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On the ring since 2026-03-23
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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...
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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...
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I recently had the joy of listening to Fellowship of the Ring in audiobook format, and took the opportunity to take notes about the journey the characters took as they traveled...
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The use of loyalty and morale in adventure games is well-trod ground. I like to introduce slight variations. An example rule for standard loyalty might be something like"Each...
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I'd like to thank the stalwarts and luminaries who I have consulted in making this post. I have played in domain games with each of them, and hoped to mitigate the narrow bound...Linked by the ring
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Friend of the blog Archon's Court recently published his excellent Mothership module, Owe My Soul to the Company Store, as a zine on Itch. I thought it would be interesting to...
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It's been too long.These don't follow that outline for cursed objects I wrote once, mostly because I started writing these in the back of a car on vacation and brevity saves...Linked by the ring
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"I fell through the floor, and there I was..." for GLoGtober 2024.Alan LeeIf you look at floorplans of centuries-old palaces and temples and castles, there's all these gridded...
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Alan LeeThis is a procedure for that early Assassin's Creed-ass situation where you must carefully navigate a city controlled by an antagonistic force, one where thousands of...Linked by the ring
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After reading this goblinpunch post, I was inspired to make a dungeon with many secret areas. This has been a long-time fancy of mine, so I decided to combine that fancy with...
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Romance for GLoGtober 2024.Howard PyleWhen I think about romance in adventure games, I immediately consult Udan Adan's Romance Plots in RPGs, which provides a great framework...
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"Death and Divinity" for GLoGtober 2024💀d20 Findschess set, but all the black pawns are knights and the black king has a skull instead of a crownhand mirror. Shows all the bad...
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I want to describe an aspect of some games that I really like, and I want to give a bit of advice about how to play into it. I don't want to make a formal argument for why I...
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"Feuding poets and their ruinous verses" for GLoGtober 2024. Some people say 5e strongest build 2024 phb crypto bitcoin osr dice set. Me? I say D&D dungeons and dragons best...
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Acrostic GLoG class for GLoGtober 2024.Edward PenfieldBought DeathCommencing Skill: 1. Archaeology, 2. Glassblowing 3. CamelsDevices: gauzy cloak (as leather), worn staff,...
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Spooky Halloween monsters for GLoGtober 2024.Skara Woundbite- party attacked by four 1 HD orcs. After the battle, one is still alive but in pain. You gotta put her out of her...
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Wrote up a quick adventure location, an abandoned Victorian cottage built around an observatory. Good for placement in suburban hexes.Click here.Initially, I wanted to keep...
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riffing (badly) from here.8. a key and a lock9. a skeleton!(funny and/or sad)10. a dungeon self-destruct trigger11. a vat of goo12. a potential cave-in prevent you from...Linked by the ring
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After years of siege and a night of slaughter, the richest man in the world finally has the most beautiful woman in the world back in his house. They drink, and they brood,...
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Something neat about rings is that to use one (if we imagine it has some use), it's fair to say it must be warn with nothing over it, allowing it to be seen by all. This means...