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Blogs of Inspiration & Erudition
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Friday Night Video: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Not music videos tonight but the trailers for The CW's *Crisis on Infinite Earths* five hour crossover that begins on Sunday. It is no lie or exaggeratio...5 hours ago
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UCon 2019 Post-Con Post - UCon 2019 ended on Sunday, November 24 and I am finally writing about what happened. I mentioned what was on my schedule in my last post. Pick Up Games I...6 hours ago
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Shpping Spree and New Regular Game - So have struggled to get anything remotely like a fantasy rpg game running in last 3 years in Adelaide. Last few attempts which i invited newbs begging ...6 hours ago
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The 10% HP rule (just a flesh wound) - It goes like this: *If an attack causes less than 10% of your HP in damage, it has no further detrimental effect on you (besides damage). No concentration ...9 hours ago
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Churchill 3" Gun Carrier - This is a 1:100 (15mm) model of the Churchill 3" Gun Carrier, designed by M. Bergman and 3d-printed by me on my Ender 3. The filament is eSun PLA (grey),...11 hours ago
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Circular Stonehell - I think this circular map of Stonehell level 1 is neat as can be: Pretty cool. What's in the middle? Is it a shaft straight to Hell? Yes, of course it w...12 hours ago
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OSR Catch Up & Campaign Round Up - A0-A4: Against the Slave Lords & OSR Deep Dive - "A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity: It is time to put a stop to the marauders! For years the coastal towns have been burned and looted by the forces of evil....15 hours ago
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New Class – The Psychical Researcher - Greetings all, While at the convention earlier this month, someone mentioned the idea of the “Skeptic” of supernatural phenomena that was a mainstay of the...18 hours ago
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The craving will pass - Lately I've been having a hankering to play fifth edition. As many of you know, I suffer from gamer a. d. d. I am currently running kotb with bx on roll20...19 hours ago
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SPI - DragonQuest Rulebook - *From the back cover:* *The most powerful and comprehensive fantasy role-playing system is now even easier and more fun in the thoroughly revised se...20 hours ago
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False Opposites - This was longer and more rambly but I'm going to try to cut it down to the absolute minimum. This picture doesn't really represent anything but I like it. ...21 hours ago
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Friday Fantasy: More Than Meets The Eye - *More Than Meets The Eye: A Short Adventure with Lots of Tentacles* is one of four short scenarios for use with Lamentations of the Flame Princess Weird F...23 hours ago
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Miniatures: Sci-Fi Dino Troopers - I have a bunch of miniature posts to catch up on, from the Raptors, to the Owlbear, to a bunch of vampires, and some ghouls This post though, is about the ...1 day ago
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12 Days of Sweet Christmas - Holiday Commandos - Like yesterday's post, I don't really have a lot of context here. I'm going to assume these elves are Santa's elite strike force and a different division o...1 day ago
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Karl Hodina (1935 - 2015) - The Virgin as Devil - [image: Karl Hodina - The Virgin as Devil] "Alongside artists such as Arik Brauer, Ernst Fuchs and Rudolf Hausner, he is one of the representatives of the ...1 day ago
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Melan, Prince and Bryce meet in Ohio - So, there I am, in Ohio, researching my families murderous past in the Appalachia region of the southeast, near Athens. Low and behold, it turns out Prince...1 day ago
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OSR: How To Do Reasonably Well on Kickstarter - This is a companion post to How To Become A Hundredaire On DriveThruRPG and Sharpening the Axe - How I Plan and Write RPG Books. *Note: *Physical copies *M...1 day ago
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Castle Xyntillan now avaliable - This begins with a story, back in the 2000's a bunch of folks were organized by Necromancer Games to fleshed out Judges Guild's Wilderlands of High Fantas...1 day ago
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Nazi Sympathiser - A friend of mine showed me a photo yesterday of somebody in the OSR Twittersphere describing me as a Nazi sympathiser. (The same person was describing anot...1 day ago
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Undead turning the living - I've had this in my *Drafts* folder for a year, so let's run with it a bit. My twisted brain jumps to weird places, especially when I read something like...1 day ago
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Rules option #2: Swords & Six-Siders (and the OSR as a whole) - Another strong option as a framework to build a MotU-inspired miniatures game on top of would be something in the realm of the Old School Renaissance. No ...2 days ago
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Making the Arts Dark Again... - *Sorcery*. The Dark Arts. These words conjure up images of occult knowledge wrestled from forgotten old tomes and worked in guilty secrecy. Magic is sin...3 days ago
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More Probably Completely Incorrect Musings on the D&D Movie - So we got new info! Joining our hero, Raven Hightower, will be the gnome thief Olivan Trickfoot and the “half-dragon” Hack Karroway. Olivan is clearly the...4 days ago
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Symbaroum Campaign Pitch - The great war, the hungry hordes of the Dark Lords—a nightmare that lasted for two decades … Twenty-one years have passed since the Dark Lords were vanquis...4 days ago
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[MODULE] Castle Xyntillan (NOW AVAILABLE!) - Chocolate coins not included *“The immense, rambling complex of Castle Xyntillan has stood in its mountain valley for many years. Built over several genera...4 days ago
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Mazes and Monsters: a Breakdown - Mazes and Monsters is a 1982 made-for-TV morality play that warns viewers against the dangers of participating in role-playing games, suggesting that the ...5 days ago
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Power Armoured Paint: Thunderstruck - I have to admit to being bit of a Luddite when it comes to my hobby tools and in particular I don't own an airbrush (they've always seemed a bit intimidati...5 days ago
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New Map of the Elf Empire and Southern Isles - I’ve been having fun developing a new map-drawing style that I think is finally reaching a certain level of maturity. And yeah, it owes a lot to Matthew Ad...5 days ago
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Eye of Vecna coming to the big screen? - The possibility of new *Dungeons and Dragons *film has popped up from time to time for years now (I last mentioned it here in February 2016). But it now lo...1 week ago
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From the Vaults - World of Greyhawk Rarities for Your Games - In this "From the Vaults" series of articles, I'm going to present and summarize information about obscure, rare, and less-well-known *World of Greyhawk* c...1 week ago
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casl Entertainment - I woke this morning to a message from Carlos Lising of casl Entertainment letting me know that he was pulling their products from DriveThruRPG in order to ...1 week ago
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Dedicated Followers of Fashion - Clothes are sort of a big deal in modern Bastion. The trick is to look both classically timeless and effortlessly a la mode. *Alaine Crevatte’s Forum of Fi...1 week ago
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On GNS in my OSR? It's more likely than you think. - My own words from 2000, a few short months after the genesis of the threefold model. From: Courtney Campbell Subject: Re: Getting player buy-in to a surpr...1 week ago
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Old School Essentials: Review - I remember when *B/X Essentials *first showed up on the OSR scene, and to be honest I was really pretty skeptical. I thought "Oh, this is literally just a ...1 week ago
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Limiting Ink Density - If you're printing at Lightning Source, e.g. because you're doing a POD product at DriveThruRPG, you have to abide by LS's printing specifications. One of ...1 week ago
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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 wa...2 weeks ago
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Monsters with Triggered Abilities - Everything on this page (except for the gribbly) is meant to be accessory monster. They aren't going to be the biggest monster in the fight; they'll be fl...2 weeks ago
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Merlynd the Magician on Target for Early December Release - *OK. Merlynd the Magician has been laid out and we are going over pre-press proofing today and the next, giving it a final look. It will then, with the 3 s...2 weeks ago
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Chronicles of Nolenor Play Reports #22-24 – Return to the Chaotic Caves - Real dates: 2/2/19, 2/9/19, 2/16/19 In-game dates: November 18th-19th, EY632 PCs: Ambrose (Hero – Fighter L4) Zort (Curate – Cleric … Continue reading →2 weeks ago
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New AD&D Greyhawk Campaign Notes - I recently launched a new AD&D campaign on Fantasy Grounds. Although we're using the 2e ruleset FG released earlier this year, my only books for reference...4 weeks ago
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DM Report: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks - As I have mentioned before, over the years I have very rarely used a published module and, when I do, I heavily modify it. The exception has been that ov...4 weeks ago
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The Diselpunk Post - I like dieselpunk a lot. I want other people to like it. Having said that, the major hurdle is to make it look retro in a way that appeal to people in the ...5 weeks ago
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The Faithful - An Optional Archetype for Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells Revised Edition - Work on the revised edition of Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells is moving along. This will be a hefty tome, with a LOT of tools and new options to customize...5 weeks ago
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A Visit to the Mighty Eighth - I had the opportunity today to visit the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Pooler, GA. What a wonderful time! It’s a collection of memorabi...5 weeks ago
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Monkeyshines with Maps - Recently, what is believed to be the oldest map of the land of Blackmoor has drawn some comment in a few different places, including the *Secrets of Blackm...5 weeks ago
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Free GM Resource: RPG Dice Roller v2.3 - [image: Free GM Resource: RPG Dice Roller v2.3] It's been a month since I've posted last...for reasons, but I'm prepared to come back to regular Free GM Res...5 weeks ago
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Dolmenwood Campaign Book: Planning Update - As work on the final digital rewards for the Old-School Essentials Kickstarter is entering the end stages, my thoughts are slowly returning to "the next bi...1 month ago
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Regimental Goats, Bounties, and Free Pasturage for All: News from the Hill Cantons Returns - We return to our regularly scheduled program of fortnightly updates from the Hill Cantons campaign. *And Now the News...* Agents of *Koza the Regimental ...1 month ago
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Another holiday treat - In the same spirit as my last post, here's another preview of content that will eventually appear in The Heroic Legendarium that seems to capture that cree...1 month ago
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Midderlands - The hamlet of Whorle - I have recently started up a 1on1 game with a friend, as we are both very busy, we figured this was the best way to get some gaming in. I have owned all th...1 month ago
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The Withered Crag custom print version for sale again - Just re-enabled the direct sales button for the custom print (classic style detached cover) version of F4 The Withered Crag, and also for F3 Many Gates of...2 months ago
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RIVAL PARTY - ELF - Init +1d4 Melee Atk • dagger +0 (1d4) Ranged Atk • sticky explosive +5 (1d7+2, special, 100') AC 11+ HD 5d8 MV 40 Act 1d20 SP shapechanging, second head...2 months ago
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Dungeons & Dragonmead Fall Schedule - *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...2 months ago
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Saving Throw fundraiser fanzine for James D. Kramer - You may know Jim Kramer from his Usherwood Publishing modules & supplements, or his work helping produce works like OSRIC and Knockspell. You probably didn...2 months ago
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Home Sweet Home Azeroth - A very simple mash up of the World of Warcraft Cinematic Trailer and Classic Announcement set to Mötley Crüe “Home Sweet Home” from the Theatre of Pain a...3 months ago
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The Engine of On a Red World Alone - Three and a half years ago I began a Rules as Written LotFP game set on post apocalyptic Mars, and called it “On a Red World Alone.” Bit by bit each rule w...3 months ago
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D&D Sling Damage vs. Large Targets - 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...4 months ago
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Offworlders - Play Session with Daughter - Player: Amelie (12 years old) Character: Jade Abilities: Ghost, Blast Gear: Light Armor, Light Blaster on wrist, Medium Blaster Sidearm Mission: Respond t...5 months ago
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Exorcists For Hire - Three months back I wrote about giving quest givers some kind of existing relationship to the PCs to make adventures more personal and to create a stronger...5 months ago
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Annihilation Rising Goes live - The latest in Fail Squad Games’ Quick Kick projects has gone live and needs your support!! This project is only running 11 days and ends on 5/28/2019! ...6 months ago
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Mysthea (something epic this way comes) - [image: Mockup of the hardback book] *An ancient, crystal-encrusted planet is rocked by war. As Kingdom fights Empire and the borderlands are caught in th...7 months ago
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James A. Smith, Jr. Memorial Video - 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...7 months ago
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Trap Tuesday: A step back - I will get back to Tomb of Horrors soon. I found a topic that was interesting enough to take a break. While interacting in a 5E group on Facebook I talked ...7 months ago
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Session 4: Into the Wolf Creek Ruins - Session 4 is in the books. This is the first session with @erik tenkar and @Jason Hobbs, along with @Joethelawyer and @Matt Jackson. The party is unravelin...8 months ago
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Let's Talk About Pacing! - 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...8 months ago
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The Complete OD&D Illusionist - The Illusionist in *Dungeons & Dragons *was created by Peter Aronson, an early Boston-area fan. In 1975, Aronson submitted an initial description of Illu...8 months ago
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Profane and Profound Prep Part 2 - 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...9 months ago
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SHORT BREAK. - 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.11 months ago
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Iain Lovecraft, 3D Sculptor - 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...11 months ago
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New website! - 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...1 year ago
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Please Update Your Link! - 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...1 year ago
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Total Sales for WB:FMAG - Hi Folks, It's been a long time since I provided an update for the sales of White Box: Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game. *LULU* Print: 396 PDF: 433 *OBS*...1 year ago
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How can We Destroy this Campaign World? - d12 1. You must trick a bard into strumming the *Chords of Fate* on the *Lute of Annihilation* 2. Legends tell of thermonuclear weapons beneath megadungeo...1 year ago
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Mord Mar - Session 6 - 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 ...1 year ago
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A Small, Quiet Plea - 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....1 year ago
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Don’t Sleep It’s Broken - Expanding/editing my comments from What Makes Something Broken G+ thread: “Broken”, for me, is anything that makes normal character choices, tactics, or ro...1 year ago
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The Warlock's Tower - *F*or over eighty years, the Warlock lurked in his tower of stone, crafting all manner of trinket and bauble for the many curious novice and veteran travel...2 years ago
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Swords & Wizardry Light-Themed Birthday Party - 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...2 years ago

It's "Elder", not "Eldar".
ReplyDeleteConratulations James Stanton...ya bastahd ;-). Happy holidays.
ReplyDeleteLol, happy holidays returned ;)
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