Some fruits that grow in dungeons. A dungeon fruit which is exposed to sunlight withers and contorts, becoming permanently inert and stonelike. While in this state, they can...

 [IN WHICH OUR COMPANY TRADE BLOOD FOR GEMS]I actually ran this session on January 11th but life has been pretty much non-stop between then and now. I still wanted to post this...

[IN WHICH OUR COMPANY SLAY A RUST MONSTER AND DO BATTLE WITH THE MUPPET-THINGS IN THE WALLS]We return to the Palace of the Vampire Queen:alice's rust monsterThe PartyGiblet. A...

I guess this is a thing I do now!I played through Shadow of the Colossus over the winter break. I used to play it as a kid, but I could never get past the 7th colossus. I find...

unified resolution systems are a big thing in modern rpg design. generally, the question i see a lot comes down to this: "why have multiple different [dice] tools for different...

[IN WHICH THE DWARF LEYOL IS SLAIN BY A GELATINOUS CUBE] Got to run more Palace of the Vampire Queen, with a slightly shorter session this weekend. I've been loving playing...

Last night I dreamt there were wolves about my city in the night. I asked someone why, and they told me where werewolves come from. Not from a bite, before that.***They choose...

[IN WHICH OUR COMPANY MAKE THEIR FIRST FORAY INTO THE PALACE]I got to run Palace of the Vampire Queen (1976) for a dear friend today! I think it went extremely well overall,...

As often happens with this blog, I intended to post this in late September, then had to put it off because of school. I'm really pleased with this two-line combat matrix. I had...

This was inspired by my recent read-through of Holmes Basic. When I've played older versions of d&d previously, I've tended towards converting to ascending AC. To mix it up, I...

I've had this on the back burner for a while, but reading this post about Fighters from Evie Willems of Spider Queen finally gave me the energy to finish it! Presented here is...

Dungeon Doll is a year old today (at least, my first post is). I'm honestly still really excited/surprised by how positive the reception has been. If you're someone who's been...

If you play an elf at my table, you're actually playing a Cribswap.  They get all the same traits of Elves in od&d.Edit 2025/12/14: added Lunar and Solar aspects, based on how...

A great curved sword, hiltless. Wavy blue patterns permeate its dark steel. +1 to hit.Long ago a mighty warrior cut the Bale-Worm Sleeer in two, and a great river sprung forth...

A grand construction of marble, more sepulcher then castle. Standing stark against rocky peaks, it gleams in the sunlight. The surrounding earth is dry and cracked. Nothing...

A slender youth stands before two horsemen, armed and armoured. Her hair is dark and matted. Behind her stand a labourer and a coward. "We are free people. I am Jackdaw. I...

A dungeon god. For a zine I'm working on.***Its shrines are found in rotting libraries knowledge lost and left to putrefy a thrumming nest of scrolls desiccated power crawling...

In esoteric circles, it is well-documented that the title of Arch-Druid must be earned in blood. Witches have their own practices.In order to attain the title of Crone, a witch...

Variant reaction roll for when you arrive at a settlement in an 'iron age' type game. I'm not a historian, this is primarily inspired by Beowulf, when he and his company come...

A while ago I had a dream about a giant bear made out of wood, filled with books. This is my attempt to expand on that. [If I ever actually put this in a dungeon, I would try...

Speak: "I am the thief of fate the stoat that drinks gold from the hen's empty nest no lock will go un-broken no hoard will go un-plundered I am trespasser and transgressor I...

This is my contribution to the 'Elements' Blog Bandwagon from the Prismatic Wasteland Discord server![Edit: all the posts from the Blog Bandwagon can be found collected...

I'm not gonna cross-post this anywhere because I don't really consider it polished/finished/whatever, but if you're reading this it can be our little secret :)I've been really...

In case you missed it, tomorrow (Jan 18), I'm up for the Debut Blog category in the #BLOGGIES24. If you've been enjoying Dungeon Doll, I would love it if you considered me for...

[i originally wrote this as an intro to the Saints post, but ended up cutting it. i decided to put it up as its own post because i got a couple questions about it on blogger...

Since I've now been running Hagfish Hall for a few sessions, I wanted to have an answer when players ask who their clerics follow. Stats are for od&d, with some Saint spells...

While I was happy with the last two session logs, I felt like the signal-to-noise ratio was sort of low, so I'm trying to change that this time around. We did two delves this...

I hope everyone's holidays have been good! I've been sitting cozy by fires and playing lots of Demon's Souls. It feels a little bit weird writing a year-end blog post seeing as...

If you missed it, you can find session 1 here.My group returned to Hagfish Hall this week, for our first full-session delve. I also tried out some downtime mechanics, and made...

Over the last little bit, I've been really wanting to try out the Shock system from Worlds Without Number in od&d. I think it would pair well with weapon-as-initiative, and add...