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On the ring since 2026-10-23
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New Goblin Punch GLOG version just dropped. There are several nice ideas there, but one of them, giving special perks for mono-class parties, reminded me of some things I wrote...Linked by the ring
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One of the tough parts about GMing is characterization of people and places. It’s relativly easy to whip up a name from a printed list, or describe in general a well worn scene...
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Make this tale live for us in all its many bearings, O Muse Homer’s Odyssey, translation by T.E. Lawrence I’m an avid Alexandrian reader, and often I find in his posts useful...
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My wife recently asked me why I’m not running Blades in the Dark. It’s a fair question. I really like that game, it’s my go-to for conventions, and two of my mythological...Linked by the ring
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The Nothic’s Eye recently wrote up a Wizard and a Fighter GLOG classes for his Greek mythos setting (Eikonokosmos) that put all other versions of those classes to shame[1]:...
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(First, read The Nothic’s Eye‘s Champion GLOG class, I’ll wait) Although most of the Champions follow the Deeds of the nine most famous Heros, there are some that strive to...
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SO there is this problem with role play content. You kind of have to learn by doing. I have all those nice ideas about Ideas as a central mechanic for expressing madness,...
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There is something suspicious about Vayra’s questions, can’t put my finger on it. 1) What class knows the most martial arts? Are they real martial arts like kung fu, or made up...
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Few weeks ago I found myself in a need of a demonic guardian for the secret base of an intelligence agency my players were trying to rob. Playing e5, I’ve opened the monster...
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Here I will ramble about how I plan to do some things at my yet unnamed GLOG hack (PLOG?). we’ll go though rolling stats, inventory, and something like a thought cabinet or...Linked by the ring
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So about five months ago I was lurking surreptitiously at the GLOGhetto at the OSR Discord when someone had the idea of making a Gemara-style anti-cannon GLOG zine, where...
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Owlbear Stew is a relatively new GLOG hack. It is very nice in all sort of ways, but what have really stoke me as brilliant is its take of what a fighter is. Here is the take:...
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Have you ever wondered why are there so many giant horrible things that want to eat you in the dungeon? See, there might be a some perfectly natural giant fucking monster...
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Some GLOG things will Probably happen soon, wish me luck.