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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...
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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...Linked by the ring
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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...Linked by the ring
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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...
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At my day job, I’m a technical writer. In the evenings, I blog about RPG stuff. I am combining these professional interests into this series: I am using my career of...
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In games I write, I tend to be pretty uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Reddit neckbeardy about religion (despite being a somewhat religious person). There are powerful religious institutions...
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Weird Writer's prep post has started a bandwagon. I have enjoyed reading people's various modes of prep.As I am preparing a campaign right now (running the Yellow Book of...Linked by the ring
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User castella on the Worm discord did a great write up of the different ways a monster can inflict harm and setbacks to adventurers in His Majesty the Worm. Because this essay...
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The cockroachatrice is, like all animals with a stupid name, the result of a wizard's bad sense of humor. Goddamn, those idiots ruin everything.These 1' cockroaches have a...Linked by the ring
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I had this "aha" moment a few weeks ago, sketched it out, and shared it. Unfortunately, that drained all the endorphins out of it, and I never got around to really exploring...
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I don't think I'm the first person to make this observation (as an OSR blogger, I almost never am), but it occurred to me today how useful the saving throw names are for...
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I have gone on record as saying that making a megadungeon is fun and easy. I wrote a book about it. But I have good news. It's even easier than I made it out to be. I want to...Linked by the ring
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I assume the Venn diagram of "people who read my blog" and "people who have already backed the Knock! Kickstarter" is a perfect circle, but if not, I wanted to say (shout!...