Hobby and more D&D Blogs
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A Quick Shoutout To The Avery Hotel
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While I was staying in Boise last week, my grandma and I roomed at The
Avery Hotel, which was also where the reception for the wedding I was in
town for ...
6 hours ago
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Monstrous Mondays: The Bluff Creek Woodwose
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Today is the 68th Anniversary of the most famous Bigfoot film footage
ever, the Patterson-Gimlin film. As a kid, I devoured anything
Bigfoot-related. Of...
11 hours ago
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Apple Review #20: Crimson Topaz
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Speaking more about reviews — I think it’s less fun for me and less
enticing for you when I review an apple that isn’t either I PUT THIS INTO
MY MOUTH AND ...
13 hours ago
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BOBBY NASH'S HOLIDAY ART SALE!
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I'm gearing up for the holiday sales rush.
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Art makes great gifts. This holiday season, give your friends, family, and
loved ones original art in th...
1 day ago
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BECMI Psychic Infiltrator
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So Fred did it to me again. Last week he hosted another stream where he
worked on building a Shadowdark version of the 5e classes and sub-classes.
This tim...
1 day ago
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TSR Marvel for Holidays - Spy Fi Silver Age UK
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Holiday superhero game for 25/26 holiday season
Party co-gm with a friend
ppl say this game didn't have a character gen ...
1 day ago
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Review: Rails Into Hell - Brent Towns
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I enjoy railroad yarns, especially ones featuring railroad detectives, so
the Faraday series is a natural for me as both writer and reader. I’m
strictly...
1 day ago
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One-Way Ticket to Glantri: Getting the Gang Back Together
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“He fell silent. For several moments they all did, and the quiet had the
feel of a deliberate thing. Then Eddie said, “All right, we’re back
together again...
1 day ago
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Making Second Chances Cinematic: Introducing the Invocation Reroll
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The problem isn’t the mechanic. It’s the framing. Rerolls are inherently
dramatic — a refusal to accept failure, a desperate second chance — but
most games...
3 days ago
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Break The Goblin Siege!
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...an adventure.
Your assignment: break the goblin's siege and rescue the town.
Thee Fortyfied Towne
1. Goblins attack the front gate from a siege tow...
5 days ago
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Liz Gilbert’s Deal With Herself
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Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic, and the
brand-new All the Way to the River. She’s also a deep and honorable thinker
on the s...
5 days ago
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BOOKS FOR FANTASY AUTHORS XLIX: STEERING THE CRAFT, PART 4
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From time to time I’ll recommend—not review, mind you, but recommend, and
yes, there is a difference—books that I think authors should have on their
shelve...
6 days ago
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Alone in the Dark 2 - Pirate Shenanigans
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Written by Andy Panthro
*Grace is of an age where the basement is too spooky.*
I will fully admit to looking up the first of the steps I needed to take in...
6 days ago
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Two Weeks Left on Michael Tierney’s Wild Stars!
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We’re down the back stretch of the Kickstarter for Michael Tierney’s Wild
Stars: The Superior Griefs! This installment represents the culmination of
the se...
1 week ago
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1334: Like Clockwork
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http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1334.html
1 week ago
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Fr. Peter Heers and the Satanic Panic
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A reader of my blog recently reached out to me. He shared a video of Fr.
Peter Heers, an influential Orthodox Christian YouTuber, answering the
question ...
1 week ago
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"Bard's Tale" Developer Fighting Aggressive Cancer
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Happy fall, everyone. While you're waiting for my blog to return on 20
October, please consider donating to the "GoFundMe" for Rebecca Ann
("Burger") Heine...
1 week ago
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I Have not Forgotten the Blog
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This update is way overdue. I have not forgotten the blog. This semester
has gotten off to a really rocky start. The department chair has been out
on medic...
1 week ago
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Poems for Poe, No. 2
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*At the Grave of Poe*
by *William James Price*
Composed in June 1911. Published in *The Baltimore Sun*, December 25, 1911.
Here, with a few forgotten one...
1 week ago
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Improv for Writers by Jorjeana Marie
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IMPROV FOR WRITERS is a toolbox of exercises, mindset shifts, and pep
talks. Marie says that ideas are everywhere, but writers stall out when
they let fear...
2 weeks ago
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Samson of Mars now available
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My novel Samson of mars is now available on Amazon.
You can buy a copy or you can read it for free if you have Kindle Unlimited
account.
Next week I ...
2 weeks ago
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Free GM Resource: Freep!k Icon Generator
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[image: Free GM Resource: Freep!k Icon Generator]
Last week I mentioned a *secret project* and while I'm not going to divulge
the project yet, I am bringi...
5 weeks ago
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Another Hommlet Podcast
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A Hommcast? Anyway, the latest is from the folks over at Mighty Deeds,
which is, I believe, a DCC actual play podcast. Season 3 of which sees our
heroes ...
5 weeks ago
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The line has been crossed
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I hope all you fuckers enjoyed your Blue Sky. It is coming. You reap what
you sow.The right to free speech is a hill I will die upon.Slight update:
Anyone...
5 weeks ago
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Pergamino Barocco
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Great news! The Lost Pages just launched a Kickstarter to release a
hardcover edition of Pergamino Barocco, Roger G.S.‘s weird scroll of new
spells for D&D...
5 weeks ago
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where are psionics from?
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A kind of crazy in-game explanation for D&D psionics occurred to me. I
haven’t seen it before so I figured I’d share it. The canonical explanation
for psio...
2 months ago
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5 Tropes that Make Exciting Stories But Ruin D&D Games
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Stories like those in movies and books thrive on setbacks. Everyone
relishes a tale where disaster complicates the heroes’ predicament, leaving
them facing...
2 months ago
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The Crypt of Atan-Thu
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I was one of the first backers for this adventure. It looks so promising!
Kickstarter ends on 26th August. Check it out at the following link:
htt...
2 months ago
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How Creative Writing Constraints Unlock Better Stories
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Ever stared at a blank page, unsure where to start your story? You’re not
alone. The possibilities feel endless—and that can be the problem. Here’s a
sur...
4 months ago
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Critical Role Hires Two Worst D&D Designers of All Time
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The Critical Role / Daggerheart people have hired the two men most
responsible for the least successful edition of D&D. What a lot of people
have missed...
4 months ago
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ZOMBICIDE DCEASED CUSTOMS
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Three homebrew custom characters for the DCeased Zombicide game.… Continue
reading ZOMBICIDE DCEASED CUSTOMS
4 months ago
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Werewolf By Night
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Custom: Werewolf By Night
4 months ago
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Wizard Tricks (OSE)
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"Do not mistake me for some conjurer of cheap tricks!" - Gandalf the Gray"A
trick is something a hooker does for money... or candy." - Gob Bluth"What
can m...
7 months ago
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How do fairies fly? + Do fairies have wings?
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Perhaps some of the most common questions on the internet involve fairy
flight, such as do fairies have wings? can fairies fly? how do fairies fly?
et...
9 months ago
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The Player Agenda in Hide & Seek
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I think one of the hardest things to impart to a reader of any ttrpg is
what playing the game should feel like, but yet nothing more useful you can
say....
9 months ago
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Almost Vancian
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One of the typical elements of old school games, especially clones or
evolutions of the original D&D, are magic rules where wizards memorize
spells and w...
9 months ago
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And Now For Something Completely Different
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I'm participating in another blogging challenge this month, the 31 Day
Character Creation Challenge - I opted to make a classic *Traveller*
character each ...
9 months ago
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Articulations
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Creating house rules, custom rules specific to a local group or campaign,
has been common throughout the history of D&D. What makes an effective
house rule...
9 months ago
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Zombie Survival Escape USA
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Prepare yourself for a thrilling adventure as you navigate through a city
overrun by the undead in Zombie Survival Escape USA. In this heart-pounding
game,...
10 months ago
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Con Schedules 2024
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There may be tumbleweeds blowing through my web site, but I’ve been very
busy. Book 3 of the Hanuvar series has long since been turned over, and the
final ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
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Stand by for SAGA OF THE SWORDBREAKER: INVINCIBLE UNDER HEAVEN!
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Li Ming was once a small-town boy with big dreams. Propelled by dreams of
immortality, he entered the jianghu as a biaohang, intent on delivering
justice...
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 →
4 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...
4 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...
5 years ago
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Farnsworth Wright’s Favorite Weird Tales by Bobby Derie
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Julius Schwartz
In 1932, teenage fan Julius Schwartz became involved with the *Science
Fiction Digest*, a high-end fanzine (which in 1934 would become *Fa...
5 years ago
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More Arden Vul Art
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Another great piece from Del, this one's the Forum of Set: a place that the
PCs may spend quite a bit of time within.
5 years ago
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Strange, Dangerous, and Inhuman: The Fey and Fairie
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When I was a boy I loved fairy tales. Jack and the Beanstalk, Puss in
Boots, Rumpelstiltskin - I devoured all of it. My fascination that there
was a strang...
5 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...
6 years ago
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Dungeoneering Blog
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This blog is moved to: Dungeoneering.blogspot.com
6 years ago
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Ravensburg Reboot: Streamlined City Map
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I mentioned in my last post how I was tweaking and reworking parts of my
Ravensburg setting. Today I streamlined the city map. The old map had lots
of redu...
6 years ago
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ITotD on Summer Break
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[image: Sunflowers]PixabayMy attempts at building a time machine having
failed thus far, I find myself with too few hours in the day. So ITotD will
be on a...
6 years ago
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MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 158 STAIRS.
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158 STAIRS. These stairs descend thirty feet to Area 79 on Level 6.
6 years 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 megadunge...
7 years ago
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Goodbye and Good Luck
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Well some of you may have noticed this blog has been down, restricting
access for some time. For various reasons I've decided to step away from
the OSR...
7 years ago
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Session XCIII: One Pissed Off Dragon!
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Our ongoing Swords and Wizardry sandbox campaign...
*Current Player Characters:*
*Thenus* (Ranger)
*Wang Du* (Monk)
*Wolfheir* (Viking)
*Arg* (Half-orc)
...
8 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...
8 years 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
wa...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 years ago
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Four Frightening Games to Play on Halloween
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Happy Halloween, boys and ghouls! It's that terror-rific time of the year
when the air gets colder, the leaves start to change colors, and people
embrace t...
8 years ago
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History of Ghost Taxis of Japan
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Translated and Sourced from Shigeru Mizuki’s Mujara, Japanese Ghost
Stories: Spirits, Hauntings, and Paranormal Phenomena, and Other Sources To
learn more ...
9 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...
9 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...
9 years ago
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Moved
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The Random Wizard Blog has moved to
https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/
9 years ago
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Monster/Adventure: Apisastes [S&W] [5e]
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I'm experimenting with dual-stat blocks for monsters. This is a first
draft, so expect changes and feedback is strongly desired.
*Update: Revised stat block...
10 years ago
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Community Created Content for Tabletop Games
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Over a year ago, I posted about the coming revolution in card games (and
board games) based upon the ability to print any content on any single
card. I lai...
10 years ago
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(SW) Fearsome Critters: Cake Walk
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*Savage Worlds* is the role-playing game that bills itself on being "Fast,
Furious, and Fun." Over the years I've played elvish warriors, pulp
adventurer...
10 years ago
The Sympanomancer
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