I've never been a Pathfinder player, regardless of edition, but my God, the Pathfinder Beginner Boxes - First AND Second Edition are simply amazing! They certainly do tempt me into the Pathfinder realms. As for the adventures, Pathfinder adventures have always been solid.
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A cyberpunk tabletop RPG from the creator of Stars Without Number.
After the sci-fi success of Stars Without Number and the fantastic response to Worlds Without Number, the new cyberpunk age of Cities Without Number is upon us. Within the pages of this tabletop role-playing game, you'll get a full-fledged system-neutral Sine Nomine toolkit for building a cyberpunk world of your own, plus an old-school game system for playing out the reckless adventures of the desperate men and women who live in it. Whether polished metal or flesh and blood, your operators will risk their lives and more to seize those precious things a merciless world would keep from them. In particular, this book contains...
An old-school inspired game system fully compatible with the sci-fi Stars Without Number game and its fantasy sister-game Worlds Without Number
Cyberware and sophisticated high-tech gear suitable for chroming the most discriminating cyborg and equipping the most refined of street operators
Playability-focused hacking rules designed to give hacking-focused PCs useful and important things to do without forcing an entire separate mini-game on the GM
Gear rules for drones and vehicles, to better equip PCs who want to bring a little extra iron on their next mission
System-neutral Sine Nomine worldbuilding tools for helping a GM create their own custom cyberpunk world or elaborate the details of existing worlds and settings
Gang, corp, and city district creation tools for fleshing out your world with people and places that fit
Fifty Mission Tags for adventure creation, plus guidelines and step-by-step procedures for handling facility infiltrations, managing local heat, fencing loot, and other activities beloved of corp-hating street scum everywhere
And that's just in the free version that will be released on DTRPG for anyone to download. As with SWN and WWN, Cities Without Number will be provided in both a free and a deluxe version, the better to let an interested group jump in and play without having to spend anything. As a backer, you'll be getting the deluxe version, of course, which will also include...
Variant gengineered human types for PCs who don't fit the baseline mold
Spellcasting and summoning rules for GMs who want to add a dash of magic into their cyberpunk world
Additional content creation tools to give an extra boost to a GM's creative efforts
Several open pages to be filled with the contents that backers seem most interested in having. I've got room to add a little more here, and I'll be listening to backer comments and requests when it comes to filling them.
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My introduction to the Hero System was the Champions Boxed set in the mid-80s. I'm not sure we ever got beyond character generation at my friend Lenny's kitchen table and rolling mock battles with buckets of d6s. The Hero System has come far over the last 40 some odd years.
Hero! We've resurrected our February 2021 HERO System 6E Bundle featuring the 2009 Sixth Edition of the HERO System tabletop roleplaying game rules from Hero Games. The matchless flexibility of the HERO System lets you create any character, super power, spell, equipment, vehicle, or headquarters you can imagine, and the 6E version is the most detailed and comprehensive ever. See why, among high-crunch universal systems, HERO still holds pride of place after four decades.
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The Other OSR—Chimneyhaus
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*Chimneyhaus* is a scenario for Mausritter –Sword-and-Whiskers roleplaying,
the rules-light fantasy adventure microclone in which the very big and very
d...
Kickstart Your Weekend: Monsters and More!
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More Kickstarters this week, and it is a good batch.
*Dark Wizard Games: Fantasy Folder #1 - Dungeon Demon*
[image: Dark Wizard Games: Fantasy Folder #1 ...
Migratory Stasis
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Some people quite regularly complain about Medieval Stasis in fantasy
worlds, with swords, armor, and castles that are thousands of years old
looking just ...
Shadelport Background Tables
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In an age of squalor and darkness undreamed of, people need awful quick
backgrounds. So their character can quickly get...
Unheld Stuck Weapons Penalty for GURPS DF Felltower
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I've been noodling around in my head about a penalty for having a stuck
weapon in you, even if you don't have a person on the other end.
Since we used a qu...
The Return of Advanced Adventures!
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After a 3.5 year hiatus, I'm returning to the Advanced Adventures line.
Yesterday I picked up where I've left off on The Heart of the Titan
(Advanced Adv...
The Sun Orb
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By Malrex The Merciless Merchants OSE Levels 4-7 Bellamar, ancient mage of
great power, jealously guarded her secrets, especially her signature
spells. She...
ONLY Roll Initiative
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What if initiative was the only roll in a combat system?
Less a question of "can I murder this horrible horse?" and more "can I
murder it before it murder...
Playing with Scale
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RPGs have a tool available to almost no other form of expression. They can
play with scale.
Literature struggles with this concept. Gargantua and Pantag...
Hazardous Environment Suit
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This is the *Deep Space Explorer - Commando* from Digital Taxidermy.
I've printed it on my Mars Pro.
It's 32mm tall, so a little small for a 28mm sit-i...
Megadungeons: Unique Rooms and Encounters
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Before beginning, I must state that all artwork used in today's blog is
owned by the publishers. I do not claim ownership of any of the art within.
I hav...
Players Guide to Greyhawk 576
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Apologies for there not being a post last week, but hopefully today’s post
will make up for it. Today I present the companion book to my DM’s Guide to
Grey...
Imagining Roteopia
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As a consequence of reading 'Cats Paws' and Catapults' I became mildly
obsessed with the idea of rotational limbs in living things. WHY can't we
have Segwa...
An Era of Standard RPG Terminology
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Now that the core of Dungeons & Dragons has been effectively open sourced,
a lot of retro-clone designers are breathing a sigh of relief. You can't
copyr...
Elthos RPG overview
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Elthos RPG is a game written by my friend Mark Abrams (there is also a
leaner Essentials version). *It is free*, so you can check it out for
yourself if yo...
Shields Still Being Splintered
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It does this old troll’s heart good to hear that folks are still getting
fun out of Shields Shall be Splintered. I recently discovered that the
Down In ...
OGL Rollercoaster – End of the Ride?
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The end of 2022 was full of rumbles about the OGL, but WOTC said it would
be OK. January, 2023 soon revealed WOTC’s (Wizards of the Coast) claims
that al...
Dragons
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Although their abilities defy classification, their forms do not.
*Dragons of the Upper Air*
Of unknown provenance, perhaps even more powerful than the ...
Completed my collection
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Even though I said I wouldn't play 5e I did. I've enjoyed dming it, I've
enjoyed playing basic characters. I'm currently running a game and
plotting a...
[BLOG] CAR GIFT CONTRACT (draft version)
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*We have very good news!* You have just won a *CAR!!!**The CAR* will be
made available to you completely FREE of charge for the next two weeks,
after whi...
WotC: In the Name of the Game...
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There's been a lot of talk about WotC and the OGL. I won't go into that
since it's being debated by enough already. But what does stand out to
Robyn and ...
a videro grame review
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*Fateful Lore* is the first outing from Fantaseel Interactive. It's a tiny
Japanese-style retro RPG for your phone (iOS or Android). You play a lone
hero...
The Blade Itself
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I just finished listening to the audiobook of The Blade Itself, volume one
in Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law trilogy. This was my first exposure to
his wo...
5e Session V: Into the Wild
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*Aurora Boree Alice *- Human Cleric
*Chuck Norris *- Elf Ranger
*Purina* - Half-elf Druid
*Your Majesty* - Human Wizard
Leaving the Stone Hill Inn before ...
Warsmith's Words: Iron Warriors 'Brute Squad
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Welcome back to the Vault and a (belated) Happy New Year. Whilst I am not
really one for new year resolutions I would like to continue with my
painting ...
D&D Christmas Carols: Hark! I Am a Hireling
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I found these old cards at a thrift store a few years back, and sent out
the very last of them this year. Inside it says “I hope yule log on for the
holida...
The Arnesonian Sandbox and The First Hexcrawl
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When I looked previously at the Lake Gloomy material (HERE) from early
summer 1972, I focused on organizing the material in a user friendly
manner. The...
Seven Sins of RPG Writing
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The Seven Deadly Sins of RPG Writing
All these sins are relative. For example, you might find a system is your
jam that I found unusable due to complexit...
On "The Dungeon As A Mythic Underworld"
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[This was originally posted as a comment on a Reddit post but, knowing that
will disappear down the memory within a few hours, figured it was worth
prese...
Genteel Magistrate at FenCon XVIII
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Victorious author Mike Stewart will be a guest at FenCon XVIII this weekend
at the Sheraton DFW Airport hotel, 4440 W. John Carpenter Freeway, Irving,
TX, ...
Starter Set: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Review
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I thought it odd when I saw big name YouTubers talking about the new
starter set WotC published, but I hadn't heard anything about it. I don't
keep up...
This is an Important Game Mechanic
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*"That's the GM's Regional Map from my AOWG. And it's a damned good
regional map. It's not a good map for a Simple Homebrew Campaign. It does
some s$&...
On Ecology Completed
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So that happened.
Bestial Ecosystems created by Monster Inhabitation is out.
I'm getting better at it. There was something off about the softcovers, so...
Clean Your Room
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Looking back at my little blog here. That last post… wow, I was having fun
playing WOW Classic! That was August of 1999 and I was having a blast… it
was ...
People of the World, Spice up Your Life
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I have seen the *Dune*. It’s good, but, like all “content” now, too long.
The forms of many designs are quite nice (love the costumes of the imperial
de...
My RPG Zine Trilogy is on Kickstarter!
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I can't believe I didn't post about it here!
The Dead are Coming, Screams Amongst the Stars and Running Out of Time are
on *Kickstarter right now!* Thes...
Maximum HP 004, one week to go
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Just one week to go for Maximum HP issue #004, the undead. We are pushing
through stretch goals and wracking up contributions for the best issue yet.
We...
Steve Jackson Interview
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James Maliszewski recently did an interview with Steve Jackson over on his
Grognardia blog. Steve chats about the beginnings of The Fantasy Trip and
upcomi...
Undermountain Map Origins
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As documented on the Ruins of Undermountain sales page, "TSR didn't
actually use Ed Greenwood's original maps," at least not in their entirety.
This post d...
WB:FMAG Total Print Sales
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Hello Folks,
The last time I did a quick sales report was in September 2018.
I pulled reports from Amazon, Lulu and DrivethruRPG from October to current
fo...
The Minotaur for Old-School Essentials
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*Minotaur*
*Requirements:* Minimum STR 9, Minimum CON 9
*Prime Requisite:* STR and CON
*Hit Dice:* 1d10
*Maximum Level:* 8
*Armor:* Leather, including shield...
WIZARDS OF POHJOLA
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Init +0
Melee Atk
• sword or dagger +1 (1d5 or 1d3)
Ranged Atk
• hot iron sparks +3 (1d4+2 to two targets within 20' but not closer than
5')
AC 14
HD 12d...
Dungeons & Dragonmead Fall Schedule
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*As you know, I run public classic Dungeons & Dragons games at **The Loaded
Die**/Metro Detroit Game Night's Board Game Nigh at **Dragonmead**, in
Warren...
D&D Sling Damage vs. Large Targets
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In many early editions of D&D, weapons were assigned two damage values: one
for small/medium targets (i.e. man-sized) and one for large targets (giants
and...
James A. Smith, Jr. Memorial Video
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A beloved father, devoted friend, and D&D Dungeon Master extraordinaire. We
miss you! To view video, click here Memorial Video
Note - The original video...
Let's Talk About Pacing!
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The idea, I think, is that the RPG is ultimately about the long game. Even
rolling back to the early days of Basic & Expert, the goal of the player
was...
Profane and Profound Prep Part 2
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This is part 2 of my work to edit my magic items for a DMsGuild release,
along with adding cursed items along the way. Here is part 1. Bone of a
Saint 8000...
SHORT BREAK.
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I'm going to take a break for a week or so and will start up again in the
New Year. Thanks for reading and we'll start with Level 6 when I get back.
Iain Lovecraft, 3D Sculptor
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Nope, it's got nothing to do with Cthulhu. I just did a video conversation
with Iain Lovecraft, who designs 3D miniatures and terrain. If you're not
doin...
New website!
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Slowly but surely, all the content here will make its way — in updated
form! — to my new website: timbannock.com. For fairly obvious reasons, that
site wil...
Please Update Your Link!
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If you're seeing this, it means your link to the Greyhawk Grognard blog is
out of date.
Please update your link to www.greyhawkgrognard.com (RSS feed is
h...
Mord Mar - Session 6
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We weren't able to play Mord Mar last week, due to a family funeral. This
week we played on Monday for the first time, due to kids returning to
school and ...
A Small, Quiet Plea
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There has been a great deal of discussing political agendas, social
grievances, and personal attacks within the little corner of gaming that is
my hobby....
Don’t Sleep It’s Broken
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Expanding/editing my comments from What Makes Something Broken G+ thread:
“Broken”, for me, is anything that makes normal character choices, tactics,
or ro...
Swords & Wizardry Light-Themed Birthday Party
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Last month, my wife and I helped our oldest to celebrate his birthday in
style. Ever since 2013, we have hosted a themed birthday party for our
now-15-ye...