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more illos from Nick!
The delightful and talented Nick Kuntz has contributed two more illustrations to the story of the Lost Tombs. Thanks, Nick! Eyeri the Young riding her ambulatory brain(No horses in this setting, if...
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Lost Tombs, session #3
So last night Javert the Magic-User led a second expedition to Tomb #2.The mysterious mage Kallisto Jovivi, Ms. Jovivi if you're nasty. Ms. Jovivi's addendum to the map of Tomb #2.
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more on session #3
From the Journal of Sapphean Gratchit, the wandering blue mage:It is so great to be out of that stuffy library. Teaching is hard. I do love my compatriot Mr. Sleet and his enthusiasm for collecting...
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Lost Tombs, session #4
From the journal of Coco the Warrior Cat(Terrible handwriting with all the typos you could possibly imagine)Dear diary, today I almost died! But thankfully the Red Star has provided.After my last...
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Lost Tombs update
No game last weekend or this coming weekend, as I am travelling the highways and byways of America with my family. I might be able to schedule a weekday session or two next week, though. In the...
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final Lost Tombs update
So the last run of the Lost Tombs campaign occurred at the end of July. I'm hoping tomorrow to write about why the campaign fizzled out (hint: it was my fault), but I thought in the name of...
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Lost Tombs postmortem
Let us start with the observation that more campaigns fail than succeed. If longevity is your measure of success, at least. I believe my lifetime average of campaigns exceeding 20 sessions has...
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All weapons do d6
In the earliest versions of D&D individual weapon types were barely distinguished from one another, mechanically speaking. All weapons did d6 damage, from daggers and clubs to two-handed swords and...
View ArticleWatch Out for Bucket Bob
Here's a random chart from my D&D notebook.Bucket Bob is some type of humanoid, fairly large (a bugbear or a troll, maybe?) but sneaky as heck. When he shows up on the wandering monster chart, he...
View Articlea creation myth, part I
Back at the start of things all was possible, all was present, all was mixed up. There was no thing separated from any other thing. No one knows how long this pile of allness lasted, for the past had...
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The clerics, fighters, thieves, and magic-users grew so numerous that they met again where they started at the Center. Suddenly, they could recognizing the missing parts of themselves. Half reunited...
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What does infravision look like, anyway?
Here are the entirety of the infravision rules as they existed in 1981, per page B21.PET PEEVE: I have never seen a computer game that attempted to simulate infravision. If you have, please leave a...
View ArticleOne liners
Today I thought I could squeeze a blog post out of a bunch of undeveloped ideas that are scrawled into my current DM's notebook. Make of them what you will.New aphorism: The DM is always free to...
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old school PC fragility
So, I don't think I've ever written a blog post in response to a tweet before.Now personally, I love the razor-sharp nonsense players come up with when they only have a hit point or two to their name....
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my best idea ever
Several years ago now I taught a British literature class with an emphasis on authorship and how an idea becomes a book. The final project for the class was for small groups to design a game that...
View Articlere: Zak
I know a lot of people have ghosted Zak and most people don't want to discuss him at this point. I'll be as brief as possible.It was my understanding that the point of the #MeToo movement was for...
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on tallking to monsters in BX
Very few canonical BX D&D monsters will automatically attack the PCs. Ghouls attack anything living. Zombies attack on sight. Goblins and NPC dwarves attack each without hesitation. Kobolds always...
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look at these handsome lads
Sculpted by Whiff WaffPainted by Mark DixonThe fine fellows are GOB10 Orcs with Clubs from CP Models. I don't know CP Models from the dogcatcher, but I love the vibe I'm getting off their humanoids....
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the opposite of walls
I haven't used dungeon tiles in years, but I sometimes like to relax by watching people make their own tiles. I'm talking about folks like DM Scotty, Wyloch, Black Magic Craft, The Tabletop Engineer,...
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per request
In a comment to a previous post, Scott Anderson asked for a new batch of Vyzor-style henchmen.Here you go. I hope they serve you well!I'm pretty sure I swiped this pic from Swords & Dorkery.
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