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Stormlord Publishing has just released the fourth issue of their Black Powder Black Magic zine. I proofread the issue, and I also wrote up a list of familiars more suitable to...
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Below is my write-up for the 2nd level patron spell for Mycetes-Thrax. This spell is based on the effects of a famous second-tier monster from the world's most popular...
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SESSION 7 After paying off Anjalik's creditors, the group decided to head over to the space-port, which Anjalik identified as the largest center of civilization in the area. On...
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I wanted a Mighty Deed of Arms to try to recreate a common scene in gunfights (at least on television and in movies) - both sides crouching down behind cover, popping up for a...
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A recent dispatch from the Gray Lady has given me the idea that a select group of bards from the College of Rhythmic Gymnastics might use their performances to alter the...
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The spell Hepsoj’s Fecund Fungi (DCC 247) mentions the existence of a patron-level entity, Mycetes-Thrax (result 38+). Mycetes-Thrax is described as "the Great Sleeping Growth...
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COLLEGE OF RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS Bards of the College of Rhythmic Gymnastics are acrobats and dancers whose graceful movements express ageless truths and wordless poetry....
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The Zero Level Blog has started a series of posts about running DCC pulp adventures set in both the Lost World (a subterranean and/or jungle world hidden in the unexplored...
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Below are my thoughts for clerics serving the God Worm, based on Tony Dowler's Purple Worm Graveyard. In the adventure, it's implied that there's a tradition of human cultists...
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Below is my spellburn patron for my God Worm patron. This table is heavily inspired by the "Worm Madness" table in Tony Dowler's Purple Worm Dungeon. SPELLBURN 1 The God Worm...
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Below are the patron taint results for invoking the God Worm. Several of the entries are derived from my idea that the maggot naga monsters in Tony Dowler's Purple Worm...
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Below is my write-up for the God Worm, an inhuman patron based on the Worm God from Tony Dowler's Purple Worm Graveyard. The God Worm is a powerful patron, but this comes at a...
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SESSION 5 In the morning, after the rain and the night spent with their unnerving visitor, Anjalik seem desultory, and smoked heavily as she, Slunk, and Merope continued...
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Jousting is a classic lance attack, but it needn't be the only one. In the Final Fantasy games, dragoons are lance-carrying characters who wear dragon-themed helmets, and who...
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The Dungeon Crawl Classics rules provide seven Mighty Deeds of Arms, seven maneuvers that any warrior can perform in combat. The rules also suggest ways to create Signature...
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I could write until I'm blue in the face about my critiques of Lev Grossman's The Magicians, but there are a couple of things I like about it. First, the descriptions of what...
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I've been playing in an ongoing campaign set in Urutsk, with The Grand Tapestry serving as referee, and Fantasy Heartbreak Workshop as my teammate. I like to take a few notes...
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I recently played a session in Kabuki Kaiser's Castle Gargantua, refereed by The Hapless Henchman. I played Johanna the Giantslayer, a 3rd level DCC ranger, taken from issue 6...
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Over the past few weeks, I've been playing an online game that takes place primarily in The Grand Tapestry's world of Urutsk. Urutsk is a couple of things. First, it appears...
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Fallen Empires is one of my favorite Magic: the Gathering sets, and the thallids are probably my favorite monsters from the set. Fallen Empires is set on an island, Sarpadia,...
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I'm planning to add a house-rule to the Dungeon Crawl Classics games I referee to modify the DCC Warrior's "lucky weapon." In the rules as written, Warriors permanently add...
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Chris Kutalik of the Hill Cantons blog recently announced a contest to design a location for his upcoming pointcrawl adventure "The Slumbering Ursine Dunes." Potential prizes...
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Warwick Goble is one of my favorite public domain artists. These illustrations are from Donald Alexander MacKenzie's Indian Myths and Legends. "Sita finds Rama among lotus...
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In the Dungeon Crawl Classics games I referee, I've been playing with a house-rule that modifies DCC's "lucky roll." In the rules as written, characters permanently add their...
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Last week's game put three players' 0-level peasants in Planet Thirteen's Purple Worm Graveyard. I tried to make character generation a collective experience. Each player...
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CHARACTERS Bovice the Halfling Money-Lender Jerry the Elven Forester Twinkle the Halfling Glove-Maker Ausoj the Baker Harry the Beekeeper Snow Queen the Jewler Bobby Ray...