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Fleamarket Friday: A Bundle Of Sanity-Blasting Lamentations...
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Last year's Lamentations Of The Flame Princess Bundle Of Holding became the
site's best-selling deal and now a new offer, with largely unique products,
is ...
3 minutes ago
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RPGPundit Reviews: Trinity of Awesome +1
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This is a review of the RPG supplement-anthology "Trinity of Awesome +1",
written by Venger Satanis, published by Kort'thalis Publishing.
The book is a 56...
5 hours ago
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THE WRAITH: SANDERSON OF METRO NOVEL COMING OCTOBER 2017!
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Cool news from Frank Dirscherl about the upcoming novel, The Wraith:
Sanderson of Metro that he and Bobby Nash wrote. Looks like it will be
available in ...
6 hours ago
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The First Sunset of Fall, 2017
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Featuring an Amish gentleman on a recumbent bicycle. As all the best first
sunsets of fall do. So long, summer. You did all right.
7 hours ago
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Map for Area 31 of THE GROUNDS available.
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Took a while to get this one done, thanks for your patience.
Here it is, or check the link to the right.
10 hours ago
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Attention Midwesterners, Contessa Needs You
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Contessa, the con-within-a-con dedicated to promoting diversity n games is
looking for folks to run games at U-Con in Ann Arbor NOVEMBER 17- NOVEMBER
19, 2...
13 hours ago
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Reskinning magic items
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An easy way to customize magic items is to take an item’s power and attach
it to a different object: boots of flying becomes an umbrella of flying,
for ins...
13 hours ago
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Spending the 80th Anniversary of the Hobbit Jotting Down More Notes on Yesterday’s Tolkien Thing
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Okay, there have been lots of conversations going on that are conflating
certain things and certain arguments as being one and the same, and this
leads to ...
15 hours ago
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More knights & men at arms
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These are all Heritage models. Sort of. Left to right, the first guy is
from the “Chivalry” line, produced under the brand name Custom Cast, while
the rest...
16 hours ago
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Missed Classic: Infidel - Won! (Lost!?) and Final Rating
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Written by Joe Pranevich
A few days ago, I took my first deep dive into *Infidel*’s hidden pyramid.
Powered by a flaming torch and a sense of narcissisti...
19 hours ago
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This Old Dragon: Issue #81
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Today I set the Wayback Machine to my Freshman year in High School. I was
just getting over an 18-week long bout with a brutal combination of
chicken-pox...
19 hours ago
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Lan Lo - City of the Vanishing Lake
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So my old city post of Lan-Lo was best received of my maps.
The ancient city sits in a central asia type trade route. It is very
ancient and has traders a...
22 hours ago
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Might and Magic III: Moo and Moose Juice
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*Yuck?*
No additional outdoor explorations this time. This entire session was spent
cleaning various dungeons and special encounters in the areas I a...
1 day ago
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Farm Life
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One evening this spring while I was finishing up some yard work I spotted a
fox slinking through our pasture. If you don’t keep chickens you might
not...
1 day ago
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The Buzz About The Giant Bee
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[image: The Buzz About The Giant Bee]
Bees. Bees have an interesting place in our world today. Not exactly
domesticated, they are still an incredibly impo...
1 day ago
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Macro Resistance and Micro Resistance
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I was having dinner a few nights ago with a young screenwriter and a
big-time Hollywood literary agent. The writer was joking that her career
had stalled...
1 day ago
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Advanced Adventures #38: White Dragon Run II Preview
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This follow up to White Dragon Run contains all of the village information
of the original module as well as four new adventure locations in the
Skatherne...
2 days ago
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Fat Dragon Games DRAGONLOCK 3: Dangerous Lairs Kicksterter is now Live
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[image: Fat Dragon Games DRAGONLOCK 3: Dangerous Lairs Kicksterter is now
Live]
Today is the launch of the DRAGONLOCK 3: Dangerous Lairs Kickstarter from
F...
2 days ago
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NO ESCAPE!
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I think of you but pain creeps in or maybe it’s fear that’s how it begins I
escape to fresh air try to walk off emotions still I can’t shake them they
leav...
2 days ago
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LOOKING BACK AT “32 OF LOVECRAFT’S FAVORITE WORDS”
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This post originally appeared on the blog Mel Odom and I set up for the
Arron of the Black Forest series—a series that stopped, unfortunately, at
the first...
2 days ago
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How I Started My Sandbox
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Nine years ago, I started on a little experiment. Over time, it grew in
directions both bad and good. Over those nine years, I've blogged a lot
about my Da...
2 days ago
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How to Start a Sandbox Campaign
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Dungeons & Dragons players don’t love sandbox adventures as much as they
think, but such adventures can still offer fun. After I took aim at sandbox
advent...
2 days ago
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Session XCII: The Half-orc and the Fire Giant
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Our ongoing Swords and Wizardry sandbox campaign...
*Current Player Characters:*
*Thenus* (Ranger)
*Wang Du* (Monk)
*Wolfheir* (Viking)
*Arg* (Half-orc)
*S...
3 days ago
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1099: Cool Will Be the Biggest Obstacle
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http://www.GiantITP.com/comics/oots1099.html
3 days ago
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A Spaceship Map
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Well, I just finished a week sans wife taking care of the kids by my
lonesome. Thus, blogging became a very low priority; however, I do want to
share the f...
3 days ago
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Sofia Vergara's Husband Plays Dungeons & Dragons
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Hello folks, it's been a while since I posted, so I thought I'd come back
with this little tid bit. Sofia Vergara Says Husband Joe Manganiello Is a
‘Nerd’ ...
4 days ago
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Creating a Cyborg Commando (Part II)
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In our previous post, we generated a CYBORG COMMANDO character via the
'basic' character creation rules. In this post, we will examine the
'advanced' ch...
4 days ago
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Edgar Allan Poe's anonymous lithographies
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I recently stumbled upon some amazing, otherwordly lithographies of Edgar
Poe's works.
The author is unknown, i contacted the owner of these and after exam...
4 days ago
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JEDI MIND TRICK
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Jedi Mind Trick
1 week ago
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Warhammer FRP 2nd and 1st Humble Bundle
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An insane number of Warhammer FRP 2nd edition books at a ridiculous low
price, and also the Warhammer FRP 1st edition core rulebook (first time
digital).
...
1 week ago
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Q&A with Shawn – Part 2
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Shawn continues answering listener questions. To submit a question for a
future episode, find us on Twitter @storygrid. [0:00:00.3] TG: Hello and
welcome t...
1 week ago
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Star Trek Fate Accelerated, Session 1 [Star Trek: Skipjack]
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This weekend I finally got to run the first session of my Fate Accelerated
Star Trek game. I played with my Skype group from the MonkeysTook My
Jetpack pod...
1 week ago
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AD&D Rules I've Overlooked or Misunderstood: Spell Recovery
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Today's installment is about a rule that I simply always overlooked, at
least in its details: spell recovery. For some reason I never noticed this
one, and...
2 weeks ago
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Low Fantasy, High Quality
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I got a chance to play with a group of my old OSR buddies last night, and
man was it *a blast.* I found my "playing for about 2 - 3 hours sweet spot"
disco...
2 weeks ago
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U-Con Event Submission Extension! Submit today! Need more Role Playing, OSR and Tekumel Events!
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*EXTENSION NOTE GM GAMES REGISTRATION FOR U-CON 2017 TO BE INCLUEDE IN
PRE-REG WILL CLOSE IN MID SEPTEMBER!! PLEASE HAVE YOUR GAMES SUBMITTED BY
THEN! THE ...
2 weeks ago
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The Madling Sea
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The water surrounding Madling Isle festers with life, most of it
extremely dangerous, from a vast array of Earth’s earlier time periods.
Megal...
3 weeks ago
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Happy St. Cuthbert Day
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I missed St. Cuthbert's beer-drenched festivities back in March but, thanks
to the Episcopal Church in the States, we get to celebrate his saintliness
on ...
3 weeks ago
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Exploring the Temple of Elemental Evil's Dungeon Level 2 (pt. 3)
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*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...
5 weeks ago
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Heraldic Beasts
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As regular readers of this blog may know, I don't love Monster Manuals, and
rather enjoy designing my own monsters - usually via a quick re-skinning of
som...
1 month ago
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If you were to follow that river....
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Latest map I put up on Patreon today. A big thanks to those folks
supporting me over there.
If you are interested, this map connects to the previous map ...
1 month ago
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Happy Gygax Day!
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July 27th was Gary Gygax's birthday, and now it's Gary Gygax Day. I think
that's a worthy thing for the RPG community; Gary didn't create RPGs but he
was...
1 month ago
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Who's the Law in this Town?
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d12
1. Constabulary of the Lord: clerics of state religion use detection magic,
blunt instruments to maintain adherence to byzantine regulations, raid
es...
1 month ago
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The Book of Monsters
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AD&D 2E campaign elevator pitch, inspired heavily by Monster Hunter, Shadow
of the Colossus, and Kingdom Death. The holy books are three: the Book of
Monst...
2 months ago
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Projects
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My name is Ty Hulse. As a folklorist I've been reading and studying
folklore for decades.
I've been writing stories based on the most interesting pieces of...
2 months ago
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ROUNDUP: What Writers Want to Know Right Now…
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Multi-published author and head moderator Cat Gerlach asked a bunch of
writers on the forums what their toughest writings were. Here are their
questions an...
3 months ago
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An Experiment In Thuggery
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At GaryCon IX this past March, I had the pleasure of meeting +Paolo Greco.
Paolo and I hadn't really interacted before this, other than a passing
admission...
3 months ago
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A Secret Society Of Character-Hunters For Your Campaign
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This month’s RPG Blog Carnival is about Occult Mysteries and Magic. To
celebrate that theme, here is a quick and adversarial secret society idea
for your...
3 months ago
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Princess Leia’s Stolen Death Star Plans
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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is one of my top three favorite
albums of all time. Star Wars is one of my top three favorite movies of all
time. Wha...
4 months ago
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Looking forward
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For reasons apparent to anyone that follows this blog, or checks my posting
schedule, I'm very wary of making any future commitments, statements, or
pretty...
4 months ago
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How To Map A Large Canyon
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Vast canyons are awe inspiring. They thwart quests, halt armies, and tell
the tale of vast cataclysms from times past. In this quick tutorial I’ll
outlin...
4 months ago
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Photos: "Legion of the Petal Throne" Game At Gary Con
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I had intended to get this out a lot sooner, but Real Life™ and ADD keeps
getting in the way. Last month at Gary Con, Victor Raymond refereed a game
of "Le...
5 months ago
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Deviant Art
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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...
5 months ago
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Time for a New Edition!
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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 months ago
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The Central - Mid-Levels Escalator / Hong Kong's moving landmark
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Hong Kong has excellent public transit, but many people make their daily
commutes on the world's longest outdoor covered escalator.
8 months ago
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Winds of Change are Blowing
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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...
1 year ago
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Dynamic Grappling
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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...
1 year ago
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Moved
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The Random Wizard Blog has moved to
https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/
1 year ago
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Offensive Content Policy: A Follow Up
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For those that do not know me, my name is Meredith Gerber and I am the RPG
Publisher Relations Representative for DriveThruRPG/RPGNow. I volunteered
to wri...
2 years ago
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NecronomiCon 2015 begins…
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The NecronomiCon 2015 should be beginning to buzz about now, as people
arrive on the Thursday evening. Photograph: A Providence …
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2 years ago
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Cruel Attack at a Inari Shrine—Four Statues Broken at Kego Shrine in Tenjin, Fukuoka
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Translated from: http://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nnp/photo/show/102187 April
25, 2015 (Updated April 26, 2015) At about 1 AM on the morning of the 25th,
in 2C...
2 years ago
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This is Phase World…It’s Nothing Like Regular Rifts, Honest
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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...
2 years ago
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0-Level ACKS Alices
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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...
2 years ago
The Sympanomancer
Download the PDF here.
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