Quick Note – I am being kidnapped!
Okay everyone I’ve got some bad news. Starting tomorrow the blog will be on haitus until the end of June. I’ll be away, down in the southlands of the original colonies were a beautiful woman has decided to spirit me away to … and on a beach lock me to her. In other words I’m […]
Maps for play
Playing around with pyromancer map creator again. I may use these … just not certain as for what. Maybe for that Pathfinder experiment I’ve been itching at … or something purely 5e … or hell all three!
Quick Note – The Devil You Know
For the last fifteen minutes (as my son watches a 19-year-old girl ballet kung-fu in a seedy space bar) I’ve been staring at this. I’ve been debating it for the last three weeks, even unpacked the core book and monster book from their box in the attic. Gulp.
Quick note – five Ways to Add horror into Your Adventure
Five ways to add horror into your adventure. Horror doesn’t always work in gaming especially on the large scale. The more you try to make an entire campaign of Lovecraftian or Ashcroft style horror the more you will typically lose your players. Why is this? The main reason you’ll lose players is because the horrible and […]
Five Minute Adventures – Shrine of Thiseir Pathfinder Experiment
So for reasons that must remain very close to my heart and behind my mind I am practicing my ability to convert from one system to another. Now granted even pre-OGL d20 systems have are related to their younger brothers and cousins but it is still a bit of a stretching of the mind to […]
Creatures for any Setting S&W and Next – The Gortach
The following creature came about in the last game I played with my daughter. It is a mixture of a zombie and a wraith and is attracted to the smell of cooking food. My daughter found the creatures especially scary because of how the originally died (famine) and how they could instantly make a target […]
Quick Note – Spectres of Usarm is Live!
Just a heads-up the newest two-page-adventure “Spectres of Usarm” (Currently being played here) is now up for sale over at Drivethrurpg.com and other Onebookshelf sites. Like is predecessors “Joy in a Flask” and “Under the Horn“, “Sprectres of Usarm” is compatible with +Matt Finch‘s and +Frog God Games‘ Swords & Wizardry retroclone of the world’s oldest Fantasy […]
Forgotten Creatures of the Hall of the Dwarven King
20 days ago I created the “Halls of the Dwarven King” 5-minute adventure. It was labelled as a work in progress because I didn’t have my reference sheets for Next with me. It is still labelled as a Work in Progress. Today the wonderful blogger member, Scarecrow reminded me about this and so I am […]
Quick Note – Character sheet mock-up
Chromatic Commandos is nearly done its first draft. I’ve already gotten some good words about the character and combat rules and soon the introduction, Referee and Sample Setting/Adventure will be complete. I’m in the market for a name credit only (since CC will be pay-what-you-want) person who would be interested in creating the character sheet […]
Magic Item – Whipping Boy
New Magic Item for Swords & Wizardry Whipping Boy The Whipping Boy is a small figure made of clay that has a vaguely humanoid appearance. When a drop blood is placed on the Whipping Boy the Clay figure takes on the appearance of the blood’s owner bonding itself to the owner. Legend has it that […]