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(That's the equivalent of d12.45 Armours, for metric readers)When I wrote my d30 Rings post, I put together a little random generator at the bottom that randomly selects from...
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Roll this when a PC is exposed to exotic Dimension Rays, thrown into the space between worlds, or reads aloud from a wizard's spellbook without first studying classical...Linked by the ring
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Inspired by the history of Milwaukee, this is a small adventure location with competing factions and easy connections to other underground lairs. It is also a dungeon with a...
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An introductory adventure for any number of Cloak and Sword PCs, that should be a good start to a long campaign or a simple one-shot. The DM should be explicit that conflict...
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While working on some example region contents for Manteu, I tried to lean into my keying mantra, a principle so simple as to be obvious, but which is easy to forget. "What is...
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The original rulebook seems to have been taken down, but I still have the player-made summaries.(Technically, this satisfies Archon's Glaugust prompt "city adventure".)
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As one of the last people to jump on the cloak-and-sword bandwagon, I've decided to make myself useful and compile some of the setting details you can find dispersed elsewhere,...
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Hopping on the "bespoke single-level Cloak-and-Sword class" bandwagon, started by Locheil's Noble's Man, and continued with Grace's Lutteur duelist, Primeumaton's Detenu...Linked by the ring
- i've set a fire in the corner of the 2025 Gloggies Nominations and its burning down around me Spiceomancy
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- The Sky for Roof, Mountains for Walls (Class: Cossack) Pillar of Worms
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- Moderation in All Things (Class: Humourist) Pillar of Worms
- Cloak and Sword: Oaf On Unnamed Horizons
- Enoch 10:16 (GLOG race-as-class: Paladin) Madman's Menagerie
- Card and Calendar of Gentry (Class: Noble's Man) Nothic's Eye
- glaugust post tinker tinker tinker tinker On Unnamed Horizons
- Damosel (for Phlox) Garamondia
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The love of Summer burns me soreThe love of Summer runs with hasteA dame I met, deranged for warA man I met, bold and unchasteThe dazed armies march my land throughWhat land do...
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After rereading Nick LS Whelan's outline for exploring "flux spaces" and resolving to dig into Glaugust, I thought I would combine the two and make a flux space for the prompt...
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Recently got into a short-series VtM 5e game, and have been interested to see how it differs from the Revised edition game I have played and run (PC generator here). As...
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Naparmian Fire, being composed of gelid flame, that it may bedevil any whom it contact.Sicharum, being a mixture of alchemicals to adulterate tobacco, that it renders the user...Linked by the ring
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We like fairness, don't we folks? The oldly new idea that if our PCs fall in a pit, it's because we the players failed some minor challenge, whether of preparedness or of...Linked by the ring
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John CoulthartI have for you a hexcrawl, a Romanian/Moldavian-inspired fantasy region afflicted by the inadvisable procrastinations of the the wizard Xaximox the Prolific...
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It is a time of concord. It is a time of discord. Peace has finally come between the thousand warring lords of Alba, but it was not won through friendship. A warlord holds the...
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Because some find it hard to get excited about a ruleset, I've made a regioncrawl to go with this one.I wanted to write out a ruleset that encompassed lesson I've learned and...Linked by the ring
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You see a lot of empty kitchens in dungeons. Often lacking any adventure-critical features, they're a great example of an "empty" room that isn't actually empty, being full of...
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More fun playing with Loch and Louis's monster generator. This time, I mostly went through a list of half-formed monster ideas and used the generator to flesh them out. This is...Linked by the ring
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Part of the bandwagon started by Louis and Loch. Use this generator, and make 1d2 monsters in a 1d4+1 area dungeon. -I hear that great town Sekahii was wiped off the map, torn...Linked by the ring
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IntroductionThis is a brief adventure scenario with more of the extreme emotion and zazz that I felt was missing from my previous dungeon. It's also a small experience in...
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I've been running a couple sci-fi games recently, and felt the desire to write up a classic fantasy dungeon. art by Angus McBrideDungeon below, or if you prefer it as a google...Linked by the ring
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I'm a big apologist for the classic +1 sword. Especially in a game with fewer bonuses to your attack roll, wielding a magic weapon always feels cool to me, and it's useful for...
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I imagine these are the real standard types, variations on which you will find in far-flung sci-fi starports. Perhaps many of these were a brand-name model at one point, but...
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Discordian FifthDragon posted an image of this tumblr post the other day:Interesting for sure, and with a very fine piece of art to go with it. But as people in the glog...Linked by the ring
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I tried really really hard to make this 100% accurate to the rulebook, but was stumped a couple times. This generator won't give you the temperature of the planet, so they...
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As usual, these are made for my own reference. If you choose to peruse them, I hope you find them interesting. Name Crew Worlds...
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It is a tricky class to write. You want it to be social, but at home in dungeons and adventure situations. You want it to be capable, though it draws from a character type...Linked by the ring
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d20 Amulets1. Spotted Marble Tablet on simple thread necklace. When the wearer is endangered, a brave dog may arrive to save them. (The player may decide when is appropriate)....
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The man who everyone wants to kill will only die by mistake. Whoever wins the hate of their people must have cruel guards and impervious safeguards, else they would have been...
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I recently had the pleasure of looking over a draft of Hilander's OSR game Lost Fable in preparation of running an adventure with that system, and thought that making a PC...