The fact that you feel as though you have to defend your knowledge of who the actor is leads me to believe that you're a big fan. "Sure it's because you work as a youth services librarian..."��...lol
From Tales to Things
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Out of Time is the first campaign for Tales from the Loop – Roleplaying in
the ’80s That Never Was –and quite possibly the last. With *Out of Time*, Free ...
Magical Protections
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A few weeks ago in my AD&D campaign, an NPC used a scroll of Protection
From Magic. This is a very powerful scroll and is easy to mis-adjudicate in
play....
Wearing Clothes
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Since the discussion on this post about colour, I've been thinking about
the effort to maintain incorporated rules into one's D&D game. This fits
with c...
Fifteen Years of Monster Brains!
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[image: MONSTER BRAINS LOGO - AERON ALFREY ESIGN]
I created Monster Brains fifteen years ago today, January 23 2006. I
started the site by sharing the art ...
A History of Hero Points: Fame, Fortune and Fate
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"Hero Points" was the name given by *James Bond 007 *(1983) to a quantified
resource players could expend to alter the results of a particular system
res...
Character Creation Challenge: Fantasy Wargaming
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We have all had this one on our shelves at one point or saw it in the book
stores and thought to ourselves, "wow I should REALLY do something with
that o...
3 bold adventurers, 3 dead adventurers
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I was feeling some anxiety this morning (the plague being in the land gets
to me sometimes) so I decided to distract myself with a couple old Tunnels
& T...
The Pit in the Forest, D&D adventure review
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By Rob Alexander Medium Quality Products OSR Levels 2-3 In Claine Forest
near Padduck Village there has appeared a pit. No-one knows where it came
from, it...
Lich van Winkle asks - How did you start?
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This post asks how you started gaming.
I've posted about this before, but for posterity on my own blog, here are
my answers:
*1. The year you began, and...
More Fantasy TV: Westeros and Middle-earth
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It looks like there will be no shortage of fantasy television shows in the
near future. In addition to the potential *Dungeons and Dragons* series
that I...
Großtraktor
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While I was browsing through the files in my digital object library, I
happened upon this model: a Daimler Großtraktor from between the wars, the
precu...
d100 Things in Sheds and Shacks
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This is very interesting for post apoc games and even fallout
I like that various cults might have been legit or survive over centuries
Propose...
D&D 5e x Pathfinder 2 (beating a dead horse)
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This is old news by now. By this point, everyone has made their choice
between these two... or something else.
I wrote about my first impressions of Pathfi...
A review of "A Fool's Errand"
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The prince was kind enough to take a look at my latest adventure "A Fool's
Errand"
You can read the review here:
https://princeofnothingblogs.wordpre...
The Central Mechanic of Tabletop Roleplaying Games
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I participated in a discussion about how the game plays in tabletop
roleplaying. The following is probably not constructive for the
conversation but it do...
Stacking up Bricks: Bane
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Taking another tiny step in examining builds that I'd like to see possible
with the Brick class for Light City...here's Bane...
*My expertly rebased Bane m...
Unfinished Business 2020 - The Shelf of Shame
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I mentioned before that I had a number of minis that I started in 2020
that made it to some level of painted before they were abandoned. I decided
to pu...
The Only DM Advice in Brechewold, I Swear
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A subject fraught with peril, to be sure, but I gotta admit I'm feeling
good about this lil nug I wrote as part of the Brechewold intro:
This book does not...
On Abstraction and Saving Throws
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Modern systems seem to assume a baseline representation - i.e. I rolled
twice, so each roll represents a swing of my sword or I can possibly move
up to 10'...
The weird Demographics of Vampire populations
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One thing that has always been left very unclear about Vampire: The
Masquerade (maybe in part deliberately) is the question of the scale at
which the vampi...
Free GM Resource: RP Archive YouTube Channel
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[image: Free GM Resource: RP Archive YouTube Channel]
[*Sorry to have two YouTube channels in as many weeks, but I'm home
recovering from a bout of sick...
New Video: Dragonne Magazine
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A few people have expressed confusion as to what exactly my “Dragonne
Magazine” is. I endeavor to clarify the origin, and intent, and hopefully
have a bit ...
The Danger-Snake! (and others)
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THE DANGER-SNAKE
The Danger-Snake the Danger-Snake,
The terrible cake-striped Danger-Snake.
Its form doth flow and its eyes doth glow,
With a regular pulsi...
Obscure Mythical Monsters
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I don't often indulge in creating new monsters, but over the years I've put
together a few here and there. Some of these I briefly published
elsewhere, bu...
Ask the Stars - The Positions
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Onto the second part of my exploration of the Signs and Positions from Ask
the Stars.
While the Signs give you a sense of the core of the issue, the Posi...
New Release: Miscreated Creatures
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Miscreated Creatures in Hardback (Lulu) Miscreated Creatures in PDF
(DriveThruRPG) If we lived in a world without adventure games, I think I’d
still have w...
Necrotic Gnome Website
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It's been a long time since I last posted on this blog... and the reason
for that is that I'm now posting news and updates at necroticgnome.com
directly....
Why I Don't Mind Aerith and Bob
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Although I have gone into details on names in my campaigns before let's
talk about it again. Why? Because it is on my mind, no more than that.
In the B...
Pits and Progress, Perils of Product...
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Okay, sad news. Life happens, and real life takes priority over our
imaginary ones, even the semi-real companies that publish the games we
play. Recent...
Behold! The World Breaker!
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I got this beautiful beast today. A antique gold, metal 100 sided die. It
weights almost a pound! This thing can do some damage. I love the look of
it. ...
10 Stupid yet Robust Games for Video Calls
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2020 is a weird year. A lot of people are relying on video calls for
holiday gatherings.
This is fine, but it does limit the type of holiday games that c...
Labyrinth Lord OEC Player Quickstart
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I thought I’d post the player quickstart I’m using for my Labyrinth Lord
OEC campaign. If you’ve seen the other …
Continue reading →
Muster
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Eero Tuovinen is crowd-funding a discussion about old school play: Muster:
A Friendly Primer to Challengeful Dungeoneering. Why, you might ask, is
another ...
That information is not available…
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One of the more…interesting?…Yeah, let’s go with ‘interesting>’! One of the
more interesting parts of being a Genteel Magistrate is to keep a group of
hero...
AD&D Poison Notes
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In *Dragon* magazine #81 (January 1984) the article "Taking the Sting Out
of Poison" by author Chris Landsea offered truly exhaustive coverage of the
top...
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...
The Inn Between
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This all basically grew from the idea of What If Spirited Away, But D&D?
First of all, wiser souls have spoken of this before. The ruleset would be
GLO...
Quantum D&D
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A funny thing happened to D&D in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s: it got
popular. It went from a game everyone learned from someone whose knowledge
of the...
Dolls and Devils
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French Resistance sent a bizarre tale to Allied Intelligence. A French
doctor, a Vichy traitor, was collaborating with the Third Reich. Doctor Le
F. had...
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...
The Bombing of the Quick Stop Gas Station Bench
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*One of the ingredients that's coalescing for Bunkers & Billionaires is a
completely surreal mission landscape. Rogue intelligence agents and
terrorist c...
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...
Sometimes, the best move is not to play...
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I had to do something really hard this weekend, I had to cancel my monthly
tabletop Zoom AD&D game, as well as my bi-weekly online AD&D game. I'm
taking a...
A to Z of Megadungeons
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I've seen a couple of A to Z's lately and decided we needed one for
megadungeons. So here, we go.
A is for Architect
Someone needs to build the megadungeon...
A Campaign Begins for Newbies
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Like many of you, the affects of the Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted how
hundreds of millions of us fellow mutants interact and function in our
jobs, co...
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...
Strange, Dangerous, and Inhuman: The Fey and Fairie
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When I was a boy I loved fairy tales. Jack and the Beanstalk, Puss in
Boots, Rumpelstiltskin - I devoured all of it. My fascination that there
was a strang...
New AD&D Greyhawk Campaign Notes
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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...
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...
Home Sweet Home Azeroth
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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...
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...
How can We Destroy this Campaign World?
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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...
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...
MANOS - Hands of Dice!
ReplyDeleteBahaha! Lloyd, I thought of Manos as soon as I saw the news on FB from Erik's site there.
ReplyDeleteTom Servo: Let's recap the action so far.
Joel: Uh, nothing...
Tom Servo: Okay, moving on....
Hmm, The Fault in Our Stars guy, huh? That's different.
ReplyDelete(Btw, I only know that name because I'm a youth services librarian and keeping up on teen stuff makes my job easier.)
The fact that you feel as though you have to defend your knowledge of who the actor is leads me to believe that you're a big fan. "Sure it's because you work as a youth services librarian..."��...lol
ReplyDeleteI still want them to do my idea of a Greyhawk dungeon movie:
ReplyDeletehttp://initiativeone.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-different-d-movie.html
I don't even need to click on Wayne R's link. I recall his awesome blog post. 👍 This is what the Greyhawk movie should be.
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ReplyDeleteHad to look the actor up: he starts in all those teen-focused fantasy/SF films (Divergent Series, etc.) that exist out there somewhere.
ReplyDeleteI remain utterly neutral on this.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought of Manos.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to remain optimistic. Could be awesome!
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