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This is another experiment in overland travel procedure. Wise voices have remarked that in many ways we want the same sorts of things from an overland journey as we want from...Linked by the ring
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I've tried to write a definitive guide to traps for players in OSR-style games a couple of times, but struggled to compose something complete and engaging. Therefore, what...Linked by the ring
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"Quest" is generally a pretty dramatic word for a goal, but fairies, elves, goblins, dwarves, belsnickels and the like are pretty dramatic creatures.d100 Fairy Peon Quests1....Linked by the ring
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I never intended to become a podcast guy, but fate has intervened. In this blogpost I will run down many of the OSR-related podcasts I've listened to and enjoyed, with an eye...Linked by the ring
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The other day I was visiting with the in-laws, when I noticed a catalogue of puzzles, garden decorations, and novelty holiday gifts. What follows are some magic items and...Linked by the ring
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As usual, this is mostly for my own reference. These tables include the works of others, including Ktrey, Clerics Wear Ringmail, and more.Navigating Level One Merchandise...
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(Thanks to Xaosseed for the prompt and CatDragon for running GLoGtober this year)An example world from my Alternate Fantasy World Generator.People of this world typically have...
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(Thanks to Locheil for the prompt and CatDragon for running GLoGtober this year)Through the power of feng shui, warlords and pretenders have long sought to build new capitals...Linked by the ring
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(Thanks to Primeuation for the prompt and CatDragon for running GLoGtober this year)Dungeon generated by DonjonThe local farmhand managed to throw a loop around a stone by one...Linked by the ring
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(Thanks to Semiurge for the prompt and CatDragon for running GLoGtober this year)Cursed items in dungeon games have sometimes suffered due to tthe gradual shift of how such...
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Sometimes, a PC will find a library, or some other store of lore, and will want to peruse it. In the past I've determined that they might find a scroll on some topic and...
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This tool is for generating fantasy worlds somewhat like the one where your story takes place, with multiple fantasy species, diverse ecosystems, and dense with adventure...Linked by the ring
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In a campaign where everybody knows your name, the random encounters may not be so random in-fiction. This is a procedure for random encounters with groups that already have...Linked by the ring
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A couple months ago, I spotted a thick book in my local library when searching for something interesting in the nonfiction section, Mark Girouard's 1971 The Victorian Country...
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Written in celebration of Pilgrim Procession's birthdayBukti- born from a potters' field like a snake from an egg when a people long suffer and groan for relief. Over the...
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Look freaks, you don't need pages and pages of dozens of different kinds of poison for your RPGs. Most purposes you need can be fully covered by a poison that kills quickly...
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I like spellbooks. I like to imagine all the notes, marginalia, and non-spell contents in them. To spur that kind of detailed artifact on the fly in a game, I've made a...
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Hello again.This "delta" class was designed to fit in with systems like B/X where there is still some slow form of advancement, and the cost of certain moves reflect that. If...
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Dungeon random encounters, it is said, are meant to deplete resources, communicate specific ongoing threats in the immediate vicinity, and contribute to the challenge of the...Linked by the ring
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This adventure location was the result of an experiment in more freeform design. I still tried to keep a good mix of empty rooms, special sections, monster chambers, and so on,...
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Like other campaign generator posts, this is largely for my reference.supers event hideout More generators tbd
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Another "adventure component", like the Cabinent of Banes and Boons, intended as an exercise in compressed dungeoneering. Unlike the cabinet, this one doesn't have a fun...
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Recently I was reading through my 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose, and in between all the amusing stories, cack-handed censorship, and racism against the...
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I link here to the Cabinet of Banes and Boons, which is intended to be easily added to an existing dungeon location to give it a bit more pizazz. Sometimes, those complicated...
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This adventure location is inspired by the blog of someone called Juliette, covering their construction of a model Victorian home. It seems like the house was never finished,...
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I wrote this procedure for a session of my Great and Terrible duet campaign. This is the procedure that involves an improbably melange of D&Disms and industrial American...
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There is something going on with knights these days. Something about the faceless helmets and moral ambiguity of different depictions, spurred on by spooky and zeitgeisty...
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Many people, including myself, often create fantasy settings that feature worlds which rhyme with the cosmologies and figures of real-world religions, often the unadulterated...
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Lantern of pig-iron, wrought in smudge-covered, perfectly-fired glass. The flat top is inset with a disc like obsidian which captures the heat of the sun and casts light when...
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Rereading the archives over at Numbers Aren't Real, I was at times transported to the GLoG boom of 2020, and to the campaign set in the Unfinished World I got to participate...