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Daniel ProtsenkoOne more GLOG class for the road.Gods, spirits, and demons are beings of pure symbolism, born as a byproduct of human civilization and cognition. Belief,...
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Silvia PasquatelloThe dynamic between wizards and spells is defined by control; as wizards exert their will over their spells, so do spells bridle against their masters. Spells...Linked by the ring
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by Beau Lamb I thought this class (from Archon's Court) was going to be weirder than it was, so I made it weirder.You are a cube of pure silver. Inside of you rots a...
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Andrew PorterI’ve been thinking a lot about GLOG class design. In the process of stealing liberally from everyone else’s GLOGgy posts, I’ve started categorizing abilities in...
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by Huy Be For lots-of-b's challenge-type-thing.Heartbreak: Wound — You have disadvantage to emotional tests until you fall in love with someone or something.Riverman: When you...
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I stopped posting for a month. It wasn’t fun. So from now on, I’m going to try to make one post a week, even if I don’t think its perfect, preferably publishing on...Linked by the ring
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My primary D&D group plays 5e (*gasp!*) and yknow what the background is inside the PDF anyway.Basically its 5e but with 5 levels instead of 20, with classes rewritten around...
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Vayra’s Questions1) What class knows the most martial arts? Are they real martial arts like kung fu, or made up ones like krav maga?For each Fighter template you have, you can...
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Sam Bosma Death is characterized by the absence of the soul.The most common and recognizable type of death (live animal → dead animal) is characterized by the departure of the...
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neither beast is easily trifled with d10 Random Encounters while driving through the mountains of North AmericaThe whole group has a shared 2-second waking nightmare (omen?) of...
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Crucible of Worlds, Ron Spencer Made with Spwack's Generator Generator. Inspired by Scrap Princess' Dark Souls-y Worldbuilding Post.So uh... where do all these fantasy...
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by alcd Two random peasants are sitting at a big round table in the local tavern. Already a little tipsy, they invite the PCs (interesting strangers as they are) to sit and...
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by Sam Bosma I refuse to count pennies anymore.Lexi did advancement better than everyone else back in 2019, so I'm ditching XP for GP for my hack. Now I'm confronting the fact...
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by Marko MitanovskiThe party meets an 8-to-18-foot-tall agent of chaos in the dungeon. What are they wearing? (Roll 2d6 once/twice)(Sidenote: Demons are gender- and sex-fluid...
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I made a short TTRPG as a final project for my Apocalyptic Literature class (my first real dungeon pdf!!!!!). Not my finest work, but maybe worth expanding on in the...
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Frogs for Breakfast, by Bonnie Marris A follow-up to this post.You were abducted by a fox in early life. Maybe you escaped the den, or maybe the fox took a liking to you....Linked by the ring
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Looking for an easy-to-grok death/dismemberment system for my GLOGhack, I stumbled upon this post from Wizard Thief Fighter, then retooled it a bit for my own purposes. I'm not...
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by Valin Mattheis Here’s some true fun facts about decapitation:The guillotine was invented in 18th century France as a humane alternative to other, more gruesome forms of...
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by Andrea LaveryIn a very-not-OSR very-not-halloween twist, here’s some monsters that aren’t tortured abominations. No duplicity, no trickery, no...
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by Inoue TakehikoPlague SwordThere is a certain kind of sword, found at the sites of recent battles or the ruins of subterranean dungeons. They protrude upright from decayed...
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by Gop Gap A fox is a fae of fiery fur and feline form. They are never seen, only heard, gekkering in the hidden spaces between blades of grass where mundies never think to...
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In a world where magic exists, calories are overrated.Obscurovores — Eaters of DarknessDungeon ecologies are a precarious balance of scavengers and fungal culture. The only...
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by Tyler CrookThis post is a bit of a chimaera, incorporating ideas about the Mythic Underworld, Advanced Darkness, and Arnold K.’s Book of Mice. The intersection between these...
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by Francois SchuitenThanks again to my amazing girlfriend, who inspired and basically co-authored this whole dungeon.Read part 1 here.The Curators Sexless, ageless constructs...
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by Bruce Pennington All credit to my wonderful girlfriend, who inspired and basically co-authored this entire dungeon.EDIT: Part 2 is upOur tale begins, as all tales in fantasy...
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Acquired Sewer Rave in an itch.io bundle, and it’s great. There’s something about the discordant rave music, the flat character sprites, the endless teleporting from room to...
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So in a recent post I mused about sonic medusas: a medusa who petrifies with her voice instead of her gaze. Then I mused some more about it, and realized it was a bad idea...
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by Jon Torres Cultists aren’t crazy. Let’s ignore the devils and demons and minor eldritch monstrosities for the moment. Cults are purely manmade constructs. The only reason a...
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Try these out in your game if you find yourself/your players forgetting about their +1 swords or whatever. 1d12 Sweet Loot 1 Slingin' Buckler - A circular bronze shield with...
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The medusa was born with three names like any other elf, one for each goddess of the trinity, shared evenly between friends, family, and church. As a princess, her full title...