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I decided, after several years, to stop working on A.D.A. A (cautionary) tale in RPG design.
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NO SPUR BUT YOU, MY BROTHERA powerful gang of cockerels, a series of killings, and bitter quarrel between siblings.+++IN DEEP NIGHT, A COCKEREL CROWINGAn ill omen, folk say—of...
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The School of Simulacra is a specialized form of illusion magic that creates Turing-complete illusions, which are constructs of pure thought and will capable of independent...
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[[This is part of a series of light fiction I've been writing to both practice my prose and flesh out the world of Inheritors]]A faint warmth fills your body. Dimly, feeling...
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This is a post of two purposes:1. For Glåugust challenge 6, fulfilling the prompt "a dungeon with a river in it".2. A trade of prompts--a dungeon duel, if you will--between the...
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Run Mythic Bastionland with confidence: map creation, realm population, sparking conflict, Omens, Sites, calendars, and lightweight prep tools.
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In a previous post I gave some broad thoughts on generally using a FILO Initiative System.I also am going to be testing out using (relatively) static Initiative Values, which...
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Not The River, of course. A typical Mythic Bastionland realm, following the procedure in the book, has a navigable river. It’s an extremely fast way to get around! You might...
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The weekend Return of the King came out, the sun was just peaking above the horizon when my friend Mike and I piled into my dad’s truck and made the forty minute pilgrimage...
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Elric & Stormbringer by Piotr Jablonski*Sentient weapons and magic items should be like an annoying NPCWith great power comes a great lists of spurious demands. No matter if...
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A B C D Demon Dragon E F G1 G2 G3 H I Jackalwere K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZCredit: Richard WhittersK monsters are all plundered from various cultures around the world,...
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An finely-crafted sword in an elegant, archaic style. In certain lights, the silvery blade has a greenish sheen. Written in a flowing script down its length is its true name.
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RPG blogging may resume soon; there’s another Drowned Isles playtest wrapping up next week and I have some thoughts. Crucially: the game works, I have fun running it, and my...
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A while back I shared my previous versions of a Word-based spell casting system. I've heavily revised it since though so, consider this a fresh-ish version. The basic guts of...
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That's right. Sprout you little shits. Howdy, Farmhands! A bit of Gadda History before we begin: As previously mentioned on this blog, 2020 was the year I finally bit...
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An example for our I prepared to run a (great) published adventure.
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(I laid out a sort of post-plan previously but not even one proper post in and I'm abandoning it. Sorry! But it's in the name of "just post" energy).I mentioned my plan for a...
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A B C D Demon Dragon E F G1 G2 G3 H I Jackalwere K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZCredit: this comicUhhh... yeah, so I guess this is basically the only major "J" monster in D&D's...
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original art provided by my lovely wife, CV PhamSince I read this awesome post at Was It Likely, I've been itching to give my house rules a radical rewrite. For what interests...
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Planet art by Evlyn Moreau This is the fourth installment in the design diary series, where I design a roleplaying game inspired by the science fiction works of Jack Vance. In...
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In most of my Campaign Settings, I try to emphasize that Magic is a rather Rare and Wonderous thing. You’ll seldom find Arcane Artifacts for Sale in Markets and generally you...
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I'm not an "orc guy" by any means (hobgoblins are more my speed) but for better or worse they're intrinsic to D&D fantasy. Similar to what I wrote about elementals in my last...
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A lot of us like to homebrew our settings, or play in official TTRPG settings built from the ground up to work with whatever system we choose to run. While I love a good TTRPG...
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Remember that one brief month when people were hacking Cloak and Sword games into classical murder mysteries?Class: L'Inspecteur Starting Paraphernalia: relatively modest...
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Not gonna lie, I never thought of myself as the target audience for this kind of game. I am not a Critical Role viewer. I also am not super into kitchen-sink, modern d20...
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I’m back with a continuation of my last article, The Overachiever’s Guide to Lazy Hexcrawl Building, where I demonstrate how I use a GM binder to organize everything and expand...
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The province of Angevine is located along the far borders of Manteu, nestled in the valleys of the Bebrye Mountains.It is an afterthought in the minds of many noble families...
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A B C D Demon Dragon E F G1 G2 G3 H I Jackalwere K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZCredit: Prem (aka Coool Brain)Been quite a while since the last one of these, huh? Sorry about...
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Thoughts on why I actually like award shows.
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