Draken-Rider – Generic Advanced Class for any setting
An experiment in the creation and use of advanced (prestige) classes in an OSR rule-set. This isn’t complete (see the drake part) but will be soon. Opinions are welcome and greatly sought after. Draken-Knight As a Draken-Knight you are a warrior of divine resolve, courage and cunning. You have fought against the tide of chaos […]
30 Day Challenge – Day 7 – The Flames of War
Can you hear the sound of drums, the slap of sword on board. the nay and nervous side-step of horses? The war is here, the sides are forming along their traditional lines, woad is being applied and questions about fireball farts are being asked. Today is Day 7 of the 30 day challenge. Today, the […]
Quick Note – Another alternate magic system idea
Truly this one will be short as it is fresh in my mind and not played with, attempted or anything quite yet. As anyone who follows my blog knows I have always been rather unhappy with magic systems in the classical and d20 eras of Dungeons and Dragons and the related retro-clones. I hear good […]
30 Day Challenge – Day 6 – By the Power of …
Other bloggers like +John Payne have great things to say about this day of the challenge. I on the other hand don’t have much. I’ve never gone and created complicated pantheons of gods and demons or delved into the true meanings of the hows and whys of worship in a fantasy world. But then, I’m a simple […]
Quick Note – Pre-Existing Properties I Would Love to Game In
Quick Note – Pre-Existing Properties I Would Love to Game In I love to game. True I don’t get to do it as much as I used to too, and also true I am a dad and therefore have more important things to do, but in the end I love to game. I love the […]
30 Day challenge – Day 5 – Dice?
This is a strange one for me because honestly for me dice are dice. They are tools or impliments to the story and game at large and so have no value to me outside of that. Boring I know and I am sorry that I have no story or rationale on why I have some […]
Revenant – Creatures of Eira Preview
Revenant “Old Tom was a bastard to be sure. A highway man in his youth and a swindler and money-lender in his later years. No one morn him when he was found with a knife in his back. Mayhap we should have because Old Tom came back. Old Tom came back.” Revenant are the returning […]
Barking – Roleplayinggames.net – A place on the interwebs for gaming
I’ve started this post about twenty times since I first began to write for this blog. Every time I’ve gotten a paragraph or two down on paper and every time I’ve abandoned the post and have deleted the .doc file. I wonder why it is so hard to trumpet roleplayinggames.net to speak out in a […]
501’er – Generic Race Class for Any Setting
501’er The 501st had a simple job, take back a small French village from the Axis, they never made it. A strange storm came up as they marched under the cover of night. Winds like none had ever seen, lightening in all the strangest colors, soon the world itself seemed to shake to the thunder […]
Quick Note – Stunts an optional mechanic for your game
Back when I used to run D&D Encounters at my local (then local) game store I had an eight-year-old kid who was part of the “core group” (the people who showed up weekly). He was an imaginative kid, and loved to play rogues (I let my core group make their characters). He, however, always wanted […]