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In 2019, Anne wrote a partial survey of the big names and blogs related to the GLOG scene. Seven years on, the landscape is a bit different, and you may be interested to see...
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Everyone has a homebrew ruleset, and everyone wants to show it to other people, or at slap it around until it's presentable. And a lot of people are interested in your fantasy...Linked by the ring
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Like many people, I like to rely on a random name generator for the names of incidental characters in the games I run. This is problematic in the context of a game set in the...Linked by the ring
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See previous magic item posts.d20 Magic ItemsMandrake, an infant plant like a weeping buddha. Bury and water her, and in a weed a small forest will have grown, ever your...Linked by the ring
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A few years ago, I played in a game of Vampire the Dark Ages that ran from 793 to about 1463. It was my first real introduction to the World of Darkness, and was a great way to...
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Hit points and damage, it is often observed, don't "make sense." They're wonderful game abstractions that persist because they are fun and work well, even if you sort of have...
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A submission for this month's big blog hootenanny. I don't normally write for these things but I guess I came to a turning point and found my inspiration.Art by Jon DunhamIf...
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I was never really satisfied with mechanics for fighting really big guys. Vaulting up to a cyclops's eye or clambering along a dragon's scales to stab at its heart should...Linked by the ring
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Whenever I heard people talk about Holy Mountain Shaker, they seemed to converge on the same conclusion-- that it's a beautifully illustrated, well-written, and competent...Linked by the ring
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Preliminary matter one- Recently I've felt a little pressed by my current schedule. Not stressed out really, and actually getting to do a lot of enjoyable and enriching...
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After reading Seed of Worlds's review of the book Fief, I knew I had to take a look. I've been on a British and French medieval history kick after starting Tuchman's A Distant...
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Whether your game is set in the distant future of the year 200X or the hundredth year of the Sword Age, sprinkling scenes with stupid made-up words is a fun way to create a...Linked by the ring
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I was lucky enough to spend a few hours trading questions and answers with long-time colleague and absolute GLoG luminary G.R. Michael on Best Case Scenario, the skirmish RPG...
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I got the chance to speak with friend of the blog Hilander the other day about the Cairn adventure he's kickstarting, the Valley of Lune. Fair warning, I like this guy and his...Linked by the ring
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MountsHorses are found wild and domesticated in Yarfu. A horse has 3 HD, but through careful breeding may have a sizeable bonus to its HP. A mounted party can travel for longer...
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Grace of Choir of Fire described a few different ways of running games on a very literal level of personal habit, which inspired Louis of Garamondia to describe his own...
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art by Rebecca Storm Casting a spell requires a free hand and a strong voice. The aspects in the soul (housed in the organs) can't be entrapped in armor, but may be...Linked by the ring
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Armor Armor is simple. You have an AC (pronounced "Ahs"), which is 10 if unarmored, 12 if wearing a helm, 14 if wearing a cuirass or other armored shirt and a helm, and 16 if...
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HP and SavesHP is a measure of your vital spirit (pronounced "hep"). Level 1 PCs start with 6 HP, which is reduced by harms and regained at a rate of 1d6 HP every sunrise. At 0...
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A prison larger than any cityBuilt on the first prison ever builtBuild to restrain the god that wants to eat the worldBuilt with seven seals (no fewer would do)Each seal built...
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This character generator sketches out a PC, except that it doesn't list out the standard starting skills and equipment, and it doesn't spend your 500 starting XP. I figured if...
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This hive dungeon serves to introduce some of the marquis monsters of the setting, created by random generation. While a little bizarre on their own, I believe confidently...Linked by the ring
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I've stumbled in the last steps of my sprint to complete my 52nd blogpost of the year. A moderate sickness of aches and headaches is making long stretches looking at the...
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It is an oversized owl charm, silver on a silver chain. The eyes are set with flints, and a fil de fer runs through the silver links of the chain, forming a silken iron...Linked by the ring
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Inspired by interesting setting details for Meg's River Kingdom and Matthias's Vrivmiya, here is a proof of concept for a perfectly normal way of slicing the classic RPG pie,...
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If I post this and three other articles, I'll have posted an average of one blogpost a week, which would hearten me a bit. When Disco Elysium came out in 2019, it was broadly...Linked by the ring
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At Hilander's suggestion, here are examples of a great cheap trick to make normal D&D events feel more connected to the characters while still being very play-focused. "You...Linked by the ring
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Generators for my own purposes. Glory as ever to Spwack.Name Hive Name Encounter Treasure
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Where other culture groups build towns and cities as a collection of dozens or hundreds of free-standing structures, Vo cultures usually construct hives, labyrinthine...Linked by the ring
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This year, the Gloggies follow a democratic process, in which members of the community are called upon to nominate the posts that stuck with them and inspired them, for later...Linked by the ring