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UPDATE: Find out what's happening with Into the Odd here.After August 31st, the current version of Into the Odd will no longer be available to buy in print or pdf, so this is...
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This Bastionland Editorial was originally sent as a reward to all Patreon supporters, and is released freely on this site a week after its original publication.If you want to...
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3rd Edition was the first version of D&D that I actually had the core books for, back in 2000. In fact, beyond my old copy of WHFRP it was the first RPG that I actually owned...
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This Bastionland Editorial was originally sent as a reward to all Patreon supporters, and is released freely on this site a week after its original publication.If you want to...
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Somewhen between our industrial renaissance and this electrical epoch, the pig was banned from Bastion.Although this was never properly repealed, it is now actively unenforced....
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This Bastionland Editorial was originally sent as a reward to all Patreon supporters, and is released freely on this site a week after its original publication.If you want to...
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Let's give our Primordial Wizard bookworm something to actually read.The Book of the Cosmic SerpentCompiled by Caller Ybrine Yvexius[written in Grimnal script]The SerpentThe...
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This Bastionland Editorial was originally sent as a reward to all Patreon supporters, and is released freely on this site a week after its original publication.If you want to...
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Think this will be the last Primordial class for a little while!We've had the Reverent and the Fiendish. So what makes the original spellcaster different?Coincidentally, I've...
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This Bastionland Editorial was originally sent as a reward to all Patreon supporters, and is released freely on this site a week after its original publication.If you want to...Linked by the ring
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The other side of the coin to the Warlock. I wanted to focus in on the idea that clerics represent more of an organised religion than the individualistic bargaining of the...
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This Bastionland Editorial was originally sent as a reward to all Patreon supporters, and is released freely on this site a week after its original publication.If you want to...
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Another Primordial Class. This time voted for by those of you on my Patreon, who are clearly accustomed to throwing in their allegiance with unsavoury entities.When I get...
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More work on this Primordial thing. This time thinking about a combination of Thief and a little bit of Illusionist.It's hard to show this in a blogpost format, but when I get...Linked by the ring
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This Bastionland Editorial was originally sent as a reward to all Patreon supporters, and is released freely on this site a week after its original publication.If you want to...Linked by the ring
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Continuing on from this and the monsters I made here, I've given a bit more thought to this extremely stripped-back, qualitative system, drawing on a lot of FKR inspiration.A...
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This Bastionland Editorial was originally sent as a reward to all Patreon supporters, and is released freely on this site a week after its original publication.If you want to...
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Lots of fantasy worlds rely on a sort of fairy-tale logic, often taking the form of absolute rules. Lots of these made the transition over to D&D.Vampires cannot enter a home...Linked by the ring
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This post was originally sent as a reward to all Patreon supporters, and is released freely on this site two weeks after its original publication.If you want to support my...
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The final three signs show what happens when we gather behind a joint purpose, be it toward a shared destination, trapped in an endless process, or behind a true unity of...
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This post was originally sent as a reward to all Patreon supporters, and is released freely on this site two weeks after its original publication.If you want to support my...
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Now, three Signs that might represent the three stages of our lives. From blank slates absorbing our surroundings, to independent wanderers at the mercy of fate, finally...
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Continuing on from the previous section, these three signs show three different ways of interacting with the world. Conjuring, coercive, or contemplative. For straight answers...
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This post was originally sent as a reward to all Patreon supporters, and is released freely on this site two weeks after its original publication.If you want to support my...
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This post was originally sent as a reward to all Patreon supporters, and is released freely on this site two weeks after its original publication.If you want to support my...
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I can't escape the orbit of this thing. Perhaps I should stop fighting it and let it bloom into something sprawling and bright.A galaxy built out of signs and positions,...
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This post was originally sent as a reward to all Patreon supporters, and is released freely on this site two weeks after its original publication. If you want to support my...
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To paraphrase a quote I saw in a professional wargaming context:The game exists in our heads. The rules exist to get it there. This encapsulates why sometimes a game grabs me...Linked by the ring
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From day one I've always felt slightly uncomfortable with how Patreon fit into the way I make content. It's not even been that long since I changed to the monthly model, which...
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DisclaimerThis is my first time. After last week's post I've continued to run my Sunrise Expansion game, which has largely been a success, but has already flagged up some early...