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This post, while relatively stand-alone, is the second part of a three part series called "The Glamour" - You can read the first titular part here, and the finale here.OR...
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If you're at all familiar with 4E mechanics, you can get a handle on the system.
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Here is the Outdoor Companion for my Dungeon Stocking – Expanded Resource that provides similar Links and Prompts to assist with Overland Hex Stocking. As I’ve mentioned...
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You’ve probably met knights from other realms, but these are different. While they resemble familiar knights in many ways, they have a different oath and a different set of...
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An essay on how we talk about ttrpg books, plus how book design invites bookplay.
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While wool-gathering today, I wondered if there could be a quick and convenient way to add a little more variety to Treasure Hoards generated via the typical Hoard Treasure...
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This post, while relatively stand-alone, is the first part of a three part series called "The Glamour" - You can read the second part here, and the finale here."There's a...
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Language is a hot topic in D&D. You can refer back to my post from early last year, which also serves as a sort of bibliography of the many talking points surrounding the...
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Make a puzzle dungeon and get help doing it. Nov 3rd - Dec 15th.
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Andy Lever. Losthavenart.com, used with permission.Recently, I had a lot of fun writing an adventure for Fun with Fang Adventure Jam. I never worked with Fängelsehåla system...
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Building on my lazy hexcrawl building process, I share a way to make your random encounters more interesting without all the work.More
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Photo credit: thomashendele I've been running this West Marches game for a while now. I've posted about it before. One of the key elements of a game of this sort is a random...
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Another Glåugust Glogtember GLOGTOBER, post. From the famed Archon's Court: a small regional hexcrawl.Ilya Zankovsky Maybe you found a ring, and thought yourself a more...
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I talk about Godbound a lot (free version available here, and the deluxe version available here; free version is complete and has everything you need, the deluxe version just...
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For Invisible Hands.Texas is burning. Dust Bowl, Alexandre HogueWhen it all went wrong, it went very wrong here. All the violence and fear and hatred that could accumulate in...
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OSR adventure design patterns modeled after Christopher Alexander's pattern language.
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As part of my Preparation for a new Wilderness Stocking Resource (an Overland version of my Dungeon Stocking – Expanded) I’ve identified a few potential d100 Tables that I...
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Theoryslop shadowboxing an omnigender Italian
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Lycanthropy is played out. Instead of using another werewolf in your game, try some weregilt.
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Glorantha is a famously deep but daunting setting. I won’t try to summarise it here, but open up any of the books and you’re sure to be swarmed by proper nouns you’ve never...
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An interview with Jay Dragon about how ttrpgs play with books
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AD&D's most endangered creature.We all know that larger towns and cities will usually have a market for dragons. That is, it is generally understood that adventurers will...
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Sometimes, rolls on those Random Treasure Tables can often produce some surprisingly Rich Results. A piece of Jewelry, Gemstone, or even an Object d’art may be so very valuable...
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Here are a couple of formalized steps for crafting puzzle dungeons that feel at home at the table—and are actually fun.
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A ghostly adventure for Pine Shallows Hi all, As a small break from all my longer running projects I joined a one day in-person event that kickstarted the RPG Jamboree: Vikings...
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Anyway, here's a system neutral ranger:Whenever you go someplace new, its name appears in the dark souls map font. If there is no name, you get to name it, and the gm must...
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The meaning of life is to get things and stuff them into your mouth and hope you choke on them. Influence - A Sidebar that will be necessary for this post to make much...
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Long Journeys by Sea often differ from other types of Travel. Outside of Weather Changes, and the occasional Random Encounter, there is often very little to decorate them when...
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I love chugging unknown substances in caves.Pdf for home printing.