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better dying, part 1
Most D&D characters are disposable. They start out life as six throws of 3d6 and then die in the first encounter of their miserable lives. I've got a buddy whose original group interpreted the...
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Brown Basic
So about a week ago I got over to Gryfalia's Aerie, the local game store with the overwrought name. Most of the shop is dedicated to collectible style games and boardgames. I saw two boardgames that...
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The Land of the Brutality is nice this time of year.
Anybody ever set a campaign on an album cover? I found this little slice of joy while doing a google image search for Asgard Miniatures.You can listen to one of the tracks here. Warning: prog rock...
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Need a dumb campaign map?
So I'm over at the library, pawing the maps and atlases of the U.K. and Ireland and such. I found a map you might like in The Reader's Digest Complete Atlas of the British Islands. Dig the complete...
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Not for the Phraint of heart
Pardon the punny title. I know Arduin, Bloody Arduin has full rules for PC Phraints, those delightful pre-Vrusk, pre-Thri-Kreen insect dudes from the mind of Dave Hargrave. But I don't own that book...
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Fun with Imirrhos
Imirrhos is the local name for Antares IX, setting of the TSR Minigame Revolt on Antares.I adore this game, even though I don't play it too much. The map and chits are too small for a ham-handed oaf...
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mapping dreams
Inside cover. So Alberto Manguel and Gianni Guadalupi's The Dictionary of Imaginary Places is pretty groovy, with write-ups for all sorts of places that never were, like that little German duchy...
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a thing I made
Over the summer I've had the opportunity to take a very brief "Intro to Photoshop" class, which only gives me more tools to pull crap like this:Artist ARP (who I don't know from Adam, but here's his...
View Articlenon-mechanical charsheet fodder
So here's a thread I started on Google Plus that I wanted to save. Here's what I said:I think it was the Compleat Arduin where I saw a character sheet with a spot to fill in your PCs best friend. I...
View Articleanswers for Random Wizard
Original questions posted here.(1). Race (Elf, Dwarf, Halfling) as a class? Yes or no?In most games I run, yes, that's the normal set-up. However, I would be open to accommodating someone that really...
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I wonder if this ever happened.
It's 1979 or 1980 and you're a bright, imaginative youth living in a remote rural part of the United States. Maybe once a month or so you get to the nearest town where you can buy a paperback novel or...
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it came from a comic book
An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, & True Stories is a bigass hardbound collection of artsy-farsty "indie" style comics. It's really great, even if it doesn't feature the spandex-clad...
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This post probably Not Safe For Work (or anywhere else, really)
It's all my fault. I accept full responsibility. It all started when I posted this picture to Google+:And labeled it "Your new PC". I didn't expect people to help me assemble a party. Joe D kicked...
View ArticleHeavy Metal Swords
Here's a concept to run up the flagpole. Magic swords must be named after a rock ‘n’ roll song, preferably metal. Maybe if a song becomes sufficiently awesome in our dimension it hardens into a blade...
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Brawl at the Tanglebones Tavern
Of all the drinking establishments in the Snail Quarter, why come to the Tanglebones Tavern? The location is terrible, unless you happen to run out of the back door of a nearby gambling den or boxing...
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Brawl at the Tanglebones Tavern: Turn 1 Results
TURN 1 resultsThe BarkeepNo one is quite sure what put the Tanglebones Tavern into such a brawling move. Part of the blame must lie with the barkeep, an old greybearded grouch who’s been drinking as...
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Brawl at the Tanglebones Tavern: Turn 2
Over at the bottom of the staircase Quartle the Dandy Frog continues to brawl with Ba Chim the Landsknect Elf. The amphibian delivers a powerful right uppercut to the jaw of the elf. Critical hit!...
View ArticleOne way to almost do Holmes initiative
Each round the DM rolls an extra d6 in addition to everyone participating rolling one. Initiative is then grouped like this: Pseudo-Holmes Initiative Groups per roundd6Inish Groups1-218-17-16,...
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Brawl at the Tanglebones Tavern: Turn 3
TURN 3 RESULTSMister Mister is still holding KISS gal and drunkenly serenading her as Silver-haired Fonzie springs into action, taking a wild swing at Mister that glances off his forearm. It's not...
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Crypt of Kings, session #1
Care for a drink, dearie?Hi, all! Remember me? I gots a new game going. Two of the players are self-taught 4e enthusiasts, two have never played any sort of D&D, only one has any real idea what he...
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