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This should be a quicker post than Part 1 and Part 2B , thankfully. I think we’re hitting the stride now and can pick up some speed—I’ve discussed why I’m making these...
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Apologies for the bit of the delay in getting part two out the door. I’ve been swamped lately with editing Barkeep on the Borderlands and the blog is the first thing to suffer....
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If you’re anything like me, you’re a thirty-something year old living in Canada that like fries (my fav food), bouldering (indoors only), reading overhyped fantasy novels...
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This post is my own musings and an extension on WD’s excellent post on monster design . Seriously, it’s good stuff. Go read it. It occurred to me that you could extrapolate the...Linked by the ring
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The title of this post is nothing more than a fancy way of me saying that I’m going to talk about the last three months. I had originally planned to do monthly check-ins, but I...
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When my friends are having fun, I’m having fun. When I’m running an RPG, one of the main questions sitting at the forefront of my mind is are they having fun? Most of the...
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A roundup of the things I was checking out this week. Magnetic Rose is a Mothership Module Magnetic Rose One of the things that I’ve said a bunch of times in my life is “what...
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A roundup of the things I was checking out this week. Psych and Rules Writing This twitter thread, by Sen-Foong Lim This short but instructive twitter thread goes into how to...
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A roundup of the things I was checking out this week. Ship Game My (Untested) Theory of Nautical Campaigns by Dwiz Ah, the untenable ship game. I feel like we’ve all tried it....
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A roundup of the things I was checking out this week. Ship Game My (Untested) Theory of Nautical Campaigns by Dwiz Ah, the untenable ship game. I feel like we’ve all tried it....
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2021 has been a difficult year. I’ve been “lucky” in that I work a day job that I still need to physically be at and it’s been relatively busy. That means that I haven’t been...
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A roundup of the things I was checking out this week. Skill Challenges, The First Part A Thorough Look at Skill Challenges (Part 1: the Rules), by Dwiz This is a big one. A...
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Can a world spontaneously erupt from the minds at the table and follow a ley line of verisimilitude at the same time? Let’s start with a source, a baseline, so we’re all on the...Linked by the ring
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A roundup of the things I was checking out this week. Memex The Memex Method, by Cory Doctorow So, I think the appropriate way to start this post is with an explanation. I was...
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“Alright,” your friend the fighter says. “I’m going to smash down the door.” Great. You’ve got options. In fact, you might have too many options. If you’re using a module,...
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This week, we’re continuing to brainstorm spaces in which players might adventure. Let’s start off by reposting the table from last week. SPACE / THING DESIRE Marble Fortress...
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This week, we’re combing through the previous factions created to dig out the landmarks and potential spaces that need development. After creating eight factions for players to...
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This week, I’m going to be focusing more on the immediate “safe” settlement that the players start the game in. But, before I get into that, I wanted to bring up some other...
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So, I’ve sort of nailed down the mileau of this fantasy space. To recap, we have: A large open space, filled with sculptures across its entirety. A small town, run by convicted...
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Or, A Random Table With A Memory If you’re reading this post, you’re probably at least vaguely familiar with Hex Flowers from Goblin’s Henchman. These have been billed over the...Linked by the ring
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It occurs to me that I should probably title these posts better. Depending on the length of this series, we could get up pretty high and if I’m looking through old posts and...
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This is Part 1 of a series where I attempt to build an expansive dungeon through blogposts. None of the other posts are currently written yet, so I can’t link you to them, but...
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Introduction This is a bolt-on system for other systems with combat. I think it can work well with more traditional turn based systems but also with a looser, more...
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A live reading the affinity publisher workbook follows, currently uncomplete. Chapter 1 March 15, 2021 Welcome. What you’ve stumbled upon is a live commentary of the Affinity...
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More stuff for Slayers by Spencer Campbell! The Slayers tinkering continues and now I’m feeling a bit of a rush to get this class worked on, as I’m joining in a game of Slayers...
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This is a blog entry in which I write journal entries for the game Pangolin Pianist created by Samantha Leigh . The Beginning I am a pangolin. Yes, you’ve read that correctly....
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A SIMPLE FACTION SYSTEM FOR RPGS I love factions in RPGs and I think there’s a lot of good games out there that support faction play! However, there’s been a few issues that...
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So, I recently published the Wraithshroud , a small class expansion for the Slayers RPG . I wanted to jot down my thoughts about the whole process, since it’s the first time...
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edit: 2020-02-06 — The class is out in the wild now. Check out the itch page ! I am pretty obsessed with Slayers by Spencer Campbell lately! I have some loose setting ideas for...
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I have been, at best, a lurker on the RPG scene ever since the scene has existed. I have been playing games for a long time, but never sharing the things that I’ve created for...