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Ability Scores that are high or low enough to engender a bonus or penalty can also be assigned Tags. Tags are six-letter words used to emphasize a specific facet of an Ability...
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Random Wizard: Top Ten Troll Questions for Your Game Race (Elf, Dwarf, Halfling) as a class? Yes or no? I prefer Race as Class to differentiate demi-humans from Humans. Most of...
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I've converted the Random Impedimenta (d100) table to a two-page landscape PDF for easy printing. I find myself using this table all the time to generate all sorts of things,...
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NOTE: An updated version of this is available here. Hello again OSR blog-sphere, I've been running more Basic D&D pick-up games lately to acquaint my players with the beautiful...
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Update (05/2019): Formatting on the table below leaves a lot to be desired for direct usability. Here are some PDF versions: Landscape| Single Page Vertical (includes an online...
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I've been lax with the posting as of late. RC Hacks will continue eventually. In the meantime I've been playing as much as I possibly can, and the good news is it's mostly...
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The next random number takes us to page 226, still within Chapter 16: Treasure.A couple of Treasure related charts here, but the one that really stands out as potentially much...
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Flipping to the randomly generated page 249, here we have a sample Artifact: Mask of Bachraeus. Somewhat strangely, I haven’t been able to locate any additional information on...
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The Gygax Memorial transcript, continued from Part One Here and Part Two Here...Wherein, our mighty adventurers agree to enter the Golden Gate and ascend several flights of...
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Rules Cyclopedia: Chapter 2: The Character Classes, Page 22.Oh, I was hoping I would have a few more of these under my belt before tackling this, but the random number...
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This will be the first of my (weekly? Bi-weekly?) installments regarding the wonderful Rules Cyclopedia. Some entries will focus on House Rules, and others will revolve around...
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So I was blathering on and on about how much I enjoy the combat mechanics of The Riddle Of Steel today as my girlfriend Candace was practicing on her ukulele when she provided...
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Candace was casually thumbing through the Fourth Edition Players Handbook the other day at my request when she spotted something a little odd.I needed her to give the book a...
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I wonder if anyone is contemplating an OD&D conversion of H1: Keep on the Shadowfell. On the various blogs and boards that I frequent, there seems to be a remarkable lack of...
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Some notes on Initiative: Index Cards have been wonderful for tracking initiative. As a self-admitted Index Card junkie, I have literally thousands of them lying around at any...
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Just a quick note about some lovely software I stumbled across while trawling the internet for Numbered Hex Maps:MKhexgrid - a hex grid generatorThe following spec.txt file...
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In my previous post, I expounded upon the difficulties of dice. Seeking a solution, I acquired a variety of plastic containers to test the hack.The cases that seemed to suit my...
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We’ve all experienced it. Either as players, or much more often, as DMs: Dice, and the rolling of said dice can take up a lot of valuable tabletop space. Numerous house rules...
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I Am A: Neutral Good Human Bard (4th Level)Ability Scores:Strength-9Dexterity-14Constitution-13Intelligence-17Wisdom-12Charisma-14Alignment:Neutral Good A neutral good...
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One of my groups meets every Tuesday. Dubbed “Team Evil” by the other team (who are referred to as “Team Swamp” even still), they have chosen instead to go by the moniker “Team...
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Gygaxian Memorial Transcript continued: DM: “Mapper makes the maps. Here pick out some miniatures from the pile. Arrange them in your Marching Order.” Fighter: “You should go...
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After a smashing session last night with Team RTS, I was greeted this morning by the news that Gary Gygax has passed away.This has made me completely rethink tonight's Team...
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I hit upon this little gem somewhere during my web trawlings, and brought it up to Team RTS, who seemed to appreciate its low-tech simplicity.On the vertical margin of your...
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In an effort to replenish my once ridiculous collection of rulebooks, I’ve been frequenting the role-playing section at our local used bookstore. The selection varies greatly,...
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This is an option I stumbled across somewhere else (precisely where escapes me at the moment) but I'm making a note of it here for future use.Instead of having each player...
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I tend to be bothered by Charisma as an Ability Score. Not just because I see players everywhere dump their lowest rolls into that last ability, but because certain things that...
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Sadly, I was thinking ahead with my choice to run a 3rd edition campaign. I knew that I could hook at least two other casual LAN gamers with the “close to Neverwinter Nights”...
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The recently resurrected current campaign has been quite a roller-coaster ride for DM and players alike. Its miraculous genesis took place over five years ago, and if memory...
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The lifeless corpse of the campaign I had all but abandoned for the Winterlands (the cold, white, northern wastes of Indiana) last year was borne on a improvised litter by The...
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Every few months, I find myself re-bitten by the role-playing bug. Like the majority of my cyclic hobbies and interests, it will move to the forefront and displace all other...