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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
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Merry Glogmas to Mr Ampora! Very happy for your new blog, and hoping many good things for you in the new year.1st LevelCure Light Wounds (also called "Cup of Cheer")Detect...Linked by the ring
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Four years ago today, I made a generator for Vampire the Masquerade to represent the vampiric population of the United states. It was a neat toy and fun to make, and it was...Linked by the ring
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This is part of a series of blogpostsCampaign framing, timeline, and general detailsMinor tweaks to hex descriptionsThe Lost Wing,The Dawnward Path, and coda. (this post)In...
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This is part of a series of blogposts:Campaign framing, timeline, and general detailsMinor tweaks to hex descriptionsThe Lost Wing (this post)The Dawnward Path, and...
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This is part of a series of blogpostsCampaign framing, timeline, and general detailsMinor tweaks to hex descriptions (this post)The Lost Wing,The Dawnward Path, and coda.In...
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Jack Edward has pointed out that it would be cool to have more treasure hunt modules for existing hexcrawls, and one would be especially neat for Dolmenwood. I happen to have...
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By now you're hopefully used to my eclectic gaming interests. This is hardly one of the OSR topics that serve as my blog's bread and butter, but I'm running a Vampire the...Linked by the ring
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Hi folks. I'm going to be running a game of Cataphracts, set in a region somewhat like the latter Han Dynasty. If you're interesting in being a commander, reach out! Leave a...Linked by the ring
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In describing his logistics-based army game Cataphracts, Sam Sorensen had an interesting problem. It's hard to fully describe a game in which some of the rules, the entire...Linked by the ring
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For some reason, we all like to see real-life places covered in hexmaps. Because the six-mile hex can contain so much, it can be easy to assume that you can fit something like...
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To aid brainstorming for those who are considering running a Cataphracts game and want to give different factions unique units. I have since added a couple oddball generators...Linked by the ring
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I love treasure maps, that odd, often-eschewed item old D&D instructs you to periodically hand out in its magic item table. They're just so neat, and they have the pleasant...