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I have many thoughts swimming around in my head. What do these airy sprites whisper to me? When you run or play a roleplaying game you can do anything you want. "Ref... I want...Linked by the ring
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Barthes writes that “in Aristotelian poetics, the notion of characters is secondary, entirely subordinated to the notion of plot. There can be fables without characters,...
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The party has completed their first major goal in our Wolves Upon the Coast campaign. We've had 5 major sessions, and 2 duet sessions, and a lot has happened. So much so that I...
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Earlier today, Havoc and I briefly spoke about gentlemen wizards. I've been running RPGs for many years at this point, but have only really been playing in them for maybe 1...
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My friends and I began playing Wolves Upon the Coast in the Rainbow-OSR server. This session report will focus less on game events and more on my thoughts. Players: Jenx -...
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Players: Nathan (me!) - Ascellus Tirimasu/Fighter L3 and Moid Belunky/Fighter L2 Ags - Mauler/Doberman Fighter L1 Ninja - Peglegs/Fighter L1 zygocact - Alon Light/Magic User L1...
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Today I completed a bestiary of all the monsters from beloved NES game Legacy of Zoglo. While this currently only includes monsters from the first game, I will update the...
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Players: Nathan (me!) - Ascellus Tirimasu/Fighter L2 Ags - Mauler/Doberman Fighter L1 Jesus Milk - Sparkles Wit'tully/Cleric L1 Kirko - Hrothgar/Fighter L1 MrHorizon - Centaur...
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Players: Nathan (me!) - Ascellus Tirimasu/Fighter L2 and Moid Belunky/Fighter L1 Ags - Geaucoux Cacarot/Fighter L3 My thirst for adventure knows no bounds! Indeed, I will have...
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Players: Nathan (me!) - Ascellus Tirimasu/Fighter L2 and Moid Belunky/Fighter L1 Jesus Milk - Sparkles Wit'tully/Cleric L1 Kirko - Hrothgar/Fighter L1 Ags - Mauler/Doberman...
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Players: Nathan (me!) - Ascellus Tirimasu/Fighter L1 and Moid Belunky/Fighter L1 Jesus Milk - Sparkles Wit'tully/Cleric L1 and a Cleric retainer Ags - Mauler/Doberman Fighter...
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Players: Nathan (me!) - Ascellus Tirimasu/Fighter L1 Jesus Milk - Sparkles Wit'tully/Cleric L1 Zygocact - Alon Must/Wizard L1 Ags - Mauler/Doberman Fighter L1 Special Guest...
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In OSR games I have seen many players and refs alike bemoan the weakness of low level characters. This is what some call a “skill issue.” This guide shall set the record...
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Players: Kirko - Fighter L1 Nathan (me!) - Ascellus Tirimasu (Fighter L1) Jesus Milk - Cleric L1 Sahh - Sickly Fighter L1 Zygocact - Wizard L1 For whatever reason, I neglected...
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When I run open table games, I like to encourage folk to bring in characters from ongoing campaigns. My game runs on an OD&D basis with some changes. I call it NatheQuest, but...
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When I first watched my older brother play Final Fantasy 1, he named his Blackbelt NATE after me. I've had an affinity for the class ever since. In retrospect, the FF1 classes...
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I've been puzzling over Thieves and Expert type classes for a long time. The campaign I'm working on is well underway, but as I was on vacation over the last few days I hadn't...
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Last year I started running a campaign, titled Daemonium. It ended near the start of this summer. Here I will reflect on the campaign. Daemonium was set in the Kingdom of...
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A student who spends 200 days training full time with a Master can earn a blackbelt in Karate. This training makes their hands and feet strike as daggers in combat....
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No more human than you are beast To exchange the future for eternity is to become a Druid. Fall in love with the moon and turn your back on the churning of mankind. When...
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In my current 5e campaign, Daemonium, one of my players made their character Gene Erikson a Battle Master Fighter. Despite some initial excitement we found that, in play, the...