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On the ring since 2026-03-17
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As adventurers venture further and further into the Odd World with each passing session, it begins to… rub off onto them. They will it to do so themselves. The Odd World (or...
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Written for Into the Odd and adjecent systems. Merchant’s Maid (d6 Bulky): Unwieldy shotgun with a vast array of pouches and satchels stapled onto the stock. Can fire any kind...
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Why are guns a problem for systems designed to accommodate melee combat? Whenever we take a game that facilitates heroic action fantasy, with strong PCs tearing the enemy...
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A Spell-Circle is a collection of glyphs capable of manifesting a magical effect. They are all circular, or at least radially symmetrical in shape, and must be drawn or...Linked by the ring
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When an electronic computer or any kind of “thinking” machine is left undisturbed for long enough, it acquires free will. The amount of time is proportional to its processing...
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In situations of prolonged/grievous exposure to environmental pressures, you have a chance of becoming ill. Roll a d12, and compare the result to the Illness Chance for this...
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Weather is tracked on three axes, each on a 1-to-6 scale: Clouds, Wind, and Heat. At the beginning of the game (or every time the players enter a new region, or when a...Linked by the ring
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So! After... a bit of radio silence, I released the game I've been working on, called X-in-6. Find it here on Itch. It's classless, but if you want to use classes with it, here...
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TL;DR: in fantasy Earth, all geological phenomena are caused by dwarf activity. When a portion of the semi-molten rock in the earth’s mantle seeps upwards into the crust...
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A common way of playing long-term dungeon adventures takes the same format of the West Marches campaign: go down an entrance at the start of the session, do as much...Linked by the ring