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The Sodden Skulk map Wandering Monsters (1d6) 1–3: 1d6 Killer bee workers (½HD), 4: 1d4 Killer bee drones (1HD), 5: 1d3 Oil beetle (2*HD), 6: 2d4 Giant centipede (½HD) General...
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The Sodden Skulk map Wandering Monsters (1d6) 1–3: 1d4 Bandits (hand axe 1d6, 1hd), 4: 1d3 Hunting Dogs (1hd), 5: 1d6 Stirges (1hd), 6: 1d3 Robber Flies (2hd) General Features...
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I’ve decided for the rest of the year to talk (and argue) less about theory and actually make some things to share. Here’s a little project I’ve been chipping away at, with a...
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Recently there has been a lot of discourse on expressionist games, and intentionally frustrating game texts. Reading through it, I kept noticing that words like ‘difficulty’...
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Note: Life in medieval England wasn’t easy. This post includes mentions of child loss, unfree labour, and other harsh realities of the time. Public domain image Public domain...
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I’m not a fan of long, detailed backstories for PCs. My favourite types of backgrounds are ones that prompt the character, not pigeonhole them. There are generally only two...
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In the spirit of Prismatic Wasteland’s year of the beta, I’m releasing a playtest of my first OSE Adventure, A Hill To Die On. It’s a 60-key romp through a haunted crypt...
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In this post, 23 classic cantrips, rewritten for OSE and B/X-adjacent games. Daniël Veelwaard Daniël Veelwaard Cantrips are ubiquitous in 5E, but didn’t appear until AD&D 1e....
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Thou hast stray’d too far along Merchants Row. There, betwixt moon-cursers and guttersnipes, a curious peddler proffers assorted oddments before thine eyes. Dirty, gnarled...
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Fortuna by Hans Sebald Beham, 1541 Fortuna by Hans Sebald Beham, 1541 I’ve been running a semi-open table for a few years now. There are five core players, but we’ve had...