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Fantasy Author's Handbook

A LITTLE MORE ON GOODREADS, REVIEWS, AND SO ON - First, watch this video… Okay, so then that’s my opinion of reviews, critics, the critical mob on social media, etc. But is that just me, shouting alone in...
21 minutes ago
The CRPG Addict

Dungeon Hack: Won One! - *That drawbridge has no chains. How were they ever going to get it up again?* In my second entry on *Dungeon Hack*, I was relatively positive about ...
1 hour ago
Cirsova

JD Cowan’s Star Wanderers is Live on Kickstarter! - Now on Kickstarter! Detective Ronan Renfield is a Galactic Enforcer sworn to protect the innocent and bring evil-doers to justice to maintain order through...
2 hours ago
The Other Side blog

#AtoZChallenge2024: T is for TSR - [image: TSR Inc.] Delving into the history of Dungeons & Dragons, one must spend some time discussing the company (or companies, as it were) that produced...
3 hours ago
Rough Edges

25 Years of WesternPulps - On April 23, 1999, I posted the first message on the WesternPulps email group, which I created that day on a platform called OneList. A couple of years ...
6 hours ago
The RPGPundit

Is Your DM Dialing-in Combat? - There's different ways DMs can make combat interesting, or boring, for different groups of players. #dnd #ttrpg #osr
16 hours ago
Whatever

Back Home and a Bit Discombobulated - This is what I get for taking redeye flights and then daysleeping to catch up on all the sleep I didn’t get on my flight. Today a total wash-out for braini...
17 hours ago
The Adventure Gamer

Missed Classic: The Hound of Shadow - By the Pricking of My Thumbs - Written by Vetinari Next morning, I wake up to a surprise. The landlady, Mrs Bastable, announces that a visitor, a young lady, is waiting for me in the l...
1 day ago
terribleminds: chuck wendig

Reviews For Books: WTAF - Reviews — meaning, in this case, usually a star-driven text-based evaluation of a book by an author — are curiously controversial. And understandably so! A...
1 day ago
Gnome Stew

The Genre Mash - One of my gaming groups plays a mashed up game with three genres: Highschool, Swashbuckling, and Urban Fantasy. We call it Children of the Shroud. In the g...
1 day ago
The Mystillery blog

The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie, 1924 - dustjackets.com Apr 21 2024: reading now, please check back soon. RM Major characters: - Madame Nadine, a dancer and a spy - Count Sergius Pavo...
1 day ago
Swords & Dorkery

Relics for sale! - I had no idea there was still a thriving trade in Christian relics. I stumbled onto this site while doing some “research” for Burgs & Bailiffs: Forth!* — a...
2 days ago
Adventures Fantastic

Donald Wandrei - Yes, this one is a bit late, and it’s already tommorrow where some of you are, but I didn’t want to let today (where I am at least) pass without mentioning...
2 days ago
Elfmaids & Octopi

Chagrinspire Map & Encounters by Terrain - *Chagrinspire so far...* https://elfmaidsandoctopi.blogspot.com/2024/03/chagrinspire.html https://elfmaidsandoctopi.blogspot.com/2024/03/flatspur-and-shank...
2 days ago
MEASURELESS EONS

Nessie Sighting! -
2 days ago
KEEP ROLLIN' SIXES

Strikeforce Grey Investigations - Strikeforce Grey investigates several leads regarding murders within Neverwinter.… Continue reading Strikeforce Grey Investigations
4 days ago
Tellers of Weird Tales

Eclipse - On Monday, April 8, 2024, the path of totality of an eclipse of the sun passed through North America, from Mexico to Canada. Central Indiana was in that ...
4 days ago
Frugal GM

New Printable Scenery Campaign: Ramshackle & Ruin - [image: New Printable Scenery Campaign: Ramshackle & Ruin] I don't know how many of my peeps here are into 3d printing, but I'm always collecting the STL ...
4 days ago
Steven Pressfield

Finishing - Yesterday I finished a book I’ve been working on for two and a half years—a sequel to A Man at Arms (2021). I sent the manuscript off to my agent and to ...
6 days ago
ALL PULP

UNCOVERS NEW LOST ADVENTURES AT FINAL BOSS! - The Lost Adventures of Captain Hawklin Vol. 2 will be on sale May 7th! However, those of you at Final Boss Con in Rio Grande, OH on May 4th can grab a...
6 days ago
Playing D&D With Porn Stars

Interview With A Dork Who Is Mad About Female Space Marines - There are gates? They fell? wtf? If you follow Warhammer 40k stuff (which I do a little because I'm running this), then you know that their crazed hate...
1 week ago
. . lapsus calumni . .

The Evolution of Gaming, or Why My Thoughts on Gaming have Changed Drastically Over Time - I have been thinking about this for quite a long time and though I am not an eloquent man, I thought I should put these random and chaotic thoughts down in...
1 week ago
Order of the Stick

1301: Bite Size - http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1301.html
1 week ago
Writing Slices

The Popcorn Principles by John Gaspard - The premise of THE POPCORN PRINCIPLES is that everything a novelist needs to know, she can learn from watching movies. Gaspard isn’t the first to say that ...
3 weeks ago
DMDavid

Daggerheart vs. the MCDM RPG vs. D&D: A Playtest Comparison - If games to suit every play style and new games bringing fresh ideas makes a golden age, then the best time for gamers is now. In the past weeks, I’ve play...
3 weeks ago
THE STORY GRID

✅ Your Appointment is Booked! - Check your email for all of the details on the event. The post ✅ Your Appointment is Booked! appeared first on Story Grid.
4 weeks ago
Blood of Prokopius

Arneson’s version of Challenge Rating - One of the more fascinating bits of information to be gleaned from Tonisborg is a section which reveals Arneson’s methodology of stocking dungeons. For t...
1 month ago
Castelli & Chimere - Castles & Chimeras

I Signori del Caos ritornano - In questi giorni giunge a conclusione la campagna di Kickstarter per la nuova edizione de "I Signori del Caos" uno dei primi giochi di ruolo italiano se n...
1 month ago
Bernie the Flumph

- So do I only post on this blog to promote Kickstarters anymore? It seems like that may be the case. Anyway… Fantastical Classes: Blobs vs. BladesNow on Ki...
2 months ago
Secrets of the Shadowend

Convert 5e monsters to OSR standards - I can't remember what group I was in, but someone asked about converting 5e monsters to OSR/BFRPG. This is how -I- would do it. I usually work with S&W s...
2 months ago
ChicagoWiz's Games

Last move - to self-hosting! - As my vote regarding Substack in the “marketplace of ideas”, I’m moving to self-hosting. I’m now at (and hopefully staying for a long time at) Blog: ht...
3 months ago
HeroPress

Gwenevere (2023) - Poster by Sarah McIntyreBanished from Camelot, Queen Gwenevere (Laura Frances Martin) must travel across wild country to the abbey where she is to live out...
3 months ago
Cave of the Dice Chucker

Happy New Year from the Dice Mines! - "Do you think they have Holmes-made pumpkin pie?" A lot of you wrote in to inquire about yesterday's post* [Does anyone believe me when I imply that I'v...
3 months ago
Blog of Holding

Dungeon Delver’s Guide is one of Polygon’s “best TTRPG books of 2023” - You love to hear when people like your work, so I was thrilled to see my Dungeon Delver’s Guide on Polygon’s best-of-the-year list for TTRPG books. I’m par...
4 months ago
Dispatches From Kickassistan

The Tiamat Initiative - A New Source of Mutation for TMNTOS - *Even before I learned about Palladium Books' TMNTOS reissue (on Kickstarter now), 2023 was shaping up to be another one of those years where my interest...
5 months ago
SFWA is a Terrorist Organization – mishaburnett

Free Magazine! -
5 months ago
Fairies and Fairy Tales

Free Fairy Encyclopedia and Other eBooks - I've posted a number of ebooks online for Free and am going to post more as time goes on. "Fairy Encyclopedia" Many of the fairies and spirits mentio...
5 months ago
Sorcery & Super Science!

- Heya folks, the 21st Salt Mine book, Import Export, has hit the digital shelves! In the 21st book we follow Aaron Haddock-codename Stigma-as he tries to ...
6 months ago
Howard Andrew Jones

Hanuvar at GenCon - The Hanuvar series will officially debut at GenCon in Indianapolis, Indiana, in just a few days, and I couldn’t be happier. If you happen to be attending G...
8 months ago
The Warlock's Home Brew

Moving On... - So, my D&D 5e experiment has blown up the lab in a puff of green smoke leaving my face blackened like Wile E. Coyote after a failed roadrunner Acme trap...
10 months ago
Metal Earth

The State of the Metal Earth and What's to Come. - To begin with, I'm still here and still doing stuff. The good news, I suppose is I have had a change in the way I approach game design. In the past I...
11 months ago
PulpRev

Pulp legend J. Manfred Weichsel Interviewed by Blasters and Blades Podcast!!! - Breaking news! J. Manfred Weichsel just sat down with the Blasters and Blades podcast for his second interview with them, talking about Warrior Soul &...
11 months ago
The Dungeon Dozen

ODIOUS UPLANDS and COMPLETELY UNFATHOMABLE DCC AT LAST - NOW AVAILABLE in PDF and Print on Demand:ODIOUS UPLANDS and COMPLETELY UNFATHOMABLE (DCC)CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW! SO YOU SURVIVED OPERATION UNFATHOMABLE? Od...
1 year ago
Necropraxis

The Blade Itself - I just finished listening to the audiobook of The Blade Itself, volume one in Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law trilogy. This was my first exposure to his wo...
1 year ago
Halfling's Luck

Master Treasure Seeker: A Dungeon23 MegaDungeon - Introduction - Sean McCoy, author of Mothership, posted an article on his substack titled Dungeon23 and it's taken the indie RPG scene by storm. So, I'm throwing my hat...
1 year ago
Semper Initiativus Unum

The Brave Art of Running Away - In last night's game, on two separate occasions the player characters decided that discretion is often the better part of valor, and decided not to fight...
2 years ago
Jasper's Rantings

Alexander’s Solo Dungeon - So it’s been a while, and boy do I hate the way this editor works. If I did it right, either image should give you a link to a PDF I created that describes...
2 years ago
TENTACLII :: H.P. Lovecraft blog

Magazine Of Horror #05 - New to Archive.org, the pre-Halloween Magazine Of Horror #05 (September 1964), with Whitehead’s “Cassius” and also Prout’s “The House of … Continue reading →
2 years ago
Thoul's Paradise

It's 2021 and the Dream is Dead - So reads the cover caption of Mayfair's *Underground*, published in 1993. Taking place in 2021, *Underground* is unusual in terms of genre; perhaps “dys...
2 years ago
No School Like The Old School

About this new “TSR” that supposedly been launched... - Fuck your bigoted, transphobic faces.
2 years ago
Mesmerized by sirens

Fantasy paths (1981) - Three rarities from 1981.
2 years ago
On An Underwood No. 5

The Washington Post Mentions Renegades and Rogues - Michael Dirda, acclaimed book reviewer and critic for the Washington Post recently wrote an article about Robert E. Howard. The title of Dirda's article...
2 years ago
Dungeon of Signs

Revised Prison of the Hated Pretender Release - A revised, updated, edited, illustrated and annotated version of my 2012 Prison of the Hated Pretender is now available for purchase and download at Dr...
3 years ago
百物語怪談会 Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai | Translated Japanese Ghost Stories and Tales of the Weird and the Strange

Guhin – The Dog Guest - If you are walking through the forest and hear mysterious laughter or the sound of crashing trees, take caution. You may have stumbled into the territory o...
3 years ago
Fantastic Maps

Map of a Pirate’s Lair - I’ve been a little light on inspiration recently – so I asked a friend for a challenge. He proposed a map on a theme of a Pirate Treasure Map, with the f...
4 years ago
Interesting Thing of the Day

Nyepi - On the day designated as the beginning of the new year in Bali, residents celebrate with silence, pretty much the opposite of the way it's done in North ...
4 years ago
OneBlogShelf

OneBlogShelf Moving - We are moving to *Medium*! You can follow us here: https://medium.com/oneblogshelf All blogs previous to this post will remain on our Blogger for archive ...
4 years ago
Gamers & Grognards

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...
4 years ago
OEF

Dungeoneering Blog - This blog is moved to: Dungeoneering.blogspot.com
4 years ago
The Clash of Spear on Shield

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 years ago
Really Bad Eggs

Zorro Kickstarter - Just Three Days Left - The Kickstarter for *Zorro: The Roleplaying Game* closes in three days; it's met its target of $15,000.00 but it needs a few more backers to reach a cool $...
5 years ago
Castle Triskelion

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.
5 years ago
Elliott's Ale House

Exploring the Temple of Elemental Evil's Dungeon Level 2 (pt. 3) - *This is another play report for my ongoing Roll20-based B/X D&D campaign, and spoilers for dungeon module T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil follow. Anyone...
6 years ago
Studio Denmark

Deviant Art - I've had a DeviantArt account since 2009, but haven't done much with it until recently. I didn't really take DA that seriously, thinking of it as mostly fo...
7 years ago
Dungeons Deep & Caverns Old

Time for a New Edition! - I guess I should explain what I mean by that title. Today, I will be rebooting *Dungeons Deep & Caverns Old*. I feel like I have hit a road-block creative...
7 years ago
How To Think Sideways Blog

Winds of Change are Blowing - The more things change, the more things stay the same. Hmmm…. That’s an annoying cliche. How about, when one door closes, another one opens. I don’t real...
8 years ago
The Aspiring Lich

Dynamic Grappling - Before I say another word, let me direct the reader to Douglas Cole and Peter V. Dell'Orto's article on grappling in *The Manor*, issue #8 ( http://www.rpgn...
8 years ago
Random Wizard

Moved - The Random Wizard Blog has moved to https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/
8 years ago
Places to Go, People to Be

This is Phase World…It’s Nothing Like Regular Rifts, Honest - Tonight was character generation for the Phase World Game: Mary, a 10′ bipedal dinosaur (Seljuk) mercenary with a grenade launcher, a power halberd, a comb...
8 years ago
The Mule Abides

0-Level ACKS Alices - Introductory Complaining If I’m running a low-power game, I like 0-level play: It sets the tone, establishes more of the character at the table, and introd...
9 years ago
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Sunday, April 4, 2010

The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

I cannot get this out of my head!

Posted by JasperAK at 09:14

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Dungeons & Dragons Blogs

B/X BLACKRAZOR

Down To It - All right, I'll amend my previous post a tad: youth sports are *slightly* less safe for kids than playing D&D. My son was injured during our last volleybal...
20 minutes ago
GROGNARDIA

Polyhedron: Issue #23 - April Fool's issues were a staple of my youth, but they're very difficult to pull off. Partly, that's because humor can be very subjective and, partly, t...
50 minutes ago
ZENOPUS ARCHIVES

50 Years of D&D: Forthcoming Book from MIT Press - Over the past five years, *The* *MIT Press* has curated an impressive series of *Game Studies* books, including several of great interest to myself and ...
1 hour ago
Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets-The Old School Revolution is weird

[New Magic Item] Poor Knight’s Herald - Poor Knight’s Herald There was an unintelligible shout in the grove. A dozen goblins and hobgoblins fled from the trees, most of them not even bearing weap...
1 hour ago
A character for every game

Scavengers’ Deep – Map 6 - The Scavengers’ Deep is a reminder of the amount of work that went into underground structures during the great war. … Continue reading →
19 hours ago
Tenkar's Tavern

Humble Bundle - Dune: The Universe Collection (Fiction) - I am not a huge *Dune* fan, and in truth, I have never read *Dune* itself. The first movie was certainly enjoyable and well done, but I came into it as s...
19 hours ago
The Alexandrian

Storm King’s Remix – Addendum: Where Giants Roam - Go to Table of Contents In addition to the Three Cities attacks in Phase 2 of Storm King’s Thunder, the pointcrawl in Phase 3 of the campaign is filled wit...
1 day ago
From the Sorcerer's Skull

Preparing for a New Campaign - I think my group will finish up our current campaign in the Land of Azurth this year, and though with months to go some plenty of time to change my mind...
1 day ago
Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque

Beyond the Mirror - This is the second part of the write up of the adventure that started here. In this section of the adventure, the group finds themselves battling against...
1 day ago
Leicester's Ramble

They Met At a Tavern 2: Another Deathbringer One-Shot - Howdy folks. Time for another Meetup One-shot session at the brewery. Since I'd had a successful run with Deathbringer last time, I wanted to play with t...
1 day ago
Smoldering Wizard

Return to the Known Lands – Session #43 – Beware of Strangers with Magic Swords, Pt. 2 - PCs: - Frakus (Dw FM 3) - Osan (Elf F/MU 4/2) - Omes (Half FM) - Arro (MU 3) NPCs: - Marnes (CL 4) - Burdar (Dw FM 1) -...
2 days ago
Bugbears for Breakfast

Working on a New Novel - I started working on a new novel and it is consuming most of my writing time right now. My goal is to get at least the first draft done as quickly as I ...
6 days ago
Tower of the Archmage

Stonehell: Hiring Mercenaries - Session 227 was played on 9/17/23 Morgana, Magic User (Rob) Blotto, Goblin Fighter (Lanse) Koltic, Cleric 7 (NPC) Aroon, Fighter 5 (NPC) Jameth, Fighter 5...
1 week ago
Jeff's Gameblog

I saved the timeline! - One of the other participants in the game jam I joined produced a Game Boy adventure called OuttaTime. You can try it yourself in your browser here: http...
1 week ago
Barking Up The Wrong Tree

How To Get Wealthy – Slowly But Surely: 5 Secrets From Research - The grand human fantasy: making money with the least amount of sweat. It’s a dream as old as time, or at least as old as the invention of money and lazin...
1 week ago
Roles, Rules, and Rolls

Night's Dark Terror 14: Funny Things Happen on the Way to the Horse Market - *This is part of a series of posts with a scene-by-scene critique, appreciation, and improvement of the 1986 TSR module B10, Night's Dark Terror. * Afte...
1 week ago
Bat in the Attic

The Release of How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox and the Isle of Pyade - The Release With the successful conclusion and fulfillment of my Kickstarter, I am releasing How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox and The Isle of Pyade to the publ...
1 week ago
Greyhawk Grognard

Clerics of the Flanaess, Part 2 - Sorry it took so long to get to the next article in this series, but here we are! This continues the details of specialty clerics for the World of Greyhawk...
2 weeks ago
Hack & Slash

On the Sector Turn - It's very simple. There are many important things cybertechtronically enhanced secret agents need to do: Buy illegal tanks with railguns. "Convince" the...
2 weeks ago
Forgotten Runes

Your Verbobonc May Vary - Ran accross a map of Verbobonc on my facebook feed from this guy who is working on this map in world anvil https://www.worldanvil.com/w/verbobonc-campai...
2 weeks ago
In Places Deep

A (Hopefully) Unique Complaint About the 5e Ranger - *Jessica, from Accounting** I haven't talked about 5e much on the blog, even though I ran it for a few years. Still, I have some pretty strong feeling...
2 weeks ago
The Monsters Know What They’re Doing

Vargouille Reflection Tactics - Vargouilles flit indiscriminately from victim to victim and spreading their curse far and wide. Vargouille reflections are much the same, with the key di...
3 weeks ago
Akratic Wizardry

It’s Tolkien Reading Day - I recently started rereading *The Silmarillion*. I had last read it over two decades ago. I liked it then but I’m really enjoying it this time! Despite b...
4 weeks ago
Aeons & Augauries

Survey - Shadow Survey about D&D and WOTC: https://youtu.be/zSmslPWzzxs?si=T6mxxDl7BvHRCUSn
4 weeks ago
Gothridge Manor

ShadowDark Magic Items - The next campaign I run will use the ShadowDark RPG. I'm not sure when that'll be (I'm hoping a little later this year), but ShadowDark is my choice. I'v...
1 month ago
A Rust Monster Ate My Sword...

A Bevy of Beyond the Supernatural Sheets - I don't know if anyone out there is still playing *Beyond the Supernatural* ("BtS"), Palladium's fun* little game of proto-super heroes hunting the para...
2 months ago
Dreams in the Lich House

LOTFP Review: The Curious Conundrum of the Conflagrated Condottiero - This capsule review will have spoilers. Here's some boring facts about the book up front to avoid diving right into the spoilers. *The Curious Conundrum...
2 months ago
The Retired Adventurer

The Tellian Sector: The Empty Synod - The Empty Synod looks around at the Imperium, at the galaxy, at its brutality and cruelty and waste and stupidity, and says "None of this is necessary. E...
3 months ago
Hill Cantons

Sex-Crazed Falling Stars, Free Weather Magic, and Adventures: News of the Hill Cantons - *Grandma Gaya, the Rav-Witch of High Kezmarok*, seeks the stout of limb and humble of mind in the *obtaining of fallen stars* from an upcoming prophesied ...
3 months ago
Stonewerks's Blog

It’s back up and running, but I don’t like it….at all…!!!! - So, I found this theme, but not much I can do to customize the way I want it. That said, it will work for now. I can still play with it more, widgets and ...
3 months ago
The Grumpy Old Troll

My Druid Adventure On Sale - Oakfell Vale, my adventure about mysterious druids in a secluded valley, is on sale now for 20% off - only $7.99. It is 64 pages, and is intended for use w...
4 months ago
Delta's D&D Hotspot

Fearful Ends Now on Kickstarter - [image: Fearful Ends book & cards on Kickstarter] The long-time passion project of my Wandering DMs partner Paul Siegel is currently funding on Kickstarter!...
6 months ago
Land of Nod

Angels, Demons and Subtle Bodies - It’s delightful when D&D-isms sometimes converge with ancient wisdom, even accidentally. I was watching a video from Jonathan Pageau earlier today concerni...
7 months ago
Save Vs. Dragon

Monster Stat Concept: Disposition - Yesterday, I introduced the concept of monster Motivations as a way to help understand how to use that monster when designing encounters, or what they mi...
10 months ago
Henchman Abuse

3d printed minis - A question for all of you - I've been ignoring the OSR and blogs (which I assume are dead at this point) and forums (also guessing, dead) and reddits and...
11 months ago
People them with Monsters

Some Favorite Audiobooks - While I prefer reading actual books, I do enjoy to fall asleep to a good audiobook. Here are some of my favorites, and you might notice my bias for stuff...
11 months ago
Echoes from the Geekcave

ShadowDark RPG: Marrying the Old and New - I recently stumbled across a Kickstarter for a new OSR product from a fellow longtime Garycon attendee. Kelsey Dionne has been a respected writer of 5e ...
1 year ago
Blue Boxer Rebellion

[Update] Comments Disabled For Now - Hi All, just a bit of housekeeping. I've disabled comments on the blog except to blog members because of spam comments, but I'm keeping the blog up so t...
1 year ago
The Pulp Archivist

Rumors of Kane - On 20 December, 2022, sword and sorcery scholar Brian Murphy posted a review of Karl Wagner’s *Night Winds* at Goodman Games. In the middle of this, he e...
1 year ago
Carjacked Seraphim

Midjourney and Campaign Inspiration - I'm an improvisational GM. I love random tables. I believe in the oracular power of the dice. I believe in emergent storytelling and character backstori...
1 year ago
The Smoldering Wizard

Return to the Known Lands - Session #21 a Tavern and a New Ally - Dates: 2/7/21 PCs: - Louis (FM 2) - Osan (Elf F/MU 2/1) - Omes (Half FM 2) - Arro (MU 1) - Habru (Cleric 2) NPCs: - Habru's...
1 year ago
Destination Unknown

Legends of Gath #69; Two Skellies Under a Fig Tree - There's a lot to be said for finding a vine or fig tree to sit under with your guitar.
1 year ago
Telecanter's Receding Rules

Abiørn's Satchel - This weathered leather satchel is tooled in nautical designs and is full of rose-colored salt. Rubbing the salt on a sea creature will dry it out and sh...
2 years ago
Beyond the Black Gate

Hey, what's going on in here? - It seems the Mad Scientist is working on something secret in his laboratory of horrors... I wonder what it will be? Is it anything to do with Warrior...
2 years ago
The Bogeyman's Cave

"Things to Find" tables and Velonia - So in my Lost Carcosa supplement something I did was have an encounter table as well as a "Things To Find" table for each region. I initially assumed th...
2 years ago
Sword+1

Ten Dead Rats Character Sheet - I have created a quick & dirty character sheet for Ten Dead Rats, it can be downloaded from my sidebar or here.
2 years ago
You are (probably) doing it wrong: Hit points, literature, and D&D. – The Frisky Pagan

Everything is social III - If the previous posts dealt more with individuals and how we deal with the social media environment, here I will focus more on the groups themselves that h...
2 years ago
Joethelawyer's Wondrous Imaginings

Classic Rock Artists as D&D Character Classes and Tropes - Which classes would various classic rock artists be? Inspired by a podcast over on Gothridge Manor by Tim and Ivy called "Three Chickens and a Whisk." ...
3 years ago
Roll Stats

B2: The Keep on the Borderlands Retrospective and Review - Hey, there, Stat Rollers; in this post, we’ll be reviewing the iconic B2: The Keep on the Borderlands written by Gary Gygax and published by TSR, Inc. We’r...
3 years ago
Tankards & Broadswords

The Map for my Current DnD Campaign - So maybe two months ago, when we all realized that lockdown wasn't just going to last a couple of weeks, a number of us agreed to try playing a Dungeons an...
3 years ago
SWORD & SHIELD

DIE 20! - Blame the stay at home order if you like. Well you cannot blame it for what this is. I guess the social distancing and stay at home order gave me uninter...
4 years ago
moltensulfur

Folkloric Villains - Folklore is full of villains and antagonists. By a striking coincidence, so are RPG campaigns! Here are four villains drawn from folklore: a Russian singer...
4 years ago
Saturday Night Sandbox

MERRY CHRISTMAS! - Peace on Earth, good will to men! (And elves, dwarves, and halflings if you allow those in your campaign.)
4 years ago
Dungeons and Digressions

The Player's Handbook IPA - Well, I never would have suspected this would show up at the local corner store in this life. Huh.
4 years ago
RetroRoleplaying: The Blog

Lots of Microlite20/74/5e Goodness - I have recently discovered Brian Mathers' blog, The Gnomish Embassy. Brain's blog has a large number of posts for Microlite20 in general although his Micr...
4 years ago
The Hydra's Grotto

Attacking the Stat for Fun and Profit* - Ascending Armor Class at the time of 3rd edition was a major intuitive and time saving innovation. But what is more important is how it points to rolling ...
4 years ago
Howling Tower

Chase Scene Variations - Chase scenes (like many other RPG situations) are easy to over-orchestrate. If you find yourself planning where every pushcart and baby-toting mother will...
5 years ago
Mythmere's Blog

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 doi...
5 years ago
Greyhawk Grognard

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...
5 years ago
The City of Iron

Migration - A note to anyone checking this blog: I've moved my blogging activity to https://necroticgnome.com/blogs/news. This blog will remain indefinitely, but will ...
6 years ago
THE LAND OF NOD

The Migration Has Begun - It was inevitable - whether Sarmaks, swallows or Indo-Europeans, folks have to migrate eventually. Thus, the good old Land of Nod blog is making a move to ...
6 years ago
Carto Cacography

The Ramparts of Tharrenton Deep - I only just today realized that I haven't posted anything here since the closing days of 2015. Wow. That's not a good way to maintain a blog. And I look ...
6 years ago
Gorgonmilk

Abject Shillery, Ladies and Gentlemen -
6 years ago
Wielding a Bohemian Ear Spoon

Cave Magic Web Comic 1-115: Helping the Injured -
7 years ago
Crypt Of Rabies

A Pipeful Of Trouble out now! - All is not well in Brierfield. The idyllic halfling village has fallen prey to unknown bandits and marauders. These peaceful victims of shattered loves ...
7 years ago
The Weirdlands of Xhuul

5E Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh Conversion File Finished. - I finally got this done. Here is the link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_fdDsNnLe_LRVRpb2ZTS2xGbzg Enjoy!
7 years ago
Discourse and Dragons

Wanted: Citadel Uruk-Hai - I am looking to buy or trade for these Citadel Uruk-Hai orcs (not X-ed out). Can you help me out or know someone who can?
8 years ago
The Moldy Vale

Panduan Berwisata dengan Bandros City Tour di Bandung - Bandros City Tour atau Bandung Tour On Bus CityTour adalah alat transportasi darat yang difungsikan untuk mengantarkan wisatawan berkeliling menikmati wisa...
8 years ago
The Sandbox of Doom

Picking Up Where I Left Off - It's been a bit since I have posted to The Sandbox of Doom. In the intervening time, a lot of things have changed, most of them good. - I have been ga...
8 years ago
The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope

Stonehell Dungeon: Into the Heart of Hell On Sale Now - *The day many undoubtedly believed would never arrived is finally here! The sequel to the original *Stonehell Dungeon: Down Night-Haunted Halls* is availab...
8 years ago
A Pack of Gnolls

Back in the Saddle! - This Pack of Gnolls has finally begun a new Dungeons and Dragons game! I was gifted a Fifth Edition Player’s Handbook and Monster Manual for Christmas thi...
8 years ago

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Alexander’s Solo Dungeon - So it’s been a while, and boy do I hate the way this editor works. If I did it right, either image should give you a link to a PDF I created that describes...
2 years ago

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A Trail Gone Cold - Iceland is known to the rest of the world as the land of Vikings and volcanos, an island caught between continents at the extremities of the map. Remote ...
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