign, Gold Horizon, all slick and cottonmouthed up—it's what the cool kids are doing. In short cottonmouth is about: Laws, not rules...
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Lilith She is pale and wonderful, with lips painted a striking violet. Her black hair falls in a torrent round her body, then trails behind her like a dress; it conceals 8...
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Food. Eat. Plate. Father. ChefAttribute Requirement: Constitution 14 Prime Attribute: Constitution Alignment: N Weapon and Armor Allowed: Any; leather armor and shields Saves:...
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Every year there are a slew of RPG challenges. For 2026 this right here is the main one: that's right, you're reading the biggest RPG challenge of the year. In Campaign 2026...Linked by the ring
- Posting Ls: Dolmenwood 2026 Unturned Hovel
- Campaign 2026 Intro: Sloops Upon the Salt Uncanny Ramblings
- Four Brief Arguments for Session Reports Idraluna Archives
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- Patchwork Newsletter (Vol 2, Issue 1) Patchwork Paladin
- Campaign 2026: Crow's Keep and Boasting with the Boys Grendel's Stepdad
- Campaign 26 Lair of the Dusk Witch
- Campaign 26: By these Wolves I Rule! The Black Citadel
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Writers often focus first on character traits, motivations, quirks, and other externalized elements of their person. These interact directly with the plot; hence even...Linked by the ring
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I recently wrapped up running Devil’s World Heroes after 30 sessions of fast and frenetic gaming action. Like Jenx, a player in this campaign, I've written about some of the...
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I've been slowly working on Super NatheQuest for a few months now. This here is a super secret Advanced Class: the Assassin. AssassinAttribute Requirement: Dexterity 12 &...
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In the year 3000 the world descended into global war. Even the children of politicians were given guns and made to fight. Everybody killed everybody else; every nation poured...
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You know blonde Borg, don't you? He wears his hair in one long braid, because his people are from beyond the eastern plains. He killed the twin Ogres, claimed the prized...Linked by the ring
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There are three wheels which spin round and round: heat, cold, and sky. The world is made up of these base energies; to understand them is to understand humanity and history of...Linked by the ring
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The 18th in a series of masks, started here. I was tagged by Katt who wrote a damn slick and sick mask! This is the mask that brims with power, made from crystal cut stone. It...Linked by the ring
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I briefly ran a 5e campaign that changed to a B/X based game after 10 or so sessions. We used the Gritty Realism rules (Short rest = 1 day, Long rest = 1 week) and I found it...
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Hark! I have returned for more wonderful adventures! I, the 3rd Level Fighter Tiramisu, travelled to a wet wasteland and found there a dungeon known for its statues. So, I...Linked by the ring
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Once Godlings from heavens walked the Earth, and stewarded mankind; then, a princess charmed one of the Nephilim and learned from him the art of weapon making. This was the...
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(Orc recipe from Grendel's Stepdad) Hatred ever labours in Earth's yawning bowels to build Orc: that multifarious tyrant that scourges mankind in shadowed places, and kills...
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Strange tribes of headless men stalk the hinterlands and hunt the great beasts of the world. Humans taken by the Blemee are first decapitated, then have their heads displayed...
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(Skeleton/Zombie and Lich inspired by ideas taken from the bad doctor) There are many ways in which the dead rise. The body, untethered to a soul, is dangerous for it no longer...
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I want to start recording the books I read. Those in bold are recommended, italicized are rereads. (I do not remember every book I read on this year) Stoner - John Williams The...
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Truth-telling is existential in its effect. If someone where to say "I am a Bear" and it was so, they would forever be a Bear. Seemings allow one to mask what they are, but...
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Newt's truth-telling is an excellent take on magic. It concerns the truth, so what about the falsehoods of Faeries? The system below is meant to be paired with the art of...
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Snakes were too terrible for the sea, and driven from the waters onto land. They can climb, swim, and squeeze through small cracks all with ease and do, to hunt and torture...
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The eyes of the Moose are sad because they remember everything they've seen. Those memories are encoded in rings inside their antlers that stretch year over year even as their...
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There is no more noble creature than the Lion, that with its great beard. They lead haughty Lionesses and must always conduct themselves with pride—to act a coward is to be...
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It is possible to tell if a man is really a Fox. It's the way they smirk at nearly any joke, try as they might to repress the laughter. Travel with one, and you'll find it eats...
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Bears are born as unformed lumps. Over months, their mothers lick them into shape and show them how they ought to prowl about. Lords covet bears in their unformed state—they...
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The system below is to be paired with Luke Gearing's Obligations. This is a world where words hold great power. Vows— A Vow is a promise made in exchange for power. Once sworn,...Linked by the ring
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Here are some of the things Wolves do. Their howls echo down through vales, ring around trees, and fill the sky; a single Wolf sounds like 1d6 Wolves. In this way packs instil...
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A talented student may learn the Doll Making arts with 1d6 months spent immersed in the love of form, otherwise this process takes 1d6 years. Another period of study in the...Linked by the ring