Quick Note – A sequel and an all new adventure
“Helena’s Gauntlet”, the Edge of Space adventure that I’ve been working on for the last several months is going well. While the Sword of Hathor the Confederation ship from “Horus Adrift” makes an appearance in “Helena’s Gauntlet” the crew and members of the that ship are not the focus of the adventure. However, I had […]
Quick Note – Health Management and Gambling in Eira
As progress on Eira continues I have been contemplating a slight but significant change to how I approach character creation, or to be more specific character health. When Eira was first conceived all classes used a single d6 with a positive or negative modifier for their health. Pixie Tricksters for instance were d6 – 2 […]
Quick Note – At it Again
Started work on another short adventure wheile I wait for the caves of Innsfjord to flesh themselves out in at home playtesting. This will be my very first mid-level adventure (outside of Three Knocks at the Crypt Door). It is definately going to be bigger than my Two-Page adventures but not by much, five to […]
Quick Note – JD2 Darkland Moors
Jeff Dee (Classic D&D cover artist) has just released his second OSR module (and Kickstarter stretch goal) “JD2 Darkland Moors” over at RPGnow. This adventure is a follow-up to “JD1 Cess-Pit of the Bog-Queen” (reviewed here by Erik Tenkar). As it was a kickstarter stretch goal I got my copy yesterday but have only been […]
Raceless Classes of Eira – The Prodigal
Below is the final raceless class for the Eira Setting and joins the other two raceless classes that have come before it. Originally, the Prodigal went by the name “Wanderer” and was the only race-based class for the dropped “Changeling” race. The Changeling was dropped as a race when it was decided to make the […]
Getting back into the Groove – A magic Item for Swords & Wizardry!
The past week has not been good to me, but this is not the place for that. Rumors of my death have nearly been true … but not true enough. My apologizes to anyone who reads Genius Loci for my hasty and unplanned disappearance! So to get back into the groove of blog life I […]
Quick Note – Why was I not informed!
Asain fantasy OSR?! high flying, acrobatic monks … oh I am aquiver with excitement over what I can do with such a thing! What am I talking about? Sine Nomine’s Red Tide! This thing seems truly awesome based just on the preview and since it is Labrynth Lord I can easily make it work with […]
Quick Note – General Adventure 1 – The Murky Deeps for Sale
Trolling aorund rpgnow today looking for onsale/cheap stock art to collect for future use I cam across this recent re-release by WOTC of the TSR 2e adventure The Murky Deep. Now as many of the readers of Genius Loci know I was not gaming in the 2e days (or the 0e or 1e days) so […]
Blog Hop – Day’s 13 & 14 and a new Creature!
Day 13 – The First Miniature I Used Never used a miniature to be honest in any of the games that either I or one of the Brothers 4 ran. We never had battlemaps or talked in terms of grid. Everything was done in my head and with marks on the maps that I drew […]
Contest Barking – The OSR Superstar Contest
Starting this weekend, +Erik Tenkar of the famous Tenkar’s Tavern will begin a 3+ weeklong contest that will pit OSR designers from across the globe (and maybe beyond?) in a contest of wits and design for a truly magnificent prize. I will be taking part in this (hopefully annual) contest in my bid to win the […]