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
[Friday Faction] Rise of the Dungeon Master
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E. Gary Gygax died thirteen years ago on March 4th, 2008. His contributions
to roleplaying cannot be underestimated. He codified what became the first
co...
But why, tho…?
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As I have whinged about here many times over the years, the biggest
difficulties for me about the preparation for new campaigns has always been
finding som...
GM's Day Sales from The Other Side
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It's DriveThruRPG's GM's Day Sales Starting today (well yesterday really).
[image: GM's Day from the Other Side]
With prices marked off a much as 40%.
Th...
My First Proper Dice
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These were the first dice I ever bought for playing AD&D with, back in
1981. The red ones came with a yellow crayon to rub into the numbers; I
don't r...
The Effect of Wishes on Character Ability Scores
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[*Before writing my own version, I just want to say that this really is a
heading* on page 11 of the DMG. *Why Gygax and the editor Mike Carr felt
this ...
Big D&D sale (GM's day 2021) + OSR, BRP, d100 stuff
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So DriveThruRPG is having a GM's Day Sale... As they say:
Our GM's Day sale is going on now. Our largest sale of the year, hundreds
of publishers, thousand...
More Origami Correspondence
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Here are a few more thoughts on "locked" correspondence.
- The shape of the folded locking - and the chosen style of folding - can
be a message itself. No ...
Chronological Vampires
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One of my pseudo-quarantine entertainments has been to read or reread most
of the vampire stories I have on hand. So far, this has included I Am
Legend, In...
Danny Dorito (MCC)
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Sometimes inspiration hits and you just have to go with it.DoritonsInit
+1; Atk +3 melee (1d6 damage); AC 13; HD 3d6, HP 12; Act 1d20; SP stain;
SV Fort ...
On D&D's Speciation Event...
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In biology, a *speciation* event occurs when a segment of an animal
population changes so much that it constitutes a separate species. Well
games evolve...
Adventures in Marshall Barony, ep 18
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THE CAST O' CHARACTERS:CURRENT ROSTERVance - Yozzat, a dwarfJoe - Olwen
Door-Hinge-Bane, a human rangerTim - Raymondo M., human thiefSeana -
Marigold, best...
Snake Magee's Rotary Boiler
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From The Life Treasury of American Folklore
(Grammar and spelling as the text, some paragraph breaks added)
....
"I hear it spread around in some fie...
400 Types of Pathetic Jerk
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Anybody that runs enough games will start to notice recurring themes and
patterns. It's even worse when you have twelve years of blogposts to look
back o...
The Game Is The Thing
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I've been neglecting the blog - a combination of house refurbishment and
lots of extra work, but also DMing a regular weekly game. I've remarked
before t...
My favorite comic book scientists
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It's becoming clear to me that my posting here will slow a bit now that
I've finally started a new job here in Jersey. But first, to celebrate the
fact...
Atlantaverse: Full of Dread
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We sat down for some old-school superhero action and ran the new Discord
server for it.
The Heroes:
Jack- Sirius the Winderdog. Exposed to a meteorit...
[NEWS] From Baklin to the Black Soup: News Roundup
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I have been flying under the radar for a while now, and haven’t had a news
in a long time – so here it goes: what has EMDT been up to?
***
*B**aklin in ...
Ravenloft 5e setting book coming soon
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Like many who got into role-playing games, and especially *Advanced
Dungeons & Dragons*, during the 1980s, I owned (and still own ...
somewhere) a cop...
Free GM Resource: DIY Projects Crafts
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[image: Free GM Resource: DIY Projects Crafts]
It's finally warmed up here in my neck of the woods and I don't have to
worry about such things as rollin...
Myconids
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Psychology
Humans are very contemptuous of orcs. They are brutes, never shying away
from any cruelty. And they are warmongers, always divided against ea...
Getting Started With Science Fiction RPGs
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Over on the Trilemma Blog, Michael Prescott has a post about the dearth of
science fiction games on Roll20. Yesterday’s Five Minute Friday on the
Thought...
Fifty Years of Fantasy Role Play Table-top games.
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Today marks an interesting, possibly momentous, anniversary. It has been
50 years since the Boris Karloff movie *The Black Room* aired as part of a
dou...
Nothing at the Bottom: MOSAIC Strict RPG Design
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*This blog post describes some experimental RPG design constraint, MOSAIC
Strict. I'm defining it because I'm curious what kind of games result from
appl...
40k: Crassus Command Vehicle
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Brace yourselves for 40k minutiae.
The Praetor Armoured Assault Launcher is usually pictured open, with its
bank of ludicrous missiles on display. When ...
Successfully Funded! Some Stats and Insights
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The Zine Quest 3 Kickstarter campaign for The Many Crypts of Lady Ingrade
came to a close. It funded within an hour and had a steady growth through
the ...
Western Gunfight (1970): the First RPG?
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In 1970, a group of UK gamers located in Bristol published the first
edition of their *Western Gunfight *rules, which recorded systems they had
been r...
The Many Crypts of Lady Ingrade and Zine Quest #3
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My good friend, Tim Shorts of Gothridge Manor is in his last three days of
his kickstarter, an adventure zine called the Many Crypts of Lady Ingrade.
...
Zine Quest: Errant
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Before anything else, I want to apologize for writing two posts in a row
which prompt you to spend money. Its been my entire 2021 output so far.
Hopefully ...
Looking Backward from 2000: 1894-5
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One of the more interesting ideas that is (or should be) a part of a
Victorious chronicle is that of the influence SuperMankind can have on the
history of ...
How to restart? (Again)
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Hard to believe it's been nearly 8 months since I last posted, but here we
are. COVID year two and still hanging in there. Family is good, nobody has
...
The PC Graveyard PT 2
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*Jax windlehen *
A Black Hack Character from one of Matt's games. I believe he died. This
may have been the adventure with the weird unicorn and the fa...
Be Wary of Wizards
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So I'm still putzing around with *Tunnels & Trolls* solitaire adventures.
There's a lot of them. At least 25 full-length solitaire modules were
published ...
On Artifices & Deceptions: Triggers, Timed
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*Timed Triggers*
This trigger just regularly springs the trap. Note that the trap may be set
to use a timed trigger after the initial trigger is sprung.
...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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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