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Hoo boy. Okay. The Castle Automatic's great gears sat still for an age. Now, His Majesty the Worm has begun the machines again…Become an Early Worm!The Castle Automatic is a...
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An installment of my hexmap for Middle-earth project. Follow the "Middle-earth Hexmap" tag for all entries in this series.We previously visited the Northfarthing near Long...Linked by the ring
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Hookay, writing this blog post not because I have good ideas, but because I don't have any ideas. Bashing my head against a writing prompt is a good way to unblock creativity....
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I am not certain that I am the first to have this idea. In fact, I most certainly am not; there's nothing new under the sun (especially in RPGs). But I did have this idea...
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An installment of my hexmap for Middle-earth project. Follow the "Middle-earth Hexmap" tag for all entries in this series.The Southfarthing has a broad mix of environs: swamps...
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An installment of my hexmap for Middle-earth project. Follow the "Middle-earth Hexmap" tag for all entries in this series.The Marish is a reclaimed farmland, boggy and fertile,...
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A goal with my Middle-earth Hexcrawl project is to capture the feeling I first came to love in Zelda: the feeling of wandering around and falling into a hole and realizing Oh...Linked by the ring
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An installment of my hexmap for Middle-earth project. Follow the "Middle-earth Hexmap" tag for all entries in this series.The East Road stretches across the Shire, from the...
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Here is a procedure to simulate getting a good night's sleep in the wilderness. An adventuring party will need to perform several jobs around camp. Each job accomplished...Linked by the ring
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An installment of my hexmap for Middle-earth project. Follow the "Middle-earth Hexmap" tag for all entries in this series.The Tooks are a prosperous and important family in the...
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"Now for the most part the children did not often go into the house, but danced and played in the garden, gathering flowers or chasing the golden bees and butterflies with...
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An installment of my hexmap for Middle-earth project. Follow the "Middle-earth Hexmap" tag for all entries in this series.The North Moors are lonesome places in the Shire, and...
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During my weekly game, I have been running a magical school game using His Majesty the Worm. Following my copy and paste manifesto ethos, I've been using The Yellow Book of...
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An installment of my hexmap for Middle-earth project. Follow the "Middle-earth Hexmap" tag for all entries in this series.In this entry, trouble begets trouble as trolls...
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An installment of my hexmap for Middle-earth project. Follow the "Middle-earth Hexmap" tag for all entries in this series.North of Michel Delving, a road runs to Little...
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An installment of my hexmap for Middle-earth project. Follow the "Middle-earth Hexmap" tag for all entries in this series.Michel Delving, as the chief settlement in the Shire,...
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I reread The Lord of the Rings most years, and have done so since I was 12. As I was reading it this year, I was thinking about the physicality of journeys and exploration...Linked by the ring
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When Warren first had the idea of an Appendix N blog bandwagon, I thought I'd skip it. His Majesty the Worm has an Appendix N section (Dungeon Meshi! House of Orr!...Linked by the ring
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Here's a GMing tip. When a combatant reaches 0 HP (or 0 HD in His Majesty the Worm), ask the player who struck the final blow: "How do you vanquish this foe?" This does three...
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Here is a technique I used to create the map(s) for my upcoming dungeon, The Castle Automatic. I think it has merit, and I think you should use it next time you have some rooms...
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Moria: Through the Doors of Durin for The One Ring 2E recently won Gold for Product of the Year in the 2025 ENNIES. I am interested in TTRPGs based on the works of J.R.R....
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Eraserhead, 1997The BabySorcerous MinionHD 1/0 (but cannot attack it while In Heaven, Everything is Fine is in effect)In Heaven, Everything is Fine: All who look at the Baby...
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I posted my blog post, 10 Reasons Why the Guild has a Partial Map, on Prismatic Wisdom's Discord (as is my wont). Then I went to go get a hair cut. When I got back, the channel...
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His Majesty the Worm advocates for the GM to give the players a copy of the dungeon map. In my opinion, this is all positives and practically no negatives. But of all my good...Linked by the ring
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Technical writing is a profession that is literally hundreds of years old at this point. Interestingly, the essential techniques and fundamental best practices haven't changed...
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Click the pic to get the dungeon!Below the surface of the City is the Lower Ossuary—an underground temple that houses crypts and shrines to the four cardinal virtues:...
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As you might know, ENNIES voting is currently ongoing. HIS MAJESTY THE WORM is up for both BEST GAME and BEST RULES.In addition to voting for the Worm (please?), I wanted to...
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I am flabbergasted (my ghast is flabbered) to have His Majesty the Worm nominated for a 2025 ENNIE award for both Best Rules and Best Game.I can truly say that just being...
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The early history of D&D is pretty interesting. If you haven't yet, listen to When We Were Wizards. The dramas that play out in the "hobby with friends -> business ->...
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Inspired by:(Cheers to this Monster and Manuals post)Here's a list of lines from the final fight in MacBeth that you should use for headers in your RPG's combat...