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Fallout Super Mutant Brute
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Super Mutant Brute from Nanoforce… Continue reading Fallout Super
Mutant Brute
52 minutes ago
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Gnomecast 188 – Imposter Syndrome and RPGs
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https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Gnomecast-188.mp3 Ang,
Jared and Senda chat about how Imposter Syndrome has affected their
relationship wi...
1 hour ago
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The Last Line - Stephen Ronson
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I’m a little bit leery of any book where the protagonist is compared to
Jack Reacher. That seems to have been an overdone trend in recent years. On
the ...
1 hour ago
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A Class With Me
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Except one time—in Nashville in 2019—I’ve never taught a live class. I’m
going to now. This post is an “early alert.” We’ll have a website and
registrati...
3 hours ago
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Gene Wolfe
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Today, May 7, is Gene Wolfe’s birthday. So I thought I would write a bit
about him. It was that or L. Ron Hubbard. And I’m not up for Hubbard
tonight. Toda...
8 hours ago
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We’re Fine
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But we did just have a tornado warning and just before that, some pretty
gnarly lightning. Again, we’re fine. Some weather is more exciting than
others. — JS
10 hours ago
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Dracula, The Hunters' Journals: 7 May, Jonathan Harker's Journal (Cont.)
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Jonathan spends time with Count Dracula who seems eager to learn the
Englishman's ways. Harker also learns that Transylvania is not England and
their wa...
10 hours ago
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Press Release: Sword & Scandal
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Sword & Scandal is a new anthology of NSFW heroic fantasy from publishing
provocateur J. Manfred Weichsel, author of twelve really wild books. It’s
going t...
16 hours ago
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Sworn Vengeance
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I really don't like projecting conflict into a campaign during character
creation.
I am a hard-core Develop-in-Play sorta gamer who favors minimal backstor...
17 hours ago
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THE LOST ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HAWKLIN VOL-2 FOUND! NEW RELEASE!
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Now available in paperback: The Lost Adventures of Captain Hawklin Vol-2.
You can find it HERE.
This thrilling pulp adventure short story collection br...
17 hours ago
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BEWARE OF FRIENDS BEARING FEEDBACK
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Feedback. This is the thing authors crave the most—at least in the
formative years of our writing careers. We desperately cry out for
someone—anyone—to rea...
18 hours ago
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1302: Not a Competition
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http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1302.html
21 hours ago
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Missed Classic: Beyond Zork - Won! And Final Rating
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Written by Joe Pranevich
It was a bumpy ride and I took too many hints, but we have defeated *Beyond
Zork* and can finally put it to rest. I am grateful ...
23 hours ago
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The Man in the Green Hat by Manning Coles, 1955
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ClassicCrimeFiction.com
About the author:
Major characters:
*Locale:* Italy
Synopsis:
Review:
May 6 2024: reading now, please check back again. R...
1 day ago
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Free GM Resource: Prisoner 13 Adventure from D&D Beyond
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[image: Free GM Resource: Prisoner 13 Adventure from D&D Beyond]
This Free GM Resource is a D&D Beyond introductory adventure that can be
used on it's own...
2 days ago
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Usual Suspects Furious at Polish Game's Success
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Baptism of Fire has been a HUGE success. But of course people who hate me
are desperately trying to find excuses to put it down...
#dnd #ttrpg #osr
2 days ago
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Game 513: Centauri Alliance (1990)
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*Centauri Alliance*
United States
Brøderbund Software, Inc. (developer and publisher)
Released 1990 for Apple II and *Commodore 64*
*Date Started:...
2 days ago
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Christ is Risen!
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[Hades] received a body and encountered God. It took earth and came face to
face with heaven. It took what it saw and fell by what it could not see. ...
2 days ago
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Factions for Chagrinspire For a Prison Adventure
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Making sandbox tools for prison complex ruins. This is for those who will
occupy a ruin.
The ancients sure built lots ...
4 days ago
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Lawman: western scifi silliness
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I got pointed to this game by my bro Bill and honestly I am just loving
it. Western bounty hunter space zooming around space to apprehend
criminals. What ...
5 days ago
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Never Have Monsters Make Checks—Just Let the Players Roll
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Dungeons & Dragons started with slightly different rules for monsters and
player characters. In the dungeon, doors that players left open always
swung shut...
1 week ago
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Overwhelmed Writer Rescue by Colleen M. Story
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There’s more to writing a novel than just writing a draft or two. There’s
also brainstorming, planning, research, and all the business items on the
backend...
1 week ago
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Wait... I have a gaming blog, don't I?
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It's been awhile, and my muse and I are back on speaking terms, so it's
time to dust off the blog and get to writing again. Even though it seems
that blo...
1 week ago
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M.J. Kuhn: Five Things I Learned Writing Among Thieves
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In just over a year’s time, Ryia Cautella has already earned herself a
reputation as the quickest, deadliest blade in the dockside city of
Carrowwick—not t...
1 week ago
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Bloodless (One-Shot)
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You’re a vampire. You pissed someone off. They’re hunting you. Six hours
until dawn. Survive. Bloodless (One-Shot)
2 weeks ago
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Relics for sale!
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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 weeks ago
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Eclipse
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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 ...
2 weeks ago
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Interview With A Dork Who Is Mad About Female Space Marines
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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...
3 weeks ago
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✅ Your Appointment is Booked!
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Check your email for all of the details on the event.
The post ✅ Your Appointment is Booked! appeared first on Story Grid.
1 month ago
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I Signori del Caos ritornano
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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...
2 months ago
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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...
3 months ago
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Convert 5e monsters to OSR standards
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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...
3 months ago
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Last move - to self-hosting!
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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
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Gwenevere (2023)
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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...
4 months ago
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Happy New Year from the Dice Mines!
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"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...
4 months ago
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Dungeon Delver’s Guide is one of Polygon’s “best TTRPG books of 2023”
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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
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The Tiamat Initiative - A New Source of Mutation for TMNTOS
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*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
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Free Magazine!
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5 months ago
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Free Fairy Encyclopedia and Other eBooks
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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...
6 months ago
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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 ...
7 months ago
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Hanuvar at GenCon
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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...
9 months ago
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Moving On...
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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
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The State of the Metal Earth and What's to Come.
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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...
1 year ago
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Pulp legend J. Manfred Weichsel Interviewed by Blasters and Blades
Podcast!!!
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Breaking news! J. Manfred Weichsel just sat down with the Blasters and
Blades podcast for his second interview with them, talking about Warrior
Soul &...
1 year ago
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ODIOUS UPLANDS and COMPLETELY UNFATHOMABLE DCC AT LAST
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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
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The Blade Itself
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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
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Master Treasure Seeker: A Dungeon23 MegaDungeon - Introduction
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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
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The Brave Art of Running Away
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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
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Alexander’s Solo Dungeon
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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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Magazine Of Horror #05
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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
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It's 2021 and the Dream is Dead
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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
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Fantasy paths (1981)
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Three rarities from 1981.
2 years ago
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The Washington Post Mentions Renegades and Rogues
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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
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Revised Prison of the Hated Pretender Release
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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
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Guhin – The Dog Guest
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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
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Map of a Pirate’s Lair
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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
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Nyepi
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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
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OneBlogShelf Moving
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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
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4 years 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...
4 years ago
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Dungeoneering Blog
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This blog is moved to: Dungeoneering.blogspot.com
4 years 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 years 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.
5 years 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...
6 years 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...
6 years 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...
6 years 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...
7 years 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 years 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...
8 years 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...
8 years ago
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Moved
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The Random Wizard Blog has moved to
https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/
8 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...
9 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...
9 years ago
The Sympanomancer
Download the PDF here.
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