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Blogs of Inspiration & Erudition
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As-yet unused races and templates in Felltower
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I took a look at this list of races and templates from my DF game. Here are
the ones we haven't seen . . . yet.
*Races*
We have yet to see any of these:
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9 hours ago
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OSR: Barbarian Stats + 1d100 Barbarians
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Here's another 2-page spread from the Monster Overhaul.
[image: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V8ndizBEkGTKAzxpnO5oADP4XlVnjPf3]
PDF
The 10 entries in the...
9 hours ago
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OSR Matters & The Tightening of the Noose With Campaign Round Up - A0-A4: Against the Slave Lords & OSR Deep Dive Session II Report
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"The countryside is rife with the calls of bloodshed & murder. The world we
know is coming to an end. Goblins, pig faced orcs, & worse have come to
take th...
11 hours ago
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12 Days of Sweet Christmas - Santa's Control Helmet
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I honestly have very little context to the panel, but I'm going to stat
things out anyway. Santa's Control Helmet Anyone wearing this garish Xmas
helmet ga...
12 hours ago
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Stat Blocks and Table Space
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On a post from 2015, Ruprecht recently asked:
I'm curious what people think about the way the modules are handled. They
just say Knight (for example) and ...
12 hours ago
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Crunch and Fluff (Part One)
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Welcome back to the Vault my fellow Venturers. I've had a couple of
fruitful painting sessions this weekend laying down base colours on two
units of Prima...
12 hours ago
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Freedom, Ethics and Self-Enactment
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D&D is just a game. And it's fun simply to play without thinking too deeply
about. But there are lots of other things going on in it.
Why do kids play "let...
13 hours ago
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Wizard's Quest
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Last weekend I was at my parent's home for Thanksgiving and my dad's 90th
birthday (he is doing great and looking great!). My brother had a gift for
me!
A...
15 hours ago
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Sunday Inspirational Image: Frost
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December by Shinkarchuk
18 hours ago
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The Moldvay Way
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One of the aspects of the Old School Renaissance is that with access to the
Open Game License and System Reference Document, roleplayers, Dungeon
Masters,...
22 hours ago
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Merlynd the Magician: A Remembrance of Don Kaye, TSR's Co-Founder Now Available
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LINK to Description and Ordering:
https://www.tlbgames.com/collections/the-red-book-line/products/merlynd-the-magician?fbclid=IwAR06C0GjtiLQpmn6rv90YKDcttu...
23 hours ago
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[BEYONDE] Random Encounter in Ohio
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Now that the first 75 or so copies of *Castle Xyntillan* are in transit
(and some are already arriving at European destinations!), and I have an
evening w...
1 day ago
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Where in the World is Blackmoor?
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Despite being a locale successfully utilized by many gamers for nearly 5
decades now, the town of Blackmoor seems surprisingly agile, appearing to
wander a...
1 day ago
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Stone Age Gaming..
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My cave folk setting post was popular with lots of comments. Like most Ive
had in many months. Nice to know Im not crazily yelling into the void
bloggin...
1 day ago
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(D&D 5e) The Howling Caverns
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The Howling Caverns By Colin Le Sueur By Odin's Beard 5e Level 1 The
hunched beast prowls the forest, sniffing at the still air. The roiling sky
flashes an...
1 day ago
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More Arden Vul Art!
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Another by Del. Poor PC's....
2 days ago
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UCon 2019 Post-Con Post
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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...
2 days ago
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The 10% HP rule (just a flesh wound)
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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 ...
2 days ago
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Churchill 3" Gun Carrier
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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),...
2 days ago
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New Class – The Psychical Researcher
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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...
2 days ago
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The craving will pass
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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...
2 days ago
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SPI - DragonQuest Rulebook
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*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...
2 days ago
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False Opposites
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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.
...
2 days ago
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Karl Hodina (1935 - 2015) - The Virgin as Devil
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[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 ...
3 days ago
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Castle Xyntillan now avaliable
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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...
3 days ago
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Undead turning the living
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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...
3 days ago
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Rules option #2: Swords & Six-Siders (and the OSR as a whole)
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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 ...
4 days ago
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Making the Arts Dark Again...
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*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...
5 days ago
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Symbaroum Campaign Pitch
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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...
6 days ago
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Mazes and Monsters: a Breakdown
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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 ...
1 week ago
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New Map of the Elf Empire and Southern Isles
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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...
1 week ago
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Eye of Vecna coming to the big screen?
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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 ...
2 weeks ago
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my best idea ever
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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
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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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Chronicles of Nolenor Play Reports #22-24 – Return to the Chaotic Caves
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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 …
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2 weeks ago
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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...
4 weeks ago
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DM Report: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
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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
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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
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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
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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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Free GM Resource: RPG Dice Roller v2.3
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[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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
2 months ago
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Saving Throw fundraiser fanzine for James D. Kramer
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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
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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...
3 months ago
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The Engine of On a Red World Alone
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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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Dungeoneering Blog
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This blog is moved to: Dungeoneering.blogspot.com
4 months ago
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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...
4 months ago
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Offworlders - Play Session with Daughter
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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
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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
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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)
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[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
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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...
7 months ago
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Trap Tuesday: A step back
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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
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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!
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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...
8 months ago
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The Complete OD&D Illusionist
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The Illusionist in *Dungeons & Dragons *was created by Peter Aronson, an
early Boston-area fan. In 1975, Aronson submitted an initial description of
Illu...
9 months ago
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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...
9 months ago
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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.
11 months ago
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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...
1 year ago
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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...
1 year ago
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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...
1 year ago
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Total Sales for WB:FMAG
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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?
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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...
1 year ago
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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 ...
1 year ago
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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....
1 year ago
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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...
1 year ago
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The Warlock's Tower
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*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
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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...
2 years ago
Erik, I tried to get SWL printed double-sided on 11x17 inch paper today, but it kept hanging up at about 43%. Has anybody had similar problems, or is there a way to print this out nicely on one page?
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