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I've been waffling on the intro to this post for a while. In the interest of ever actually getting it onto the blog, I'll hit you with a couple of bullet points about...
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The reason why dwarves have had such an amazing tenure in fantasy roleplaying games is the same as that which explains their (relatively) rapid disappearance from fantasy...Linked by the ring
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"Hunting is the labor of the savages, but the amusement of the gentlemen." - Dr. Samuel Johnson Incited by FĒONDAS, ultimately from Luke Gearing's Monsters &. ...Linked by the ring
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Many people all over the world have been saying things along the lines of, "Michael, can you write a list of other works that have influenced you? I need to know because...Linked by the ring
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Oh trouble, oh char the tree, my dear, my lover, oh kiss me on the lips my lover, Apollo, my lover, oh G_d, destroy me. Oh eternity, I have burned my fucking flesh for...Linked by the ring
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I was going to make a wizard school for each traditional school of D&D magic (Abjuration, Conjuration, Divination, Enchantment, Evocation, Illusion, Necromancy,...Linked by the ring
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On the secret GLOG server, semiurge said somebody ought to write a monster post. No setting stuff, no Lore, just 'orrible monsters. Here you go. Source: Thomas Nast,...
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This is a post for the Obol Desert, a setting I've been working on with friend-of-the-blog Eos of Nobless Goblige. This one mostly focuses on caravans and caravan...Linked by the ring
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I'm a big fan of the old Hitman games. I'd count Blood Money among the greatest videogames of all time. I've often idly thought of an all-assassins game, perhaps set in...
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Hello. I have many names, but most of you know me as G. R. Michael. I come before you, the fantasy roleplaying community, with a brief plea. Once again I am begging you to...
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I have been considering this setting ("Hyrkos and the Parch", name pending) for some time, and have decided to post the result of some conversations I've had with members...Linked by the ring
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They are firing, we are falling, and the red skies rend and shiver us, Barbara, Barbara, we may not loose a breath — Be at the bursting doors of doom, and in the dark deliver...
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No, it wasn't. Realistically, that honor probably goes to Apocalypse World, whose innumerable descendants we are still plagued with 14 years later. But Abandon All Hope...Linked by the ring
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Crouched in the broken shadow with the sun at his back and holding the trap at eyelevel against the morning sky he looked to be truing some older, some subtler instrument....Linked by the ring
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It was my idea to do this picture pong thing, just so you know — as with all brilliancies the source can be found in me. But I had to let the ideas lie fallow for a little...Linked by the ring
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Good evening, good evening. This is a small post just to say I finally got around to updating the houserules on the sidebar of this blog. My opinions on The True & Only Way...
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Better off shedding your own blood on the groundThan shedding your self-respect on a court's floor. Better off worshiping foul idols than a man.That is my teaching. Heed it and...Linked by the ring
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Got a couple of classes rattling around in my brain. Thought I'd publish them here, so at least someone might get use out of them. "Chocolate"! AI generated, with a...Linked by the ring
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Stephen Crane was an odd duck. A well-beloved writer, poet and Darwinist, you can read about him on Wikipedia as easily as I did; and his poems are all in the public...Linked by the ring
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"All schizophrenics are mad, and none are sane. Their behavior is incomprehensible. It tells us nothing about life and gives no insight into the human condition. There's...Linked by the ring
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There are a number of spells I've written which have no wizard to accompany them as yet. I've decided to write them down, so that someone might get some use out of them...
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On the western edge of the world, north of Los and south of the unfinished continents of the animal-men, is the Basking Coast. It is a cold place, lonely even in company,...
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It has been some two centuries, many many generations of the smallfolk, since the goblins of Hybrasil threw off the yoke of their ogre masters and chased the invading...Linked by the ring
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This one's from friend-of-the-blog Phlox, who did a draft trade with me (in return I sent him this monster hunter). It's a wizard school with a gimmick of greyhound-racing...Linked by the ring
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The latest engine of death to appear is appalling by its uncanny invincibleness. They hurdle trenches, crawl over shell craters and walk through forest unhalted by intense...Linked by the ring
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A few months back I posted a list of random encounters from a weird Napoleonic war zone. This was a snapshot of an alt-history bio-horror setting I have occasionally mused...Linked by the ring
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At the beginning of the world, where the labyrinth starts, in the first segment of the maze, it is always night. The stars are huge as thumbnails held at arm's length, but...Linked by the ring
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The Goals of the Company as laid out in its Founding Charter: First: to maintain peace and security; to that end, to take effective measures for the prevention and removal...Linked by the ring
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...the hangman asked the raven and it croaked a sharp reply, "Black-clad are they who follow Death, who for the Tower ride,"And black their steeds and black their deeds and...
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Woof. This is my fourth post for 5e classes and subclasses converted to GLOG. I've done my favorite guys already: the almighty Rogue, so perhaps it's time to tackle one of...Linked by the ring
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I been playing Magic: the Gathering. Here's how to play Magic: the Gathering in GLOG. Source: in image, art by Jason Kang Let me hit you with the basic concept: you're...
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Entropy is the system's tendency towards chaos. In mechanical systems entropy converts useful work into useless heat and noise.In informational systems entropy converts useful...
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One thousand years is a long time, but at last it comes to an end. Meanwhile, is it any greater accomplishment to be a rich corpse than a poor one?Jewels of jade and pearl are...
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"Many search the Far Realms for the strength to change the world, and some find it. Yet none traffick more devoutly than the Summoner. She bonds with a particular entity,...Linked by the ring
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Check the sidebar under "Houserules" for the most up-to-date ruleset! Maybe ten, maybe a dozen games of Best Case Scenario have been run by several DMs for an assortment...Linked by the ring
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"Black Books", in the style of Mr. Halton. For more titles to add to your library, see here and here. Source: Real Fantasy: Teenage Witch, by milkmindartDawn of...Linked by the ring
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Dimensions. Alternate dimensions? Multiple timelines? Many worlds? I can see them in my head. Think of the "Bulk", the totality of timelines, the arc of the multiverse,...Linked by the ring
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Among 5e classes, the Rogue is probably my favorite. His design is most in line with my own preferences; mostly he can just do things, you know? He can just climb things....Linked by the ring
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Check the sidebar under "Houserules" for the most up-to-date ruleset!. This game is set roughly now, in an area that you're familiar with, even if just from the...
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I hate 5e. Here are some 5e classes.Barbarian Source: DDF 20 by FabianMonk Like monks, barbarians tap into a primal force of the universe. But where monks seek...Linked by the ring
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Alright I don't know what happened at the end with all the Hardsuit lists and their broken whitespacing (there are leading spaces after the numbers that will not go away)...Linked by the ring
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This is a spaceship (a dungeon) for Archon's hack Orbiters Local 519, a game of derelictcrawling, salvage and insurance fraud. I've also included some optional alien PC...Linked by the ring
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5e conversion is easy! Subclasses have 4 thingies, GLOG classes have 4 thingies. The conversion is practically already done. While 5e content is often lame and bad, you can...
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It is becoming difficult for me to navigate my own blog. Therefore shall I lay out an index for ease of reference. Source: Ogun by spaghettibastard Classes The Zouave, that...
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Felt sluggish and uncreative recently. Underperforming. Lurdane. (I wrote those sentences in February of 2021). Here's a wizard school in the classic GLOG tradition.Source:...Linked by the ring
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This post is a lightly-edited stream of consciousness I assembled from several discussions over the course of a few weeks (months? I have no sense of time) in the...
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Perhaps you've encountered clerics in your travels, or perhaps you are one yourself. No doubt you've heard of or studied from the Young Cleric's Illustrated Primer or...
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Legallydistinctémon! A project of the twice-secret Gold Membership© GLOG Discord!Rubble in the background? A legbone for a signpost? What blasted Hellscape is this? The...
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So you're all familiar with weather flowers, or will be when I explain them in a second:This one's itty-bitty, for demonstration purposes. Larger ones are more common. We...Linked by the ring
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What's GLΔG? Read here. In short, "character advancement" through narrative triggers. These aren't quite the same as GLOG classes, since theoretically one could finish all...