Deal of the Day - GM Companion for ShadowDark

Today's Deal of the Day is the GM Companion for ShadowDark from Chubby Funster Games. The Chubby Funster is Greg Christopher, whom I've known for well over a decade and consider a close friend.

The GM Companion for ShadowDark is on sale for $5 until tomorrow morning (usually 10 bucks in PDF). Note, it's a Platinum Best Seller on DTRPG.

Add a more expansive portfolio of options to ShadowDark Core. 

Upgrade your Overland Hex Crawl Experience:

• d20 Point of Interest table for all 9 terrain types.
• 2d6 intersecting Hazard tables for all 9 terrain types.
• New district types + all new Point of Interest options when creating settlements.
• d20 Shop generation lists featuring all new options for Poor, Standard, and Wealthy Shops.
• d20 tables with new Tavern names, new Menu items, and new Drink types. 
• A new dice game to gamble with in the tavern after an adventure.
• Acts of Devotion: a religious alternative to carousing where you can construct temples and attract adherents to support your deity.
• Combat Training: a warrior's alternative to carousing where you can hold tournaments and possibly gain a noble title.
• Magical Study: a wizard's alternative to carousing where they can study old tomes for magical insight and possibly found a university or library to house their books.

Upgrade your Dungeon Experience:

• Define the dungeon entrance and create multi-level dungeons using the dice-drop system developed in ShadowDark Core.
• d20 Room Type table + d10 tables for each Room Type, adding even more variety of dungeon design.
• 2d6 intersecting Hazard tables for all 4 dungeon types.
• d20 trap tables for Crushing / Gaseous / Sonic traps, Magical traps, and Wounding / Weapon-like traps. 
• Expanded NPC tables, including a new d20 Qualities table and a d20 Professions table.
• Expanded Rival Crawler tables, including a new d20 Party Name table, new d6 Signature Tactics table, and a new d12 Party Secret table. Rival Crawlers can now include monster types like Hobgoblins or Beastmen.
• 45 new monsters (including 6 new elemental types).
• Monster tables for levels 0-9 to randomly determine what monsters are in the dynamically built dungeon you are creating.

Upgrade your Treasure Game:

• d100 Dungeon Dressing
• d100 Treasure 0-3
• d100 Treasure 4-6
• d100 Treasure 7-9
• d100 Treasure 10+
• Boons - d20 Oaths, d20 Secrets, d20 Blessings
• Potions - d20 Features, d20 Benefits, d20 Curses
• Magic Armor - d20 Features, d20 Benefits, d20 Curses
• Magic Weapon - d20 Features, d20 Benefits, d20 Curses
• Magic Utility Item - d100 types, d20 Features, d20 Benefits, d20 Curses
• 86 Known Magic Items (non-random)

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Christmas in July Sale - Kids on Bikes: Second Edition Core Rulebook

There aren't any OSR or Old School RPGs in the deep discount Christmas in July Doorbusters this year, but there certainly IS a title that I find intriguing - Kids on Bikes.

Kids on Bikes is essentially Stranger Things RPG (remember the first season and how big their bikes played a role). 

I'm not saying that the Kids on Bikes: Second Edition Core Rulebook will be fully, or even partially, within my wheelhouse, but with it priced at $2.50 (instead of $9.99), I'll take the plunge, and I suggest many of you do so also.

The Adventures of Kids on Bikes take place in small towns at any point in history before: 

• everyone had a camera phone that could catch video of a ghost
• use GPS to track a homicidal maniac roaming around town
• research an old creaky house in seconds using the internet

Kids on Bikes takes place in a more mysterious time, where anything and everything could happen.

Kids on Bikes is a 138-page, rules-light, fast-paced storytelling game in the spirit of games like Dread, Perseverant, Monsterhearts, and other great indie titles. Kids on Bikes is perfect for game nights in which you want to get a game in RIGHT NOW. 

Using stats like GRIT, CHARM, FIGHT, FLIGHT, BRAINS and BRAWN, you’ll jump into the action. Each skill is represented by a polyhedral die based on your character’s competence. More sides = better chance of success.

That being said, even low stats always have a chance of success, as any max result EXPLODES leading to an additional re-roll contributing to the results. Lower sided dice mean bigger chances of explosions!

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Free OSR - ROGUELAND

I like short and light OSR rulesets. Remember, I'm the guy behind Swords & Wizardry Light & Continual Light. ROGUELAND looks awesome, and even if I don't ever run it, I may steal, er - borrow from it liberally.

ROGUELAND is available for free in PDF. Simply add it to your DTRPG cart and add it to your digital collection.

ROGUELAND is a 36 page rules-light, tabletop role-playing game. It is based on Ben Milton's Knave with modifications that focus on:

• - defining characters by the items they carry rather than specific abilities or class features
• - interpreting and casting free-form magic
• - monster, trap, and treasure generation
• - exploration procedures
• - and more

This game uses player-facing, roll-high, d20 mechanics, and is broadly compatible with other OSR games and source materials.

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